17 32 1900 http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/7adf4e01f59e3e703d65b639700b41dc.jpg 909901585d975f86006c9b3d2d3a4676 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1948 United Financial Employees Wall Street Strike Subject The topic of the resource United Financial Employees Seafarers International Union Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Herb Brand Historic Files Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/29/1948-4/30/1948 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 36-13, 36-14, 36-15 Description An account of the resource 1,100 United Financial Employees members marched on Wall Street to protest working conditions at the New York Stock Exchange throughout the spring of 1948. The SIU provided around 500 of its own members as security. Many of the UFE employees were office workers and women who needed protection from police violence. The strikes lasted a month, from the end of March 1948 to the last day of April. Although UFE was able to get the concessions they sought from the Curb Exchange, the Stock Exchange bosses refused to compromise with the union. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant New York Financial District Wall Street New York Stock Exchange New York Curb Exchange Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Closeup of UFE picket line Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Black and white photograph Subject The topic of the resource United Financial Employees Description An account of the resource While it was not always a hard and fast rule, the UFE strikers wore Trillby hats and their SIU allies wore white caps. As you can see, members of both organizations are represented in this picture. 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Title A name given to the resource 1948 United Financial Employees Wall Street Strike Subject The topic of the resource United Financial Employees Seafarers International Union Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Herb Brand Historic Files Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/29/1948-4/30/1948 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 36-13, 36-14, 36-15 Description An account of the resource 1,100 United Financial Employees members marched on Wall Street to protest working conditions at the New York Stock Exchange throughout the spring of 1948. The SIU provided around 500 of its own members as security. Many of the UFE employees were office workers and women who needed protection from police violence. The strikes lasted a month, from the end of March 1948 to the last day of April. Although UFE was able to get the concessions they sought from the Curb Exchange, the Stock Exchange bosses refused to compromise with the union. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant New York Financial District Wall Street New York Stock Exchange New York Curb Exchange Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Curb Exchange employees returning to work Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Black and white photograph Subject The topic of the resource United Financial Employees Description An account of the resource After being addressed by UFE Vice President John Cole, the Curb Exchange strikers disbanded and returned to their jobs. While the Curb Exchange beef was now a settled matter, the UFE was still knee deep in the Stock Exchange strike. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Seafarers Log Photographic Collections Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 04/29/1948 Relation A related resource Seafarers Log Vol. X, No. 17 Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 36-13-017 1948 Strikes and Beefs United Financial Employees http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/573cbabeb44d9c6a604500d6ddc8f437.jpg f2998020a8a57fb8e863705b2d5e1e35 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1948 United Financial Employees Wall Street Strike Subject The topic of the resource United Financial Employees Seafarers International Union Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Herb Brand Historic Files Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/29/1948-4/30/1948 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 36-13, 36-14, 36-15 Description An account of the resource 1,100 United Financial Employees members marched on Wall Street to protest working conditions at the New York Stock Exchange throughout the spring of 1948. The SIU provided around 500 of its own members as security. Many of the UFE employees were office workers and women who needed protection from police violence. The strikes lasted a month, from the end of March 1948 to the last day of April. Although UFE was able to get the concessions they sought from the Curb Exchange, the Stock Exchange bosses refused to compromise with the union. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant New York Financial District Wall Street New York Stock Exchange New York Curb Exchange Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Curb Exchange strike winds down Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Black and white photograph Subject The topic of the resource United Financial Employees Description An account of the resource At center, Seafarer Jo Jo Touart stands with a crowd of UFE picketers in front of the Curb Exchange shortly before the employees returned to work at the end of April 1948. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Seafarers Log Photographic Collections Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 05/07/1948 Relation A related resource Seafarers Log Vol. X, No. 19 Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 36-13-011 1948 Strikes and Beefs United Financial Employees http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/fd9f2cc8cebb455677541d83953e2d17.PDF 92668206bcff947f40cdb74715c1505e PDF Text Text Official Organ of the Seafarers International Union of North America VOL. IX. Cities Service Adds 8 Ships, ToGetS More NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 12. 1947 "THANKS, BROTHERS»» The addition of eight ships to the Cities Service fleet, which was announced by the company this week, brings to sixteen the total tankers operated by the company. Three additional ves­ sels are to be added shortly. Underway at this time is a National Labor Relations Board election to determine a bargain­ ing agent for the unlicensed per­ sonnel of the fleet. The SIU now ehjoys, according to unofficial reports of the observers, a subsfantial lead in the voting, and when the Union is certified, the ships added since the start of the balloting will also be cov­ ered by the same election. Of the eight ships eligible to be voted when the balloting started, six have already been . polled. Although the election was to have ended on November 19, a sixty-day extension was grant­ ed so that the crews of the two remaining ships could have a voice in the election. Since both are on the shuttle run between the Persian Gulf and French ports, and it is doubtful that either ship will re­ turn in time to vote, the SIU has demanded that the two crews be polled by mail. A meeting on this was to have been held on December 11, but was postponed to a .later date. Brass Hat Calls For Hearing Unit Return - Under Coast Guard The return of the Coast Guard to its wartime posi­ tion as prosecutor, judge, and jury of merchant seamen accused of shipboard offenses was called for in a recent speech by Commodore Halert C. Shepheard, chief of the office of merchant marine safety of the Coast Guard. Speaking before an American Legion merchant mar­ Congratulating Seafarers who walked in the picketlines established by the CIO Shipyard Workers in iheir 144-day strike against the Bethlehem Steel Shipyards, is Samuel Glickman, educational representative of the union. Left to right are Jack Parker, who helped out in New York. Vernon Haworth. Brother Glickman. Tony Gonzalez, and Spud Murphy. Gonzalez and Murphy walked the lines in Baltimore. For story of the movie record of the strike which Glickman showed at the last New York meeting, see page 3. RealLowdown On Ships Sales; USShippers Wanted Bargains WASHINGTON — The latest scandal in this scandalous town is the way United States shippwners have been sitting on their hands while a large percentage of the American merchant fleet was sold to foreign powers. The whole situation can be 1 raced to the fact that U. S. shipowners, even with the enor­ mous profits they gained during the war, wanted Uncle Sam to CLEVELAND, Dec. 8—Tabula­ give them ships, and when he tion of the Hanna, ballots was refused, the big boys sat down on the sidelines and twiddled completed at Cleveland NLRB their thumbs. offices today, with neither un^ In 1945 Congress enacted a law . ion appearing on the ballot get­ allowing the Maritime Commis­ ting a clear majority of the to­ sion to sell any vessels which tal votes cast in this election. could be marked surplus. In the This will mean that it will be tanker field the Commission set necessary to hold a run-off elec­ up statutory prices, but Ameri­ tion early in the spring in order can operators made no attempts for Hanna seamen to decide to buy any of these vessels, figur­ whether they wish to have the ing that if they held off, the SIU Great Lakes District or the Commission would be forced to "independent" LSU represent reduce the already low sales them for collective bargaining prices. purposes. The Commission made several A total of 309 Hanna seamen attempts to interest American ( were eligible to vote, and 304 operators in T-2 tankers, biit men cast their ballots. Results all the operators turned a deaf of the voting vi^re as follows: ear. They maintained that the SIU Great Lakes District—125; price on the T-2 tankers was too Lake Sailors' Union—95; Neither high, and that operating these Union—84. vessels was too expensive. Several Hanna seamen who On Hhe basis of the complaints were contacted after their ships raised by U. S. operators, the .H,were voted, expressed themselves Commission looked to foreign • as being confident that the SIU markets to dispose of what the would win the run-off election. industry had labelled a "lemon." Hanna Seamen Will Revote This Winter No. 50 Many of the vessels were sold, without any squawk from the operators, and in the meantime the American operators made no attempts to buy any of the other tankers held by the Commission, and so the MC proceeded to sell any tanker for which they could get the statutory price. Suddenly the American opera­ tors realized that some of the choice plums had been gathered in by foreign countries, and then they started wailing^ There are still plenty of tank­ ers up for sale, arjd American operators are eligible to buy them at the statutory price, but very few offers haye been re­ ceived. The shipowners still feel that prices will come down and they are putting pressure oh (Continued on Page 7) ine conference in Clevelan d,* Commodore Shepheard charged aminers appointed by the Feder­ al Civil Service Commission. seamen with "incompetency, in­ But the economy-minded Con­ eptitude, and lack of discipline," gress saw no need to add more and urged the "return of auth­ bureaucrats to the payrolls and ority exercised by the Coast neglected to appropriate funds. Already the Coast Guard Guard" as a solution to the brass-hats are working to get problem. the merchant seamen back under In contradiction to the Com­ their "iron-thumb" control. modore's harsh words, a recent Before recessing in July the article by Captain Ash, of the Senate, at the instigation of the Masters, Mates, and Pilots, car­ Coast Guard "career men," pass­ ried in the Local 88 News, re­ ed an amendment to the Admin­ cited the fact that shipboard istrative Procedures Act which discipline is excellent since Mas­ will permit the "hooligan navy" ters have not been able to call to reestablish its own Hearing upon the Coast Guard to settle Units. disputes. The men who _commit ship­ board offenses do not go unpun­ Instead, said the Captain, the unions and the law enforcement ished. They are punished by the agencies, .when necessary, have Master of the vessel by loggings, done a job that the brass-hats by law enforcement agencies of the United States if the offense were unable to accomplish. The Commodore cited an in­ warrants it, and by their own stance in which a ship was tied unions in disciplinary actions. up in a foreign port because the crew refused to turn to until the vessel was fumigated as good and sufficient reason for bringing back the "kangaroo courts" in which seamen were prosecuted by CG officers, judg­ ed by CG officers, and sentenced by CG officers. MAJOR UPSET This undemocratic machinery was upset in June, 1946, when the Administrative Procedures Act banned all Federal admin­ istrative agencies from holding hearings or trials. It provided that trials be conducted by ex- New Meeting Place For New York Beginning with Wednesday evening. Dec. 17. regular mem­ bership meetings of the New York Branch will be held in the auditorium of Local 91. International Ladies Garment Workers Union. AFL. at 100 East 17th Street, corner of 4th Avenue. The change in meeting place was made because of the limited facilities available in the hall formerly used. The accommodations in Local 91's building wll provide more adequate and comfortable seating facilities, better public ad­ dress system and better ventilation. Remmber the place—^Local 91. 100 East 17th Street, at the southeast corner of 4th Avenue. The time is 7 p.m., Wednesday. December 17. " ' HlTLER-LlKE \ What Commodore Shepheard wants is that the Coast Guard be given back the autocratic rule it once enjoyed over merchant sea­ men, and the rjght to deprive a man of his livelihood, without appeal except to higher CG lev­ els, if he steps out of line. Such practices have been halt­ ed. Merchant seamen are en­ titled to all the protection given other workers. Commodore Shepheard claims that he is worried about the fu­ ture of the merchant marine of the United States. What he is actually worried about is the future of the many Coast Guard officers who made soft jobs for themselves in the "Hearing Units." Instead of turning the destinies of civilian merchant seamen over to the "tender" mercies of CG 9fficers, the Congress of the United States would better serve the people by • cutting down on military bureacracy and by lim­ iting the powers of the Armed Services. Then the Coast Guard could go back to its time-honored and necessary job of watching ice­ bergs. �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. December 12, 1947 SEAFARERS LOG fell' Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA _ Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor Wy-' A• At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 J. P. SHULER - - - - Secretary-Treasurer Editorial Board J. p. SHULER PAUL HALL JOE ALGINA Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office m New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. * George K. Novick, Editor 267 ' The Cauldron Bubbles The price for allowing communists to gain control in trade unions is being paid in France and in Italy. In both those countries, the red fascists, through their pow­ er in the labor movement, have paralyzed the economic life of the people. At this time in the history of the world, the com. mies are playing for huge stakes. Already in their hands are the Balkan states, the heartland of the European con­ tinent. Being ripened for the plucking are France and Italy. Once these last are absorbed into the Soviet body, the democratic hope of mankind will be beaten down, per­ haps never to rise again. Only two things stand between the communists and their ambitions to control the world. Only the indomit­ able spirit of the traditionally democratic French and Italian people has stood off the totalitarianism of com­ munist philosophy thus far, and if this is not supple­ mented by the material aids of the Marshall Plan, then that spirit will die. Stalin and his aids are -using the economic chaos v/rought by the war to bring about the type of rule they want. In France and Italy the communists have not once offered a constructive plan, but on the other hand have been a continually disruptive force, occupied mainly with fomenting strikes so as to embarrass the democratically •elected officials. Hospital Patients 'When entering the nospltal notify the delegates by post­ card. giving your name and the ifumber of your ward. Staten Island Hospital Men Now In The Marine Hospitals And to halt the Marshall Plan, the communists on These are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, both sides of the Atlantic Oceon have resorted to name- as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging calling, lying, and character-assassination. The humane heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by ' efforts of the people of the United States to rehabilitate writing to them. STATEN ISLAND E. DELLAMANO the war-wrecked economy of Europe has been charac­ J. LEWIS J. BURNS terized as "imperialism." P. CASALINUOVO H. WATSON It is quite true that the French and Italian workers G. J. MILLER T. BOGUS J. ANDERSON need higher wages to catch up with the rising prices G. CARLSON . H. STONE caused by scarcity of food and consumer products. But J. McNEELY tit the communists have no solution except to ask for wage J. M. GARDNER NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL G. RODRIGUEZ raises. They have no plans on how to increase production, O. A. HESS O. S. SHAHAN and production cannot be increased until the tools of J. DUBUQUE W. K. WUNG industry are furnished to the people. E. T. BROWN J. J. O'NEILL C. SCHULTZ /G. CURL The United States, through the Marshall Plan, has N. B. EDRINGTON A. S. CONTI volunteered to supply those tools, and'to keep the people W. VAUGHN ' C. T. WHITE ahve and healthy until they can produce enough for their E. CARAVONA R. L. McGREW F. R. DE VASHER 'R. L. GRESHAM needs, food and clothing also will he furnished to them. I. E. MATHERNE t 4 t If the communists were really as interested in the wel­ FORT STANTON HOSPITAL M. LIUZZA fare of the people as they claim, they would accept this JOHN P. WILLIAMSON '^G. A. WILLIAMS G. HARDEMAN offer with open arms. The true nature of Stalinist com­ R. B. WRIGHT L. A. HOLMES CLIFFORD MIDDLETON munism is shown by the way the commies fight against W. C. COLLEY ' ARCHIE MCGUIGAN alleviating the harsh conditions under which European R. S. LUFLIN J. E. SILKOWSKI men, women, and children are forced to live. R. E.. TRULY JULIUS SUPINSKI L. CLARKE M. D. PENRY ' The American worker can learn a good lesson from C. C. RAYFUSE t S. » what IS happening in France and Italy. He should learn BRIGHTON MARINE HOSP. J. E. PENCON not to permit the comrades to gain control of the labor R. LORD A. J. LE JEUNE MARJORY "LINDA" EVANS movement, and he. should also learn that commies, in G. MEANEY J. B. GEISSLER J. BARRON spite of what they say, are the deadly enemies of'the E. E. DAVIS J. O'BYRNE ' peopleE. M, LOOPER C. CREVIER You can contact your Hos­ pital delegate at the Staten Island Hospital at the follow­ ing times: Tuesday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. '{on 5th and 6th floors.) Thursday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 3rd and 4th floors.) Saturday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 1st and 2nd floors.) E. G. WALKER J. DENNIS L. GROVER C. MASON J. E. MAGUIRE A. A. SAMPSON R. BUNCH t t ft MOBILE HOSPITAL W. J. §ULLIVAN E. L. MYERS W. C. JEFFERIES J. C. RAMBO W. C. CARDANA M. W. BUSBY R. V. GRANT W. D. JOHNS C. W. BARNE ft ft f GALVESTON HOSPITAL WM. BARGONE DAN GRAVES ~ A. MCALPIN W. CARVANN W. VORRELL P. A. WHITE F. W. GRANT W. E. ROWAN J. HARRIS :> �• Kr^'"'pJ75i^ Friday, December 12, 1947 TBE Presenting 10 Whys To Umonlsm Volunteer Organizer By G. (TEX) SUIT . Your Union — the SIU — is stronger than at any other time in its history. And it appears very likely that it will grow even stronger in the days ahead. But for this to come about, it is up to us individually '— each anc every Seafarer — to keep build­ ing on the solid foundation we already have. You can take part in building your Union by taking an indiv­ idual interest, by getting down to brass tacks and learning every detail that goes into the oper­ ation of Union activity. Know the Union structure, how it operates, the Rules and Constitution which guide it. You should know the whys and wherefores behind every move we make as the best or­ ganized group of seamen on the waterfront. By fortifying yourself with in­ formation about your Union now, by knowing the answers to all the "whys?" beforehand, you'll avoid the risk of being caught with your face hanging out lat­ er. A well-informed membership is the surest guarantee that the Seafarers International Union will continue to be the unbeat­ able force in maritime. With this in mind, here gre ten typical questions Which every Seafarer should be able to an­ swer. If you have the answers to these "whys" the .chances afe you know the score: 1. WHY you must cooperate with your shipmates? 2. WHY your contract is your protection? 3. • WHY every man must be checked when he ships aboard? Gene Nowokonski. who has been sailing for over a yeaj on Cities Service tankers, is plen­ ty active as a volunteer organ­ izer among tankermen of that outfit. He started out as a Sec­ ond Cook and is present sail­ ing as a Steward, a first-rate accomplishment considering that the tankers made only short, coastwise runs. He believes firmly that Cit­ ies Service tankermen are bad­ ly in need of a collective bar­ gaining representative like the Seafarers and is staying with the fleet until the balloting among the company's unlic­ ensed personnel is completed and 'Contract negotiations be­ gin. Nowokonski sees the addi­ tion of the Cities Service fleet to the ever-growing number of SlU-contracted companies as a two-fold benefit: 1) To the Cities Service men them­ selves, whose earning power and working conditions will be, bettered; 2) To the SIU, since the fleet may be expanded to around 20 ships, which will provide more xontract-protect • ed jobs for the membership. • •. • • SEAFARERS LOG Page Three Aliens Urged To Apply For Visas As First Step Toward Citizenship By JOSEPH VOLPIAN our conversations was again that documents required under sec­ Special Services Representative all unnaturalized seamen should tion 7 (c) of the Immigration make every effort to obtain a Act of 1924, which reads in part Despite the many promises visa. as follows: that have been made from time "The immigrant shall fqrnish FIVE YEARS to time, nothing has been done if available, to the consular of­ Once a man has obtained a to grant citizenship to those alien ficer, with his application, two visa and has five years of dis­ seamen who served aboard Am­ copies of his "dossier" and prison charges from American ships, he erican vessels during the critical record and military record, two is eligible for citizenship. Time war years. certified copies of his birth cer­ The closest this ever came to spent going to sea prior to ob­ tificate and two copies of all taining the visa is not wasted, reality was- a piece of legisla­ other available public records provided the applicant continues tion placed before Congress pro­ concerning him kept by the gov­ going to sea until he accummuposing that American citizenship ernment to which he owes al­ lates five years of discharges. be given to aliens who sailed the legiance." The five years of seatime, in nation's ships for three years of However, the consul will ad­ this case, will begin as of the the war period. vise the applicant more particu­ time the man began going to On the basis of past considera­ lars regarding documents which sea on American ships—not when tions shown to merchant seamen ; should be presented. the visa is granted. If he applies by our legislators, it appears Men who are married to Am­ wholly inadvisable for alien for a visa after already having erican citizens need not apply members of our Union to wait three years of discharges, for ex­ for a visa through the consuls in ample, he will need but two for this bill to become law. Con­ foreign ports. They can apply gress may enact the law but the years of discharges to complete right here in the United States the five. speed with which they attend to at an immigration office, where However, to those men who important matters can be mea­ decide to work ashore, it must they are given a "pre-examinasured by a snail's pace. be pointed out that the five tion," which consists of the same GET VISA years in their cases, will begin type of questions asked by the The safest thing, then, for with the issuance of the visa consuls of applicants in'^foreign aliens to do is to take steps on and previous seatime will be ports. These men, who are married their own to qualify for citizen­ discounted. to Americans, can get their citi­ ship. The first step in that di­ APPLY TO CONSULS zenship after a period of two rection is to obtain a visa. All applications for visas The Immigration and Naturali­ should be made to American yearsr zation Service is apparently re­ consuls in foreign ports. Two TESTS NOT HARD luctant to give out any broad witnesses are needed, principal­ As far as passing whatever statement of policy regarding the ly to identify the applicant. tests are given is concerned, status of unnaturalized seamen. The form stating the general there is no need for worry on the We have made repeated effort to requirements for immigration part of any applicant. The gov­ get information on this score, visas, issued by the Immigration ernment has shown that it is but have not been able to get Service, says in part: not out to disqualify anyone on any definite statement that would "If the application is accepted, the basis of knowledge of the the alien, in order to qualify for country's history, etc. clarify the situation. In our most recent attempt, an immigration visa, must, of Furthermore, courses in citi­ we checked with the highest coui'se, establish his admissibility zenship are available in the New sources available in the Immi­ under the immigration laws of York Public schools, and various gration Service, in regard to the United States. In connection agencies throughout the country alien seamen. The substance of with establishing his admissibil­ are equipped and anxious to aid what we were able to glean in ity, an alien must present the prospective citizens. Seafarer Survives Swank Philadelphia Conrert By GEORGE SWIFT way. Of course, it had to be in the center of the row, so seven or eight people had to rise and give me the once-over as I passed to my seat. In fact, it seemed as though a lot more than seven or eight people in that section of the theater found it necessary to give me the once-over. Society gals looked on popeyed and dowagers' chins drop­ ped as I took off that hi-pressure topcoat I bought five years ago—the one with the torn lin­ ing, you know — and exposed PHILADELPHIA—A merchant 4. WHY must a repair list be seaman went to a concert at the Philadelphia Academy of Music made up before the payoff? the other night. Quite something 5. WHY is it necessary to too. My girl friend gave me a four watch »out for spoilers? dollar ticket to keep me whole­ 6. WHY is it necessary to you somely occupied on a night she had to work. Oh, no, she didn't to know you]^ shipping rules? put out four bucks just to keep 7. WHY should you check your me occupied. She was given the slnpchest and stores before sign­ ticket by her boss. Well, I had to look nice for ing on? this affair, so, being in my usual 8. WHY is it necessary to depleted financial condition while watch out for gashounds? on tffe beach, I went to a "bar­ 9. WHY is it essential for you ber school" for a free haircut. These barber students are very to know your contract? hice in that they are willing and One of the top features of the 10. WHY should shipboard anxious to practice haircutting New York Branch meeting De­ on sailors. Shaves can be had, . meetings be held regularly? cember 3 was a 30-minute movie too. And there is no charge, not depicting the strike of 12,000 CIO The answers to these ques­ even for the lopping off of an Shipyard Workers in Baltimore tions are, of coursej fundamen­ occasional piece of nose or ear. and showing hundreds of SIUtal. But the manner in which FURS AND JEWELS SUP members walking the pickthey are answered may vary After an hour-and-a-quarter etlines in support of the lUMwith each Brother's viewpoint. sessidn with a nervous student, I SWA beef. How you Brothers answer emerged from the chair to the The. movies were shown by them is important to the rest query, "Do, you think it looks Samuel Glickman, lUMSWA ed­ of the membership. They should any better?" ucational representative, who serve, too, as good starters for made them himself on a 16-mm I wasn't sure. shipboard discussion. Anyway, tO! the* Academy of movie camera. Let's have the Brothers' view­ Music I hied myself. It turned The SIU-SUP pickets domin­ points. Put your answers down out to be a huge theater throng­ ate the first part of the film on a piece of paper and send ed with the elite of Philadelphia. which was photographed at three them to the SEAFARERS LOG. Everywhere were aristocratic principal points in the Balti­ Thg more information we all looking, richly dressed people. more area, the Key Highway Yard, the Fairfield Yard and the have about our Union and its The furs! The jewels! So I found' an usher and Sparrows Point Yard. functions, the better Union_men In addition to demonstrating we can be. So sound off, Bro­ marched down to my seat—one of the best in the house, by the the sterling support the SIU-SUP thers! that old black sweater I like so well and pants unpressed for three weeks. . Of course, I took all this no­ toriety in my stride, plunked down in scat and pulled out a pack of Black Jack gum. There was a low murmur of comments. I could hear one: "Look at THAT—and chewing gum." LOW CUT FOR FREEDOM Well, the concert was pretty interesting. A young male char­ acter in soup and fish alternate­ ly gently caressed and violently pounded the keys of a piano. A female in a very low-cut evening gown—to give her mors freedom, no doubt—sawed on a violin very energetically. She seemed to get the short end of things. She had to stand, play and turn the pages of the music, while the guy playing the piano not only sat on a comfortable stool, ^but had a pal sitting be­ side him for no other purpose but to turn the pages. It was quite an evening. Per­ haps the big story is that I lived through it. New York Branch Sees Film Of Shipyard Strike pickets gave to their fellow June 25 and ended November 16. workers, the film shows hundreds As the result of lUMSWA's de­ of Baltimore cops swinging their termined stand and the aid of nightsticks, scabs driving through the SIU and other unions, a the lines and working inside the wage increase of 12 cents an high wire-mesh fences, and sev­ hour was won for 22,000 work­ eral of the more than 50 pinches ers up and down the coast. Other made by the police. new provisions iiiiproving condi­ Most moving sight is the se­ tions and clarifying seniority quence showing a good union were also won. man lying on the curb waiting The same night that Glickman for an ambulance after being showed his film in New York, struck by a scab auto. the Baltimore Branch received a Another shot that Seafarers plaque from .lUMSWA members will remember shows a shipyard in that area in appreciation of executive catching a cigarette on the aid rendered by the SIU the office steps under the pro­ tection of a bodyguard of half a during the long -walkout. dozen cops twirling nightsticks SIU-SUP men walked in and grinning. lUMSWA lines at all eight of The shipyard strike" against the the yards struck, but Baltimore Atlantic coast yards of the Beth­ was the point of greatest ac­ lehem Steel Company b e g a n| tivity. m 1 ^1 �. -1 i-Vri-,..- -% Page Four THE SEAEAHERS LOG WMAr ttWMK Ftidar/ December 12, 1947 Alcoa Building World's Biggest Bauxite Port The Alcoa Steamship Company will commence construction this month of a $5,000,000 project to transform the tiny fishing vil­ QUESTION: Traditionally the policy of the SIU has been against political action. How do lage of Tembladbra near Port you feel on this subject? of Spain, Trinidad, into tho JOHN BERTIE. Bosun: world's largest bauxite port. DONALD WHITE. OS: I think the present policy is The decision to build is based I agree with Ihe policy lOtt the right one all the way. The on Alcoa's confidence that the per cenl. I think we should have SIU should be for seamen and new uses for aluminum develop­ learned from the way the NMU for seamen only. It can best serve ed during the war will result in has fallen apart, literally gone seamen's economic interests by an ever increasing demand for lo the dogs, as a result of be­ concentrating on those interests. aluminum products in future coming too much involved in For this reason the SIU should years. political action to profit by their not become involved in the mistakes. No political party thai shoreside tactics and menuvers Whether .the highly mechaniz­ I ever heard of goes very far of politicians who do not have ed port project, which will be out of its way to serve the in­ the interests of seamen at heart. completed sometime in 1949, will terests of seamen unless it's tem­ I'm afraid that if our Union did mean additional ships on the porarily convenient to do so. become involved in politics that bauxite run, Alcoa is not yet For that reason, if for no other, in the long run it would be prepared to say, but certainly 1 don't see why the SIU should more weakened tha,n strengthen­ the company anticipates no de­ go out of its way to support any ed. So I say, let's keep our pres­ cline in the bauxite trade. party. We can keep our strength ent policy and keep our Union MANY MACHINES if we hold to our policy. strong. When the new port is com­ pleted, two huge bucket un­ loading machines at pierside will operate at a rate of 1,200 tons JAN ROBERT MUCINS, DE: G. W. JACOBSON, AB: an hour digging the ore from the holds of ships shuttling from I don't think we can run a I feel that political action can Surinam. labor union soundly by mixing hurt the Union. I think we On the same pier, a loading our activities in political mat­ should follow the broad line of boom plus auxiliary equipment democracy without getting in­ ters. I am therefore against poli­ will "oe able to load a ship north­ volved in politics. I wouldn't tical action by the SIU. For one bound for the U.S. at a rate of want to see the Union get mixed thing, I don't believe it works 2,000 tons an hour. up with—or part of—a political successfully; it hasn't worked An 87-foot conveyor system party. It would mean that the with other unions that have will be installed to transfer ore Union would be giving up some spent a helluva a lot of time from a shuttle ship to a north­ and energy in political matters, .of its economic functions for bound vessel or to one of the 15 political ones. We are an organi­ as far as I can see. It seems that storage tanks Id' be built along one reason why the SIU has zation of seamen united on eco­ the shore. Total storage capacity been so successful as a labor nomic objectives. As such we will be 75,000 tons which can be union is because it has not be­ should keep on fighting—as we increased to 125,000 if required, come mixed up in politics and have in the past for the im­ although Alcoa does not expect has concentrated on economic proved economic welfare of sea­ to store ore for long periods. men. beefs. At present, Alcoa brings about 250,000 tons of bauxite north to the U.S. every month, of which about one half is transferred at Trinidad. The nev/ port is being By EDDIE BENDER collected from anyone who is 3. BOOKS—Permits are closed Brother wishes to come out of 3uilt to speed up the process. more than 12 months in arrears, and none are issued except those retirement, it is imperative to Land for the project is being Every member of the Seafar­ unless he can present sufficient approved by the organizers. Ev­ bring a statement from your leased by Alcoa from the British ers International Union should evidence to warrant reinstate­ en these are kept to a minimum place of employment or a letter government. The new mechan­ become thoroughly acquainted ment to the Headquarters Rein­ so as to avoid overcrowding of to verify your whereabouts dur­ ized pier will be adjacent to the with his organization. He should statement Committee. U.S. Navy's Trinidad pier, and the Union. Moreover, permitmen ing retirement. know what's being done—and in good standing with enough • This procedure was brought 6. RECORDS—Our Headquar­ the company is building new why—so that he can get the seatime and a qualified rating, about by the slow trend of ship­ ters office in New York now has facilities for the local fishing maximum benefits of member­ will have to remain in their ping in almost all ports in re­ a system in operation whereby industries which previously oc­ ship. cent weeks, and unless the sit­ present status until such time every member's redords can be cupied the. Tembladora site. Besides the individual advan­ uation changes, this policy will as the membership allows issu­ checked as fast as requests for tages of knowing the score, the have to be followed rigidly for ance of books. Our Hero them come in. It will be worth­ Union as a body can function the protection of the active All branches will be notified while to drop in on the sixth " smoothly and with a minimum members. when books are again opened. floor to check, your records, of wasted energy if it is sup­ At that time applications will whether your book is in good 2. TRANSFERS, ETC.—Anyone ported by a well-informed mem­ be accepted only after approval standing or not. You can rest desiring to transfer from one de­ bership. by a committee elected for that assured that you" will be given partment to another must have Bearing this in mind, the smart purpose. a thorough check of your rec­ thing for you to do is to get a one year of seatime before he ords with the least possible jde-^ can switch to another depart­ 4. STRIKE CLEARANCES — copy of the Shipping Rules and lay. study them as thoroughly as you ment. This year of seatime must There are still many men who be proven by certificates of dis­ do not have their strike clear­ 7. WHERE TO GO—Reinstate­ can. These rules were made by charges, with the man appear­ ments, payment of dues and as­ ances for«the 1946''General Strike the membership and they are ing before a committee of the and the recent Isthmian strike. sessments, issuance of duplicate followed to the dot. Know them! department to which he wishes Time and effort can be saved if books and permits, letters of If you don't understand some to be transferred. these men will bring all neces­ endorsement and transfers frbm of the provisions, it's no crime sary proof to warrant clearances one department to another—all Transfers from another Dis­ to ask what they mean. Any when they come to register. No these matters are handled on the oldtimer will, be glad to help trict of the SIU to the Atlantic man will be shipped unless he sixth deck of the New York HalL and Gulf District have been sus­ you learn the score. Or, better had the satisfactory proof. Clear­ still, don't hesitate to approach pended until further notice. ances will be issued only after Beefs and Special Services are However, the right of a mem­ handled on the fifth floor. Men any Union official for the claria trial committee has x-ecom- wishing to do volunteer organiz­ ber from one District to ship ' fication you need. out from another District has mended them for both strikes. ing on non-union ships can got ' THINGS TO KNOW not been curtailed and the orig­ 5. RETIREMENT — Don't put information froip the organizers, There gre some other things inal regulations are still effec­ off retiring your book if you in­ who are also located on the fifti, you should keep at your finger­ tive. tend to stay on the beach in­ floor. Alfred Paulsen, 4-fo.ot 6-inch, tips. Like tbese, for example: Anyone desiring endorsement definitely, either to rest or work Registration and sffipping still "hero" of the Alexander Wool1. REINSTATEMENT—This is for the next higher rating in his ashore. This will save you plenty take place on the second floor. If cotl. By keeping a level head getting tougher every day. It is particular department must have of cabbage and embarrassment you haven't voted yet in the one night, he trapped Wilheladvisable that all hands do their a year of seatime to show a when you come up. with your 1948 Union elections^ you can mine, better known as.. utmost to keep lir''good standing. dommittee before he can be giv­ book in bad standing. cast your ballot in the voting "Bones." the female pickpocket It is for your own protection en- a letter of endorsement to Retirement is every member's booths on the third floor recrea­ of Port of Spain who had re­ that you understand fully the the Coast Guard. This ruling will privilege when in good stand­ tion room. You can call for your lieved more than one • good X • situation in regard to members avoid -crowding up in ratings in ing, but no retirement will be mail and check your baggage on Seafarer of his hard-earned in arrears. certain departments and thus honored when a member has a the fourth floor, the same old dough. She won't be doing it No dues or assessments are ease shipping. hole' in his card. Whenever a stand. anymore. Things That Every Seafarer Should Know .it';® �Friday. Dacambar 12. 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG - Page-Fira Shipping StttI Strong In Boston; Tankers In With Plenty Of Beefs By JOHN MOGAN BOSTON—Business and ship­ The gang on the Beaver Vicping continue to move right I tory also pulled in with some along in the Port of Boston and beefs, which were ironed out r;^a\' o.Xv as much as possible, considering its environs. At various times it looked as that this was not the payoff port. The SS F. Marion Crawford though it would be impossible to furnish all the replacements (Waterman) paid off cleanly, being called in, but we ^ere with only a couple of disputes helped out considerably by the in the black gang, which were fact that the boys* paying off on the N.G. side. here and elsewhere decided to FUTURE BRIGHT ber of requests for information has decided to take over the ship again in a hurry. By W. H. SIMMONS All in all, it was a rather hec­ on the agreement, from members property, where construction ^ Tankers, as usual, were the SAN FRANCISCO — The old tic week for the port, and the , . I on Isthmian ships making long has begun, as a place to anchor chief source of jobs and in­ Gold Coast has seen quite a bit' runs. outlook for the coming week the new Bay Ridge Bridge to come. Paying off here after 9of activity in the past week, but appears pretty good also. The Since we have facilities for be built parallel to the present month voyages were the SS this by no means indicates that mimeographing all the copies we one. Helen starts off the week Vi/ith Yamhill (Ampac) and the SS our financial income has sud­ want, we do not have to bother a payoff on Monday morning, Although construction has Gervais (Pacific Tankers). denly became greatly increased. Headquarters for extra ones — with a couple of tankers sched­ stopped, you can be sure that Other tankers paying off coast­ uled to arrive the same day; so now that we have the agreement The activity has mostly been the SUP is not going to take wise and calling for several re­ there won't be any lack of jobs caused by the gashounds and in hand. (Editor's note: Head­ this lying down. placements on each were the around here for a while anyway. performers who ^sign on the Cal- quarters is reproducing the Isth­ With the cooperation of the Tonto, Fort Republic, Bull Run, The crew of the Yamhill dona­ mar and Isthmian inter-coastal mian contract as a foc'sle card membership, we plan to do a Scotts Bluff. ted $35.00 to the West Coast Sai­ ships on the east coast, then for Isthmian ships.) Freighters taking men here little something extra for the lor, and $58.00 to the LOG. In­ Right here and now I want to Brothers in the Marine Hospital were the India Bear (Pacific Far come out to this coast to per­ dividual credits will appear in congratulate the negotiating com­ here over Christmas. When we East Lines), which took a full form. Honor Rolls of respective pa­ mittee again on this agreement do, we'll report it. crew on deck; the De Soto (Wa­ Here's how it is. We had the pers. with Isthmian. Well done, boys! Yorkmar, a Calmar vessel, in ov­ Here's a little item I found on terman), the Mai-ymar (Calmar), Also the crew of the Tonto er the weekend. There was a lot my desk which I think is good Beaver Victory* (Isthmian), and donated $11.00 to the LOG; and NO BEEFS he Tuskegee Victory (Shepard), of trouble on her, notably with for a laugh; the SS Gervais, $40.00 to the pa­ We have the SS Fairland, Wa­ which also called for a complete Oilers missing watches because Two cockroaches were lunclitients at Ft. Stanton, to be di­ they were ashore gassing up. terman, in for a payoff. She ing in a dirty old sewer and one crew. vided equally between SUP and ROUGH PAYOFFS Just to make things a-;' little came in with no beefs and is a was excitedly discussing the SIU, and Brother J. Carey don­ worse, a Fireman—the Engine good clean ship. The tanker payoffs were on ated $2.00 for the Brothers in spotless, glistening SIU ship from Actually, there was no reason Delegate no less—puUed a hell the rough side, naturally, after the Brighton Marine Hospital. to expect any beefs on her with which they had recently been of a trick. being out so long. Brother Swee­ barred. Brother Red Turner aboard as ney handled the SS Gervais in This fellow went ashore, came Chief Steward and some mighty "I hear," he said, "that the re­ by the office, to see me and said fine Delegates in all three de­ frigerators shine like silver, the Mellville, R. I., and after three got he was a little short of cash. Na- partments, not to mention a good galley shelves are as clean as a days down there finally everything squared away satis­ whistle . and the galley floors Skipper, Captain Ryan. factorily. When we complete the payoff sparkle like diamonds. Why, it's The Yamhill, out 9 months and so clean..." we will report further on her. 33 days, was taken care of by It looks as though the Union "Please," said the second cock­ Brother Goggin. This was a won't be getting that new build­ roach in disgust, nibbling at a tough one with altogether toe By GAL TANNER ing in San Francisco for a while, moldy roll, "not while I'm eat­ much friction aboard, caused or­ because the State of California ing!" MOBILE—Shipping during the iginally by the habit of certain officers snooping and eavesdrop­ past week has been fair with ping at the meetings in the mess- approximately 300 men signed halls, which started the ill feel­ on. Moreover, prospects for next week look pretty good since ing aboard. both the big companies here, Al­ There was some other trouble which will be taken up by the coa and Waterman, have half a MIAMI — Shipping here hit We had word here from the Unions. All beefs were squared dozen vessels scheduled to hit what ought to be an all-time West Coast that the SS Cavalier, away except for a linen beef: Mobile for payoffs. turally I let him have a couple high the first of last week. Wilkerson Steamship Company, the gang went 11 weeks without In a fine display of SIU bro­ of bucks. was on its way to Miami. We linen. "The company argued they therly spirit, some of the crew- ••jt The Philip Schuyler, South also had a letter from the Deck APOLOGIZED ANYWAY couldn't pay it because the lin­ members of the SS Pegasus, Al­ Atlantic, slipped in for a pay­ Delegate, Red Whidden, so the en was stolen (incidentally coa, made up a donation toward When he returned to his ship, off. The Grange Victory, Water­ report is undoubtedly correct. ^swarms of FBI agents met this the defense of those two good instead of going to his bunk for man, was also in port, as were ship and concentrated their in­ Seafarers facing trial in George­ We are on the look out for a siesta he proceeded to the Of­ both the Yarmouth and the vestigation topside, not only with town, British Guiana, for the her and will greet her with open ficers Saloon, and got a little Florida of Eastern ,and P&O regard to the linen but manyaccidental drowning of a launch arms. She should be in port in Steamship Companies. belligerent. .about 10 days to carry general other beefs also, including the captain. These certainly added up to It so happened" that the Cal­ cargo to the Islands and bring questionable disposition of cig­ Specifically this contribution mar Port Captain was present, the gfeatest number of ships to back bananas. She may need arettes from the ship's slopchest). will go toward the beach ex­ and this Fireman raised so ihuch be in Miami for several years, some ironing out. If so we'll get MONEY WAITING penses in Georgetown of a wit­ " trouble that the Port Captain had whether or not Tt's an all-time her in proper Union shape, N ness we are sending back down The members of the Stewards to call in the local police. For­ record. We still are looking for the Dept. left the ship without wait­ there from^here. tunately, by the time the police We hear there is a possibility Carib Queen to start operating ing for their "extra meals" monThose contributing to the do­ 't!arrived the man had sobered up that South Atlantic will send a i-.fl.. out of Key West, but apparently nation included: pretty fast, and offered to apolo­ ship to this port regularly. If so, not before March 1. There will William J. Moise; A. E. Hengize to everybody he had abused. the ship would be bringing in DID vJoMM r>t be a lot of jobs on her once she ning; J. W. Graves; F. P. Droche; Since it was Saturday night, newsprint from Canada on the gets going. JOMES HAVS LINEN T/ N. L. Flowei's; W. S. Toomey; T^ and since the Port Captain knew way back from northern Europe. C. Deale; L. M. KyseK; H. Cl. The Florida is due in for a that the Union does not like It sure would be okay for this Swain; J. M. Hogue; L. Roberts; payoff, and a payoff on her is these ships to go out shorthand- Hall could use the income. J. E. Hall; Elliott; J. W. Travis, always good. There is never a ed, and because he could not get W. J. Loomey; L. L. Davey. dispute, and nobody gets drunk. THANKS TO JIMMY hold of me, th^ Captain asked Balloting is coming along If all ships were as easy to to let the man ride to Portland. The Philip Schuyler had been pretty smoothly, about 400 men •"••il. handle as she is, the life of- a i?The only reason I put this out for three months, which may piecard would be rosy. having voted in Mobile already. story in the LOG is to plead explain why the only man com­ We are still catching the book­ When the Yarmouth came in with the membership by exam­ pletely / sober at the payoff was men when they come in as, soon there was a get-together of uldple to cut this stuff out and act the Engine Delegate, Jim m y as they come off the ships. timers. Brother John Pinkus, the way good SIU men are ob- Babson. Thanks to Jimmy, it A number of Alcoa's C ships was a good payoff with no beefs Watchman, dropped by the Hall • ligated to act. have hit here recently—and gone ey; but it is set up for all hands with Brother Ned Doane. at all. straight into the boneyard. How­ and payable; also for the over­ ISTHMIAN CONTRACTS They got to talking to another ever, anywhei-e from 10 to 20 The Schuyler shipped almost time earned the day of payoff. We have been having quite a an entire new crew, a job that oldtimer and it came, out that The delegates on the Yamhill days later they move back out, few Isthmian inter-coastal ships put us in a bit of a cramp for Pinkus had sailed Bosun on the were real, heads-up Union men a fact that really is helping ship­ in ti'ansit, and can say that every a while. But we managed to crew old Camden for Eastern and that and had everything lined up in ping in Mobile. member on those vessels is her up with a little help from Brother Dick Birmingham had proper order for the Patrol­ So far^we have crewed four of . proud to get the new agreement. Tampa. The ship goes to Pensa- been an AB on her—way back in man, and gave fine assistance at these and three more are due 1911. This was the first time out of tiie yard next week. the payoff. We ' are mimeographing about cola to take on stores and load. these boys had met since. Worth noting is the fact that 600 extra copies in order to be At Pensacola, the crew will sign Both the SS Bull- Run and the able to supply all Isthmian ships foreign articles. The Schuyler is . We'd like to hear of any old­ SS Marymar came in here with three witnesses to the above-' kitting here with plenty of them, going to lopk like a good SIU er shipmates running into each real beefs. Both were squared mentioned trial in British Guiana shipped on these vessels. other. since we have received a num- ship now. away in good style. * Few Gashounds Foul Things Up In Frisco; Isthmian Crewmen Hail New Agreement Shipping Holds Fair In Mobile, Prospects Good Extra Ships Keep Miami Busy; More Vessels Expected In Port 3 �Page Six THE SEAFARERS LOG New York Enjoys Week Of Good Shipping; Nearby Ports Ask Branch For Seamen Friday, December 12, 1947 In Hospital led the voyage very well. A few enough to eat. It's really cheap­ times when performers and eag- er in the long run. NEW YORK—Thanks to sever- ,er beavers took off work to par- Several other ships worthy of al calls from the outports ask-j^^^^ crew comment made port in New ing for men, plus a fair number| adopted a means to stop York this week. The Cape Caof ships in here for payoffs, toche. Isthmian, was all fouled week in New York has been. up at the payoff due to the Skip­ quite good for. men anxious to Like the Joliet Victory, which per's not knowing how to make set'fjfl? a system to fine the men ship. who headed ashore and pushed up a payroll. Calling other ports before is­ Skippering a ship wgs just suing tripcards is the proper their work off on to others, the too much for this boy, so Isth­ way to crew a ship when short Hawser Eye men prepared a list mian has taken him off. He had of men, and the method is fast of fines for such offenses. three OS on watch, and had catching on now that jobs are made a practice of picking up FINE METHOD tight. *• men in different parts of the The days of indiscriminately Some of the fines ran up to world and paying them ordi­ $50 for those men who contin­ nary seamen's wages. Broiher N. A. Huff. AB. issuing tripcards has come to an ually took off. In a very short pictured aboye, is at present This, too, was patiently un­ end. Most ports now are relying time it proved its effectiveness tangled by the Patrolman and in the Staten Island Marine on the "Don Ameche" for extra and the practice dwindled to the crew got their correct pay. Hospital. He's been there for men. almost nothing. the past month and a half, These calls from outports made HIT THE DECK but hopes to be discharged in I hope more ships will do as a big difference this week in the *time for Christmas. He sends number of men we shipped, and these have done; the complaints Another headache was the bears evidence to the fact that of men shirking their work will Signal Hills, Pacific Tankers. regards to his former ship­ this is one way of getting men be considerably less. The best When the ship came in, the En­ mates, and would like them to write to him. and at the same time put a way to handle these guys is gineer wanted the Firemen to halt to a practice which does fight aboard the ship, and the break watches and go on daya great deal of harm to the'Joliet Victojy^ and Hawser Eye work. have proved it. The fact that she was still a membership. "live" ship having a head of One of Alcoa's prize posses­ Another hardtime ship, the steam didn't stop the Engineer. sions, the Hawser Eye, hit port^ Marymar, Calmar, showed its He was stopped, however, by this week and, as always, she had face in port last week. This ship Patrolman Purcell who gave him her usual load of beefs. She'has just one beef and it's always the straight dope. came in on Friday and the Cap-1 the same—no food, tain knocked off the Stewards Several times crews have I guess by all the hard times I've related there is no need to By BLACKIE CARDULLO Department. fought to correct this situation, state that the Patrolmen are He instructed them that no but on the next trip the com­ keeping on the juihp covering MARCUS HOOK — Shipping has picked up here at last and meals were to be served Satur­ pany goes right back to its old payoffs, sign-ons and visits. we have very few men on the day or Sunday as the payoff tricks. The Marymar is now Every ship gives them a new beach. Moreover, we expect the would take place Monday morn­ known as one-ship, one-trip. problem. How these companies. SS Sigi^al Hills, Pacific Tankers, ing. On the last trip she sailed Skippers and Mates dream up in this port before the end of from the West Coast short of j these problems, I don't know, but the week to load for Germany. A BIT SHORT food as usual. The crew put in new ones are always popping We thought by this time that The time came for the payoff,^ ^he efforts of' up. everybody knew enough not to and It was found that he had Before I close, I'll toss a few made up the payroll to Friday continually throughout the bouquets. The Robin Locksley payoff a ship unless a Union midnight with no provision for trip. and Southland crews are deserv­ Patrolman was aboard, but we wages and subsistence over the ing of a vote of thanks for the evidently must preach this TRY DOUBLE-CROSS week-end. fire styles in which they paid simple point to a few guys. The The crew came to me with| Coast the off. Both ships were in good crew of the SS Carlsbad, which their beef and wearUy, because, shape and everything was in or- paid off the other day, needs a lesson badly. this happens so often on Alcoa . * 'der for the Patrolmen, ships, I picked up the phone to the Marine Hospital. As soon like these are welcome The word was that the shjp and contacted the company. I as jihe left the ship, the com- reliefs to the narasced Patrol would pay off at approximately gave them the beef. They coun­ pany tried to put its own Stew­ men, and compensate for all the 12 noon. Due to a lot of red tape tered with the claim that the ard aboard. The Steward heard worries they run into aboard the encountered getting aboard, the articles had terminated Friday about it and like greased light­ other scows. Patrolman did not reach the at midnight. Carlsbad until 12:30. When he ning he beat it from the hospifinally got there he found that Their bellowing didn't do them , J , " 1 tal and hit the ship, the crew had paid off at 11:30 much good, however, as at the and gone ashore. payoff the men received the wage The Skipper, somewhat taken and subsistence due them. aback by the presence of this The crewmembers had told the Captain that they had called the That should have been the side, told him, "I wind-up aboard the Hawser Eye, thought you were too U1 to come Marcus Hook Hall and been told By JAMES HANNERS it was permissable to ptfy off. but Port Steward Hansen, Al­ This was a damned lie. At no coa's bleeding heart, decided JACKSONVILLE — Shipping time had they been told to pay otherwise. SAW SUCH AN is still slow in the Port of Jack­ off unless a Union Agent or Pa­ He maintained that ice making llWrtEAtTHV sonville with only one ship in trolman was aboard. GOV J in the tropics did not constitute transit. However, the Southport, overtime, in spite of the fact a South. Atlantic ship from COMPANY PAYOFF that one of the messmen was Baltimore, was in good shape Payoffs like the above let tripordered to make it every day with no beefs of any kind. She carders evade payment of dues. between 10 and 11A.M. outside was a good SIU ship. What is worse, a steamship com­ his regular working hours. As yet there has been no vot­ pany loves such a payoff, since ing in the election. There simply Hansen has the idea that Al­ it can have a field day saving have not been enough full book­ coa has never paid this as over­ overfime, money right and left. men on the beach here to or­ time and will not do so now. The SIU has gotten to be very ganize a voting committee. There will be a short delay in popular in this town because of the signing on of this scow. Nevertheless, we expect to be back. You are a very sick man, able to get a committee and get the new television set at the GET SOME DOUGH you should be confined to a bed some ballots cast as soon as the Hall. In fact we have requests for space a week ahead of time In view of what happened on Who knows, you might die on South Wind arrives on or about for many events. the Hawser Eye, and regularly the return trip." December 20. We'll see that The night of the Louis-Walhappens on other Alcoa ships, He kept telling the Steward everybody votes. Don't worry cott fight was sure a big one. I'd advise men sailing these ships he was ill and painted a pic­ about that. The "standing ^room only" sign to niake a good size draw just ture .»of a burial at sea. No mat­ What the prospects are for was out all evening. before hitting port. ter how much he tried to dis- the future cannot be guessed We see where our Patrolman It comes in handy in case him, the Steward stuck right now. However, if we get a Bob Pohle is in the market for a an emergency, and emergencies and made the return trip, chance to crew a fieet,_rf row- wedding ring, and we hope Bgb seem to occur with clocklike reg­ He is still alive and healthy. boats or tourist cruisers, we'll invites us to the affair when it ularity aboard these, scows. It The. Marymar is enough to tax send the story to the LOG you happens. His girl is a Reporter seems that on every Alcoa ship the will of the strongest of Stew­ can be sure. on the Chester Times and she job actions qre necessary to get ards, but this Brother stuck it Whatever happens down here, has given the SIU several good the cabbage due. through. With men like him it's always better weather in the write-ups showing the Union The crew of the Hawser Eye aboard it shouldn't be long be­ winter than it is up the coast. side of things—which is some­ was a fine working unit and ex­ fore Calmar learns that it is And that's something. Brothers, thing you don't see in every newspaper. cept for a few foul balls, hand- easier to see that the men have that's certainly something. By JOE ALGINA Wait For Payoff Patrolman, Says Marcus Hook Not Much Doing In Jacksonville Savannah Gives Word On Real Hungry Skipper By CHARLES STARLING SAVANNAH—Things are still fair here in this port. We had three more payoffs last week, all three up the line in Charles­ ton. Moreover, we crewed one of these ships, two days after the payoff. The SS Frank Spencer, South Atlantic, was in very good con­ dition, very clean all over, a fact for which the crew deserves full credit. However, there w5s a big beef on the SS Hamlin Garland, an SUP ship which went right to the boneyard. It seems the Old Man did not like to eat very much and, what was worse, did not think anyone else should eat with any degree of heartiness. NO EGGS, NO'NOTHING As a result, the ship sailed short of stores, and the Old Man refused to let the Steward buy anything in Stockholm to feed the crew on the trip back to the States. It was hardly surprising, then, that the ship ran out of eggs, ba­ con, cream, coffee and God knows what else three whole weeks before hitting Charleston. Also, it is hardly surprising that the crew held a meeting and voted unanimously in favor of a motion never to sail again with Captain James E. Frazer. Brothers everywhere might want to be on the watch for this diet-minded Skipper—unless there are some of you who want to get Vour waistlines down a bit. He's going to be looking for a new ship now, since the Gar­ land is in the boneyard. T^e third ship. was the SS William Kamaka oh which all beefs were settled at the pay­ off. The payoff was on a Satur­ day, and on Monday we crewed ber up, just about cleaning out the beach here of rated men. This can be placed, under the heading of good news >if you re­ member some of . pur recent re^ ports. One oldtimer still around is an Oiler named Glisson. Fact is, he ought to be called "Bull Line" Glisson because he keeps saying: "I'll wait till a Bull ship comes along." We can't get him to ship any other way. �THE SEAFARERS E'riday, December 12, 1947 LOG Page SeveS ' Three Seafarers Take Great Lakes District Busy On Contracts; The Long Voyage Home Beefs Arise On Lay-Up Work On Saturday By FRED FARNEN DETROIT — Work has begun was with Brennan when the end on the big job of reopening most came. of the Great Lakes contracts Brother Brennan, who was 42 Those Great Lakes District con­ years old, is survived by his tracts which expire on Decem­ wife, Eleanor. Funeral services ber 31 or January 31 are in pro­ were held in St. Btephen's Chkirch cess of being rewritten to com­ and burial was in Holy Cross ply with the Taft-Hartley Act Cemetery, Philadelphia. and to incorporate certain gains The third death reported was in order to offset the greatly that of Brother John Albert increased cost of living. Dykes, who succumbed at his home-at 507^ East 10th Bt., Btill- As noted in the pages of the water, Okla., on Nov. 25, after a LOG some time ago, manage­ ment of the Detroit and Cleve^ long illness. His age was 45. land Navigation Company has Dykes had been under treat­ again changed hands, and we ment for a partial paralysis will be making a new D & C which developed 'at Karachi, In­ contract with different officials dia, while he was on a Persian this year. Gulf trip. He was flown 11,000 A committee consisting of BIU riiles from there to New York members who work in the vari­ last March when he was ad­ ous departments aboard D & C mitted to the Btaten Island Ma­ ships has already held one meet­ rine Hospital. ing, and will finish the drafting Besides his wife, the former of their demands upon this Com­ Irene Johnson, survivors include FRANK JASKOLSKI pany very' shortly. two brothers, two pephews and lines ship, on Nov. 28, of in­ a niece.. Another brother, Ollie Despite the fact that the D & juries sustained when he fell O., was killed in action in World C management lost considerable through a hatch, his body strik­ War I. money during the past year, we ing the shaft alley, according to must recognize the fact that the Albert J. Ulrich, Ship's Delegate. wages paid by this operator, as He died within two and a half well as other BlU-contracted op­ hours. erators, must keep in line with Ulrifch says Jaskolski suffered increased living costs. Therefore, a severe fracture. First aid in­ the demands upon this operator structions radioed from shore to will be based upon the economic the ship were carried out and needs of our members. everything possible was done for BROWNING BEEF him. Bull lines ordered the vessel Recently, officers aboard the to Miami, Fla., where the body Browning ships now laying up was removed for burial. were instructed to tell their men Jaskolski was 41 years old that they must work Baturdays, and held Book No. 31754. He or they would be fired. joined the SIU in Feb. 1944, This was done arbitrarily by and was in good standing at his the Browning managemnt, des­ death. He had no known next pite the fact that our contract of kin, but he once resided in with this operator specifically Detroit, Mich., accciding to Ul­ states that the work-week dur­ rich. ing fit-out and lay-up shall be Monday through Friday. Thomas J. Brennan died Bo, when the men aboard the aboard the SB Jean Lafitte Nov. BB Coralia, now tied up at De­ 9, in the Canal Zone. He held troit, were told that they would Book No. 6083 and was in good Wreath offered in memory of not have to work Baturdays and standing. Last rites were admin­ istered by a priest who was a Seafarer Thomas J. Brennan Bundays unless they so desired, passenger on the LaFitte. Bro­ by his SIU brothers aboard they walked off the ship in a ther Robert Barrett, a shipmate, the SS Monroe and SS Evelyn. body. However, safety watches Word of the deaths of three Seafarers—two of which occur­ red aboard vessels at sea—was received this week at Union headquarters. Brother Frank Jaskolski died aboard the SB Cornelia, a Bull were maintained as usual. After the men walked off the Coralia, Browning representa­ tives demanded a meeting with the SIU in conjunction with the U.S. Conciliation' and Mediation Service. At this meeting, held in the Detroit Federal Building, the BIU was represented by your Secretary-Treasurer and Brother Russell Smith. Company repre­ sentatives were Mr. T. H. Brown­ ing and Mr. Bparkman Foster, with Mr. Moore representing the Conciliation Service. After considerable discussion on both sides, the meeting broke up with the BIU demanding that the company live up to the con­ tract, and insisting that the men employed aboard the Browning ships were not required to work Baturdays and Bundays, other than for safety watches, unless they so desired. Company representatives de­ manded that the entire matter go to arbitration, and unless an arbitrator agreed upon within 15 days from the date of this meet­ ing, the Senior Judge of the U. S. District Court would be requested to select an impartial arbitrator. WYANDOTTE BEEF Another similar beef of this nature developed aboard the four ships of the Wyandotte Trans­ portation Company, one of our newly contracted operators. When the men aboard two of the Wyandotte vessels were told that they must work on Batur­ days during the lay-up period, they immediately contacted BIU headquarters. In response to their request Brother Russell Smith and your Secretary-Treasurer met with Company representatives to dis­ cuss this beef. After a considerable discussion, company representatives agreed that the Wyandotte seamen would jiot be required" to work on Baturdays during the lay-up Coral Sea Payoff Height Of Cooperation By BILL HIGGS PHILADELPHIA—What wat­ erfront activity that took place in this port during the past week must" be pushed into the back­ ground by the payoff of the Coral Bea, owned by the newlycontracted Coral Bteamship Com­ pany. This was the maiden voyage of the Coral Bea. Bhe took a crew in Tampa and, following'a trip to' Poland, she hit here for the payoff. We went aboard her for the first payoff since coming under , the BIU banner, but never did we dream that a first payoff could be so smooth. There were a few beefs on the ship, as could be expected, but right from the start we got complete cooperation from the Captain, the company Agent , and the Port Bteward. REAL ASSISTANCE In every , matter they bent over backwards • to give the men everything coming to them. There was no quibbling of any sort. • "Bome of the men had neglected to write down the overtime work Tommy Brennan, an oldtimer they had performed and the in the BIU, passed away this Captain came to their assistance week. He was a well-known figby vouching for their work. ur arouhd this town and had Bome Bkippers won't do a thing made many friends during his for a guy if he has it written days of going to sea. down in black and'^'white, but Quite a few of his friends this ,Captain ruled everything in who were on the beach at the favor of the crew. time attended his funeral. His There were a few repairs call­ burial was handled by the ed for and, to insure the crew Union. Tommy is survived by that the repairs would be mqde, his brother who, too, is a mem­ the Skipper signed a letter prora- ber of the BIU. ising them everything needed. He agreed that if the repairs were not made the men could «ign off on mutual consent. No more can be asked of a company than this. The Skip­ (Conlinucd from Page 1) per's name, in case you ever sail Congress to compel the Com­ under him, is N, E. Mavrowleon, A crew can't find a better man. mission to reduce prices./ In the meantime, hundreds of It's obvious that the company is doin^ everything in its power U.S. vessels have been and are to make relations with the BIU being sold to foreign powers and as smooth as possible. We are doing our part by seeing to it thousands of American seamen that competent, industrious men are being deprived of jobs. The shipowner doesn't suffer because take these jobs. This company intends to oper­ his pockets are stuffed with prof­ ate several more ships and, if all its made during the war. of them are as enjoyable to As always, it's the seaman, the handle as this one was, we will guy who does the work, who never have any reason to worry. gets it in the neck. US Operators Pull Ships Sales Sitdown period unles an emergency arose. However, it was too late to contact all of the men and of­ ficers on Friday, December 5, so the men on these ships worked half a day on Baturday. The successful settling of the first real beef which occured since the Wyandotte contract was signed, reveals that our fu­ ture dealings with this particu­ lar management should be okay. We found Mr. Griffith willing to meet us half way, thus mak­ ing it possible for both sides to agree upon a mutually satisfac­ tory settlement. Bince the Wyandotte ships have started to lay-up, several questions have developed aboard these ships. For that reason, a mass meeting of crew members from the BS Wyandotte, BB Hu­ ron, and BS -Conneaut was held ast Thursday, December 4. Brother OrviUe Kramer of the BB Conneaut acted as chairman of the informal mass meeting, and several sections of the Wy­ andotte contract which were not cleariy understood by crew mem­ bers were thoroughly discussec and explained. ^ The meeting lasted for better than two hours, during which all Wyandotte crew members had their questions fully answered. As a result of this meeting the Wyandotte seamen expressed themselves as being well satis­ fied with the present way that things were running. Crew members were instructed to fill out lay-up lists and re­ pair lists for their respective ships in order to protect the obs and conditions of the Wyan­ dotte seamen. It was also decided that a -mass meeting of all Wy­ andotte seamen would be held in Wyandotte next spring dur­ ing the lay-up period. Beveral minor beefs which have developed on these ships over a period of time were dis­ cussed and crew members were shown how these beefs could be properly adjusted. AU in all, it was a very sat­ isfactory meeting, and Wyandotte seamen were fully satisfied at the results. -• •n -(•/; J i Norfolk Awaits Return Of Goaf Boats To Port By RAY WHITE ' NORFOLK — After an active period, shipping slowed down again in Norfolk last week. Asa result, there are more book­ men around than there have been for quite some time. Or per­ haps their presence is due to the fact that Christmas is near. The Branch business by-andlarge is running about the same, but due to the future outlook it will be necessary to lay off the extra Patrolman this port has carried for the past lev/ months. This is all part of the eco­ nomizing program laid down by the last Agents Conference. In addition, we are cutting our phone bills to a minimum in line with the recommendation of the Becretary-Treasurer. Voting in Norfolk will prob­ ably run to an all-time high this year because every bookman is coming in to vote his choice of officials . This is ample evidence of the democratic manner in which the BIU is run. It certainly is the duty of every bookman to vote in the elections. EXPECT COAL SHIPS There are quite a few ships plying the coal runs which are due back anytime. When they get in, shipping should pick up for the next couple of weeks. There isn't much news on the local labor front. Everything is quiet in this area. However, the weather is, getting cold and rainy. Next to Siberia, Norfolk has the best weather in the world. The Hall was empty Decem­ ber 5. Why, you ask? Well, we were having a Victory Train parade. All,the boys were watch-. ing the bands. Maybe they had their eyes v fixed on those high stepping drum majorettes, who knows? Must say that even the real oldtimers were taking a peep. ^1 •1 ./(il M -.1 �- '• ft "J. '. •• , •i'''^-i;.''-t'if-• - ^ • Page Eight Brother Asks Unrelenting War On Commies, Other Disrupters By PAUL* PARSONS • • . - . , THE^ SE AFA RERS LOG ; Friday, December 12, 1947 ^ Why Bosuns Turn Gray By G. W. (Bill) CHAMPLIN There is never any time bet­ one trip and one trip only. No permits should be issued ter than the present to fight and There is plenty of literature expel communists and other un- away from our own shores, on how to become an AB, a American elements from the moreover, and any card issued Tankerman, a Mate, a Lifeboatmidst of our industries and un­ rin the future should be passed man or what have you, but. I ions, and the best 'way to fight out only after cateful screening never have seen much on how them is never to allow them to of the applicant for subversive to become a Bosun. As a result, • penetrate the unions and the in­ political beliefs — including, of MERCHANT SEAMEN, by Wil­ such- a fashion as to be deliber­ everybody knows what a good course, communism. liam L. Standard. 224 pages. ately misleading. dustries in the first place. Bosun should do and be, but The SIU has gone on record International Publishers, $2.50. These are important points in no two opinions agree. SELLOUT IGNORED opposing these elements because my personal union creed and I I've usually found, however, William L. Standard, attorney Left' out of the book are such of their past and present rec­ would like to see the views of for the National Maritime Union, that a one-trip Ordinary can tell ords and policies of bloodshed, some of the other Brothers on CIO, since its inception in 1937, things as the way the NMU the Bosun more than anybody toadied to Government agencies terror and the virtual enslave­ this same subject. and before that lawyer for the during the war, to the detriment else and, moreover, he's gener­ ment of labor. ally very sure of himself. Naturally, I am sure that the Marine Workers Industrial At home and abroad we have views of all of you closely par­ Union, has written what he of the membership; the role the I've long felt that some sort and the Committee for watched events evidencing their allel my own, and I am certain terms a brief history of the NMU ... TT •. 1 J • ,1. pf Bosun's column in the LOG Unity played m the ,, , . TT ruthlessness and deslxuctiveness that you are solid against any struggles that "preceded the for­ Maritime „ ^ X ii• T^1 would be a good thing. Here we sellout of the Marine Firemen! , , , and we are. glad to note that bloody communist effort to tram­ mation of the present maritime and the Marine Engineers after ques ions, ^people elsewhere are exposing ple us underfoot, as the com­ unions." X 1 OTTT 1 swers and experiences on diffi-. the successful SIU General situations and them too. munists have trampled millions It is obvious, however, that Strike; and the poor showing ,, , TVTTv/rTT J • xXX X proWcms. For example: SLAPPED DOWN the world over. his purpose is not to give an xu the NMU made in its attempt Once I had to get a man up Several times they have had objective treatment to the story. to organize the Isthmian. sea­ a topmast that was too big and He is a special pleader, and his men. • their hands slapped for attempt­ too high for anyone in the skeling to disrupt our organization, aim is to strengthen the com­ As far as Mr. Standard is con-' gton crew we had aboard to and we should be more alert munists' position in the NMU by cerned, the AFL M a r i t i m.e dimb. What had happened was The membership has gone than ever to the necessity of setting forth their views in Unions do not exist, and his some spiteful performer had on record to prefer charges blocking them from admission to authoritative fashion. work gives no inkling of their hauled down the last dummy against all gashounds and It is significant that this book influence upon, or contributions our Union. performers as well as the We . should be absolutely sure was published right before the to, the organization of maritime gantline before I came aboard. ASKS BOY MATE men who willfully destroy or of every permit and every ap­ NMU Convention which took workers. Just for fun I put the ques­ steal ships gear. The SIU has plication for a permit. When­ place in September and early It is common, practice for so- tion to our schoolboy Mate. October. no place for men who ruin ever these boys have failed in called left wingers to rewrite Well, the Mate had an idea, the good conditions the one place, they try in another, Mr. Standard proves his points history so that it expounds their you have to hand it to him. He Union wins for them. Take and you can be certain that they by virtue of mere statements, action in shipboard meetings have their eyes on us and that without any verification. What own peculiar point of view. This|wanted to lash a man's ankles against men guilty of these they are watching for a chance evidence he does present is in­ usually means falsification of together and have him climb facts, or at best ignoring histor­ barefooted! things. to disrupt us as they have the complete, more thanjpften inac­ ical truths. I don't know how I managed curate, and most times used in NMU. Mr. Standard does both, and a straight face while I reminded At present they do not stand so his purposed history of the him that his idea might be the a ghost of a chance of coming American merchant marine be­ answer for a coco palm but into our midst any more than comes nothing more than a his­ would hardly do on a smooth, they have in the past—provided tory of the communist fraction vertical topmast. There was an we do not relax our alertness in in the maritime industry. answer, though. ,the face of the march of com­ Once when I was kidding my­ And as every sincere seaman munism in the world today. NEW YORK—I ran across a To put him in his place I knows, that history is replete self that I'd quit the sea I was It is my firm belief that we First Assistant Engineer this sat him down and, in words of with sellouts, scabbery, and in­ working for a tree surgeon. I have plenty of permits at home week who thought he had found one syllable, explained to him ternal and external struggles to had a tree one day nobody could and abroad to fill the jobs. In a loophole in the Union contract what would happen if he in­ get up by any of the methods further the Moscow line. fact, the jobs available now which would cut down consid­ sisted upon going through with available to us. We could have should be filled without any erably on the overtime. X X it. used extension ladders, but we CAREER IN C-MAJOR, by James further issues of permits. He thought he had it all figFirst, when he put the Oilers didn't have any. M. Cain, Avon: 25 cents. The stopping ,. , of^ additional . per- I ured out. He. went through the and Firemen on daywork they Fortunately, I had an . exnuts would ^ twofold m Pur-[ found that, when would be finished Reprint of a 1936 yarn which at 5 P.M. At steeplejack in my crew who ppse: It would protect the men broken, the Fire- this time they would knock off, is below the best Cain standard. showed us a trick or two. He already m the Union; and it Oilers shall become - ash up and go ashore. Immed­ However, if you can take the ut­ piped up: "From that flagpole would prevent any infiltration by dayworkers. iately he threw up his hands and terly fantastic grand opera plot, I can get to the second limb these undesirable elements. This was okay, but the payoff shouted, "Who will stand the jmu will get your 25-cents worth. then rope-work myself to the WANTS VIEWS Story is about a tough-guy con­ top." came when he decided that he watches." In a case where no men are was going to turn all hands to I told him it was not my struction engineer married to a "Okay," I said, "but how. are available for jobs, plain shipping daywork and at 5 P.M. he was worry—it was his idea in the socialite trollop who flops as a you going to get up the pole." • cards should be issued good for going to put the men on secur­ first place. The contract, and I' professional singer. • The gent. He showed me and I never ity watch, as he called it. pointed out to him the clause, who is not nearly so hardboiled forgot. And the incident demon­ This was his own idea, other­ says that as dayworkers -their as you expect Cain characters to strates that a Bosun has to have wise the men would receive hours are from 8 to 12 and 1 be, also has a fling at professional practical knowledge of a little singing. He flops too and, for overtime for their work after to 5. bit of everything including tree 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M. Of Seafarers waiting to ship I suggested that, after 5'some reason, he and the girl live surgery and steeple jacking. It course, after their "security o'clock, he and the Chief take' happily forever after, out of the New York Hall comes in handy. watch" they would again turn over with the watch Engineer j can now pass the lime as XXX UP IN A JIFFY to daywork at 8 A.M. and ^ everything would work out JOURNEYMAif, by Erskine spectators at the big-time I took a young AB willing to Cald-well. Penguin Books, 137 This little dream was to have fine. boxing matches, hockey and go up the mast—he volunteered. pages, 25 cents. taken place aboard the Signal basketball games, movies and I took him to the foc'sle whei-e OUT FOR COUNT Hills, Pacific, Tankers, which newsreels and what have Journeyman, in case you stanchions "were handy and drill­ nosed in here the other day. you — without si>ending a That finished it. He didn't rise' haven't guessed it, is an itinerFortunately, the whole scheme .for the bell and the contract ant preacher who travels the ed him for an hour in making dime for the ducats. The , rolling hitches and using them. much-discussed television set remained but a dream -when the won another bout by a knock- universally familiar country fur- Three pieces of line were used, is now set up cmd operating looking a little rowed twice before by Author one for each foot and one for and put up a howl. on all fours. groggy when I left him, ifut he' CaldwelT in "Tobacco Road" and his chest just under the arms. There are plenty of good will probably lock himself in his "God's Little Acre. Spliced-in bowlines served as WANTED IMPOSSIBLE seats available for all these room with a copy of the agree­ In the few days roving preach­ stirrups. activities in the recreation Men who have sailed these T-2 ment and begin looking for new er Semon Dye lays over in Rolling hitches enabled the room of the third floor, Montankers know that doing what mean.s of di.sruption. Rocky Comfort he blasts the nan to slide one slliTup up while -day through Saturday until this Engineer proposed is wholly If he does, we'll be waiting emotions of almost every inhab­ his weight was on the other. 11 P.M. each night. impossible. When the plant is in for him. He is not the first guy itant sky-high. Stepping into the high stirrup, -Handling the contrcff board operation, it requires a full who thought he had -found the He cheats the males; sports he could bripg the lower one up. of the machine is our es­ watch below at all times. "Achilles Heel" of the SIU, and with the females; then winds up The rolling hitch on" the chest teemed building superinten­ The Engineer, if he had stop­ when he comes up with another his lecherous, whiskey-drinking line was pushed up as he need­ dent, Frenchy Michelet, ably ped to think for a minute, knew brainstorm • we'll probably find visit with a hell-raising revival ed it ^d served as a safety b^lt. assisted by "Lil Abiier" this too, but he wanted some the solution on the same page meeting. When the boy got his confi­ Barthes, night dispatcher. work done and thought he could of the agreement. He's off the next morning in dence, I let him go. He went up So all you Brothers who do it and at' the same time save his host's automobile before the in a jiffy. Aside-from the train­ The contract is a nice little •want to beat the cold wea­ good old Pacific Tankers a few sun and his bewildered victims ing time, I don't believe it took thing to have around, but it ther — and the gin mills bucks. Naturally, he wasn't are up. a quarter of an hour to rig that never seems to do the buckos — . come on up and see thinking for a minute about be­ Less .violent, than "Tobacco dummy gantline. What would any good even when they know what's going on in comfort­ ing boosted to Chief. Road," "Journeyman" is, never­ have happened if I'd lashed the it by heart. able style. At any rate, his "operation-notheless, lusty enough for normal boy's ankles together I hate toovertime" didn't come off. James Purcell . tastes. think. On Performers 5- " • '• ' ' ' • .'^- - ,: 1 Fights For Free �Friday, December 12. 1947' THE S E A FARERS LOG Page Nine SHIPS' MINUTES AND NEWS |||||i||^ Injured Crewmember Is Removed Quick-Witted Seafarer From SS Sparks In Heavy Seas Saves Shipmate Frant The recent trip to Europe of the SS Governor Sparks, Water­ man, turned up about every­ thing in the book including the rough-weather rescue of an in­ jured seaman off the Florida coast on the way back to New Orleans, according to "Whitey" Gann, Cook. The rescue came near the end of the voyage. With Miami in sight and a heavy sea running, an OS named Neely, climbed in the hole and fell about 20 feet to the tank top, landing on his back. It was 1:30 in the after­ noon and Neely was hurt plenty and in great pain. Drowning In Savona If it hadn't been for the heads-up thinking of a shipimate standing early morning gangway watch aboard the SS Robert R. McBurney in Savona, Italy, recently, they^' might have rung "finished with engines" for SeafarerWiley T. Stricklin. The brother whose presence of mind is re­ sponsible for Stricklin's being alive and kicking today is Ver­ non Porter, an AB. He revived Stricklin by artificial respiration after hauling him out of the v^ter in unconscious condition. * LOTS OF ORDERS When his pain steadily grew worse, the Captain had to radio for a doctor, and 45 minutes later a Coast Guard crash boat came out with a lieutenant, a doctor and a very young seaman aboard. They didn't dare put the crash boat's nose under the gangplank because of the state of the sea and the heavy gale that was blowing. As a result, orders flew fast and furiously. "Raise the gangplank," some­ one would yell. "Throw over a Bosun's ladder," would come next. Then, "Up anchor and give Resting in bunk rigged by his shipmates, B;rother Neely awaits transfer from the SS Governor Sparks to crash boat. his backbone or the vertebra connecting the last rib fractured. Meanwhile, the deck gang was rigging a sling to lower the in­ jured Neely and within 30 min­ utes the necessary paper wcrk was done and the cfash boat, without losing an inch df paint was headed for shore with Neely aboard. However, by now it was nearly five o'clock, and Gann figures that a good two hours was lost by all around ineffici­ ency in the matter of getting the doctor on and off. PLENTY OF BEEFS Basket containing injured Seafarer is lowered over side to crash boat. Upright figure in basket is' a crewmember who was lowered with Neely to handle the lines. The rescue off Miami came close to the end of a trip which had seen its share of beefs. In the beginning, en route from New Orleans to Charleston, the Captain issued no cigarettes at all. Gann says that if it hadn't been for the Chief Engineer most of the crew would have had to do without'^smokes. Toward the end of the trip when there were three weeks to go, a mere two cartons apiece were issued to all hands. After the last shipboard meeting an at­ tempt was made to do something about the situation and back in New Orleans, Patrolman Buck Stevens asked the Captain a few questions. The Old Man had an explana­ tion. "The slopchest and the pay­ roll are all made up and in or­ der," he said,_ "and if the , men want to gamble with their cig­ arettes I don't give a damn if they smoke or not." Just how the crew could have gambled with non-existent cigarettes is something which Whitey Gann says he can't understand. Other beefs concerned the Old Man's reluctance to issue draws in London and Antwerp. And then there was the water. It came out brown in the baths, Gann claim's and says that when he dried himself after a show­ er the towel looked as if it had been rolled in bauxite. Like everybody else, Gann anc his fellow crewmen were amazec by the apparent prosperity of Belgium. "You can get a new car, a fur coat or almost any­ thing else you have the mazuma to pay for," he says, pointing put that there are a lot of American goods selling at prices about 10 percent above U.S. prices. What impressed him and the others was the difference between Bel­ gium and England. us steerage way." The one thing they didn't do was put out an oil slick, Gann reports. Finally things got squared away and the dpctor came up a ladder. He gave Neely a needle to kill the pain, and examined him as thoroughly as he could without X-ray and other equip­ ment. But he was unable to say whether his rib was broken from Stricklin had toppled into the water as the McBurney was dis­ charging her cargo of coal in the Italian port. He suffered se­ vere facial injuries in the course of his fall and is now recover­ ing in a Savona hospital, accord­ ing to a report to the LOG from the vessel's Chief Steward, Frank S. Mitchell. ON WATCH The episode- occurred shortly after Brother Porter took over the midnight to 4 a.m. watch. At 12:45 a.m. an Italian longshore­ man very excitedly X'an up to Porter hollering: "Officer and water!" VERNON PORTER three men to the dock. Porter hanging on to the unconscious man's belt for all he was worth. As they cleared the watei*. Por­ ter saw the victim's face; whichhe says, had an "awful" gash over one eye and was swollen< beyond recognition. Porter says he thought at first that an officer had fallen into Porter went to work pronto as the water. soon as he was set down on: the "I grabbed a I'fe ring from dock. He immediately loosened! the bulwark just aft of the the belt of the man and began* house on the inshore side of the applying artificial respiration to. ship," he says in an account of his motionless body. the incident. He tossed the ring to one of the longshoremen, who was so excited that he dropped it in the water. Realizing he would need light. Porter headed for his locker on the double. On the way back from his quarters he ran into R. E. Creamer, OS, whom he had relieved at midnight. He told him to call the Third Mate. Porter was using his head every inch of the way. Before he reached the dock, he had cut a line from the gangway. Mean­ while the Italians had lowered a bucket into the water from the crane which had been working No. 5 hold. One man was on the bucket . HOPS ON BUCKET "I tossed one end of to him and the other the men on the dock. jumped to the bucket Porter^ says. Several minutes elapsed. Ihen? the injured man stirred. They? heard him take a deep breath. Within seconds he was breathing normally. Up to this point all thought" the victim was a longshoreman. While waiting for an ambulance to show up. Porter took the man's wallet from his pocket to> establish his identity. A SHIPMATE "It was only then that we' learned he was W. T. Stricklin, . one of our Wipers," he reveals. Porter noted that Stricklin's wrist watch had stopped at 12:45) a.m. "I would say he had been inx the water about five or six min­ utes," he adds. "' my line Stricklin was then placed om end to Then I a stretcher which had .been^ myself," brought from the McBurney, bysome of the crew. They carriedl The victim already appealed him across the railroad tracksto be in a bad way. Porter's ac­ on the dock, where the ambul­ count reveals he was "floating ance picked him up shortly with just his back above the water. His feet, arms and head after. were hanging straight down." Porter says "The Third. Mate Crash boat tosses in heavy seas, as doctor climbs ladder to board SS Governor Sparks for look at Neely's injuries. ""He was just beyond my reach, so the Italian with me threw the bight of my line over the man in the water and pulled him close enough for me to get a hold of his belt." The crane then, hauled the stood by, while I went back to the gangway watch." It's for sure that Stricklin is happy Porter had that gangway watch—and that those Italian longshoremen were around, too. >i �Bi-r- ^ • i VV- 1" }&M ll? Page Ten THE SEAFARERS LOG ."• •- *' •V-i.-a . Fxida7' December 12, 1947 SlU Ships' Minutes In Brief MARQUETTE VICTORY, Oct. AliCOA CAVALIER. Oct. 16 27—Chairman J. C. Magnusson; — Cheirman A. B. Steinberg; Secretary W. M. Stark. New Se^et^y Powers. Delegates re­ Business: Delegates and Patrol­ ported no changes in personnel man to check slopchest for quan­ at ! end of present trip. Chief tity and quality. Decision to Steward Miller niade a speech move Wipers rriidship and Elec­ and stated that all overtime has tricians to go topside. List of re­ been okay and thanked crew for pairs made up and approved; wonderful cooperation. New Ci'ewmembers having logs of Business: M b t i o n carried that one-month's pay against them ship will not leave until it is to have Patrolman look into the completely erewed. Pa.tty Mcmatter. Cann made a speech about top­ side, also about the strike in XXX ROBERT INGERSOLL, Oct. 19 1936. The chairman mentioned the abusive treatment of Chief notice. Beefs came up in regards —Chairman I. Davenport; Secre­ Steward and 2nd Steward. Stew­ to quality and quantity of food. tary Charles Dasha. Delegates re­ ards Delegate spoke about the Also need of fumigating crew ported a few hours of disputed Brother whb was handcuffed at quarters. All departments agreed overtime in their departments. New Business: Deck Delegate the gangway by the Chief Mate. to cooperate mor^ in future, and spoke to the Mate, about paint­ S- t- X menu for each meal be posted in ing foc'sles and ' toilets but as IF YOU HAVE A GOOD BEEP OR sues^oN TOPA TOPA. Oct. 1—Chair­ messroom. M/S/C that meeting there are only 2 gallons of paint man John Marshall; Secretary THAT MAY HELP THE SlU YOUR FELLOW the Mate agrees to paint out the C. Wahlganer. New Business: be adjourned. SEAFARERS TAKE THE DECK AT A UAJIOM X X t Deck shower room. Good and Motion that the ice box be thor- K. V. SCHWARTZ (Schwarls MEETING - SHIPBOARD OR SHORESIDE-OR. Welfare: Discussion on cleanli­ ouly inspected by a Union rep­ Sand & Gravel), Oct. 15—Chair­ ness of messrooms and laundry. resentative before any stores are WRITE TO THE LOG . pONj'T SHOOT VOUR man Mike Lack; Secretary Bat Gilmore, Steward, is going to or­ brought aboard. Good and Wel­ Beatty. M/S/C meeting come to der more linen next trip. One MOUTH OFF ATA BARTENDER OR A LAMPfare: General discussion on mak­ order. Books and cards or regu­ fOSr i TELL IT TO YOUR UAJIOM BROTHERS! minute - of silence for Brothers ing the ship a better place to lar members checked and found lost at sea. live. in good order. Discussed matter of why working gear and wash­ ing machine as provied by con­ tract were not yet present aboard. Several beefs regarding X t- % overtime not being signed and XXX CAPSTAN KNOT, Oct. 7 — one case where payment was re­ — By HANK HASTINGS, Oct. 26—Chairman Chairman C. Swain; Secretary fused by Capt. M/S/C that a Daniel Dean; Secretary R. John­ While the weather is getting colder and the cost of living is M. R; S t e V e n s. Departmental committee be elected to look in­ son. Delegates reported no dis­ higher (regardless of- those violent predictions by businessmen, delegates reported all okay ex­ to these matters. M/S/C that puted overtime-ior beefs. New politicians and dreamy newspaper writers that prices would come cept for disputed overtime be­ committee procure blanks for re­ Business: Motion carried to have down) shipping is gradually picking up while plenty of Brothers tween deck and engine depart­ cording all overtime, also man­ remainder of eggs and potatoes are anchored for those ships to come in. Last week is .was so ments. Good and Welfare: Re­ ual defining specified working disposed of and new stores of jammed it looked as if a few catwalks or flying trapezes could port that fruits and juices have duties for various departments been warm at mealtime instead aboard ship. M/S/C meeting be same taken aboard for next trip. have been built by the carpenters so that the men in the back Motion carried that all deck could get up to the counter for those jobs, too! ... Brothers, two of being chilled. Crew reported stores and tools be checked for weeks ago the Isthmian agreement of working rules, etc., was a daslre for more variety of benefit of next crew. Good and printed in this, your weekly official union newspaper, The LOG. pastry and icings on cakes. Welfare: Have library changed Whatever SIU Hall you come into from your trip ask if there XXX for next voyage. One minute of are any cop'ies left of the LOG with the Isthmian agreement in it. STEEL CHEMIST, Sept. 28— silence for Brothers lost at sea. If you get one, study it and keep it with you—^just in case your Chairman I. W. Magarvy; Secre­ next ship happens to be Isthmia^i I... Brother George Meaney * X X' tary E. J. Laws^ Delegates re­ HASTINGS, Sept. 21—Chair­ just had a successfuL operation up there in the Marine hospital ported some disputed overtime man Roy-O'Neill; Secretary Syl­ in Brighton, Mass. and will soon .be leaving his drydock berth in their departments. Education: vester Costa. Delegates reported to sail into New York's Merry Christmas spirit. Brother Meariey New members told about not -on number of-books and , permits writes that the following Brothers are up there: A. (Gus) Bounti; signing on or off without okay^ in their departments. New Busi- R. Lord; M. Dean; E. Hudson; H. Schwarz; J. O'Byrne and E. from i Patrolman. Discussion on XXX „ CRESCENT CITY (Brownim i^ess: Padeyes to be painted Dellamano!... conducting selves as good Union men. Good: and Welfare: ^ SS Co.), Oct. 15—Chairman Sa- j V^ite so as to see them at night. Agreed that ship's delegate vage; Secretary Hadley. M/S/C guard lines on deck to king Brother Jimmy Millican is in town right now after his should: cheek the slop, chest for delegate Wood check on over post to be removed so it will be trip to Trieste, etc. Brother Millican confessed that he was quantity, quality and sizes.'time for cleaning bilges. M/S/C,disturbful. Linen day to ^XXX ^ ^ Ithat fine be placed on each man'be changed to Friday. Good and going to write-a story for the LOG about what he saw in Trieste and whSft' hie feelings were about it... Brother Pete CAROLYN, Sept. 2^Chair- coming aboard intoxicated so'Welfare: , Clothing, m- washing McCoskey- just-^sailed into town after three beachy weeks man P. Losado; Secretary R. that he could not stand watch.' "^^'^bine shwld not be Jeft soakdown in New Ozieans. Brother McCoskey confessed that he Rhoades, Delegates reported no This fine, $5 to be collected by ing over 30 minutes. Five min­ sure would like to have his shipmate. Brother. Dutch Bolz in beefs. New Business: Motion each delegate in his department, utes to be allowed for cleaning town right now so that they could ship together again... carried "that no'man is to enter Jon third offense of same, man's machine after use. Brother Verrill Swearingen, Gulf oldtimer, is in town right messh^ll without a shirt on. Mo­ union book be automatically now ... Brother Paul"Gondzar just sailed into Our Town after tion carried that a fine be levied withdrawn. M/S/C each man do­ a long home, sweet, home bit of shipping on the Madaket against men who leave their nate 25c each meeting to ships and her trips to Europe. Brother Gendzar says he's anchoring dirty .cups on hatches or put fund to be used for union busi­ here to study for his electrician's endorsement... Brother their feet on seats. Money to go ness. M/S/C Brother Chet Louks Louis Galvani just sailed ouJt of the hospital last week. .. to men in marine hospital at be elected permanent treasurer. X X X port of payoff. One minute of M/S/C there be a regular meet­ ROBERT STUART, Oct. 24— silence for Brothers lost at sea. ing held on 2nd and 16th of Chairman W. H. Mason; Secre­ This Week's Seafarer and Story: We saw Brother Joe Pilutis, each month, plus any special tary W. Doyle. Delegates report­ meeting necessary. M/S/C any ed things running smooth. Re­ the oldtimer, last week. For the first time we noticed he was not member not on watch, and not pair list made up and approved carrying a mustache on his face. Nevertheless, he looks the same, attending meeting be fined $1 to by crew. Good and Welfare: in fact, a few years younger, and he has just recovered from a go in ship's fund. M/S/C meet­ Suggestion that men keep mess- facial illness which caused him to leave his home, the SS Evange­ ing be adjourned. hall clean and tidy. Charges line. Joe confessed that he is getting his twenty-one dollars weekly XXX MILWAUKEE CLIPPER. (Wisbrought against Pantryman for (which is the maximum payment) from the Unemployment Bureau XXX * consin & Mich. SS Co.), Oct. 30 JOHN W. DAVIN (Midland SS neglect of duty and general un- at Canal Street, while shipping is tough. Joe says that the pay­ ' —Chairman Joe Jukes; Secre­ Co.) Oct. 26—Chairman John P. cleanliness in his actions. One ments come three weeks after filing an application at Canal Street; tary Paul Kelly. Brought up mat­ Donovan; Secretary^ Same. First minute of silence for Brothers You have to bring your discharges for 1946, your seaman's papers, your union book and your registration card for shipping in order ter of laxity of crew in hold­ meeting held this year due to lost at sea. to fill out the application. ing ships' meetings, not bring­ fast turnover of men. Meeting XXX ing up small beefs at appropri­ instigated by Brother E. Nordaas, DEL NORTE/^ Sept. 13—Chair­ ate time. M/S/C penalty assess­ Duluth Agent, who came aboard man Scottie Findlay; Secretary ment on each member not at­ and suggested meeting be in­ Harold Crane. One minute of Little Jimmy Crescitelli, -the mustached-atomic bomb of tending meetings, 24 hr. notice be formal and purely organizational. silence for Brothers lost at sea. humor, says that he was intensely disappointed that he wasn't posted on blackboards in mess- M/S/C that one delegate repre­ Delegates reported no beefs or invited to the King and Queen's wedding in poor old England. room. Delegates elected for each sent ship. Discussion on crew complaints. New Business: Mo­ He went to other weddings where at least he woke up the dei^rtmentr Chicago Agent, Jan-^ leaving mess dirty at night, and tion carried for more coopera­ next morning with a big headache and somewhere around sen, .brought up matter of at- time was requested for 4-8 deck- tion and less noise aboard ship. thirteen cents in his pockets... Here are some Seafarers who temjpt op company's part to dis-" watch to clean up. Agreed crew Night lundh shortage reported to probably are still in town: G. Bryan, J. P. Campbell, J. Hilton, charge "one Emma Knueppel. He wash own dishes at night. Steward. Motion carried that re­ R. E. Ouinn, J. Wallis, L. J. Goodwin, F. Camacho, A. Mitchell, received petition signed by crew M/S/C meeting adjourned decid­ pair lists be turned into shoreA. Laplant4, J. Pantoja, L. Drummond, Oscar Grimm, J. Patter­ members. He talked to company ing next meeting be as near to side delegate. Decision that crew son, V. Digiacomo, W. Gonzales, P. Almocera, R. Teets, R. regarding this and they agreed the 1st of month as possible. No stick together at payoff and See SommellL E. Drig^ers, J. Grimsland, M. Vigo and J. Mikalajunas. to let her remain, until further. beefs. that necessary repairs are made. CUT and RUN �Friday. December 12, 1947 THE SEAFARERS Page Eleven LOG THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS Lxzx: mziixiiyiiixiiniiixixi Deep Sea Trophy Lack Of Medical Facilities In Arabian Port Blasted What Do You Think? The question of shipboard promotions has aroused considerable discussion among Seafarers. Ever since the issue was raised, some two months ago, letters have been coming into the editor, recommending that changes be made in the shipping rules to abolish the practice. These letters have been published in the SEAFARERS LOG. One appears today in an adjoining column. To Ihe Editor: I have read the letter written by John A. Sullivan headlined "Ras Tanura Hospital Lack Draws Wrath of Seafarer," in the Nov. 7 issue of the Seafar­ ers Log. I was on board the SS Steel Inventor with John when she made that trip he writes about. His articles were wellwritten and true. As has been pointed out, any decision that is finally made will have to be reached through a referendum vote by secret ballot, in accordance with the provisions of our Constitution. Meanwhile, discussion of the shipboard promotions should continue—pro and con. Up to now opinions submitted to the LOG have in the majority been against the promotions. But all views should be heard. Men favoring retention of shipboard promotions should express themselves. Those who are against it and who haven't yet had their say should also make their views known. All hands—for and against—should write what they think on this vital subject to the Seafarers Log, 51 Beaver St., New York 4, N. Y. Now is the time! Holds Shipboard Promotion Leads To Company Unionism To the Editor: I have read with interest In recent issues of the LOG the iarticles of several of my brother Seafarers regarding "shipboard promotions;" or what is best known as "brown-nosing." Speaking from a personal point of view I am entirely against the policy of "shipboard promo­ tions"—if it is possible to pro­ cure a man from the Union Hall. In my estimation, should our Union allow the system of ship­ board promotions to continue for any length of time, it would tend to lead us into a sort of tolerant company unionism, which would eventually destroy the independent and' militant spirit of our rank and file mem­ bers and officials. PROUD OF MILITANCY I am proud to say that this fearless and militant spirit has tnade our Union one of the most respected maritime unions in the Vrorld. Shipboard promotions is the way to lay the groundwork for the building of shipboard cliques, where the Bosun and the Mate have the most servile stooges under their command and the outspoken Department Delegates and rank and file members are given their walking papers for one reason or another. Under ouj democratic system of registration and dispatching of membeis to ships, every mem­ ber has equal opportunity to re­ ceive any kind of job that he is registered for and qualified to fill. Under ship^board promotions only a select group of stooges, who do a little extra "browhUosing," would receive the most sought after jobs. The Union hiring hall was es­ tablished after a long and bitter battle and some of our Brothers even lost their lives in fighting to establish it. Soviet us not i-elinquish this most fair and demo­ cratic system of obtaining jobs aboafd ships just because some selfish individuals feel that they do not want to stay on the beach long enough to get the jobs they most desire through the Union hiring hall. I an. for NO SHIPBOARD PROMOTIONS! Send Those Minutes Send in the minutes of your ship's meeting to the New York HhlL Only in that way can the membership act on your recommendations, and then the minutes can be printed in the LOG for the benefit ef all other SIU crews Hold thuse shipboard meet­ ings regularly, and send those minutes in as soon as possible. That's the SIU wayl J. Greenhaw Log-A-Rhythms m •i\ I was one of the fortunate who did not suffer. But it really makes one mad to see how the less fortunate were treated. Proof that they're biting in the waters off Jedda, Arabia, is the blue dolphin proudly displayed by Everett DeLonde, Engine Delegate aboard an Isthmian vessel now stopping off in Singapore. According to the letter which accompanied the photograph, the men of the unnamed Isth­ mian ship expect to spend a poor Christmas and New Year's Eve somewhere in the Pacific. • m PUBLICITY NEEDED KENNETH HANSEN BROTHER EXTENDS SEASON'S BEST TO MEMBERSHIP To the Editor: To our officials, the Editor and his entire staff and Brother mem­ bers, I wish to extend my heart­ iest Christmas greetings. May the New Year bring further suc­ cess and greater power to the finest and proudest organization in maritime history: the SIU. As Sullivan stated, more publi­ city is what is needed to bring attention to the fact that medi­ cal facilities are denied seamen in the Port of Ras Tanura, Ara­ bia. Perhaps then something will be done about the hospitalization problem of seamen in the Per­ sian Gulf. In Ras Tanura, there is a beau- tiful hospital — owned by the American Arabian Oil Company. It has plenty of-beds, is wellstaffed with doctors and nurses.. The company refuses admittance to seamen, saying that only em­ ployees of their organization are Lest we forget, we must bow entitled to treatment there. our heads in silence, too, in This is not in any way to dic­ commemoration of our departed tate to the company about how brothers. "Let there be no moan­ they should run their affairs. ing at the bar when I put out But it seems to me that hospi­ to sea." Let's keep the home tals and medical treatment for fires burning for^^ a bigger and pgopje needing them is some­ better SIU in 1948. thing that cannot be treated a» coldly as that. George H. Seeberger AN OBLIGATION Waste Of Waters By JAMES (Pop) MARTIN "This dreary waste of wafers;" Hark, male, 'to the lubber's moan. Shore folks, Iwixt you and me. We call the sea our home. It's kith, kin, kindred to us. Someday twill be our grave. For we were there or thereabouts When He said, "Let a ship be made." Look at its swells sun burthened, ^ Watch the waves genuflect to the Lord. That was a duty He placed on them. Though never He spoke them the word. Sure, we have seen the desert— The valley—stream—the hill. Harbors of queenly cities. There taken our fling to the fill. They temper winds to the suns of man. Frigid breaths of the Artie void. Warm the winds of the icy continent. From the Ocean Antipode. Betimes we turn toward shipping— Our feet lead us down to the sea— The great, wide, clean, blue solitude: Home, to men. the likes of me. When the land mass lays loo'wards. To weather, the sea smiles green. Sends bounty of cloud and rain inland Fields and forests then drink and preen. To some, God gives a wack of land. Of orchards, kine and byres. The sailor won an itching toot, A heart cram-full with desires. And deck themselves in chlorophyl. Wax stout: trunk, fruit and seed;'' Mountains she crowns with glaciers. From which great streams are freed. To live in a glut of benty— Of seas in storm or calm. He gives us a wack at the sights. In lands of the pine and palm. What a. behison to the race of men: Cool waters—a warm breeze; Winter comes, spring follows— There's the thaw to break the freeze. But for the waste of waters. Waste would be those lands. Unborn would be the cities, Unneeded the work of hands. But a duffer calls it "a watery waste," Or "that old Devil Sea;" Sailors serve it, give it fear When it's a boisterous enemy. Unclothed of trees would be the hill. Dust dry the bed of streams. Dry and sere would seem the fields,-' Without their thousand greens. .'ii I ''^1 •SI One of the first obligations of any hospital is to give aid' to anyone in need of its services, without any regard to who or what is involved. If they fail to discharge this duty to humanity they do not deserve the name hospital. In Ras Tanura they haven't learned this. I urge every Seafarer who has made this particular run to the Persian Gulf and who has come across the same or a similar problem to write in and blast the condition existing there. Per­ haps if sufficient publicity, is gven the matter, a change in policy might be made so that seamen needing medical aid will not be victims of discrimination. Kenneth H. Hansen SS Steel Inventor Drop Him a Line To the Editor: ; L Just a line to you all. I arn here in the hospital and will be here for a while so I '' would like a letter or a card from anyone in the SIU, pleasq^ until I see you again. J. C. Kensley Addington Hospital, Ward lj| Durban, South Africa 'M �Page Tw^dtye •;V> TB£ JSEAFARERS LOG Algonquin Reaches Antwerp In Good Shape—Few Beefs l-iC - To the Editor: V Friday, Decembar 12, 1947 SALTY CREWMEN AND MASCOT OF THE SS PEPPER by saying that the black gang is on the ball. However, "Nobe" Smith states that his overcoat is under three balls—in a pawn­ shop, and that he can't hit the beach in the country of the Bel­ gians. The Flying Ghost of the St. fLawrence Navigation Company ; finally has docked in the "hello sucker" village of Antwerp, Bel­ gium. The membership has asked BACKBONERS that we forward for them an ar­ ticle to the best damned union We now go to the supposed paper in labor circles. So, Bro­ backbone—more of a sparerib— thers, if you can take it we can of the ship, the Bellyrobbers. dish it out. We've got plenty. We have Charlie "One Beer to The unlicensed crew of 29 mem­ bers develops 26 bookmen plus a Girl" Ellen, Dave "Missisthree permitmen who are just about ready for pro books. LOTS OF LAMB Hugh Meacham, the anchor chain Bosun from Norfolk, Joe "Vacation" Lupton and "Little Man" Honeysucker, the trium­ virate of Bank Street, have things under control. "Preacher" Jones, the sougee rag AB, has developed a smile because he gets lamb three times a week. While steaming through South Atlantic wa srs bound for Africa, crewmembers of the Wil­ The rest of the deck gang or liam Pepper, Robin, line up for cameraman Bill Dargan. Ai rigHl—front row: Jerry, Crewmess; rope hustlers are all on the ball. sippi" Rivers who is the gallop­ Jim, 2nd Cook; Frisco, BR; back row: Kozan, fWT and "Gabby," FWT. Oh, yes. Editor, we have a At left—"Chips," center, doesn't seem to be bothered by the two big boys flanking him, Napoleon in each department: ing third slumburner, Johnny Jerry. Messman, at left and "Tiny," AB„ at right. Deck, "Hobo" Anderson; Engine, "Oh Johnny" Bryant who is ^ * : ^ : 1 "Chubby" Stevens; Stewards, D. Night Cook and Baker, Bobby Casey Jones. And, Brothers, oh Robertson the ex-footballer fro'm Brothers, they're picking alliga­ Asheville, N.C., as BR, and Cas­ ey "Nutsy" Jones as Chief Cook. tors out of goldfish bowls. (Edi­ But Casey claims the Engine tor's note: Whatever this last and Deck do more cooking in the means.) Galley than he and his gang— To the Editor: time for "book larjiin" school. The underground savages, led especially Anchor Chain. Don't let Steamboat O'Doyle I am sending in a new sub­ put down his pen. His "LOG-a,by their motorcycle-riding Dele­ scription blank for the LOG as Rhythms" are good. gate "Rusty" Brinn are really on All kidding aside; let's get I do not krfow if my previous The best luck to all, the gravy train. "Barney Old- down to business. Here's an opone has run out or is in danger field" Cuthrell, the bean-eater gn letter to the Secretary-Treas­ urer. of doing so. I should hate to go •who is not from Boston but is Cy Sypher to the postoffice and find " no a Tarheel from North Carolina, The members on. this vessel, Midlothian LOG. Many of my friends and says that beans are ... well you her name is the SS Algonquin Illinois family enjoy it a lot. can guess what kind of a joke Victory by the way, went on record unanimously to ask that that is. Also, since I am here in Ill­ P.S.: My paper looks queer negotiations be reopened with As you have requested. Edi­ inois going io school and study­ tonight, and the headlines say the St Lawrence Company and tor, that all members keep their ing hard, it is the only way that "Chicago Printers on Strike." As to have this ship manned as a articles short, we will hurry on I can keep tabs on my main in­ I have not read my paper yet Victory (which she is) not a terests such as friends and ships I don't know what union, why Liberty. or when, but^ if it's to help make conditions in general. With all good wishes and the small man's life a little I have not retired my book smooth sailing to all SIU and easier with more pay or better but am keeping paid up in full, SUP members wherever they conditions, here's to the printers. and hope to ship out over Chris­ may be. Roscoe, the Pepper's mascot, tmas and give at least one of our strikes a; majestic pose on top Brothers on the Lakes a chance McCrary Crew Votes Some mighty interesting Russel H. Brinn, Engine Del. of a hatch. Looking well fed to go home to see the folks. I've stories of shipboard meet­ Chester J. White. Dack Del. and happy, he is a changed had a few holidays with my own. Confidence in Skipper ings, sea rescues and just Daniel P. Rivers, Stewards Del. pooch from what he was when plain every day goings-on I guess I was lucky to get off To the Editor: SS Algonquin Victory the boys picked him up have been coming in from the beach down in San Juan in Out of a de.sire to see a wrong SIU members out at sea. But righted, a unanimous vote the LOG would like to hear SEAFARER'S ADVICE TO UNORGANIZED TANKERMEN of confidence was given, our from more of the fellows, skipper. Captain L. W. Jenkins, because there's more going after what was judged an exr on that's just as interesting ceptionally pleasant voyage on and beneficial, to the mem­ the SS George W. McCrary, Wa­ bership that we don't hear terman. '' about. We submit this fact as a re­ All it takes is for one oi buff , to certain allegations of more of the crew to put .it questionable merit on our pre­ down on paper and send it vious voyage by several members to the Seafarers Log, 51 Bea­ of the last crew. At 'lhat time;, ver St., New York 4, N. Y. very undignified and, we ar6 jilad to say, very unsuccessful effort was made to totally dis­ credit the Master. 'We hope this decision of the entire crew will be accepted as a complete refutation of any and all doubts as to the merits of a 100 per cent guy. It has been a swell voyagd made possible by a regular ci-ew We don't care if it' iin't of officers on the topside and fancy, just jot down ibe nien in all departments pulling facts and we'll set Iheia up together. in. your story. If you have any pictures, so much the The Crew better —send them along, ' SS George W. McCrary How about doing this right Mobile now, on this trip? There are . thousands and thousands of l%^on members and their families who'll read your story about your ship and shipmates, Putting his sentiments on paper, Seafaxer Andy Lorier charts the true course to job se­ t——^^ i__ curity for unorganized lankermen. Attending School, Brother Keeps Up With Log, Dues Get Your Story In The LOG tU->. - : • a'-'- ' ./M, �-• Friday. December 12# 1947 Says Skipper Pulls Stunts, Rides Crew •,:^- T H E S E A F 4 R E RS LOG A SEAFARER HITS TIMES SQUARE •••Mm Page Thirleea SS Marymar Pops Up Again; Same Beef, Same Solution To the Editor: refused, and threatening every­ one in general .with action by the Coast Guard, he called in the Port Captain. QUICK AGREEMENT About 7 p.m. the Port Cap­ tain arrived with the Agent from the Portland Hall. After a quiet It seems that the trouble you boys had with this scow in To the Editor: New York was no sooner stopped There have been quite a few when it started again. (Ed. Note: beefs here in San Juan in the A food shortage beef aboard the fast few days. Seems that some Marymar was settled in New 6f the Captains have the mentali­ York—LOG, Sept. 12) ties of 12-year old boys. Guess We took this tramp out of that is the age when most small Philly with the promise of a boys "think they are the heroes fresh supply of stores when we of the se9 stories they read. reached California. The Master of' the SS Edward Arriving in Long Beach, we Livingston, a Bull Line Liberty, received the usual fresh milk, is one of these, I think. He not bread and vegetables plus the only gives the crew a had time promise of meats and dry stores With his cheap, petty stunts, but in the next port. is trying to get rid of a Stew­ After moving up to Frisco and ard named Nick Talla Who is Ray Durbin, Deck Maintenance, shows what he can do on to Seattle, there getting the not only a real oldtime Steward with a camera when the big lights of the Great White Way same stall of "We'll take care buj well-known as a Union man. are working with him. View is of the south east comer of 46th of you at your next stop," we He has always been liked by Street in the heart of New York's best known thoroughfare— finally-, got a patrolman down men who sailed with him—exin case anybody's checking on it. to the ship. We were told to dept this Captain. sit tight until we reached Port­ discussion, it was agreed that Seems Nick is accused of feed­ land, our final port. the missing items would be pur­ ing the crew. Seems the Cap­ chased immediately. tain doesn't think the boys UNANIMOUS DECISION By 9 p.m. everything was should eat so well. On the way to Portland a squared away and we were Another instance. Harold Docmeeting was held and a mo­ steaming out of port. It juSt goes kery paid off the Livingston earn a living as merchant sea­ tion carried that we payoff un­ to show you what can be gained here October 9^. Brother Dockery To the Editor: less the Steward received every­ men. by sticking together instead of had some necessary dental work I am taking it upon myself Personally, I have been a thing on his requisition sheet. becoming intimidated by a bunch to be done, so he decided to mix to make a complaint about some­ member of the Seafarers for a Arriving in the port, we wait­ business with pleasure and have thing that is occurring every considerable time, through the ed two days with nothing in sight of Calmar office boys. Chalk up it done in San Juan—and why day in the week. It is of such whole of World War II. I am but the same old promises. About another victory for unionism! A vote of thanks is due our not. a nature that I feel it should also a veteran of World War I. 32 hours before our scheduled Chief Steward, Brother George NO REASON GIVEN be remedied. And I am in good standing with departure the entire crew gave When the dental work was Tm talking about members of the Union as I always have the Old Man the required 24- Seeburger, for his splendid co­ operation and unselfish devotion finished, shipping was pretty the Union who are working on hour notice. been. slow. However, after his card shore anywhere from six weeks That evening the Steward be­ in the settlement of this beef. Crewmembers KNOWS DEPARTMENTS was old enough Dockery threw to 10 or 11 weeks for the pur­ came ill and was removed to SS Marymar it in for an AB job back on the pose of getting a lengthy time Being a Steward and a Chief the hospital where he was told 4LivingsJ;on. He was^^ejected by on their registration tickets so Cook, ai.a knowing something he was too sick to make the the Captain. No reason was that shipping out will be a about the rest of the depart­ ship before sailing time. He was given. cincl?. This way they disregard ments and having a pretty fair told not to worry as a man had And there was no reason to other men holding tickets who understanding of human psy­ been sent to the ship as a re­ reject him that I know of ex­ could be married, have families chology and working with men placement. cept that Dockery is not only and need jobs maybe worse. of all types have helped me con­ Smelling a frame, the Steward a good seaman, a credit to any siderably all my life. They have grabbed his pants and made a HEARD THIS ship, but a good Union man with I heard one man say he knew helped me win the confidence bee-line back to the ship. "inucho sabe." He is one of the of a Steward working in a rest­ of most of the men I've worked Sailing time was set at 3 p.m. To the Editor: many youngsters in the SIU aurant waiting to obtain two with. About 1 p.m. the supplies star­ whom Skippers like to discour­ months time on his ticket then I think that is the kind of co­ ted to come aboard. After check­ We would like to call the at­ age. The upshot of this little ex­ come to the Hall to be ready to operation that keeps the Union ing over his lists the Steward tention of all SIU Brothers to perience is that Dockery is now ship. strong, and makes the Union' found there were some items something which has been go­ more determined than ever to I feel such doings are not to command respect from people in missing. A check-up showed they ing on for quite some time down fight as a Union man. the best interest . of the Union many walks of life. The result,had been struck from the Jist in this neck of the woods. Of course, Dockery finally got in general, and I hope something is that seamen are and should by the Port Steward, There is an outfit operating on the Livingston. Sal Colls told will be done about them. Inci­ be in the category of honest, A vote of the crew showed out of Wilmington, North Caro­ the Captain the score and that dentally, I also think something hard-working, intelligent and that the men were in favor of lina, known as C. D. Maffitt & was that. ought to be done about those respected men. having the missing stores Company Shipping Agency. The I made a trip on the Living­ who sign on to work a ship then I say the above because I want.brought aboard otherwise they operator of this questionable en­ ston myself once, was watch' are not in the least concerned to make clear that my inten- ] would call for a payoff. The terprise thinks that he can ship partner with Dockery. He was' about their duties. These men tion and I think the intention of iCaptain was immediately inform- finks and scabs on our SIUcontracted ships. Deck Delegate and acted as' are unfair to their fellow crew- the Union is to make for bright- ed of the crew's intent, Ships Delegate. He was^ darned members and to the Union which er conditions for seamen to work After ordering the sailors to His specialty seems to be the good, too, which maybe is why makes it possible for them to under. let go the lines, to which they Moran tugs which hit this port Victor Johnson towing dead ships in and out the Captain did not want him of the bonej'^ard. for another trip. THEY RIDE THE WILD RANGER Well Dock is on the ship. The CONTRACT-BLIND Agent here gets many more beefs He doesn't realize that ah than this one, but he is still SIU contract means what it says right on the ball. in the clause specifying that on­ Woody Lock wood ly union men shall be employed. We have watched this guy scurrying around the waterfront LAID UP MEMBER trying to make his dishonest THANKS BROTHERS dollar, and we feel that his ac­ FOR DONATIONS tivities need close attention. This, we feel, is doubly im­ To the Editor: portant now that shipping has I want to thank all the Broth­ become slack in all ports. ers for the kind donations I have Fred R. Hicks Jr. received while here in the hos­ Robert H. Northrum Jr. pital. Since being here I have Lee Roy Hufham Jr. made wonderful progress, but Jack Knowles my illness will keep me here for quite a spell longer. Inasmuch as I will be here for some time, I would like to hear from some of my old shipmates. A line or two' from them would mean a lot to me. Again I want to thank each and every one of you for your kind donations. They have made looking forward to the day when I will go to sea a lot easier. Joseph Spaulding Pee Wee, OS, telexes between E. Mayo, Engine Delegate and Tex Jacks, Deck Delegate, Biggs Memorial Hosp. in photo at left. That's Jacks touching up the stack in photo right. - ' Ithaca, N. Y. Guys- Who Play Job Angles Draw Onion Front Steward m Brothers Urge SIU Put Crimp In Crimp Hall ?3| "is| �T.r:rY*;-' •* pfige Fourteen THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, December 12, 1947 Skipper Makes A Nightmare Of Nampa Trip piece from one of our mooring^work so we couldn't go ashore I should have mentioned be-'men came aboard for the payoff, at six A.M. If we went ashore fore that we were not paid off They got absolutely no cooperalines and took it with them. One. topic of shipboard con­ We caught one native as he at six P.M. we either ha<i to ^et on our port payroll. One of tion. The Old Man refused to versation which never seems to was going off with some linen pay our own fare baok or stay his reasons for wanting to back- show the overtime sheets, saypall is ships' officers. Oldtimers, but we took the linen from him ashore all night. (I must include date the articles was so he ing he had no authority to settle especially, offen relate remark­ and gave it back to the Steward here that those of us who paid wouldn't have to make out a overtime disputes. able tales of bucko Mates and Another managed to get into our bwn fare and got receipts port payroll. The Patrolman realized the Skippers they sailed under, and a locked raom (he had a key) were reimbursed by Waterman.) We wouldn't go for the back­ captain was not sober enough to in the course of telling and recaught and turned over Advances were limited to $10. dating, but we said if he'd give payoff the ship and informed the telling, these stories sometimes' to the police. After holding a buck aside for us a limited draw, he could company of the situation thus change so much that the orig­ The Captain then wanted me boat fare we couldn't get far. A hold the payoff until the end of delaying the payoff for still an­ inal teUer of the tale .would to search all the rooms and re few beers, a bit of commercial the trip. other day. We were naive enough to take it to be a new story. port to him anyone who was dealing, a movie or bull fight COMPLETE FOUL-UP think he might reciprocate. At As a consequence some char­ missing any linen. He seemed to and we were broke. acters got a reputation, go'od or have the impression we were We got another ten bucks any rate, I said we wanted our Meanwhile, the guys getting five days later which went the port pay upon arrival and after off couldn't go home, register or bad, which they did not deserve. selling the stuff. way of all cash, and on the that was squared away we'd let fe-ship and we were already in Well, I didn't sign on as Stool Nowadays we can tell our tenth day when we asked for the Uniofi-Patrolman handle the port four days. Pigeon, 1st Class, so I refused, stories through the LOG and no more money the Skipper asked voyage payoff. The next day we finally got told him he could take the mat­ matter how often we read them me to come up to his room. fie agreed and said he'd wire squared away, and those of us they never change. in for money and pay us off on who stayed were laid off a few It's not a good policy to use NO INFORMER arrival day, the 21st. I later days later. This time we got the LOG as a medium to blast learned from Sparks that no transportation without any I went up after supper and a man or hurt his reputation imasked politely what he wanted. wire was sent; nor did we get trouble, but the company had to fairly, but I believe it's a good He asked me who I thought de­ paid off although we were dock.- pull a final bit of stinginess. idea to let other members Icnow ed before 2 P.M. They figured if we travelled served a draw. about some of our more unique Next day he wanted to payoff to the port of signing on we He said some of the boys were officers so that they'll at least performing, getting drunk and the port payroll without dis­ were not entitled to a full day's know what to expect should staying ashore and I was in a charges. When we asked for subsistence so instead of $4.25 they happen to sail with them. position to know who they were. them he said we'd have to wait, we got $2.85. I won't beef about I baKeve it's also a good idea He wanted me, to tell him so which we did. The man seems to the difference because I'd hate to give your impressions of the to see the head of the outfit lay he'd know to whom not to issue have a work phobia. various companies you sail with. The following day two Patrol- off one of his butlers. a draw. I made my first trip in 1929 so I told him that as far as I I'm not exactly a beginner, but was concerned everyone deserv­ I never sailed with Waterman ter up with the proper authority ed a draw; I also told him I was when we got back. until last March. not a detective and didn't know No one performed while we anything about anyone. Because RUMOR INCORRECT were in Catania. Everybody I refused to play his game, he I had- heard that Waterman turned to;'all the work laid out ruled that no one could have a was a pretty good outfit and for us was done. draw. He also said he didn't was quite surprised by the shov­ After we were there five days have enough money to go around ing around on the last voyage we. left for home, but two days and the ship was due to sail the out we developed boiler trouble next day. on the Nampa Victory. No one knew the Captain or and were ordered to proceed to All during the two weeks we Chief Mate. The Mate started the nearest port for repairs. were in Lisbon we were suppos­ ' t j-jW;.'-!."' Sunday morning we arrived at out okay by not interfering with ed to sail the next day, but the [$5.00; L. Pacquine, $5.00; S. Vergara, NEW YORK the Bosun and, except for being Lisbon, Portugal. This was a date was always changed. This $5.00. INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS a bit shy on overtime, he was­ break for most of the crew since time it w^s the same thing. The SS SURVEYOR few of them had been there be­ next day, when he realized we P.S. 230. $IS.OO; Luigi Faraone, John Eliasson, $5.00; Francisco S. n't too bad. fore, and since we were anchor­ were due for another week-end, $3.00; E. C. Hyatt, $3,00; M. Dejonge. Rivera, $5.00; R. Arabski, $2.00; Wm. With the Skipper it was a dif­ $2.00; R. R. Cinfagione, $1.00; Ramon E. Lacey, $5.00; Jose Gomez Garcia. ed at .ten in the morning and it ferent story. He wanted us to was Sunday with no work to he managed to dig up enough P. Perez, $5.00; J. Kennedy. Jr.. $5.00; $5.00; Benito P. Centeno, $5.00; Chuing sign articles on the 4th of Sept. do. we had the better part of a money for a draw and we had J. L. Marrero, $3.00; J. N. Agati. $3.00; Chung, $5.00; Jar Chong, $5.00; Pasual B J. Stolpun. $2.00; L. S. Hoyt. $5.00: Martinez. $5.00; Semion Gamier, $5.00; our . last fling. Md baok-date tham to Augmt ^ G. A. Lewis. $5.00; L. M. Acri. $1.00; Chuan Ding, $5.00; P. DePaz, $5.00. There is one more episode As ships delegate Iturned."' W. Hussey, $1.00; Amantea Ramirez. SS KYSKA ling. thumbs down on the deal. We Our joy was shortlived—we which belongs in here. One of $5.00; Ernest Tocco, $5.00; P. C. Lo-w- J. C. Berkenkemper, $2.00; N. Melthe sailors asked to see a doc­ ry. $5.00; L. L. Dixon. $1.00; G. A. vin, $5.00; E. J. Rogg, $1.00; W. Mur. would lose a day's pay that way rell, $2.00; R. Hutchison, $2.00; W. H. if the trip exceeded a month. lord and master. The other two tor on sailing day. There was Kaczer. $5.00; L. L. Dixon, $3.00. F. A. Tetterton. $5.00; H. E. Wil­ Moody. $2.00; J. R. LaFoe, $2.00; L. plenty of tiijae and he had a leThe Old Man couldn t see this Delegates and I went up to ask liams, $3.00; Benny W. Eaves, $2.00; Lewis, $2.00; F. Wonsor, $2.00; I. Spen­ Leo J. Walczak, $2.00; A. Silva. $5.00; cer, $3.00. until he took down his calendar Captain for passes which -TWO BITS EACH, L. C. Barnes, $4.00; R. Grabowski, SS GRANDE RONDE and counted the days. I believe gj.g mandatory in Lisbon. AAJPDO/O'TGET $6.00; B. H. Tolbert, $3.00; Mrs. E. A. W. Klein, $5.00; G. Ranieri, $5.00; he was drunk; in fact, if he ever DRUNK— Hie / Watt, $1.00; Milford B. Aycock, $1.00; B. E. Gattis, $5.00; A. Rvyalty, $3.00; OBSTINATE SOUL showed up completely sober I Louis Frakas. $5.00; T. C. Rabaria, G. L. Griffith. $5.00; A. Sanchez, $7.00; think the Mate would have re­ For no leason at all the Skip­ $1.00; L. Golembiewski, $2.00. W. H. Green, $5.00; P. J. Walsh, $5.00: corded it in the log book. Ivar N Rosvold. $5.00; E. Arnot. SS N; WEBSTER per refused to give us the pass­ M. Acosta. $1:00; A. Montemaran, $10.00; P., Magro, $5^.00; F. Ostrick> At any rate, I won my point es. We asked for a draw and $3.00; G. Chea, $2.00; N. J. Wuchina, $5.00; C. Loriz. $1.00; J. Serrao, $5.C0; and we signed on as of the cur­ were turned down; we asked for $1.00; A, Rodrigues, $1.00; R. SiSarno, R. Ingram. $2.00; V. Bavirsha, $10.00. rent date. The Old Man inform­ launch service but were refused SS COLABEE $1.00; W. Mingin, $1.00; C. Reyes, K. Korneliusen. $2.00; F. L. Calnan, ed us that he was instructed by this also, even though it was in $1.00; J. Cabral, $1.00; J. Kirby, $2.00; M. F. Thornton, $3.00; !. V. Murphy, $2.00; R. Smith, $2.00; K. Nielsen. the company to issue no more the agreement. $5.50. $2.00. than two packs of cigarettes per He gave us no reason; jus SS H. GREELEY SS ALCOA CAVALIER day and no one was permitted to simply said no. He said we coulc C. R. Brumhcld, $3.00; T .R. Meuse, J. J. Giordano—Crow of SS Alcoa carry any of his own. If you go ashore if we wished but ht $3.00: T. R. Meuse, $5.00; W. O'Neal, Cavalier, $45.00. $5.00; G. Michalopoulous, $1.00; F. smoked more than two packs of would do nothing to help us out gitimate reason: his arm was in­ SS FORT RALEIGH C. Burns, $1.00; J. Capps, $1.00; J. Fisher, $2.00; M. D. Getchell, $1.00; cigarettes a day you were out of Some of the boys had moneys ured leaving him no feeling in Price, $1.00; R. Maldonato, $2.00; F. L. M. Lanze. $5.00; J. Forest, $2.00; J. luck. and managed to get a launch his right forearm and the in­ Vitali, $3.00; Thomas O'Reilly, $2.00; H. McElroy, $3.00; J. E. Ashby, $5.00. SS UMATILLA one evening and went ashore ability, to flex his fingers. T. Fitzhugh, $1.00. GIVEN SHAKE DOWN p. E. Nash, $1.00; J. Luddy, Jr.. SS EMILIA They discovered after they got He had hurt his arm while $2.00; L. Beverley, $2.00; ' N. BaciA couple of days before we there that if the Captain allow­ carrying stores but when he told J. Slatery, $1.00. galopi, $1.00; G. Deason, $5.00; C. SS KATHRYN •reached Catania, Sicily, the ed any member to go ashore the Old Man about it, the Skip­ R. StewcAt, $I.0C. Millican, $5.00; G. Voorloumis, $6.00; Skipper called the three Dele­ without a pass he (the Captain) per refused to let him see a doc­ J. Preshong, $2.00; B. Agol, $3.00; H. SS NOONDAY gates to his room. He told us was liable to a fine of 1,000 es tor. He thought he was faking. J. Garcia, $2.00; A. Melendez, $1.00; Zucker, $2.00; S. Pelkonen, $3.00; S. we would haveyto declare every­ cudos (about $40) for each of­ The sailor is now taking treat­ V. J. D'Angelo, $2.00; H. O. Workman, Ekstrom, $1.00; .A. Pinchook, $3.00; A. J. Cummings, $2.00; J. Patient, thing new, and also 'such things fense. This was printed on the ments three times a week for a $2.00; G. Berdon, $1.00; J. C. Jackson, $.3.00; R. Duhrkopp, $3.00; P. Black, $2.00; J. W. Curlew. $2.00; W. Rogers, as tobacco, chocolate, etc. back of each pass in four differ­ nerve disorder in his arm. $1.00: S. Salahoris, $5.00; G. A. $1.00; D. McKeel, $2.00. He said he would search all ent languages. SS BILLINGS VICTORY Burke, $2.00; H. J. Casimer, $1.00; E. INJURY SERIOUS D. Miller, $2.00; N. J. Hav/ks, $2.00; W. J. NewhofF, $1.00; S. Suliman, quarters and confiscate all goods Fortunately for the Old Man considered contraband if they no one was picked up that night. The Marine hospital doesn't J. P. Newman, $1.00; M. Rzenkowicz, $1.00; Leonard G. Walberg, $1.00;* R. $1.00; M. Menzano, $1.00; G. R. C. Perez, $1.00; M. A. Machel, $2.00; were not declared. When the Captain found out seem to feel he is faking—may­ Skrlells-, $2.00; H. C. Dearen, $2.00; ; P. Rasmussen, $1.00; K. W. Nash, We didn't mind'this, but we how he was sticking his neck be they're not as smart as the A. Klymshyn, $1.00; W. R. Mcllveen, $5.00; R. W. QjjJnn, $1.00; J. F. couldnt see the point. The cus­ out, he lost no time in issuing Captain. $2.33; G. Kasprzyk, $3.00; E. Wilson. Byrne, $1.00; R. M. Maitin, $2.00; T. E. Korneliusson, $1.00; L. P. Tabartoms officials didn't search us passes. He also gave us a draw A few days before we got in, $2.00; C. Borman, $1.00. rini, $2.00; J. L. Liknes,' $2.00; E. P. SS STEEL SEAFARER and none of us had any so-called and got us launch service. the Old Man paid me the dubi­ Jose Caamano, $5.00; J. Longhurst, Montenero, $3,00; P. Larsen, $1.00; M. contraband anyway. He didn't suddenly become an ous honor of visiting me in my $2.00; D. McKinna, $2.00; A. Riva- Novak, $1.00; G. Clough, $5.00; A. L. jDuring the time spent in Ca­ angel—he made everything as room during working hours. dulla, $5.00; C .Kauffman, $2.00; T. Hinde, $1.00. ' SS CARLSBAD tania some linen was stolen.. inconvenient as possible. Two I had been acting as Bosun Wisniewski, $5.00; J. T. Bowman, $5.00; Trying to keep the natives off trips a day, one at six in the and the Skipper wanted to kpow J. F. Seager, $5.00; G .P. Allen, Jr., Percy C .Powell, $2.00; F. Anderegg. $5.00; G. C. Dunfee, $3.00; A. Nielsen, the ship was impossible. Trying morning and one at six in the if I should get Bosun's wages. $5.00; V. Pedutb, $5.00; N. Copeland, $2.00; A. Turcon, $2.00; R. R. 'Parker, $5.00; G. Mamezak, $5.00; M. I. Mir­ to keep them from stealing was evening. He also wanted to know about anda. $5.00; J. V. Glaze, $5.00;^ A. $2.00; Herbert C. Mclsaac,; $1.00; Noreven harder. They even cut a Now most of us were on day the payoff. DeLaFuente, $5.00; P. C. Pacanay. bert Kranz, $2.00; F. J.. StmpiDn, $1,00. Bs^ ARTHUR THOMPSON ^6 LJO($ fv: ... _ . - �Friday. December 12, 1947 THE SEAFARERS Page Fifteen LOG BULLETIN Unclaimed Wages PERSONALS reau. Seamen's Church Institute GEORGE R. GOSS .Your wife is anxious for you of New York, 25 South Street, to contact her at 53 Clarendon New York, N. Y. 3. & 3^ Street, Boston, Mass. JAMES G. FOUTS % i, Your mother is very anxious JAMES GORDON BIKES 501 HIBERNIA BLDG., NEW ORLEANS, LA. for you to contact her at 2816 You are requested to contact South Main Street, WinstonShirley Wessel, Supervisor, The following is a list of unclaimed wages and Federal Old Age Mrs. Salem, N. C. Missing Seamen Bureau, Sea­ Benefit over-deductions now being paid by the Mississippi Steamship Com­ men's Church Institute of New X ^ ^ STEVE COLECCHI pany covering the period up to December 31, 1946. York, 25 South Street, New York Communicate with Homer and Men due money should call or write the company office, 501 Hiber- 4,'N. Y. Joe, care of the New York Hall. % % % nia Bldg., New Orleans, La. All claims should be addressed to Mr. EllerJOSE MADUREIRA i iJOSEPH A. BLAKE busch and include full name, Social Security number, Z number, rating, Get in touch with your wife, (SS Bret Harte) date and place of birth and the address to which the money is to be sent. Mrs. J. Madureira, 4 Odeon The following message was re­ Court, Barnet Street Gardens, ceived for you from your wife; Driscoll, Thomas J ,.... 7.69 Dudley, Arlie L 5.94 Dwan, John 4.80 Capetown, South Africa. "Grandmom died on Nov. 4." 50.78 Dwight, Eugene N 19.67 ft * J. Drowdy, Herbert 1.50 Dudley, Jerry D Dudley, Romaine Ira 11.59 Dwyer, A. J 10.05 HARRY CHEATHAM A X t Driimmond, David 2.06 LEONARD MITCHELL Diett, Charles 0 25.99 Dwyer, Charles J 2.23 Contact Raffer's, 564 Nostrand .01 Drury, William C. . 22.76 Dwyer, Martin 22.99 Avenue, Brooklyn 16, N. Y. You are asked to get in touch 2.64 Duffy, George Dryall, F. R. ...;r.... 3.73 Dwyer, R. F 1.30 t t t with Albert Michelson, 1650 Russ .46 Duffy, Joseph W Dryman, William F. 2.72 Dycus, Thomas L , 73 EARL BISHOP Bldg., San Francisco, Calif., con­ Diiames, A. P 4.81 Duffy, Moran Contact your attorney in ref- cerning the loss of Peter Dell,.... 2.772 ^ Dye, Eugene C .45 Duarte, Alfredo M 72 Duffy, Norman 62.26 jDyess, Ernest L 25.66 erence to your claim against the anegra from the Louis Bam­ Duarte, Antonio 1.48 Duffy, Patrick J 2.40 Dykema, M ., 2.90 SS William K. Kamaka. berger on December 28, 1945. Dubiel, R. F. ....t 1.95 Dufour, Andre T Dugan, Richard E 3.71. Dykes, O. T -... 60.00 i J. i Dublanica, Peter 99 % X X 90 Dynarski, Anthony C. 27.07 CHARLES E. DEMERS WALTER EARL BROWN Dubose, James K 4.20 Dugas, Anthony J Your wife asks you to contact : 1.12 Dxvonchik, J. M 52 HARVEY BRUCE BROWN Dubriel, Adelaro 20 Dugas, Anthony J 11.20 Eagleton, Alvin C 5.60 her at 43 Coleman Street, Dor Get in touch with your mother Dubrow, Stanley 2.23 Dugger, Bobby R 59 Earl, James 4.27 Chester, Mass. at 6718 Alabama, St. Louis, Mo. Ducker, Roderick A. .; 43.20 Duguid, Archibald M i 7.61 Eason, Winston G. ...» 17.87 lit Duclos, R. A 5.40 Duke, Joseph XXX ROY CLARENCE BOND 3.99.Duke, Robert D. ^ 4.67'East, John Henry 4.23 HENRY GRANOWSKL FWT Ducote, Curtis 9.86 Eastman, A 9.15 You are requested to contact Get in touch with B. LessenDucote, Curtis 3.99 'Duke, Stanley F 11.25 Easton, Howard Clair 4.48 your wife at 138 Glendale Dr., thieu. Oiler, SS Seatrain' New Ducote, Luke C 04 Dukes, J. W. 10.69'Eaton, E. 4.45 Houston 12, Texas. York, Seatrain I.ines, Inc., 39 Ducote, Reese A 5.50 Dukeshire, 1 Dulaney, Robt 71'Eaton, E 30.951 1 3^ 1 Broadway, New York City. • Dudek, Franil .69 Dulie, Jerome B 3.13 Eaton, J. C 21.80 ALEX RIOS XXX Dulle, Leo M. 7. 11.47 Ebanks, Carlman 123.75 Get in touch with Welfare LEANDER PARKS Dumadwros, F. R. 26.60 Ebbei^ts, Louis E 2.56 Center 23, 157 E. 67th Street, Communicate with Joseph Dunay, John 3.27 Ebert, Charles J. 60 New York 21, N. Y. Volpian, ' Special Services- De­ BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. 20.70 Echauri, Vincent 28.79 ' partment, SIU Hall, 51 Beaver Cafveri 4539 Duncan, Edward L % % 80.56 Eckert, F. A 1.12 WILLIAM RALPH STONE BOSTON . 276 State St.|Duncan, Ernest St., New York, N. Y. Important! Bowdoin 4455 Duncan, F. A 6.03 Eckert, Oscar : 01 Your mother requests you to BUFFALO 10 Exchange St. Duncan, George W. 10.19 Eckman, Robert G 17.40 contact her at Route 4, Box 153, Cleveland 7391 2".07 Eckmon, Carl E 2.16 Mobile, Alabama. CHICAGO 24 W, Superior Ave. Duncan, Meta, H Duncan, Roy W 98.75 Eckols, A. J 4.42 t t t ' Superior 5175 CLEVELAND 1014 E. St. Clair Ave. Duncan, Samuel N. Any members of the crew of 1.08 Eckvarria, Hugo 15.20 FRANK RAKAS Main 0147 Duncan, Stuart : 18.17 Eddleman,-John T. Jr 8.26 You are asked to get in touch the SS Thomas Reed who have ; DETROIT 1038 Third St. Dungan, Charles W. 8,76 Edelstein, A 7.92 with your mother at 245 Clover knowledge of the circumstances Cadillac 6857 under which Anthony Gfeene Dungan, GT 183.94 Eden, Ronald 86 Street, Brownsville, Pa. DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. .74 Eden, Thomas Charles 15.51 drowned please contact his. mo­ 'Melrose 4110 Dunham, F; XXX GALVESTON 308'/i,—23rd St. Dunlap, James ;...; 5.96 Edenfield, Lonnie 6.54 CRAWFORD ROBERT GRAY ther, Mrs. Mary Greene, 427 Phone 2-8448 Dunlap, James C .46 Edgerton, Kenzy G 30.34 Contact Mrs. Shirley Wessel, Montgomery Street, Jersey City, HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Dunlap, James C 46 Edinger, Edward E 27.39 Supervisor, Missing Seamen Bu-,N. J. Phone 58777 10.74 Edmonds, E 691 JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St. Dunlap, John K Phone 5-5919 Dunlap, John L 31.12. Edmonds, Kenneth Wayne 5.06 MARCUS HOOK 811 Market St. Dunn, Donald L. ..., 8.77 Ednmnds, Christian 21.93 Chester 5-3110 Dunn, James S • .89 Edner, Harold G 7.30 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Dunn, Mark M. 26.77 Edward, Frank Dale 1.20 The SEAFARERS LOG as the official publication of the i Sea­ Phone 2-1754 1.98 Edwards, Benjamin H 18.44 farers .International Union is available to all members who wish 't. MONTREAL 1440 Bleury St. Dunn, Oscar Jan ! MIAMI 10 NW 11th St. Dunn, Otis D. ... 2.48 Edwards, Charlie 23.79 to have it sent to their home free of charge for the enjoyment of NEW ORLEANS 339 Chartres St. Dunn, Robert L. 10.74 Edwards, Clarence R 1.40 their families and themselves when ashore. If you desire to have Magnolia 6112-6113 • Ai Dunphy, Colin U 2.68 Edwards, Conrad H 4.10 the LOG sent to you each week address cards are on hand at every NEW YORK 51 Beaver St. ....! 8.61 Edwards, D 1.78 SIU branch for this purpose. HAnover 2-2784 Dunphy, J 2.68 Edwards, G. 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Jr. address below: • SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St. Durfee, C. E 2.64 Egildson, Jay D .!.. f.27 Phone 8-1728 Durfey, James M 1.19 Egner, Fred A. ;... 14.13 SEATTLE 86 Seneca St. Name .20 Egner, Robert L Durgin, Alvin T. .! 14.62 Main 0290 Durban, J. 5.63 Eickmeyer, John A 2.23 TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. Street Address 31.40 Eipp, George 16.98 Phone M-1323 Durkin, Albert TOLEDO 615 Summit St. Durr, Harold ...'. 5.31 Eister, Clifford G 38.02 GarHeld 2112 Durrell, Amos W. 2.27, Eklund, E. R 50.30 City State WILMINGTON 440 Avalon Blvd. Dust, Roy W • 16.39 Eklund, Ernst 11.66 Terminal 4-3131 .27 Elardo, Simon F L91 VICTORIA, B.C 602 Boughton St. Dutchick, John Signed Garden 8331 Dutton, R. R. .. 12.29 Elciruk, AnT;one 25;92 VANCOUVER 565 Hamilton St. 2.83 Eldemirfe, Delaware ..... - 9.11 Book No. Pacific 7824 Duxbury, Ebpr Dvorack, C. E. . 3.52 Elder, Robert A-........... ,1.40 Mississippi Steamship (Company SlU HALLS NOTICE! Notice To All SIU Members �-• • •«"-. Page Sixteen THE SEAFARER^^he TridiTt December 12, 1947 Alcoa Cavalier Logs A Fine Trip A, '• r W' y. II'-W A seaman s life is not all work, as the above picture shows. This was taken at the Ole Swimming Hole, Barbados, a private club which was used by the crew free o! charge. They dined, danced, and even took in a little of the liquid that makes cares fade away into the distance. What a life! Here's the Alcoa Cavalier, ridin|^ high on the way back from an Island cruise. According to members of the crew, quarters and food for the crew are just as good as what the passengers get. >r- I- Off watch and resting on deck are the above three Seafarers. Left to right. Jim (no last name given). Utility; Jim Colder, Waiter; and Joe Powers, Waiter. All the pictures on this page were turned in by Brother Colder. Another spot for rest and relaxation was found in Trinidad, at the swanky Perseverance Club. Members of the crew were welcomed warmly and treated royally every time they patronized the place. iliiliWiiillB! Since the Cavalier spent Thanksgiving Day at sea the Stewards Department got to work'to give the passengers and crew a bang-up time. Above picture shows them getting readv for the festivities. At St. Lucia, British West Indies, the Cavalier loaded lip with bananas. Here they are be­ ing carried aboard the ship. Bananas are the popular crop in the region, but of the fruits which are grown in the northern hemisphere, such as apples and pears, the Islands have none. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource December 12, 1947 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. IX, No. 50 Description An account of the resource Headlines CITIES SERVICE ADDS 8 SHIPS,TO GET 3 MORE BRASS HAT CALLS FOR HEARING UNIT RETURN - UNDER COAST GUARD REAL LOWDOWN ON SHIPS SALES;US SHIPPERS WANTED WANTED BARGAINS ALIENS URGED TO APPLY FOR VISAS AS FIRST STEP TOWARD CITIZENSHIP PRESENTING 10 WHYS TO UNIONISM SEAFARER SURVIVES SWANK PHILADEPHIA CONCERT NEW YORK BRANCH SEES FILM OF SHIPYARD STRIKE ALCOA BUILDING WORLD'S BIGGEST BAUXITE PORT THINGS THAT EVERY SEAFARER SHOULD KNOW SHIPPING STILL STRONG IN BOSTON; TANKER IN WITH PLENTY OF BEEFS FEW GASHOUNDS FOUL THINGS UP IN FRISICO ISTHMIAN CREWMAN HAIL NEW AGREEMENT SHIPPING HOLDS FAIR IN MOBILE PROSPECTS GOOD EXTRA SHIPS KEEP MIAMI BUSY;MORE VESSELS EXPECTED IN PORT NEW YORK ENJOYS WEEK OF GOOD SHIPPING;NEARBY PORTS ASL BRANCK FOR SEAMEN SAVANNAJ GIVES WORD ON REAL HUNGRY SKIPPER WAIT FOR PAYOFF PATROLMAN,SAYS MARCUS HOOK NOT MUCH DOING IN JACKSONVILLE GREAT LAKES DISTRICT BUSY ON CONTRACTS ;BEEFS ARISE ON LAY-UP WORK SATURDAY NORFOLK AWAITS RETURN OF COAL BOATS TO PORT CORAL SEA PAYOFF HEIGHTS OF COOPERATION BROTHER ASKS UNRELENTINGWAR ON COMMIES,OTHER DISRUPTERS WHY BOSUNS TURN GRAY INJURED CREWMEMBER IS REMOVED FROM SS SPARKS IN HEAVY SEAS QUICK-WITTED SEAFARER SAVES SHIPMATE FROM DROWNING IN SAVONA SKIPPER MAKES A NIGHTMARE OF NAMPA TRIP ALCOA CALVALIER LOGS A FINE TRIP Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/12/1947 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1947 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/22648155494e05e42f830f7b5ddd3ae1.PDF 0056f67fe700dc094d25afabfe9eacf7 PDF Text Text Official Organ, Atlantic & Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of NA VOL. X NEW YORK, N. Y.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 17. 1948 No. 51 Sm Fights Move To Seuttle Fleet Seafarers Asks Wage Increases From Operators NEW YORK, Dec. 15 — Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall has demanded of all SIU Atlantic and Gulf District contracted dry cargo companies a $3.50 a month pay increase and higher overtime rates for unlicensed personnel in all ratings. The SIU's wage increase demand was set forth in a telegram' sent yesterday by Hall to the operators. Insisting that SIU wages be equalized with those Calling on Congress and the nunciation of the Hoffman sch­ With the jobs of thousands of American seamen hanging in the President to take action to in­ eme in protest telegrams to balance, the Atlantic and Gulf sure continued American parti­ President Truman and members District of the Seafarers Inter­ cipation in the European recov­ of both houses of Congress. granted other sections of the inIn Washington, a reopening of national Union stepped into the ery plan, the AFL maritime dustiy as a result of the recent the whole question of Congres­ As Ihe LOG went to press, forefront of the fight to block group .spokesman declared: 97-day strike on the West Coast, the following steamship com­ "The full force of the AFL sional support of U.S. shipping Economic Cooperation Admin­ the A&G Secretary-Treasurer panies have agreed to the istration chief Paul G, Hoffman Maritime Trades Department and loomed as a result of the ECA's urged immediate compliance by wage increases demanded by from carrying out his threat to its 306,000 members will be intention to throw more ton­ the operators. the A&G District: Alcoa, ditch U.S. ships in favor of for­ thrown into the fight to secure nage to foreign ships at the ex­ an even break for American sea­ pense of the country's own mer­ The demand for the pay hike Isthmian, Mississippi, Seaeign flag operators. was made under the clause in chant fleet. train. South Atlantic, Bull Hoffman's announcement last men." all A&G District contracts per­ In Philadelphia, the Central The reason given by Hoffman Line, Waterman, Robin Line, week that he would begin to di­ mitting a reopening of wages by American Eastern, Ponce vert Marshall Plan bulk cargo Labor Union, representing the for his ultimatum is the rate the Union at any time. A&G differential, particularly on coal city's AFL unions, along with Cement, and Smith & John­ to foreign vessels unless by Jan. agreements are the only ones in son. shipments, existing between U.S. the independent International • 1 American operators meet "com­ the maritime industiy containing shippers and foreign operators. Association of Machinists and petitive rates" touched off an unsuch a clause. (Continued on Page 11) precendented storm of opposition many other unions joined the de­ The text of Hall's wire to the from all sections of the maritime operators follows: industry, with the seagoing "The Seafarers Irrternational unions taking a leading part. Union of North America, Atlan­ Early this wceek, organized la­ The Seafarers Negotiating old rale is the overtime pay. tic and Gulf District, hereby re­ The Winslow Homer, Water­ bor and members of both Houses Committee announced this week which now calls for the payment quests an, immediate meeting in of Congress were joining in the that an agreement has been of $1.25 an hour to men earning accordance with the terms of the man coastwise ship, was gutted attack on the Hoffman Plan. reached with Moran Towing and less than $245, and $1.50 to those contract for the purpose of dis­ by an all night fire as it lay at Paul Hall, Secretary-Treasurer, Transportation Company calling making over $245. cussing changes in monetary a pier in Philadelphia this week. A&G District of the SIU, in a for a boost in wages to $322 for other additions to the contract matters. A section of the in«telegram to AFL President Wil­ Bosun, $239 for ABs and propor- are clauses guaranteeing medical dustry has just been granted the The blaze, which destroyed the liam Green characterized the tional gains in other ratings and .Relief to the unlicensed crew, following: $3.50 per montjj in­ contents of two holds, was dis­ covered late in the evening and Hoffman Decision as "a mortal overtime work. payment of $6 per day mainte- crease for each rating. lor those was fought throughout the night blow" to the U.S. merchant fleet The supplementary agreement „anco and cure, and the provi- ratings receiving less than $239.23 and AFL seagoing unions. Hall brings Moran into line with the sion that penicillin will provided per. month the new rate of over­ by the ship's crew, shoreside fire­ urged Green to bring the full rest of the SlU-contracted com- free to the unlicensed men of time is $1.15. For all ratings who men and the harbor fire patrol. weight of his office to hear in panies, ending a difference which the tugs, receive $239.23 or more per No crewmen were injured. blocking the ECA Administra­ had existed since the SIU won a Crewmembers of the ship—re­ month the new rate of overtime The new wqge scale follows: tor's drastic move. cently arrived from New York— is $1.45. For guaranteed continu­ $12.50 and $25 across-the-board turned the fire hoses on the ance of smooth operations of boost last August from the other Bosun $322.00 EXPOSE DANGERS your vessels contracted to this flames, which at times shot sky­ AB 239J)0 operators. Seafarers on Moran The A&G official asked Green Union, the Union suggests that ward through hatches and venti­ 193J)0 to inform President Truman and tugs will make up the difference, OS in lieu of meeting you agree to lators. The men won the praise as the retroactive dale of the' Electrician 361.00 Senator Styles Bridges, chairman these increases effective Decem­ of the Skipper for their fine work Oiler 249.00 of the Congressional "watchdog" new pact is August 19, 1948. ber 15, 1948 and signify your in­ in keeping the flames confined to Termination date of the new Wiper 222.00 committee, of the dangers posed two holds. tentions by return wire." 287.00 by the Hoffman manifesto to the agreement is the same as that Steward-Cook As yet it is not known whether Similar demands will be made 262J)0 nation's shipping industry and signed with the bulk of the Second Cook upon ,STU tanker companies in or not the vessel will be repaired operators, September 30, 1350. Messmsn I93J)0 national defense. or declared a total loss. the near future. Boosted considerably over the Utility 193.00 "The Marshall Plan must suc­ ceed," Hall said, "but not at a cost of thousands of jobs for Am­ erican workers." (The complete text of the Hall telegram to President Green ap­ By ERNEST BOSSERT Standard Oil followed the un­ watch. I told the Bosun that, wasn't expected to be raised in pears on page 11.) ions' lead by inserting, in their according to the company agree- a situation such as this. Earlier, the AFL Central After my expose of the Esso agreement, overtime provisions rnent, I would not be able to The only comment the Mate Trades and Labor Council of Tankermen's Association in clean tanks while on Sunday could make to combat my argu­ Greater New York, acting on a recent issue of the LOG, I was for Sunday sea watches almost identical with those of the sea watch because the agree­ ment was that this was an em­ strongly worded recommenda- very happy to see printed an unions. ment strictly prohibited the pay­ ergency, that we were running tipn by the SIU, Atlantic and article which ' turned the spot­ into a storm and had to get it ment of double overtime. I happened to be a seaman in Gulf District, voted unanimou^y light on another stooge outfit done as soon as possible. at its Dec. 9 meeting to cohdehtn SOTMA of Sun Oil Company. the Esso fleet at' that time and Inasmuch as I was all ready would like to. relate a few in­ on overtime for standing Sun­ PERMANENT EMERGENCY the Hoffman threat, and instructThis bolsters my claim that day sea watch, I would not be I told him that by no stretch" ,ed Council Secretary James ,C. company-inspired outfits are all teresting experiences. able to work at; cleaning, tanks of the imagination could tank' QUinn to inform President Green alike, whether they be Standard TANK CLEANING until my sea watch was com­ cleaning be termed as emerge-, of its stand. . * Oil, Sun Oil or the latest com­ In his letter to Green, Secre- pany brainchild, CTMA, Cities While aboard one of their pleted. The Bosun said: "See ency duty. If tank cleaning wasships I was helping, to clean the- Mate!" emergency work, then there talT Quinn declared that "Hoff­ Service's "union." tanks on a Satm-day and had man's irresponsible proposal, if i immediately went to the wasn't a single task on a ship This, the latest in an infamous carried out, will mean that thou­ line, is being organized as a last nearly completed the job. All Mate and relayed to him what that could not be called em­ sands of American seamen will minute effort to offset the enor­ but two tanks had been Butter- I had all ready told the Bosun. ergency work. be thrown out of work; that the mous prestige won by the SIU worthed, aired ' out and the My beef was unexpectgd—or if Even chipping and scaling, by American Merchant Marine will among the men of that com- sludge removed. not unexpected, it certainly (Continued on Page 3) These two tanks could easily be swept from the high seas and pany. have been cleaned on Monday the national defense will be im­ I hope that more of the Bro­ Or Tuesday, for we had about periled. "The seagoing unions of the thers will relate their experi­ three days to go before reaching American Federation will be re­ ences with these outfits. Expos­ our destination. With an NLRB decision ex­ are dissatisfied *with their or­ duced to skeletons of their pres­ ing them for what they are— The officers, however, were en­ pected shortly in the SIU's drive ganization. Betraying their fear phony dodjges to beat out legi­ ent strength," Quinh's letter stat­ vious of the fact that we were to organize the remaining ships of an SIU victory in the CS timate unions-— is the one sure getting overtime just for standed. in the Cities Service fleet, the Fleet, the CTMA is resorting to way of dulling the force of A strong protest was also voiced ng sea watches, so they de­ company's union, CTMA, show­ lies, half-truths and distortions the company's campaign. by the powerful AFL Maritime cided to see to it that we earned ing fear of the SIU's popularity, of fact—^familiar tactics of or­ My contribution is a word or our money the hard way. Trades Department. A statement is pushing a smear campaign ganizations having nothing con­ two more about Standard Oil's by John Owens, executive secre­ On the first Sunday that the crete to offer of their own. against the SIU. union." overtime for watches at sea was tary, accused Hoffman of "shop­ ping for cheaper men and ships." A couple of years ago, when :jut into effect, we were ordered The stooge union is distribut­ An example of the misleading "He's bargain, hunting at the the unions first incorporated in by the Bosun to get ready to ing to men on the Cities Serv­ propaganda being peddled to expense of American seamen's their contracts overtime provi­ clean tanks at 8 A.M. It so hap­ ice ships various throwaways, all Cities Service seamen appears jobs," Owens charged. sions for Sunday sea watches. pened that I was on the 8-12 aimed at proving that SIU men on page 12. Retroactive increaoes Won From Moran Winslow Homer Swept By Fire In Philadelphia Esse Stooge Union Wouldn't Aid Militant Seaman Scared OS Uses Smear Tactics •tal �Pajie Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, Dacexnbor 17, 1948 SEAFARERS LOG Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New Yorlc 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. 267 One Man Rule When Paul G. Hoffman, the man who runs the Economic Cooperation Administration, announced his scheme to stop giving U. S. ships a 50-50 share of Marshal Plan bulk cargoes, chances are he didn't count on the storm, of protest that is now breaking over Washington. Mr. Hoffman didn't even make the announcement of his arbitrary decision Iiimself. He delegated that task to a subordinate. But as things are shaping up now, it is extremely likely that the one-time automobile executive will have some explaining to do—and do it himself. The EGA chief apparently figures he can supplant the Marshall Plan with a Hoffman plan, simply by placing his signature over an order he dictated. Mr. Hoffman has said he will quit the present policy of shipping 50 per cent of the bulk cargoes to Marshall Plan countries in American bottoms, unless by Jan. operators lower their rates to meet those of foreign shippers. If Mr. Hoffman has a single sliver of the business sense he is supposed to have brought to his job, he would know that such an ultimatum is impossible of realization. To meet his outrageous demand, the entire maritime industry of this nation would have to be plugged full of holes so that U. S. shipping could sink to the level on .which foreign ships are operating in the trade today. All of the advances made in the maritime industry— the improved wages and conditions of the seamen and the clean and safely operated ships, which are the marks Hospital Patients of U. S. progress—would have to be wiped out to please When entering the hospital the astute businessman who heads up the EGA. But that notify the delegates by post­ cannot be. And the seafaring unions and the shipping card, giving your name and. the number of your ward. Companies are saying so in no uncertain terms. Mimeographed postcards The maritime groups are not alone in denouncing can be obtained free at the the impractical, destructive Hofffnan plan. Organized Social Service desk. labor and members of both houses of Congress are joining in the attack. J. C. BRUCH None of these groups wishes to see a large section of C. SMITH American workers reduced to the lower standards preThese are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, W. W. BROWN yailing abroad. as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging M. WILKERSON Nor do they want the alternative, if Hoffman's heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by T. BURKE E. PERRY conditions are not met, of eliminating thousands of Jobs writing to them. 4 4 4 CHARLES MEHL for U. S. seamen and of seriously weakening the national BALTIMORE MARINE HOSP. GALVESTON MARINE HOSP. G. L. MALONEY defense. S. S. WILSON J. W. GIVENS AMOS BAUM F. BECKER The powerful array of opponents to Hoffman's dicD. HUTCHINGS EARL FERREE itate is also greatly concerned over the EGA boss's complete RAY O. NOACK E. R. HALL GEORGE J. SMITH F. TEIGEIRO F. STONE disregard of the Congressional intent that the 50-50 pro­ C. SIMMONS J. CHISHOLM J. O.CONNOR W. HOLGATE vision should be enforced in the administration of the J. CHIORRA E. PEARSON "4'4-4 European Recovery Program. R. FERRAFIAT SAVANNAH MARINE HOSP. S. LeBLANC Members of Congress particularly do not like Hoff­ R. FREY D. McKINNIE A. C, McALPIN WM. HALL man's dictatorial attitude and they have indicated that J. P. LA VERY G. MESHOVER L. HODGES W. GARDNER they will take action when the law-making bodies convene J. D. BROWN G. VELIE S. SERIO M. PLYER tliree weeks hence. R. SMITH S. CLAYLAND 4 4 4 As a reputedly smart businessman of a nation in H. CUMBIE 8TATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL which the democratic process is cherished, in some quar­ NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL 4 4 4. A. CASTILLO ters at least, Mr. Hoffman should have known better. BOSTON MARINE HOSPirAL J. N. HULL J. C. BLAKE S. C. FOREMAN W. HUNT NORMAN J. MOORE A. N. LIPARI R. F. WENDT VIC MILAZZO HARRY J. ORONIN J. McNEELY -rJOHN J. GEAGAN r .' \ J. DENNIS J. TUTWILER JOSEPH E. GALLANT With the deadline only two weeks away, this is a P. L, SCHUQUE A. NORMAN ^ 4 4 4 J. GULLSTEIN good time to remind all hands who haven't voted in the S. P. SCHIEFLER MOBILE MARINE HOSPITAL D. O'ROURKE annual Atlantic and Gulf District elections to get on the C. VINCENT J. HALL B. MALDONADO H. R. KREUTZ ball. .7''' G. ROTZ C. GLOVER C. FISHER H. PETERS T. VELEZ By casting your ballot you will have a direct say in O. HOWELL W. RICHARDSON J. N. WOOD choosing the officials who will represent you during the V. P. SALLINGS A. BRANNON M. J. LUCAS • H. C. MURPHEY coming year. C. HAFNER E. C. EATON A. WARD The voting period ends Dec. 31. Vote now! A. HOWSE N. H. LUNDQlilST NORMAN WEST Men Now In The TAwine Hospitob Be Sure To Vote! ) �Friday* DMemfam 17* 1948 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three NMU Aliens Get Bum Deal From Officials I've tried to join the U.S. (Below is the complete) text of a letter received this week room under the alien quota for Shipping Commissioner told us from a member of "the National Maritime Union whose name one or two, and in one case And what can we do about it? Army paratroops for a threeIf we get up at a meeting to year term. So far I've applied has been withheld at his request. No editorial comment is four aliens. find out the score, we are re­ eight times and all I've accom­ needed. It speaks for itself.) "NO ALIENS" fused the deck and accused of plished is to get my passport I am a fiill bookmember in taken from me by the Immigra­ and phoned the Shipping Comr the NMU, but I have wbrked disrupting. Dear Editor: tion Service. Fortunately, I got I have been sailing American missioner's office and asked him. only 5'/i months in the last it back. I am writing this to give be­ He said there was room for two llVij. And I've been trying hard ships since 1943. I was torpedoed lated thanks to you people who more aliens on the ship (they At one time I had a visa wait­ to ship, too. As soon as I paid five times, besides going through publish the LOG and to the needed a BR. but got one—^ ci­ off a ship, I registered, and start­ many air attacks. All I need is ing for me in BA. A ship going SIU officials and membership in tizen). That is only one instance seven months more to have five there came in needing a Deck ed looking for another ship. general for an article you gave out of many. I saw jobs on the open board years on U.S. ships and then I Engineer. I was registered as front page coverage to a few I have talked to a lot of that I could take but I was not could get fuU, U.S. citizenship, DE, but the "No Aliens" on weeks back. aliens in the NMU and they permitted to throw in for them, I cannot get a visa as the quota the board stopped me. It concerned the dirty deal the I saw the Agent and asked have had similar experiences. as the shipping board had "No from the country of my birth is NMU (National Maritime Union) fiUed. permission to throw in for the Aliens" written alongside the Offhand, I can think of seven is giving us aliens in that un­ By the looks of things I will job. I explained that I had a ships for which the Dispatcher jobs. ion. The headline read, "NMU Well, that would be okay if not get five years on U.S. ships letter from the State Depart­ had written "No Aliens" on the Gives Boot to Thousands of board, but when I or some other the crew was full, but what as my time is up next March 1 ment—which I showed to him—^ Alieiw in Union." (I think that alien had phoned the commis­ hurts is to know that their I'll still be three months short stating that my visa was in BA. was how it was. worded.) All I as the at that time. His answer was: "That's tough. sioner we found there was still quotas were not filled, can say is I don't know how What the hell you expect me to you got the facts so accurate. do—cry?" Every word of it was true. I wasn't asking any favors. All Of course, my name can't be I wanted was a chance to com­ mentioned as I probably would pete for a ship on a rotary be blackballed from the NMU basis. And I'm willing to bet if they saw the name of an the damned quota wasn't filled. NMU guy under a letter in the Well, my visa has since expired, SEAFARERS LOG. I guess all HEADQUARTERS as it was only good for 120 days. Br«neikM NMUers read it, as it is the 58 Commercial Streel S«A F«<fre. C4i!icrni«. Honolulu. T. H. That was six months ago. SMttif. WaihiaqtMi only seamen's paper worth readr Now Yofl. N. Y. SAN FgANCISCO II. CALIFORNIA Ortqco Norfolk. Virginio I could go on for hours beefing DOuslaS-4592 ing. I'm not much of a letter Nfw Orf«*nf, Uutiiin* Eohimoro. Md. Oiipalchar; DOufItiS.7S93 about some of the phony offi­ writer, but I would like to give cials in the NMU. Of course,, you some facts concerning how some are okay, but some are they ship aliens in the NMU. awful. I want to be an Ameri­ • Incidentally, I'm an ex-SIU can but it looks like I won't man. I held a pro book, which December 6, IRUS make the grade as our deadline, I got when the SIU organized is pretty close, unless you people the Isthmian fleet. I voted for in the SIU can get us an exten­ the SIU in the fleet elections sion, as j^ou have done the last but I transferred to the NMU two years. For those two years in Baltimore as ihy brother was TAHI Halir Sfloret^..^flsurer ijeaf^era International Union ofthe AtLintip and C-ulf (1947, 1948) you got for us aliens in the NMU. I wanted to be 5l Deavier St». ['d like to say thanks. with him but, believe me, it York, II.Y. was the sorriest thing I ever NO FOREIGN SHIPS Dear Sir and'Brotheri did. That was two years ago I do not wish to sail Pana­ and I still regret doing it. As you know, after ninety-five days on the picket line, \re have finally concluded anagreement with the Pacific American Shipowners Association. manian or Honduran ships. I'veCITES CASES had a taste of foreign ships. I The successful conclusion of the strike and the considerable gains made Here are the facts on how sailed on English and Greekcan be attributed in a large part to the support given us by the SIU of the they ship aliens in the NMU, Atlantic and-GLilfj and at this time wa wish to offer the thanks of our vessels when I started out going: based on my personal experi­ toembera for the solid trade union support given us by you and your union. to sea. ences: I happened to get my start; n'itb best wishes. In one port the SS Flying Ar­ on U.S. ships while in the Statrow, an Isbrandtsen ship, need­ lours fVatemally, en Island Marine Hospital in ed a FWT. It was a pier head 1943. An American took me tQ jump. Well, I happened to be the WSA, and as a result I got the only Fireman in the hall a job on an MFOW-SUP con­ who wanted it, but they told tracted ship. I have been sailing me no. They said the alien American ships ever since. JlUPta was filled, The ship sailed VJk/eJ I realize this letter is badly shorthanded. worded, but I hope you caij Just for the hell of it, I went print it in the LOG to let you and the SIU membership knowthat myself and a lot of other NMU chaps think the SIU is tops in giving service to the membership and help to the my claim for the disputed over­ ci-eased to $2 an hour, whether than the duties of the gangway aliens. (Continued from Page 1) his definition, could be termed time. The letter was endorsed on watch or not. This still did watch, he could put someone else (NAME WITHHELD) emergency work. If rust is not by the entire unlicensed deck not clarify the matter entirely, on the gangway watch and I P.S.: Hope j'ou win the Cities but it was the greatest con­ would go back to day work. removed and spotted up with department. There was nothing in the Service elections like you did in I dug out all the inconsisten­ cession ever obtained from Stan­ red lead and painted it will eventually rust away and the cies and contradictions and quot­ dard Oil up to or since that agreement pertaining to gang­ Isthmian. way watches in a shipyard. No ship (Will fall apart, thus en­ ed them word for word to prove time. Incidentally, that concession gangway watch to my knowl­ my contention. Nothing but in­ dangering the vessel. edge has ever done work while In reply to my logic, the Mate disputable facts demanding im­ has remained even though all on watch in a shipyard. That became indignant and said, "We mediate clarification and adjust­ other overtime pay has been did not matter to them. The man Following a series of con­ are running into a storm. -What ment were included in the letter. abolished, under the new rotat­ who replaced me on gangway ferences between Robert ing plan established by the com­ In the letter I related my con­ do you know about tanks and watch was not asked to do any Matthews. Assistant Secre­ pany. the ballast needed for a storm?" versation with the Mate and his work. Nor was I sent back to tary-Treasurer of the Atlan­ Of course I don't have to tell I told him that if he couldn't claim of "emergency." On this day work—I was fired and black­ tic & Gulf District, and rep­ ballast the ship with eighteen subject I stated that it was our you what happened to me after listed! resentatives of Calmar, the that. I was marked lousy—an tanks, the number all ready understanding that an emerg­ company's $12,500 suit That's my case. It is also the agitatoi', a malcontent. They put ency was a condition or set of cleaned, he had better jump against the Union has been case of every man who has had overboard right away. Well, he circumstances wherein the safety the screws to me and I wound the courage to voice his resent­ dropped. up on the blacklist. of the vessel was involved, in insisted that this was an emerg­ The suit was originally ment against unjust practices and DOUBLE DUTY ency and the work had to be which case all hands in all de­ brought against the Union conditions. Here's hpw they worked it: done, so we turned to and com­ partments could be commanded last June in the Federal The "union" for Standard Oil pleted the job in an hour or two, to do anything necessary, all We were in a shipyard. The man District Court in Maryland without the payment of over­ on the 12 to 8 gangway watch seamen will not lift a finger in but not without having first under provisions of the Taftbecame exhausted from lack of defense of a seaman. A man is warned the Mate that this would time. Hartley Act. The company be put down as disputed over­ A copy of the letter was given sleep, because the daytime noise helpless without a legitimate or­ claimed that the SIU had ganization behind him. That's time, in spite of the rule pro­ to the Captain and Mate. The made rest impossible. tied up the Marymar in the reason Esso and the other I was asked to take the watch. Mate became furious and denied hibiting double overtime. Boston for four days, violat­ corporations fight so hard to keep On the first night .the Third As a result of the ruckus having claimed an emergency. ing the contract. caused by the tank cleaning-Sun­ However, the letter was sent to Mate came to me at 7 A.M. and out a militant organization like In .view of the company's day watch standing affair, I Mr. Gamble without any changes told me to sougee the wheel- the SIU. action, the SIU agreed to house and chartroom. I told him . They will do anything to pre­ wrote a letter to Mr. Gamble, or alterations. drop its counter suit. As a result of the letter the to tell the Chief Mate that, if he vent their employees from jointhe general manager of the Esso marine department, and enclosed rate for tank cleaning was in- wanted me to do any work other ing our organization. A LETTER THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF Marine Firemen's Union I. 1 1^ £sso Stooge Union Wouldn't AidMilitant Seaman Calmar Drops Suit .A hi. ' ; •M �raoap. Daeambar 17. 1941 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Four Calls From West Coast Big Hel|i In Lightening Mew York Lead By JOE ALGINA • NEW YORK — A sudden call to get goods carried by cut-rate from the West Coast for several outfits. crews helped this port inunensely OTHER VOICES in cutting the backlog of men. As if Hoffman's attempt to Sign-ons im this port weren't in scuttle the merchant marine isn't too great number, but we man­ enough, the Navy and the Coast aged to hold our own. Our only Guard are getting in their licks. real shortage are ABs with green I They have instituted a campaign tickets. (designed to show the people that Next week, unless we get a the merchant marine would be sudden rush of ships, probably more efficient imder the military. won't reach boom proportions. They would see to it that there Payofite were the Chrysanthy Star, is military discipline on the Intercontinental; Jean, Hilton, ships. Seamen would be showm Suzanne, Bull; Alawai, Zebulan who is the boss. Pike, Waterman; Colabee, Amer­ The military always holds up ican-Hawaiian. These are all on as bad examples seamen who steady nms and made easy occasionally brush the law. What handling by the Patrolmen. they carefully hide is the fact Other payoffs were the Steel that their own brigs aren't rust­ Scientist, Isthmian, and the ing from disuse. Men ^ will al­ Robin Sherwood, Robin. These ways be getting into jam.s, whe­ presented a little more work for ther they're in uniform or not. the Patrolmen. On the Scientist, The answer is not to be found four lines disappeared while the by the military taking over a ship was at sea. The company, civilian industry. When it hap­ without notice, withheld $30 pens, if it does, it's the begin­ from the pay of each man, in­ ning of the end for the working stiff. cluding the Skipper. Incidentally, the end of the Of cotuse the company didn't get ayay with this neat maneu­ voting period approaches. Cast ver. Not only is it contrary to your ballot before the polls close. the custom of the sea, but it is Only a few days remain be­ also an easy way for the com­ fore Christmas, so here's wishing pany to replace worn materials. the membership everywhere a If the company has old lines Merry Christmas and a Happy aboard, it can toss them over­ New Year. board and let the crew foot the bill for nice new ones. CARELESS LOSS Port Savatinah Has Fair Weok^ THE DISPLAY FIXTURE WORKERS UNION LOCAL NO. 21625 All Conslilereil Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor (hma Prmes Log Artkk 799 Broadway New York 3, N. Y. By E. M. BRYANT Mr. Paul Hall, Sec.-Treas. Seafarers International Union Atlantic & Gulf District Dear Sir and Brother: We have been receiving the SEAFAMRS LOG and have always read it with deep interest. We have found it to contain many worthy articles, including the one by Steve CarduUo, entitled "Why Do We Help Other Unions," in, the December 3 issue. Occasionally questions are raised about the moral and financial help one union sends to another labor organization. We always answer by explaining the need for cooperation. The article by Brother CarduUo impressed \is so deeply that we used it at a chairmen's meeting as the basis for our educa­ tional program. We felt that it merited, a discussion and that it could supplement our answers regarding the importance of cooperation among labor organizations. We would like to express. ovu:» appreciation for these' copies of the LOG and to say that we shall look forward to reading other articles of such a high caliber. FraternaUy yours, H. Silverman, President. SAVANNAH — Shipping dur­ ing the past week has "been pretty fair for a port of this size, with 42 men being dispatched to jobs of all ratings. The SS John Burgess, of the South Atlantic Steamship Com­ pany, paid off here and signed on the same day. A complete new crew was placed aboard this vessel. Only a few minor beef.s' were raised at the payoff and they were squared away to every­ one's satisfaction. Also in during the past week were the SS Trinity, Carras, and the'SS Monroe, A. H. Bull Com­ pany, both of which called in transit. The latter arrived after lying in. Jacksonville for three weeks undergoing repairs neces­ sitated by a fire in the number three hold. i COMING IN Scheduled for arrival next week is the SS Cape Race, South Atlantic. That's about all we working conditions will be swept know of at the moment. It is away by the whim of a tin-hom bureaucrat, who thinks he should expected that things will be fair­ run. his present job the way he ly slow around here until after Christmas. ran Studebaker Corporation. One bright item we can re­ He found that the automobile workers union made him change port is that the gashound probhis ways in South Bend. The SIU I lem in this port is just about and other maritime unions will non-existent. We have tightened have to convince him to change down on these guys. and we're getting no trouble. his ways in Washington. Some of the more energetic Brothers have turned to and are painting and decorating the basenaent of our building.- When they are finished, the place will be TANNER used as a club room for the L. Reeves, M. R. McCaskey, C. membership. We figured that as long as Walker, A. J. Langvin, N. A. Cobb, C. Burrows, J. H. McDole, we're paying for the space we J. Cossee, B. F. Parr and G. H. might as well put it to good use. We'll be able to put gear lockers Coker. Incidentally, the coffee pot is in the "basement quarters, besides now perking in the Hall. Mem­ using them for social activities. Our present accommodations bers can get a hot cup of java at 10 A.M. and 3 P.M., without gave us very little room for either of these things. going outside into the cold. Baltimore Offers Pre-Hoiiday Job Variety By WM. (Curly) RENTZ The missing lines, incidentally, had been lying aft, not secured. BALTIMORE—Any man who They were lost while the ship wants to grab a ship in this port was running through heavy seas. 'during the next couple of weeks The men who suffered by the iwill have easy pickings for two company's action will get their reasons: money back. I 1. Shipping has climbed off the On the Sherwood a similar floor and is moving right along. maneuver backfired. The Chief I 2. A good number of the men Electrician was derated for some are going to stay on the beach reason. When Patrolmen Gof- so as to be with their families fin and Purcell^ rested their case, over Christmas and New Years. the Electrician had been re­ . UntU the end of the holidays stored to his rating and was due this is the port to hit, if you're to collect all his back pay, plus anxious to spend little time wait­ overtime which had been work­ ing for that special ship. We ed by others but was rightfully have a good variety of ships and his. i-uns to offer. It seems funny Sign-ons were much smoother. to be selling Baltimore shipping We took care of the Steel Ap­ to the membership, but the prentice, Steel Seafarer, Steel "Help Wanted" sign is out until Traveler, Steel Artisan, Isthmian; after 1949 bows in. Alawai, Kiska, Pike, Waterman; The activity of the past week Robin Tuxford, Robin Doncaster, was very good in both the payoff Robin. and sign-on columns, since most In addition to the payoffs and of the ships that came in re­ sign-ons mentioned, the Patrol­ signed articles and left. Payoffs were: Bethore, Venore men visited the usual number of and Feltore, Ore SS; Southwind, in-transit vessels in the harbor. South Atlantic; Jam'es Jackson, It's still easy for the Patrol­ men to get around, as the wea­ Waterman; Mae, Evelyn, Edith, ther has been very nice. We're Bull Line; Steel Executive, Steel all keeping our fingers crossed— Apprentice, Isthmian; John H. it's just about time for a king- Marion, U. S. Waterways. Sign-ons, almost the same, sized blizzard to hit this town. Something a little hotter is the were: Edith, Mae, James Jackson, proposal by Paul Hoffman, big­ Venore, Morore, Beltore, Feltore, wig of the Marshall Plan to Southwind, John H. Marion, dump American ships for foreign U. S. Waterways, and Steel bottoms. He found his loophole Worker, Isthmian. in the law and he's jumping We had little difficulty in .through it. The law says Amer­ crewing up the Ore ships. ican ships will be used "where­ Usually they are the hardest to ver practicable." To Hoffman crew, but the men here are doing this means if they charge more alright on them. than foreign ships, they're not They have learned the differ­ ences in the agreement, and practicable. Mr. Hoffman should know by beefs are becoming quite i-are. now that nothing comes cheap in We still have the usual hardthis country. Men like him are timing beefs on the part of the the kind who always go around company, - but the beefs which blowing about the high standard arise from not understanding the of living in America, made pos­ agreement are few sible by our great industrial sys­ To conclude this report with­ out a few words about Paul Hoff­ tem. Now he's singing a different man, the Marshall Plan chief tune because he's foimd a chance who wants to dump American ships in favor of foreign ships, would be neglecting the topic of the hour here. Hoffman, by his move, is so unpopular here the men won't even buy Hoffman beverages. If he is successful in his pro­ posal, there won't be much in the way of American shipping left on the oceans. Our jobs, our wages and our New Rm little Nefy To Mobile By CAL MOBILE- In spite of the be­ ginning of coastwise service by Waterman, shipping did not im­ prove -over the past week. Slow shipping saw us dispatch but 86 men to the flve ships which signed on. The three vessels to hit port for payoffs were Alcoa. Clipper, Alcoa Polaris and Monarch of the Seas, Waterman. The Clipper terminated her seventeen-day run to the Islands and re-signed continuous articles for the same run. The same was true of the Polaris. The Monarch of the Seas also re-signed con­ tinuous articles for her steady run between here and Puerto Rico. The three mentioned above, plus the Caleb Strong and Antinous, also Waterman, were the week's outgoing ships. The Caleb Strong headed fon Greece; the Aritinous started her regular coastwise run. MORE TO COME We're glad the coastwise sefvice has begun with the C-2s. We hope that the other three coast­ ers will go into service soon. They are supposed to move' as ^oon as sufficient cargo arrives in port. There's no telling how long these oldtimers wiU bd around, but here's who is on the beach, just in case you're interested: J. B. Howard, T. R. Stanley, L. Galveston Shipping Hpids Tight By KEITH ALSOP GALVESTOk—Although ship­ ping has been fair in this Texas port, it hasn't been anything to brag about. We had several payoffs, in­ cluding the Seatrain Havana, which normally goes into New York. Others were the John La Farge, Nathaniel Palmer, Algon­ quin Victory, Wacosta and the Yankee Dawn. The latter has since been sold to another com­ pany. There weren't any beefs on any of these payoff ships. Parti­ cular praise is due the crew of the John La Farge and Wa­ costa, both of which came in spic and span in traditional SIU style. These men are a credit to their Union. SIGN-ONS Four of the vessels paying off signed dn again. These were the John La Farge, Algonquin Vic­ tory, Seatrain Havana and the Wacosta. In addition, our port activity was stepped up by the appear­ ance here of several ships that called in transit, among them the Bull Run, Mostank, Wlnthrop Marvin, Steel Surveyor, Steel Vendor, Maiden Cireek and the La. Salle. As usual there are quite a few Seafarers in this area. Some of those seen this past week were Jack Kelly, J. Monast, S. Pear­ son, Frank Schultz, Red La Farge and Tiny, Phillips. A few of our members re­ ported in the Galveston Marine Hospital last week have been discharged. The list of hospital Seafarers as of this writing con­ tains the following names: J. W. Giveins, D. Hutchings, E. R. Hall, F. Stone and J, O. O'Connor. �VUday, DecMttbtr 17; i94» TBE SEAF A KERS LOG Page Tvrtt At JOINT SHIPBOARD DISCUSSION OF TRANSPORTATION RULE p|g||fy Qf 3||jps ||jt PQ^ T^mpjl' Mostly Panamanian And Honduran TAMPA — Another slow week for this port has just ended. We sent a full crew to the Canton Victory, the full extent of our activity for the week. Next week we'll greet the first of Waterman's coastwise ships. If, however, we serviced all the ships which rightly belong under the American flag, this port would boom. Every day the shipping news is filled with the data of move­ ments of Panamanian and Hon­ duran ships in this port. There are never less than six of these ships in port at any time, all owned and operated by American interests. We also see a good number of Norwegian and Dutch ships load­ ing general cargo arid phosphate, What a break it would be if they were SIU. • Strike Settled, Frisco Hollers For Rated By FRENCHY MICHELET Last Thursday, a» the S5 Daniel Lownsdale was iie& up in the Port of New York, her SIU crew invited their Union Brothers aboard the Winslow Homer, lying alongside them at Bush Terminal, to participate in a joint meeting. The Lownsdale lads wanted to exchange views on the transportatidh nile now in eRect. Following a thorough" discussion of the question, the crew^ voted unanimously for retention of the currexit payoff rule. At the, close of the session, Jeff Gillette expressed the attitude of his shipmates, when he said to the depax&ag ship's, delegate of the Ifomer, "I may be on the Lownsdale today but I'm in the SIU'everyday, with you and the rest of the boys. At the meeting were the following men, some of whom are in photos above and below: Jeff Gillette, W. J. Barnes, Bill Hall, Thoxnas Crosby, Steve Guidish, Oliiidio Esquivel, Joe Monlalvo, Graham Puissegur, E. M. Reeves, and D. C. Croft, all of the Lownsdale, and Lloyd Pente­ cost, Johnnie Williams, Roberi Merrit, Arlie Luras, W. Thornhill, L. Scott, W. Miles, Jessie Hill and Eugene Elmore, of the Homer, ' SAN FRANCISCO —Hectic is the word for shipping on this coast, and indications are that it will continue at this pace for many weeks to come. The terrific call for men during the past Weeik has cleared the beach of every available men. Here's the pace of the past three days: We-shipped fourteen complete crews and have three ships waiting for men. We have already shipped the one hundred men sent out from the East Coast and can use more. Rated men in aU departments can grab a ship here with no difficulty. Name it and it's yours. Intercoastal, European or Far Eastern—the runs are here to be had; The fast tempo of shipping has been a terrific strain on our facilities here, but thanks to the efforts of Bob Pohle here, and Warren Wyman and Max Bayers in Wilmington, everything went smoothly. Assistance was also provided by three Brothers who volun­ teered their aid: Brothers Bill Kierulf and Speed Bell in Frisco and Charles Lord in Seattle. These Brothers gave unstintingly of their time, and even • Waterman has applied to the sacrificed opportunities to ship Interstate Commerce Commission out, in order to help the Union in Washington for a temporary over the bump. Thanks a lot, permit to serve Jacksonville, Florida on its weekly northbound brothers. Incidentally, in passing, it was nnd southbound coastwise serv­ Brother Kierulf who devoted so ice. Jacksonville has not been much of his time to setting up seiwed by regularly scheduled the library and other rigs that .go coastwise shipping since the end so far toward making this Hall of the war. one of the best set-ups in the 3; 3; 4. SIU port fleet. One of the two remaining All the optimism voiced here steamer lines offering overnight concerning the future stems from passenger service-^ on the "East the fact that Waterman has four Coast, the Norfolk & Washington ships — converted jobs — soon to Steamship Company is about to come out of the yards and take halt operations after fifty-eight crews. years. It is expected that the We "also have two Far East stockholders at a meeting this jobs! paying off next week, so it month wUl vote to end the ship is plain that there will be no operations on the Potomac River. scarcity of jobs for weeks. During the war two of the line's By the way, if anyone thinks ships were requisitioned by the that shipping out here is boom­ government; the third was badly ing for everyone, he's wirong. A damaged recently in a collision gop4 deal of our work out here with a tanker. the past week has been devoted 4* 4. to shooing away would-be tripFor the first since the war, oil­ carders from other unions not so men have cut their estimates of fortfmate as ours. Later this month we expect to go to Miami to give the men of the Florida another opportunity to cast their votes in the election for 1949 officials. We expect about fifty men from the ship to vote. The total for voting in this" port now stands at the largest number this port has had for any election. We're soaking up plenty of rain right now, California Cham­ ber of Commerce please note. The weather man has promised as a cold spell when the clouds • move away. If it comes it will mean firing the heater, some­ thing we haven't done since early last spring. JAVA UP The cold weather will boost at- . tendance around the coffee pot, already a big attraction. A pot of java is always bubbling on the hot plate—keeps the pinochle players at their best. A funny thing happened here_ last week: Oldtimer James Curran, who has been on the beach, for a couple of weeks, kept look- ' ing at the Agent. They eye-, balled each other for the whole two weeks period. Finally a conversation spnmg up and, lo. and behold, it was discovered that they had been shipmates twenty-five years ago in the' Navy. JOB OF JOBS They got to talking about the LOG article reporting the Navy's desire to take over the merchant marine. After putting the Navy in its place, Brother Curran told the tale of the fellow who spent eight years in the Navy, during which time he had one job, shin­ ing the port hole in the Captain's cabin. After eight years of toil, he was given a petty officer's rating. That made him the man in charge of the man who shined the port hole. Just goes to show what diligence will do for a hard worker. . That guy was by far the best port hole sailor in the world. Just think. Brother Curran stated, what could be accom­ plished with about 700 sailorslike this on a Liberty. It would^ have the shiniest port holes in the fleet. Round-Up Of Maritime Happenings oil consumption for the -winter. They now estimate that the use of oil during the wmter will be only four percent over normal,, instead of seven percent as ex­ pected. Because of the drop in oil needs stockpiles of oil prod­ ucts for next year wiU not be increased. 4. 4. 4 The purchase of four former maritime commission vessels dur­ ing November has brought the pHvately owned American mer­ chant marine up to 1,212 vessels. The breakdown lists 716 dry cargo and passenger vessels and 496 tankers. 4' 4> 4> During November, 27 ships chartered to private operators and 20 operated by general agents were returned to the Mar­ itime Commission. On December 1, there were 373 vessels on charter with 68 under notice of redelivery. This leaves 305 ships out on charter to private opera­ tors. General agents are now operating but 45. governmentowned ships. The National Fed­ eration of American Shipping reported, that the boneyard fleet now stands at 1,844 ships. 4. 4. 4 President Truman in a press conference this week said that he was again going to press for Congressional approval of the proposed St. Lawrence Seaway Project. Termed "one of the greatest engineering projects of all times," construction of the seaway has been pushed by the President' in almost all of his State of the Union messages to Congress. 4 4 4 Now the main point of entry for shipments of crude oil from the Middle East, the Port of Philadelphia is due for expansion of its tanker facilities. Six major oil companies have set aside $163 million for expansion in the Philadelphia port area during the coming year. The companies are Texaco, Gulf Refining, Sun Gil, Atlantic Refining, Socony-Vacuum and Sinclair. 4 4 4 Robin Line has announced that the Robin Goodfellow, sailingDecember 29, will call directly at all the principal ports in the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius and Reunion. This is the first di­ rect sailing from New York to the Indian Ocean islands since last April. 4 4 4 Waterman's Governor Bibb and Governor O'Neal, Liberties, have been sold . . . The Port of New York Authority has asked the Maritime Commission not to rescind an injunction prohibiting Seatrain Lines from reducing its rates from New Orleans to Cuba. The Authority claims that the lower rates from New Orleans are discriminatory and give New Orleans an undue advantage. 4 4 4 The boom in tanker construc­ tion in American shipyards has (Continued on Page 11) SJ m �Page Six THE SEAEAE ER S LOC Friday. December 17. 1948 NEWS Hood's Softballers WatermanShipRoughed Up In Tow; Robin Maul Mombasa Champs, 27-9 Crew Aids Kin Of Drowned Tugihan It was a rough ride from San Francisco to Seattle aboard Waterman's new C-2, the SS Herald of the Morning, last month, according to Seafarer F. C. Reid and other crewmembers both licensed and unlicensed. The recently-purchased ship*was being towed to the Paget contributors including the ship's Sound port for re-conditioning, officers: "Following is a list of dona­ She left San Francisco without electric power. There were no tions from members of the crew lights, no running water and in­ of the SS Herald of the Morn­ sufficient food, Reid and the ing. This is to be delivei-ed to others said. Naturally she was the nearest next of kin of the carrying no cargo. As if things weren't bad SW MEN enough, the Herald ran into a bad storm off the Oregon coast and a second tug had to be called for. The freighter promptly rammed the new tug, killing one of the letter's crew. The rest were picked up by the Coast Guard. In a letter to the LOG, Reid wrote that the harmless looking trip up 900 miles of Pacific Coast turned out to be the "most hazardous" he ever had made. man who lost his life while en­ deavoring to assist us while we were in distress at sea. "This will in no way recom­ pense for this man's life, but is a testimonial from us for his sin­ cere effort in our behalf." A hastily organized softball aggregation from the crew of the Robin Hood, good-hmnoredly billing themselves as the Certi­ fied Robin Hood Gashounds, ac­ commodated the Mombasa Class A team with a snootful on the latter's home grounds during a stopover in the East African port last month. The softbaUing Seafarers trounced the Kenya Britishers 27-9. AT TAMPA PIER DEDICATION LAME EXCUSE The Seattle papers got the story from the crew and theiV relatives. So appalling were ac­ counts appearing in the public prints that Sudden & Christenson. Waterman's West Coast agents, had to say something too. The best they could come up with was a statement that if the Herald was short of food the men must have eaten too heartily the . first few days out. After the tugboat man lost his life in the ramming jncident, The trim-looking group in front of the bandstand is the Seafarers erew of the Canton Victhe Herald crew got together and lory who were guests at a party celebrating last month's opening of a new pier in the Florida donated 10 dollars apiece for the next of kin of the deceased. port. Photo was submitted by crewman Jiian S. Rueda (third from left in front row). Those donating included: the captain and three mates, . all members of the MM&P; the chief engineer, a member of the MEBA; and 11 Seafarers. By SALTY DICK The men sent the money to the Paget Sound Tug & Barge Company to be forwarded. With "Boo" James is now laundiy in New Orleans. The reason: this man was picked up and it they enclosed the following man on a Delta ship and pretty They're trouble-makers . . . The had been seen in France. This note which was signed by all the soon he'll open a Chinese laun­ way things are going in Argen­ ship went to China, India and tina, something is bound to hap­ around the World. Arriving in dry ... The boys on the Del pen. Pretty soon you'U be buy­ New York, it was rammed by a Norte made a collection on All ing pesos to paper your wall destroyer. Have any of you seen Saints Day for Neil Sheehan, with. him? Second Steward, who died in Leaving Sanies we passed Dan Marine has anothei; Santos in July. A few of the the Del Santos and some of the brain-storm. This time he plans to open a camp about boys bought fiowers and placed boys waved at us. No doubt twenty miles from New Or­ In the SEAFARERS LOG of them on his grave here in San­ I have a couple of friends November 19, a story reported tos. The money which was left among them... Take it or leans. He intends to rent boats, tents and everything that a Seafarer crewmember of will be turned over to E. Reyes leave it: During breakfast, one that goes with the wide open the SS Robin Sherwood had who will buy a couple of spaces. For further details I of the boys asked for Georgia been found guilty of assaulting suggest you see him personally another customer in an East volumes of the SEAFARERS LOG ice cream: and the Messman ...I believe one of the best London, South Africa bar. This in memory of the deceased, and replied, "That will be sei^ved in ^ and cleanest bars I've seen has been found to be incorrect. place them in the club. here. I the evening." He didn't know around the waterfront is in Lance Bailey and W. J. Brady, crewmembers of the Sherwood think it would be a good idea for that Georgia ice cream is Santos. The name of the place at the time, have informed the all ships to donate a volume of hominy grits! is "Golden Key." Not only LOG that the man was an Am­ the SEAFARERS LOG to clubs I'll never forget the time I that, you can get the LOG erican seaman, but not a mem­ throughout the world. What do spent in Port Said. I went out you think? ber of the SIU. and got lost, but finally found there! The proprietor, Mr. The LOG story was printed as Cigarettes in New Orleans cost myself in a home surrounded by Vargas, is a gentleman and al­ the result of a Robin Sherwood twenty-seven cents a pack, and women. What a time I had!... ways at your service... Rev­ crewmember's letter criticizing some of the boys are selling them And now I would like to ask erend David Haberlush in the seaman's conduct. Inasmuch in South America for as little as one ijuestion that may be an­ B. A. is the priest who always as no information to the con­ $1.25 a carton. Will they ever swered by a few: WhUe on the visits the ships. At the club trary was given, it was pre­ wise up?... I understand there SS Memaon. in '45, a deck hand sumed that the man was a mem­ are a couple of seamen who are jumped overboard near Port you'll always find LOGS. not aUowed in the "Blue Room" Said. A short time ago I heard Read the LOG at all times! ber of the Sherwood crew. The Voice Of The Sea' Story Of Assault By SIU Member Stands Corrected Although they appeared on the playing field on very short notice, the Robin Hood's merry lads were in fine fettle for the contest, and a highly enthusiastic crowd of Mombasa spectators displayed solid sportsmanship re­ peatedly as it roared approval of the visitors' wiifning perform­ ance. Clouting the ball at will, the Gashounds—in name only—sup­ plemented their winning play with a sparkling brand of dia­ mond chatter that kept the stands rocking with laughter. 3 CHEERS With the final out of the game, the Mombasa outfit formally thanked the Seafarers for parti­ cipating. Then they huddled and gave . three cheers for the "Yanks." The Robin Hood team returned the sporting gesture. Seafarer William Zarkas, who appeared in the Robin Hood line- . up and acts as sort of a press agent for the outfit, said that the , Gashounds pounded out plenty of . hits to cop the contest, but that their biggest hit of the day was . the impression they made on. spectatoi-s. Even the name they chose tickled the Britishers' fancy. A Mombasa newspaper ran an account of the game, which was played in the Folic BaU Park. Softball in Mombasa is some­ thing new, says Zarkas. The local team was organized as a re­ sult of an exhibition given by" two teams on liberty from a U. S.' Navy warship, when it called atthe Kenya port sometime ago. Mombasa spectators enjoj'ed the offshoot of baseball so much they immediately ordered equipr ment from the States. After two months of workouts, several teams were ready to take the field and a league was forrned. PLAY BALL! When the Robin Hood, which regularly makes the South and East African, run, called at Mom­ basa last month the Class A team invited the crew to shape up a squad of players to supply the local boys with opposition. In the Gashound's line-up were: C. Denzik, OS; F. Tiller, FWT; J. Singer, Mm; E. Usko, AB; J, Scully, Utility; B. Kalinikas, OS; J. Brennan, AB; A1 Mindicini, Mm; W. Zarkas, DM, and T. O'Hanlon, AB. H. R. Dombrowski, OS, is the team's manager. No pop bottles were heaved from the stands, which Zarkas says was a tribute to the strict impartiality of umpire A1 Ward, Junior Engineer on the Robin Hood. Zarkas hastened to add that none of the Robin Hood softball­ ers are gashounds really. They're all good Union men. They just have a sense of humor, he said. �Friday. Daeember 17. 1B48 THE SEAFARERS LOG ^age Sevea Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings RAPHAEL SEMMES. Oct. 20— STEEL-HANGER. Oct. 24--H. Frank Bose. Chairxnan: J. L. Abbey. Chairman: Doggetl, DuBose. Secretary. Engine dele­ Secretary. Ship's delegate re­ gate reported beef with Chief en­ ported that the captain has a li­ gineer; other departments re­ brary which will be moved back ported as being in good shape. Into the PC mess, as soon as cities sEevies TAWKBs/mg*; / New Business: F. Bose elected {Shelves are installed. Depart­ ship's , delegate by acclamation. mental delegates reported on Suggestion by Gene that each ' standing of book members and man chip' in $5 toward the pur­ permitmen in their departments. chase of a washing machine. Repair list made up and ap­ Suggestion that draw be made proved. Suggestion made that befoi-e coastwise payoff. Sugges­ the Wipers split with th^ deck tion made that cleaning gear be department the job of cleaning checked. the heads. Departments to take turns in cleaning the recreation 4 4. 4. MOSTANK. Oct. 24—1. M. DEL MONTE; Oct. 3 — Alton room. Ope minute of silence ob­ served for-Brothers lost at sea. Peacock, Chairman: W. J. Booth. Chairman; T. KoroUa. Davas. Secretary. Delegates re­ Secretary. New Business: Motion % i ported no beefs. Ship's Dele­ by Spider Korolia carried calling EMILIA. Oct. 17—H. J. Swart)es. Chairman: Bernard Hunter. gates reported that Mate is for the I'ope on duirtbwaitor to Secretary. Good and Welfare: working on deck; deck gang to be changed to one of cotton or IP ASKITP TO SlS/^/TMS CO/AFAAJY General discussion as to what put in for overtime. Motion car­ nylon. Under Good and Welfai c: UAJtOAJ ?eT\TtOAJ —Vo so ... AMt> ried that slopchest be checked by P. Owens discussed First A.ssisttime the ship's meeting should ^be 9TAV ASOAWP SHiPS. UNTIL held. Motion carried to hold delegates. Motion carried to ant's constant discrimination THS euECTlOAJS ARE HELP — meetings at 1 P.M. on any day check with the patrolman the against Brother Willies, a Wiper. AWP THEA^ FRSe that was convenient. Motion practice of officers to paint out Several of the engine depaitOE^\OC(2ATIC UNION — carried that brothers make less their foc'sles. Motion carried ment men called for an investi­ noise in the messroom at night. that the engine delegate check gation into reason for First As­ One minute of-silence observed with patrolman the necessity of sistant's failure to fix blowci- in Pumpman to turn valves, a task engine room. All hands stood in for Brothers lost at sea. that is not ordinarily his. Motion silence for one minute in mem­ carried that crew stick together ory of departed Brothers. and not pay off until delegate gives the okay; anyone paying off at the commissioner's office be fined $50. ^ • 4" 4" 4' By HANK EDITH. Oct. 26 —Jack Jol^ns. ALCOA PATRIOT. Oct. 3— 4 4 t NEW LONDON. Oct. 17—D. J. Chairman: Louis Rizzo. Secretary. William Glick. Chairman; Jay It has happened often enough. Many a brother has sailed into Sheehan. Chairman: J. E. Rose. Delegates reported their depart­ Beck, Secretary. All delegates town from another port, a vacation or a hospital, registered and Secretary. Delegates reported ments free of beefs. Good and reported things running smoothly shipped the same day or the next—never expecting to ship so their departments beef clear. Welfare: Crew pantrymen asked in their respective departments. swiftly what with all the brothers on the beach waiting weeks New Business: Motion carried to men not to throw coffee grounds Bosun requested that chains re­ and months. In these tough times when our merchant marine is start a ship fund. Motion car­ in sink. Schedule drawn up for place guard rails in deck. Glick getting rough treatment, fast shipping is found in the organizing ried that bookmen send a letter the cleaning of the laundry. Dis­ suggested that latches be put on jobs that happen often enough and the jobs on the various tanker to Headquarters urging that per­ cussion held on transportation outside passageway doors. Blanco companies contracted to the SIU. Whether a man has responsi­ mitmen who aided in the or­ rule. ' Crew voted to send letter recommended that bulletin board bilities or not, we say, if a man is tired of the beach and running ganizing of the New London be to heacfquarters voicing disap­ be placed in crew's messhall. low on dough, grab any freighter or tanker, whether she's going issued books. Brother Sheehan. proval of new set-up. One min­ Second Electrician requested that coastwise to Germany, Latin-American way or a voyage of twelve­ under Education, spoke on per­ ute of silence in memoi-y of garbage cans be kept away from month articles. It's a job and a home. Be a sailor. Sail a ship in midship housing. Entire crew formers and read from the con­ Brothers lost at sea. agreed to stewards department any job for any run. stitution the procedure for pre­ suggestion that letter of recom­ ferring charges. Good and Wel­ mendation be given crew's Galfare: Steward questioned on Brother Charlie Bush probably shipped since last week leyman to enable him to get his stores left at pier. Vote of when he said that after a week or more on the beach he gets book. One minute of silence in thanks given the stewards de­ restless and ships out... Brother Val "Turk" James came in memory of departed Brothers. partment and ship's delegate from Galveston... We've been informed that Brother Joe 4 4 4 James E. Rose. DEL OHO, Oct. 10 — G. L. Zuba, in town right now, will be getting married up in the 5. 4. Great Lakes area. Congratulations and happy sailing in this Wanka. Chairman: L. J. Cevelle, DEL CAMPO. Oct, 17 —A. E. business called matrimony... Steve Carr, the faithful New 4 ^^ Secretary. Delegates gave their Bourgot. Chairman: H. E. Fow­ Yorker, sailed coastwise... Donald Gardner sailed Chief Cook CORAL SEA. Oct. 3 — John ler. Secretary. Ship's delegate Jellette. Chairman: A. Reeder. reports. A. Van Dyke elected last week... Mike Pappadakis shaved his mustache off and advised the declaration of all Secretary. Deck delegate re­ ship's delegate. Motion by R. said he won't be shipping until Spring... Ray Queen sailed souvenirs. Delegates reported on ported all overtime in order and Thomas that all men stay out of for Italy and Turkey... "Rusty" Swillinger is on his old run overtime in their departments. that Chief Mate had been in­ galley at all times, unless on again, a Robin ship for South African ports. Motion by Tannehill* that the structed to clean up ship.' Re­ business. Motion by J. Pugh to crew go on record to give the pair list turned over to Patrol­ have all books and permits col­ Negotiating Committee a vote of man, engine delegate reported. lected on arrival in port and Book Dept.—Passing By, by Elliot Merrick, published by Macconfidence and thanks for get­ Nothing new to report in ste­ ready for boarding Patrolman. millan Co., for $3.00. It's a tough novel about an AB during Good and Welfare: Ship's dele­ ting SIU men the highest wages wards department. O'Connell. wartime... The weekly LOG will be going free of cost to the and best conditions in the in­ Deck Maintenance, moved for gate instructed all men to help homes of the following brothers: Robert Collins of Massachusetts, keep crew boys out of alleyways. dustry. Motion by Fowler to inspection of flour, yea;5t and Woodrow de Haven of Maryland, G. M. Bowdre of Maryland, have the Oilers' foc'sle moved to ovens. Motioh by Peter Vlhos. All men were instructed to re­ George Dahl of Rhode Island, Bob White of Oklahoma, Macon turn cups and glasses to pantry the spare passenger room. Mo- seconded by Deck Engineer, that Welch of Georgia, William Canniff of Florida, Sam Tate of North when finished with them. All ^tion carried that the men stay­ Patrolman be instructed to stop Carolina, Michael Cristaldi of New Jersey. ing aboard after the payoff check skipper from making overtime hands were requested to refrain the repairs expected to be made. deals. A. Reeder moved that no from making unnece.s.sary noises around gangway and passage one sign off until all beefs are ways. To Brother Joseph Bowen in New York: Bound volumes settled. Observed one minute of LOGS are for sale at $2.50 each. There are two volumes of silence in memory of brothei-s for each year of 1946 to June 1948. Write to the LOG Editor lost at sea. if you wish to purchase any or all of these LOG-worthy volumes. 4 4 4 SEATRAIN NEW YORK. Oct. % % 4 4 4 SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY. 17 — Antonio Schiavone. Chair­ DEL ORG, Ocl. 14 — A. Van Oct. 24 — Clyde E. Lewelyn. man: Eugene Ray. Secretary. Dyke, Chairman; L. J. Ceveite, Recently we read of a landlubbing judge telling a man the Chairman: Michael Sporich. Sec­ Crew accepted resignation of $ecrelary. Ship's delegate sug­ wise words which belong to the unwuutten law of the sea. He retary. Ship's delegate reported Fred Aderhold as ship's delegate gested that crewmenrbers agree said the first rule of the sea is to protect and aid your shipmates— on donations for a washing ma­ and elected Jack Glouver to fill on fine to be imposed on gas- not steal from them. How true, how. true... By the way, we chine. Delegates reported on position. Only beef reported by hounds and performers. Motion would like to hear from those brothers sailing Robin ships to books and permits in their de­ delegates was that ship needs by engine delegate,, seconded by South African ports. How dependable are the bars in furnishing partments. Good and Welfare: sougeeing and painting. Under L. Donald for fine of $50, carried them with copies of LOGS, which they receive every week? Report of $46 collected for sick Good and Welfare: the Wiper unanimously. Amendment to mo­ Look for the LOG. It's your union newspaper! family of brother. Suggestion asked all to cooperate by not tion by R. Thomas called for a by Walker that ship's delegate throwing cigarette butts in alley­ six-month probationaiy period contact company for cigarettes ways. All hands said efforts for first offense, in addition to One brother said recently. "I'm tired of being broke." now that ship is on coastwise would be made to keep messhall fine, also carried. It was agreed Most brothers are familiar with this remark. The brother •run. Suggestion that the brand clean and not put their feet on that any member who is drunk further stated that he has been trying for ten years to save of coffee be changed. . One min­ the chairs. One minute of silence and unable to turn to, or who money, but could never do it. Nowadays many' brothers lake ute of silence observed for was observed for departed misses a watch for any avoidable it easy on their draws so they can have enough dough to keep !' Brothers lost at sea. Brothers. them comfortable on the beach against slow shipping. reason shall be liable to the fine. ^I^N-DO/V'r/ CUT and RUN IT;! J'i: [I: �Page Eight Priday, December 17, 1946 TffE SEAFARERS LOC THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS Requests Brothers To Show Greater Respect For SIU Property And Gear To the Editor: the States speak English or Am­ erican. It seems that according to the tale, the State Department sent a note to the English government for Lend-Lease given them dur­ ing the war. The English were incapable, though willing, to pay the very large sum; so, they in return sent a bill back to us for a much, larger sum for the privi­ lege of using their language for centuries. A WELL DRESSED CAB DRIVER rest of the settee, he is taking the place intended for three men, which often leaves two men without a seat. Okay fellows, hang on to your hat, shut your eyes and fill your ears with cotton, because quite CHAIR'S FOR SITTING a few of you, my fine feathered friends, are not going to like Down on the second deck, this article worth a damn. there are plenty of chairs to The Witor of «th-e - LOG re­ sit on, so. why sit on the coun­ ceived a letter from a fellow on ter which was designated for a ship who apparently agreed shipping. • ^ith my statements in my last Meetings are held regularly article in the LOG. He said for in order that the members may me to smoke another weed and speak their mind, and have their NO 'GIFT' OF GAB jfit down and give with a con­ share in making Union policies. tinuation of my analysis of the The State Department was But altogether too many mem­ aeaman of today. stymied for a short time, but bers are in a hell of a hurry to ' Thank you. Brother Seafarer. then replied that they would get the meeting finished so that 1 most certainly will, and am be very happy to pay the sum they can get out for an even­ ' very glad to hear that someone if the English Government would ing of' fun. Take more interest fiked my scribbles; but I api not pay a still larger sum for the in your Union, artd the Union on the weed at present. If I improvement of the same. To in return will look after your 6ver meet the Brother who this, I believe we never did interests. wrote that letter, I most gladly get an answer. Maybe the Eng­ will join him in a shot of plain lish, who are considered very It , is required of a Union vodka with a beer chaser, or smart diplomats, are still at­ member to attend the'meetings No ordinary cabbie's cap and leather jacket for the opera­ whatever else the Brother may tempting to find an answer to or he'll lose his place on the tor of this hand-drawn South African hade. Reported to be a shipping list; but I have heard that one. prefer. genuine Zulu, the native turns to in full field dress. More rumors to the effect that there Reading my articles, I am cer­ Far it is from my intentions are members who have substi­ conservatively attired are Michael, Electridan, and Ray Myers, tain that all avid LOG readers to condemn the King's English tutes attend the meetings on both crewmembers 6f the Robin Goodfellow. Scene is Durban. have realized that my main han­ It is a lovely language and their behalf to get their card dicap in saying what I intend about the only language for all stamped. Men who have no in­ to say is that as far as formal around literary purposes with terest in our proceedings what­ education is concerned, I have which I am familiar. I pray of soever. Let us make sure that had none. In addition, even fortune to give me the chance there will be no foundations to though I was born in America, some day to master it the way such rumors in the future. I was brought up in Norway, some of our great authors have Remember that when a mem­ learning but one language—Nor­ in the past as well as in the ber allows an outsider to at­ wegian. Five years ago I start­ present. tend our meeting he is breaking goose that could walk either up­ ed to wnrite English, or I should But to return to my main sub­ his oath of obligation which To the Editor: stage or downstage? say American, and believe me it ject, which is yourselves and states: "I promise that I will An editor of seamen's journ­ The jingle would meet an is not an easy language to mas- myself—all of us restless wan­ never reveal the , proceedings of als should know the cooks vol­ elevator marked up, on a banis­ ume of "sea terms." There's a dering Seafarers. I will begin 'ter. the Union to its injury or to ter with a goose sliding down, . When talking about the Ameri­ by saying that it is about time persons not entitled to know it." windward side and a leeward it! side. But, actually you heave can language, I remember an we became double-jointed so Are there certain Brothers who But then, Pop is New York things over to "looards." If you bid anecdote about the much- that we can kick ourselves in have forgotten? City born and bred. Maybe the heave them over the weather the seat whenever we are not m:gued point of whether we in I'll say so long for now, and side—^well then the cartoon of boys from the"country have seenliving up to the fair name of good, sailing Brothers. See you Seafare in the September 10 such geese, and Pop's IQ (as the Seafarer.?. in the LOG. LOG is clear. There is a lee­ proved by his observance) rates, Lately it seems to me that there is a lot of free-loading John F. Wunderlich. Jr. ward and windward side to the with the geese. ship. And leewards is "looards." There are some mighty fine, done on shipboard. When you SS Stony Creek. But then, now-a-days a berth is jingles and articles coming into are hired to do a job, you are From So. America a bunk and a skid road, is a row. the LOG. Shrimpton, Gilstrap,. supposed to do that job, not Such corruption of the corrupted! Petersen— especiaUy. slacken in the braces and allow James (Pop) Martin , However, the last term is a one of your shipmates to carry On Stony Creek To the Editor: lumber-jack word. Skidroad is double burden—doing his chores Here I am again, the Sea­ as well as yours. much misused) by the sailor, and farers oldtimer, going for an­ the next one who asks me for ASKS PROPERTY CARE other voyage (113) on board the skid-iow, will find himself on SS Cape Nome—the Santa Glaus Another point is the cleanli­ the subway, for Coney Island. ship from the South. It must be Surf Avenue. I've ness of our various Hall around This South Atlantic ship made the coast. At present the Sea­ never found a row like it in the a fast turnaround in one week's farers is a hell of a long way tall sticks of Washington, Ore­ time. Arriving in Charleston, No­ ahead of the days when oxir gon, or California — and I've To Ihe Editor: vember 22, she discharged and Hall was on Stone Street; but walked every mile of those loaded, crewed up, hit Jackson­ it is but a short jump back to states, up and down, North and The crew of the SS Steel ville and Savannah and left for the same Halls, days and con­ South, from Seattle to Los An­ Maker wishes to thank the LOG for the article published in the .Bremen, Rotterdam, Antwerp, ditions if we don't all of us geles. London, and LeHavre (loaded stay on the ball and do our Further, a ship that's upwind November 12 issue. We also down) November 29th. is aloo. Degenerated to aloof. thank the LOG photographer share in keeping the'm in good who took the pictures showing In addition to regular cargo, condition. I sure don't call it DIG HIM? tve' are loaded with Christmas doing one's best the way many Then, today, an aloof person the boys- bringing the most-wel-. Inail and parcels. On our way treat the places we now have! is upwindy, or up stagey. The come library on board. We are now submitting a few we will stop at Philadelphia and I'll give you a few examples. up-stage man is toward the back­ snapshots taken on this ship by Baltimore to pick up some more Take the third deck in the New drop and may cause the other Brother Ricky Risbeck, AB. It is, York Hall, for example. mail. cast members to have to play hoped that you can use them, in? The arrival of the Cape Nome When the Hall opened, we had towards him with their backs the LOG. All of us are on for­ in Savannah — the first in a very comfortable and good-look­ to the audience. eign articles now and are expect­ month — relieved the job situa­ ing leather chairs and settees There's a way to do that on ing to leave for the Far East. tion a bit, and proved to be a on that deck; the tables and stage. Play to your audience, but real Christmas present for the floor were in an excellent con­ Spyros Vrettos, OS, who keep stepping back to the up- With a regular gang of topmany who got jobs on her. This dition. But leather is not made came into the SIU when the stagy one and as they step back notch SIU members aboard, we, for a foot-rest for some lazy newly-contracted Stony Creek work 'em through a door in the hope to make a very plea^nt includes Uncle Otto. voyage. So we, the crew of the Santa bugger who spent the previous was- organised.- Crew described set and close- it! Glaus Ship, send best wishes night without sleep because he him as a good shipmate and Ramon Irisarry. Ch. Steward, Best I have on hand are and a merry Christmas to all was chasing skirts around Times a classjr boxer. During war Mother Goose rhymes, rejingled. WUey Carter, Ship's DeleSquare. And besides putting his Vrettos dropped into Greece Good God, goosey, goosey, gangale, for Ihe crew of the SS LOG readers. mud-stained feet on the arm­ as paratrooper in the OSS. Uncle Olio Preussler Steel Maker Ider. Who the hell ever saw a Corrupted Mother Tongue Drives Pop To 'Looards' SS Cape Nome Proves Santa To Uncle Otto Ship's Delegate Cheers Pic Story Of Steel Maker �Friday, December 17, 1948 THE SEAFARERS Page Nine LOG Raves And Jibes On Union Payoff Rule PRO: On this page are letters from the membership giving their views on the CON: Union transportation rule. In line with the SIU policy of full discussion on matters of policy, the LOG for the past several weeks has devoted space Retain Rule, all to the opinions of the membership, both pro and con. All letters on the mat­ Says Ruling ter of transportation will be printed in the LOG during the coming weeks to Aids But Few Backer's Plea give the membership ample time to form opinions on the rule. All possible steps are being tak^n to devote equal space to both sides of the controversy. I've figured from the begin­ In brief, the rule calls ning that the transportation rule for men to take transpor­ was a good thing. It means more Sees Rule Easing tation money and pile off Can't See Rule job turnover and it protects our contracts. their ship when it pays As Shipping Spur Negotiators' Job off But it wasn't till I attended at a port other than the Educational Meeting on the To the Editor: the one in which the To the Editor: thfird deck at Headquarters the other afternoon that I realized I am for the transportation crew signed on. This ap­ I have been reading the ar­ ticles appearing in the LOG re­ how strongly the rest of' the boys ruling as it now stands whereby plies in cases where the cently discussing the new trans­ men who are entitled to trans­ are behind .it. portation rule. 1 personally think vessel does not start for Man after man hit the deck portation must get off. 1 base it's the biggest blunder our and spoke on the struggle the iny stand on the following rea­ the sign-on port within Union ever made. Union had in the first place to sons: • I have just returned from a ten days. get this condition and pointed To the Editor: First, in a way it will tend out how it was in the old days to prevent the development of when a man was apt to be company stiffs and cliques Stranded anywhere at the whim Of the Mate or Skipper, whether aboard our ships. Those who he had a payoff or not, and might become so inclined will To the Editor: without any provision for his have to ship through the Hall I am definitely in favor of the being returned to the area where occasionally, and will thus learn transportation rule now in ef­ he joined the ship. fect, for the following reasons: Then they pointed out just something about how the SIU It prevents crewmembers from becoming company stiffs, who how phony it really is for a does things. man to want to homestead a Second, it will aid our Nego­ enter into deals to omit over­ ship and turn his transportation tiating Committee in securing time in return' for topside fav­ ors. There is great danger of money back to the company.' and maintaining our contracts. this when men stay on ships too They pointed out how a man who would willingly kick back ^ maqy times the shipowners long and especially when they transportation money to the com- j have complained about men col- start kicking back transportation pany wouldn't stop at that; he's lecting transportation and then money to the companies. the kind of guy who would be staying on the vessel. In fact, I can't see how any one can be opposed to the present trans­ apt to make all kinds of . special , ,, some ,have collected transportaportation ruling, if for no other deals with the officers to hold ^ his job and get special privileges. tion as often as five times in a reason than that it protects the j'ear on ^he same ship. transportation clause in our I can tell you that from every agreement. consideration of Union security With these facts, the shipown­ Under the old ruling a man we should hang onto this trans­ ers can very easily ask why accepted transportation and portation ruling, keep all the they should pay transportation stayed on board, thus giving the money we have coming to us, money at all, since it is not be­ shipowners a bargaining point to pile off of a ship at a transpor­ tation payoff and re-register at ing used for ^transportation. They eliminate the clause. claim it is an uncalled for ad­ I say accept transportation and the Hall! get off, and give the members ditional expense. Eddie Mooney on the beach a chance. They'll The SIU fought hard and fast have to do the same for you. to get the transportation clause Dewey D.. Shaw as part of our agreement. Many Cook and Baker seamen well remember tbe day For Piling Off Okays New Rule To the Editor: Will you please send the LOG to 1311 9th Avenue, North Nash­ ville 8 Tennessee, instead of Box 15112-Gl, Reidsville, Geor­ gia. I think that the LOG is a good paper. I read everything in It and await the next issue impa­ tiently. I think that we should take our transportatibn, get off the ship, and re-register at the Hall for another ship. Keep the jobs turning over. Want Pact Rule LET'S ALL PULL TOGETHER, Samuel F. Allen Says Jobs Move To the Editor: I am for the transportation ruling. I believe it gives those on the beach a chance to ship when things are bad. Also it keeps the jobs moving at all times. It's mighty important when you are broke on the beach to haw a chance to put a few bucks in your pockets. Some of the members on these fihips have been getting transportation over and over again. Some don't even know ..What the Union Hall looks like, bt what is going on. Phil G. Wolf when the company could put them off a ship in almost any port of the world. They had to get back to their home port the best way that they could. SEES ABUSE No one wants to go back to that. The next question is. Why abuse our transportation clause by staying on the ship? If we continue to abuse it we could easily face a hell of a fight with the shipowners in trying to keep it. Third, and last, this ruling could help take a lot of guys off the Holland run, the Gei-man run and the Puerto Rican run, thus letting some of the rest of us try them out for a while. John C. Jacksc;n To the Editor: The clarification to the agree­ ment making it obligatorj' for a man to get off a vessel should he pay off in an area other than the area of signing articles, was thoroughly discussed in our ship­ board meeting cff October 24th. This meeting went on record as not being in favor of this clarification since it impairs a man's job security. We recom­ mend that this clarification be amended to allow a man to re­ main on a ship indefinitely should he so desire. This crew would like the Ne­ gotiating Committee to recon­ sider this clarification and allow the agreement to stand e.xactly as outlined in our general work­ ing rules. Section 54, Article 2, Paragraph C. Signed by 2Z crew members Sealrain New Orleans trip to South America aboard one of Alcoa's scows. There were three or four of us who came on the ship in Baltimore. We were out only six weeks when we re­ turned to New Orleans. There we were forced to pile off the ship with only a few dollars in our pockets. I discussed the new rule with a great number of the crew and many men on the beach. It seems to me that at least ninety percent of the membership is against it. I believe the best thing we could do is to bring this matter to a vote just as soon as possible. It don't think it helps shipping much, as most men pile off the ships sooner or later anyway. However, I think that if a man has had trouble or sickness in his family and needs to make sev­ eral trips, it is only right to let him make a few dollars before piling off the ship. A.B. Sellers To the Editor: ' There are many argument^ about transportation. The clear question before the membership is: would it benefit them to hav6 men lose their jobs when trans­ portation is due, if the meiv ashore get jobs at the expense of their union brothers. That is the meat of the whole question, stripped of propaganda and, name calling. Many men are known as 'one trippers.' They like time on the beach to spend the proceeds of theu' trip. That is, thanks to the Union, their privilege. Other members are paying oa homes and laying away money for future security. These mea usually make several trips on one ship. That again, thanks to otir Union, is their privilege. Now, on the miserable issue of transportation mbney, this privi­ lege of job security is to be thrown away. If this is a true help to our Union, why not cany it further and make it compiAsory for any crew to get off at the end of a trip? This would be a great break for single trippers, but would it be fair to our membership as a whole? It would be just as fair as our present transportation, rule is to the brothers involved. Bj"- the way, I am on the beach, but am content to wait To the Editor: my turn. When it comes, I hope Much has been written about it won't be at the expen.se of an transportation, yet it seems to unfortunate brother. me that one single important George Reoch factor connected with the subject has been woefully neglected, to wit: • the "right of a member to refuse transportation and remain To the Editor: on his job if he so desires. The tendency on the part of The following is our opinion some super militants is to con­ of the transportation clause: demn any member who suggests We feel that if a man signs on this, and by tortui-ing the basic a ship in a Northern Port, and is fact of security in unionism de­ discharged in a Southern Port, or clare that a member desiring to vice versa, this man is entitled remain on his job is buying the to the transportation monejs, job for the ti-ansportation in­ Howe\'er, he does not have to volved. take it and get off right then. Ha Nothing could be farther from should be allowed to stay on the the truth. For diverse reasons ship and get his transportation a member may want to make when he does get off. another trip, and since he has no We are all well aware of the control over the fact that a ves­ fact that it does make a vast sel may proceed to a port other difference in the turn-oveu of than his port of engagement, jobs. However, we also are transportation obtained sliould aware of the fact that a man not be held against him. with a family or other respon­ It has been my experience that sibilities cannot afford to wait a in any event seventy-five percent couple of months on the beach of- all crews receiving transpor­ for a ship, make a short run (the tation money usually return to average trip now-a-days being 45 their home ports. Therefore, for or 50 days), and then go on the Ull practical pui-poses, if the beach for another two months— twenty-five percent remaining which often is the case withdecides to decline transportation shipping as slow as it i^. and remain at their jobs, the Therefore we the imdersigned fundamental purpose of trans­ are all in favor of allowing a portation will have been estab-' man to stay on the ship, and lished in that seventy-five jobs then collect the transportatid* would be open. That's a good when he does get off. turnover in my book. Signed by 14 crew membep. - of the SS Cape Nome Howard Guinier Debates Job Boon Calls It Costly �• Page Ten .,»n T HE SEA FA HERS LOG Friday, December 17, 1948 Believes Ships In Merchant Reserve Useless, Should Emergency Arise To the Editor: bad risks, while handing out a dollar as if from an eye-dropper for th"?" American merchant ma­ rine that played an important part in winning two world wars. As for the American Seaman. "We won't need him much in the next war. We have the atom bomb," they say. Let's just imagine for a minute what could possibly come: A convoy of Libertys leaves New York. As it passes through the Narrows, Soviet sympathizers pass the information on. A wolfpack of Soviet shnorkel sub­ marines lurk outside in the waters dark and deep. The con­ voy forms at sunset and starts across the ocean at its ten knot speed. Darkness sets in. A gale begins to blow. The seas start to rise. Here and there a Lib­ Statistics released by the Maritime Commission show that 1,901 ships of the Reserve Mer­ chant Fleet, are now undergoing the "mothball treatment." Thus writes the New York Times. As a matter of fact, most of these ships have been lying in boneyards from one to three years, like derelicts. I know oJ' one such ship, the Madawaska Victory. After a year in layup, it took six weeks for the shipyard men to get her into shape before the Peruvians con­ descended to take her and re­ name her the Amazones. There are other ships that I know of that have come out of the boneyard up the river in such bad shape that one can only believe it would have been better to leave them there. But Jet us look at the statistics—at the 1,901 derelicts over which the shipyard men will some day swarm getting them ready for convoy duty. Seventy percent of these ships To the Editor: (in round figures) are old Libertys that will do about ten Some time ago in a past issue knots in convoy (though part of of the SEAFARERS LOG there them will be falling out, "not un­ was a question brought to the der command," on a dark night attention of the membership, in a gale with high seas). Some namely, "Should alien seamen be fifteen percent are Victorys and others that will make fifteen given a preference on the ship­ miles an hour in fine weather. ping list when their legal stay on About five percent are pre-war the beach has just about ex­ ships of unreliable speeds. The pired?" remaining ten percent are boats You asked for viewpoints from of imcertain ability and dubious the members. Here is mine: quality. I say that if an alien sailor has been riding American ships for TISSUE-THIN BOATS . The lifeboats on our ships are five years or better and espe­ made of cheap tin, poorly gal­ cially if he can show wartime vanized, and liable to corrosion. discharges and if he can show No seaworthy, clinker-built life- with papers in black and white Imate for the American seamen! that he has applied for citizen­ Such life paving boats cost too ship and is honestly making an effort to obtain his first papers, much, money. The man . who started the then give him a break. Other­ "mothball" business must have wise, no dice! been a cloak and suit merchant I'll cite a case that I know of or a New York tailor—he was personally. A couple of trips ago never a mercliant sailor! ; signed on an American Pacific Years ago, I was AB on the T-2 tanker out of Galveston. SS Taviuni, of Union Steamship Aboard we had a bosun who Company of New Zealand. We hailed from one of the Baltic came into Hobart, Tasmania one countries. "We made a trip to day with the forepeak full of Germany where he married one water and down by the bow. It of his country-women. ,She was wasn't so bad, but a few days not a German, and he evidently later a coal heaver in the hold had known her for sometime. put his shovel through the ship's Then this donkey proceeds to side. The Taviuni had been laid bi*ay around the ship that he up only a couple of years before would settle with her to live in the incident. Canada. 'To hell with the Our ocean going merchant fleet States. American women are no of 1,000 tons and over is figured good," was his attitude. And at 3479—making 1578 vessels that this joker has more than five Sre supposed to be in active years seatime on American ships, service. Of this number, some too. 1208 ships are again supposed to be privately owned, with 712 dry cargo ships making around Member's Family eleven to thirteen knots. This Looks To LOG would leave about 486 tankers.— For Ship Data mostly fifteen knotters. The chartered vessels, numbering To the Editor: some 370, would do the regular We always look forward to convoy speed of ten and a half receiving the LOG every Monknots. Though time and tide waits for day or Tuesday. Our son, who np man, the men in Washington is a full bookmember in the SIU, has been sailing for about four bavenlt as yet given a serious years, so we like to read things thought to our shipbuilding pro­ the Union is doing for its mem­ gram. But the men in the bers as well as the .shipping "Kremlin already have some 300 figures in the different ports. '^hnorkel submarines in operaOur son has been on the Al­ •jtion. These are fast subs with a coa Pointer for several months speed of from thirteen to twenty making ports in South America. miles'per hour. We send greetings to the SIU The men in Washington have and thanks for the weekly edi­ foeen lavish with their loans of tion of the LOG. hundreds of millions of dollars \ta foreign governments'that were Thomas Engelsma erty falls out of line—"not under command" because of engine trouble or telemotor trouble. The night is bad, the gale blows, and the seas run rough. Suddenly, Boom! Boom! Here and there Libertys go down. Rockets shoot in the air. Sea­ men man the lifeboats, lower away, and try to pull on cross seas. They bend to the oars. "Keep them sailing! Don't de­ lay victory!" sounds in their ears. The lifeboats turn over. The seamen struggle in the cold water. It takes their breath away. The seamen go. down. Men drown. Now is the time to build up the merchant marine and to pre­ pare for such an eventuality—not after a war" gets under way! Captain R. Petersen Aliens Seeking Citizenship Get Brother's Okay For Aid r.«-.. Mind you, he doesn't pay taxes, either! He rides American ships pays no taxes, earns top American wages, and then tells us—his shipmates-^that the US is no damn good. This character holds a full-book as well. He made the job on a pier­ head jump. She was listed on the shipping board as "citizen only." 'The original Bosun lost his papers just before signon time came. Therefore, I say again, no pre­ ference should be shown unless the alien can show his intentions are sincere. You have, my permission to print any part or all of this let­ ter as you may see fit. We are transiting the Suez Canal today bound for Hamburg with Diesel oil from that charming place, the Persian Gulf. Paul Arthofer The Lately Come By BILL GILSTRAP There's laughter in the moon-white streets of heaven. The angels stand in serried ranks amazed. Saint Peter asking audience of God, Rushed through the stately High Court in a daze. Then at the throne edge, stammering he spoke, » "Lord it's these late-come war souls, I request; I'm deathly tired. Sire, I'm all worn out; Send me to some distant planet for a rest. "Now those flyers. Sire, they zoom- and shake The walls, the very foundations of the city. And the scandelous tales those sailors tell. The Foolish Virgins listen—ah the pity. "The gentle David, Sire, is writing jazz, And their questions have stumped Solomon, he claims. Gabriel reports they call his music corny, And speak about some mortal man called James. "The turf of Elysian Fields is all torn up, Tootball practice I am told; and. Sire, it seems They've challenged the Holy Choristers to a game. And Samson is a halfback on their team. "In the six brief earth years since they Began to come in numbers I've done my best. "But," good Peter shook with indignation, "Lord, Can't you please grant this one request." The Lord looked down from His starry throne. And smiling at Saint Peter shook his head. "You see they were all so very young. That we'll just let them play awhile," he said. •A;: �Fdday/ Ztacanifcer 17, 1948 TAE SEAFARERS LOG PERSONALS Page Eleren S/U Fights Move To Ssuttie Fleet man added substance to a wide­ this time. Congress will be meet­ JACK TURNER JIM HART (Continued from Page J) No action has been taken yet ly-held view that Congress, in ing in three weeks and any D. C. Wilson reports that yoiir Get in touch with your family. by President Truman but al­ enacting the European Recovery change in public policy in this baggage and radio is being held Illness. ready there are growing signs Program, clearly intended that regard should have Congression­ for you at the Commissioner's XXX that the ECA Administrator will the 50-50 provision should be al approval. office in Philadelphia. DONALD M. WOODS run into a barrage of opposition mandatory. "As author of the amendment t, t X Your mother has draft board to his plan on Capitol Hill. "We most certainly had no I .believe the Congressional in­ MATT FIELDS information for you. Representative Willis W. Brad­ intention of subjecting American tent is clear. It is that not less Anthony O'Brien asks you to XXX ley of California, who authored shipping to competition on an than 50 per cent of the ship­ HARRY E. JUDSON - write him at 43 Upper Rutrand the section of the European Re­ even term with the cheap-labor ments for the European recov­ Street, off Summerhill, Dublin, Charles Judson says everything covery Act providing that 50 tramp vessels of lower income ery program would be made in Eire; or, SS City of Waterford, is okay and wants you to get in per cent of the Marshall Plan nations of the world," Bradley American ships." c/o Palgrave Murphy, 17 Eden touch with him at 128 West 90th cargoes should be shipped in said. The Maritime Commission, for Quay, Dublin, Eire. Street, New York City. American bottoms, has indica'ted Senator William Knowland, whom Commissioner Grenville XXX XXX the shape of things to come. who sponsored the 50 per cent Mellen has been leading the at­ EMMETT TIERNEY W. C. HARPER Representative Bradley de­ rule in the upper house, said in tack, is reported to have held Contact Daniel Fisher, 35-111 The Strachen Shipping Com­ clared early this week that Hoff­ a telegram to Hoffman: 85th Street, Long Island City pany in New Orleans is holding man would find strong and pos­ "I strongly urge that no ad­ a high command meeting during which a strong protest to Presi­ New York. money due you from .the E. sibly decisive opposition to his ministrative change of Congres­ dent Truman was drafted. The X X Squibbs. plan. The California Congress­ sional policy- be undertaken at message reportedly asked a Pres­ WILBUR IRVIN idential deferment of the ECA's Get in touch with Julius new shipping policy, scheduled Droiser at 285 Madison Ave., to go into effect Jan. 1. New York. This delay is intended to per­ XXX Dec. 13, 1948 mit maritime officials and rep­ ALFRED N. JASKOLSKI Mr. William Green, President resentatives of the shipping in­ ' Contact Freedman, Landy & dustry to present their side of American Federation of l^abor Lorry, 900 Jefferson Building, the case before President Tru­ 1015 Chestnut Street, Philadel­ Washington, D. C. man and various Congressional phia 7, Pa., concerning your Dear Brother Green: committees. brother's claim. The Hoffman proposal io ship all Marshall Plan bulk cargoes in foreign flag ships REPERCUSSIONS XXX The following witnesses to the -will be a mortal blow to the American merchant marine and to the seagoing unions of That Hoffman's decision to accident suffered by Thomas the American Federation of Labor, if it is adopted by the Economic Cooperation Admin­ stop giving U.S. ships their 50Freeland, aboard the Camas 50 share of Marshall Plan bulk Meadows, are asked to get in> istration. Speaking on behalf of the membership of the Atlantic and Gulf District of cargoes might have other reper­ touch with Benjamin B. Sterling, the Seafarers International Union, I urge you, as President of the American Federation cussions appeared very likely 42 Broadway, New York 4, N. Y.: of Labor, to do all in your power to block this outrageous scheme. Specifically I urge this week. Roy S. Theiss, Joseph J. Mey- you to bring the matter to the attention of President Truman, who, I believe, should erchal, Frank R. Throp, Wallace be informed of the inevitable effects of -what Hoffman proposes. And I urge you to Representative Walter C. Ploeser charged the ECA with per­ B. Copeland. notify Senator Styles Bridges of the "watchdog" committee that Paul Hoffman appar­ mitting "a few giant companies" ently wishes to signal "finished with engines" to the American shipping industry and to practically monopolize "the foreign aid business." seriously weaken the national defense. In addition to torpedoing the merchant marine Figures released by the ECA, and the seagoing unions, Hoffman proposes to defy Congress who said that 50 per cent Ploeser said, showed that a SIU, A&G District of all Marshall Plan cargoes, bulk cargoes included, should go under the American flag. single firm, Anderson, Clayton and Company, had supplied 71.2 BALTIMORE 14 North Cay St. Moreover, a member of the Maritime Commission has announced that foreign operators William Rentz, Agent . Mulberry 4S40 are deliberately lowering their rates to get the trade so that they can raise them again per cent of the cotton in the BOSTON 276 State St. foreign aid program for August. E. B. TiUey, Agent Richmond 2-0140 on a monopoly basis. The Marshall Plan must succeed, but not at a cost of thousands of "There seems to be no excuse Dispatcher Richmond 2-0141 jobs for American seamen. for .one firm to be obtaining GALVESTON 308>/4—23rd St. such a dominant percentage of PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Keith Alsop, Agent Phone 2-S448 MOBILE 1 South I^«rrence St. Seafarers Int'l Union, Atlantic & Gulf District the total cotton business," Ploe­ Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-17S4 ser said. NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. The firm of Anderson, Clay­ E. Sheppard, Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 ton and Company, was for a long NEW YORK 51 Beaver St. time headed by W. L. Clayton, Joe Algina, Agent HAnover 2-2784 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. a former Under-Secretary of Ben Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 State for Foreign Affairs. ine to a level of four million vices with owned or bareboat PHILADELPHIA.. .614.16 No. 13th St. (Continued from Page 5) The Missouri Congressman Lloyd Gardner, Agent PopW 8-1217 United States to third gross tons. He called the figure chartered ships, provided they recommended that the watch­ SAN FRANCISCO 85 Third St out of proportion to require­ Steve Cardullo, Agent Douglas 2-5475 place in world shipbuilding. As have been in operation for not dog committee and the Depart­ SAN JUAN, P.R. 252 Ponce do Leon of December 1, 77 ships were un­ ments of the Japanese trade, and less than six months and have ment of Justice look into the Sal Colls, .Agent San Juan 2-5996 der construction in American added that it could only result possibility of monopoly, which SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St yards. 66 of these are tankers, in the Japanese invading other maintained an average of not less he said is "evident" in the cot­ Charles Starling, Agent Phone 3-1728 than one sailing a month. two are passenger liners and fields. ton situation. TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St three are combination cargoR. H. Hall, Agent Phone M-1323 XXX passenger ships. Most of the tank­ Eight unions connected with WILMINGTON. Calif., 227K Avalon Boulevar'd ers, however, are scheduled for the International Longshoremen's HEADQUARTERS.. 51 Beaver St., N.Y.C. foreign fiag service. Great Brit­ Association have settled their HAnover 2-2784 ain is far in the lead with 85 wage demands with the New SECRETARY-TREASURER The SEAFARERS LOG as the official publication of the Sea­ passenger ships and 192 tankers York Shipping Association. The Paul HaU under construction. Another allied craft locals, which include farers Intemational Union is available to aU members who wish DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATION .country well up in the race is carpenters, cargo repair men, to ^ve it sent to their home free of charge for the enjoyment of Lindsay WUIIams Sweden with 92 tankers. The clerks and maintenance men, set­ their families and themselves when ashore. If you desire to have ASSIST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS figures for the United States do tled for the same boosts as those 'Robert Matthews J. P. Shuler Joseph Volplaa not include a 48,000-ton super won by the Longshoremen, 13 the LOG sent to you each week address cards are on hand at every liner, which is past the bluepi;in cents an hour straight time, 19 SIU branch for this purpose. SUP stage; but no contracts have been cents an hour overtime pay. However, for those who are at sea or at a distance from a SIU HONOLULU la Merchant st. let as yet. 4> 4» 4* ^ hall, the LOG reproduces below the form used to request the LOG, Phone 5-8777 American shipowners li a v e which you can fill out, detach and send to: SEAFARERS LOG, SI i" 4" 4 PORTLAND Ill W. Burnside St. been notified by the Maritime Beaver Street, New York 4, N.Y. A member of the Maritime Beacon 4336 Commission of new rules for Commission, Joseph K. Carson, RICHMOND, Calif. 257 Sth St. Phone 289B Jr., has recommended that di­ bareboat chartering of govern­ SAN FRANCISCO 59 Clay St. rect aid to domestic shipping— ment-owned ships. The new set­ PLEASE PRINT INFORMATION Douglas 2-8363 both for construction and opera­ up limits operators to one ship REATTLE 86 Seneca St. To the Editor: Main 0290 tion—be made by the govern­ for each ship owned or operated in a particular trade. Companies ment. He urged the government •FILMINGTON 440 Avalon Blvd. I would like the SEAFARERS LOG mailed to the Terminal 4-3131 to take the step as a means of eligible are those which meet preserving an industry that is one of the three following re­ address below: Canadian District vital to the national defense and quirements: 1—Companies which Name MONTREAL 1227 Philips Square economy. He placed much of the before the war operated regular Plateau 6700—Marquette 5909 blame for the decline of donies- American flag berth services, PORT ARTHUR. ...63 Cumberland St. c shipping on the present rate both subsidized and unsubsidized. Street Address Phono North 1229 companies that PORT COLBORNE. ....103 Durham St. structure and the fact that the 2—^Established Phone: 8891 recent war made shippers ac­ did not, prior to the war, operate City State TORONTO Ill A Jarvis Street customed to using land transport regular American flag berth ser­ " Elgin 5719 for their goods. Speaking at a vices in certain trades, but which VICTORIA, B.C 602 Boughton St. Signed Empire 4831 meeting in New York, he also iave, since the .war, started on VANCOUVER 568 Hamilton St. criticized a recent proposal by such services. 3—New companies Book No. Paciac 7824 the United States Army to build established since the war that up the Japanese merchant mar­ now operate regular berth ser­ SlU TELEGRAM TO WILLIAM GREEN SlU HALLS Maritime Boond-Up Notice To AH SIU Members •..: 'W '.f :T 1. »• �T H E S E A F JLELER S t o a PB0e TW^T* rcidafr DwtnibM 17. 1948 tia ••'i # # * mSM ITS COMPANY' SPON^ORCD ifNtON C€>^ /N POP Stf€N MfSPBPReseNTATION AND DiSrOPHQit' , THE C.-T. M. A. WAY GIVES YOU A5, OPPORIT IS UP TO YOU - WHICH DO YO^ AAUT?^ TTTKTTY TO BUILD UP YOUR OWN GENERAL 7UND Tour IndflpenAeDt AssoolaAlon and a/ WITH A STEADY JOB AND WAGKi:> - NO ASSESSMEHT-. .inA wages, or — ^ Fridar. OdobM I. T U R SF. AFAR RRS LOG Membership Views On SIU's i New Transportation Rule 4i??' THE NEW _TOBK The longsUor^rnan In New York haa no no security; iicLUfiiy, he never knows from day to day whether he has , To the Editor: I from a1 Job. In his tagemess for woHt WoHs j regard to vc U. prey for the racketeers he Is easy prey ind grafting irraftjng union officials. offjciaia. He . / ^ « and am spea ing ro will pay and keep hl.s mouth shut, men! knowing that knowing that if if he he does does not not he he vi"-wf^,int that concerns all our WiU not work that day or any SlU Brothers who may not wiU I realize what a valuable issue this i other day. I Such expIolUtlon, vldous vicious as It lis. hAPd with lo^ loan- • j is. goes hand In hapd have been 'in favor 'sharking or shyloeking. another I racket controlled by the. mobsters. The longshereman, alwa>-3 'sters. always -, s.p fhrit wh"n nur Negotiating hard up, jhard up. borrows from the shy shy- Committee faced the ship operlocks, or sells his pay'-check In ators ab'iut renewing our conBy MAIXOIJM JOIl.NSOV. collect 'I ITAiy M ihe ninth ol i sent, of advance. And the usurers collMt [racts they wouldn't hestiate one i' preptted trliclts on crime .ad from 10 to 20 cents .on the dollar i /•aciciccfinf on fif Mew York r^'ldea," said'an Inveati^ Inveatiga- that we have a reserve fund lo ! wsler fronl.) tor. "U W, "la to keep the men poor, poor. feed and sleep our brothers Tbra they can be controUed more longer than the operators can Something for the Boys. • Then throsigh fear— easily, controlled through I euUy, tear— hold out. lear ^ of ill., giijvsmiwi. V ' the T-- r- treincn-' IIW Ui not l»VV working »*wa»aai» and fear of .. In.addition la addition 1.0 to treinenB™U», .KI, ..O dou.s ahj^ ment guarantees and assures doii.x revenue revenue derived derived frombeing from ^ng " unable unable to to pay pay Uie the a^ oj-ganizcci thieverv thievery and fromyjfi^ from ^rSi sMocka, ^organized sJiy^ocka, working working's*? eloaely each arid every seaman that he the loading racket, the crim-l^lh crim-l with the mob, often are able to ^,11 have a place to sleep and fonse the men to take loaM^ loana beloans jay that his ship is . inal gangs which rule the force sauae they can help or hinder mal gangs unicri ^ "P- And, Brothers, that js water front find easy P'ok-j, g^^ttlng >( Ibem In getting >oba. water front find- cas> P'ck- them In getting gating >obc one swell consolation,-es'pecially .. various _ other olher ing.s ; fr frrim .m various -jng.s mi C/eon »•'»" Utarara GItan , for Brothers who niay be thousrackets:: (iupiicate dupiic duplicate hiring, or \f200/)00 g^OQjOOO a a Ytar Yaar fTOOfiOO Yaar > ands of miles away from home 1• ^y^roll roll1 pa-idi padding at the ex^ luvlo l^hen and if a strike is called. In the case of Frank Bavlo, In the case of Frank Bavlo, , ,|,g ofr 11. I he^ stevedoring etecloiing convicted eonvlcted of of usury usury In In January, January, \ SiniE OF VICTORY steamship DUtrici Attorney " steamship 1M2, IM2, the Diatrict u,. front br ^.girh uhich charged that the water fnont j j,ave been an active member " lines ; kiak.ia.KB, "• racketeers making |2<M,0M 1300,(MO ^ " 1200,000 rtcketeem were ^Vlng ^ New Orleans, B year from the shyloeking flhylockiDg racket racket ^ i;iong¥hoi-cnien are compelled , alone. Savlo was a boss checker and 1 have seeiv some tough i to p.n.v for their jobs: usury and strong arm man ^'TtbfSl^ for the Inter- times here on the picket lutes, shyloeking; simple pay- ,^tlonaI national Lngshcremen's Longshoremen's AssoclAssocl- but I always knew that oiir Na^ solicited as "voluntary atlon. the powerful A. F. of L. gotiating Committee would come • ,,. gambling union which controls <=°"trols water front through with bannenl flying "f cm i contnhutions gam b 1 n g labor. He was lending money to the longshoremen and chargcharg- proudly, hading another SIU vic­ , policy, smuggling and anv to tne lon^or^en and ing them 10 cents a week on the tory. i I other illegal that ^^,h»t°Lvto , enterprise , O4U I doUar. that Savlo dollar. It was shown Savto They have never lost out in a ucomes ip hand. Since to have tlcomes:J.p biDce thCj inej was able ,ble to interest dua due ^ve the the Interest . yet—and. Broth. Cggng control of tire piers is him deducted from the longshore. :is ,t,„ h.,aiiir.n oi nf the t'oanir ..o.u - V" 4.."- K.-- -longshore i-gaiig U, received It. ers, that t-for« they thev received IL IS the traoit^n traditmn of xne the , . , "u f.Ue . men's pay before It ' absolute, the gangs take a the co-opcratlon,of coKipcratlon.of pat pay SlU: So let's aU put our shoul' cut on everything. It all adds cleriu. On the occasion of a pre-1 Uers to the wheel and go down To' th« Editor: • think this would only be fair to un to something for the boys tdoua arr«L when Savlo WM the line and vote "Ves" "Yes" for a |10 »10 • to someuiiiig . . lu. V • charged with WIWII fluaoMLUL, assaulL .rxAocpat Joseph P. A. Gen„ai gund Asseasment. Let's Let's • We,-the unsigned'members the majbfity of our members up General Fund Asseasment. ((—big —biff mnne.v, money, big bufliness. Ryan, president of the I. L. A., big buamess. . and keen ' . of'the SS South SUr, do hereby ^Vpr^Kv" relate an cx'- ij Take the matter of duplicate appeared as a character witnesa insure bur security and keep the SlU banner flying high at stfongly oppose this new amendWe do hereby relate an ex I hiring.' It Is worked with the ' „n-iUon of the all times, hailing our leadership. •• -^Pnt to^ tS^- transppidation rider amend- .hiring.' w, h me Lnt^.^^ rider i ample -P'e of what this new ^^ in-oiir-nreceni riffreement which! ment would mean: Take a man ( know led pr and co-operation of hiring boss leads to graft and Smooth sailing! •_ in our pre ' ^ujt! who has been on the .beach for the hii hand-picked racketeering was the subject of h;i ing .stevedores, hand-picked! ^ Victor MioniDa y clerks., ^Is^ent this eonunent ln^^ In a United SUtea ' so He ^akes . by the mobs, and,the pay clerks,. It is common practice on the wa-PjSJfjn^t »' . the ^pjiregardless of.the '-gth ^hip ^go.ng^ m ^^^rop^ ^po. U is I "Every pay day, as regulat^ " .„n f.-nni tnr loneshoremen ^olocltMaarit^lL^flald^the - Inforanantr — IHarSnrsQc.al securman have-moir-than one soc.ai secur'. .. . . . "they'd come around for volun- ; This, amendment eounteract^|thii-ty _tm fortj^ay^^ The- man . , ^ tary contributions, Theyld pass a our-hai-d- won gains {or-transpor- ,'!! probably in debt /"l ha f ^ cigar box around and the icoUeotatibn-;-mJney we- gained gained ^is his payoff tatibn-•mo-ney which; which - wepaypn - before neiore he ne ss a a .t ,. 3.. iSrX ef trhirn to d • de ;^o Ions were made b? ^ )in 1946.' and:'therehy^, makes-„it an-i^s be<^^ ( i^^^jmplo^es^^ easily ^o^ be and who shall aleward. EyerV m^ w«i^. ^iTtTiBliVMmpoSSible ttrobtawvai^ert^m--^tJothem-m:ansjmrjauiuii^,_i34fl,ajaui.-aui^ugaiflLS_^.^^-^ !»- left behind.—He—is—seldom peeled-to-kiek-in a doliar. -They catifan"'Dav in3 ' maKel ""our zone? and has to accept tians-j 1 bop\ can P't 'hm. 'hampered In his choice, especially j gave all kind^ of excuses. They ni.'..^m"n'ur agreement" portation and pile off the ship in , ^oci.-,l s-cuiity card 'be g , to the more casual meh.t wore collecting a fund for one of vaca ion, clause m our ^ tj..th,s new amend- -^noi'man then 8^ ;'> » 'HC can caU them today and' ig-, the boys in trouble, to buy ftowabsetiuldX^vSc^, . ; iC^ ,1 non caid with stiamsmp an tomorrow. It would ers for a sick member, or, to pay .Wejth'cicfore Lccommend that ment. slr vcdormg companies. Then a st^-ange if such a con - off the cops.' They'd tell us any•no i-adicar changes-be-made, in: OTHER OPINIONS? , '-ne ^hapc-im, the antiqumed hands ^ thing;; It didn't matter what /the .rampoVtati.m i ideV,,.m manJasjoihingJojlo^ji oT.N^wltk wm 'of a single ^ of .Nrxv -york.Tbefhlrmg'boss 'b''b'""8 bos^w^H ^hd not re- i'pier every pay, day." ' 1^1^^; S5_ward to_buJj;oinR^.Bh\ .b.ai^ abuse t "And if a man refused?", • wilhout a ballot vote being taken• Into debl >galn, Thijiefore, wc; f viia gang represented in sur- m mis powLi, . . ^ Tile infonrtlnt smiled. , up and' down, the A&G coast• wmuld like Tp^ know how othci nhis r.-wd"- He collrcls the cards • This being true, it is obviously! ..jje might refuse once, and over period of 60 days. We• mcmbci-s feel in r'egard.s lir this aiid 'givr.s them to the pay clerk important for in.- gangs in con-s maybe nothing would-happen to ' v ainendmcnt. Wc heirby i'e'com.I'd "-avs -Put these cards I trol at the piers to designate alli him. But then again something I mend 'other Brothoi members to 'ih'iough" The rlcrk does so. and the key men in jobs-;the hiringjmlght He might find he couldn't I I i-laiifv then- fei.ling.s by writing "h Ug co^cts^ j to the SEAFARERS LOG. fwU^se^ - -" Ijto LOG ' We 1 m. rte"—And the dj'ony of- it ,re.imn^d tbat td, names s^^ ttSSj bvFow • be -priHted-m thn i-yu, LUu, I ^ —... . l.stRnres oy rop.pw^r-^ moo .. ,1 To Ihe Editor: - " iI bvrow pj - m tnn ,iJ" imd "fhoi a cV-py of of Un^ Uiis lellfr be J Kickback Prove$ with ionp criminal rpcbrds.'' • ' T.,.. }' I am taking, advantage of thiJ-md that :i'ehpy jelter be opportunity, to let the r.nnk and posted iin .-.11 nnti<e bvartK in Common Praclica • lillle PritinSi file file of of the the SIU SIU know know of of the the hosl hosj SIU Halls up and down the AAu. '• T,:.' k.i-kback is common pmr- [About Contribution. Nti'.- -'o . Hei 0 inc wbi kman Sim , Signed: •pitality. courtesy and reduced coait. • ^ pb- p.i;""- ihe hiiing boss for the ; "Voluntary contrilnilions" are^ Edgar G. Bukrman.. Alexaiide;-. rates; being granted to bona-fidi pi.Mirer- of giifing a days work, '.solicited by the mob represenla-f Nelson. Rolif i t H;nu-wlse ' h'e.'afk-.-n-'t get hired: tivcs at many of the piers, -There 1 seamen at Uhe Victoria Hotel! I Janes. James H. 29CClitlCil ll Wnndwaid. Robert M.Goilw.n, Thr- rate oi'rn i,-" high as 10 per i,s lilile prelense about this , Norfolk. Many Brothers as wel! Woodward, Robert M —— — racket; the ranlr and file longas myself Ahave put up hen Charles R. Gilbert, William M., — recognize It for what it There is a good restaurant i Todd. Henry Lanier. John Shu- j cent sonii times even higher. The i.shoremcn _ te J.... /..r .V,„!l i.s, aa- payoff for IhciJ mohslirs gel this money, loo, ;s, payoff on on pay pay day ' ka.s J, E. Bainnger, J. W.' conjunction. Knmofit /if "Ihfi Snv.«l." M curijuiici-iuii. I _ 1 described benefit Of Ihe ooys These people have donated fin i Mason. Ismael Galarc.s. F Danan.j, : the kickbnck has1 been .r ,-„,.rai According to one Informant, anlr ^,,,0 worked there, thmkanclally to the Seafarers caust John V, Rqoney, C O. Mrcguy.; as be.ng as regular as the .social oh several occasloris. and It-be I R. O, Carter. C, Wi Palmer, Jiii K, securily lax. Hft-o again the I racket Is particularly prevalent! hooves us to patronize them, j D, Brown', Rowland R, Williams, "meii.od 'of hiring is blamed-*the |at ihe piers above'I2d street,-now^ I advise alL SIU men to conj- John Ulas. PeP-i M. Dc.sposiln, 'shape up in which the longshore- comrolled by the Micky Rn^^ers I ^ , J , gang. These pn r.s are under the tact Agent Bon Reese upon aiji Harry Poi-ter. Valentine Bene- ijmen gainer on the piers daily fur/ag-tion of Local 824 of the'' rival in Norfolk about this Hotel part. Marion J Akins. James J- I land wait to be chosen or rejected jj L. A, It is considered one ofP lor he assisted in getting these Boland, L/mis A Komeio, Aiza II for work bv the hiring bo.ss. The !ihe richest of the union 1oc.ab,| for conditions and is familiar wim Smith, Edwin R, Fitzgeiaid. John ' sy-slim ea.-^.lv invites graft and ,covering the Cunard^ French and • ,-Italian Line pieis. The .fight lor the set-up, I Cohul, Robert G, Hauptfic-ich, c , I control of these pier.s, now tightly Frank S. MHchell, Sr. I George Santo, , , , 4. /./°'" . / • ' mainta,j,n'-d by Boweis and his . llwuLenants, has result(-d in at 'asp eight murdeKS -"dm .ng the I (Ed, Nolo: FoUowing .«re Iwo lelleri on lh« new Iranifi porJBfion rule adopted by the memberihip at meetingi in all II ports. The rule was proposed and adopted lor the purpose H ol proTiding a gre'aler lurnoTgr ol men on the beach and ^so • to encourage companies to put more ships in sereiee and thus • provide more jobs. The rule U that men returning Irom a H lorej^n trip who are due triniportation money must accept H the money and pile oti the ship.) |BTO the Editor: Now. after HX weck-^. I'nv back 2r We have just paid off in New oh the. beaeh tiyinji to K<-l. anW York after a ,six weeks trip to .jlkei-. ship, and - stalling my iB Hamourg-from New-Orleans, and..creditors, , B I Wish to repoi t a yery .gohd .^LONC-GAftEEH ; a trip with a, clean pay-ofT. , I can show discharged that • Since this letter is in a more cover my entire career as a.sea• or less critical vein, I hardly ex-1 man since 1939 They show that • pect.-to see, it in'.the LOG, yet I have 75 percent sea time dur•-being a member of-this demo- ing this period. I_harv_rjr£on• cratic organization I feel that I -tibijilies Jnd jnust wo^ U • have a perfect right to voice my ismiplOannoUrye omthejH^ ' td.. /vrsinirtn it; thpt nersohal oniflion' per.sonal1 opinion is that (Ed. Jrotei'-The LOG is the there should be a provusion made voice "of-the:Union, arVd as such that a man can stay on the veswelcomes, ctilical opinion from" stl at least 90 days since one of the -membership. All wsuch the cardinal principles of unionletters are printed.) ,» ism is job security. . Durine'this trio the new con- -I believe that this idea should traot vLt -into effect. Prac-. be-kieked:^^ and diseussed tieally ,-The.•-whole deck crew I talked to at least 50 members wanted to inakc' another trip', yesterday, and not1 ., one , was lat this prosince this ohb was of such" short aware of .the fact that duration and-all had been on the vision was now a ^nion .rule. . beach for several weeks, before ^ejiad the best Night Cook getting.the ship. Thus We only and Baker on. this trip that 1 stood to-pay off with "peanuts:" have ever had the pleasure of Pe"rs6naUy I was in'debt._andi sailing with. We had hot rinonr.mVre; trip-would-ha^ got: namon rolls or coffee ten me but of the red. On my morning^for breaKfasl, hot roUs previous trip, we were 00 articles for lunch, andAot French b only 28 days-when the ship went for dinner every day. his cakes into the boneyard. Follflwing and.,pastries - were not only very tL " I was on the beach six good, but plentiful. Thanks - a W^e^slierqre gettint^lJt^^^^ lot. Eddie Rohde, you were qti^for-'Bosun. iqlw are not so really on the ball. uwnumerous as one might'think. William L. Kuichke T D«ck Mftb Reap a Harvest I B Fickofs From Many Forms of Rackets. IN ADDfDON TO THIEVERY Pay-roll Paddini, Kicbacb, Usury, ' CoDtriatiooi' aad A'; . fiambling LacrariTe. sruuvrsrihr?,r .I /"p. r- yj citE^ri'AKES SIMILAR VIEW rcf.a!rv',;^;d««e 'SAYS NORFOLK HOTEL OFFERS GOOD DEAL Ciri^$&iVice s&Mefd! ' STAY OA/ yOOR SN/PS — srooss UN/ON ,/F ASNSP f.p' HL N, THI.'B.SDAT, NOV13IHEB 19, IMA Crime onjihe Water Fyon* r,rn™;,7'St).«•' I"!'!™ I'd- IMS Sm. "And if, man refused?-, , 1 AlOTlCETHE TyPICAU k e>LACKG5MRO«, ifiG-STVhiT *1 dP PUTTING- A wGiermi OAIDERA •" m/S>L\hlB TTJCMTTfE SUA/ — VdHICH HAD A/OTHlh/C?- TCCO I UHTHTH? SlU 1 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1939-1949 Description An account of the resource Volumes I-XI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource December 17, 1948 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. X, No. 51 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES SEAFARERS ASKD WAGE INCRREASES FROM OPERATORS SIU FIGHTS MOVE TO SCUTTLE FLEET ESSO STOOGE UNION WOULDNT AID MILITANT SEAMAN SCARED CS USES SMEAR TACTICS NMU ALIENS GET BUN FRON OFFICALS CALLS FROM WEST COAST BIG HELP IN LIGHTENING NEW YORK LOAD PORT SAVANNAH HAS FAIR WEEK,ALL CONSIDERED BALTIMORE OFFERS PRE-HOLIDAY JOB VARIETY NEW RUN LITTLE HELP TO MOBILE GALVESTON SHIPPING HOLDS TIGHT PLENTY OF SHIPS HIT PORT TAMAPA MOSTLY PANAMANIAN AND HONDURA STRIKE SETTLED, FRISCO HOLLERS FOR RATED MEN ROUND-UP OF MARITIME HAPPENINGS WATERMAN SHIP ROUGHED UP IN TOW;CREW AIDS KIN OF DROWNED TUGMAN ROBIN HOOD'D SOFTBALLERS MAUL MOMBASA CHAMPS,27-9 SIU TELEFRAM TO WILLIAM GREEN Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12//17/1948 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1948 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/227fe078558a00dff258be842ea3dccf.PDF 1b1da0708e0e8e14fd24946aa8914af0 PDF Text Text CCA Threatens 50% Rule Paul G. Hoffman, chief of the Economic Cooperation Adminis­ tration, has threatened to scuttle a large portion of the U.S. mer­ chant marine by diverting Mar­ shall Plan bulk cargo shipments to foreign vessels, unless Amer­ ican operators meet "competitive rates" by Jan. 1. ^ In a letter to Senator Styles Bridges, chairman of the Con­ gressional "watchdog" committee, Hoffman said lie would ignore the Congressional mandate that ~§i5^ percent of MafsnairT'lan sup­ plies should be shipped in Amer­ ican bottoms, if his terms aren't met by the shipowners. Hoffman gave as a reason for^ his ultimatum a differential in the rates, particularly on coal shipments, charged by U.S. ship­ pers as compared with foreign shippers. Shipping On West Coast Is Resumed Official Organ, AfUmtie & Golf DUtrUt, Seafarers IntemaUonal Union of NA VOL. X NEW YORKj N. Y„ FRIDAY. DECEMBER W. 1948 No. 50 AFL MARITIME WORKERS HAIL BRITISH CREW MONOPOLY DRIVE The reason for this differential was exposed recently by Grenville Mellen of the Maritime Commission as a manueuver on the part of foreign operators to drive American ships from the trade. On his return from a survey of Marshall Plan countries, Mel­ len revealed that foreign ship operators have deliberately de­ pressed their rates to show ECA officials and Congress that Amer­ ican rates are high and that the SO-50 provision should be aban­ doned. The Commissioner said that once American ships were fprced out, foreign carriers would en­ joy .a virtual monopoly and would soon raise their rates as high or higher than, present American charges. , He'offered as evidence of the deliberate rate depression the $6;85 per ton offered by foreign ships in the coal trade to FrancQ. They could not have possibly made a profit at these rates, the Commissioner charged, since not . less than $9 a ton would bring an'adequate return. Members of unions affiliated with AFL Maritime Trades Department exchange greetings with Queen Elizabeth seamen after dockside demonstration in appreciation of latter's refusal to sail the vessel out of Southampton last month during strike of International Longshoremen's Association. Rousing welcome was staged for the Liz's crew when the giant liner arrived at her New York pier last Monday night. MTD Welcomes Queen Liz Crew NEW YORK—A 200-man dele­ gation, representing the unions affiliated with the AFL Maritime Trades Department gave a rous­ ing welcome to the crew of the Queen Elizabeth when the British liner docked here late Monday night. The dockside demonstration was staged by the New York Port Council of the MTD in ap­ preciation of the action taken by the British seamen during the re­ cent strike of the AFL Interna­ tional Longshoremen's Associa­ tion. With New York and other East Coast ports completely tied up by ILA strike, the Cunard White SIU FOUGHT Star Line succeeded in diverting The provision that 50 percent a number of its vessels to the ,of all relief goods to Europe are Canadian port of Halifax. to be shipped in American ves­ TAKE ACTION sels was inserted in the Foreign The attempt to send , the Queen Assistance Act of 1948 after it Elizabeth there failed, "however, was vigorously fought for by when the crew of.the giant pas­ several organizations, including senger ship, on board in South­ the Seafarers International ampton, voted to recognize the Union. American longshoremen's beef The Seafarers pointed out to Congress that failure to enact the and refused to sail until the 50-50 provision would seriously strike was settled. As the Elizabeth was being impair the strength of the Amer­ moored the MTD delegation held ican merchant marine and would create widespread imemployment liigh scores of placards express­ among this nation's maritime ing thanks for the assistance from aciross the ocean. workers. Obviously greatly pleased with In his criticism of Hoffman's the cordial welcome, the Eliza­ threatened blow at U. S. ship­ beth crew selected a delegation ping, Commissioner Mellen said of its own to go ashore and that the American merchant fleet thank the American waterfront must have continued guarantee unions for the stirring. display. that it will get its share of MarAfter greetings were . ex­ shalT Plan shipping "or we will changed, Steve Cardullo,' A&G again become a second-rate mari­ SIU Headquarters Representa­ time power..." tive, thanked the British crew­ U. S. shipping, he said, has al­ men in behalf of the ILA and ready suffered considerably in other MTD unions. the past 15 months due to a lack "Your action gained the admir­ of business. ation of unioii members through­ out the United States and the world," he told them. "We also pledge our full sup­ port to you in the future, should you take action to improve your wages and working conditions," he said. The morning following the de­ monstration, a group of men from the British liner, headed by Bonnie Regan, of the Elizabeth's Stewards Departments, visited Atlantic and Gulf District Head­ quarters, 51 Beaver Street. The {Jlizabeth seamen, all uiembers of the National Union of Seamen of Great Britain, were taken on a tour of the building. They showed keen interest in the organization's facilities and in the rotary shipping procedure. Before leaving for their ship, several of the men took copies of the SHEARERS LOG, which they said they intended to dis­ tribute to their shipmates. Participating in the previous night's welcoming of the Eliza­ beth crew were, in addition to the ILA, the Atlantic and Gulf District of the SIU, The Sailors Union of the Pacific, the Radio Officers Union, the United Ma­ rine Division of the ILA, the Masters, Mates and Pilots and the American Merchant Marine Staff Officers Association, the Purser's union. SAN FRANCISCO — Shipping activity up and down West Coast ports was rapidly approaching normal as the settlement of the 97-day strike sent seamen and longshoremen back to work. An estimated 30,000 men were getting back on their jobs in all Pacific ports, all of which had been struck except Tacoma, Washington. Strikers returning to work in­ cluded the CIO longshoremen. Marine Cooks and Stewards, Rado Operators and the independ­ ent Marine Firemen. Their strike ended last Friday but a threat­ ened jurisdictional dispute be­ tween the Sailors Union of the Pacific and the CIO Longshore­ men delayed resumption of work. The jurisdictional clash cen­ tered about stevedoring work which the AFL seamen had been handling on coastal steam­ ers and which appeared to be threatened by the new contract between th^ longshoremen and the Pacific American Steamship Association, employer represen­ tatives. However, the SUP subsequent­ ly received a written guarantee from an official of the employ­ ers' group stating that the SUP members would continue to get the stevedoring work in ques­ tion and that the new employerCIO contract had not injured their rights. Under the formula which re­ sulted in the strike settlement, the terms of the contracts with the CIO union have been guar­ anteed by the national office of the CIO, and by the Employers Council. Both parent organiza­ tions have agreed to withhold support in the event of contract violations. The West Coast strike began on September 3 when an 80-day federal injunction expired. Throughout the strike period the operators took the stand of refus­ ing to bargain with unions which had not signed non-communist affidavits. This dodge was aimed at Bridges' longshoremen and the Marine Cooks and Stewards. The shipowners, however, re­ versed their stand when the presidential election upset scut­ tled their hopes of breaking the West Coast unions after the first of the year. Part of the welooming committee as they lined the docks vrith messages of thanks to the Cunard ship's crew. Placards also proclaimed MTD's promise of support should British need it in any future beefs for wages and working conditions. �Page Two THE SEAEA R ER S LO G T^^j.hS^^vobn 10, 1940 Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NOMH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District 'Afiiliated with the American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. ~ 267 International Cooperation The cause of international waterfront- solidarity got a heartening boost last Moriday night, when the seven unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor's Maritime Trades Department gave a rousing welcome ! to the crew of the Queen Elizabeth on the vessel's arrival in New York. The AFL maritime workers were out oh the docks r to show the British lads that their refusal to sail the giant passenger ship out of Southampton during the International Longshoremen's Association strike, last month, deserved a show of thanks. By their action the Elizabeth seamen stymied attempts cf the Cunard line to divert its prize ship to Halifax and thus avert the effect of the East Coast longshore strike. What makes the Elizabeth crew's action particularly impressive is the fact that, although maritime workers of various countries have previously given pledges of support to striking unions of other nations, the British seamen took an active and effective stand. They took a militant stand—a stan,d which the SIU, whose history is studded with a record of militancy, was one of the first to recognize as a display of sound water­ front trade unionism. The Liz crewmen's action, acknowledged the other night by the MTD, bodes well for the future of seamen everywhere. Hospital Patients Knifing American Shipping A full scale fight is now being waged in Washington Over the announcement by Paul Hoffman, EGA Admin­ istrator, that the 50-50 division of EGA cargoes between U.S. and foreign ships will end this month unless Ameri­ can shippers reduce their rates to the level of foreign These are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, operators' charges. as repbiriea by the Pert Agents. These Brothers find time hanging The battle, once thought won when Congress, in heavily on their hands. Do What you can to cheer them up by setting up the plan, overrode the wishes -of the State writing to them. Department to bypass American shipping. in favor of SAVANNAH MABlNE HOSP. A. THIBODAUX foreign operators, has flared up again as a result of J. HARRIS MURRAY A. PLYLEE J. WATLER Hoffman's ultimatum of lower your standards or get out. A. C. McALPIN N. ROMANO Shipping operators, maritime unions and the Mari­ PHILIP SARKUS J. B. MARTIN A. ROBICHAUD time Commission, thunderstruck by Hoffman's arbitrary A. BAUM » » threat, which clearly violates the intent of Congress, are BOSTON MARINE HOSPITAL S. LeBLANC E. LOOPER shaping up their defense for the battle which may decide NORMAN J. MOORE L. MIXON VIC MILAZZO the future of the American Merchant Marine. J. BRANDdN JOHN J. GEAGAN Hoffman, in effect, has asked that American stand­ JOSEPH E. GALLANT X s i' ards of wages, working conditions and safety regulations STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL be abandoned. The SIU, along with the others, refuses NEW ORLEANS MARINE HOSP. A. CASTILLO J. C. BLAKE to bow to the whim of this ex-auto magnate. If nothing J. N. HULL W. HUNT else, elementary economics should show Hoffman how S. C. FOREMAN A. N. LIPARI R. F. WENDT .wrong he is. As long as international trade has been in R. MALDONADO J. McNEELY existence differences have existed in rates, wages and J. ASHURST J. TUTWILER standards. A. NORMAN J. DENNIS J. GULLSTEIN P. L. SAHUQUE As long as conditions are not the same the world D. O'ROURKE C. VINCENT over, steps must be taken to protect the American stand­ H. R. KREUTZ N. S. LARSSON ard of living. We hope other countries will eventually 0. R. ROTZ C. nSHER N raise theirs to our level; we refuse, however, to lower G. O'ROURKE T, VELEZ J. N. WOOD ours. O. HOWELL M. J. litJCAS V. P. SALLING3 Elementary economics it is, but when a businessman E. C. EATON H. C. MURPHY goes shopping for cheaper men and ships he doesn't con­ A. WARD N. H. •LUlfDQtJiST sider the long range consequences of unemployment, ship J. L. GREENE » BAtTlMORE MARINE HOSP. lay-ups and heavy relief rolls—all eventual government J. MAHONEY Tl. FREY burdens. He sees only a way to do something as cheaply W. L. RICE R. N. KELLY ^ C. GASKiNS as possible. He's bargain hunting at the expense of G. GASE P. PEREZ thousands of American seamen. J. FlT^SIMMd^S G. MALdNEY Men Now h The Merme Hospitak •J,;:'--,-: When entering the hospital notify the delegates by post­ card, giving your name and the number of your ward. Mimeographed postcards can be obtained free at the Social Service desk. Staten Island Hospital You can contact your Hos' pital delegate at the Staten Island Hospital at the follow­ ing times: Tuesday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 5th and 6th floors.) Thursday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 3rd and 4th floors.) Saturday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 1st and 2nd floors.) M. R. KENAN R. MOACK F. BECKER R. PURCELL C. SIMMONS J. CHIORRA J. D. CARROLL E. C. BLOSSER J. L. MILLER E. C. LAWSON R. WATERS X i X GALVESTON HOSPITAL NICK NIKANDER J. GIVENS R. HUTCHINS If'•L. McKRANE ![ ' C. ATHERIVE T S. ZEIRLER :i. ' ^ ^ MOBILE MARINE HOSP. 4 R. C. DAVIDSON W. W. RICHARDSON , ^ W. R. ROSS 4-t C. E. GLOVER D. MCDOWELL • • • .'T J. -JOHNSON C. HAFNER �Friday, Pacdiaber 111 tM8 THE SEAFARERS LOG AFL TRANSIT WORKERS TBANK SEAFARERS FOR AW ATFIUATKO WITH& AMKMICAM PSOKPATIOM OF CA»0I9> MBW YORK FTATC rcOKRATlON OF LAROO. CKNTRAU TRAOKR AMD LAOOR COUNCIL OF ORBATCR NEW YORK AND VfCfNITV FmtMfcr: DBIINARO O. f^ROfHY ••DRDTAnY-TABAAONM* OUtTAV 4* MORNDMCCR AM MUN»C I 268 WEST Page Three New Ruling Leaves Permit Te Ship Out Up To Local Boards A special bulletin issued by the National Headquarters of Selective Service on November 12, makes the following clarifica­ tions affecting merchant seamen: ROOM IBM 26,1948. LOCAL BOARD MEMORANDUM NO. 10 Mr.Paul Hall, Seo'y.Treas* Seafarers International Union of North America. 61 BAarer Street, Hew Xbrk City 4, ISSUED: NOVEMBER 12, 1948 ' , ' f • Bear Sir and Brother:I hare, for soma time, wanted to eaprees, through you, the thanlcs of our local union to your organlxatloA for the aesletanoe rendered ua. four organization has been ^raotorlzed se the "Brotherhood of the Sea". However^ a more aoourato statenent night be "Brotherhood". I night alB» add that we are grateful, not only for what aid you hawO' given us, but for the fraternal and oooperative attitude displayed by members of your union, particularly youreelf. Willi wameet regards, I remain. Fraternally yours. President, oetu:163. The above leiler from. Bernard Brophy.. President of Local 380. expresses the AFL Transit Workers' appreciation of SIU support during a recent organizing drive. SUBJECT: PERMIT TO LEAVE THE UNITED STATES—REGIS­ TRANTS WHOSE REGULAR OCCUPATIONS REOUIRE DEPARTURE FROM UNITED STATES. 1. Consideration To Be Given to Registrant's Normal Occupa­ tion.—Xa) In the exercise of its authority to issue a Permit of the Local. Board for Registrant to Depart from the United States (SS Form No. 300), the local board may consider the effect of a denial of such permit upon the registrant's ability to continue his normal gainful occupation during the period of an appeal, recon­ sideration, or pending his entry into the armed forces. (b) Whenever a registrant has been regularly and continuously engaged in an occupation, the nature of which normally has re­ quired him to depart from the United States, the request for a permit to leave the United States specifically for the purpose of engaging in his customary business or occupation should receive favorable consideration. 2. Advice to the Registrant.—Each registrant to whom a permit is issued in consideration of the conditions peculiar to his occupation should be informed of the board's purpose in issuing the permit, and should be advised to file with the board whatever evidence he or his employer desires the board to consider in finally determining his classification. LEWIS B. HERSHEY, Director. Marine Hespitals And The Merchant Seaman By JOSEPH VOLPIAN In this and recent issues of the LOG pictures have appeared il­ lustrating some of the work the government doctors are doing in the U.S. Maritime Hospital, which are operated by the Hos­ pital Division of the U.S. Public Health Service. It is therefore appropriate at this time to say a few words about tlie legal con­ ditions under which a seaman is eligible for medical treatment. The Marine Hospital system was established by act of Con­ gress one hundred and fifty years ago last July for the re­ lief of sick and disabled seamen. However, since the govern­ ment cannot be expected to pick up the medical tab for everybody who ever made a run down the river and back, the administra­ tors of the hospitals have had to devise rules for admission. These rules are fairly liberal^ and the SIU is pressing constantly to have them improved still further. PANAMANIAN EVEN ijj •t. • Eligible for medical treatment at a U.S. Marine Hospital are seamen employed aboard vessels registered, enrolled or licensed under U.S. maritime laws, except canal boats in the coastal trade. The government, playing safe,, adds that to be eligible a man must be primarily engaged in the care, preservation or navigation ®f a ship, or working aboard in ttie service of those engaged in Hie care, preservation or naviga­ tion. In addition, the hospitals treat seamen employed on govern­ ment-operated ships except those of. the Army apd Navy, whose sick and injured personnel go to military institutions. Also elig­ ible for the Marine Hospitals are seamen f-rom foreign flag ships owned or operated by U.S. citi­ zens, which must be a boon to a lot of guys sailing under the col­ ors of Honduras and Panama. The Marine Hospitals- and re­ lief stations provide medical, surgical and dental care along with hospitalization. Artificial limbs and eyes, special shoes and other orthopedic and dental ap­ pliances are supplied, when nec­ essary, but the government does not supply eye glasses. (Seafar­ ers requiring eye glasses are ad­ vised to look into the Union Op­ tical Plan in New York.) In cer­ tain emergencies, the govern­ ment pays for private medical treatment. To obtain treatment, a seaman must have a minimum of 60 days aboard a ship, and must apply for the service within 90 days af­ ter leaving a ship. The 60 days of sailing can be broken into shorter periods, however, if no more than 60 days elapse be­ tween any twp periods. A man proves the 60 days with a certi­ ficate from the ship's master. The 90-day eligibility period can be extended if a man has not changed his occupation, and has been prevented from shipping because of poor economic condi­ tions in the industry. The SIU is pressing for a greater exten­ sion of this period. If a man is- injured or taken sick aboard a ship, the Marine Hospitals waive the 60-day sail­ ing requirement. But in a foreign port responsibility falls to the company. PRO AND CON For the past three years, the LOG. has. been running articles and letters by the membership pro and con the Marine Hospi­ tals. In general the pros have far outweighed the cons, especi­ ally in the past year. These expressions of member­ ship opinion have formed the Basis for Union action on the hospitals, which is the democrat­ ic, SIU way of doing things. Despite the fact that most re­ ports on the hospitals have been favorable, there are occasio.nal abuses. The SIU has straightened out more than one doctor overimpressed by , his own import­ ance. The authorities in Wash­ ington always respond speedily to SIU complaints. There is no such thing as per­ fection, and-the staffs of Marine Hospitals are subject to normal human frailities. Nevertheless, they are doing an excellent job by and large. Meanwhile, the SIU will continue to bring pres­ sure foi- even greater improve­ ments. This means that all Seafarers within the draft age are to keep in touch with their draft boards as much as possible, notify them of the nature of their occupation and also of the fact that they will be going to sea from time to time. In writing the draft board, give them the nature of your occupation, and ask them that you be allowed a permit as pro­ vided for under this new clari­ fication. It is advised that all draft eligible members do this before shipping out. Evidence of good faith on the part of the draft registrant will go a long way towards helping him clear, up any problem he may have with his local draft board. The necessity of keeping the draft board posted at all times as to jmur whereabouts, your status as applies to shipping, the ship you are aboard and its des­ tination is important. Compli­ ance with this is, of course^ strictly up to the individual, but it is to his advantage to meet the board's requirements. Round-Up Of Maritime Happenings December 14 when the Purdue Victory sails from Vancouver, Washington. Other ships to fol­ low are the Maiden Victory and the Loyola Victory. 4- 4* 4The former Matson Line ship, Matsonia, now operating under the house flag of the Home Line, partly owned by the Panamanian Lines, will, enter passenger ser­ vice (shortly) between Genoa, Italy and the east coast of South if i The American-Hawaiian Line America. will transfer its operations from, 4. 4. if For Sale: The 2,500 ton yacht the Pacific Coast to New York on January 1. West Coast opera­ Grille, which the people of Ger­ tions will be handled through many j)resented to Adolph Hitler, its wholly-owned subsidiary, has been offered for sale for $1,Williams, Diamond 8t Company 600,000. The . greatest passenger . Waterman's Arrow Line will vessel built since the war, the resume intercoakal service on Cunard White Stai-'s 34,000 ton The Japanese Foreign Trade Council has requested the United States to bareboat charter 129 Liberty ships to Japan. The pro­ posal states that the Japanese would carry eighty percent of the cargoes originating in tho Asiatic area and fifty percent of those originating elsewhere. They claim the United States would save $147 million annual­ ly by this arrangement. Caronia, begins her shakedown cruise this week. Compass and anchor tests will take six days, following which she will begin speed trials on the Clyde. 4' 4' 4' A petition for a fifteen per­ cent wage increase has been pre­ sented its operators by the Na­ tional Maritime Union. If no agreement is reached with the operators in fifteen days, the dis­ pute will go to arbitrators. Also seeking a wage increase are the tugboat men -of New York. They are asking a thirty percent in­ crease and an increase in food al­ lowance from $1,25 a day to $1.76. foreign ship.s be barred from Ai-gentine waters unless Argentine vessels receive treatment equal, to that of other ships in the countries concerned. if if if Described as "floating flop­ houses" and "dump ships" while serving as emergency-class post­ war passenger ships, the C-4S: have come to be viewed in a.; more favorable light by ship op­ erators. Forty-four of the C-4 type ships were built during th& war. At present twelve are undec charter to private companies—. six to the American President Lines and three each to Ameri­ can-Hawaiian and the Seas Ship­ ping Company (Robin Line). if if if Robin has the vessels in service The Provincial Finance Minis­ (Continued on ?age 11) try. of Argentina has asked that �THE Page Four SEAFARERS LOG TMaj, December 10, 1848 Port Boston Needs Pumpmen For Tanker Jobs Shipping Rise Is Reported By Port Savannah By E.M. BRYANT By ERNEST B. TILLEY SAVANNAH—Shipping in this port picked up a little this week but the beach is stiU loaded down with book and permitmen. The 88 Cape Nome paid off Tuesday in Charleston and we sent 20 replacements aboard. When the 88 The Cabins came in here in transit, we had a call for six replacements. Adding these to the six men we sent to the Madaket, which paid off and headed for the gulf, we had a total of 32 men shipped for the week. For next week, we have two ships scheduled thus far, and maybe we'll get a few jobs on them. They'll certainly come in handy. In fact, the next couple of weeks look pretty good from this point. However, I think we should warn anyone planning on jump­ ing down here that it's a waste of time and good suds money, as we have more than enough men to handle the jobs, if and when anyone piles off. In the local Marine Hospital are the following members of the SIU: Murray A. Plylee, A. C. McAlpin, Philip Sarkus and A. Robichaud. Among the chief topics of con­ versation among the Seafarers on- the beach at present is the nile on transportation. We have been advising the men who have ideas on the subject to send them to the 8EAFARER8 LOG for publication, so that all hands can read their viewpoints. The oldtimers in port include Brothers J. E. Godsey, Ray Kit­ chens, R. Roddick, W. Stall, J. Rosa, J. W. Gordon, W. J. Brant­ ley, T. C. Musgrove. BOSTON—Shipping is good— damned good, in fact—for men who want to ride tankers. This favorable situation should en­ courage job-seekers, particularly Pumpmen and Electricians to head for this New England port. In the past ten days a number of tfinkers paid off and signed on in the area covered by this A&G Branch. Among these were the SS Stony Creek, American Tramp Shipping and Development Com­ pany; SS Evistar, Inter-continental Steamship Company; SS Trinity, John M. Carras, Incor­ porated; SS Sanford B. Dole, Metro Petroleum Shipping Com­ pany, and the SS Nathaniel B. Palmer,' Palmer Shipping Cornpany. These tankers, and others that are expected to arrive shortly, are keeping the Port of Boston alive. At the present moment there is a sharp need for men to fill the jobs. Shipping in Philly Settles After Spurt By LLOYD (Blackie) GARDNER pico. While she was there a ' from a personal and selfish view­ couple of bookmembers in the PHILADELPHIA — The end crew performed in a way that point, I think the. membership of the International Longshoi-e- was a disgrace to the ship, her will realize that the ciu-rent rule is the only fair and wise pro­ men's strike stepped up shipping crew, and in the minds of some, cedure on transportation, since it activity here for a few days, but the Union. after all the strike-bound ships These birds got gassed up, took is intended to protect the inter­ crewed up and left, things be­ a few pokes at some of their ests of the general membership. A great deal of favorable com­ came very quiet. shipmates and broke up all kinds ment is coming this way on the It has been a case of ^1 de­ of ship's gear. And, after telling partures and almost no arrivals. the old man to go to hell, they Thanksgiving dinner put out by Since the resumption of work on threw their gear on the dock and New York Port Coimcil of the the Philly waterfront we have watched the ship sail without AFL Maritime Trades Depart­ ment at SIU Headquarters. had two payoffs. them. In the opinion of most of the The 88 Kyska came in from It is extremely unfortunate the Far East for a fast, clean that a couple'of performers like men, the various labor unions payoff. The only thing that these two think so little of their should get together in a similar threatened to foul up the Kyska Union and their Union Brothers manner more often. The labor front is fairly quiet, payoff was the presence aboard that they will endanger our or­ of a loud-mouthed phony Second ganizing program and the chance with no beefs of any size in Engineer, who considered himself •to put more ships under SIU con­ progress. And while we on local news we'd like to get this something of a bully. tracts. in: We had no trouble pointing out Their irresponsible actions Maybe we didn't have a win­ to the Waterman Steamship Cor­ could very easily jeopardize our poration that this man was a efforts in that direction—that is, ning baseball team, but by god we have a championship foot­ liability on the Kyska. The Skip­ if they were allowed to pass. ball team. Our own Philadel­ per concurred in this and bol­ TO STAND TRIAL phia Eagles have gone and done stered our contention by stating that the man definitely hindered The membership, which, in­ it again. - The pigskin toters the operation of the ship as a cidentally, is vitally interested in copped the National League title. good and happy unit. For his acquiring more jobs for all 'Sea­ Now if the amhzing A's or forthright statements we owe the farers, can rest assured that these Fightin' Phillies wiU come up Kyska's Skipper a vo'te of foul-ups will have to face a with a pennant next year, our Headquaiters trial committee on thanks. Philly sports fans will be hard charges brought against them by to talk to. DOWNING ARRIVES the ship's crew and also by the That's all for now. Be with The other payoff was the W. E. Organizing Department. Downing of the State Fuel These offenders will get a fair you next week. Until then, good Transportation Company. This 'and just trial. But, if the com­ luck, good sailing—and don't fail T-2 - tanker was only recently mittee finds the crew's charges to vote. brought under SIU contract as a are well-establishe,d, the verdict result of the efforts of our Or­ should serve as a warning to ganizing Department., potential foul-ups and performers This ship made a run to Tam- of every variety. Our membership has demon­ strated time and again that it By HARRY MELLING will not stand-for performances (Agent. Toronto and Georgian Bay District. SIU) that are injurious to the general welfare. Since the membership ALGINA TORONTO — Activity in this adopted a program of self-dis­ attempt to beat the contract, cipline, there have- been only area last week included the ar­ have been calling men out at isolated instances of such con­ rival of the SS Collier, which quarter to six, giving them fif­ duct. But we must be on guard tied-up at the Century Coal Dock. We signed on the forward teen minutes for coffee, and then at all times. turning them to. This, the Mates The pictures and stories on the crew. believe, relieves them from various marine hospitals appear­ Visits were made to the SS granting rest periods equal to ing in the SEAFARERS LOG Winnepeg and the SS Fernie, the time worked. They're wrong. make very interesting reading which are to leave shortly for If the Mate calls S gang out and have been the subject of tie-up in Hamilton, Ontario. before six o'clock, regardless of On December 4, Brother considerable discussion around what they do until six o'clock, here. There is no marine hos­ Thomas and myself proceeded to rest periods equal to the time Midland and Port McNichol worked must be granted. That's pital in the Port of Philadelphia. where we boarded the following The men are generally sent by what the contract says, so hold the Public Health Service to ships: SS Lemoyne, SS Donnathem to it. either Baltimore or New York. cona, SS J. A. France and SS My other bit of j.wing is However, in emergencies, sea­ Westrnount. about the Patrolmen. Here in We pointed out., to the crewNew York they sign-on and pay­ men requiring hospitalization are members that it would be to admitted to St. Agnes' Hospital off ships and, whenever possible, their advantage to complete pay­ in this city where the govern­ they visit the ships to straight­ ment, of dues to March 1949 so ment maintains a ward for such en out beefs which arise while they could receive priority in cases. Seldom do we have any­ the ship is in port. obtaining berths for the Spring one there, but when we do we If the beef is a legitimate one outfitting, since we hold power visit them reguarly. We can re­ and can't be handled aboard ship of attorney for replacement of port that the chow and the by the crew, we'll try to get a the crews ^^hen the ships are treatment in this hospital is very Patrolman down. Sometimes, outfitting. however, this isn't always pos­ good. "ibe debate continues hot and These crews were informed sible. heavy on the transportation rule. that freeloaders are definitely In cases where a Patrolman It appears that a number of men out and that December would be can't make the ship to settle the beef, the delegates should get who were opposed to th5 rule at the deadline for the payment of a group together to present the the outset are changing their dues. Obviously, none of the minds and are favoring retention men wants to be classed as a beef at the Hall. freeloader and they are paying There's no reason why a beef of the rule as it' now stands. up. can't be squared away here just FAIR FOR ALL We hope; that all Port Agents as easily as aboard the ship. It I believe that after considering is a little bit of an imposition all angles and studying the ques­ and Patrolmen in the Canadian to make a trip down here. But tion thoroughly, the membership District can similarly impre'ss when a lot of. ships are signing will vote to keep the rule now the crews , in their areas so that we can line up the membership on or paying off.it's one sure in effect. way of getting the beef settled Except for those guys who 100 percent by the time the right away. think of the problem strictly spring season rolls around. New York Gets Temporary Boost By JOE NEW YORK—The end of the West Coast strike and the set­ tlement of the East Coast Long­ shoremen's beef point to good shipping here this week. The resumption of coastwise sailings made for the crewing of several ships out of this port. Rated men especially found the week's activity to their liking. There's no doubt but that this is only a temporary boost and will slacken off shortly, but while it's here we intend to en­ joy it. The week's breakdown for payoffs and sign-ons runs some­ thing like this: Payoffs: Oberlin Victory, Legion Victory, Isth­ mian; Julesburg, Terminal Tank­ ers; Bull Run, Sag Harbor Cor­ poration; Chrysanthy Star, In­ tercontinental. The Bull Run had a good payoff after a three months trip; the Chrysanthy Star was out only fifteen days. Sign-ons: Robin Kettering, Ro­ bin Mowbray, Robin Line; Al­ coa Patriot, Alcoa; Governor .Graves, Waterman; St. Augus­ tine Victory, Isthmian. In addi­ tion to the ships signed on in this port, replacements were sent aboard a good number of vessels here in transit. Other than that brief report on shipping, there is little to pass along this week. A few comments on shipboard prob­ lems and I'll sign off. On some ships Mates, in an Toronto Cloars Deck For The Coining Year NEWCOMERS All of these tankers are rela­ tively newly-contracted compan­ ies and the jobs they bring to the membership represent the fruits of our Organizing Depart­ ment's hard-driving efforts over the past months. It is very important that these ships be crewed with capable SIU crews who know the score. Since they are all newcbmess un-^ der our banner, it is an excellent opportunity for good Union men to break them iq proper SIU style. By doing a first-rate Union job now, we can be sure the cor­ rect pattern will be set. There are, of course, competent crews aboard these ships now and there are men around here who can fill the bill, but there is always room for more good men. As a matter of fact, we had to call New York on two occasions last week to help us fill calls for Pumpmen and Bosuns for some of the tankers mentioned. As this report is being written not a Pumpman or an Electrician is registered in this port. PROSPECTS BRIGHT All in all, the prospects for the next couple of months look bright for the Port of Boston. Two factors are responsible for this favorable picture: 1. The end of the West Coast tieup should bring the ships on the intercoastal run back into Boston on in-transit calls, which means a few jobs here and there. 2. With the approach of winter we expect an increased number of tankers and coal ships to work out of Boston and surrounding ports, from New London, Conn., to Searsport, Maine, all of which' are served by this Branch. So the opportunity is here for. Seafarers who want to ship on. tankers. The Organizing Depart­ ment has done a fine job in bringing a considerable number of tankers under contract. Let's, follow up their work by filling the jobs in true* Seafarers style. By the way, the balloting pe­ riod for the election of A&G of­ ficers for the coming year comes to an end on Dec. 31. If anyone doesn't vote it wilt only-be because he has failed to take the initiative. Those who haven't yet done so should cast their ballots as soon as possible." �Friday^ December lOt MM THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Five Maritime workers in the Port of New York who were Thanks­ giving Day guests of the AFL Maritime Trades Department were not the only ones to enjoy a gala holiday. In the New Orleans SIU Hall, more than 500 members of the Atlantic and Gulf District, SIU, and the Sailors Union of the Pacific put away a sumptuous turkey dinner that drew praise from the most dis­ criminating gourmets. hicluded in the menu "fit for a king" were the traditional holiday standbys of roast turkey and dressing, baked Virginia ham, roast leg of pork, cranberry sauce, giblet gravy, salad, baked yams, peas, golden bantam corn, mashed potatoes, green onions, celery and chilled peaches and coffee. Enough beer was on tap to go around and around and around. Seahrers Aid Monh Of Dimes - Seafarers are responding en­ thusiastically to the "March of Dimes" appeal, sponsored by the National Foundation For Infan­ tile Paralysis, Inc., which was endorsed by the membership. Many Brothers as well as ships' crews are contributing to this worthy cause. Sizable donations were made recently by three SIU ships which have been acknowl­ edged by the foundation in a let­ ter of thanks to the Union. SIU ships frequently take up collections for charities, or desig­ nate proceeds from fines during a trip for hospitals or Union pur­ poses. During the infantile par­ alysis drive many of these will be sent to the Foundation. Thus far, acknowledgment has been received of the following donations: SS Topa Topa $14.65 SS Emilia r... 56.30 SS Francis •' 50.26 SS Kathryn : 26.00 SS Robin Locksley 20.67 SS Governor Grav.es .... 39.01 SS Hilton 59.50 SS Bessemer Victory .. 6.26 SS Raphael Semmes .... 36.43 Even the tapeworms were saiisiied with the Thanksgiving Day feast served up to the festive Seafarers in the New Orleans Hall. Photo above shows a section of the improvised dining hall with one group awaiting service and another seated around table loaded down with choice holiday fare. "All they want." was the order of the day. In photo below are some of the crack galley force who prepared and served the food. For their fine job in preparing the gala meal, nuich credit is due Brothers Henry Gerdes. Bob White. George Curry. Percy Thompson. Franklin M. Cain. Robert Harris, Frank Harris and Henry Herren. The more than 500 SIU and SUP members participating. in the day's festivities, dined in an atmosphere that ranked with the best in the land, as the above pre-meal photo taken in the A&G Hall's im­ provised dining room shows. With the ample fare, pre­ pared by crack A&G galleymen. tucked tightly under their bells all hands relaxed on the third deck of the A&G's sparkling, spacious building for the movies. What made the whole ven­ ture so easy to handle were the modern facilities avail­ able in the A&G's new hall in the Crescent City. All hands' present agreed thai nothing was lacking, and thai Thanks­ giving was a great day for every man in the Hall. Shipping Stiii Siow in Port Mobiie; Union Hail Undergoing Alterations By CAL TANNER MOBILE — The shipping pic­ ture has not altered appreciably in the past week. Things are still pretty slow in this Gulf port. Ac­ tivity was confined to five pay­ offs and an equal number of sign-ons, including two ships on continuous articles. The payoff - ships were the Wild Ranger, Caleb Strong, and Jean Lafitte, Waterman; and the Cav­ alier and Partner, Alcoa. The Wild Ranger, which is on continuous articles, went out again on her Puerto Rican run and the Cavalier, also on con­ tinuous articles, left for her regu­ larly scheduled 17,-day cruise to the West Indies. Other sign-ons included the Waterman vessel Madaket, which will call at Bremen, Rotterdam and Antwerp and the Wacosta, bound for ports in Korea and Japan. The payoffs and sign-ohs for the week were exceptionally smooth with practically no major beefs. Port activity was stepped up a bit by the appearance of two Isthmian ship^:, the Steel Chemist and the Steel Scientist, both of which called in transit. ALL SMOOTH Everything was reported smooth on these ships, with the excep­ tion of a beef involving trans­ portation for a few men. The beef ended satisfactorily when we collected the money for the men concerned. Over at • the Mobile Marine Hospital, our boys there find everything ship-shape. In­ cluded in the hospital list this week are the following Seafar­ ers: R. C. Davidson, W. W. Rich­ ardson, W. R. Ross, C. E. Glover, D. McDowell, J. Johnson and C. Hafner. Readers of the LOG probably saw some of these Bro­ thers' photos in the report on the Mobile hospi^l appearing in the Nov. 26 issue. Our complement qf oldtimers on the beach this week shows the following men are around: W. W. Brown, E. Lynch, M. Dodge, R. E. McNatt, B. Jensen, J. Bell, J. Austin, V. M. Hanley, K. Knutsen, M. D. Parkman, P. J. Causey, S. Tuberville, G. Kaleel, R. Phillips and J. C. Keel. JUST TEMPORARY Business, of course, is going on as usual during alterations. A few temporary changes, however, have been made necessary while the Hall is being renovated. To comply with the regulations of the local building code, we have moved the Dispatcher's couriter to the ground floor. Safety regulations prohibit more than 200 men from being on the second deck while repairs are" under way. Since we have at times more than seven hundred men .answering calls, -we decided that all could be accommodated on our ground floor. As soon as the second deck re­ pair job has been completed, the Dispatcher's counter will be mov­ ed back to its original spot. We merely ask that the Brothers bear with us during this tempor­ ary change. When its all over, they'll see that the inconveni­ ence, if any, was well worth it. GOOD OLD CG Well, the Coast Guard is up to its phony tricks around here again. The other day we had a case involving a man on the Al­ coa Cavalier. As the trial neared the end and it appeared that the man was just about to be cleared, he gathered his papers together and prepared to leave the room. Suddenly, an FBI agent walks up and places him under arrest for another trial. We managed to secure the man's release pending the hear­ ing. However, we want to use this incident as a warning to the Brothers to keep their noses clegn. It seems that, the Coast Guard and the FBI are teaming up in this town so that, if one doesn't get you, the other will. By the way, anyone who has any gear or packages or thinks he may have some—in the Mobile Hall is urged to call for them as soon as possible, as we are go­ ing to have to dispose of all gear that has been unclaimed for six months or longer. ^ Mail, too, that has not been called for in the six month pe­ riod, will be returned to the sender. We'll wait ten days be­ fore disposing of this material, so if you have anything here, we suggest you pick it up right away. On the basis of present in­ dications, shipping will- continue slow during the next week, as neither of the major companies has anything much scheduled. However, this forecast is sub­ ject to change on short notice as Waterman has a few ships' that should shove off when the car­ go they are waiting for finally arrives. �Page Six TE^ SEA F ARERS. £.0 6 Friday* DecMabwr 10, 1048 SHIPS' MINUTES AMD MEWS i.r I -i' Hit Play Set Up M. Felix, Steel Worker Troubadour, Broadway By Seafarer Literary Agent WinsRavesIn Singapore Night Club Veteran Seafater Carl Cowl is ducers are now interested in riding high these days in literary "Silver Whistle" which is, curi­ ously enough, laid in an old Max Felix, guitar-playing tenor, member of the Steel'Worker's crew, returned and theatrical circles. As author's agent for play­ folks' home. to the States this week after a successful Far Eastern voyage, highlighted by his en­ wright Robert E. McEnroe, whose In the play, the aging inmates tertaining of nightclub patrons in Singapore. "Silver Whistle" is packing them of 'the home are living out their The big moment for Brother in at the Biltmore Theater in days dismally, with nothing to Felix to show is talents came New York, Carl confesses that he look forward to but the end. A while the worker was tied up in has a smash hit on his hands. youngish hobo, using a false Singapore late in October. He Carl followed the sea off and birth certificate attesting that he was hired to perform in the on for 20 years before he went is 77 years old, wangles his way "Happy World," the biggest into partnership in a literaiy in. cabaret in the city. In enter­ agency with Claire Leonard in The hobo, played by top-flight taining the customers with his 1946. The letter's interest in actor Jose Ferrer, through his sterling guitar strumming and seaching out little known writers outlandish and youthful attitude, songs of the PhUlipines, he won and selling their works was what brings new light and laughter thunderous applause from the led Carl to seek a partnership nightly crowds. His mastery of with her in the difficult business music endeared him to the of persuading publishers, editors nightclub-going set of Singapore. and theatrical producers that a If the Steel Worker hadn't new man's efforts should see the pulled out of port, Max probably light of day. He has been deeply would still be there bowing and interested in the theater all his taking encores. The crew of the life, and in the whole world of Steel Worker, however, was glad literature. that Brother Felix didn't stay HOLLYWOOD. TOO ashore. His songs and music made his foc'sle the most popular For an agent interested in on the ship. Whatever the crew bringing out unknowns, the au­ wanted to hear. Max had it in thor of "Silver Whistle" fiUed the his repetoire, built up through bill exactly. He was working in years of entertaining throughout an aircraft factory in Hartford, the United States. Connecticut, when his play came His career as a professional to Carl Cowl's attention. Vari­ musician began back in the ous agents and producers had twenties when he appeared in turned "Silver Whistle" down dance bands during the lieight but Carl Accepted it, nonetheless of the jazz age. One of his early —and, what's more, induced the jobs was with a Fanchon-MarCARL COWL Theater Guild to put it on. co unit, which featured out front Seafarer Max Felix in professional garb Hollywood and foreign prpa young crooner, named^ Bing into the lives of the old men and Crosby. women. The new spirit remains even when theJiiobo is personally WITH THE SISTERS discredited, the moral being Later Brother Felix worked you're as young as you think By SALTY DICK with the Andrews Sisters when you are, they first hit the big time in SEND STORIES 1932 while singing with Larry Did you know that you can ! a m o n g Departments. Herbert men. They guard over us ^t Rich's orchestra. buy more cruzieros in Argentina Knowlbs is offering a $50 reward night while the crew of the Del As an agent, Carl Cowl has It was in the movies, though, than in Brazil? For example, for the return of his teeth. No Norte sleeps... Paul Tossin has represented other ~authoi*s of that Brother Felix played to his today you buy 23 cruzieros for questions asked. Some time ago joined the crew of this ship and Broadway shows. In addition, biggest audience — without his $1.00 in Brazil — in Argentina a waiter lost his teeth and they he's doing a good job. I haven't he is the agent for a number of guitar, however. In 1945 he ap­ you buy 29 cruzieros. Look for were found in the pantry stuck heard him squawk yet. writers of short stories and ar­ peared in the film "They Were yourself. in h£ird soap. This was no joke Cut and Run" Hank is in ticles. Expendable" as the mayor of New York in charge of send­ Edward Buckley had a good but some one meant it to be. He hopes to expand all sections Cebu, a city in the Phillipines. time in Mote. He wants to go Suggestion: We have a good ing LOGS out. If you don't of his business, and he is anxious Robert Montgomery, John Wayne back again and he wishes th^ Union and the SEAFARERS receive yours, write to him to discover a Seafarer Heming­ and Donna Reed were the stars ship would break down there... LOG is our mouthpiece; ...Many of the boys are mak­ way or Eugene O'Neil. At pres­ of the fUm. ing the same mistake: If you ent, he has a novel by MEBA The Union must put more pres­ therefore, T think all Delegates His recent trip on the Steel sure on performers. They are on board ships should go get married in Brcizil and leave- member Bob Ltmd of which he Worker holds special significance wrecking what others have built ashore in foreign ports and your .wife, she can sue you for expects great things one day. for Brother Felix, for greater up. I don't favor the Captain bring LOGs back to their half of your pay. These girls All Seafarers with short joy than that received from logging these men. We ourselves ships. Our Union spends good know this law and they go by stories, hovels, or other literary playing in a Singapore nightspot should handle the situation. I money to keep this paper go­ it...Worth Piltman keeps the efforts which they think good came when the ship touched ing—remember its free to all. boys entertained by playing enough for the open market, are favor this. For the first offense, Manila on the return trip. Bom for instance, we might exact a of you. the guitar and singing western urged to get in touch with Carl, in the Philippines fifty years ago. $25 fine. For the second offense Staninslaw J. Modelewski songs. When he's .not doing either through the LOG or Max was reunited with his family make it the 99-year club. We works in the galley and the this, you'll see him in the through Carl's own. office at 516 which he hadn't seen in twenty- must weed these fellows out. Chef gave him a certain address bakery—^washing pots. Fifth Avenue, New York. four years. in Santos. I believe the place is Omar Faeber heis fallen in Madame Barbe... Clyde Lanier, love and he can't see straight. Store Keeper, is tired of Delta I believe he has told the girl he was wealthy. I don't see any ships. He wants to go back to DANIEL H. LOWNSDALE, hall in port. The Steward re­ Alcoa. I think he likes the Other reason for it! Bruce BourThe membership has gone seventeen day run... Our Cap­ Oct. 30 — Chairman E. Sam ported that he had ordered geoise (bellboy) looks rather on record to prefer charges tain, Die Olsen, is on his vaca­ Vatis; Recording Secretary J. F. towels. It was Recommended cute in his uniform. He stands tion and I hope he returns. This Gillette. The previous minutes that all BRothers read every is­ against all gashounds and over six feet and weighs nectr man has proven over and over were accepted. The Delegates re­ sue of the LOG as it contains performers as well as Rie 250 pounds... Melvin Southerthat he is a sailor and a gentle­ ported on the standing of the many things of vital interest to land (Second Cook) is a good men who willfully destroy or man. I'm no Captain's boy, but membership. F. Smith was all. One minute of silence was Union man and does his work steal ships gear. The SXU has elected Engine Delegate. Motion observed for Brothers lost at sea. if a man is good, praise him! , without any fuss. He's a good under New Business by E. Votis no place for men who ruin For several trips we have had 4, J, J example of an SIU member. to elect a Ship's Delegate. J. F. trouble with our ship's doctor. NOONDAY, Oct. 24—Chairman the good conditions the I have preached gnd I will The present one is Doctor Joseph Gillette elected. Motion by Alex Gall; Recording Secretary Union wins for ithem. Thke continue to preach that the three Deignan, and the crew seems to Barnes to check stores in Mobile. Robert W; Guinn. The Delegates action in shipboard meetings Departments should cooperate l^e well pleased. We are for­ Carried. Motion by F..' Smith reported all in order. Previous against men guilty of. theio with each other at all times. If tunate to have him... Nils Lom- to go into Good and Welfare. minutes read and accepted. Mo­ there's a beef, bring it up at the. sen, John Davis and George Discussion oh soap issue, painting tion carried tmder New Business ? things. meeting. Let's not have friction Gordgno are our. three Watch­ quarters, and cleanliness, of mess{Continuei fm Page 7) 'The Voice Of The Sea' On Performers MINUTES OF SIU SHIP MEHINGS �Friday, December 10, 1948 THE SEAFARERS LOG fage Seven Digested Minutes Of SiU Ship Meetings vances made by SIU since being organized and the importance of being good union. Good and Welfare: Suggestion made that radios be tuned down while men are sleeping. » 1 EVANGELINE. Oct. 6—Chair­ man E. Eiland; Secretary Q. Remaud. Because ship is due to tie up at end of trip there was no old or new business. Motion carried that a table be reserved for the scrubbing of clothes. Mo­ tion carried that the recreation room be used as such and not be delegates see shoreside Patrol­ used as an auxiliary pantry. Mo­ men concerning disputed over­ tion carried that the messroom time and delayed sailing. Good and pantry be kept cleaner. Re­ and Welfare: Suggestion made to pair list made up and approved oar IS pG ^ renew library when ship ari'ives by membei-s present. One min­ geiaeral-£und asaestsment^ihcjtai at Edgewater. One minute of ute of silence for Brptheis lost at silence for Brothers lost at sea. sea. Tn -jiie ^ecen't" vn^renA XXX XXX rt-crteci* qoursel-f ba Keepinb m_oooc? WILLIAM R. DAVIE. Oct. 31 TULANE VICTORY. Oct. 28— —Chairman A. Maselek; Secre­ Chairman D. C. Craddock; Re­ iKitb avr tary Raymond Wells. Oskav cording Secretary M. Fabricanl. Kackep elected ship's delegate by The deck delegate repoitcd acclamation. Deck Delegate re­ twenty-eight hours disputed ported disputed overtime in his overtime. The engine delegate department; other delegates re­ had some, disputed overtime, and ported everything running the stewards delegate reported smoothly. New Business: Motion- everything okay. The meeting carried that all winches be went into Good and Welfare checked before, sighing on for the where it was asked that the dele­ next voyage. Motion carried for gates and the shore Patrolman ^ the Stewards Department to contact the company about in­ STEEL VOYAGER. Oct. 31— paint all decks in officers' quar­ stalling oscillating fans, repairing By HANK Chairman Kelly; Recording Secters. Motion carried that all re­ the Bosun's and 8-12 Firemen's zetary F. J. Willard. Previous pairs be made to the satisfaction lockers, a id putting the ship's Before their ship sailed, a few oldiimers from Baltimore. minutes and the Delegates' re­ of the crew before signing on for radio into shape. Engine delegate Bill Mackin. Bosun Arthur Hiers and Curtis Hanson happily ports on the standing of the the next voyage. One minute of Sill to report nne member to the navigated around town. They spliced their conversation mainly membership accepted. The meet­ silence for Brothers lost at sea. Patrolman upon arrival. One about Baltimore and Beulah's place. Furthermore, they ing went into Good and Welfare, minute of silence for lost noipinated their shipmate. Bosun Berger Hansen, the oldtimer. where it was decided that no one Brothers. as "the best sailor in the SIU"—remembering how he handled would sign for cots missing, the crew in working the deck gear on the Gadsden. 'X XX stolen, or broken. All beefs on JOHN B. WATERMAN. Oct. cots to be taken up by the Crew 24 — Chairman E. Bishop; Re­ Delegates and the Patrolman cording Secretary E. Jones. No Brother Fred Fagan sailed out of this expensive town on a with the Captain and Steward. beefs were reported by the dele­ tanker trip... Brother Ed Parsons came in from New Orleans last There was a complaint that the gates. The meeting went into week. He enjoyed his Thanksgiving dinner down South ... Brother slopchest was being run in the XXX Good and Welfare where the Ray Myers, Baltimore oldtimer, making a trip on the Robin EDWARD JANEWAY. Oct. 26 interest of the Captain and not membership was warned that the Goodfellow, met his shiprnate. Tommy "Beachie" Murray, who of the crew. One minute of —Chairman J. Meehan; Secre­ laundry is for the use of all came in from a trip a few weeks ago. silence for lost Brothers. tary W. Mrozinski. New Busi­ hands and no one should leave ness: Motion by A. H. Anderson % X %' clothes soaking in the sink. It STEEL EXECUTIVE. Oct. 10— to read the letter written by the was asked that the recreation Chairman Stanley Yodris; Re­ committee of delegates for trans­ To those oldtimers. James Creel and D. M. Story, on the cording Secretary Sidney Swit- mission to the, LOG. Letter ac­ and messrooms be kept cleaner. Alcoa Pioneer: the Seamen's Club is on the list to receive ser. Delegates reports accepted. cepted by crew. Motion by Painting of the shower and LOGs every week as you requested. By the way. fellas, there Motion carried under New Busi­ Jackson to give vote of thanks toilets, and fixing of the radiator is a place in San Nicholas, Aruba. which has been receiving ness that the Deck Department to the committee for the letter in the deck department head •LOGs .tor a long time. It's called Charlie's Bar—so drop in and do the painting on inside pas­ to the LOG. Motion carried to were discussed. The food came see if you can pick up a few copies... Benny Kosow. in from sageways, pantry, messrooms, arrange a new set-up for de­ up for discussion and the Pastry a tanker trip, says—"I'm a one-trip guy and that's why I'm toilets, and storerooms. Under partment toilets. One minute of cook was asked to do better. One for the transportation rule. It's the greatest thing that ever minute • of silence for lost Good and Welfare the Stewards silence for Brothers lost at sea. happened." Although this is one brother's opinion, you Brothers. Delegate asked that the Union brothers who are for or against the transportation rule can XXX clarify through the LOG who and should voice your opinions in the LOG. BALTIMORE. Od. 31 — Chair­ was supposed to do this painting. man Howard Webber; Secretary (Ed. Note: For several months, Cathorne. Delegates reported on at intervals, the LOG has printed number of bookmembers and perThe following brothers will be receiving the weekly LOG at the SIU's position in this matter. mitmen in their departments. XXX their homes free of cost: Charles Palmer of New York, Jesse For details, see LOG, October 8.) New Business: Motion made- and STEEL APPRENTICE — (No Rogers of Alabama, Edmund Blosser of West Virginia, Kenneth seconded that the three delegates date given)—Chairman P. F, Nickerson of Alabama, James Prestwood of Florida, William Folse get together and find out the Spencer; Recording Secretary of Alabama, James Smoot of Texas, 0. H. Montgomery of amount of sanitary work that is Hughes. The minutes of pr^ious Alabama, Hazen Dean of Illinois, Andrew Sudol of Pennsylvania, supposed to be done by each de­ meeting were read and accepted. Tommie McLemore of Texas, Nathan Eldridge of Alabama, Paul partment. One department The delegates made their re­ Wilkins of Texas, Gerald O'Rourke of New York, Paul Cazalas seems to be doing more than its ports. No New Business. Discus­ of Alabama, Stephen Emerson of Arkansas, William Cheathan of XXX FELTORE, Oct. 14—Chairman share. Good and Welfare: Sug­ sion under Good and Welfare Alabama. Chick Fisher; Secretary William gestions made as to supplies covered painting of crew's quar­ Fields. Delegates' reports ac­ needed for routine work. One ters, re-arranging some quarters, Know any of these oldtimers? The following may still be cepted. Good and Welfare: Dis­ minute of silence for Brothers providing space to stow gear in anchored in town: J. De Jessa. M. Riechelson. H. R. Gordon, Electrician's quaiters, replacing cussion on the number of pillow lost at sea. E. A. Hansen, I. Galindez. A. Daines. F. Ryan. H. Kreutz, E. lost keys, and the cleaning of slips Issued to each man. It was XXX Belpre. L. R. Seay and G. Nunez... Book Dept.: They Took brought up that in the tropics a quarters before the new crew MONROE, Oct. 3 — Chairman To The Sea, by David Klein and Mary Johnson, published by man is s'.'pposed to get two pil­ A. Galga: Secretary A. A. Hes- comes aboard. The stewards de­ Rutgers University for $3.75. It contains the personal accounts low slips a week. The Steward tres. Delegates reported on num­ partment was given a vote of of voyages by Jack London, Joshua Slocum. Rockwell Kent said he would do all he could to ber of new men to join ship in thanks. One minute of silence and other small-boat voyagers. see that everyone was satisfied Ponce. New Business: Discussion for Brothers lost at sea. with his linen. Bill Thompson held on member who had failed XXX STEEL EXECUTIVE. Oct. 10— gave a talk on the slowness of to do his work. Agreed that a Brother Jack Greenhaw sailed recently with his sextant... shipping. Members warned to special meeting be held in San Chainnan Stanley Podris; Secre­ keep laundry clean. One minute Juan for the purpose of trying tary Sidney Switzer. Consider­ Bob High is out on a trip right now... Steward Ted Eaton was of silence for Brothers lost at the brother. Motion carried to able discussion as to who was real happy last week. He came out of the hospital after three suggest that Headquarters work going to paint the inside of the weeks and he has an old shipping card, too... How good is the sea. for the including of heavy over­ passageways, pantries, mess- famous spaghetti and other food put out in Angelo's Place in XXX SEATRAIN HAVANA. Oct. 27 coats in ship's gear, for men rooms, toilets and storerooms. Gulfport, Mississippi? ... Brothers, wherever you are in the world —Chairman, Lightfoot; Secretary working in the iceboxes. Feeling Motion carried that the deck de­ look around and pick up the LOGs so you can keep informed of Hutchins. Delegates reported on among crew was that this would partment be allowed the job. union news. Keep the ships clean and happy, and hold those number of permitmen and book­ lessen danger of illness, espe­ Stewards Delegate requested that shipboard meetings. To Brother E. P. Burke down in Texas City men in their departments.- New cially in the" tropics. -.Education: the LOG print the clarification' to aboard the Seatrain Havana: You'i-e right. Performers don't last long in th*" SIU. Business: Motion carried that Several brothers discuMCd ad­ this probleni. (Continued from Page 6) to have the slopchest and medi­ cal supplies checked by the Patrplman upon arrival. The crew was asked under Good and. Welfare to be sure their foc'sles were clean and their beds strip­ ped before leaving the ship. One minute of silence observed for Brothers lost at sea. & 1 t DEL CAMPO. Oct. 30—Chair­ man Jack Brocell: Recording Secretary W. T. Horsfall. Brother Charles Tannerhill elected Ship's Delegate. The Deck Delegate, J. Brocell, reported ten full books and all in order. Engine Dele­ gate F. B. Williams, and Stew­ ard's Delegate A. Martin reported on the standing of members. Mo­ tion carried under New Business that the Stewards Department take care of the recreation room and the Engine and Deck De­ partments take care of the latmdry. One minute of silence ob­ served for departed Brothers. CUT and RUN �•#. Page Eight TBE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. DacMubar l(h 1948 ri-«;' Treasured Tome Vanishes; Man Called Frenchy Sought AT THE CALCUTTA DOCKS >: Ex-Zane Grey Man Echoes Same Old Beef say he was carried to New York on the broom of a witch. Any­ Not infrequently when the way, with Michelet went my— To ihe Editor: task falls upon my shoulders to yes, you guessed it—the apple invade the rum caverns along of my eye, my solace, my treasI would like to comment op the sldd row to inform one of ure^-my book! an article in the LOG of Nor vember* 19 about Isthmian'^ our beachcombing brothers that • Now, Frenchy hasn't been back Zane Grey. to the Island of Puerto Rico his wife is suing him for nonI was on the Grey the voy-? since, and I haven't the faintest support of the living-room furni­ age p;:evious to the one menr idea where he might be at the ture, or that he has won four moment. But, Brothers, you tioned. in this article. Judgip^ bits on the weekly $50,000 lot­ don't have to tell me where my from- this Brother's report she is still the same ship she was tery, I hear the name of Frenchy book is. No, because I know five or six months ago. (Ed, only too well. It's in that wornMichelet mentioned. Not once, Note: The Brother, whose name out, leather briefcase with the mind you, but again and again. was withheld, • told of the Skip­ old cash receipt books, the hair­ It would seem that this man pins, the dirty underwear, and per's refusal to set gangway Michelet has left his indelible the long, long forgotten sand­ .watches.) mark on the green island of wiches. This is due, I believe, to the Puerto Rico, and did this in the But looking back over what Captain, W. Schfran. He lives short time he spent here two happened that summer, I guess in constant fear of overtime. On summers ago as relief agent for I should have known better in our six month trip, the deck Salvador Colls. gang did not make fifty dollars the first place than to lend Mich­ on gangway watches and not a With the permission of the elet anything. It's kind of like hell of a lot more on other over­ membership then, I should like what my father used to say time. • • . to recall a toe-nail impression of about me: 'T've taught that boy Consequently the Zane Grey Michelet as I remember him in everything I know," he used to Waller Edwards and Bruce Davis, crevmexnbers of the will never be anything- but a those balmy days, for the sole tell the neighbors, "and still he William H. Allen, Isthiplan vessel, doli their shirts and get "rust bucket" until the Skipper purpose of possibly flinging a doesn't know anything!" some sun while the sh^ is lied up in Calcutta. Picture by learns that "An SIU Ship Is A little mud on the enduring popu­ Homer (Red) Spurlock Jerry Bonski. Clean Ship." larity of this strange and mys­ terious character. In short, let LAUDS CHIPS it suffice here to say, I know Chips on there came into the something about Brother Mich­ SIU at the time of our organizar elet that you probably do not. Edilor: Goodfellow. be sent to the Father at Walvis tional drive with Isthmian. (Ed, Note: The earlier letter com Frenchy Michelet came down We would like ta ask that a Bay, SW Africa. tained bigh praise for the Car­ to Puerto Rico carrying a worn- We of the SS Robin Goodfel- copy of the LOG, in which this The crew of Ihe penter.) By the time our voyr out leather briefcase full of old low proudly ask that the SEA­ letter and the picture appear. SS Robin Goodfellow age to the Middle and Near East cash receipt books, hairpins, FARERS LOG print the inclosed was over, there wasn't anyone punch boards, dirty underwear, photograph of Father Morgenon that ship who didn't think and one or two long-forgotten schweis of Walvis Bay, South­ west Africa, as well as the kind him one of their best shipmates. ham and cheese sandwiches, words he addressed to this crew. He was always willing to len^ bummed off of Lord-knows-what To many of the Seafarers on a hand and help out a Brother ship. With the lordly air of an at work, or financially when admiral he dropped his anchor the South African run aboard : •lack of funds thi-eatened to spoij in Salvador's creaky chair, prop­ Robin Line ships. Father Mor ili b' a night ashore. Being the Deck ped his feet on Salvador's bat­ gerischweis is well known. His mm imm Delegate that trip, I observed his tered desk, and (glaring threat­ generosity and kindness to Sea­ farers stopping at Walvis Bay is union spirit. The man is one eningly round the Hall) de­ definitely something that we can of the best and a credit to our manded to know what the hell be proud of. organization. there was to read among the In his letter to the men of I am now retired, but appre­ membership on the beach. the Robin Goodfellow he ex­ ciate the LOG and await it HERE, SIRE tends his heartiest thanks for eagerly each week. I would like the gift presented to him by the to ask you to change the address Then and there I learned that "Goodfellows." The gift of which to P.O. Box 11, Quincy, Massa­ ^enchy was a bookworm. Be- he speaks is an oxford grey suit chusetts. iiig a lover of books myself, I bought with donations gathered I'd like to say hello to all my inimediately dashed into the bag­ from the crew. The suit was old shipmates and wish them gage room, rummaged around purchased in New York City smooth sailings. As for the Zane In Ihe center is Father Morgenschweis. flanked by his in my seabag and camd up with after completion of the previous Grey, after dealing for six the apple of my eye—a beauti- voyage, and presented to him brgther on the left and his nephew on the right. months with that skipper, any­ fuUy bound copy of Boswell's during the present voyage. one would need a good rest! "Life of Johnson." Cradling it Father Morgenschweis' words Bud Leavitt like a rare treasure in my arms, are as follows; (Ed. Note: The LOG is be­ I slid up and mutely extended "To the GoodfeUows in re­ ing sent to your new address.) "I am mailing you a blouse by it to Michelet. He took it from membrance of Brother and Fa­ To the Editor: my hands, sniffed tlie cover and ther Morgenschweis, O.M.I., with I have often wondered what air-express. I cut the ties pif to . then waved me away, like King heartiest thanks for the generous kind of "fruit juices" my hus­ make the package lighter. They Birother Resting. band is served in foreign ports are all in the packet. If you Solomon, dismissing a slave. Illness 7 gift received from the Good- because, as you will see from don't get this letter, let me know, Well, to make a long story fellows as a kind token of friend­ the following letter, he is some­ and I will mail it to you. Asks For LOG short, the next two weeks Mich­ ship. God Bless you all! "Our Chief Mate swaUowed times a bit confusing: EdUo?f elet spent with his nose in my "Yours very sincerely, "Dear Moron: I set myself some pins, but everything is book, his feet cocked on the "Fr. L. Morgenschweis, O.M.I. down, pencil in hand, to type okay now. We-fed' him a pin At the present I am on the desk, rousing himself from time "Walvis Bay, SW .Africa" cushion. I would have sent you beach, having been hospitalized you a letter. Please pardon the to time only long enough to We all-thank Father Morgen­ the fifty dollars you asked for, after a five, months trip. I'm breath harsh words in the tele­ schweis for his remembrance of ink. I don't live where I lived but I mailed this letter before I home now and taking things on before because I moved to where phone or issue a curt command the "Cioodfellows" of the Robin the slow bell. I would be very I live now. I am so sorry we are thought of it.to one of the cringing beach­ "Lovingly yours, glad if ybii would send the LOG! so far together. I wish we were combers. It was, "Hey, you, take Thanks Pennant "Somebody else, to me here. closer apart. We are having that AB's job!" or, "Listen, you "Alec. Inclosed is a photo taken in Crew For Aid more weather this year than last. birds, they want a ten-man "P. S.: Enclosed you will find a Calcutta aboard the Isthmian My aunt Nellie died and is doing shoregang on the SS Novertime. To the Edilor: picture, but for fear of losing it, scow Thomas Cresap on the last fine. I hope you are the same. po get movin'." trip, in which you will see ship­ ' I wish to thank the crew of "I started from New York to I took it outi" I am very curious and would mates Lefty, Oiler, and LeS And then, just as suddenly as the Alcoa Pennant for the fine Baltimore to see you. I saw a he arrived in Puerto Rico, he donation made to me while I was sign that said, 'this takes you to appreciate your opinion of this Keith, AB, and myself; vanished. Here one minute and hospitalized in the Hotel Dieu Baltimore.' i got on the sign and letter. EmMt Such Mrs. A. J. JaiiPwski then gone from sight the next— St. 'Yallier, Chicoutimi, Quebec. sat there for three homs. The (Edi Note; The LOG is beihgff (Edi Note: We're speechless.) sent to your home.) in the twinkling of an eye. Some| Joseph R. Marcoux darn thing didn't even move. To the Editor: Goodfellow Crewmembers Return Kindness Of Priest Hubby's Loopy Letter Puzzles Wife �THE Friday. December 10. 1948 SEAFARERS Page Nine LOG Further Remarks On SIU Payoff Rule PRO: Crew Says Union Gains To the Editor: « On this page are letters from the membership giving their views on the Union transliortation rule. In line with the SIU policy of full discus­ sion on all matters of policy, the LOG for the past several weeks has de­ voted space to the opinions of the membership, both pro and con. All letters on the matter of transportation will be printed in the LOG during the coming weeks to give the membership ample time to form opinions on the rule. All possible steps are being taken to devote equal space to both sides of the controversy. In brief, the rule calls for men to take transportation money and pile off their ship when it pays off at a port other than the one in which the crew signed on. This applies in cases where the vessel does not start for the sign-on port within ten days. Whereas: the present Trans­ portation Rule is working for the benefit of the membership and provides' for a faster turn-. Over of shipping, ^ and Whereas: This ruling, that re­ quires a man to accept trans­ portation when it is due him and get oif of the ship, protects the transportation clause in our agreements and assures that this hard-won Union condition will To the Editor: not be lost to the membership, I have been reading about the and To the Editor: transportation rule in the LOG. Whereas: The refusing of jhansportation money amounts to I am for the transportation Here is the way that I feel about Joying the company a bonus in rule as it stands now. Of course it: order to hold one's job—which we all know the companies are I think that a. man who makes is contrary to all Union princi­ against this rule, for they want to keep the same men. a trip and pays oif in any Port ple—and In the November 2.6th issue other than the Port he signed Whereas: Job security for all of the LOG, 28 members of the Of us exists in Union security, Governor Groves declared that on in, and who is entitled to the newly formed ruling on transportation, should get off the transportation is not good un­ ship. If he wants to come back ionism. Where were these mem­ to the Port he signed on, he bers 1 when we voted up and can do so as he has his fare. down the coast to accept this Also it is good for the fellows rule? In my opinion these members on the beach, who then get a are only thinking of themselves. chance at the job. In other They claim that the main ob­ words, I am in favor of men jective is job security. Well how about the men on the beagh? getting off with their transpor­ Are ihey not entitled to a job? tation. They asked how many seamen L. P. Hogan can afford to maintain a stand­ ard of living if they have to and in measures which promote get off and wait for another job to come around. How are the fast shipping, and guys Whereas: The transportation , that are on the beach to To the Editor: payoffs will tend to prevent maintaining a standard of living? I submit for your criticism a cliques from developing on the They also claim that it would basic draft of a compromise ships in the future, which would be much better to incorporate a transportation, rqling" that has endanger Union conditions, time element into this ruling. been carefully thought out to The ruling as it stands now al­ therefore ready has a time element, which meet the needs and desires of Be It Resolved; That the pres­ I think is sufficient. ail. I believe this is the best ent transportation rule be con­ end to work toward since the MEN APLENTY tinued in effect; and that all membership as a whole has not crewmembers who are entitled They further state that emerg- been unanimous in a clear cut to transportation be required to j ency permits would have to be policy. sccept this money, pay off the| issued, to ' replacements taking "Article I. When a ship has ship, and re-register at the Hall. the vessels that bookmen were made a trip to a foreign port and Signed by 25 crewmembers pulled off of. These members back to a port where transpor­ should know that we have a lot of the SS Oberlin Victory of books and permit men on tation is due, and such a voyage exceeds sixty days, all crew­ the beach waiting for a chance members must receive their to get a job. They further state ,j.3nspoj,tation and get off the that the new ruling is contradic-' tory to the preamble in the Con-' "Article II. When a vessel has To the Editor: stitution and By-laws which made a trip to a foreign port and This is why I am for the trans­ state that whenever rights be­ iDack to a port where transporta­ long to one member it belongs portation ruling as it is: . tion is due, and such voyage has 1. The men who have stayed to all members alike. This crew thinks that this not exceeded a total of sixty on ships after collecting trans­ happens "only to"them"and not „ crewmember shall portation were a hindrance to have the followmg options: to all members alike. the Negotiating Commitcee when "Section 1. Any crcwmembcr In closing this letter I want they went up for our new who has notified the company to say that I am in favor of men agreement. shall receive this money at the „ X getting off their ships when 2. The rule will help educate transporta­ payoff and leave the ship. company stiffs on ships ' that tion, because some of the com­ "Note: Under the terms of Ar­ have just signed agreements with panies that have been organized ticle II of this ruling, each crewthe Union, by starting them ship­ in the past two years have men member must notify the com­ ping out of the Union Hall. on their ships that' have never pany within a reasonable time 3. The men coming off of been in the Union Hall since re­ before signing off (or termination these ships will have a chance ceiving their books. of the vessel's articles) of his in­ to attend meetings and get their I think that it would do these tentions." jobs off of the board, which members good to attend a few "Section 2. Any crewmember many have never done before. meetings and ship off the' board. who has notified the company of Such people often think that the his intention to collect transpor­ Thomas J. Heggariy Union isn't doing anything to tation money due him, under the help them, and some are so tei*ms of the vessel's articles ignorant of the SIU program that be paid only wjjen men are leav­ they, feel that, they are paying ing thevessel. In the above $3.OQ per,month for a job. ruling, when a crewmember re­ ' 4. I .Diink the rule as it stands ceives transportation money he would create more shipping, for must get off the vessel; however, aliens and citizens alike. he may, under the terms de­ scribed, surrender the trans­ John R. McGuinness Contest^ Crew's Stand On Rule Aids Beached Hardships Seen To the Editor: I am writing in regard to the new transportation ruling that we have heard so much discus­ sion on in the past few weeks,. We, the undersigned crew­ members of the SS Hurricane, tvish to non-concur with the rul­ ing as it now stands. We be­ lieve that such a ruling works greater hardships on each and every brother than did our form­ er transportation ruling. Regard­ less of who the fellow may be, if he has made money to tide him over on the beach for a couple of weeks, he will sign clear of the ship. If we must have such a rul­ ing, then let's put a time limit on it in order that we can make a few dollars to last until we catch the next ship. Signed by 23 crewmembers CON: Crew Prefers Old SIU Rule To the Editor: y We the imdersigned crewmem­ bers of the SS Claiborne, which to go on record as protesting the ruling on transportation which requires a man tb pay off wheri he has transportation due him, for the following reasons: First, many trips are so short that you don't have enough money to keep you until the next ship. Second, when a ship signs coastwise articles to another port to pay off, arfd then signs foreign articles, an individual may only have a four or five day payoff when he has to leave the ship and 'go to - the bottom of the shipping list. Third, we find the new trans­ portation ruling not to be what we would call a good SIU ship­ ping rule. Fourth, we find the old SIU policy to be better. This pro­ vided that a bookman was able to stay on board ship as many trips as he liked and get trans­ portation money when payable. Signed by 31 members of the crew of the SS Claiborne Crew Of Del Aires Submits Compromise Payoff Rule Boosts Rule portation money and remain on the vessel. Here are some of the main points the ruling embodies: 1. As a whole, we have agreed with the Negotiating Committee that transportation money .should of his intention of remaining for another voyage may be allowed to remain on the vessel by surrendering his transportation money due under the terms of the ship's articles. • • 2. I believe that the turnover in shipping afforded in Article I of my plan will provide a sufficient turnover in shipping and one that w.ill be the fairest and most acceptable to the mem­ bership. Those who wish to re­ main on a ship for a long period of time can pick ships-that are on steady runs in and out of the same ports where no transporta­ tion is involved. 3. The sixty day limit assures a man the necessary time to ac­ cumulate sufficient funds to wait for anothei- ship without undue hardship. . (Making . the time limit sixty days and having it apply in this case to all hands alike will prevent any conflict with the existing rules covering tripcard an^ permitmen. At the same time it protedts men in the exceptional cases where the ship pays off in under sixty days.) 3-A. In i-eality the turnover in shipping afforded by the present transportation ruling wiH not be healthy without the sixty day clause. When a man is i-equired to accept transportation and pay­ off in less than sixty days, we are simply dividing a little work among a few, with no one really being better off. Thus the ruling as it harms job security without justification. Under Article II of the ruling I submit, Section I is included for the following reason: By insisting that a man notify the company of his intentions prior to the payoff, the company and the .shoreside Patrolman are assisted in settling the issue once and for all at the time of payoff. Too, it prevents misunderstand­ ings and changes of mind from cropping up later, creating beefs that would necessitate the Pa­ trolman revisiting the ship days later. At the ^ame time this part of the plan will allow prompt replacement of tho.se leaving the vessel with no beefs over jobs after men have been dispatched from the Hall. In closing", I would like to say that I believe that this ruling is the best solution to the transpor­ tation problem because it irabodies all of the basic ideas that have been expressed at one time or another by the membership in meetings and through the me­ dium of the LOG. Jerry J. Palmer Endorsed by 23 crew members • SS Del Aires >>|| �• '" • V""' Page Ten THE SEAFA RERS • 10 G Fndayi Peceaaber lft» 1948 serving aboard the- MV Ponce when she is in Gulf waters and the 29 percent tax which Contin­ entals pay while serving aboard the ship while she is in territorial anipPEo STWDS. ENG. DECK REG. STWDS. ENa DECK PORT Minutes of meetings held in SmPPED • SHIPPED SHIPPED -TOTAL waters. Meeting adjourned at TOTAL REG. REG. REa other Branches read. All adopted 8:12 p.m. with 97 book members 45 present, 14 16 15 60 except that part of Galveston Boston 21 15 24 329 93 U5 459 121 New Business calling for re-ex­ New York. 138 152 171 XXX 28 104 44 32 im tending shipping cards. Agent Philadelphia 44 32 43 SAN FRANCISCO— Chainl 92 75 1 280 man. R. Pohle. 46826; Recording 113 244 reported on trip to New London Baltimore 86 73 85 78 Secretary. W. M. KierulL 49283; 27 21 30 137 34 to visit the Evistar, a newly-con­ Norfolk. 41 62 69 Reading Clerk, D. P. Bell. 10200(t 17 21. 55 31 tracted ship. Vessel appeared to Savannah. 12 19 24 r.... 8 • 22 7 t 91 38 15 * be lined up in. good SlU-style. Tampa. 38 Motion carried to accept all 46 45 151 minutes of Branch meetings. 60 71 216 67 Balloting committee reported on Mobile. 78 ; 136 103. 351 Agent reported progress being 319. 135 110 voting during past two week New Orleans. 84 100 89 made in setting up the new Hall 33 35 21 23 29 • 90 38 period. Under Good and Welfare Galveston 17 12 31 ih Wilmington. Motion carried 2 51 several men hit the deck to dis­ San Juan 23 11 17 No' Shipping Due To West Coast Strike cuss the reasons why the mem­ San Francisco...to extend a vote of thanks to the 469 499 1,549 Director of Organization for the 581 557 603 1,841 bers in the port of Boston GRAND TOTAL 681 haven't taken more time for edu­ excellent job of bringing unor­ cational meetings. Agent re­ ganized tankers under the SIU One folks and have made prpivision, banner. Motion carried to accept ported that attendance at educa­ Virginia Ferries read and ac­ ports accepted and filed. tional meetings has been poor cepted. Balloting committee re­ minute of silence observed for tha,t upon their deaths the home and concur in letter on transpor­ Brothers Brothers lost at sea; Meeting ad­ is to be used foe handicapped tation signed by twenty-five and asked that the members take ported on voting. Wynn, Lancaster, Wingfield, Wal­ journed with 150 members children. Following example of bookmembers. One minute of greater interest in the meetings. other local trade unions, the silence for lost Brothers. Meefci lace, Ellen and Pritchett nomi­ present. i. \ membership moved to donate ten ing adjourned with seventy-four nated and elected to serve on X, ^ % SAVANNAH — Chairman. Ray NEW ORLEANS — Chairman. dollars. Members observed one members present. Kttdieiis. 2S180; Recording Sec­ balloting committee in positions retary mid Reading Clerk. Wil­ vacated by Brothers taking ships. Earl Sheppard, 203; Recording nunute of silence, in memory of XXX Reports of Agent and Patrolman Secretary. He.rnra'.n Troxclair, departed Brothers. Under Good liam J. Brantley. 111. NEW YORK — Chairman. C: accepted. Meeting adjourned 6743; Reading Clerk. Buck Ste­ and Welfare^ the transportation Haymond. 98; Recording Sec­ Chairman explained that with 280 members present. rule was batted aroimd, with the retary. F. Stewart 4935; Reading phens. 76. Agent was unable to attend majority or speakers favoring the Clerk, "Blackie" Colucci, 38519, i % * PHILADELPHIA — Chairman Motion carried to accept niin- rule as it now stands. Agent re­ utes of meetings held in other Long discussion of rights of a L. Gardner. 3697; Recording Sec­ A&G Halls except those of Bal­ ported that shipping was at- a standstill for the period of the "Brother to appeal decision of a retary. R. Gates. 25128; Reading timore. Motion to table Baltimore ILA strike. He announced that Clerk. D. Hall. 43372. New Business as action concern­ a full crew would be placed ing C. Willoughby is vague and aboard the Canton Victory- on Motion carried to accept the conflicting. Agent Sheppard re­ minutes in outports, except those ported on the shipping situation Monday and that coastwise ships would start coming in the latter of Galveston calling for an ex­ meeting because he was in tension of shipping cards. Also and the number of votes cast in part of next week, which he ex­ trial committee to the rank-andCharleston for the payoff of the a motion to non-concur with that the election for 1949 officials. pected would ease the shipping file. The discussion brought out SS Trinity. Motion carried to port of New Orleans ininutes Agent asked all men present to situation considerably. Voting and emphasized the member's accept minutes of meetings in pertaining to the Seamen's Bill attend educational meetings be­ has slowed down for the time constitutional right to appeal a other Branches and post them on of Rights. Agent reported on ing held at the Hall. Trial Com­ being, he said, but it wilj pick decision .to the membership. the blackboard. L. B. Paul, C. the outcome of the East Coast mittee's reports on members read up when the Agpnt. goes back to Moved, seconded and carried that H. Bennett, and L. A. DeWitt dock strike and hqw it will affect and accepted. Discussion held Miami to finish voting the crew the Brother's request be granted. took the Union's Oath of Obliga­ shipping. Agent also informed under New Business in the mat­ of the Florida. So far the num­ Suggestion by Oppenheimer that tion. Good and Welfare: Mem­ members that three ships left ter of transportation. Motion ber of ballots is largest ever cast meeting not be adjourned with­ out a minimum of five minutes in this port. bers spoke on the transportation port short twelve jobs. He stressed under Good and Welfare. Motion rule. Opinions both for and the dangers involved when this XXX against were voiced. Chairman happens too often. Agent Gard­ SAN JUAN — Chairman. S. by Secretary-Treasurer that all suggested that each member ner also reported on the progress Colls. 21085; Recording Secretary. members in hospital, including both bookmen and permitment write to the SEAFARERS LOG being made toward the establish­ giving his (pinion. One minute ment of a Union Optical Plan in caiTied that action on transporta­ H. Spurlock; Reading Clerk. R. be given a Christmas donation of 10 dollars apiece, as they were of silence observed for Brothers Philadelphia, similar to the one tion rule be postponed and mat­ Ramos. 21954. last year. Motion passed. In lost at sea. Meeting adjourned in New York. The membership ter be raised at educational Minutes of previous meetings with seventy-five members pres­ was asked to pay particular at­ meeting for full discussion. Good of aU Branches read and ac­ accordance with previous sug­ ent tention to the communication and Welfare: Performers were cepted, with exception of that gestion, the chairman insti-ucted if if containing the letter written to roundly scored by members. section of Galveston proceedings the members that meeting could BALTIMORE—Chairman. Wil­ the LOG by a group of Seafarers i, if i. calling for extension of time not be adjourned without thor-i liam Rentz. 26445; Recording on the transportation nde. A GALVESTION — Chairman. limit on shipping cards. It was ough discussion under Good aiid Secretary. G. A, Masterson. general round-up of shipping Keith Alsop. 7311: Recording Sec­ moved and carried to non-con­ Welfare. Members went well 20297; Reading Clerk. A1 Stans- concluded the report. Motion retary. Jeff Morrison. 34213; cur with the Galveston motion. past the five minute limit, talk­ bury. 4683. carried to accept communication Reading Clerk. M. Cross. 33311. In his verbal report, the Agent ing over a great variety of mat­ ters of interes^t bearing on the Regular order of business sus­ from ILA thanking SIJJ for sup­ Motion carried to accept min­ told of the timely arrival of the Union's welfare. Meeting adL" pended so as to obligate twenty port in recent longshore strike. utes of meetings in other MV Ponce, which paid off on journed at 8:30 with 1,290 mem­ men. Trial Committee elected Good and Welfare: Discussion Branches. Agent reported on Nov. 29. Payoff was smooth bers present. from floor to hear charges held on shipping outlook and the shipping in general. Alsop re­ even though she had been out against two Brothers. Motion Christmas fxmd being raised for ported that the committee ap­ more than two months. Fifteen carried to post and file all West pointed to look for a new build­ men were shipped to the Ponce Coast and Great. Lakes minutes. ing has been unsuccessful in lo­ Motion carried to forward all cating anything suitable to date. Payoff lime is Ise best ships' minutes to the editor of Seven men Obligated. Motion lime 1© meet U®*®® obliga­ the SEAFARERS LOG for pub­ caiTied that, when -ABs are reg­ tions. such as the $10 General lication. Agent's and Patrol­ istered, a notation be made as to Fund Assessment adopted by a party or for benefits to Brothmen's reports accepted. Under whether their card is blue or ere on the beach. One minute the membership in the recent after the payoff. He reported Good and Welfare a general dis­ green. One minute of silence referendum. of silence for lost Brothers. that shoregang work for beached cussion was held on mattess per­ for Brothers lost at se&. That assessment goes into members was practically at a taining to the Union. Meeting Meeting adjourned with eight. % % i, five men present. your Union's General Fund, standstill because of the East adjourned with^two hundred men TAMPA — Chairman. Joe from which routine operating X if i, Coast tieup of Bull Line ships. present. expenses are met. The wisMOBILE — Chairman. C. Kim­ Wread. 27822; Reading Clerk. Plenty of work was expected, X »• % Nevin Ellis. 18; Recording Secre­ hpm of the membership's ~ however, as soon as the ships NORFOLK — Chairman. Cand­ ball. 52; Recording, Secretary, tary. R. H. HalL 26060. decision is borne out by the start coming in. The Agent ler, 23536; Recording Secretary. -James Carroll. 14; Reading Clerk. fact that despite a three thanked everyone for theip ef­ Previous minutes of Tampa Bullock. 4747; Reading Clerk. H. Fischer. 59. weeks halt of shipping due forts in making the Thanksgjiving Branch read and accepted; New Jones. to the ILA strike. Union Motion carried to accept min­ Business, of previous meetings in dinner party, held at the Hall, a - Minutes of Norfolk and out- utes of meetings in outports. other Branrties read and ac­ big success. Balloting Gommitservices and jEunctions con­ ports read. Motion carried to Agent Tanner in his report ex­ cepted. tinued uninterrupted. Some. Member^diip " accepted tee's report accepted. Under facilities, such as ehtertainr accept all minutes as read, ex­ plained the ILA sottlemcnt con­ and concun^ed in letter, signed Good and Welfare, a very en­ ment. were actually stepped cept the No. 2 motion from ditions and the new coastwise by 25 bookmemb^, favoring re­ thusiastic. and heated discussion up. . Philadelphia, th|s to be referred run being started by Waterman. tention of transiportation rule was held on the new Registration to Headquarters. Motion carried He also reported that the dis­ now in eflSecL Under New Busi­ Rules now in. effect up and flown We're in the best financial, shape we have ever been in. to concur in letter by twenty- patching was to be done from ness, Agent, read letter from the cdast, Severalr called on the Do your part to keep it that five members, which related to the ground floor for the time be­ blind couple who ace-building a Agent, to. clarify certain sections way by paying up your as­ ne^ transportation rule. * Letter ing; renovations, stopped be­ home <Ht Florida Avenue, asking of the . new Rules. Discussion sessment now. from the NLEB certifying. SIU cause of the ILA strike, will be for- a donation: to enable, tiiem to then was held on 29 percent tax as bargaining agent for men in. resumed shortly. Patrolmen's re- complete- house.- Theiy are eldei^ which- Puerto Ricans pay when j BOSTON—Chairman. J. Greear baum, 281; Recording Secretary, E. C. Dakin, 180: Reading Clerk. R. Murphy. 3941T. A&G Shaping Fhm Jfov. M TF Uav, 30 Pay-Up Time �THE SE AF ARE RS LOG 10, mo llaiitiiiie Round-Up Page EleTea Ponce Payoff Saves San Juan From Dull Week f)f Shipping hunt. England, with twenty (Cotitiniud from Page 3) ships, is the biggest in the field, between New York and South By SAL COLLS and East Africa. A vice-president followed- by Russia, which has SAN JUAN —The timely ar­ trolman, until he was contacted NEW YORK of Robin Line has called . the one factory ship and twenty rival and subsequent payoff of by one of the crew, an OS percatchers. C-4s excellent cargo ships. His SS ANDREW JACKSON the MV Ponce in the Port oJ: mitman, who had a set of 4, 4. company's experience with the G. Georgevich. $2-00; D. C. Foster, San Juan literally saved us from charges in his hand. The Longshoremen's strike and $2.00: . F. Allison, $2.00; A. G. Peter ships in the African run had been one of the slowest weeks we This permit had clashed • re­ the unusually warm weather has son. $2.00; M. Kunlcki, $3.00: C. Thur "very good," especially in hand­ have had this winter. mond, $2.00: L. Rossi, $3.00. cut the demand for bunker and peatedly with a permit AB Main­ ling of unboxed autorhobiles. SS STEEL ADMIRAL. heating oil, causing a drop in We collected enough dues and tenance. The beef was purely S. i. J. Lewereng, $3.00; T. Tsapelas, A 12,500 horsepower super­ price and the number of tankers $1.00: E. R. Arnot, $2.00: R. M.-Fer­ assessments from the Brothers personal but they fought in the tanker, the first of 48 to come, in service. Chartering groups es­ guson, $2.00; J. C. Brannon, $2.00; W. aboard her to pull us out of crew messroom during mealtime, was launched last week at the timate that it will take several J. Ledet, $2.00: P. S. Demots, $2.00: the hole and leave us sitting smashed company property and conducted themselves in a man­ yard of the Sun Shipbuilding weeks of cold weather before P. Sperandeo, $2.00; P. L. Sahuque, pretty and high and dry. $2.00: M. A. Rivera, $2.00; A. M. Yvan, All in all, we sent fifteen re­ ner unbecoming Union men. and Dry Dock Company in Ches­ tanker activity will climb to sea­ $2.00: M. McCarty, Jr., $1.00; A. S. ter, Pa. Named the Esso Zurich, sonal normality. The Patrolman accepted the Rottman, Jr., $1.00: C. Troncoso, $2.00; placements to the Ponce, in all 4* 4* 4* W. Wilson, $1.00: R. LaRocca, $2.00; three departments. Discharging charges, which were read before the 16,000 ton ship will have a Reversing a trend in August, T. Frierson, $2.00; R. E. Dingle, $2.00; her Galveston cargo of fertilizer a regular branch meeting and a speed of 16 knots and a capacity of 228,000 barrels of oil. It will when exports increased fourteen C. C. Poung, $2.00; E. Brezina, $1.00. at Pier 10, she then proceeded trial committee was elected from SEATRAIN HAVANA to her home port of Ponce, the floor. be delivered to its owner, the percent and imports twelve per­ G. W.SSJohnson, $1.00; J. I. Swails, cent, food exports in September where I followed by car to see After a thorough hearing the Standard Oil Company of New $1.00: J. Megill. Jr., $2.00. that everything was ship-shape committee decided that both SS ROBIN DONCASTER Jersey, in about five weeks. It from the United States dropped seventeen percent below August J. Novak, $2.00: C. C. Hagberg, before she signed foreign arti­ will carry a crew of fifty. men were equally guilty for and imports two percent. Figures $2.00; F. R. Otvos, $2.00; L. Zampetti, cles for another trip. performing and fighting aboard 4. 4. $1.00: J. Nielson, $2.00; M. M. Miles, This week in the Antarctic were released by the United $1.00: D. 'CRourke. $1.00; J. Figuerra, The Brothers who made the Union ship and for actions Ocean the largest fleet in the an­ States Department of Commerce. $1.00; M. McCowan. $2.00; W. H. last trip had quite a lengthy harmful to the membership. 4» 4» ,4" Chadbum. $1.00; A. C. Felix, 50c: F. repair list, and we were three nals of whaling is due to open a A request that the Maritime Solis. $1.00: A. Vidal, 01.00: J. W. days battling it out, item by it­ LENIENT TREATMENT four month hunting season with Wiggins, $5.00: G. B. Fleming, $1.00; em, with the Captain and com­ the objective of making 33,000 Commission broaden its inquiry P. McDaniel, $1.00; A. R. Russo, Since they were permits and, kills. This represents the limit into discrimination against Am­ $5.00: V. Gustafson, $2,00; W. C. pany officials. therefore, on probation, the com­ fixed by the international agree­ erican shipping has been asked Thomas. $2.00; C. A. O'Neill, $1.0$: In the end, the most important mittee ruled that they should ment negotiated in Washington by the National Federation of O. W. Eisele, $1.00; C. A. Bobbe, $1.00; repairs were promised in the pay a fine of $25 and get off J. W. Ward. $1.00; C. Wayne, $1.00; two years ago. Because of thfe American shipping. All ready S. Mason. $3.00; D. F. Stone. $1.00; best of faith, and almost im­ the ship. In my opinion the men world shortage of fats and meat looking into the charge the Com­ J. V. Rivera, $5.00? J. Drigham, $5.00. mediately they went to work. were handled leniently and were SS J. B. WATERMAN whaling has become a highly or­ mission has been asked tq look Much needed ventilators were lucky their permits weren't J. Vilos. $1.00; C. Andrew. $3.00; A. installed . over ganized industry—and very prof­ into a series of discriminatroy the centrifugal yanked. Frissora, $2.00; L. Gunnells, $1.00; H. itable. The present season's catch acts against the American mer­ Kohv. pumps, new doors replaced the However, several friends of $3.00; J. Boldiszar, $2.00; C. may gross $120 million to $160 chant fleet. In particular they Chandles, $2.00; J. F. Slusarczyk. $1.00; old ones in the foc'sles, and the AB Maintenance came to million. Whale oil is quoted as want probed the practice of some E. Steele. $2.00; S. S. Anlouzans. $2.00; locks, and lockers. the Hall, demanding a new trial, selling at $440 a ton. The United nations to tax foreign operators C. E. Chandler. $2.00; J. Sawyer. $2.00; When the Ponce heads sea­ muttering threats and insinua­ A. J. Nautnes. $3.00; C. H. Buser, Jr.. States is not participating in the for freight carried in vessels $1.00; ward again, she will be a more N. Tripp. $1.00; N. J. Moore. tions. You never think they were other than their own govern­ Petry. $2.00. comfortable ship than when she bookmen in good standing in the ment's. Those named were Por­ $1.00: R. SS CAPE MOHICAN came in. SIU. Of course, the decision tugal, France and its colonies, B. Olivras. $1.00; C. Krupick. $1.00; stands. Gibralter, Cyprus, Turkey, Italy T. Wills. $1.00; B. R. Hartzoy, $3.00: BEACHCOMBERS SAIL W. L. York. $3.00: T. H. Watson. The point this incident raises and Egypt. SIU, A&6 District $2.00; J. E. Lopez. $1.00; E. Treshick, We crewed her up with quite is this, and all hands should get 4* 4* 4* $2.00; F. Forte. $1.04; W. J. Martin. BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. The Maritime Commission has $1.00; J. P. Mullin. $1.00; R. D. Carlen, a few of our oldtime beachcomb­ it straight: This Union is gov­ William Rentzi Agent Mulberry 4540 postponed the effective date of $1.00; L. Cooper. $1.00; M. Yalentin. ers—if you can call a man a erned by a Constitution and By­ BOSTON 276 State St. its newly devised vessel chart­ $1.00: C. Black. $1.00; J. dander. beachcomber who makes his laws, written by Union men for E. B. TiUoy, Agent Richmond 2-0140 $2.00: J. Judge. $1.00: A. Bodler, $3.00; home in Puerto Rico and calls Union men, in the best inter­ ering plan that limits chartering V. Dispatcher Richmond 2-0141 Rockley. $25.00; W. Westerfield, his home port San Juan, because ests of the Union and the mem­ GALVESTON 308%—23rd St. of ships to operators either own­ 50c. he thinks the island is just about bership. And we are going to Keith AIsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 ing vessels or those without for­ SS J. SWELLING MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. O. A. Michael, $1.00; R. A. Floyd, the best place in the world to abide by it, come hell or high eign flag affiliations. The Com­ Cat Tanner, Agent Phone 2-17S4 $2.00: M. N. Evans, $2.00; A. Androh. live and relax. Anyway, Woody water! NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. mission's change of heart was $2.00. Lockwood shipped on her, and The rules and procedures have E. Sheppard, Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 made so as to allow the new Con­ SS CORAL SEA Red Morgan, George Litchfield, been laid down by the member­ NEW YORK 51 Beaver St. gress to pattern its own ship A. Reeder, $1.00; P. Winiarczyk, Joe Algina, Agent HAnover 2-2784 charting policy. The new policy, $2.00: K. Kristensen. $2.00: S. Kwia- and a gang of others. ship and they must be followed. NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. towski. $2.00; J. D. Moore, $1.00; J. The only other ship to call in They cannot be waived by per­ Ben Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 now postponed until January 31, Jellette, $2.00; P. Vlahas, $1.00; J. PHILADELPHIA. . .614.16 No. 13th St. 1949, rules that non-owners Bednar, $2.00; A. Anavitarte, $2.00 the Port of San Juan during the sonal interests. Lloyd Gardner, Agent Poplar S-1217 should be barred from hiring W. A. Fortsch, $10.00: A. Rodrigues, week was the Monarch of the Every member of the SIU who SAN FRANCISCO 85 Third St. ships from the Government. A $1.00: F. W. Heck, $1.00. Seas, and "thereby hangs a considers himself a good Union Steve Cardullo, Agent Douglas 2-5475 SS SUZANNE tale." later addition to the rule bars man will recognize his obliga­ SAN JUAN, P.R 252 Ponce de Leon A. Saavedra, $1.00. The Monarch came in quietly tion to abide by the will of the Sal Colls, Agent San Juan 2-5996 owners of ships from chartering SS SEATRAIN TEXAS SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St. vessels if the company is tied up H. H. Winborne, $2.00; C. R.. San enough. Things appeared normal majority arrived at through the Charles Starling, Agent Phone 3-1728 with foreign ship lines. derson, $2.00; T. M. Wabolis, $2.00. to Tony Viera, the boarding Pa- democratic process. TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. SIR HALLS R. H. Hall, Agent Phono M-1323 WILMINGTON, Calif., . 227% Avalon Boulevard HEADQUARTERS.. 51 Beaver St., N.Y.C. HAnover 2-2784 SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATION Lindsey Williams ASSIST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews J. P. Shuler Joseph Volpian • PERSONALS Notice To All SIU Mombers being held for you in the New ARTHUR BACKMAN The SEAFARERS LOG as the official publication of the Sea­ Your mother is vei*y anxious York Baggage Room, 51 Beaver farers International Union is available to all members who wish Street, New York. to hear from you. Her address: to have it sent to their home free of charge for the enjoyment of 4 4 4 Box 269, Beaver Meadow, BENNIE B. COMPAN their families and themselves when ashore. If you desire to have Pennsylvania. Mary Alice is home with your the LOG sent to you each week address cards are on hand at every 4 4 4 mother and asks that you contact SIU branch for this purpose. SCOTTY AUBUSSON her. Important. Pete Bluhm has checked the SUP However, for those who are at sea or at a distance from a SIU seabag you left aboard the Steel 4 4 4 HONOLULU .16 Merchant St. hall, the LOG reproduces below the form used to request the LOG, Seafarer. Let him know where The following men are re­ Phone 6-8777 quested to get in touch with which "you can fill out, detach and send to: SEAFARERS LOG, 51 PORTLAND Ill W. Burnslde St to send it. Benjamin B. Sterling, 42 Broad­ Beaver Street, New York 4, N.Y. Beacon 4336 4 4 4 RICHMOND, Calif. ,..257 5th St. way, New York 4, N, Y. C. STRONG Phone 2599 Harry M. Hankee Norman Moore has your gear PLEASE PRINT INFORMATION SAN FRANCISCO 59 Clay St. Douglas 2-8363 and will check it at the New ' Emil Koscilnak To the Editor: SEATTLE 86 Seneca St. York Hall when he is i-eleased Isie Yaroslowsky Main 0290 from the hospital. William J. Knowles WILMINGTON .440-Avalon Blvd. I would like the SEAFARERS LOG mailed to the Alfred Nelson 4' 4 4 Terminal 4-3131 IRVIN JOSEPH GORGAS address below: 4 4 4 Canadian District Contact your mother regarding The following named crewmembers of the SS Bienville, Name MONTREAL 1227 Philips Square Draft' Board. voyage of May 1948, contact Plateau 6700—Marquette 5909 4 4 4 PORT ARTHUR 63 Cumberland St. Samuel Segal, 11 Broadway, New Street Address M. H. KINSKY Phone North 1229 York: G. Masterson, Baltimore Pa­ PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. Andrew E. George, Albert J. City Phone: 8591 trolman, asks you to get in touch State ... TORONTO Ill A Jarvis Street with him concerning receipt No. RobeUard, John S. Holly, Jr., Elgin 5719 Robert B. Byrne, Edward E. C70973. Signed VICTORIA, B.C. 602 Boughtdn St. Steward, Joseph B. Rambo, 4 4 4 Empire 4531 Charles P. Robertson, Comer M. BROR WIGG VANCOUVER... 568 HamUton St. Book No. Paciac 7824 Allen, Charles L. Bandy, Joseph A check for overtime meals you served on the Hurricane is B. THbihassen, Cecil B. Wiggins. �Page Twelve THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday' December 10, 1948 JS •J - r ••isr* v.. • ^ ia> • lu- :.., When SIU representatives in the Port of Boston visited the local Marine Hospital last week they got a close-up of the. excellent facilities and treatment avaUable to seamen. In photo above. Seafarer Viv MUazzb watches a feUow patient shape up a model boat in the hospital's work shop. Both men appeared pleased with the care they are getting. Brother Julius Hensley takes his medicine with a smile supplied bv Miss Frances Wilker^n, one of the Boston hospital's staff of registered nurses. In the seven weeks he has been hospitalized. Hensley feels he has had ample SSon'^hoSwT® services. His conclusion is that the Boston hospital can t be topped. .-"X Dr. K. R. Nelson /(above). Medical Officer in Charge of the Boston Marine Hospital, 'went all out in cooperating .with SIU representative who took photos on this page. r*~( The Boston Marine Hospital makes every effort to see that seamen ^out to be discharged are physically prepared to resume their shipboard duties. In photo above, a patient attempts to get back his sea legs by practicing on the ladder rigged in the hospital's up-to-date occupational therapy ward. Nurse Margaret L. Blodgett lends a hand by holding the ladder fast. Retired S^fifarer E. D. Johnston, who underwent an ampu* tation of his right leg, spends most of his time in the Boston hospital's well-stocked library. , Ihe problem with Mrs. Katherine Higgins. of w ^j^alsTOmp^ent Social Service Department. SIU representative said all hands declared the Boston Marine Hospital was doing a good job. declared � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1939-1949 Description An account of the resource Volumes I-XI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource December 18, 1948 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. X, No. 50 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES ECA CHIEF THREATENS 50% RULE SHIPPING ON WEST COAST IS RESUMED MTD WELCOMES QUEEN LIZ CREW NEW RULING LEAVES PERMIT TO SHIP OUT UP TO LOCAL BOARDS MARINE HOSPITALS AND THE MERCHANT SEAMAN ROUND-UP OF MARITIMR HAPPENINGS SHIPPING RISE IS REPORTED BY PORT SAVANNAH SHIPPING IN PHILLY SETTLES AFTER SPURT PORT BOSTON NEEDS PUMPEN FOR TANKER JOBS NEW YORK GETS TEMPORARY BOOST NEW ORLEANS TURNS OUT FOR HOLIDAY SPREAD SEAFARERE AID MSRCH OF DIMES SHIPPING STILL SLOW IN PORT MOBILE; UNION HALL UNDERGOING ALTERATIONS M.FELIX,STEEL WORKER THROUBADOUR, WINS RAVES IN SINGAPORE NIGHT CLUB BROADWAT HIT PLAY SET UP BY SEAFARER LITERARY AGENT PONCE PAYOFF SAVES SAN JUAN FROM DULL WEEK OF SHIPPPING SIU VISITS THE BOSTON MARINE HOSPITAL Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/10/1948 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1948 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/10f753f4ebee29bc103bdfb7b623de08.PDF 4822de82fe58eb711fc826951c9f4b83 PDF Text Text '?J I ^J^^AKERSJOQ •Wj OFFICIAL 0B6AN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT. 8BAFASEB8' XNTBBNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AJOERICA VOL VL NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 1. 1944 No. 39 Six Ships Are Named For Our Dead Significance Of Seafarers Charter By J. H. Oldenbroek, Acting General Secretary of the l.T.P. and Secretary of the Seamen's Section Throughout the period of the war the Seamen's Section of the I.T.F. has been able to carry on its work without interruption. It may, indeed, be said that both in extent and importance its activities have exceeded by far all earlier performances in the international field. To a great extent these activities have been connected with the conduct of the war, in which the men of the merchant navy have played such a disproportionate and highly important part. In this connection it is relevant to recall that all the seamen's unions affiliated to the I.T.F. have from the outbreak of war, in September, 1939, ranged them­ The International Seafar­ selves beside the Allies — thus continuing a struggle waged in­ ers Charter, drafted last cessantly and with the utmost month in London by repre­ vigour by the I.T.F. ever since sentatives of maritime unions the rise of Fascism and National i n Belgium, Denmark, Socialism. France, Great Britain, Greece, India, Norway, the RESISTANCE OVERCOME Netherlands, Poland and The resistance met in the pro­ Sweden, established m i n icess, which was aimed, not only mum basic wages for all ra­ against the Allied war effort, but tings. The basic wage rate also against the existenc~e~ of the for ABs is $72. This base pay seamen's unions themselves, was would mean a 30% increase successfully overcome, thanks in for British ABs, a 300% raise great part to the fact that many of Greek ABs, and a 700% of the European seamen's unions hike for Chinese ABs. took the step of appointing repThe SIU is affiliated to the • resentatives in ports outside Eu­ International Transport rope. Above all, however, it was Workers Federation, sponsor due to the insight and devotion of this Charter, and will give of the seamen that the effort to fraternal aid io our foreign undermine the Allied war effort brothers in their fight for de­ and to destroy the seamen's trade cent conditions. unions finally came to nought— The accompaning article, after in.the summer of 1940 the written by brother Olden­ outlook had seemed very black broek, gives the background indeed. Following the invasion of Nor­ . of the Charter and some of the history of the struggle for way, Denmark and the Low international minimum wage Countries, and the fall of France, scales. the working conditions of sea­ men came to be more or less on loose foundations. The move­ 0.A.)—in the field of war-time ment was seized by the seamen's safety provisions aboard merch­ unions affiliated to the I.T.F. to ant ships. This was at the meet­ lay down the policy that the ing of the Joint Maritime Com­ earnings of seamen serving out­ mission of the I.L.O., held in Lon­ side their occupied home coun­ don in June, 1942, where safety tries should in no case be lower at sea was the main subject of than those of British seamen and discussion. The Workers' Group that where pre-war wages were on the J.M.C.—the composition higher than those of British sea­ of which was determined by the men at least the higher wages 1.T.F.—seized the opportunity to put forward a proposal, which should operate. was unanimously adopted, re­ INCREASES WON This policy of the I.T.F. questing the I.L.O. "to study was fully realized, with whether it was practicable to the I.T.F. was fully realized, with prepare an International Mari­ the result that the wages of Pol­ time Charter, setting out guiding ish, Belgian and French seamen, principles for an international among others, were substantially minimum standard applicable to increased. The same happened seafarers of all nationalities and with the wages of Greek and Ju­ embodying the best practicable goslav seamen. Subsequently a social legislation affecting sea­ host of improvements have been farers." JOINT COMMITTEE secured all along the line in The adoption of this proposal wages, war bonuses and working hours, while at the same time an led the I.T.F. and the I.M.M.O.A. attempt was made, with consid­ to set up a Joint Committee to erable success, to bring and keep prepare a draft of an Internation­ the conditions of the several na­ al Seafarers' Charter. The results tionalities in line with one an­ of this preparatory work have meanwhile been before two Joint other. A very important achievement International Seafarers' Confer­ was registerd by the I.T.F.—co­ ences, and with the acceptance of operating for the purpose with the Joint Committee's recom­ the International Mercantile Mar­ mendations at the latter of these ine Officers' Association (I.M.M. (Continued on Page 4) • J. H. Oldenbroek, author of the accompanying article, is shown here with Brother Harry Lundeberg and Chu-Hsuh-Fan, President of the Chinese Association of Labor. The picture was taken last spring at the time of the ITF conference held in conjunction with the ILO convention in Philadelphia. SHIP LOSSES ARE RELEASED BYOWI .The first complete report on U. S. merchant ship losses over the past five years was released this week by the Office of War Infor­ mation. Our ship casualties tptaled 753 ships up to the end of 1943. This figure represented 37% of all merchant shipping just before the outbreak of the war. While the report gave no figures for 1944, it has been unofficially tabulated that the U. S. has lost 13 vessels. This would bring the total to 766. The report gave unmistakable evidence of the seriousness of the Nazi sub menace during the dark days of 1942 when hundreds of SIU men lost their lives. But for the remarkable ship building pro­ gram which since 1939 has built 4,308 vessels, and but for the cour­ age of union men who had ships sunks under them only to ship out again upon reaching shore—the war might well have been lost. Six members of the SIU who lost their lives to enemy torpedoes will be honored by having their names carried on Liberty ships, the United States Maritime Commission announced this week. These heroic merchant seamen are only the first to be honored, more names wiU be an­ nounced in the coming weeks. Here are our SIU brothers who are being memorialized, and a brief account of their last actions: Hcirold D. Whitehead, a fireman on the SS Sam Houston, lost his life on June 28, 1942, when his ship was torpedoed and sunk. He was born in Washington, D. C., on December 22, 1897. William Asa Carter was fire­ man on the SS Samuel Gompers, torpedoed and sunk January 29, 1943. He was born June 16, 1922 at Casper, Wyoming where his mother still lives. William K, K a m a k a , able bodied seaman, was torpedoed on the SS James Smith March 9, 1943. Bro. Kamaka was born Sep­ tember 25, 1914 at Waichinu, Ter­ ritory of Hawaii, and is survived by a sister, Mrs. Hanna Kaupiko of Hilo, T. H. William W. McKee, was an able bodied seaman on the SS Hienville which was bombed and sunk April 6, 1942. He was born Janu­ ary 24, 1916 in Keithville, La. His brother is living at Bayou La Batre, Ala. William Terry Howell served on the SS Carrabulle as a wiper. His ship was torpedoed and sunk May 26, 1942. Born in Milledgeville, Ga., October 24, 1917, he is survived by a widow, Mrs. Claire Howell, of Indianapolis, Ind. Fred C. Stebbins, a wiper of the SS Jonathon Sturges, was lost when his ship was torpedoed and sunk February 23, 1943. He was born at McComb, Miss., Septem­ ber 2, 1921. Mrs. Gertrude Steb­ bins, his mother, lives in Mc­ Comb. Seaman Praises Library Services For Merchantmen By HENRY L. SIMON While reading at sea, I have Following is a table of sinkings, revealing the rate of casualties wondered about the origin of the American Merchant Marine Li­ year by year: brary Association. For those who UNITED STATES LOSSES have the same curiosity and Number Tons gratitude as I, here is the story 1939 (Sept. to Dec.) 4 3 behind that splendid organiza­ tion. 1940 ^ 32 58 Thirty years ago a long sea. 1941 61 150 voyage meant complete isolation 1942 422 2,053 from the world. Today it is pos­ 1943 234 1,049 sible to go aboard ship and not lose cdhtact vvith the universe Total : 753 3,311 (Continued on Page 4) I' II I'll'i* f rV1i/T?ifilin^l^i' �;f^^- Pago Two THE SEAFARERS LOG SEAFARERS Friday, December 1, 1944 LOG AND COME OUT RGHnNei" Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with ttje American Federation of Labor, HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 Ith Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. m m Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16),.. CHARLESTON (9) SAVANNAH TAMPA JACKSONVILLE MOBILE SAN JUAN. 28 P.R., PUERTO RICO GALVESTON ADDRESS 51 Beaver St 330 Atlantic Ave 14 North Gay St 6 North 6th St 25 Commercial PI 339 Chartres St. 68 Society St 220 East Bay St 423 East Piatt St 920 Main St 7 St. Michael St. PHONE HAnover 2-2784 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 765 I Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Charleston 3-2930 Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM-1323 Jacksonville 5-1231 Dial 2-1392 45 Ponce de Leon 219 20th St San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE; 51 BEAVER STREET HAnover 2-2784 New York, (4) N. Y. '267 Editor's Mail Bag Port Everglades, Fla. November 3, 1944 Editor: Dear Sir and brother: Although we have no hall in Port Everglades, we manage very nicely to get the LOG most of the time, through the Tampa Branch. We have noticed a re­ quest in the issue of the LOG of October 13th, in the "Fore 'N Alf" column by Bunker, requesting for sailors terms or sea-going vo­ cabulary. Although verj' little is heard from us in this neck of the woods, we wish to point out that we are holding the fort with 100% union crews. We also wish to point out with pride to the big blow-out the crew of the Sea-Train is having as a farewell party to the Port Everglades run. Brother Parker, Biggs and others have their invitations in the bag and we regret that there isn't enough invitations to go around to all the brothers. There will be plenty of free drinks, dine and dance for all those who attend, and all jugheads are going to behave, by xequest. Incidentally, we are all proud to see that brother Paul Hall is right again, on the beam with the overtime issue. That sob-sister, J. P. Shuler, can get sympathetic when one of our members thought he was in the red, after making one of those long trips. Well, all the boys are sticking real close to these sunshine shores and to the land of sun­ shine, beautiful women and barcardi. Wish J. P. was here with us. Inclose find a few sea-going vocabulary that I think haven't been tagged. Irish Pennant—Hanging loose end of rope. Scuttlebut—Rummers. Up and down job—Reciprocating Engines. Punk—Bread. Lowering the boom on the old man—Advance on wages. Fly Specks—^Black Pepper. Sea Gull—Chicken or Duck. Wild Irish Apples—Raw Onions. Cat Heads—^Biscuits. Stead as she goes, ADOLPH CAPOTE. Book No. 86-G. Merchant Marine Veterans Association of the United States Nov. 2, 1944 Editor, Seafarers Log Dear Sir: At a special luncheon meeting of the Port of Boston National Maritime Day Committee, held at the USS Bostonian, Nov. 2, 1944, a motion was made by Mrs. Rae B. Drew, Executive Committee Member of Auxiliary Unit of our Association, which was unanim­ ously adopted, that this Port of B o St o n Committee proceed to check with the Regional Office of the OPA and to conduct a follow through to procure gas rations for our merchant seamen in the same quantity as alloted to the members of the Armed Forces on furlough. The Merchant Marine Veterans Association of the U. S. has made a test case of the refusal of Ra­ tion Boards to issue gasoline ra­ tion coupons to merchant seamen who are at liberty. A second as­ sistant, who recently returned {Continued on Page 3) —Jusfice NEWS HOT OUT OF THE GALLEY By 'TRENCHY" MICHELET We are declaring war on these birds who are packing slop chests with .shoddy merchandise to be peddled to our members at fancy prices. The problem is a difficult one. It's easy enough to handle petty chiseling on the part of some skipper or purser, the ten percent law takes care of those birds and all that's necessary to make them be good little boys is for a union brother to bring the matter to our attention. The real ^problem, however, is to put the damper on these bloodsuckers who have made clipping seamen their life's work. We want to put the finger on these bums who go out in the open market and buy shoddy merchandise, factory rejects, sec­ onds and the like, and then ped­ dle it to seamen at clip prices. We want to get the goods on a number of well known water­ front rats. These leeches are shrewd busi­ ness men, but they are so poor at figures! Every now and then some brother will catch one of them padding a bill for a double sawbuck or so. For some strange reason these mistakes all work one way. None of them has ever been known to gyp himself for a dime! The seamen are sick and tired of being taken. We want, and we shall get, better merchandise in the slop chest. If the quality of merchandise doesn't improve ma­ terially in the immediate future, we promise the offending parties that the SIU can and will do something! For many years now we have made it a practice to stick our nose into the galley and talk to any cook who happened to whip up a dish that caught our fancy. Having chanced upon many tasty dishes in many lands we have consequently amassed a sizable amount of galley lore. One of our favorite dishes is curry. We have eaten curry all over the East and have invariably found it good. Of course, the ingredients were sometimes suspect. For in­ stance, once we were enjoying a delicious lamb curry with Walter "Shorty" Cook in Hiaphong, French Indo-China, when "Shorty" noticed that the bones in it were unusually small. Then suddenly, we remembered that we hadn't seen a dog in the whole town! Nevertheless, curry in any na­ tive style is delicious. Here is a recipe given us by good old "Cookie" Charlie who has quite a way with groceries, as anyone who has ever eaten in the Straits Cabaret in Singapore will tell you. Cut up several chickens as for fricasseeing, feet and all. Open the legs lengthwise with a cleav­ er to get the full flavor. Boil the chickens in well-salted water un­ til tender. Remove the chicken, reserving the stock. Brown a number of onions in butter, (Charlie uses ghee, a liquid but­ ter made of buffalo milk, but domestic butter is just as well.) Skim out and reserve the onions. Now remove the meat from the bones and fry good and brown in butter. Add the stock and onions. Let simmer on the back of the range. Now brown four tablespoonsful of flour and one tablespoonful of curry powder in the butter. Add to the other ingre­ dients and let simmer for a half hour more. Lastly, stir in two slightly beaten eggs until the mixture begins to thicken. Serve with rice. Leftover lamb or pork makes a tasty addition to this dish as well as serving as an ex­ cellent way of utilizing this meat. <2 The operators with whom the Seafarers hold contracts are now taking a more reasonable attitudq towards the settling of the ship's side disputes. With the exception of technical beefs involving is­ sues which are not in the con­ tract, most of the disputes are now being settled at the pay-off. This came about only after hard work on the part of the union, but the effort was well spent as the results now show. For instance, out of the last 100 ships that paid off in the port of New York, there were only four disputes left pending for any length of time. One of these dis­ putes was paid at a later, date and the other three are going to a Port Committee meeting. The Organization feels that the three disputes left will be paid off very easily as a result of this Port Committee meeting because the Seafarers has a policy of never going into one of these meetings unless we have a dispute that is absolutely good. % % ti, The WSA is now sponsoring radio programs in an attempt to recruit seamen, especially dur­ ing the Christmas holidays. There is one source of manpower, how­ ever, that they have overlooked. The group of men to whom I refer are the fellows who have had their papers suspended by the Coast Guard for various in­ fractions of rules.» Although in the port of New York the Seafarers have been very successful in keeping to a minimum the number of men losing papers, other ports have not been so fortunate and lots of old time members are now lay­ ing on the beach in various ports with suspensions as high as six months. These men are rank and file seamen.— capable of sailing any ship anywhere. By lifting these suspensions, which quite often are too severe and unjust, the WSA could very easily obtain enough men to sail dozens of the ships that are now so badly in need of experienced seamen. ' l* 4* There are quite a few of our members who are suffering from war neurosis and shellshock. You can see some of these boys in nearly every port you go into; fellows who have sailed ships in this war and have been In the toughest spot^ of this war and fellows, who have lost as high as six ships from under them. This is indeed one of the sad phases of this war for all mer­ chant seamen, and it is up to us men who are left in good shape to protect and care for these fel­ lows as much as possible. We can do this by assisting them to apply for compensation to which they are entitled under the war risk policy. We have numerous members who are receiving this now and the average sum is $150 per month. By assisting other men in this condition to receive the same, it will help these men no end. �mr(nK'-i7-^''' Friday. December 1, 1944 THE SEAFARERS S^ound The Ports LOG Page Three FORE 'N AFT WM. J. CAREY with all beefs settled. The entire crew stood by with the exception Get in touch with you sister By BUNKER Mrs. Paul Gray. Shipping is still holding its own of the Chief Cook. •fprin this port—802 men were ship­ Every man that stands by imtil HUGH A. RANDOLPH. ped the past week. We are ship­ all beefs are settled makes the J. RODONSKI & B. RODANSKI You have likely read of the old Maiden Creek, "Waterman Hog ping in all departments a number next beef that much easier to Communicate with the New of permit men, so if shipping is settle and the union that much York Branch regarding your dues Islander that foundered New Year's Eve, '42 in a mid-winter storm off Block Island, losing half of her crew. slow in your port drop into the stronger. Men that are too weak receipts. Another Waterman ship was launched in '43 and given the • » • New York Hall for a quick ship to back their beefs are a detri­ name Maiden Creek to commemorate the original ship and those of ment to the union and should be out. DONALD C. HALL The patrolmen here had a busy weeded out. Crew co-operation Please write your wif4. she is her crew who were lost in the boats after she sank. But this ship too, came to an unhappy end, victim of a torpedo in the Mediter­ week—^paid off 35 ships for the has proven to the shipowners worried about you. ranean. • • • week, some of them long trips that we are an organization that with plenty of beefs. realizes the quickest way to settle Members of crew of the SS AB on the second Maid Creek when a Nazi torpedo sent her The crew of the Robin Sher­ these beefs is the best way, and ANACAPA. Moran Towing Com­ down off the African coast in '43, was A1 Kerr, now pie carding for wood again proved that settling that we cover the ships with pany. contact Berenholtz. re-Sal­ a while in the New York office. The explosion broke the ship's back your beefs at the point of produc­ enough representation to settle vage case against "Balls Bluff.' at number four hatch and pushed the shaft alley into the 'tween, Court Square Bldg.. Baltimore. 2. decks. She filled rapidly and the after section settled to within four tion gets better results. Patrol­ all beefs aboard. man "Bull" Sheppard and organ­ So, in most instances the com­ Maryland. or five feet of the water, so the skipper ordered her abandoned. All • • • izer Steely White (who gave the panies are cooperating by doing hands got safely away in the ship's boats and stood by at a distance D. C. HULL to see what would happen next. patrolman a hand as we were the same. The occasion where Please stop in at the New York paying off nine ships that day) the companies don't cooperate Before long, says Al, a minesweeper came up and ordered them went aboard the Sherwood to pay are becoming less and less upon Branch office and see Patrolman back aboard. The Captain's boat obeyed the order and went back, her off Friday at two p.m. All each pay off. It will not be long Hamilton about your dues re­ but the others refused, saying they would wait till a tug came up beefs were settled with the ex- before all beefs aboard all ships ceipt. to take a line. cention of ten hours overtime for are settled at payoff, not only in H. F. NURMI; The minesweeper promised that a tug was on its way, so the the Mate and the Cadet doing this Port—^but in all ports. Pick up your union book in other boat went back too, and the deck hands started breaking out sailor's work. The company rep­ The SS Del Rio came in with a Headquarters office. New York. lines for a tow. Two men were working in the after peak when the resentative aboard refused to prize union crew. Brother Fred * * * second torpedo smashed into her, pancaking the after section and pay. The crew refused to clear Sundt was Delegate. All beefs Following men have papers at killing the ABs down below. All hands aft were thrown violently the articles until it was paid. were squared away. He is to be the Union hall in New York: (See around the deck, one man being blown thirty feet across the deck Sheppard, working with Deck commended on the way he brings Dolar Stone. Sth Floor): Ires A. against one of the winches. Delegate Stankey, settled the in all the ships he sails. Men of Alias, Jessie Anderson, Edward By a freak of fortune the torpedo, or part of it, glanced off and beef to the crew's satisfaction. this calibre are a credit to our Apel, A. E. Anderson. Philip N. tore into a small boat trailing astern, blowing it almost to pieces and The ship paid off Saturday after­ union. Bufkin. M. Glynn. Gustav Bocek. killing most of the men sitting in her. noon. The entire crew is to be The balloting committee here Robert W. Runner. Jessie A. Kircommended for their stand. is operating, every day and m,ost by. Jose CastelL Chester Chesna. The SS William H a r p e r," a of the boys are casting their vote Peter Cheklin. James Chalfant. The writer had a good laugh the other day when a bank teller Waterman ship, came in with a as good union men should. This Joe Covleiro. A. W. Eckert. G. E. hesitated about cashing a check and said, "Any identification?" load of beefs and no one from year's voting will top all voting Finlay. Peter E. Famber. Allen Out came the pants pocket suit-case and the identification, all Gary. Jr.. R. P. Harmon. Henry 12 pieces of it . . . Certificate of Identification; Coast Guard pass; the company with the authority of any year. Jandrys. George Lucas. Wallie Social Security card; draft card; Certificate of Service; Endorsement to settle beefs boarded her at pay J. P. SHULER, Merink, John O'Brien, Francis Certificate; passport; Port of New York crew pass; "WSA medical off. Patrolman Orscheln. Phillie O'Connor. record; "WSA medical certificate; "WSA vaccination record; and union.' The crew stood by their right Claude Pitcher, Thomas St. Ger- book, not to mention various discharges. to remain on ^e payroll until all main. Alexander Stankiewicz. • beefs were settled. Instead of The teller was satisfied. Keep In Touch With Harry Talbot, John Wells. Jesse paying off Tuesday with all beefs L. Waters. Donald Weiman. pending, she paid off Wednesday Your Draft Board BEST JOKE OF THE WEEK . . . The brother who got shipped out of the hall the other day and got to the "right church but the wrong pew." He worked down be­ low for two days on a Liberty before the Chief fired him for some reason. When he tried to collect for his two days at the company office he sadly, discovered that he wasn't even supposed to be on. Love is a delicate flower at the ship. He was at the right dock, but the ship he was assigned to best—and wilts at the first chill was on the other side of the pier. wind. But when exposed to the north Atlantic and to the heart­ less caprices of the the American custom officials, well, it just nat­ urally withers away. And that is just what happened to an SIU brother who was doing some long branch of the service he was in, (Continued from Page 2) distance courting — until he got from the Normandy Beachhead, she found that he was a member fouled up. after delivering a cargo of high- of the merchant marine. Then test gas, and while awaiting the the form was torn up and he was Our hero had been making the taking on of another cargo, ap­ told that they were unable to U.K. run for the past several plied to one of our Boston Ration aUot any gasoline to him. months, and during shore leaves Boards for an allotment of gas so The Merchant Marine "Veterans in London, had been sitting on a that he might, in the limited time Association of the U. S. base their park bench all starry-eyed with he had ashore, visit friends and appeal on the fact that these men. a limey lass. A month or so ago relatives he otherwise would not carry the gasoline wherever it he finally decided that the time be able to see. He felt that he may be necessary to be shipped had come for double harness, and could travel by automobile. In for use in our war effort, and are so he walked into the best jew­ elry store in Philadelphia and gone through the crew's lockers, pay the man off until he had making application for this alot- then refused even a drop for their bought a ring made of platinum found the wedding ring and were been cleared by customs. And ment, he wore a regulation uni­ use in their limited hours ashore. In conjunction, it was felt that and diamonds. He then signed threatening to confiscate it. Our unless he was paid off our hero form, and the clerk who was at­ tending to his request apparently your paper might help the cause on the SS Golden Fleece, and hero patiently explained that not had no money to get to Philly to was not familiar with the uni­ by printing this action taken. headed for his true love. only did he have a sentimental get the receipt in order to clear form, considered that he was a May we thank you for your His true love turned out to be attachment to the ring, but it had customs in order to get paid off member of the armed forces and cooperation. a fiickle dame, however, and even cost him a lot of cabbage. The in order to—well, you get the proceeded to fill out an applica­ Very truly yours, the sight of platinum and dia­ custom guard, a man devoid of idea. tion for him. In asking him what W. L. DREW, Adjutant monds couldn't break her loose both sentiment and common Fortunately the SIU patrolman from a young British Sergeant sense, insisted that unless a re­ was" a softie. Artie Thompson she had picked up with during ceipt were produced showing knew" what it meant to have a our hero's last trip back to the that the ring was purchased in blighted love, and so he talked ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR States. And so—^he returned to the U.S., he would have to take the skipper into giving our hero the Golden Fleece (feeling as if it. a draw so he could go to Philly OCTOBER 2 TO OCTOBER 30,1944 he had been), placed the ring in "The ring was purchased in so he could get the receipt so his locker and started for home. Philly," our rejected suitor he could . . . etc., etc. Deck Engine Steward Total The Golden Fleence paid off in screamed. It made no diffcrcnc.', Before leaving for Philly our SHIPPED 1447 942 1212 3601 New York last week, and when he had to go to Philly to get the hero and the Patrolman downed a few glasses of suds and decided the SIU patrolman boarded her receipt. REGISTERED 1115 1013 849 2977 But now the skipper stepped that love is a delicate flower at he found our hero in another jam. The custom officials had in to take a hand. He refused to best ... NEW YORK And So He's Through With Love EDITOR'S MAIL BAG �•VJK THE Page Four IS^ Seaman Praises Library Services (Continued from Page 1) through the medium of books and magazines furnished by the A.M.M.L.A. Prior to World War I, there was no "Public Library of the High Seas." During that war the great philanthropic agencies were hard at work for the Army and Navy, and it was difficult to win aid for the new growing merch­ ant marine. Incredible as it seems, the general public had to be con­ vinced that seamen wanted to read. P IJ Mr. Henry Howard realized the needs of seamen and solicited the volunteer efforts of his wife in •organizing and maintaining until after the war the Social Service Bureau. Out of it grew the great­ est traveling library in the world, starting with a small pile of books Mrs. Howard had to beg for from the American Library Association. Finally she secured their whole-hearted interest and a fine library service for seamen was established with assistance ^given by the Brookline Public Library, and advice offered by the Massachusetts Institute .of Technology on the purchase of books for training aboard ships. But to continue what •was con­ sidered "war work" after the Armistice was not an easy job. Mrs. Howard appealed to the Executive Board of the A.L.A. when she learned that they had discontinued their service. She urged that they as librarians form a national non-sectarian organi­ zation to meet the continuing need of seamen for good reading matei'ial. She won! The A.L.A. requested her to undertake the task personally, with their prom­ ise to turn over to her as many books as could be collected from their abandoned service. In May of 1921, the high seas had a li­ brary with a charter granted from the University of the State of New York — American Mer­ chant Marine Library Associa­ tion, Incorporated. Last year the A.M.L.A. distrib­ uted 8,054 libraries — 346,000 books—to 2,198 ships. An addi­ tional 60,000 books went to the personnel of Maritime Training Stations, the Coast Guard, Light­ houses, and Lightships. A total of 9,568 libraries! On the shelves ashore, business is so rushing that out of 12,000 books there, rarely are over one-third that number on hand. In fact, the proportion of fiction to the total number bor­ rowed has decreased from 51% to 18% in the last few years. All this is carried on through volun­ tary contributions of funds and books. Guess the public today knows that for many of us, "a book may be as great a thing as a battle!" Mate Does Crew's Work, Pays For The Privilege The First Mate on the SS Rob­ in Sherwood was generally an OK guy, according to the crew, but he was ambitious. He always wanted to make some sort of a record. What he needed was some trade union education—which he got! During the last voyage there was some ballast which had to be shifted. This work constitutes penalty time for the watch be­ low. But the hungry mate grab­ bed a shovel and began shifting it himself. SIU patrolman "Bull" Sheppard and Steely White hit the ship when she paid off. Result? Ten hours overtime for the crew at $1.30 per hour. As the crew remarked at the time of payoff, "There isn't a hell of a lot of cabbage involved, but the mate needs educating." Money Due John Deely, 48 hrs; R. Grandlund. 48 hrs; Wm. Cogzenski, 48 hrs; Harry Goldstein, 1 hr; R. Greenway, 5 hrs; J. Eichenberg, 59'/2 hrs; T. B. Black. 59 Vz hrs; Bert Troth. 11 Vi hrs. Collect at office of South At­ lantic Steamship Company in Savannah. » » • SS FLOURSPAR Leo Grossmann has 1 day's pay coming. Collect South Atlantic SS Company office. • » • SS ALBERT P. RYDER Voyage No. 1 C. D. Shirly. Wiper and Utility. 12 hrs. Voyage No. 2 George Clark. AB. 119V2 hrs; , ' , . ' ' ' 1 hrs. 1 Line in Savannah. Georgia. '-'"f' LOG Friday. December 1, 1944 Significance Of Seafarers Charter <2 Xfn4U \" if'• fj-'' SEAFARERS tional character of the shipping ity itself, that merchant shipping industry makes it imperative to should be an object of constant seek the widest possible uniform­ public attention and of interna­ ity in the working conditions of tional consultation and agree­ the seafarers, as otherwise the ment between governments and standards of the most advanced that there should be established countries will always be endan­ for that purpose an international gered by those of the» countries agency on which managements and seafarers should be repre­ lagging behind. During the present war sented through their internation­ it has proved possible to al organizations." Due attention is also given to bring about a greater measure of uniformity than ever before in the question of coloured seamen, both the basic wage rates and the as they are called, concerning other conditions of the seafarers whom the Charter says: "The of the United Nations. This cre­ principles outlined in this Chart­ ates an unprecedented opportun­ er are also to apply to Asiatic, ity for winning all the maritime African and West Indian seamen, nations for the acceptance of in­ who continue to be employed un­ ternational minimum standards; der conditions less favourable it is reinforced by the fact that than those obtained by white sea­ the seafarers of countries whose men. The seafarers' trade union conditions have been raised dur­ organizations are resolved to end ing the war will resist any at­ this state of affairs, which is de­ tempt to whittle them down trimental to the best interests of again and thus to put an obstacle all seafaring people, and to take in the path of a permanent im­ all necessary action to regulate provement of the international wages and working conditions of living standards of the seafarers. those seamen by collective agree­ ment." SOCIAL GAINS PUSH CAMPXIGN On the other hand the Charter From the above brief descrip­ contains a series of clauses de­ tion of the Charter, which is signed to lay down international shortly to receive world - wide minimum standards for wages and working and living condi­ publicity in seventeen or so dif­ tions. The wide scope of the ferent languages, it appears that Charter is illustrated by afi en­ the officers' and seamen's unions umeration of its chapter head­ propose to embark on a concert­ ings: Wages, Increments, Allow­ ed campaign to secure the adop­ ances and Bonuses; Continuous tion of international standards Employment; Entry, Training and such that the seafarers of all na­ Promotion; Hours and Manning; tions will be assured the begin­ Accommodation, Hygiene and nings of an existence worthy of Medical Services; Safety; Social human beings. That such a cam­ Insurance; Full Recognition of paign should be initiated in the Seafarers' Organizations; Legal shipping industry needs no ex­ Rights and Obligations of Sea­ planation. For this is the indus­ try where, more than in any farers. An International Charter can­ other, conditions in one country not be a collection of all the best have always been played off conditions prevailing in the va­ against those of others. Seafarers rious countries. There are coun­ do not wish to be forced into that tries where working and social position again, and they have conditions of seamen are, under pointed the way towards a better one heading or another, superior future. If that path is not fol­ to those proposed, but the pur­ lowed by shipowners and gov­ pose of the Charter is not to in­ ernments, the seafarers' organi­ dicate a distant goal to be reach­ zations will have no alternative ed eventually by the most ad­ but to resort to direct action in vanced countries; its object is to order to realize their aims. lay down an immediate pro­ The International Seafarers' gram to be realized by all Charter is to be discussed at a countries now, including those meeting of the Joint Maritime whose poor conditions have al­ Commission to be held at an $27.00 ways hampered the raising of early date. This is the decision of conditions elsewhere. The aim a sub-committee of the Commis­ 26.00 of the Charter, that is to say, is sion, which has agreed that the 25.00 to bring low-standard countries next meeting shall be primarily 22.00 up to an international minimum, devoted to such a discussion and 20.00 thus laying a solid foundation on that the draft Charter prepared 16.00 which further progress can be by the seafarers' organizations realized by the more advanced shall be taken as a basis. /The 15.00 countries. development marks, incidentally, an innovation in I.L.O. procedure. TRIAL BLAZER 13.50 Without doubt many of the It may be said, nevertheless, 12.50 that this Charter is the most proposals contained in the Chart­ 12.00 comprehensive international pro­ er far exceed what is provided by existing International Con­ 11.00 gram of trade union demands that has ever been presented. It ventions and Recommendations, 11.00 is realistic in the sense that it but it is also true that in many 11.00 does not start from an assumed respects the improvements in 11.00 necessary change in property re­ seafarers' conditions which have 7.00 lationships or from a hypothetic­ been secured during the war by the process of negotiation also go 7.00 al system of operation. At the same time the Charter frankly beyond the provisions of those 7.00 declares that in the opinion of Conventions and Recommenda­ 5.00 the seafarers' organizations "the tions. 3.00 system of free enterprise is not The Maritime Session of the 2.00 conductive to a successful opera­ Interrnational Labour Confer­ 2.00 tion of an international industry ence, which has been announced 2.00 like shipping," and that they for 1945 will, if it is found pos­ "consider it to be in the best in­ sible to realize the Charter 2.00 terests of world cooperation and through the I.L.O., have to de­ 2.00 of the national communities, as vise the means of making up 2.00 well as of the seafaring commun­ the arrears. (Continued from Page 1) conferences, held in London on July 28th and 29th, 1944, the scene has been set for a campaign to translate the Charter into reality. The Charter on the one hand presents a reasoned case for im­ proving the conditions of life and work of seafarers. It states that profound changes are needed in the conditions under which the officers and men of the merchant navy carry on their occupation; that the attempts made by the seafarers' trade unions to improve conditions, especially in the period following the last war, were foiled not only by the ob­ durate opposition of the interna­ tionally organized s h ip o w ners, but also by the reluctance and impotence of the governments to promote a general rise in seafar­ ers' conditions by furthering in­ ternational a r r a n g ements. In their attempts to break this op­ position and overcome this i-eluctance and impotence, says the Charter further, the trade unions encountered c o n s i d e rable ob­ stacles of various kinds: uncon­ trolled expansion of tonnage fol­ lowed by laying up of ships; shrinkingof world trade; lack of international co-operation with vicious competition as a result: violent fiuctuations in monetary exchanges rates, with the same result; practice of transferring ships to foreign flags—invariably the flags of countries backward in social provisions; engagement of coloured seamen at conditions far inferior to those of the crews displaced. LOW PAYS MEANS INTERNAT'L ADVANTAGE During the period between the t\yo wars, it is further stated, it was clearly demonstrated that so­ cially progressive countries, where disposed to raise the stan­ dards of the shipping industry, were seriously handicapped by the weakening it involved in the competitive power of their na­ tional merchant navies. 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N. Y„ FRIDAY. DECEMBER 8, 1944 AFL Leaders At Convention No. 40 :;!1 ,li I AFL Conclave Asks End Of Little Steel Formula; Endorses SIU Resolutions The 64th annual convention of the American Federation of Labor closed last week in New Orleans after a full week of deliberation by the delegates on the problems con­ fronting the workers in both war and peace. Present as delegates from the SIU, and presenting two resolutions effecting the maritime workers, were SIU President Harry Lundeberg, Vice Presidents John Hawk, Morris Weisberger, James Waugh, and President •Z:$ Pat McHugh of the Atlantic Fish-* sailed the "Little Steel" formula ermen's Union. as a betrayal of the understand­ Outstanding convention actions ing whereby labor suspended its during the week were: use of the right to strike for the 1—Authorized President Green duration on the assurance that to lead an AFL coriimittee to the wage disputes would be decided White House to impress upon on their merits. President Roosevelt the urgency Freezing of wages by "one-man of a break in the wage freeze for edict" has been followed, the re­ immediate justice to American port said, by the "more shocking workers and to buttress post-war spectacle" of the majority of the purchasing power. War Labor Board in refusing 2—Called for new conferences "even to recommend" any allevi­ to bring about a united labor ation of the wage freezing movement in America by reaffili- policies. AFL President William Green (left) and President Edward J. ation of CIO unions and the "Thus, at the end of the third Brown of the International Brotherhood of 'Electrical Workers dis­ United Mine Workers Unio.n with year of government regulation of cuss problems arising at the AFL convention in New Orleans. the AFL. labor," the report declared, "the Just about the strongest at­ workers of the nation find them­ tacks of the convention were di­ selves enmeshed in laws of Con­ rected at the "Little Steel" for­ gress, executive orders of the mula and other wage-shackling President, edicts of the directors policies of the administration. of Economic Stabilization, and A report of the resolutions com­ directors of Economic Stabiliza­ mittee, unanimously adopted, as­ tion, and directives of the Nation­ Former SIU Patrolman Recounts Experiences On Chicago Radio Program Brother Matthew Little, form­ twelve hundred men. The fourth erly Patrolman and Dispatcher in trip was just too much for the Baltimore, went on the radio in old scow. Shot full of holes, she Chicago this week to recount a naturally just gave up the ghost few of his more hair-raising ex­ and settled, beneath the - waters periences at sea. Brother Little of the channel. was part of the volunteer crews "In July of 1942 near Archangle which rescued the British Army in the White Sea two torpedoes at Dunkirk, arid used that ex­ struck my ship and down we perience as the basis of his broad­ went within .fifteen minutes. I cast. was able to get off with about 150 Little is now a Lieutenan (j.g.) other men and after bobbing in the Maritime Service and is around in a lifeboat in the freez­ teaching seamanship at the gov­ ing water for five days we were ernment's upgrading school in finally picked up by a British 'Baltimore. Following is the text merchant ship. This was what of the remarks made over the we had aU been praying for, but radio by Brother Little: two nights after we were picked "Going to sea for sixty-three upr—bang, came another torpeyears has taken me into every doe and I found myself back in Ocean and sea throughout the the cold water again. world. However, most of the fun "I was hauled in a life boat started in 1940 when the Jerries with' other survivors but finally were getting their bloody work we attempted to rescue one too in at Dunkirk. I was in England many and the lifeboat foundered. as a member of the crew of an Hours later I was picked up again American Liberty ship, which by another lifeboat and about tw;o had brought her cargo to the hours after that we were picked British Isles. We were all sitting up by a British destroyer and around waiting for the ship to up subsequently taken to Archangel. anchor and return home when "Six months we stayed in Arch­ we heard a British Government angel waiting to get a ship out, appeal to men with sea experi­ and every day the German Stuence to volunteer in the rescue of kas would zoom over the town British troops trapped at Dun­ and drop their eggs. Archangel kirk. Having nothing else to do I volunteered and was assigned' was completely destroyed before aboard an old labandoned ferry- we left. bot which had been brought out "Now that is all behind me, and . of the bone yard for this rescue I am teaching young boys of the .' mission. United' States Maritime Service Port of Bal­ "We made three round trips seamanship at 1.7 t back and forth and rescued over timore." al War Labor Board. Yet, the federation has been unable to ob­ tain acknowledgment from the federal government of the. simple fact that the pre-war standard of living for workers is rapidly de­ teriorating." The convention instructed Pres­ ident Green to name a represen­ tative committee to call on FDR and request that he issue an exe­ cutive order "which wiU realis­ tically adjust the "Little Steel" formula in line with the increas­ ed cost of living and permit em­ ployers and employes to effectu­ ate the newly established policy by voluntary agreement without submission to the War Labor Board." Denunciation of the "Little Steel'' yardstick and of WLB methods came from many union heads. fContinued on Page 4) THE SKIPPER'S HOME AIN'T WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN When fhe new skipper came aboard the SS Robert Toombs the crew had an idea they were go­ ing to have to educate the gen­ tleman . . . for he was sporting r^ore brass than is seen in Buck­ ingham Palace, had a beard which reached almost to his belly button, talked in the stentorian nev Yftu tM OEAR tones of a "Captain Bligh" and for the past few years had skip­ pered on one of the notorious unorganized lines. But what the crew didn't know was that the new skipper was go­ ing to make the ship a home . that is, a home for himself. The bucko stalked up to the - TAHe: AROARO bridge to inspect his quarters, and found them wanting. He there upon had the starboard side of the wheelhouse and chartroom closed off so as to make himself a nice, cozy three room apartment. He had a private galley built and stocked it with a large share of the ship's canned goods. He then instructed the messboy to come up every da^' and wash his dishes. All would have been lovely ex­ cept for the fact that the bucko forgot that he was skippering a union ship, and that the messboy could collect overtime for serv­ icing his personal galley. When the ship paid off, a bat­ tery of three SIU Patrolmen were on hand. Claude Fisher, Louis Goffin and Jimmy Hanners marched, into the South Atlantic office to explain that the union didn't care if the skipper install­ ed a Swedish message parlor, but the crew would demand overtime for rubbing him down. The company not only paid the messboy 46 hours overtime, but apologized for ever hiring this skipper and announced that he was now an ex-Skipper as of that moment. This bucko is now presumably back on the unorganized ships, where a man can make a home without paying overtime. •r>i i 4- �m '¥ TMM ^EAF ARERS Page Two SEAFARERS LOG 5 •, Friday. December 8. 1944 LOG Break Little Steel Formula Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District CND nUL HALL Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, I 'i -'-t;- i..- • HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President •* 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 ith Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. m Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16). CHARLESTON (9)... SAVANNAH TAMPA ACKSONVILLE , OBILE SAN JUAN, 20 P.R., PUERTO RICO (iALVESTON ADDRESS 51 Beaver St 330 Atlantic Ave.. 14 North Gay St... 6 North 6th St.. .. , 25 Commercial PI.. 339 Chartres St.... 68 Society St 220 East Bay St.. . 423 East Piatt St.. 920 Main St 7 St. Michael St... PHONE HAnover 2-2784 Liberty 405 7 Calvert 4539 Lombard 765 I Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Charleston 3-2930 Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM-1323 Jacksonville 5-1231 Dial 2-1392 45 Ponce de Leon. 219 20th St San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 rr m PUBLICATION OFFICE: 51 BEAVER STREET HAnover 2-2784 New York, (4) N. Y. •267 Editor's MaO Bag tisi^ss Crew Of Lyman Hall Finds Union Geared For Results We though it might be interesting to the membership to know what kinii of representation we, the crew of the SS Lyman Hall, South Atlantic Steamship Company, got at our pay-oflf in New York after making a voyage of months. As'is to be expected from a long trip of this sort, we had numerous disputes, with^ the total disputed overtime building they have in New York tional Union feel cocky, we have amounting to 2,986 hours. at this time. It really looks like Dear Brother Editor: every right to have that feeling, As instructed by our Organi­ a million bucks and, better still, Each new issue of the NMU for our organization belongs to the representation gotten there is Pilot reads as though the NMU us, the rank and file. We are zation before leaving, we con­ of the same high type that the oftcials have taken a "nose dive" cocky when we boast of the tacted the Union Hall as soon as builc3,ing is. up the saw-dust trail and the union representation. We know we docked in New York and were Ralph Grant, 23793 program from now on shall be the Agents and Patrolmen, the told to have all hands present in Edmund Kyzenewski, 25222 a sober condition as the Patrol­ "Lead Kindly Light." It looks as Dispatcher, down to the janitor Walter Nelson, 30112men from the Union Hall would though Joe Curaan has become are all rank and file working Robert L. Barber be on board in a short while. We an "Apostle of brotherly love" stiffs like ourselves, men who Robert H. Ross, 27534 did this and shortly thereafter, with his forgive us our tres­ fought to create this union and Albert Redmond passes as we steal steadily still fight on to preserve it. All the Patrolmen arrived, and that Raymond A. Knowlton through your pastures, sowing of our officials are genuine sea­ was when things began to hap­ Lehmon C. Rushing the seeds of hatred under the men, not of the 14th street va­ pen. Donald E. Henne Mr. Hunter, one of the repre­ screen of we have seen the light riety, men who had guts, enough A. G. Hill to a new dawn and we forgive to sail the ships during this war. sentatives of the South Atlantic W. M. Meester the brothers who have sinned They didn't stay home preaching Steamship C o m p a n y, was on James B. Henly, 24552 board, representing the company against us. a second front, they went out and Johnnie B. Purser and he had slashed the overtime Do people like Curran actually helped to create that front. G. A. Waters out until there was hardly any­ believe men forgive people of his Always remember, when you're thing left at all, although prac­ S. Stenkorski, 3.0263 caliber after the publicity of filth a member of the Seafarers Int'l tically all of the things he dis­ Louis E. Caroway and false propaganda they spread Union you are in a fighting man's puted were legitimate. Patrolmen James W. Swiat, 23499 through whispering campaigns union battling for conditions. We J. P. Shuler and Bull Sheppard William M. Tucker, 41314 and pamphlets strewed from coast don't claim to be the "Apostles of instructed the crew to stand by S. D. Simpkins, Jr. •to coast, defaming the character Truth," we do proclaim ourselves until such time as all of these dis­ O. Partell of sincere rank and filers; men as the defenders of "Justice." putes were settled. This we did.; Thik Waldron who ask nothing of labor other "Truth" in itself is only what we The ship wag originally scheduled Red McCorkol than the right to stand within its can see and understand. To pro­ J. D. Semburton ranks to defend their ideals and claim yourself as the teacher of to pay off Monday, but did not. Our three ship's delegates and principles for the benefit of the absolute "truth" is to call your­ Patrolmen Shuler and Sheppard majority? self "God" and I'm sure Joe Cur­ debated the overtime up until Slowly and surely the march ran hasn't climbed that high to 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. We finally of "truth" is faced with justice; become the creator of all man­ paid off Wednesday afternoon the scales are being balanced and kind's intellectual knowledge and and collected everyone of the 2,- Brother Albert Karlonas lost the Communist-controlled NMU teacher of moral ethics on 986 hours which had been dis­ his papers some place in or is being exposed to all the uni­ the around the SIU hall in New York. this earth. puted by Hunter. verse in its full state of corrup­ We try, to the best of our im­ This was indeed representation Anyone finding these papers tion. please return them to the infor­ These hypocrites would now perfections, to be as perfect as by our shore side officials and it mation window on the fifth floor. beg to sit with politicians, ship­ possible, to give A to all seamen makes everyone of this crew owners and all the enemies of the real justice of the "Brother­ proud to belong to such an outfit, the working class, while they hood of Seamen" by being hon­ that gives such real representa­ tion. Part of this crew are trip preach to the American worker, "we do this in the name of pa­ est and fair in dealing with each card men ahd naturally, they other as brothers within the were more than pleasantly sur­ triotism." Voltaire said, "Patriotism is the ranks of the Seafarer's Interna­ prised at the results gotten by these New York Patrolmen. last retreat of a scoundrel." Birds tional Union. of a feather flock together so the While we are on the subject of JOSEPH S. BUCKLEY, New York, we would like also to NMU union officials should feel Book No. 312 compliment our Organization on at home. the wonderful setup and the new We of the Seafarer's Interna(Continued on Page 3) Notice! The Navy has been cutting down the number of men carried in gun crews on Liberty Ships. The usual gun crew carried is 29 men, but with the reduction most all of them now will be carrying 11 men. Dropping the number of gunners on each vessel is also go­ ing to mean the reduction in the number of men in the Steward Department. One operator in this port is attempting to cut two men. This Organization agrees that one man should be removed from the Steward Department but not two. If this Organization has its choice in the one man to be removed from these crews, it is our opinion that this man should be the Saloon Utility man. This should guarantee better con­ ditions for our Steward Depart­ ment members. This is one point to be considered; and another im­ portant one is the fact that in dropping the number of gunners on these vessels, it will mean larger and roomier quarters for the crew themselves. Not only that, but the food cou^ be of bet­ ter quality and of larger quantity. 4 i Speaking of the War's end and its effect on the maritime indus­ try, the members of this Organi­ zation must face now a new problem. As soon as the Euro­ pean War is over, the majority of ships will be diverted to the Pa­ cific Coast until such time as the war with the Japanese ends. We will have some difficulty (u-ewing these vessels up on the Pacific Coast unless the membership on the East Coast decides to sail from there. This is what we should do as there is no question but what most of our contracted vessels will be sailing in that vi­ cinity. It will be. years before shipping goes back into its nor­ mal channels and routes and un­ til that time we should all make up our minds, regardless of where shipping goes, that it is our duty to sail those vessels. We must maintain the union conditions on these ships, conditions for which we fought so hard. tit Three men recently came to the Seafarers hall in New York and requested the union's support in obtaining releases for them from the Maritime Commission where they were employed in some shore capacity, so as to go to sea. The Maritime Commission refus­ ed to allow their personnel to be released for active sea duty. It is easy to imagine the amazement expressed by several: officials of the Seafarers later on in the week when, at the fight' program at Madison Square Garden, Lt. Commander Benny Leonard, of the Maritime Service, made an impassioned plea for men to sail ships immediately. The speech did not seem to coincide vgith the policy of the Maritime Commis­ sion itself—or could it be that the USMS is beating the drums for public opinion so as to create the impression that they are ab­ solutely indispensable in our war effort???? �Friday, December 8, 1944 THE SEAFARERS %OG Around Hie Ports Editor's Mali Page Three FORE WAFT (Continued from Page 2) November 14, 1944 their necks pretty closely, they NEW YORK are grabbing themselves a job Seafarers' Log, By BUNKER This port has dropped back to out. As a result. Dispatcher Paul Dear Sir: normal this week, with only 21 Gonsorchik and Agent Paul Hall The first edition of 'Merchant are usually running around until Seamen's Law" is about sold. A ships paying off. The SS Albert Burleson o: 10:30 or so in the morning before publisher of marine books has bfEvery time a few of the "old timers" get together in the big American Range Line paid off they are able to get a committee fered to print 20,000 copies of a leather easy chairs at 51 Beaver Street they start reminisscing about here the first of the week. She to open balloting. In spite of this second edition. I know of some the days that used to be. And they don't call them the "good old had been ou^ since July. All drop, however, all hands can look corrections to be made, some ad­ days." beefs were settled aboard includ­ for a record in this port for bal­ ditions, and perhaps some omis­ Besides cussing out the Johnny-come-latelies who free-load and ing about nine hundred extra loting, and this port will make a sions, but I would be-very grate­ won't take out a book at the end of the trip, they laugh about the meals for the Steward Depart­ record that will be a mark to ful to the officers and men who pleasure cruise sailors who hate to get their dungarees dirty. have read the book, if they would ment which was to be set up for shoot at for years to come. "Dirty," says one old timer, "Why, I remember back in '33, one let me have their criticism or YOURS FOR MORE COMMIT­ the cooks and the messmen. The trip when the Chief kept me down in the bilges from eight in the suggestions for the next edition. next day Steward William Shore TEEMEN. morning till five at night. I looked like a greased pig when I came What did you look for in the came to the hall demanding that J. P.-SHULER. Palrolman topsides and I didn't get time to clean up for dinner, either." book and didn't find? he be cut in on the extra meal SILAS B. AXTELL. It's not only the bad wages but such petty abuses as that which, money. Upon being questioned Attorney at Law, the union contracts have overcome. as to how the overtime was 15 Moore Street, The hiring hall, too, comes in for a pat on the back when the equalized he said that he had New York City boys recall the black ball system that was once used by the Shipping eight hundred hours. The next • • • Board, which corresponds to the present WSA set-up. If they didn't high man in the Steward Dep't. November 25, 1944 like you for some reason you were black balled from all Shipping had two hundred hours. The Cape Mohican payoff had In the last few weeks we have Editor, Seafarers Log Board ships, which were the best then sailing. patrolman Frenchy Michelet and seen quite a number of amusing Dear Sir: Shipping Board vessels were tops for wages and working condi­ Louis Coffin reviewing their things aboard various ships. The following situation still tions, with a $52.50 minimum for ABs, but other ships ranged from geometry to find an angle by There was the skipper having his exists. that down to almost nothing. Many lines, especially the Atlantic which they could write up the own personal galley in his quar­ Certain merchant seamen, by ships, carried a flock of work-a-ways who kow-towed to the officers overtime so it could be collected. ters, and using a messman as his careless remarks about ship for a chance to make the next trip'on the pay roll. With Frenchy's experience at cut­ private dishwasher. There was movements mentioned in person­ Ice boxes were non-existent then, as well as a night lunch on ting corners and the time Louie the screwball NMU stooge Mate al letters to their families and most ships. Ships that did furnish a night lunch put out dried-up has put in copying overtime who wastes his time trying to friends, are endangering the lives franks and sausages that tasted like a combination of sawdust and from the Moran tugs they col­ talk good SIU men into listening of their shipmates as well as their alfalfa. lected all beefs after re-writing to his phoney propaganda. We own, besides hindering the war Typical of many bad ships that put to sea in the '20s was a tub find this amusing since the skip­ effort. all the overtime. that one of the boys caught out of Frisco. When he asked about his The SS Lyman Hall of South per in question cost the company It would be appreciated if your bunk they showed him a wide board in a crummy fo'castle up in the Atlantic SS Co. set jap to pay off sixty-three hours overtime and organization through your news­ eyes of the ship. The other two oilers had arrived earlier and grab­ Monday. Patrolman Bull Shep- therefore lost his job. paper or by other means would bed the only two spring bunks. Dinner the first day out was hot pard and I boarded her for a As for the former Chief Mate, bring to the attention of the watery soup and hash that smelled to high heaven. Dinner the sec­ three o'clock payoff. We chewed there is really a pip. This guy membership the importance of ond day out was the same. Ditto on the third. Fortunately, the the pay roll and found that the was so soft-brained (got that way maintaining silence concerning crate put in to San Pedro before leaving for the Orient and the men were short from $80.00 to no doubt from finking in every vital war information. lucky brother managed to hit the dock. $200.00 in overtime. There was no seamen's strike in the last ten Very truly yours, one from the company to settle years, and then becoming an or­ M. A. MENDLESEN. beefs. The crew having made an ganizer for the chief fink school, Security Officer, CONSIDER THIS . . . eight months' trip wanted to pay the NMU) that he actually War Shipping Admin. Just before the war started the United States was fourth among • * < off, but they thought as they had thought that he could get away the maritime nations in the number of ships operated in foreign waited eight months for the with his phoney tricks with a November 27, 1944 trade. Despite the volume of our export business, the British, the money that they might as well good SIU crew. This crew using Editor, Japs and the Germans aU had larger merchant marines. wait another day or two and get good sense, waited until they got Dear Sir: it all. The Captain called for into port and then reported this I wish to express my appreci­ company representation. We phoney to the patrolman who ation for the swell benefits I have Between calls the second fioor dispatching staff turn poets. Right were on the overtime for about contacted the company. And in received from the membership I 24 hours. Ralph Grant, No. 23,- no time at all this jerk was an have had in the SIU and assure now they're working on a sequel to Sal of the Leigh Valley, but 793, Engine Delegate, Raymond ex-mate. you that a return to the focs'le their latest one is printed below. A. Knowlton, Deck Delegate, and Another incident was a certain on my part will definiately in­ Edward Redmond, Steward Dele­ Second Cook who also had the clude a return to the SIU. gate, worked with the patrolmen bright idea that the SIU men FERDINAND Fraternally yours, until all beefs were settled. The needed some education. Needless Wallace O. Turnwall By Ann, Paul. Curly and Frenchy ship paid off Wednesday night to say, this guy is now an exwith the unlicensed personnel member of the SIU. lieve that any man who works Oh my nam* is Fardinand collecting approximately 3000 And I'm a sUtin' in ihe clover; From time to time we run into must and shall be paid. But when hours overtime. A number of the these guys and we take immedi­ we get one like asking for over­ Come on boys, lend a hand. crew were all permit men, but ate action. Lo and behold they time for relieving for coffee at Take that ammunition overl they took out books. The SIU is loose out in the end, but as we three-thirty in the afternoon, Can't you hear me. I'm a-pleading. proud to accept men of this cali­ say, they amuse us very much in then we really have to laugh. We Poor old Uncle Joe's a-needing. bre for membership, as they their foolish attempts to try to have heard some pippen over­ 'Course I used to brand war folly. prove that they are good union harm us. We also meet the boys time beefs in the past, but this And lend-lease a waste o' money. material. who have a'great habit of calling one takes the cake. Things are different now. by golly! There are a number of old SIU any work done overtime. We be- LOUIS COFFIN. N.Y. Pafrolman Give 'em all our milk and honey! members who are sailing as of­ Get those war cargoes started ficers that have dropped in this Joe and Adolph. they done parted! week to pay their dues, vote and chin with their brother members. Guns and jeeps, they aint forbidden; They are all pleased with the Quit your loafing at the bar. new hall and set up in the New SS JOHN S. CASEMENT man. $28.13; C. Lynsky. $14.63; O. I was really only kiddin'— York branch. Among them were H. E. Wakefield. Bos'n. 3 hrs; Timm. $20.42; R. Candelon. It aint no capitalistic war! Bob Willock, Bud Ray, Smokey C. W. Schofield. AB, 191/2 hrs; L. $14.83; J. Regan. $124.49; W. BarSo. come on. lend a hand, my hearty. Lanton, and David Bass. We are B. Mahoney. AB. 16 hrs. less field. $12.60; C. Dobrovolsky. It's for our NMU and party! glad to see these old timers that $48.60; J. Tarkov. $31.05; M. Mus$6.00 Security Watch; F. E. know the score on the bridge and throttle. It's a relief from con­ Smith, OS. 2 hrs; E. E. Kunchich. zynski. $3.15; E. Kuta. $4.50; H. AB. 3 hrs; W. C. Truelove. OS. 1 Egge. $24.30; F. Gages. $25.85; H. tacting these 90 day wonders. JCi/A/FSYMAdf mOA CAAfnMA/Y hr; William J. Kutcher. AB. 7 hrs; Bolinski. $32.05;'R. Budgen. $37.Despite the lull in the payoffs, 80; D. Garatz. $27.00; F. Funker. Howard M. Khouri. AB. 9 hrs. shipping is still picking up with MM/e0Af4^ jme over 900 shipped out in all De­ plus 25c; Roy A. Risberg, OS, 4 $37.55; RXee. $112.96; M. Costelhrs. Collect by writing to Luck- lo. $168.11; T. Hess. $165.41. TWff cmo»£M 1941 1944 partments the past week,^ inffuriY ishe ^S3.S0 Collect at Eastern SS Company enbach SS Co.. Mr. R. Keyser. wAse Balloting has slowed down in office in New York City. TAXtt 444 me this port, in comparison to what 120 Wall St.. New York City. • • • • utter SS J. BARTLETT 9.70 it was, due to the fact that a MlCfiMf SS DEL RIO S. Gold. $65.70; T. Prementine. couple of our "old reliable'" com­ WCOMt TO iS492 ^42.94 MeGregor and Pinilla. wipers, t/reoAf mittee men have shipped out. A $17.70; P. Salvo. $42.75; H. Mchave 120 hours apiece coming for Craw. $1.80; A. Neuklis. $7.20; R. couple of the boys were acting regularly on this committee for Mahoney. $7.20; J. Holly, $9.00; overtime work. Collect at the us, but due to the fact that the A. Goldsmit, $15.30; B. Bernstein, New York office of the Mississ­ draft board is breathing down $9.00; L. Fitsh. $28.12; W. Wild- ippi Steamship Co. Reflections Of A Front Patrolman MONEY DUE . "•'•J �V' Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG AFL Endorses SIU Resolutions l;. ] Friday, December 8, 1941 STRAIGHT men's wages to achieve low labor an initial appropriation of $25,costs, and 000,000.00 and this by way of a Whereas, The present price support price mechanism, there­ ceiling structure as promulgated fore be it , by the Office of Price Adminis­ Resolver, That the Executive tration in July, 1943, represents a Council of the American Federa­ 36% cut in fishermen's wages in tion of Labor be and now is forth­ comparison with wages prevail­ with empowered and instructed ing prior to such price regulation, to undertake all necessary and and appropriate measures. Legisla­ Whereas, The Vessel-OperatorDUAL UNIONS OF SEAMEN tive, Administrative, and other­ RESOLUTION NO. 152 — By Fish Dealer Combine have re­ wise— cently undertaken a campaign to Delegates Harry Lundeberg, John Hawk, Morris Weisberger, James pressure the OPA to remove 1. To assure the North Atlantic Fresh Fish and Sea Food from Fishermen minimum wageWaugh, Seafarers International By "FRENCHY' MICHELET Price Control so that prices and prices on a parity with pres­ Union of North America. We have discussed cooking purpose of this book will be to wages to the Fishermen may be ent price ceilings, Whereas, The Seafarers' Inter­ with masters of the art in many assist the membership to get national Union of North America further depressed — and all this lands. If we were to try to sum more benefit from the foods stor­ has been granted jurisdiction without seeking parallel price ad­ 2. To prevent removal or sus­ up their views on what consti­ ed in the ice boxes and store­ pension of price control over over Seamen and Fishermen in justment of food. ice. fuel oil and other costs of fishing vessel-oper­ the North Atlantic Fishing tutes good cooking, it would boil rooms of the vessels under con­ all waters of North America and Industry, unless any such re­ down to something like this: The tract to us. We are collecting Canada by the American Federa­ ation which the fishermen now pay. and laxation of control is coupled secret of good cooking is to have' ideas from the best cooks and tion of Labor, and Whereas. Congress, in the Price (a) with assurance of mini­ a rich stock pot and plenty of stewards in this organization Whereas, The Seafarers' Inter­ Control legislation, has declared mum wages and prices to spices to properly season and with a view of consolidating and national in its organizing activit­ bring out the full flavor of foods. editing this information in book its purpose to protect wage earn­ fishermen comparable to the ies admitted to its affiliation the It's as simple as that. form. ers against "undue impairment of 1944 Price Control Act stand­ Canadian Seamen's Union upon Now any ship's cook has ready We propose to find out exactly their Standard of Living" by sta­ ard as now in part embodied their request, and at hand the proper ingredients why some stewards can bring in in the Fresh Fish Price Regu­ Whereas, This union has refus­ bilization of both prices and for a rich stock pot, and he a ship with a happy and con­ lation (MPR 418), and (b) ap­ ed to live up to the principles and wages, even to the point of pre­ should have the proper spices to tented crew, while others get venting "a post emergency col­ propriate price reductions to policies of the Seafarers' Interna­ bring out the full flavor of any every charge in the book thrown the consumer, tional Union of North America, lapse of value." and food. Even the hungriest of port at them. We propose to include Whereas. In implementation of and as a result at Convention of such purpose. Congress in the 3. To extend to the fishermen, stewards will spring for the few dozens of good practical ship the Seafarers International Union the benefits of "support dollars necessary to store a ves­ menus so that the crew of a ves­ 1944 Act continuing Pries Con­ it instructed the Executive Board prices" as now enjoyed by sel with the proper spices—the sel with even the most unimag­ trol has further declared that of the Seafarers International producers of agricultural point is for a chief steward to inative of stewards won't be able price regulation of fresh fish must Union to revoke the charter of commodities under the pro­ know what he needs! to tell what day of the week it is conform to a minimum standard, the Canadian Seamen's Union, We are preparing a manuel for visions of the Commodity simply by looking at the menu. to wit. the "average 1942 prices." and cooks and stewards. The sole Credit Corporation Act and We are going to include sugges­ and Whereas. This Canadian Sea-1 tions to stewards to help them related Federal Laws and Whereas. Canada, to uphold men's Union is at the present Executive Orders. lay out the work for their depart­ present fishermen's wages, made time engaged in dual organizing ment on every type of vessel. in Canada and its President. Mr. | Yes, and we are going to devote Pat Sullivan, in his capacity as a full chapter to the" history and the Secretary of the Trades and uses of spices, because there's too LEWRAGAS Labor Congress of Canada, affili­ many ship's cooks who evidently All is forgiven. Please, please ated with the American Feder­ think a spice is one of the ingre­ get in touch with me at once. ation of Labor has been using his dients of the dish rather than a Sophia. said office to foster this dual Sea­ seasoning agent to bring out the men's movement in Canada, and SS SAMUEL HUNTINGTON full flavor of the food. particularly in British Columbia, Crew members familiar with Today we continue our discus­ where they have openly joined the circumstances leading to the sion for ways that a chief stew­ hands with the CIO dual organi­ accident to Herman D. Haddock, ard might best utilize the hun­ zation. and are attempting to in­ please communicate with Rich­ dreds of pounds of chuck that he fringe on the jurisdiction of the ard M. Cantor, 51 Chambers finds himself stuck with under Naval Courts can try Merchant Seamen for offences British Columbia Seamen's Street, New York City. the WSA Directive on carcass against the Merchant Shipping Aid or' the Defence Union, a bonafide labor organiza­ beef. The following men have cloth­ tion. chartered and affiliated to Regulations Any cnme which could be tried under English A tasty Beef a La Mode tn^ ing at the Waterman office in be taken from the chuck. Make the Seafarers International Union law may be charged - in a 'Naval CourL It makes no Baltimore: I. B. McGregor, Frank a spiced vinegar by cooking for of North America, therefore, be it Deniso, T. Frison, William Galla­ ten minutes several cups of vine­ Resolved. That the convention difference whether the cnme is committed on board or tin, G. Zmuda and Henry Dris- gar, a large onion chopped fine, hereby go on record requesting ashore. coll. the officials of the American salt, dry mustard, whole black Federation of Labor to notify, the peppers, -whole cloves and all­ U.S. hfilitary ' Courts hove complete jurisdiction over LEONARD HEALEY: Trades and Labor Congress of Your case is reaching trial next spice. Cut the chuck into pot all U.S. citizens here. Canada and its affiliates, includ­ week. Get in touch with Silas B. roast form and tie it to insure ing the Labor Councils of Canada economical cutting. Put the meat Axtell. Recent cases are: — to cease recognizing this dual in the marinade and let it remain Seamen's Union fostered by the RAY W. SWEENEY, piecard in there for several hours, stirring A greaser was convicted on ^ charges of being Canadian Seamen's Union and to Galveston was married on Octo­ frequently. Chop several onions . recognize only the Seafarers In­ DRUNK so that be could not do his work. ber 21st. Best of Luck. fine and a little parsley and add ternational Union of North Am­ a litle salt, pepper and chili pow­ Will holder of receipt No. 51459 The Sentence was 3' months imprisonment in a erica. and its affiliates. der. Cut larding pork and raw please report to the office of the hfilitary Field Prison in Italy and a fine. ham into finger-wide strips and MINIMUM WAGE PRICES Secretary-Treasurer. make incisions in the meat by FOR FISHERMEN Two firemen were convicted of BROACHING OARGO SS MONTANA: piercing it with a butcher's steel. RESOLUTION No. 153 — By Crew that was on during trip Roll the pork and ham in the Delegates Harry Lundeberg, John and taking whisky from the NAAFI stores in the cargo.. to far East when Darwin Martin seasonings (minced onion, par­ Hawk. Morris Weisberger. James became ill and was taken off the sley, etc.) and insert alternately Waugh. Pat McHugh, Seafarers The Sentences were 3 montha and 2 months ship at Penang, please contact into the incisions. Dredge the International Union of North imprisonment in a Military Penal Establishment in Italy Martin through the Maritime meat in flour. America. Law Office, Room 1604, 15 Moore and fines. Now cut up a number of Whereas. The Fishermen of treet. His case will be tried be­ onions, green peppers, turnips, New England and New York fore Christmas and he needs aid. carrots and brown them in bacon work on a profit-sharing system drippings. Put the browned veg­ whereby their wages depend on etables in a heavy pot. Brown and are determined by the fluctu­ the meat thoroughly in the Same ating prices and sales proceeds of drippings and place over the vegtheir catch as fixed by a VesselHere is a notice which is being posted in the focs'l of every U. S. ables. Add enough rich stock to Operator - Fish Dealer Combine, merchant ship when it hits Naples. The crew tore down this notice reach half way up to the top of and Whereas, The Vessel-Operator- when the ship returned to New York and brought it to the union the meat. Add whole cloves, Fish Dealer Combine, by their hall. Note that an Oiler ("Greaser") got drunk and was thrown in a stalk of celery, two bayleaves, control of prices at ports of fish military prison for 3 months and given a fine on top of it. American quartered onions, whole carrots landings, have from time almost seamen, who are presumably taking "Democracy" to Italy, are vic­ and a pinch of thyme.. Simmer gently until tender. , ' immemorial depressed fisher­ tims of a procedure which would well have done Mussolini proud. (Continued from Page 1) SIU delegates introduced two resolutions; one aimed at isolat­ ing the C.P. dominated Canadian Seamen's Union, and the other at guaranteeing fishermen a decent price for their catch. Both reso­ lutions were passed by the con­ vention unanimously. 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IV. 280 NEW YORK, N. Y., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1942 No. 3« Lundeberg Leads SIU-SUP In Successful Defens^ Of Jones Act - • AFL-CIO To End Raiding Tactics Maritime labor scored an important victory this last week when it smashed a move to shelve the Jones Act for the duration of the war and to place all seamen under the rigid compensation scale which apply to federal employees. Jurisdictional disputes between Led by the SIU-SUP, maritime labor set the shipown­ the AFL and CIO are to be hence­ forth settled by arbitration rather than by the knock down and drag out fights which in the past have often- been the proceedure. This was agreed to by joint AFL and CIO committees now meeting in Washington to consider the ques­ tion-of organic unity between the two labor groups. ^ The above picture was sent out by the publicity department of the American Red Cross. It purports to show warm woolen socks and sweaters being packed by Red Cross workers in preparation for distribution to merchant seamen. While the Red Cross cashes in on this sort of publicity, StU men plead in vain for any of the supplies. We are in possession of a letter from a high Red Cross official to the Master of an 81U ship in which it is stated that merchant seamen are not eligible to receive Red Cross equipment. It ap­ pears that they can't receive the socks until AFTER they have been torpedoed! Looks like only a dead seaman is a hero to the Red Cross.' GENERALISSIMO If effective, this plan will end raiding by labor unions affiliated with either group, and constitutes the first step toward real peace in the labor movement. The agreement is to remain in force "until labor unity is effect­ ed," according to the document signed by all committee members. L, Shipowner Wants Small Men Who Fit Narrow Escape On Antique Rust Bucket I tl it) The whole fight revtdved around a House bill numbered 7424, which in its original form was acceptable to labor. After public hearings on the bill had ended, however, it was secretly amended to provide for the elimination of the right of seamen to sue the shipowners for injuries and to receive maintenance and cure. In its amended form it wa» smuggled through the House and This is a picture of Lammot was in the Senate Committee on^ du Pont. He looks like what he"Merchant Marine and Fisheries bois—head man of America's in­ fore the SIU-SUP got wind of, "We agree to the establishment dustrialists who are out to what was up. of a Joint A. F. of L.-C. I. O. com­ smash labor, du Pont has been mittee to hear and decide any dis­ Prompt and vigorous objections puted jurisdictional differences that meeting secretly with other re­ were sent to Washington from may arise between the two aboveactionary leaders and planning both coasts and SIU officials rush­ named organizations. a new offensive against unions ed to Washington to side track the "If the joint committee fails to shipowner move. while they are stripped of their agree upon a complaint lodged with right to strike^ BY C, J. 8. President Harry Lundeberg the committee it shall select a dis­ First result of the du Pont worked an entire week in Wash­ I hope the men, when voting they pull now with the old saying, interested arbiter to render a de­ I ington, day and night, button­ conferences was an announce­ take time out to read the resolu­ "We are at war!" cision on the disput in question. holing Congressmen, Senators, The arbiter's decision shall be final tion on the ballot in regards to the - Let's vote yes on the strike as­ ment by the National Associa­ and binding on both parties. shipowners, and labor leaders. By strike assessment and will then sessment and build a strike fund tion of Manufacturers that it the end of last week the amend" vote "YES." It will'take a nice big enough so we can really give "In the event an arbiter cannot was greatly increasing its ment had been killed. piece of change to fight the ship­ them a battle when. they try to be agreed upon by the committee "educational" budget. owner when this is over and if move in on us. Under the bill as now consti­ {Continued on Page 2) we don't get it now when we are tuted, and waiting to be presented making it, it will be just "too wet to the Senate, men working on to plpw" when the war is over. government ships have the right to trial by jury in compensation The shipowner is getting his cases, and all other privileges ac­ now and I'll bet he's putting some cording men on private ships under aside for that day when the unions for 23 years. He later claimed this port they even offered to pay­ the Jones Act. will have to force the agreements the War Shipping Administration off the heavy men in the blackBy JOE BUCKLEY upon them that were in force be­ would have to give him authority gang so they could hire small men This continual howl of sabotage to repair the ship. The prize re­ from the Union Hall and sail the Thousands of Families fore the war and not the chiseling by the ship-owners reminds me of mark from this bird was to tell me ship. Tlicn if the small men com­ Earn Less Than in *41 a beef wc had aboard the S.S to gcft a ship my size. plained they would repair the es­ New Canteen Open at Tampa, Florida. This ship is Contrary to general opinion, After much talk wc dropped the cape upon the ships return from owned by the Illinois Atlantic subject, giving these people the her voyage. Mondays For Seamen thousands of American families S.S. Company and was operated by impression that we had become one Had wc been more interested in did not earn as much money this the American-Hawaiian S.S. Com­ big happy family and John Ship­ playing politics to a Commy Sec­ A new canCecn for seamen, pany. I shipped aboard this scow owner had snowed the seamen with ond Front we would have given year aS in 1941, according to a re­ c^n Monday nights only, has while she was in drydock at Tam­ this bird's patriotic spiel, "sail the in to the ship-owners request and port by the Government's Bureau been established at the George pa. As a usual routine of shipping ships even though they be death­ sailed the ship in such a dangerous of Labor Statistics published in a Washington Hotel, 23rd Street on a strange scow you usually traps for the engine gang." recent issue of the Monthly Labor condition. and Lexington Avenue. Hostesses look over the conditions to see if Review. Upon arrival the Captain was The S.I.U. always stand on its .are on hand, and refreshments are they can stand any improvements handed a repair list, topping the principles to protect the worker Twenty per cent of the families served without charge. Each man before signing on articles. list was repairs to the shaft-alley. earning no more than $1000 this from exploitation regardless how who enters gets a pack of cigar­ Investigating the shaft-alley es­ We then contacted the patrolman year are making less than they did strong the opposition may be from ettes. cape I found it to small for even of that port and explained to him John Shipowner. Be bure your in 1941. Half of them are making a slender person to use It for a the trouble we had at the last port. beef is free of loop-holes so the pa­ less than three-quarters of what MONEY DUE passage and therefore I filed a com­ Bob Matthews is a tinion patrol­ triotic shipowner can't bring in they earned last year. plaint to the Marine Inspectors to man that can well be compliment­ the threat to toss you to the Nineteen per cent of the fam­ t Bougleton, 2nd cook, and have the alley esc.apc. enlarged. ed for the manner in which he wolves in the military service ilies earning between $1000 and O'banion, chief cook, have coming The Inspector at Tampa said he contacted the proper authorities in who would like .in excuse to drain $2000 this year are making less to them $168.76 each. Call or write Waterman Line, 19 Rector Street, could see no reason to recondition getting this beef settled to the sat­ the ranks of the S.I.U. of militant than they did in 1941, according New York City; the ship as it had been that way isfaction of the black-gang. In union ihehi to the s ;me report. The proceedure of arbitration is outlined in the published agree­ ment which reads in part: Large Strike Fund Is Held Vital For Post War Fight I ers' lobbyists and their reactionary allies in Congress, back on fheir heels and served notice that the Jones Act would be fought for, regardless of the maneuvers or pa­ triotic slogans that might be used to scuttle it. �THE SEAFARERS* LOG Page Two Thursday, December fO, 1942 ^-rf ONE FACTONf; ONE UNION, ONE GUARD PuiJUhed &v tli# SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Guli District AffiliaM %ot(h th* Amsrioan Fedtrcaion of LoDor HASRY LUNDEBERQ, Intemotlcsncd Prwldsnl no Market Street, Room 402, Son Frand«cx>, CedlL r ADDREBB ALL OORRttBPGNDENOE CONOERNINa THIB PUBLICATION TOl "THE SEAFARERS' LOG P. O. 25, Station P, New York, N. Y. Phone: BOwling Green 9-8346 German Maritime Workers Tell Conditions Of Labor li volvers. They are fond of playing with these articles in port and at sea. They are to assist the captain in handling the crew. As the ship is undermanned, we have to work nearly as much overtime as norma hours. Food on our ship and in most other ships is very bad. In ers' movement. port only one-dish meals are servec —Editor. in eating houses, containing heaven "It is true that we only operate along the coast, but tliat is today knows what. For a square mea, no easy matter, especially when one has to pay 30 to 40 marks ($7 Dratcn for Office of H'ar Informaifon things are so badly managed as to $10—^Ed.), but then you get real good feed. they are aboard our vessels. Apart "Those who are lucky to go from myself, there are hardly any abroad can make some extra able seamen aboard; the others arc money by smuggling. In that way either very young, chaps under 18 REPORT FROM years or older men who for some you can exchange cigarettes anc reason or another arc unfit for cigarette paper for soap and usee military service. They are for the clothing. In the trade with Sweden {Continued from Page 1) most part men convicted for and Denmark a lot of money can within five days, the President of be made this way. Tiie Gestapo criminal offenses. the United States shall be request­ "In other ships many foreigners and tlie others also go in for smug­ ed to name an arbiter. are employed — Belgians, Dutch, gling, and they really know all By Matthew Dushane "We recommend that this under­ Latvians, Lithuanians, Estonians, the tricks. "We also paid two short visits standing shall remain in force un­ and men without nationality. til labor unity is effected. This Among these men many arc known to -Hamburg, One of them before agreement is subject to the approv U. S. Coast Guard: as communists, socialists or syndi­ the bombing. On that occasion al of the executive Councils of the I attended two meetings called by the Commandant of the Coa^ calists, and they admit it quite there was some trouble at the two organizations." Guard during the week, requesting the opinions of the organizationa ia openly. The fact is that they are communal eating center, which is Pliilip Murray, president of the the maritime industry. needed. Foreigners are not allowed carried on in the open air, the food 1st meeting: Should the Coast Guard employ a full time assistant aJl ashore in the ship's home port. It being served on wooden tables in CIO, and Harry Bates, chairman consultant as per the need of merchant seamen? is said that they arc also not al- the street. After the bombing the of the AFL peace committee, de­ It was the unanimous opinion of all the representatives of the low^ed ashore in foreign ports, but old part of the town and Barm- clared that the document was "un­ for the rest they are treated the beck especially were in a terrible questionably a move toward or­ Maritime Industry that the Coast Guard is doing a very good job, and that they did not feel that a full time assistant could render any further same as we are and are able to condition. Where my friend lives, ganic unity." move about the ship as "freely" the whole of an adjoining street service. had been wiped out. In the port as we German seamen. 2nd meeting: Problem No. 1. Should the Coast Guard certify blue "For some time past our ship, much of the damage has been re­ Merchant Ship Score ticket as aWe seamen trainees who have received three months training and other ships as well, had Hitler paired. It is funny to see the i leaches Total of 498 in the government training school, and two months On a governmenC youths between 12 and 11 years camouflage they use. Big ware­ training ship. aboard. They are kept strictly house sheds have been camouflaged The following tabulation lists All the Maritime Unions that were represented there opposed this separate from the rest of the crew, as churches. Others are prettily the merchant ships lost since Dec. move as they felt that the present claim that there was a shortage of all over as they act as a kind of ship police. painted, with flowers able seamen did not warrant this move at this time. The unions sug­ 1941: They have been trained to handle them, so that they look like a gested that all ordinary seamen who have had six months or over at United States 201 meadow." weapons and carry rifles and re­ Great Britain 92 sea be rated as able seamen, and that the gun crews be taken off of mer­ brway 49 chant ships and extra ordinary seamen, wipers and messmcn be carri^ "atvia 6 In this manner it would have men who have had actual sea experience Dominican Republic 4 to man the new ships as they-are launched. Argentina 3rd. Problem. Should the Coast Guard issue a new seamen's book. Chile This book to contain ail the necessary data that is required by a seaman to carry by law. Also whether discharges should be included in thia ALMODOYAR, RICARDO Wiper Russia Egypt .1 book. (Copies of proposed book arc being sent to all H.Q's with thit' BERMUDEZ, JOSE A. AB Panama 31 report). BROWN, BERNARD Cook Brazil 19 CHARLES, SAMUEL 2nd Cook Netherlands 1^ Collective Bargaining Agreements: „ DIXON, JAMES Messman Mexico 6 Some of our agents arc a little confused as to how to act when they FARRULLA, EUSTAQUIO Messman Nicaragua 3 have a dispute with the operators over the settlement of overtime and Colombia 1 GERRY, WILBURT Wiper 1 other sections of our agreements. Some of our Agents have been send- i HELLEBY, LOUIS 2nd Cook Portugal Spain 1 ling complaints to me here on what action to take. HOFMAN, JOHN Watertender Crcence 10 All our agreements arc covered on how to handle disputes, and in JESUS, RUFINO DE OS Sweden 7 the event that the Union and the operators can not agree, there is a KUEMES, SEROFIN Oiler Honduras 6 clause wherein the Department of Labor shall send in a concilator to LOPEZ, FRANCISCO ^ Bosun Yugoslavia 6 try and settle it. McGEE, FRANK Oiler Cuba 3 The War. Shipping Administration- has recognized all our agree­ McGUIRE, FRANK Wiper Belgium 1 ments, and they are to be carried out to the'letter. In the event that RANK, DEAN Oiler Uruguay 1 RODRIQUEZ, MANUEL Y AB Poland 1 no agreement can be reached in settling any of our disputes, send use a < 29 wire on the beef and rll make arrangements to have the Department ROMERO, JESUS . • OS Unidentified Allied Labor send in a concilator. Headquarters or the District RepresentatiTS ROSARIOK, FELIX i Oiler 498 Total {Continued on Page 4) BOSS, ISADOB AB The following report which reached the International Transport Workers' Federation through underground channels, comes from the pen of a Ger­ man seaman. He is active in the ranks of the illegal antiNazi German transport work­ AFL-CIO To End Raiding Tactics f -El 1 pk... ' (}n Tybmwhiwn - - • , TN -• • . 'i- I Washington �Thursday, December 10, 1942 WHAT'S THE SEAFARERS' LOG S&AFAKERS' INTEKNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICAN ii«ji Around the Ports PHILADELPHIA NEW ORLEANS After six months dodging fish I feel in a writing mood this (ind bombs, the S.S Miss- morning, so I'll drop a few lines to ssippi Shipping Co. iron maiden, the Log and discuss going on's larrived here intact from distant around here. parts. For almost two months the In regards to the United Seamen crew was fed whatever scraps the Service, it is now taking shape here steward could dig up, no butter, in New Orleans and k will not be no sugar, and no coffee. The main long before it is a reality and not menu was rice and more rice a pipe dream. I attended a meet­ [ (Tokiyo take notice) the water ing of the U.S.S. here last week they had to dring was putrid. It and they set December 7 as the was the color of diluted fuel oil, date to open the rest cure home in and reminded us of slimmy swamp Pass Christian, Miss, They will water. However, the major beef open it in conjunction with homes was—why the hell don't they send in a few of the other larger cities. some War Bond salesmen aboard They are still trying to find a half­ this ship. Of course, we got busy way decent place here in New Or­ and did as the Brothers requested. leans so they can recondition it Result, $21,000 worth of bonds and make a first class hotel here were sold. for the seamen. It is mighty hard Not enough comment and praise to find a suitable place here. can be given to these men who, Have had a little trouble with after facing the deadly fiaZards of the Mississippi Shipping Company ' the subs and dive bombers, plus being almost starved to death, then in regards to stewards for their to still maintain the high moral ships. The last time they tried to and patriotic fervor as demonstrat­ turn down a man because of his ed by this purchase of those bonds. age. Someone in the Mississippi of­ Of such men is the S.I.U. made. fice must have found the fountain Well, the opening of the local of youth, long searched for by United Seamen's Service Center Ponce De Leon. They are under c9me off with a bang. It could the impression that they will never have just as well been called the grow old. When they were told N.M.U. Club considering all the the steward was staying on the dirty shirts with the N.M.U. (Ris­ ship, they stated they were only ing sun) insignia that were very looking out for his interest, they 'conspicuous there. On top of this stated they didn't like the idea of we had to look at their banner sending such an old man to Russia which they placed in the reception or Africa. The Mississippi didn't room. However, Madelain Carrol take time out to realize the stew­ wasn't impressed by this display of ard didn't stop to ask where the dirty shirts, as she decided to pose ship was going but didn't give a for a picture with two real seamen. damn if it was headed for hell or One of which was our own Johnnie not. It's the first time they have Day. Hammer Head Curran was really taken that much considera­ here. As usual he stole the spot­ tion in any of their stewards. • I've m.ide up a mailing list for light away from the seamen, and to see him sit for all the pictures the Seafarers' Log. Any of our you would think he was sailing the members that arc in the armed ships himself, and was a torpedoed forces and stationed here in the hero. I asked him if he wasn't States can get the Log as it comes afraid to get flash light burn. Cur- out, by dropping me a card. Sev­ i'ren replied, "I'm getting used to eral of our members had asked for it now." One of his own members the Log but have never sent their remarked, "It wouldn't hurt the address, so if any of these Brothers see this article, drop me a card and big bum to ^nake a trip." Whatever our members felt I'll put you on the regular mailing about the NMU's idiotic displays, list. Fraternally, •they conducted themselves as good union men and real seamen. But C. J. STEPHENS, Agent now that the opening orgie is over, let's hope the seamen themselves will enjoy whatever benefits can be derived from the Center, and the South St. goons, also the Eighth St. Philosophers, banned there from. NEW YORK cm-—A fight Fraternally submitted, against the return of prohibition JOSEPH FLANAGAN, Agmt was launched at the first conven­ tion of the Distillery Rectifying 8c Wine Workers International Union. AFL President William Green All Italian seaman may now ship told the convention that labor a American vessels, subject only "will oppose bitterly any efforts to > the regulations that apply to all carry us back to the fanatical days ien seamen. This ruling was of prohibition." iinded down last week by the "It is certainly desirable that sol­ 7ar Shipping Administration after diers in army camps be protected le U.S. Attorney General ruled against undesirable and injurious iiat Italians living in this country effects arising from sale of liquor, e no longer "enemy aliens." but I am confident that the mil­ itary and civil authorities will DO NOT SHIP know how to correct such abuses TANLEY R. TESCH P 7840 as may exist without the necessity [(ENRV VAN GEMERT ... P7862 of having forced upon us any tMON'OGASIO P7206 sumptuary legislation." PROHIBITION'S RETURN FOUGHT BY U. S. LABOR ITALIANS CAN SHIP Page Three ATLANTIC and GULF DISTRICT ROOM 213 — 2 STONE STREET, NEW YORK CITY P.O. Box 2S, Station P. Phone: BOwiing Green 9.834« SAVANNAH M Shipping down this way has been pretty good lately. In the last three weeks have had to get crews together for two new ships and- a tug. Am expecting a new ship for South Atlantic Steamship line out around the 23 rd and an­ other one around the 27th.' Any of you boys who have been want­ ing to make a trip down this way now is the opportunity to do so, and even get a couple of weeks' rest. Will be looking for men with ratings in all three depart­ ments around that time and could really use some old-timers. Steady as she goes. Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK Greek Seamen Ask Union Recognition Greek recognition Government, by the the Greek Maritime Union last week petition­ ed Stavros Theofanides, Under Sec­ retary of the Greek Mercantile Marine, for a statement of his of­ ficial attitude toward the represen­ tatives of Greek seamen in this country. ADDRESS 2 Stone St..? Dispatcher'* Office i2i^?iJ?6RE • PHONE BOwiing Green 9-8490 • ¥• • ••••••: NEW OPXEANS.*.'.v.-.ioa'cr^t^rstr';:::;::::ca"„1fy TAMP^^" PUERTO" RirVi rai tuALVEbXON f®'* Di"'' Savannah 3-1728 MM-1323 ft 1°' 219 20th Street St !>«• 2-i392 Puerto de Tierra Galveston 2-8043 Out of the FocsT by S- CHARLES WAID, Agent Seeking >1^ Secretary - Treasurer's Office We used to read about Draculas, Werwoulfs and Vampire Bats, but we never thought that seamen had to follow their traits in order to survive. Bro. Frizzell, Capt. Farrell and two other survivors felt it was manna from Fleaven when they drank the turtle's blood. They had been torpedoed off tlie tip of India and were the only survivors. They had been on a raft for twenty days before they sighted a ship. But the lookouts aboard the ship failed to see their frantic waving, and passed them a mile and half off. Two turtles were swimming about their raft and trying to get aboard. In desperation they finally pulled the turtle aboard. With a jagged-edge of a bottle they cut away thfij shell after pecking at it for four hours. The warm blood revived themj and enabled them to last four more days before they were picked up. In later years when they tell their grand children the story, it will sound like the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, "Water, Water, every-, where. But only turtle's blood to drink." ^ 5'iil The union is afliliated with the International Transport Federation. Last week, a grand old rust bucket finally found its way into thd bottom of the sea. On her previous voyage she withstood 70 days of bombardment at Murmansk. On her return voyage from Iceland, she was torpedoed. She stayed afloat for four hours, and the suh had to give her another shot before she went down. No one was lost aboard her except the ship's cat. The boys regretted her loss. G. Gregoriades, secretary of the union, notified Mr. Theofanides of the amalgamation of the Greek seamen's organizations in Great Britain and' the United States and recalled Iris offer to cooperate with them when the unification was complete. His letter to the Greek John Marciano has become active again as you can hear his bellows Minister asked for help in the nor­ around the New York branch . . . One brother told a Company he had mal settlement of the Greek sea­ 120 hours overtime, but refused to give them a detailed account of it. men's problems in this country. Bro. Shatkovnik is nursing an infected tooth . . . Gawronski has finally The main point of contention shipped aboard the same ship that Parish is bosun on. Things pught to from the union's viewpoint seems be a stirrin'. to be the 2S per cent deduction in wages as compulsory saving which is set aside, to be given the seamen after the war. The union says this was an arbitrary imposition and CLEMENT CLEARY that it was not consulted on the Get in touch with Lillian Cash, 9 matter. Broadway, BOwiing Green 9-9785. BUILD THE STRIKE FUND! The union seeks the abolition of this deduction, or at least a reduc­ tion in the amoimt and a voice in the control of the fund. Mr. Greggoriades said the Greek seamen were interested in post war social security and protection from the inevitable post war shipping slump, but that the men want such mea­ sures to become effective only as the result of an agreement between the shipowners and the men. The union also wishes to discuss the improvement of living condi­ tions aboard Greek vessels. Safety measures, they assert, also are ne­ glected and should be improved. Negotiations for a collective wage agreement are in progress in London between officials of the Greek Government and the repre­ sentatives of the unicHi, George Koufoudakis, general secretary, and Antonios Ambatielos, national or ganizer. The new agreement is ex­ pected to increase the wage scales of Greek nierchant seamen. 1 I II I1 PERSONALS After the things are going to he tough on the waterfront. Only a strong union will be able to protect the wages and conditions we now have. No Union is strong with­ out a powerful strike fund to back it up. Build the SIU strike fund now and thereby arm your union for the com^ ig struggle with the shipowners. Read the strike resolution on page four. t'ii J. SALTIS, C. STARKE and J. SHARPE The money accepted by you aai members of the balloting committeo in Tampa must be returned to the union. The amount is $14.40 each. . }• RALPH W. LEE Contact Maiirice Room 717, Custom York City. P. Maloney, House, New MIKE L. REGISH Your old friend and shipmate J. G. (Red) Dooley is in the hospital at Fort Stanton, New Mexico. He would appreciate it if you would droip him a line. ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR NOVEMBER 16 TO 28, INCLUSIVE DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL SHIPPED 258| 252 195 703 REGISTERED 258 235 164 «7 ON BEACH 360 240 170 770 XM d �• Page Four THE SEAFARERS* LOG '",;• ;y." V Thursday, December 10, 1942 \ Belgian Seamen Mark New Gain 1943 Atlantic & Gulf Candidateij Baltimore Joint If NEW YORK, N.Y., —ITF — Secretary'Treasurer RESOLUTION TO APPEAR ON JOHN HAWK No. 2212 Patrolman The Belgian merchant seamen's No. 1616 JOHN VECHIO 1943 BALLOT and officers' organizations, afiSliated New York Agent DON RONAN No. 1374 with the International Transport Whereas: At the present time the seamen of America are making Norfolk Agent FRANK WILLIAMS No. 6161 more money than ever before in the history of the seamen; Workers' Federation, have signed a No. 50060 MARTIN TRAINOR Whereas: When the present war is over the seamen will again be new collective agreement with the New York Deck Patolman engaged in a fight for existence with the shipowner who at Belgian government - in - exile in Savannah Agent L. J. (Baldy) BOLLINGER the present time is filling his war chest in preparation for 6-54 CHARLES WAID London and the Belgian shipown­ No. G-300 the coming struggle, and ers, which marks important im­ LOUIS GOFFIN No. 4526 Whereas: The history of the seamen's labor movement proves Tamp aAgent provements in the wages and work­ New York Engine conclusively that after such an upheaval as at present is going G-160 D. L. (Jack) PARKER ing conditions of tiie Belgian sea on in the world, thoy arc always throttled and browbeaten— Patrolman men. • as for instance 1321 and the Lake Carriers set up, and RAY SWEENEY G-20 Mobile Agent According to word from Omer Whereas: The 1934 and .36 and 37 strikes proved the need of G-1 OLDEN BANKS B. Becu, representative of the Bel­ New York Steward ample funds when engaged in a major strike, therefore G-2 CARL M. ROGERS BE IT RESOLVED: That the Constitution shall be amended by gian seafarers' movement in the Patrolman adding a section to Article No. 26, this section to be known as CLAUDE FISHER No. 362 Mobile Joint Patrolman London negotiations, the new Section No. 8. A strike fund shall be maintained, the strike WILLIAM HAMILTON No. 3400 ROBERT A, MATTHEWS G-154 agreement grants a flat increase of fund to be kept seperate and apart from any or all other funds FERDINAND HART No. 488 £2 and 7 shillings per month to all CHARLES E. TURNER G-15 in the Union. An annual assessment of $3 shall be levied for lower ratings, thus boosting the this fund. Agent New Orleans Agent earnings of an A.B. seamen to £26 Boston JOHN MOGAN No. 216 A. W. AMRSTRONQ G-136 per month. Half of this amount VINCENT YAKOVONIS No. 1774 . is the basic wage and the remain­ New Orleans Joint der the war bonus. Additional Providence Agent Patrolman No. 247 JOSEPH LAPHAM wage advantages have been won for C. J. (Buck) STEPHENS Q-76 seamen who after a j'ear of unin­ Philadelphia Agent TEDD R. TERRINGTON G-68 terrupted service arc entitled to a HARRY J. COLLINS No. 496 EDWARD (Jack) VOREL G-10 further £2 per month, and an ad­ MADISON, Wis. —Can public Ruling on an ouster suit instil EDWARD M. LYNCH No. 3693 ditional 10% increase for seamen officials be thrown out of office be­ tuted by reactionary Kenosha em- ! Galveston Agent with more than a year of uninter­ Baltimore Agent cause they are pledged to support ployers, Hoppmann held that be- I E. R. WALLACE G-237 rupted service in foreign waters. the principles of organized labor? cause Weston and Rice were loyal (j JOSEPH F. FLANAGAN Overtime pay has been increased to That important issue was argued San Juan Agent to the labor movement, they haJ No. 542 the equivalent of 40 cents per hour, DANIEL BUTTS No. 190 before the Wisconsin Supreme lost "independent judgment" and J. K. SHAUGHNESSEY G-118 : and annual holidays from m'ne to Court by attorneys representing could not sit on the board. THOMAS M. WILHELM D. D. STORY No. 3012 12 days. Edward Weston and. Edward Rice, Considering the issue of nation­ Special attention has been given who had been elected members of al importance, the American Cavil to the question of compensation the Kenosha School Board, but who Liberties Union joined with the for loss of equipment and belongwere removed by order of Circuit Wisconsin State Federation of La­ ings of' the seamen as a result Of Judge A. C. Hoopmann, one of the bor and Kenosha unions in the ap^ enemy "action and shipwreck, state's most notorious anti-labor peal to the Supreme Court to over­ ranging from 52 to £70. jurists. rule Hoppmann's decision. {Continued from Page 2) should be contacted on the beef before any request is made here for a PLAN MORE SPEED concilator. All requests for a concilator should come from the Head­ I, ON LIBERTY SHIPS quarters of the district in which the beef occurs. School Heads' Ouster For Backing Union Principles Fought By Labor I •?! • 7 Washington Report Editor's Mail Bag Designs to increase the speed Selective Service: I am getting plenty of cases where local boards are classifying and and power of the Liberty ship to a point where it would be sufficient ordering some of our men to appear for their physical examination. to render it "less vulnerable to Here are some suggestions for our agents to work on: Editor, Seafarers Log union and is now someplace on the \ submarine attack in wartime am When men are required to fill in their questionnaire, they should South Atlantic . "delivering, the greatly improve its competitive have our agent fill in form 42-A and request that they be classified in Dear Sir I am the only sister of John goods." Needless to say I am proud value in the post-war era" are now 2-B or 3-B. It is important that this be done when the questionnaire Cassel, wiper, who was torpedoed of him, for being a merchant sea­ being planned by the Maritime is filled out and the both of them to be sent iii to the Local Board at off the coast of India and is now man in times such as these is ne Gommission, Rear Admiral Emory the same time if possible. among the dead. Do you know if small job. S. Land, administrator of the War If this procedure is followed, we can then appeal their case. any of them men on his ship sur­ Shipping Administration, disclosec In honor of Joe, ^nd all his If one of our agents or man has been ordered to a^>ear for his vived. If so, I'd sure like to hear shipmates in.^ the union, nijij this week. During the past year designs physical or is classified in 1-A, wire me his name, address, local board from them. daughter has written a song en­ The ballyhood about what men titled "We Salute You." If .you "have been developed and con­ number and address, the time the man has been going to sea, time in other services are doing for their have a little space in your paper, struction initiated for two large ashore from last ship, etc. The more information the better. country, but why' not the mer­ I'm sure that Joe and his ship­ fast type ships," the admiral de­ After this information has been sent to me, it will then be taken clared. Land gave no details be­ up with proper authorities here and they will get in touch with the chant mariners? They are the real mates would like to read the lyrics. heroes of this war. If it was not yond the fact that one of the ves­ Local Board. My daughter, Johanna^ is 11 for them how would our Allies years old. sels is of a special Navy type and I can not determine here as to the outcome of the case, so the per­ get supplies? the other a "new standardizcll type son that is involved should keep me informed as to what progress is Sincerely, * I have another brother in the of cargo vessel with competitive being made in his case. It isn't of much use for me to answer all the Mrs. Bertha Click merchant marine and if I were a possibilities for use in post-war telegrams that I receive as the only case that I would know of, would man I would be there too. times." WE SALUTE YOU ; . In closing, may I say that I en­ "Generally," he declared, "the VI the ones wherein an appeal has been made to National H.Q's of S.S., commission is following the trend and before any appeal can be entertained here, it must be appealed in joy your publication very much Men of the Merchant Marine, to increase speed. In some tankers the state wherein the man registered first. H.Q's S.S., requests that the and I ccrtamly would like to re­ We Salute you. ' 10,000 horse power is being in­ ocal Board reconsider th^ man's case as per his essential needs to the ceive it regularly. In memory of You are Americans f stalled in-placc of the 6,000 orig­ war effort. All cases can be appealed to the National H.Q's of S.S., after my lost brother I wonder if you Through and through. 1 would print a little verse he wrote Men of the Merchant Marine " inally used, and developments arc the State Board has turned the man down for consideration. when he was in school? Here it is: now in progress with a view to in­ Who gave their lives United Seamen*s Service: "True friends are like real creasing the indicated horse power For their America Met with the Executive Board at the regular meeting in New York, diamonds—very rare; of the EC-2 cargo vessels. While delivering supplies. •riday, November 20th, and it was the opinion of the majority of the False friends are like autumn "When the Liberty ship—the They go out to sea ' ' leaves—found everywlxre." EC-2—was first designed," he ex­ joard members that the organization as it is now operating, and for To bring things necessary. Perhap.s, if there is a possibility So men of the Merchant Marinel plained, "it was not contemplated the service that it is rendering to the seamen, is top heavy, and it was that it would be required to carry carried that the director shall submit two budgets to the board at its he is still alive, he will know his I salute you. Sis by those words, and that she is And so do two hundred million^ the amount of guns, gun founda­ regular meeting. still waiting: to hear from him. tions and several other forms of people too. 1. A budget of $30,000 and how far he can operate with it. . Yours truly, protective devices that are now be­ There they go, 2. A budget of $40,000 and how far he can operate with it. MARGARET L. CASSEL Through the ocean; ing installed. As a consequence of It was suggested that all the ports where the U.S.S., open a canteen, 6 E. Long St., Apt. I this added top hamper, it has been There they go, that the ports submit a yearly budget, and that the ports wherein they Akron, Ohio found necessary to carry a moder­ Sinps in niotion arc opened shall be self supporting in the operating of their canteen. ate amount of ballast. The com­ Through the sea. National H.Q's should pay the expense of the local canteens. Editor, Seafarers Log mission, therefore, is designing a We salute"your memory It was also brought out that this is to be a permanent outfit, and Dear Sir: vessel to replace the present Lib Brave men of the Merchant My son is a member of your Marine. <rty shlf type, , not for the duration of the war. 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NEW YORK. N.Y.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1943 No. 36 Pilot Attack On SIU Reveals Desperation Of Curran & Co. Attention All Stewards Department Men Turn to page two for a complete analysis of NMU, MCS and SIU Stewards Department contracts on freight vessels. Read the facts which prove that the SIU leads the industry in winning conditions for your department. Joe Curran and Company are headed for the skids! If anyone still doubts that there is a deep rift between the Stalinist leadership of the NMU and the rank and file, let that person get the December 3rd copy of the Pilot and read the hysterical charges hurled against the SIU. In a front page story and in a long editorial on page two, the NMU leadership accuses the SIU of being shipowners agents, of breaking down conditions in 'sweet­ the industry by signing "sweet-* ^ heart contracts" in the middle of vert the attention of the NMU Stewards Department contract the night, and of generally sa­ rank and file from the sell-outs between the SIU and its con­ botaging the struggle of the sea­ of their leaders. The storm of tracted companies, is a "sweet­ rank and file resentment within heart contract" which was nego­ men for wages and conditions. the NMU against the double tiated in the middle of the night 13ih STREET ON DEFENSIVE crossings they have received, has and is "dangerously lowering the • reached such proportions that standards" in the industrv. I ' This outburst by the Curran Curran no longer has any hope regime is extremely significant IT'S A SWEETHEART of crushing it—he can now only for it reveals the desperate struggle to divert its fury away The facts are: the SIU Stew­ straits in which the 13th Street from himself and toward some ards Department contracts are boys find themselves within the other group (in this case the the best in the industry, and the union. They hope to make the SIU). new revisions mean even great­ SIU a "whipping boy" and diThat Curran and Company er improvements. If raising a have choosen the SIU as the fo­ Steward's wage from $157.50 to cal point of their diversionary $212.50, if raising a Cook's wage tactic shows the real desperation from $137.50 to $182.50, if rais­ of their case. For years the NMU ing a Baker's wage from $122.58 leadership has given the SIU the to $152.50 constitutes a "sweet­ silent treatment in the Pilot. heart contract," then brother: They hoped and prayed that "sweetheart contracts" are what their members would forget that we want. «r-— there was 'such "an organization Curran has the guts (or stupid­ as the SIU, and that they would ity) to call our contract "sweet­ never, never compare the wages heart" when the Stewards on and working conditions of the NMU CI and C2 ships carrying union representative to seamen two organizations. For Curran to 150 men or more are receiving being examined for venereal di­ now challenge us on the ques­ $147.50. SIU Stewards receive sease, or other communicable di­ tions of wages and working con­ $85 more per month than do seases, but insisted that any sea­ ditions can only mean that the NMU Stewards, and he screams man who is turned down be­ beefing of his rank and file is so that we are undermining the cause he has a commxmicable di­ great that he can no longer ig­ waterfront conditions. sease, measures shall be taken to nore the difference between the What we are doing is under­ take care of him until he is NMU and SIU contracts, and mining the NMU leadership— cured. Dr. Ossoford promised that must attempt to explain away that's why they scream! they shall be taken care of, and our superior conditions with a ASKS OUR WAGE advised the representatives that smear campaign against the SIU the Public Health Service is go­ as an organization and against The Pilot, in its page two edit­ ing to set up T-B wards for spe­ individual leaders of our union. orial proclaims that SIU wages cial treatment of merchant sea­ and conditions are not acceptable MISSING PORK CHOPS men, in the port of New York to the "rank and file of all sea­ and San Francisco. When men But he's spitting into the wind. men's unions." The facts are that are nearly cured they hope that The time is rapidly passing when not only, is the rank and file of the men will go to Fort Stanton the NMU can be kept together the NMU and MCS demanding to get hardened up. All the ex­ with Curran's crap and Stalin's wages and conditions comparable penses to go to Fort Stanton will reputation. It's pork chops that to ours, but the NMU leadership be paid by the U.S. Public Health count in a trade union, and Joe itself has been forced to make Service. just can't serve them up. these demands. Curran's cam­ The proposed standards for the Curran has dared to call our paign for "equal pay for equal medical examination are now go­ contracts phoney and to charge work" is a campaign to win from ing to be further discussed with that the SIU is undermining the War Labor Board the SIU Captain Macauley by the doctors conditions on the waterfront. scale of wages and overtime pro­ and they will be sent to all OK, since he has called the game, visions. unions for comments. It's all down in black and we intend to lay the facts on the Received and am still receiv­ line. And when we get through, white. Turn to page 6 of the Dec. ing wires on this matter, some of Curran will wish that he had 3 Pilot and you find Howard Mcthe wires were not sent to Ad­ "stood in bed." Kenzie listing the NMU's wage miral Land. In the future all The Pilot charges that the re demands now pending before the telegrams should be sent to the cently negotiated revisions in the {Confhttied on Page 4) head of the government agency involved in the dispute, copies via air mail should be sent to me. ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR I am of the opinion that the original standard on the medical WEEK OF NOVEMBER 22nd TQ 27th examination will be modified. Brice Holcomb, who was for­ DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL •s-il merly a conciliator with the De­ EI SHIPPED partment of Labor is now in 370 200 295 865 Washington representing the REGISTERED 281 218 257 754 Painters Union (AFL) in which fRtPOWT on. ^ASHinGTOrV. • BY MATT-MEW DBSHAME-* V MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS Attended the meeting called by Captain Edward Macauley, Deputy Administrator of the WSA. The proposed medical examination will no doubt be hooked up with the RMO, as Mr. Marshall Dimock was chairman of the meeting. 'Three doctors from the Public Health Service outlined' what they-felt should be the standards. They were Drs. Blain, Fuller and Ossoford. ' Dr. Ossoford and Dr. Blain §eem to have a better and firmer footing as to what form of an examination would be better to safeguard the, health of the crew. Dr. Fuller from all indications is out on some kind of an experi­ mental expedition. One of his statements was that a seaman may be able to sail coastwise, or to South Africa, but would not be allowed to sail the North At­ lantic. Upon being pressed for a full statement on his reasons for this, his answer wasn't a very convincing one—asthma, etc. Asked'iiim how a doctor would know during the war just where a ship was going, and how any doctor would be qualified to de­ termine what run a seaman could sail on, that is if he had asthma, or some other ailment, when the Master of the vessel does not know where his vessel .is bound for. His answer on this question was very vague, and did not make any sense. Brought up the old angle that the shipowners used to blackball men. The high blood pressure angle, and whether seamen un­ der their proposed examination, would be barred from going to sea if they had high blood pres­ sure. He stated that in some cases they would not be allowed to sail. Asked him how and what ef­ fect high blood pressure would have on any person who sails as a bos'un, and did he know what is required of a bos'un on a ship. His answer from all indications, implied that he must have the physical qualifications and be ac­ tive as a half back. Advised him that any bos'un who is an ex­ hibitionist and raves and rants around a ship's deck, in most cases would not know his job. In regards to high blood pres­ sure, the union has sent several letters to Captain Macauley, and they weren't answered for weeks at a time. Upon receiving Harry Lundeberg's letter protesting the medical examination. Captain Macauley immediately wired an answer to H.L., and followed it up with a letter, in addition he gave a release to the press. He certainly must have high blood pi'essure, and although 1 would not agree that he .should be fired for hitting the ceiling on reading the letter, he probably should be relieved for his continually bungling of the hiring practices of the industry. All the unions indicated that they are opposed to any medical examination that- would be used to eliminate old-timers and mili­ tant men from the industry. No opposition was raised by any {Continued on Page 4) �Page Two THE SEAFARERS L,0 G Friday, December'10, 1943 | Read These Facts And Then Decide Which One Really Gets Conditions Here Are The Stewards Department Working Rules For Frieight Vessel^ 1 As Provided In The NMU, MCS, And SIU Contracts. YOU Figure Who Is . j Fighting For [And Winning The Best] Conditions In The Stewards Dept. Contract of the National Maritime Union OVERTIME RATE ,85 pel- hour Standard Contract Attantic & Gulf Dist. Seafarers International Union Contract of the Marine Cooks & Stewards Cooks and Stewards All Other Ratings 85 75 .90 per hour HOURS OF WORK On freight vessels the working day at sea or in port shall not exceed eight hours in a spread of twelve hours and when practicable shall be between the hours of 6 A.M. and 6 P.M.; however, no addi­ tional compensation for work shall be approved, or paid, for the performance of regular routine duties pertaining to the Stewards' Department unless or­ dered to be performed outside regular scheduled working hours (routine duties such as preparing and serving three regular meals, cleaning of quarters, galley, messrooms, stewards' refrigerator boxes, and linen rooms). The provisions of this section relating to hours of work shall apply to the chief steward. SATURDAY AFTERNOONS, SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS In port all work performed on Saturday after­ noons. Sundays, and holidays shall be paid for at the overtime rate. If required to work Saturday afternoons and to serve supper, they shall receive a minimum of four hom-'s overtime and if required to work Sundays and holidays and three regular meals are served, they shall receive a minimum of eight hours' overtime in addition to their regular wages. If required to work outside of regular schedule ; after 6 P.M. on Saturday afternoons, Sundays, and -^^olidays they shall be paid according to the addi­ tional hours worked. Should the ship sail before 6 P.M. on Saturday afternoons, Sundays, and holi­ days overtime shall be paid for the actual time worked prior to sailing; however, only the minimum number of men required to "perform the work will be required to stay on board. \IC PAINTING Stewards' Department emploj'-ees may be re­ quired to do painting in all rooms and quarters, ex­ cept firemen's and sailors' quarters. For this work, personnel of Stewards' Department who actually en­ gage in this work shall be paid extra compensation at the rate of 70c per hour. The principle of the eight hour day in a spread of twelve hours is recognized, and the manning scale for the Stewards Department herein agreed to is based upon this principle. It is further agreed no overtime will be paid for serving the three regular meals at regular hours or performing other ordinary work incidental to duties of the Steward's Depart­ ment work. The hours of labor for the Stewards' Department shall be eight (8) hours in a spread of thirteen (13) hours while at sea and eight (8) hours in a spread of twelve (12) hours while in port. This applies Iq freight vessels. .1.1 (The NMU calls for 8 hours •when "practicable** The MCS endorses the "principle" of an 8 hour day. The SlU contract has no such shipowner rrcape clauses and words—it is irott-clad.) J t In home ports on the Pacific Coast, all work on Saturday afternoons, Sundays and holidays, except on days of arrival and departure shall be paid for at the overtime rate. The rules set forth in (a) of Section 2 shall also apply in the Port of New York only to vessels in the Inter-coastal North Atlantic Ti-ade; in the Port of Baltimore only to all vessels engaged in the Intercoastal South Atlantic Trade which do not call at the Port of New York; in the Port of New Orleans only for all vessels engaged in the Gulf Trade; and in the Port of Honolulu only to all vessels engaged in the Pacific Coast Hawaiian Trade. In lieu of overtime on Saturday afternoon and Sundays in ports other than home ports on freight­ ers, overtime will be paid for work on holidays whether in port or at sea. (a) The regular overtime rate shall be paid id all members of the Stewards' Department for all work on Sundays and Holidays and work in excess of four (4) hours on Saturdays while the vessel is in port. (b) On freighters equipped to carry 12 passen­ gers, the Stewards' Department may be reduced on Saturday afternoons, Sundays and Holidays, and only those men required to remain on duty for nor­ mal freight ship requirements of the Company shall receive overtime. (c) On all freight vessels of the Company, ex­ cept as provided in (b) of this section, the Stewards' Department shall not be reduced on Saturdays, Sun­ days and Holidays. {The MCS contract provides overtime only in home ' ports—and then not on days of arrival or depart- I lire. NMU and SIU receives overtime ht ALL i ports.) Members of the Steward's Department shall not be required to paint staterooms or salons, but may be required to paint such as crew's quarters, messrooms, galley and salon floors and waterways. This rule shall not prohibit employers carrying men to do all such work. Members of the Stewards' Department shall nol be required to chip, sougee, scrape or paint, uplei|S. the regular overtime rate shall be paid to members actually engaged in performing the work, for the aglual hours worked: however, spotting up with sougee shall be done within the regulsur working hours. No Overtime I?: BAKING BREAD All bread is to be made aboard ship by the second-cook-and-baker. within his regular hours. No Provision In Continental Ports of the United States bread shall be supplied from shore when available for port use and if not supplied two (2) hours' overtime shall be paid to the Second Cook and Baker for eadi batch of bread baked. MEALS IN PORT For lunches or meals served to officials, guests or shore labor in port, regardless of number, the sum of 30c for each meal served shall be paid and equally distributed to the men actually engaged m the prep­ aration and serving of same. ($1.20 for 4 meals) i For lunches or nieals served to officials and/or guests numbering from three to not more than six persons, one hour overtime shall be allowed to each of those actually engaged. No extra compensation for less than three guests at any one meal. When the deck officer orders meals served to longshoremen or other shore labor on board any vessel the sum of thirty (30) cents for each meal served to each long.shoreman shall be paid and shall be equally distributed to the men in the Steward's Department actually engaged in the work. ($1.20 for 4 meals, under second paragraph) When extra meals are served to other than regu­ lar members of the crew signed on articles, gun crew, passenger and/or pilots when carried, over­ time shall be paid to not exceeding three (3) mem­ bers of the Stewards' Department at the rate of one (1) hour each for every four (4) meals prepared and served. The amount of extra nieals served shall he to­ taled and computed in accordance with paragraph (a) of this section at the end of each voyage. (SIU contract adds up to $2,70 paid for each 4 meals served.) No meals or coffee will be served to anyone other than crew without written authority of the Master or officer in charge. Cooks, Messmen or those engaged in serving 9:00 p.m., 12:00 midnight or 3:00 a.m. hot lunches will be allowed three (3) hours' overtime each for preparing and serving each liinch. Two Messmen will serve 9i:00 p.m., .12:00 midnight or 3:00 a.m. cold lunches and will be paid two (2)r hours' overtime each for preparing and serving each lunch. Members of the Stewards' Department actually engaged in serving hot midnight or 3 A.M' lunch are to be allowed three (3) hours' overtime each for preparing and serving same and when serving iundt at nine (9) P.M., two (2) hours' overtime shall ba paid for preparing and serving same. , MIDNIGHT SUPPERS Employees actually engaged in preparing and i;!.. serving hot midnight suppers sh^I be paid two hours' overtime for same. (Continued on Page 3) I'' �S Friday, December 10, 18'£3 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three i MORE FACTS ON NMU, MCS & SIU CONTRACTS {Continued from Page 2) CARRYING STORES Members of the Stewards" Dep?-tment shall not he required to carry on board heavy stores, provis­ ions, and laundry. However, mernbers of the Stew­ ards^ Department shall be required to carry on board working stores within their regular working hours. They shall also be required to stow away all stores and provisions placed on board by a shore gang, longshoremen, or the Deck Department and placed convenient to refrigerator bdxes and storerooms, without payment of additional compensation if per­ formed in their regular hours of duty. They shall "also stow away all laundry placed on board by long­ shoremen or the Deck Department. Members of the Steward's Department shall not be required to carry heavy stores and provisions ex­ cept laundry on board, hut all stores and pro\.'isiohs shall be stowed by the Steward's Department. N • MANNING SCALE There shall be no. change in the present man­ ning scale of the Stewards' Department. On freight ships in trades where occasional passengers are carfied, the members of the Stewards' Department serv­ ing such passengers shall be compensated by .an amount equal to five dollars ($5) per passenger for the trip provided the trip does not exceed five days in duration. In the event the trip exceeds five days in duration then each member of the Stewards' De­ partment engaged in serving the passengers shall receive five dollars ($5) per passenger per trip. How­ ever, the owner shall have the option of placing -additional men in the Stewards' Department when deemed necessary, and when so assigned no extra compensation will be paid for such service to pas­ sengers. (a) Members of Ihe Stewards' Department not be required to carry any stores or linen to or from ihe dock, but when stores or linen or delivered to storeroom doors, meat or chill box doors, they shall place same in their respective places and over­ time shall be paid for such work to all men required to put in more than eight (8) hours' work that day. (b) Daily supplies of provisions such as milk, bread and vegetables shall,.be stored away without the payment of overtime. {Overtime is paid for ALL work under paragraph (a) of the SIU contract because this is not coti~ sidered routine work.) No Extra Compensation Provided, If is agreed thai meals served passengers will not be considered extra meals. When passengers are carried it is agreed that if one to three passengers inclusive are carried, one (1) hour overtime per day will be paid to each of fou* (4) members of the Stewards' Department (including the Steward). If four (4) or more passengers are car­ ried the payment shall be two (2) hours' overtime per day. This section does not apply to those freighters regularly carrying passengers where the Stewards' Department Personnel exceeds six (6) persons. No Overtime No Overtime When meal hours are delayed or shifted on ac­ count of crew being occupied and unable to eat at their regular meal hour, all necessary members of the Stewards' Department will be paid at the regu­ lar overtime rate for the time delayed. LIGHTING STOVES No Overtime No Overtime On vessels which still have coal burning stoves the man who starts the fires in the morning shall be given one-half (Vi) hours' overtime each day. No Overtime Overtime shall be paid to all members of the Stewards' Department actually engaged in cleaning meat box and chill boxes. DELAYING OF MEALS CLEANING MEAT BOXES No Overtime SORTING LINEN Work performed by any member of the Stew­ ards' Department, other than the regular routine work as defined in this agreement, shall be paid for at the regular overtime rate. This clause is added due to the fact that the Stewards' Department has a required amount of routine duty to perform within their 8 hours. Sorting and counting linen, cleaning spare rooms not occupied by crew or passengers, shall be paid for at the regular overtime rate. No Overtime \ No Overtime C\<-SHIFTING SHIP No Overtime No Overtime WAGES — OFFSHORE Chief Steward Chief Cook Second Cook Mcssman Crew Messman WAGES — COASTWISE Chief Steward Chief Cook S^ond Cook Messman Crew Messman - The day vessel arrives from sea at a port of call shall be considered the day of arrival, and smy sub­ sequent moves from thcd port occurring in inland waters, bays and sounds, shall be considered as shifting ship and overtime shall be pciid for Satur­ day afternoons. Sundays and holidays. (ALL WAGES $147.50 132.50 117.50 87.50 82.50 INCLUDE BASIC SCALE PLUS EMERGENCY INCREASES) Chief Steward $152.50 Chief Steward Chief Cook 137.50 Chief Cook Second Cook 122.50 Second Cook Messman 87,50 Messman Crew Messman 82.50 Utility $157.58 137.50 122.50 87.50 87.50 Chief Steward Chief Cook Second Cook Messman Crew Messman $157.50 137.50 122J50 87.50 87.50 $140.00 125.00 110.00 80.00 75.00 $152.50 137.50 122.50 87.50 82.50 Chief Steward Chief Cook Second Cook Messman Utility All provisions in the MCS and SIU contracts apply to both offshore and coastwise runs. However, the NMU gets overtime for Saturday afternoon, Sundays and holidays on coastwise run only when the ship is in its home port — and not then on days of arrival and departure. Hiese finky rules apply to all three departments. The NMU contract rea'ds as follows: The boatswain and carpenter shall perform their usual duties in connection with mooring and un­ mooring between the hours of 8 A.M. and 5 P.M. on such days of arrival without payment of overtime. In the event of a vessel sailing on day of arrival, the above conditions shall apply. Section 2. The oiler on watch, if not required in the engine room, shall oil and care for, the deck machinery while cargo is being worked, on such days of arrival, without payment of overtime. Section 3. Working Hours, Stewards. The Stew­ ards' Department personnel shall perform their nor­ mal duties within eight hours on freight vessels, and on passenger vessels if no passengers are on board, Recognizing the critical economic situation which confronts the coastwise trade, and the absence of any Governmental subsidy, it is distinctly under­ stood and agreed that the following provisions shall apply on "days of arrival" at all ports other than the home port, on all vessels engaged exclusively in the ynited States Atlantic Gulf and Puerto Rican coast­ wise trade (that is, all such vessels not touching any foreign ports). V Seclion i. Days of Atxival. "\yhen "days of ar­ rival" fall on Saturdays, Suntlays or holidays, the watch on duty shall not be paid overtime for the normal watch duties. In the Deck Depm-tment nor­ mal duties sliall include gangway or anchor watch. mi!: V-ki:;.!,: without overtime, on such days of arrival except that if passengers ai'e on board, all members of the Stewards' Department shall woik their regular sea schedule of hours without the payment of overtime; provided, however, that no maintenance or repair work shall be performed on Saturday afternoons, Sundays or holidays of such days of arrival without payment of overtime, and provided further, that aU work performed by Deck or Engine personnel in excess of regular eight hours and all work perform­ ed in excess of regular hours of duty in Stewards* Department, shall be paid for at the regular ov^time rate. l| ^ il �m >age Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Dushane's Report On Washingfton Friday, December 10, 1943 SEAFARERS LOG contain no clause regard blowing smoke up their member­ he is a member. Made ieveral Published by the decisions on SIU cases. Know ing a medical examination, and ship alley. They now have fhc membership wishes him luck I am of the opinion that this is case before the National War La­ SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION a matter for them to take up bor Board. It is a request to the in his new job. OF NORTH AMERICA with the operators, as it effects board that they be granted the REPORT OF DECEMBER 8, 1943 the SUP agreement, when they same conditions that the SIUAtlantic and Gulf District December 15th is the final wine supply men to the operators, and SUP are at present enjoying. up to compute and file your a third party determines whether Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor Will close this with a little in­ amended income tax, if the tax a person dispatched to a vessel formation to our new members was under estimated from the can be employed. This seems to who do not know me, and may HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ Presideni September 15th report made to be a violation of our agreements be misled into believing the Pil­ 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. the Internal Revenue. There is one way that this ot's bilge water. In the Fall of Internal Revenue penalizes a move may possibly be beat, a nineteen hundred and thirty six JOHN HAWK - Secy-Treas, person six per cent if they under brief submitted to the appropri­ P. O. Box 2f, Station P., New York City was storekeeper on the S.S. estimate their tax. If you can't ations committee in Congress Quirigia of the United Fruit guess your tax within twenty may cut off the proposed revenue Company. This was the only MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. per cent, you will have to fish that the WSA intends to pay the ship of that company that the 424 Sth Street, N. W., Washington, D.C. out the penalty. Internal Rev­ Doctors for every examination. crew went out on strike in the • w w enue states that ignorance of the The WSA is now drafting an ap­ port of New York. Was out on law excuses no person. Listing propriation for the coming year, the picket line all during the Directory of Branches the four catergories of persons maybe Congressmen will see the 1936-1937 strike. Shipped out as BRANCH ADDRESS who must file on or before De­ light, and cut the money bags of Bos'un Mate on the S.S. Presi­ PHONE cember 15, 1943. ^ BOwUng Green 9-3437 the WSA. dent Garfield in April, 1937. BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 ' .1 Anyone who expects to have E. R. Wallace, SIU Agt., Gal­ BALTIMORE (2>......,I4 North Gay St Calvert 4539 PILOT ATTACK PHILADELPHIA. ...;.. .6 North 6th St. Lombard 7651 during the calendar year 1943 NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 The December 3rd issue of the veston: Your Congressman may more than $100 gross income NEW ORLEANS (16) ..309 Chartres St ...Canal 3336 Pilot carried an editorial, in send you the Congressional Rec­ S^AVANNAH 218 Eaet Bay St Savannah 3-1728 from a source outside of wages ord free. Subscriptions may be TAMPA .....423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 which yours truly was given a MOBILE 55 .So. Conception St Dial 2.l3Sa which are subject to withholding paragraph. Usually a blast in sent to the Superintendent of PUERTO RICO. 45 Ponce da Icon....... .Puerto de TIerra tax and who also expects suffici­ Documents, Government Print­ GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 the Pilot is not worth the time FT. LAUDERDALE 2021 S. Federal Highway... Ft. Lauderdale 1601 ent gross income to require filing ing Office, Washington, D.C. (One to c'^swer, especially when it •W W V an income tax return (S500 for a dollar and fifty cents per month. comes Tom Blacky Myers. single person, $1,200 for a mar­ PUBLICATION OFFICE: New England fishermen are This article carried the same ried couple, or $624 for a married still out on strike against the ROOM 213, 2 STONE STREET old bunk about the SIU-SUP be­ person.) ing a shipowners set-up, and that OPA's ceiling prices. Pat McNew York City BOwIing Green 9-8346 2. Any single person expect­ we curry favors with them. The Hugh is in town trying to •267 ing wages of more than $2,700 record shows that when the SIU straighten things out. Looks as during the year. members struck the Robin Line though Triggs of the OPA, who 3. Any married person or mar­ ships for an increase in War Risk formerly was a fish buyer is set ried couple expecting individual­ Bonuses, officials of the NMU on letting the fish buyers con­ ly or together more than $3,500 dispatched a crew" for one of tinue to reap a harvest. from wages during the year. The NMU has been pressing these vessels, and they sailed her 4. Any person who was re­ the WSA to get me to go along to South Africa and return. quired to file an income tax re­ with them to try and high pres­ The record also shows that turn for 1942 and expects their sure Congressman Rampsbeck when the NMU crews had some wages in 1943 to be less than in of their vessels tied up for an for action on unemployment in­ 1942. waterfront, it takes picket lines, {Continued from Page 1) increase in War bonuses, the surance for seamen. Advised the I know its a headache, but I officials of the NMU, upon re­ WSA that I would not walk WLB. The NMU is asking for it takes uncompromising opposi-' Just thought that a reminder turning from a conference ih across the street with the NMU wages and working rules which tion to the shipowners and all may help to eliminate the pay­ Washington with officials of the skunks. Will contact Congress­ have been part of the SIU con that they stand for. The NMU ment of a penalty. propaganda machine serves the Maritime Commission, sold their men on this bill with only AFL tracts for years. representatives, and not with the political ends of the Stalinist membership -a bill of goods on MEDICAL EXAMINATION IN BLACK AND WHITE NMU representatives. clique which runS the union, but the Maritime Commission's twen­ Admiral Marshall Dimock of ty-five per cent bonus. it, does not serve the economic Curran and Company have put The the WSA, has sent me a notifica­ SIU-SUP crews were then re­ on paper a lot of wild and loose needs of the membership—a fact tion that another meeting is go­ ceiving thirty-three per cent War charges against the SIU—slan­ they are rapidly coming to un­ ing to be held on December risk bonus. derous, all of them. We don't in­ derstand. Fifteenth, on further discussion We don't intend to shadow box tend to engage in an endless Another gander at the record . of the WSA proposed Medical shows that these vultures in the with Curran, we intend to place campaign of character assassina­ HENRY RUSSELL QUIRK in printers' ink an analysis of ouT^ exam. tion (the Stalinists would win in labor movement condemned the Get in touch with your sister. conditions and his conditions. Their second proposal also was SIU-SUP for striking ships for such a fight anyway). What we Jessie Poiriei, 428 Pleasant St., sent to me. In the first proposal, an increase in War Bonuses. do propose is to put in black and The test of a union is what it any seaman who was turned However, after the National Me­ Melrose. white a detailed analysis of the does for its members. Let the « * » down by a Doctor could go to diation Board granted us a War SIU and NMU contracts, and to seamen of all unions read the LORIN F. HOUGHTON the U.S. Public -Health service Bonus of eighty dollars a month, show the rank and file members facts and judge for themselves. Contact Attorney Ranny Drap­ of the NMU just what sort of a for a re-examination—Under the these misleaders of labor shout­ new proposal, "The case shall be ed to high heaven for stabiliza­ er, Bank of America Building, rooking they are receiving. decided by the Public Health tion on bonuses. That, my friends Manrovia, California. In this issue, on page two and • • • Service Officer who has been ap­ led up to the present Maritime three, we have analyzed the IRVING PAULSON pointed as Port Medical Repre­ War Emergency Board. This NMU, MCS and SIU Stewards VINCENT COSTER: You have Communicate with Attorney Department contracts on freight 50 hours overtime coming from sentative." At the last meeting board was advocated and pushed the majority of the opinion was by the NMU, and it owes its Richard Cantor, 51 Chambers vessels. In future issues we shall the Bull Line. • • that in any examination for con- birth and present powers to Street, New York City. break down the contracts as they * * * tegious disease all the Doctors them. apply to other departments. We R. H. TAURIN has overtime MIKE DIKUN should be from the U.S. Public urge all seamen in all unions to coming from the Calmar Line. The record also shows that the Your papers and discharges study these breakdowns and to See patrolman Sheehan about if. Health Service, and that they be NMU supplied crews to the Ex­ free from any entanglements port Line when another of their have been turned into the Phila­ understand what they mean. No * # * with the WSA. amount of Curran bull will be (CIO) affiliates, the MEBA, delphia hall. R. McLAURIN has overtime able to cover up the fact' that coming from the New York of­ The WSA moving into the pic­ struck the Export Line for an in­ the SIU leads the industry in fice of the Calmar Line. ture and trying to compel sea­ crease in Bonus. The NMU was winning conditions for the sea­ * « • men to submit to a medical ex­ returned this favor by that com­ men. amination, wherein the WSA pany, in that they were granted Crew which paid off S.S. Alcoa SS ROBIN DONCASTER $15.00 sets lip the standard for the exam. the same bonuses that the SIUVoyager in Sept. 1943. has $10 PROPAGANDA NOT SS WM. MERIDITH This is contrary to the state­ SUP was then receiving. ENOUGH linen money coming. Collect 17 7.00 DECK DEPT ment of policy signed between This editorial goes on to state, Battery Place, New York City. the unions and the WSA. I am "As Far as the NMU is concern­ SS GEO. Some NMU rank and fliers » » » 7.00 will no doubt begin to wonder WESTINGHOUSE of the opinion that the standards ed, conditions which might be The logging of the Steward's to be set up is a matter for col­ acceptable to the SIU are cer­ O. VALLEY .: 5.00 why it is that their outfit, with lective bargaining under the tainly not acceptable to the rank KEITH BRILL 4.00 all its high-power publicity and Department of the S.S. Daniel terms of agreements held with and file of all seamens' unions." 4.00 propaganda departments, lags be­ Willard has been reversed by the L. REAVES the operators, and I feel that the I suppose they mean that the hind the SIU so badly in win­ 2.00 ning conditions aboard the ships. Commissioner after a lengthy WSA is duly bound to respect conditions now enjoyed by the GEORGE BOOKS 2.00 It is because it takes more than trial. The men involved can colthe terms of the agreements re­ SIU-SUP, are not acceptable to R. W. 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READ THESE FACTS AND THEN DECIDE WHICH ONE REALLY GETS CONDITIONS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/10/1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1943 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/3b094e82d6019bf595460e08d27fb0fe.PDF 832e42f0e4c388242ad0d0cf46f9a5e9 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG D«e. 10, 1954 • OFFICiAl ORGAN OF THE S E A FA R E R S I N T E R N AT I O N A I UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL ,VC M :¥-\ M •u: I Tramp Aid -Story on Page 3 New Orleans Sets Mark, Making it official by signing a Union receipt for his check, Seafarer Floyd H. Smith, FOWT (left), receives SIU vacation benefits of $40.53 for about ICQ days' work less taxes from Patrolman Herman Troxclair at the New Orleans hall. The payment to Smith put the total paid out in nearly three years by the port's SIU branch over the half-milliondollar mark. Payments throughout the A&G District since the vacation benefits began in February, 1952, total $3,885,581.77. y< Lighf Goes Out. I' ;M'- • '• : 'H. -if:'" (iSf. fate A familiar landmark to Sea­ farers sailing to Europe, the lightship South Goodwin is shown after she became a vic­ tim of a coastal storm which took the lives of her seven• man crew. The vessel wound up resting on a sandbank „ near Deal, Kerit, England, af­ ter hurricane-like winds over­ turned her on Nov. 29. Here, frogmen from a British frig­ ate use acetylene torches to try and cut into her hull and . search for the missing crew-. ; men. Raging seas also caused -'severe' damage elsewhere in ' the area. '-V-: "'S| ''4.1 �. SlU BLAST AT BRAIN-BODY TEST STIRS WAVE OF CG DOUBlETALK <««l«4UbwnM|ilft4 Training snip NOW jn iwobii* Taken aback by the SIU's point by point demolishment of its proposed superman brainbody exam program aimed at ironclad control of all merchant seamen, the US Coast Guard was deep in doubletalk and confusion this week. At Coast Guard headquart--^ ers in Washington action on satisfactory physical examination necessary to flght any attempt to put clvlUan workers under military the proposed plan was report­ set-up. edly at a standstill and spokesmen "The admiral should be reminded controL" were hastening to assure all call­ that the improvements that have The proposals, which have now ers that the plan was just a feeler changed merchant ships from un­ been punched full ef holes by the and was nothing to get excited safe, foul, disease-breeding holes to SIU and the SUP, consist of a 60about as the Coast Guard hasn't relatively decent places to live and page "profile" system of physical even submitted it to its legal de­ work were brought about solely by mental and emotional examina­ partment for a study of its future. the unions. The Coast Guard never tions of seamen. Any seaman who Taking the totally opposite posi­ once has been on the side of the failed to satisfy the examiners on tion, the commandant of the Coast seamen. a wide variety of qualifications, Guard told a maritime meeting in such as sense of smell, education, SS Helen Case Florida this week that it will go family background, clearness oi "Perhaps the admiral remembers speech, ahead with its project despite a and a long list of other far­ storm of criticism. yice-Admiral the SS Helen case, to give but one fetched reasons would be flunked A. C. Richmond said the criticism example. In that instance the crew out of the industry as being unsafe of the proposals by maritime refused to shift the ship because for duty. The proposals were unions resulted from "general mis­ she was undermanned and unsafe drawn up in such a way as to per­ understanding of the project, to leave the pier. The Coast Guard, mit blackballing of men-who took which is to benefit the average instead of seeing to it that the com­ the lead in beefing about shippany put the proper number of beard conditions, or participated Now in Mobile following a run down from New York, the Sea­ seafarer." farers training ship Andrew Furuseth is shown plowing her way Admiral Richmond's rema^ men aboard, hauled the crew be­ in union actions. southward with a full crew of SIU men aboard. JFrom all accounts, were immediately termed a "phony fore one of their courts and at­ Two-Point Criticism both ship and crew weathered some heavy blows during the trip, bleeding heart routine" by SIC tempted to bar them from work­ The Coast Guard's varied reac­ but no damage was suffered. ing as seamen. Here it was the Un­ Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall. tions came after the SIU and SUP ion and only the Union that step­ "This is the old military alibi," Hall said, "that workers need more ped to the defense of these men analyzed and exploded its proposals and more bureaucratic controls, against unsafe working conditions. on two counts: 1.) the attempt to while completely ignoring the fact "We haven't misunderstood the impose additional military controls that the unions, the companies and Coast Guard's proposals one bit. on civilian workers, without justi­ A. the USPHS already have a totally We're going to take every action fication of any national emergency, second, the far-fetched and ridicu­ lous content of the tests which were so drawn as to offer grounds The SlU-contracted P&O Steamship Company, operators of for flunking out every human be­ the Florida, have purchased the Denali from ,&e Alaska ing that was ever bom. Steamship Company, for pse oh the Florida-Cuba run. A Coast Guard's sudden discovery skeleton SIU crew from Tam-' that the proposals have not even pany will place the Denali in serv­ been passed by its own legal de­ pa and Miami has been flown ice between Florida's Gulf Coast, partment came despite the fact Co Seattle to take the ship Key West, and Havana. This has around to the East Coast. become an increasingly-popular WASHINGTON—Apparently anxious to complete its strip­ they were printed and distributed The Denali was operated for run with tourists headed for Cu­ as an official Coast Guard docu­ ping of the US merchant fleet before the end of the year and in advance of the shift to Democratic control of the Congress ment. Nor has the Coast Guard many years in the Seattle to Al­ ban and Caribbean ports via claimed it has the legal right to aska passenger service. Recently Florida. in January, the Maritime Ad--*put these proposals into effect the Alaska Steamship Company Negotiations are now in progress ministration this week gave the registries of either Panama, Li­ without specific authorization from abandoned its passenger opera­ between P&O and the SIU as to its blessing to the 52nd for­ beria or Honduras. tions and the ship has been idle contract terms. Further details Congress. eign-flag transfer of a dry cargo At the time the MA declared its Further investigation by the SIU since. will be carried in the next issue of Liberty ship since mid-August. Of policy on the issue, it was expected SEAFARERS LOG. Reports are that the P&O Com­ (Continued on page 17) these, 18 had been manned by that about half of the US-flag Seafarers. trampship fleet would be involved The transfer balance-s h e e t in transfers, and that is the pre­ showed 13 new transfers in the diction which seems to be coming past three weeks, five of which in­ closer to reality with every new volved SlU-contracted vessels. Ob­ report of an approved switch in servers believe now that the peak registry and flag. of 60-70 transfers which was pre­ Bull Line Switch dicted four months ago will now Meanwhile, the lone bright spot definitely be reached before Janu­ for Seafarers in the whole transfer ary 1. scramble came when Bull Lipe This figure was based on the ex­ sold and transferred two of its pected effects of the MA's "one for Libertys in a deal which added two" transfer rule, which permits two C-2s to its fleet. The exchange a shipowner to transfer one out provides a few additional jobs for of every two vessels he owns to Seafarers since the SIU manning scale for the C-2s is higher than that for the Libertys. The transaction involved the sale of the Marina and Rosario to Dec. 10, 1954 Vol. XVi, No. 25 Isla Colon Naviera SA of Panama As I See It Page 6 for operation under the Liberian Burly Page 16 flag. In r'itum. Bull will operate Crossword Puzzle Page 8 the Plandome and Short Hills, Editorial Cartoon .......Page 9 both C-2s and formerly the Ward Editorials Page 9 Line's Siboney and Oriente in Galley Gleanings Page 15 Cuban service. The exchange in­ Inquiring Seafarer ......Page 8 volved a cash payment of $175,000 Labor Round-Up Page 8 by Bull Line for the more valu­ At left. Seafarer William O. Alston (standing) receives a $19 meal book from patrolman Louis Neira Letter of The Week Page 9 able C-2 tonnage. at the Mobile SIU hall. Later, at the dining room in the nearby Catholic Maritime Club, Alston has Letters Page 16 The SlU-contracted company breakfast and hands book to waitress V. Evans, who will clip out tickets for the amount of his cheeky Maritime Page 8 also gained some 70,000 cubic feet Meet The Seafarer Page '8 of refrigerated space on each of its Established recently as the newest SIU welfare service, the meal book program for SeafMNotices, Personals Page 17 newly-acquired vessels, which will Off Watch Page 14 get good use on the line's New ers waiting to ship has already proven extremely popular. The program enables SIU men to obtain a l^ok ot tickets good for $10 in meals at recognized eating places in all ports on a Port Reports Pages 12, 13 York-Puerto Rico service. Quiz Page 14 In addition to the Rosario and six-month loan. SIU History Cartoon Page 6 Marina, other former SIU ships in­ Originally tested at the SIU the tickets, which are printed in in Six months. Sports Line Page 15 volved in the latest transfers were headquarters Any SIU seaman meeting the cafeteria in denominations of 5, 10, 25 and 50 Vote of Thanks Page 9 the Christos M. (Mariner Ship­ New York, the propam was ex­ cents, to pay for their meals, and simple requirements, and who has Washington News Letter. .Page 7 ping), Holystar (Intercontinental tended as soon as arrangements the restaurant or cafeteria operator been on an SlU-contracted ship for Welfare Benefits Pages 18, 19 Steamship) and Barbara Michel could be made in other ports with subsequently redeems them for at least one day in the previous Welfare Report Page 18 (Norlo Shipping). Earlier transfers local restaurant operators. The cash from the Union or directly 12 months qualifies under the plan. Your Dollar's Worth Page 5 included the General Patton, Tro­ meal book tickets can be used as from the SIU Welfare Plan. Loans can then be repaid at the next payoff. The six-month limit Apply At SIU Halls jan Seaman, Strathport, Bluestar, cash at the cafeterias in both the Publlthod bIwMkly at Hi* hMdquarfar* of ttio Saafarar* Intamatlonal Union, At­ Purplestar, Greenstar, Books can be obtained at all will be extended in cases where Western NY- and Baltimore halls, and in lantic A Culf District AFL, 475 Fourth Avanua, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tal. HYaclnth Rancher, Sea Wind, Tainaron, Cap­ other ports at specified eating halls by an application stating a men enter a marine hospital for f-6440. EntaraO as sacond class mattar tain N. B. Palmer, Anne Butler, places close to the halls. man is registered and waiting to treatment or are on a ship when at tha Fost Offfca In Brooklyn, NY, undar ship, and will repay the cost with­ payment is due. Christine and Lucile Bloomfield. Seafarers waiting to ship, use< fha Act of Aufust- 34, 3213. MA Speeds Transfers; 52 Libertys Flee US P&O Buys Alaska Ship For Cuba Seafarers Hail Meal Book Plan SEAFARERS LOG �SKAPft REKS1 tO€ \ •' " .^r. ',. Tramp Subsidies^ Vessel Trade-ins ":-trr Amonr Seafarers and family members who celebrated Thanksrlv In; Day in SIU halls was rroup In Baltimore cafeteria (above) and in New York headauarters (below). Faclnr NY camera is Seafarer Lionel Abrainson, with Seafarer Henry Simmons across table. WASHINGTON—A freightship trade-in program and other aids for the con­ struction of new US cargo ships have been proposed by the administration as part of its lOSS-legislative program for the merchant marine. In addition, the administra­ tion intends to give official support for the first time to subsidy proposals for tramp ship operators. While containing several proposals designed to stimulate the US flag merchant marine, both^ tanker trade-in bill adopted at the Butler explained, would make it subsidized and unsubsi- last session of Congress. In the a lot easier to push a ship con­ dized, the administration tanker bill, privately-owned ships struction program because it program makes no mention of the continuing transfers of Liberty ships and some pas­ senger vessels to runaway flags. The Liberty transfers have now reached a total of 52 ships. On the positive side, Senator 4ohn Butler of Maryland, Repub­ lican, chairman of the Senate Wa­ ter Transportation Subcommittee in the last Congress, has revealed proposals which the Department of Commerce intends to make at the coming legislative session. Some of these proposals are still getting a look-see from the Bureau of the Budget. Ten Proposals The entire Commerce Depart­ ment program is a broad one, in­ volving ten proposals. The trade-in plan, while not spelled out in de­ tail, apparently would parallel the SIU Host At Turkey Day Feeds Seafarers on ships at sea, ashore in SIU halls and at their homes made it a happy V ir ten years of age or more are be­ ing traded in to the Government in return for a generous allowance toward construction costs of new vessels. The traded-in ships go into the Government-owned re­ serve fleet. A dry-cargo program would tend to upgrade the "Gov­ ernment reserve fleet considerably by adding numbers of C-type ships to the current stock of Libertys and, at the same time, giving both subsidized and non-subsidized op­ erators an opportunity to moder­ nize their ships. Nothing has been said yet as to how many ships the Government proposes to accept^ in these tradeins. Operating subsidies for tramp operators have long been talked about but never submitted to Con­ gress with administration backing. The Commerce Department propo­ sal speaks of subsidizing "certain" tramp operators, indicating a lim­ ited number would be involved in any case. Construction Funds Another proposal would author­ ize non-subsidized operators to set up special vessej construction funds which would receive more favorable tax treatment. Owners of new ships would also be per­ mitted to accelerate depreciation, a bookkeeping gimmick which would reduce taxes considerably. An important part of the pro­ gram would be reactivation and replenishment of the ship con­ struction revolving fund. This is considered essential to any longrange construction program. It was authorized originally under the 1936 Merchant Marine Act, but has been inoperative in recent years. The fund would be established by appropriations and receipts from Government mortgages as well as the" sale and charter of Govern­ ment-owned vessels. The revolving fund. Senator and festive Thanksgiving Day with traditional holiday dinners the first order of business. All SIU ports put aside the roatine of job calls and other Union business and devoted themselves to turning out holiday dinners for Seafarers, their wives and. chil­ dren. Over 300 dinners were serv­ Del Sud crew had lively time at shipboard Thanksgiving party. Here ed in the headqubrters port of stewardesses and beautician enjoy horseplay with other Seafarers New Yqrk, with the younger "gen­ in passenger ship's steward department. eration very much in .evidence and doing their share. Baltimore prop­ erly inaugurated its new cafeteria by holding open house for Seafar­ ers, while other SIU halls arrang­ ed for temporary set-ups to take care of the partying. As in previous years, trustees of the SIU Welfare Plan have approved a $25 special Christ­ mas bonus for Seafarers in the hospitals during Christmas week. This $25 is in addition to Festive Shipboard On board ship SIU cooks and the standard $15 weekly benefit paid all year round by the Welfare Plan. bakers vied with each other to The bonus is payable to all turn out memorable dinners for Seafarers who are hospitaliz­ during their regular weekly visits meet from time to time to alter the crews. The SIU>-manned pas­ ed for more than one day dur­ to the hospitals. Seafarers eligible the hospital benefits if circum­ senger ship Del Sud came up with ing the week of December 19-29 for the bonus who do not collect it stances warrant it. The practice an elaborate menu of more than inclusive.^ on the day of the representatives' of voting a Christmas bonus was 60 items, featuring such attractions Normally there are 200 oi^ more visit can get their money by noti­ instituted Initially to give hospital­ as seafood cocktail, egg nog, broil- Seafarers in the Public Health fying Welfare Services in SIU ized men a little extra cash around '•i pompano, turkey, roast beef Service hospitals at any time. As headquarters. the holiday season for personal ex­ and baked ham. Seven vegetables, such the $25 bonus amounts to The trustees' vote on the bonus tras and any gifts they might want three salads, plus an assortment of $5,000 or more in additional bene­ is in line with their authority to to buy. cheese, mince pie, ice cream and fits for hospitalized Seafarers. other desserts and beverages. The Aside from the. hospital gift, the whole dinner was topped oif with trustees also voted to provide boxes of cigars. Other SIU ships Christmas dinners for men on the put out equally attractive holiday beach in the various ports, simi­ fare. lar to the Thanksgiving Day The shoreside Thanksgiving din­ dinners. ners are unique with the SIU Distributed At Hospitals among maritime unions and have been standaid^ Union practice for SIU hospital representatives will many years. • r .distribute tbe bonus, money in cas|i Vote Xmas Bonus To Sick would reduce the amount of appro­ priations that would have to be voted by Congress each year. In other words, the Government would be able to go ahead with its construction program without hav­ ing to rely on each Congress to vote appropriations for the entire cost of the program. Other aspects of the program include revision of, methods for figuring construction subsidies, a proposal for permanent authority to provide marine war risk insur­ ance, authority to do experimental work on merchant ships such as the current Liberty modernization program, and legislation verifying (Continued on page 17) Co's Can't Blackball SIU Men e An imsuccessful company attempt to deny a Seafarer employment because of a maintenance and cure claim high­ lights an important safeguard in SIU hiring practices. The prevail­ ing practice in the SIU is that a company cannot refuse to accept a man dispatched from the hall be­ cause of any lawsuits, past or pres­ ent, or any past medical record. The only ground for rejection is the man's current medical condi­ tion. At one time it was common prac­ tice for many steamship companies to "refuse employment to Seafarers involved in lawsuits against them. Now such cases are extremely rare. In the latest instance, the Val­ entine Tanker Company, operator of the Val Chem, attempted to deny employment to a Seafarer who had left the ship previously for medical treatment. The Sea­ farer had a maintenance and cure claim pending when he was again shipped to the Val Chem, but he had not filed any suit. Union rep­ resentatives immediately went to bat for the Seafarer, pointing out he had been cleared by the Public Health Service as fit for duty. The company reversed its stand and has also paid the maintenance money due the Seafarer. Some Seafarers have been under the impression that shipping com­ panies still follow the practice of refusing to hire men vrtio have been injured on their ships in the past, or who have filed suits against them, past or present, for any reason. Consequently they have not been throwing in for jobs with those companies. Seafarers are assured they can feel free to throw in for jobs with any SlU-contracted company, as long as they are deemed fit for duty by the Public Health Service. �New Bustling With Activity Seafarers d-owd patrolmen's counter at rear of spacious shipping hall to query patrolman rni fa­ cilities of new building as well as prospects for future shipping. Behind counter, patrolmen A1 Stansbury (left) and Rex Dickey handle flurry of"~questions as men register, check rotary shipping list and get job assignments. r a THERE'S BREN QUITE SOME TALK RECENTLY; AND SOME activity as well, on the matter of niodernizing old Government-owned ships. It appears that the Maritime Administration is going ahead rapidly with plans to remake at least four Libertys into higher-speed vessels with new power plants and engine rooms and with, experimental cargo-handling equipment and other new gear on deck, ' . .. J Now andther Government proposal has come to light for ti trade-in of dry , cargo ships. Naturally If this proposal is to be seriously con­ sidered it will be welcomed by all unions. But it does raise a ques­ tion as-to the kind of ships the operators will build under this,Gov­ ernment-sponsored program. Unions Not Consnltcd So far neither your ^ion, nor any other organization i%presenting the men who actually work on the ships has been invited to give any views on matters affecting the interests of crewmembers.- The same situation existed -when the Mariner ships were built, with the result that while the ships are modern and superior in design in most re­ spects there are some obvious drawbacks, such as splitting up watchstanders in separate foc'sles, which could have been avoid^. And on some of the Mariners, Seafarers reported the profusion of equipment on deck was such as to make it extremely difficult to work cargo. Your Union wonders then whether in modernizing the Libertys the MaFitime Administration has given any thought to modernizing them for the men who will work them as well as for the cargo- they will carry. Will any changes be made in the foc'sles, galley and messrooms and will the new cargo-handling gear be safer and easier to work with? Haa anybody thought of air-conditioning the ships, a big asset to crew comfort and efficiency? And since the Coast Guard says it's so worried about the dangerous and unpleasant conditions existing on ships today, have the admirals submitted any plans of their own to make the converted Libertys safer, more pleaShnt and less of a strain on the seamen that sail them? Your Union would certainly be-pleasahtly surprised if the;^ ; v ^ Another view of the two-deck combination shipping and meeting hall in the Baltimore building, which features balcOny set-up for extra seating as well as some of the building's recreational facili­ ties. Shipping board (not shown) is identical to the one at New York- headquarters except that it is somewhat smaller. . y It. liC^. te"' \fk'- |4If ts I. SOME NEW INFORMATION HAS COME TO LIGHT ABOUT THE. ill-fated Mormackite which went down with 37 of her nien. Ih this in­ stance survivors have reported that the cargo of iron oMidiffted be­ fore she went down.. Further testimony has it that the ship was loaded in a Brazilian port by chutes and nobody was sent into the hold to trim and level off the ore so that it would not shift at sea. The practice of hand-trimming bulk cargoes like ore, coal,-phosphate, and the like is a well-established one in most places where cargoes of this type are handled. For some reason though, it has not been done in this particular Brazilian port, although many cargoes of ore are loaded there regularly by the operators of the Mormackite. "nie Mormackite sinking recalled for Seafarers the Southern Isles loss in similar circumstances three years before. In that instance there were also lengthy Coast Guard- hearings and testimony was given to the effect that the ship was overloaded. Urew 'Profile' Wouldn't Help It appears in the case of the Mormackite as in the case of the South­ ern Isles there was nothing the crew on board could have done to save the ships from disaster, but that something might have been done to see that they were properly loaded in the first Instance. It didn't mat­ ter much, oncethe ships were loaded as they were, whether any crewmember could or could not pass a Coast Guard "profile" test. In any event no matter how carefully a ship is prepared for sea, the possibility of accident always , will exist, just as the recent disaster in a coal mine in West Virginia, which blew up a half-hour after it had been inspected and approved for safety. It's for protection against the unforeseen that seamen have a Jones Act which allows them to recover for their suffering in such instances, a protection which the Coast Guard plan could eliminate. i t NOT ALL OF OUR UNION BROTHERS CAN LOOK FORWARD Recreational facilities on top deck of modern SIU building get full play from SIU men waiting to ship and killing time between job calls. The hall also boasts a television room and writing room and the innovation of a glass-enclosed sun deck on this same floor offering a good view of the en­ tire city. L- to the best of holiday seasons, but. this year as |n the past your Union's Welfare Plan Is going to do its part to smooth matters for men in the hospitals. They will be getting $25 extra In thefr Christmas stocking this year as In the past to help out over the holidays. Your Union wishes them a speedy recovery and smooth sailing for all hands in 1955. -« '/ Barber shop and shoeshine stand (not shown) are popular fea­ tures 6f building, as are shower room and laundry drop elsewhere In hall. Here, Seafarer WiUiam Monway is getting a tonsorial operation at the hands of barber John Battaglia. • ' Modem cafeteria provides meals for hungry SIU men at moderate prices, under auspices of SIU Welfare Pjan. Kitchen will also serve needs of the still Incomplete Baltimore Port 'O Call Bar, Which will be styled somewhat after the original Port '0 Call in NY, btit will be much larger, conJ -^ "• 'NJ-'I talning i roohjy stage and a dahce,floor as well as tables for sdrviie. �:D«neiiiber.]«».l«H S'E}4FA»R'EfR»3 te Mark r»g$ riv* NLRB Speeds WC Vote Bid SIU west coast affiliates moved a step closer to a three-department bargaining election when the National Labor Relations Board threw out unfair labor practice charges inspired by Harry Bridges. The charges, while ostensibly aimed at the shipowners, were an at­ tempt to wreck the hiring-' halls of the Sailors Union of ber voted "no union" under in­ by filing "unfair labor practice" the Pacific and the Marine structions from "Local 100," which charges. Normally the Labor Firemen's Union as part of an ef­ failed to get on the ballot. Board would handle these charges fort to forestall a general bargain­ The result of the "Local 100" before going ahead with an elec­ ing election on West Coast ships. tactic was to deprive steward de­ tion, and the Bridges' maneuver The SUP and the Firemen, in partment men of a union contract was obviously designed to tie mat­ conjunction with the AFL Marine for the balance of the year. ters up indefinitely. Cooks and Stewards, have filed for Once the SUP Pacific District However, in this instance the an election as the SIU Pacific Dis­ filed for a new vote. Bridges at­ Labor Board disposed of. the trict. If the vote is held, it will tempted to stall off certain defeat charges in short order. settle the union ' affiliations of steward department men on West Coast ships and eliminate the last Communist foothold in the Ameri­ can merchant marine. ^ There is no doubt that the SIU Pacific District would win such an election overwhelmingly. Opposed By Bridges The Pacific District's election petition has been opposed from the start by Bridges' longshore union which has been attempting to or­ ganize steward department men into "Local 100." The West Coast longshoremen entered the field af­ ter the collapse of the Commun­ ist-dominated National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards, now virtually defunct for all intents and purposes. In a previous election held last winter, the NUMC&S appeared on the ballot opposing the AFL Marine Cooks and Stewards. In that vote MCS-AFL won a clear majority of those choosing between the two unions, but a larger num­ SUP Annual Poll Opens Depositing his ballot in the ballot box at SIU headquarters, Sea­ farer G. DiGirolopio became the 1,000th voter to cast a ballot in NY on November 30, just two weeks after voting in the Union's 1955-'56 election for officers began. Polls committee member Wil­ liam "Tiny" McDonald stamps "voted" in DiGirolomo's member­ ship book. Voting continues until January 15. in Plan Sets Rules For Reapplying Union and shipowner trustees for the Seafarers Welfare Plan this week issued a reminder to those Seafarers or chil­ dren of SIU men who lost out in. previous bids for SIU scholarship benefits and who ' are interested in applying for Board examination and ' submit the four 1955 awards worth proof of at least one day's seatime aboard an SlU-contracted ship in $6,000 apiece. Candidates who are reapplying the current year. The next College Entrance Board for the awards do not have to submit the full set of credentials tests scheduled will be given on required of original applicants, January 8 and March 12. Late •such as high school transcripts, applications will be accepted up letters of reference and records of until January 1 on the first exam seatime for themselves or a parent. and until March 5 on the second. However, they must notify the The regular closing dates on these Administrator of the Welfare Plan tests are December 14. and Feb­ that they are competing again. . ruary 19. Further information can In addition, they wiU have in­ be gotten from the SIU Welfare take another College Entrance Plan, 11 Broadway, New York, NY. Be Sure To Get Travel Vouchers SUP member S. A. Beard casts his ballot In New York as Sailors Union of the Pacific's annual election for officers got underway In all ports on December 1. Arnold Steinberg officiates at SUP voting booth as members of polls committee. Seafarers paying off at ports other than the port of sign-on should make sure to get a re­ turn transportation receipt and a travel subsistence voucher if they are to collect trans­ portation money. The receipt and the voucher should be presented to the home -office of the company within 30 days so that Seafar­ ers can coillect their trans­ portation under Article H, Section 27 of the agreement. This does not apply in cases where a ship is sold, lai'i up or lost. The annual election of officers for the Sailors Union, of the Pacific got underway in all ports on December 1. There are 17 official posts on the ballot as well as the election of seven delegates to next year's SIU|"^ convention and five SUP SIU president, Harry Lundeberg, building corporation trustees. is running unopposed for secre­ As in the A&G District, the SUP tary-treasurer of the SUP. Other vote will run for two months. In posts on the ballot are one assis­ the latter instance, voting will end tant secretary-treasurer, four pa­ trolmen and a dispatcher for San on January 30, 1955. All told there are 48 names on Francisco, one agent and one pa­ the ballot, although some appear trolman each for Seattle, Portland more than once, as a candidate and New York, an agent for Hono­ can run both for union office and lulu, and an agent and two patrol­ for convention delegate or trustee. men for Wilmington. YOUR DOLLAR'S SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Finding Out About Pubiic Lands Can you still get homesteads and public lands from the Government? Seaferers have asked this question, and at least one already is homesteading in Alaska. The answer is that there is still Ignd available which a man can buy or lease for little money. There are still some 175 million acres of public domain in the States, plus 270 million more'in Alaska. But all of it fs not developed enough for use yet, and-the Government puts it in'the market a few thousand acres at a time as roads are laid out or irrigation completed. Most of the available public land is in the Far West, Pacific Coast and Alaska, but there is also some in the South arid Southwest, and a few tracts in the mid-West. However, you should know that much of it is in com­ paratively undeveloped country. Some of it makes good vacation sites, but there is less land available that can make suitable homesites. In fact, the Government won't classify a tract as a hotnesite unless it's near a town, schools, has access roads and a potential water supply. Land In Oregon Some of the puiblic land is in the Klamath Falls basin of Oregon, near the mining town of Baker, and also around the former range country of Lakeview and Prineville. Iii the state of Washingtonrthere are cabin and camping sites in the big public-power reservations, which have ex­ cellent facilities.for hunting, fishing and other recreational activities. In Utah there are some ti'acts available near the DiMe National Forest, not far from Salt Lake City. There ate also tracts located near the Idaho Primitive Area (which by law is kept in itf pf^tural i^tate with,,n^ ^ iii,.;;;-. dwellings permitted). There are other sites in Idaho near the national forests. In Colorado, there are some tracts in Red Mountam, overlooking Aspen (a ski resort). Other Colorado areas where tracts are available or will be soon, are near Shadow Lake, and in Grand County, located in the Colorado River valley. Perhaps the greatest number of available tracts is in Alaska, with some of them in the warmer, more accessible coastal areas. There are a number of sites in California, but they are mostly in the dry desert in Southern Cal, and along foot­ hills of the mountain chains. All are fairly accessible. In Nevada, there are some- small-tract areas near such popu­ lation centers as Las Vegas and Reno. The only trouble is, some of the tracts do not have their-own water supply. There are also some small tracts in Florida and Alabama, but these are usually sand, with a small amount of brush cover and occasional trees. Here water is available from wells, and there is a comparatively good network of avail­ able roads. There are two general classes of public lands: —Cabin or camp sites, which are generally leased for three to five year^, with option to renew, for $5 a year. Soinetimes campsites ai-e sold outright for $10 depending on size and location. Largest tracts are five acres. You can put up a cabin if the site is classified as suitable for one, or just temporary shelter for vacations or weekends. —Home and business sites, which are sometimes leased for small rentals with an option to buy, and in other cases are sold outright. Purchase prices vary according to value, with some tracts of non-mineral land listed for less than $1Q an acre, and others in more developed areas, priced as much, as ^5jb |in acr?., th^ generally lim­ Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LQG. by Sidney.Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying ited to five acres, but sometimes go as high as 80 and even occcasionally, 160. Farmsteads by this time are scarce, except in Alaska. Some farmlands are made available as the US Bureau of Reclamation completes irrigation projects. Chief agencies in charge of leasing or selling public lands are the Bureau of Land Management and the Bu­ reau of Reclamation, both in the US Interior Dept., Wash­ ington 25, DC. The reclamation bureau disposes of newlyirrigated lands as they become available, mostly in the Far West. Y'ou can also lease campsites in National Parks and Forests. Agencies in charge are Nationai Park Service, US Interior Dept., and National Forest Service, US Agri­ culture Dept., both, Washington 25, D.C. But it's the Bureau of Land Management that has most of the available small tracts for sale or lease. If inter­ ested, first write to the bureau for a copy of its booklet, "Facts on Small Tracts," which outlines the procedure for applying. Also ask for a list of regional land offices. You next have to. write the land office in the region you are interested in, asking for information® on tracts now or soon to be available. Then you have to visit the area, at which time you can stop in at the land office. You have to inspect the site, tell the office what specific tract you want, and sign a statement that you have seen it. You then sign a lease and pay a deposit which you get back if: for any reason the deal falls through or the land office turns down your selection as unsuitable. There are no residence requirements for campsites; you come and go as you please. But for homesites you must agree to build a habitable residence, move in within a certain time^ lJ^ve, there greater part of the year, etc. �SEAFARERS VmcBiber' LOG >7 500 5IU Jobs Ahd 16 Vessels At Stake In US-Onassis Duel HISS RELEASED, REMINGTON MURDERED—Two major figuras Over 500 SlU-contracted jobs are linked to the latest US Government suit against multi­ in charges of Communist iiifiltration into the Government were in the millionaire Greek shipping operator Aristotle Onassis, because of his interests in two SIU- news within a few days of each other. Former Commerce Department contracted companies, Victory Carriers, Inc. and US Petroleum Carriers, Inc. Between them, economist William Remington died after an attack by fellow prisoners at the Lewisburg, Pa., Federal penitentiary. Robbery was the apparent the two outfits operate 16 motive. Former State Department official Alger Hiss was released remainder are Victory-types. All ous maritime nations. The com­ after serving 31^ years of his sentence. Both men-had been convicted ships. plaint of the former agent, Spyri- of perjury as an outgrowth of Communist espionage charges. The newest Federal suit are idle but the Ames Victory, Coe don Catapodis, is that Onassis (em­ Victory, Longview Victory and against Onassis and some of his as­ ^ ^ ployed him to handle the negotia­ CHINA IMPRISONS 13 US FLYERS—US Mankato Victory, all operated by relations with Red China sociates is the latest in a string of and signed an .agreement to reached a boiling point after the Chinese announced troubles for the Greek shipping Victory Carriers and manned by tions they had sentenced pay salaries, commissions and 13 captured US airmen to long prison terms, up to li15, for spying. magnate which have developed in Seafarers. other benefits totalling $560,000. The men had been shot down during the Korean war. US protests were "Monopoly" Deal Attacked the past few weeks. Subsequently, Catapodis charges, rejected by the Chinese government leading to demands for sterner He is currently being sued in The swindle suit against Onassis Onassis' signature started to dis­ action, including one call for a blockade of the China coast and an­ Paris for allegedly swindling a for­ is an outgrowth of an exclusive appear from the contract and mer agent out of $560,000 by sit­ contract he signed with the Saudi Onassis failed to re-sign it after other for cancellation of the Korean armistice. The Government's an­ swer was a new treaty with Nationalist China for defense aid. ing a contract with disappearing Arabian government that would promising to do so. t t ink. Just recently, Onassis be­ eventually give his tankers a com­ Catapodis has also accused came involved in an international plete monopoly on the transport of Onassis of paying a million in SMOG PLAGUES LOS ANGELES AGAIN—Los Angeles had its incident of some proportions when all Saudi Arabian oil. The con­ bribes to Saudi Arabian Officials in second major bout with severe smog in the past month when a blanket the Government of Peru bombed tract, signed eai;lier this year, set order to get the Saudi Arabian oil of smoke and fog covered the Southern California coastal ai-ea for several days. Traffic accidents went over the 2,000 mark in the murk, and seized five of his whaling ships off a storm of protest from varl- monopoly. airlines were grounded and crime rates soared as policemen vainly for operating Off its coast. -e^ tangled with traffic jams and accident calls. The whaling vessels were reg­ t i 4" istered under the colors of one of US PLANS SPECIAL DOPE STUDY—President Eisenhower has set the several countries in which up a special committee of five cabinet members to study the menace Onassis nominally locates his of drug addiction. The committee has been directed to' come up with various enterprises — the flag of recommendations that could be used as a basis for stiffer. action against Panama. dope peddling. Committee members are Attorney General Brownell, US CivU Suit Secretary of State Dulles, S^retary of Defense Wilson, Treasury Sec­ retary Humphrey and Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, In the US action, which is in the Education and Welfare. form of a civil suit against Onassis SAN FRANCISCO—SUP members have thrown down the and nine others and is filed bythe 4" 4^ Government in the US District gauntlet to Harry Bridges and the Pacific Maritime Associ­ 'FATHER' OF ATOMIC REACTION DIES—World-famed scientist Court for the Southern District of ation by refusing to work port overtime imtil a Bridges' raid Ernico Fermi, who supervised _ the construction of the world's first atomic reactor, died of cancer at the age of 53. Ferrhi's construction New York, the Justice Department on the Sailors' jurisdiction is+ is seeking the return of $20 mil­ repulsed. As a result, no the Sailors first choice on the hatch and operation of an atomic pile in the University of Chicago which pro­ duced the first controlled chain-reactor paved the way for the atom, lion as earnings of 16 war surplus West Coast ships are being to be worked by deck hands. bomb and other atomic developments. Fermi was originally a native ships allegedly illegally bought worked or shifted in port after 5 Employers Hem And Haw of Italy but left to escape Mussolini's rule. from the Government by corpora­ PM or before 8 AM on Saturdays, tions controlled by Onassis and his S jndays and holidays. 4" t 4^ As soon as the Pacificus was tied SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICAL BRAWL SEEN—The choice of associates. The Sailors voted this course at up, the Pacific Maritime Associa­ Johannes Gj Stirdom to succeed Dr. Daniel F.~Malan as prime minister SUP membership meetings Novem­ tion was notified of the violation of the Union Weren't Citizens of South Africa is regarded as certain to produce a split of the agreement by tbe longshore­ The Government complaint de­ ber 8, as the consequence of a men. The PMA was either unable between Dutch and English-speaking residents. Stiydom is an advocate clares that, the former Maritime cargo handling beef on the Pacifi- or unwilling to take action against of an independent republic wliUe the English want to remain in the Commission made the sales '— at cus of the Coastwise Line. Fire­ British commonwealth. different times between 1948 and men, members of the Marine Fire­ Bridges. 4' • 4" t The SUP membership vote re­ PLAN MORE $$ FOR ASIA—The 1952 — following representations men's Union, have been cooperat­ Government is planning expansion that the purchasing corporations ing by refusing to provide steam fusing to work overtime followed of economic aid to Asia to help contain communism there while cut­ were bona fide citizens of the US for loading and discharging during failure of the PMA to act on the ting military aid to Europe, which is considered pretty well back on beef. and under control of American overtime hours. its feet economically. Approximately $1.2 billion is being spent in Asia Started In LA Under the Sailors' contract, the this year, a sum which will go up considerably for the year 1955-56. citizens, which was legally re­ quired of purchasers of surplus Tl;e SUP tookv action after the membership Is not compelled to t 4> 4 ships after March 1, 1948. But it Pacificus tie-up was precipitated work port overtime since the con­ MCCARTHY 'CONDEMNATION' VOTED—The great debate on Sena­ noted that at the time the repre­ by West Coast longshoremen in tract specifies a 40-hour week, tor Josefih McCarthy came to a temporary halt when the Senate voted sentations were made,. the actual Los Angeles, October 26. The long­ Monday through Friday, from by wide majorities to condemn him on two counts, McCarthy himself control of the corporations was in shore union, in an attempt to in­ 8 AM to 5 PM while ships are in moved for an early censure vote when it became apparent that he could the Onassis group, all of whom vade the Sailors' right to work port. not rally-enough strength inside or outside the Senate to change the were aliens. hatches on coastwise ships, refused Pressure is Increasing on the results. The biggest pro-censure vote was 67 to 20. Moreover, according to the Gov­ to supply the front men for unload­ PMA to take a stand on. the beef, 4i 4i t ' ernment, title to the affected ves­ ing a hatch being worked by SUP with big West Coast passenger lin­ US WILL ADMIT POLYGAMOUS KING—An American immigration sels and all their earnings ^ince men on deck. Under the coastwise ers and other ships having delayed law againsf polygamy threatened to hold up the visit of King Tribthen should be declared the prop­ contract, the Sailors can work car­ sailings because of the no overtime huvana of Nepal, mountain kindom in the Himalayas. The King has two erty of the US. Of the vessels in­ go in any hatch when directed by policy forced on tbe sailors by wives, and is coming here to consult heart specialists. He was assured that the law would not bar his visit as a non-immigrant. volved, seven are tankers and the the shipowner. In effect, this gives the. Bridges' action. Sailors Ban Port OT To Fight Bridges' Raid I' h 1 jj; I 'l Cartoon History Of The SIU With the Korean War on, in July, 1950, the SIU and other maritime unions drafted a voluntary plan with Government officials for a waterfront security pro­ gram. The plan gave the Coast Guard power to bar the sailing of any seaman suspected as a subversive, but safeguarded his^ri|Alt.to appeal. Coast Guard Power Grab In approving the security program, the unions did not retreat from their basic dislike for a system giving the Coast Guard or a . similar agency strict control over civilian seamen, ^e SIU pointed out tl^at while its ranks were clean of Commies, they were still ac<( 2Vo. 79 When the CG assumed new, broader powers over sea­ men, which was Just what the unions-had hoped to avoid by their voluntary action, the entire screening 7 ^ program came tmder lire. Finally, in Deeemb^, tho ^'' - y;; BIU got some (sf tbe ivgfdatlontveMed and avoide#? : ^ 1 further friction for a tlmew 1J �December 10, 1954 tV>i,v- Seafarers Houston Hall is A-Hummin' SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON •i . ' ' . . ' " I It now appears that the comint year will he one of constructive mari­ time legislative activity in Congress. This will be with the view of not only consolidating galQS already made, but attempting to achieve a still firmer basis of Government aid designed to help stabilize our merchant marine. The Department of Commerce, for example, will recommend that non-subsidized steamship lines be authorized to place vessel earnings in a special reserve construction fund on a tax defeiTCd basis, designed for future replacement of their fleets. In addition, that agency will recommend that the ship construction revolving fund, under the juris­ diction of the Maritime Administration, be reestablished. Into this fund would go appropriations for ship construction, and receipts from Government mortgages, as well as receipts fi'om the sale and charter of Government vessels. Still other proposals to be advanced by th^ Commerce Department for'the consideration of Congress deal with authorization forhhe Gov­ ernment to accept dry-cargo vessels ten years of age or more for an allowance of credit on the construction of new vessels; permanent authority to provide marine war risk insurance; authority to continue experimental work on Liberty-type ships; and authority to complete the reserve fleet ship-repair program. T^ese are but a few of the maritime proposals that will be advanced, and, if enacted, will be of great aid in attaining the basic needs of many operators. Government aid to tramps is still under discussion within the Com­ merce Department, an3 it's not yet known whether Commerce will be in favor of this. ^ Over a period of many years, many within Congress have been criti­ cal of the size of the annual maritime appropriations. Reactivation of the revolving fund, mentioned above, will definitely reduce the amount of shipbuilding funds required to be included in the annual budget, and thereby soften such criticism of maritime appropriations. 4 4" J" Big like everything else in the State of Texas, sign alongside SIU hall in Houston makes it plain this is location of Seafarers' branch in the port. The site is at 4202 Canal Street, a choice comer loca­ tion close to all port facilities. Rumors cannot be confirmed here that Mr. Onassis, owner of one of the largest' tanker fleets in the world, is thinking of transferring hii^ ghips to the. Italian flag. Most of the ships are now flying the Pana­ manian flag. The rumor was that he., had been offered substantial tax benefits if he would change the flag to Italy. The wholesale transfers of Liberty dry cargo ships have reached 62. Since mid-August of this year, the Maritime Administration has approved the transfer to foreign flags of that many ships. It's expected that another 10 or 12 will be approved for transfer before the new Congress comes in next month. The new Democratic Congress will certainly take a hand in the matter but it may prove too late. At the moment, it's not known whether this Congressional probe will be made by Senator Magnuson, Wash­ ington, who will head the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, or by Representative Bonner, North Carolina, who is to be Chairman of the House Merchant Marine Committee. Although it has never been officially announced by the MA, this Government agency, as of last August, had in mind that it would allow up to about 60 Liberty dry cargo ships to go foreign. Applications covering 52 already have been okayed. The MA will be called upon by Congress to give a fuller acccTimting ' of its reasoning for allowing such wholesale ti'ansfers. 4" t 4 Fix Price On Mariner -S" South Atlantic Steamship Line is gettuig nearer to its subsidy award. The Government already has found that the company qualifies under the main provisions of law. The only <|rawhack at this stage are the exten­ sive foreign-flag agencies in which Strachan Shipping Company, parent - company, is engaged in. Under law, the Government must first pass on these agencies before subsidizing South Atlantic. 4> ' 41 The downward trend in employment among US flag vessels continued during the latter part of this year, with a further net reduction of 6() vessels as compared to the period April-June 1954. Of this number, 32 ships (27 privately-owne^ and 5 Maritime Administration owned) were relegated to inactive status; the remaining 28 were among those ships sold or scrapped. On Septetnber 30, 1954, freighter vessels in the US flag fleet totalled 2,614 ships, a decline of 22 ships during the quarter. Actively employed freighters showed a net decrease of 42 ships since the last quarter period, a reduction largely the result of a sub­ stantial contraction in the number of freighters engaged in overseas foreign trade. During the three months ending in September 30, 1954, fifty-two freighters, all privately owned and comprising 12 percent of the total number of US freighters operating in foreign trade, were either transferred to other operations, sold for service under foreign flags or consigned to inactive status. . At the end of the quarter (September 3(J, 1954) the number of privately-owned temporarily inactive vessels had risen to 130, an in­ crease of 15 ships oyer the previous quarter. The tanker fleet declined by a net of 6 vessels during the third quarter of 1954. Eleven ships were lost to the fleet as a result of sales to foreign operators and scrapping, and 5 new tankers entered the fleet from construction. 4 The- response of private Industry to the MSTS and Maritime Admin­ istration for building new tankers has more than exceeded expecta­ tion. MA had estimated that its tanker program would result in the construction by oil companies of 10 super-tankers, with the trade -in to the Government of 20 older tankers. Already MA is pasf the half­ way mark on this program. Congress authorized MSTS to charter, for 10-year periods, under separate legislation, up to 19 new tankers to be built by private industry. Already the oil companies have exneeded this by offering to build up to 23 new tankers for long-term charter to MSTS. ' ri Pate Seymi SEAFARERS' LOG Interior view of newly-opened SIU hall in Houston shows some of the branch membership enjoying a game of cards with inevitable "kibitzers" looking on. TV set is at far left and meinbership polls committee is seated at table just below it. A iiniform sale price of $4,183.571 for Mariner ships has been approved by the Gov­ ernment's General Accounting Office. Originally the FMB had set a scale ranging from $4,120,000 up to $4,424,000 for Mariners de­ signed for use as cargo ships. The difference in prices represented differences in construction costs for ships contracted for at a later date. The new uniform price repre­ sents what the General Account­ ing Office calls a "weighted aver­ age" of the three previous figures. Since most of the ships would have sold at the lowest figure, it represents no reduction in price for the greatest number of the Government-owned vessels. I ^I •a -13 SIU Years Best Of His Lite When Father Time and the effects of a shipboard Injury in 1951 finally brought an end to his sailing career, retired Seafarer Ben Bailey reflected that his record of 50 years of sea­ faring was well spent, especially the years since 1938 when he belonged to the SIU. However unaccustomed he^' may have been to it before. as bad—or worse—he returned to the sea. That was when he worked Bailey found himself thrown on the New York subway, which into a life j)f ease, but "free from opened that year, and he was put­ care about his future security. The SIU Welfare Plan provides him ting in a 12-hour day for a prince­ ly $9 a week in wages. with a comfortable cushion in the form of a $25 weekly disability Sailing through World War I ^benefit for as long as he needs it and into the thirties, Bailey joined and Social Security payments by the SIU in November, 1938, becom­ the Federal Government are added ing one of the Union's original to that. At 74, Bailey's needs, how­ members in its drive to improve ever small, are well taken care of. the lot of American seamen. Lives In New York When World War II Came, he was a fixture on the old George A New Yorker since Ijie turn of Washington as chief cook and the century. Bailey lives with his spent most of the war years on wife in the city he has known most what came ' to be known as "the of his life in a small Brooklyn workhorse of the Ajtlantic." His apartment. His married daughter Ben Bailey luck held out as far as subs and lives nearby, and if he tires of the small talk of his landlubber neigh­ about 1902 and managed to catch torpedoes were concerned. In 1951, however, while aboard bors, he knows he can visit the a job on the old Morgan Line SIU headquarters building and al­ freighter Almonte. Those were a Robin Line freighter as chief ways find friends and former ship­ "different days," he points out, steward, he took a bad fall which mates with whom to swap stories and few will argue the matter. caused him to be hospitalized in A couple of years later, in 1906, Saudi Arabia, and he knew that of the past. Bailey first caine to the US froin he tried work hi n ashore, but find- time and long years of working-had Barbados, .British' 'West'"indies,' Ing that conditions'iher4^wi^44ust rftfialiy;liiken their tcdL •a 'i. I �c. MARITIME F IH-'Iv. Ie J J '- • 1''^ < •;\- Italy's merchant fleet now totals slightly over four million gross tons, the highest in its history and eight times what it was in 1945. Before the war, the fleet totalled 3.3 million tons, and by the end of it, less than 500,000. The current figure includes 680,000 tons of liners and passenger-cargo ships, two million tons of cargo ships and 1.2 million tons of tankers . . . The world's largest whale factory ship, the 44,000ton Willem Barendsz II, has been launched in Holland. The vessel was named after a 16th century Dutch whale hunter and Arctic explorer. : Questiont What's yom' view of 4> 4" Coast Guard's superman brainDamaged in a storm at sea late last month, the cracked freighter P&I Hie' body proposals? Trader finaily reached a haven in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, after several days of limping shoreward. The vessel had split across the deck and down the port side . . . Greek shipowner Stravros S. Roland St. Marie, AB: I can't Niarchos has pulled a switch. Reversing the usual practice, where dry see an^ legitimate point to the whole scheme, cargo ships, particularly Liberty-types, have been converted to tanker but one thing I operations, Niarchos has placed an order with a Hamburg, Germany, really don't like shipyard, for rebuilding the tanker Myrtpho into a freighter. In addi­ is screening out tion, two new 12,500-ton freighters will be built for him at Kiel and guys as "beefdickering over the construction of two more there is underway. ers" or complain4> 4> ers aboard ship, A successor to the former Swedish-American liner Gripsholm is still in a free coun­ on the drawing boards, but model tests will be started in Rome Very try you're sup­ soon. The new shijp will be built along the same lines as the company's L posed to be able latest addition, the Kungsholm, at a shipyard in Genoa. The old Grips-^ holm, a frequent visitor to the US during World War II when She to do that with­ served as a refugee ship, is now operated by the North German Lloyd out being called dovm for it. Line . . . Plans are afoot for a multi-million-dollar modernization pro­ '44 4 gram for the Lake Michigan shoreline of Chicago, in view of the pos­ George Liebers, steward: I think sibilities for ocean commerce that will be created by the completion they're awful. They probably won't of the St. Lawrence seaway project. At the same time efforts will be go into effect made to build new beaches, a sea harbor for pleasure craft and other because of all recreational facilities. the opposition to them anyway, * 4 it 4 The Cities Service Oil Co. has shipped a $2 million "city" aboard but I think tbe the Egyptian freighter Mohammed All El Kebir for delivery to Oman whole idea In SE Arabia, where the company will explore for new sources of oil. smells. During The "city" includes 23 knock-down houses, farm mafchinery, tools, auto­ the war when motive vehicles and even flower seeds for planting . . . The second of the chips were four cargo ships built for the Westfal-Larssen Company's service be­ down they took tween the US West Coast and South America has been launched. It everybody and is the 7,610-deadweight-ton motorship Nordanger, whose sister ship, didn't look twice. the Hardanger, entered service last July. The vessels are 441 feet long 4 4 4 and operate at speeds of 15.5 knots. Alexander Boyle, vdperi They would probably affect the old4 4 4 ' A shipment of 44,000 tons from the Black Sea is the first cargo of timers most of Russian crude oil delivered to Port Said under the new Soviet-Egyptian all, and that is petroleum supplies agreement. Following delivery, the Egyptian tanker one hell of a A1 Hurriyeh returned for another shipment . . . Now that the Dutch note. It doesn't owners and Lloyds of London have both abandoned efforts to try to seem' fair for raise the Prins Willem V, which sank about three miles off Milwau­ them to want to kee's harbor entrance two months ago, the vessel is "fair game" for knock out the anyone who wants to try. The ship went down in 80 feet of water after giiyi "Vho've colliding with an oil barge towed by a tug. SShe was valued at $1.2 mil­ given their best lion and carried a cargo worth another $750,000. to the industi^ and can still hold 4 '4 4 Port authorities at Brest, France, gave up hope of'saving the 6,908- their own, Tm not worried for ton Swedish freighter Los Angeles, after she made port with her num­ myself though; I just passed an ber three hold on fire, and had her towed outside the harbor to remove Army physical the danger from other ships. The ship had been Mazing for 60 hours 4 4 4 up to that time . . . Work on a $45 miiiion improvement program th'at L. 8. Johnny Johnston, AB: It calls for widening and deepening the Suez Canal along its entire 100- sounds like a pjiony set-up to pae. miie-route is expected to get underway next year for completion about The whole plM 1960. The work would expedite the passage of ships drawing 36 feet. sounds like a The rapid increase in the size and draft of the new supertankers n«tng scheme to put the canal is believed responsible for the launching of the program, seamen under since there have been several cases in recent months when tankers in the same type of the 40,000-ton class couldn't ease through the canal while fully loaded. military Jurisdic­ tion that Navy men and Coast Guardsmen liave. ve had my share of Navy ACROSS 3. Where 16. Sand hiU experience and 1 know I don't 39. Came ashore They man a Guayaquil is 18. What cook 40. Island off ship want any more.' • doea 4. Girl's name Corsica INizzle a. 12. 13. 14. 15. 17. 19. 21. 22. 24. 28. 29. 31. 32. 34. 35. 37. 38. 41. 42. 44. Wr:- r> rJ?vS^':V/ 46 47. 49. S2. 55. 56. 58. 59. «0.. 1fL The SIU has 5. Go by the best welfare 6. Pound: Abbr. The Navy 7. Bit of charity Costa 8. What washer A kind of should be seaman A kind of buoy 9. The SIU Sheltered 10. An oil bodies of water company A sea soldier 11. Bearing of Dried up with Bahamas from heat Miami Also Kind of auto Mrs. FDR A labor group Fielder's bloopers An exclamation Kind of stone Period of time home pay And: Fr. Girl's name Number: Abbr. You can't beat SIU on this Peruvian animal ' Chicken . Port In Fr. Morocco The Log wins these Site of a canal US soldiers Long fish Bible character Literary collection International Line Look for DOWN December 10, 1954 SEAFARERS IPG PUvEifU 20. Boston U. 43. City in Tibet footballer 45. What steamers 22. Tendon follow 23. Make happy 48. Part of church 25. Allow use of 49. Oriental title 26. Calking fibre 50. Gain victory 27. A word, or 51. What we term follow 30. Stern 83. Miss West 33. Postpone 54. Sea bird. 36. A form of 57. Long ton; mineral Abbr. (Puzzle Answers On Page 17) r 10 II 4 4 4 4 4 4 Charles Thomas; night cook and baker: I've beon sailing quite a few years now, righi through World . War II and the Korean IVar, and I nevef saw them pull anything like this in wartime, where it might possibly do some good. And this plan has almost no restrictions to it. '• Duska "Spider" Korolia, MM: The Coast- Guard should stick to inspecting ships. Seamen already have enough controls over them^ when they go up for their papers, and then there's the physi­ cal you have to take . when you sign on a ship, The whole idea recalls sh ! MEET THE SEAFARER JIM DAVIS, Steward A restless curiosity about how the other half of the world lives has long been a motive for men to take to the sea. Seafarer Jim Davis has been satisfying that curiosity for the last 11 years, but still finds it a powerful lure. Between that and the fine conditions and takehome pay sailing SIU, Davis con­ siders the life of a sea-going man just about the most satisfying he could think of. Davis jK'as born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, which he stiil calls his home. But he has a second- "home" In Port Elizabeth, South Africa, where he has made fast friends with several local resi­ dents. Right now he's hoping to grab another Robin Line ship on the South African run so he can hold a reunion and pick up the skin of a lion he bagged on a safari when last there. . The lion skin will join a house­ ful of other mementos and souve­ nirs he .has accumulated In his years of sailing. Davis started out going to the University of Alabama where he studied for. a journalism degree. On the side he got involved in radio broadcasting and did a few hitches with small local radio sta­ tions as announcer, engineer and scriflt man. In 1943, Davis left school to ship out, catching the Paul Shoup out of Wilmington, California, as galley boy. Liked To Cook "I always liked to cook" he said, "so I put it to use on a ship." Now he holds chief steward . endorse­ ments, having worked at all ratings in the steward department. Davis neverr did get .back to school again, although he managed to complete another year's study via correspondence courses. He is hopeful though of getting that de­ gree some day by taking a year off and going to school at the worldfamed Sorbonne in Paris. Davis sailed through the war years until 1946. Then he thought he would try living ashore for a while. He went to work as a sales­ man for a Hollywood outfit that specializes in elaborate leather al­ bums for wedding photographs. The outfit whs, and is, thriving and the job was a good one but after nine months he decided that goinff to sea was what he really wanted. He's been sailing steadily ever since. His particular liking for Port Elizabeth stems from the warm hospitality of the port which is proud of its reputation as a friend-^ ly city. One local family, the "Mandy gang," as Davis fondly de­ scribes them, are his hosts when­ ever he gets there. "Tiiey are avid readers of the SEAFARERS LOG, ' he says, "which really gets around in that city." Four-Day Safari On his last visit, Davis went on a four day safari with a profes­ sional guide. The first night Out they put up at the hunter's camp, a collection of thatched roof huts in the bush. Davis was sitting back enjoying his coffee when he was jolted out of his seat by the roar of a lion just outside the camp. Al­ though the hunter assured him that the lions would never invade the camp, Davis is not ashamed to admit that he barricaded the hut door that night. Subsequently ho evened the score by downing one of the bushy-maned cats. Experiences like these, he says, and meeting up with all kinds of people all over the world are what make going to sea such an inter­ esting life. All Have Problems "After you get around to quit# a few countries," he said, "you'll find that people evei-ywhere are pretty likeable. They have differ­ ent customs and ways of doing things, but they all have their problems and headaches and they all want to get along with their neighbors. "Someday in the future," he con­ cluded, "I'd like to see the SIU Welfare Plan set up an exchange program, so that each year two or three children of Seafarers could go live abroad with Seafaring fam­ ilies and their children could come .to live here with some of our peo­ ple." Something like that, he feels, would be the basis for a genuine, world-wide brotherhood of the sea. LABOR ROUND-UP After one year, the deadlock has been broken in the strike of AFL Teamsters at five Pittsburgh de­ partment stores. The members of Teamsters Local 249 voted to ac­ cept a settlement on the basis of an immediate five-cent wage in­ crease and a change in the rules igiving the stores the rights to as­ sign helpers and use parciel post. A second Increase, is provided at il later date. The settlement cleared the way for other store unions to return to work. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Abolition of the independent Transit Authority in New York City was demanded by CIO Trans­ port Workers Union president, Mike Quill. The city-owned transit system was turned over to the au­ thority via legislation passed by the state legislature. The union is seeking repeal of the legislation. An interim increase of five per­ cent 'has been negotiated for 5,000 Montgomery Ward employees in Chicago by the AFL Warehouse & Mail Order Eniployees Local 743. •The increase waf the first break in year-long hegotiations after Local company are negotiating on other contract clauses. 4 4 4 •4 4 4 4 4 4 . A complete tie-op of all Chrys­ ler Corporation production was averted one hour before deadline when agreement was reached on a union shop for 850 Chrysler office workers. The CIO United Aiito Workers union wrested the agree­ ment from the company at 6 AM, ^ permitting the day's work to go oh. ' Repeal of the so-called "right to work" laws in the 17 states where they have been passed has been urged by the convention of the Na­ tional Council of Catholic Women. The convention, meeting in Bos­ ton, criticized the "right to work" legislation as forcing conflict be­ tween labor and management "^by striking at the right of unions to organize. Limits on admission of alien ac­ tors to the US have been urged by the AFL Screen Actors Guild. The group said that alien actors should be admitted only for starring or feature roles and that an actor on a temporary permit.be allowed to ipnesr in only one picture. Simi­ lar restrictions ^xist in Great ill �Dumber 10,, lOtt . - -.. ' .' SE^AFARERS SEAFARERS # LOG Deeembtr 10, 1954 Pace NIM LOG 'Dragging The Anchor!' Vol. XVi, No. 25 Published biweekly, by tbe Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District. AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 82. NY. TeL HYacinth 8-6600. Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor, HERBEIIT BRAND; Managing Editor, RAY DemsoN; Art Editor, BERNABB SCAMAN; Photo Editor, DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writer*, HIUMAN AmavB, IRWIN SPIVACK AL MASKIN; Guli Area Reporter, BILL MOODY. ISO First Step News of new Government proposals to strengthen the mer­ chant marine is sure to be welcomed by everybody in the in­ dustry. The proposed freight-ship trade-in program, if prop­ erly set up and administered, could go a long way toward modernizing the merchant fleet, while other aspects of the administration's plans would certainly be of considerable aid, particularly to non-subsidized sections of the industry. Tramp ship operators, too, would come in for a share of assistance under the new program. In light of these proposals, which by the way, come from the Commerce Department, it seems even more astonishing that the Maritime Administration (a Commerce Department subsidiary) should be proceeding as rapidly as ever with transfers of US-flag Libertys to runaway flags. The Mari­ time Administration has permitted 52 ships to use this tailormade escape hatch. Only a handful of Libertys remain in pri­ vate US operation. Regardless of the Maritime Administration's argument that these ships could not operate under the US flag, the inescap­ able fact is that every transfer means more cut-rate com­ petition for US ships. The free and easy transfer policy will make it alTthe more difficult, and expensive, for the Govern. ment to come lip with a workable maritime aid prograni. The very least that could be done, as a starter, is to call a halt on any further transfers as of now. 4 ft 4. 2lid Round Coining The US Coast Guard has been tripped up in its attempt to smuggle through so-called "physical exam" proposals that could be used to deprive seamen of their livelihood. Although the sneak attack was spotted and upset by the SIU and the SUP, the Coast Guard has not given up by a long shot. Further, Cbast Guard brass have the gall to claim, accord­ ing to newspaper reports, that there is "general misimderstanding of the project, which is to benefit the average seafarer," whose life is endangered, the Coast Guard says, by his own shipmates. The Coast Guard's wool-pulling act will fool nobody. It's well understood that these plans are to benefit the Coast Guard itself, the insurance industry and the shipowner, who, as to be expected, agrees with the Coast Guard. Just recently the Coast Guard in Boston gave a sample of its attitude when it went aboard an SIU ship and scanned tile log from front to back to find something it could use against the crew. As a result nine men, civilian seamen all, were hauled before a military hearing panel. No other civilian American is subject to the exercise of so much military power. But that doesn't stop the Coast Guard from grabbing for more control iuntil it can regiment the seaman 100 percent. t t Blackball Scheme "mTS la It's been the practice of non-union companies as well as operators who did business with other unions to blackball any seaman who sued the company for maintenance or other compensation under the Jones Act. Fortunately for Sea­ farers, the Union has energetically stamped out every effort by SIU operators to do the same. Every once in a while though, an attempt to blackball a Seafarer will pop up and have to be dealt with accordingly. However, Seafarers can feel free to throw in for any job with any company, with the assurance the Union will protect them against any blackball. All this would be changed if the Coast Guard were able to put over its physical exam program. If the Coast Guard plan goes through, all the shipowner would have to do is blow the whistle. The Coast Guard would come down and do the rest. That's just one of the many reasons why the Union is fight­ ing this Coast Guard proposal tooth and nail. If the Coast Guard can, in effect, repeal the Jones Act singlehanded withr out benefit of Congress, every legal safeguard for the seaman Is imperiled. * * i Holiday Greetliigs The Christmas Holiday is still two weeks off as the LOG goes to press. But lor many LOG readers on shil» at sea and in porta the world over, this will be the last issue of the paper they receive before the holiday season. To all the Union-^xtonds bt«f tfte hdMfeyi^nd l&M." Union ^Rescueo^ Stranded Seamen To the Editor; I flm writing this letter because we, the crewmembers of tbe Cities Service tanker Logans Fort, would like all our SIU brothers to know how efficiently the Union serves its members if they , get into difficulty. The Incident I am referring to particularly occurred in Chicoutimi, Quebec, on November 19, when seven crewmen of the Logans Fort were caught ashore fogbound and without money. As ship's delegate, X asked the captain, who was also ashore, for money for the men but a draw was r e - \ fused. Then la­ ter, after it became apparent that the launch Despite what the Coast Guard could not return may think, Seafarers on the ships to the ship, an­ are on the ball when it comes to chored eight taking measures for shipboard miles down the safety. These measures, of course, Lewis Saguenay River, depend on the willingness of the 1 made another attempt to see the shipowners to cooperate and take captain but this also failed. the trouble and expense to run a Brother Willis Thompson, the clean, safe and comfortable vessel. deck delegate, and I then contacted Coast Guard opinion to the con­ the Union in New York, by. tele­ trary, ships can be made safer, so phone, and were assured that the that average human beings (not company would be told how mat­ superman) can work them without ters stood and. the captain told to unnecessarily risking injury. take care of his men. For example on the Dorothy (Bull), Seafarer Ed Abualy pro­ Captain Comes'Throngh Of course, we do not know the posed that the contents cff any message sent to company see to it the captain by the company, but we that lifejackets do know that the next attempt by are placed on the delegates was successful and a launches when draw was issued in the lobby of the ship anchors in Fajardo, Puer­ the Chicoutimi Hotel. All the hotel employees were to Rico, so that keenly interested in the happen­ seaman going ings and were amazed that a few ashore will be as­ Cummings Seafarers, through their Union, sured of neces­ could bring sufficient pressure to sary protection against capsizing or other accidents bear to win their demands. The following day, Novenj,ber 20, to the launches. Another crewwas also foggy, and the captain, in member, Seafarer Richard Cummlngs pointed out that the wiring order to get the men back to the on the ship was in dangerous con­ ship, called the vessel by radio­ dition and recommended that a telephone and ordered a crew to shoreside electrical specialist be bring a lifeboat into Chicoutimi to brought aboard to give the ship's pick up the stranded men. electrical circuits a thorough in­ Unfortunately, the lifeboat's an­ cient engine broke down four times spection. Here then, are two sound safety and after five hours of futile ef­ suggestions from the crews them­ fort in a bitterly cold rain, the life­ selves, which if followed by the boat crew had to return to the Lo­ company, would serve to reduce gan's Fort. the danger of accidents without About three o'clock that after­ the necessity of taking every noon the fog finally lifted enough crewmember's "profile" and test­ so that the launch skipper agreed ing his family background. to take the captain, his wife, the Abualy is a Mobile boy, making steward, second mate, radio opera­ his home in that city. He's 27 tor and sevhn SIU brothers back years old, and comes originally to the ship. from Mississippi. He sails as AB. These brothers, besides Thomp­ Cummings holds both bosun's and son and myself, were McGinnis, carpenter's endorsements. He is AB; Fielding, wiper; Manvel, pan­ 51 and hails from Minnestota but tryman; O'Shaughnessy, machinist- now lives ashore in Philadelphia. pumpman, and Fusilier, OS. -^ ^ ^ To top It all off, we discovered If you happen to run into any when we got back to the ship that crewmember of the Robin Kirk and we had run out of cigarettes, so note that he is wearing a spotless tempers were pretty short all set of dungarees c>«dit it to the around. Nevertheless, we on the efforts of chief electrcian Carl Von Logans Fort feel that if we can Herman and 2nd electrician continue to face things with an SIU Francis W. Edwards. smile, and continue to work It seems that the washing ma­ through our Union to make things chine on the Kirk was giving a better, we can still claim the Lo­ little bit of trouble to all hands, gans Fort la a happy ship. until the two Seafarers went to IVe bpen Thurslqii .wprkfon dt. , Sluuutiieis ItW b Shfp^B hibibltatfii!'along fine s' clisrm'(and V0t( WBmi -3 I Thanks providing everybody with properlycleaned gear. Crewmembers of the Kirk voiced their appreciation accordingly by thanking the two men for the "splendid job" they were doing in keeping the machine in order. Von HeiTman, who is 37, has been sailing with the SIU for two years, starting out of Seattle in De­ cember, 1952. He comes from Cali­ fornia. Edwards, a Union member for nine years, just recently passed his 65th birthday. He makes his home Edwards in Milton, Mass­ achusetts. 4< i 4- 4* 4 4* All seems to be going well aboard the Steel Navigator with Seafarer Joe Kramer, ship's dele­ gate, in charge. According to the crew, Kramer has done a bang-up job in that spot and they gave him a hearty vote of thanks for his efforts. Kramer has been around quite a while with the Union and obvi­ ously knows the score. He joined the SIU over 11 years ago, on October 1, 1943. Pittsburgh is his home town. Kramer is 46 and sails in engine department ratings. Ship's delegate Luther V. Myrex of the Alcoa Patriot underscored an important point when he urged all Union members aboard the ship to make sure that they cast a vote in the Union's elections. As Myrex put it, "get up to the hall and vote for your favorite candi­ dates at the end of this voyage" so that every member will have a voice in deciding who will run the Union for the next two years. Myrex has been a member of the SIU since 1945, and holds all deck department ratings including bosun. He lives in Gardendale, Alabama. Speaking of the elections, the three-man rank and file commit­ tees are still being elected daily so that the voting can go forward under their supervision. Some of the members serving on these com­ mittees recently include B. F. Lowe, J. Henry and B. Giice in Lafi i/.irles; Lcn Dwyer, E. Hrelll and V. Capltano in WilmingIMU Jobd^YUr^iorana, D. ClaiuseR and H. joiiea in New Orleah^. I ,:y •J �•-^ip'fw^fm^ Pare Tm SiBAtAkEn^^taC- DeS^itber lOt 1954 mr' Back in the ^'good old days" before World War 1, a row of stacks was the symbol of royalty for tha >; i i queens # the seas. The yi'lated Tit^i^c boasted of four» v • l|^ >-)ri. , , J i jr^'ilVn * J'V^ ^*"*'» * �•' •^rf. December 10, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven • :a- w jrwin stacks of the superliner United States also lold air-conditioning units. ^ I IHigh stacks used by coal-burning tugs provide •good draughts for the fires. . , Diesel-powered ships, which do not need big draughts, require only thin pipes. • Historic steamship Savannah was first ocean­ going vessel to have smokestack. To most landlubbers a smokestack is {ust o smokestack. But Seafarers and other seamen know that smokestacks are as varied as are women. They know that smokestacks, like women, hove their particular personalities, their particular shapes and sizes, and their particular functions to perform. There ore, for instance, the thin, spindly smokestacks of the modern diesel-driven ships which do not require a big draft or uptake for their boilers. And then there ore the stacks of ample girth, generally the hallmarks of the passenger superliners, which sometimes measure over 50 feet "fore and aft, and can contain in them machinery weighing up to 125 tons. There ore those stacks, like the sky-rakers of the coal-burning tugs, which are a throw­ back to the old "steamboat" days, and which are designed strictly for utility, and never mind the appearance. And then there are those stacks, like the-"dummies" which may be found on some passenger liners, which are primarily decorative in nature, and which serve little useful purpose except to improve the vessel's lines. As the science of ship design and building has advanced, the need for huge stacks has declined, as evidenced by the stacks of the diesels. Yet it is likely that stacks will always remain in some form—even if only for dec­ oration. For ship designers seem to feel— and most Seafarers, we think, will agree—that a ship, like a woman, is not much to look at unless she is well-stacked. .N • m ; it \ In C-3 converted to passenger use, real stacks are aft, make for smooth lines. ; •rJ f Old stem wheelers always sported two funnels Just forward of pilot house. • Stack of 34,000-ton Cunard liner Caronia is said to be largest ever built. - In old "steamboat" days, no vessel was well dressed without real "sl^ ral^or." �Pace Twelve 5EAFARER9-to 19,198# PORTItEPORXS you would take time to drop them a line: Chester Wilson, Max Felix, Ed Cznasnowski, M. Jablonski, F. Taylor, Roy Bell, Gorman Glaze, B. Deweese, Robert McKnew, Os­ wald Ergle, John Castro, Earl Mc~ Kendre, T. Lamphear, C. Chandler, John Schultz, J. Clarke, A. Smith and Lester Long. Earl Sheppard Baltimore Fort Agent pital are Lonnie Tickle, Frank Boston: Catchot, Julian Barrett, George C. Murphy, Thomas Fields, Theodore Lee and Nicholas Tala. Five Ships Pay Off During the last two weeks, five No one should get the idea that ships paid off in this port, four Shipping was fair in this port Shipping in this port was slow there is a manpower shortage in signed on and 18 called in-transit. during the past two weeks with during the past two weeks and the Payoffs were aboard the Del only the Salem Maritime and New Orleans, but shipping here outlook for the future is about the has continued at a brisk pace dur­ Aires and Del Sol (Mississippi) and Bents Fort (Cities Service) paying same. ing the last two-weeks' report the Afoundria, DeSoto and Ibeiv off and signing on here. In transit During the last two weeks we period, as we shipped out 50 ville (Waterman). paid off the Southland (South were the Anne Marie (Bull), Steel ^ # The Steel Scientist (Isthmian), Navigator (Isthmian), Ocean Lotte more men than were registered. Atlantic) and Tampa: As we pointed out during our Del Norte and Del Monte (Missis­ (Ocean Transportation), Robin signed on the last report, shipping has held up sippi) and the Afoundria signed on. Kirk (Seas Shipping) and Trojan Archers Hope Ships calling in transit were Trader (Trojan). in New Orleans despite a general and C h i W a w a slump in the industry because of the Alcoa Cavalier, Alcoa Pennant, (Cities Service). When the Steel Navigator came the continued prosperity of the Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Pilgrim (Al­ in here the Coast Guard boarded In transit were coa), the Steel Vendor and Steel her and subpoenaed nine men to port. the Steel Scien­ Shipping in this port during the Scientist (Isthmian), the Del Monte appear at a hearing for various During the first half of 1954, tist and Steel past two weeks was pretty good, New Orleans took over first place (Mississippi), Seatrain Georgia and Vendor (Isth­ reasons, such as missing ship and and we expect things to be even in the nation's Seatrain Louisiana (Seatrain mian). Robin not securing ship. better during the coming two ports in several Lines), Monarch of the Seas, Choc­ T u X f o r d and The CG is pick­ Paul weeks. taw, City of Alma, Claiborne and Robin Hood (Seas new import and ing up the log We had no payoffs or sign-ons export lines. Shipping) and Seatrains Georgia Afoundria (Waterman), Genevieve books and check­ during this last report period, but and Louisiana (Seatrain). The two Peterkin (Bloomfield), Southwind Among the items ing them for any Seatrains each called here twice. we serviced eight (South Atlantic), Southern Districts in which SI (J loggings, and Men now on the beach include in - transit ships (Southern Steamship) and Archers men are particu­ any performers as follows: Alcoa D. K. Waters, L. B. Paul, J. B. Hope (Cities Service). larly interested on these ships Christy and Mike Kavanaugh. In Runner (Alcoa), because these will he sub­ Lindsay J. Williams Del Aires (Mis­ the hospital are James Lee, R. L. cargoes are car­ poenaed to ap­ * New Orleans Port Agent Fields, Paul Bland, J. T. Moore, sissippi), Steel ried in SlU-conpear before a King # # # Carpenter Albert Lima, Ronald Carrollton, Vendor (Isthmi­ tracted ships are hearing. Houston: an) and City of Ernest Webb, Jimmie Littleton such import commodities as sugar, The Trojan Trader came Into Alma, De Soto, and George Chance. molasses, sisai and burlap. First Portsmouth, NH, and the ship's Iberville, Afounplace ranking was captured by delegate called the hall and asked Jeff Morrison dria and Choc­ Brancato New Orleans in exports of com, Savannah Port Agent to have new mattresses and fans taw (Waterman). put aboard. The company was con­ When the Steel Vendor was in wheat flour, cotton and agricultural t. t. Shipping in this port picked up tacted and promised to put these here, it sure was good to see some machinery. Baltimore: During this period. New Orleans somewhat during the last two items on board either in New York of the boys on her, including Aldo took the first place ranking in agri­ weeks but is still on the slow bell. or Philadelphia. Perini, OUe Johannsson, N. K. cultural machinery, bananas and During the coming two weeks We also contacted the Eastern Brancato, G. Condos, Joe Bucker sugar away from New York and we expect things to be even better SS'Co. about G. Weddell, who re­ and Tony Matosky, better known displaced Galveston as the fore­ because we expect to pay off the ported that the leg he injured on as "Champ." most cotton export port. Neva West (Bloomfield) and also the Evangeline last summer is still Anyway, we all spent some time Shipping here in the port of expect to have the usual amount bothering him. Weddell was sent Voting Is Heavy Baltimore has been on the "fuli at the Old Fort, a well-known bar of men getting off the in-transits to the company, which gave him a ahead" bell and it looks as if it here in Tampa, and we know the As in other ports. Seafarers here for the holidays. letter- of admittance to Brighton will continue that way through the boys all enjoyed the floor show are voting in the biennial election During the past two weeks we Marine Hospital. holidays. During the past two and will remember this visit for a of Union officials. Voting has been paid and signed on the Gene­ weeks we shipped 209 men in all long while to come. If any of you heavy during the first weeks of the vieveoffPeterkin Also In Hospital (Bloomfield) and departments, which shows that this other boys are in this area, drop election and a big vote is antici­ had the following ships in transit: is still a very good port. Also sent to the hospital was into the hall and say "hello." pated here. Royal Oak (Cities Service); Alex­ To those members who have not Ray White Several brothers who have been andra (Carras); Edith (Bull); Sea Brother J. Fawcett who became ill yet seen our new Baltimore hall, Tampa Fort Agent confined to the hospital have re­ Nan (Stratford); Lawrence Victory, in the hall and was found to be ' *< would like to ^ ceived their "fit for duty" slips and Del Aires and Del-Sol (Mississippi), suffering from extremely high say that you are Norfolk: are putting in daily appearances at and Seatrains Savannah, Texas and blood pressure. missing a real Ortier men now in the hospital the hall, waiting their turn to ship New Jersey (Seatrain). showpla'ce. Our are J. Herrold, F. Alasavich, M. out. Among these we Vfctor (Zeke) Beefs Squared Away solarium is now Bonura, who missed the Thanks­ The Genevieve Peterkin had a Stabile, J. Senneville and G. Dunn. open, along with giving Day opening at the Fair few minor beefs at the payoff but For our Seafarer of the Week our recreation these were all squared away to the we have selected Brother Alvin C. Grounds, but who now is reporte^I room, and our During the last report period cafeteria is also we paid off and signed on the "fit and fast" and ready to make c-w's satisfaction and the ship Carpenter. Brother Carpenter, who ships in the steward depart­ open now and is French Creek (Cities Service) and up for lost time. Other brothers signed on with no trouble. Among the men who have been ment, is very proud of his baking, on the fit for duty list are Leo serving excellent Felix Lawrence Victory (Mississippi) and food. We expect had in transit the Alcoa Runner Watts, Thurston Dinglear, Eaden on the beach here lately are "Tex" and says he would rather be' a the bar to be open in about two (Alcoa); Amerocean (Amerocean), King, Donald Alt and George Metting, "Red" Rhoades, J. Crep- night cook and baker than any­ pon, Santos Garcia, Johnny Byrd, thing else. Brother Carpenter weeks, and the Sea Chest will be and Steel Flyer, Steel Advocate, Dean. Joe Ranieri, "Horse" ' Grosclose made the seven-months maiden Luther Seidle, Arae V. Olsen, operating in the sales room in the Steel Rover, Steel Vendor and George Curry, Frank Martin, Vin­ and "Casey" Jones. In the hospi­ voyage of the Orion Comet and is very near future. Andrew. Jackson (Isthmian). cent Kane and Manuel Church re­ tal are James Hawkins, Robert now cook and baker on the Ocean Shipping Picture In the USPHS hospital at pres­ cently were admitted to the hos­ White, Shirely Poole, W. G. Trice, Lotte. Getting back to the shipping ent are Robert J. Caldwell, Jesse pital. We hope they are up and C. B. Young, M. A. Plyler, T. Daw­ Among the men now on the son and A. W. Keane. picture, during the past two weeks P. Brinkley and Isaac Duncan. around soon. beach are A. Eklund, E. CaUahan, we had 16 payoffs, 12 sign-ons and Ben Rees Still convalescing and looking A. (Frenchy) MIchelet W. Foster, H. Ryan and A. Vetu. 15 ships in transit. The payoffs Norfolk Port Agent for early discharges from the hos^l Houston Port Agent James Sheehan were as follows: Oremar and BethBoston Port Agent coaster (Calmar); Edith (Bull); Sf i - . it Madaket and Azalea City (Water­ man); Andrew Jackson (Isthmian); Wilmington: Amerocean (Amerocean); Govern­ ment Camp (Cities Service), and Chilore, Venore, Feltore, Steelore, Santore and Baltore (Ore). Signing on were the Santa Shipping Figures November 17 to November 30 We had no payoffs in this port Venetia (Elam); Amerocean (Amer­ REG. BEG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL during the past two weeks but we ocean); Azalea City (Waterman); DECK ENGINE STEW. BEa DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED had one sign-on and had 12 ships Steel Rover (Isthmian); Oremar PORT Boston 12 8 7 27 6 2 7 15 call in transit, and on these we (Calmar), and Chilore, Venore, were able to place 11 men. We New York 93 ' 78 78 249 82 68 57 205 Feltore, Steelore, Santore and also sent 7 men up to Seattle, Baltore (Ore). Philadelphia 15 13 15 43 24 28 20 70 which had Jobs for all of them In transit were the Robin GoodBaltimore 131 100 89 800 99 78 32 209 upon arrival. fellow, Robin Hood and Robin Norfolk 16 10 8 34 12 2 8 22 Kirk (Seas Shipping); Pennmar, Signing on during the last re­ Savannah 25 11 15' 51 18 11 12 41 Marymar and Bethcoaster (Cal­ port period was The Cabins (Cabins) while in transit were The mar); Iberville and Chickasaw Tampa 13 12 17 4H 19 11 14 44 Cabins (Cabins); Alcoa Pioneer (Waterman); Steel Flyer, Steel Mobile 38 32 32 100 57 55 80 172 and Alcoa Planter TAlcoa); PortRover, Steel Navigator and Steel New Orieana 98 57 9% 188 75 85 92 232 mar, Alamar and Seamar (Calmar); Advocate (Isthmian); Ines (BnU), Houston 28 20 12 55 30 12 7 49 Raphael Semmes and Yaka (Water- . and Alcoa Puritan and Alcoa Run­ Seattle ~ 39 29 31 99 88 47 39 152 man); Micfaaei (Carras); Steel King ner Alcoa). (Isthmian); Sweetwater (Metro)i The following brothers are now San Francisco 27 28 29 82 8* 28 29 89 and Orion Comet (Oil Carriers). in the USPH3 hospital on Wyman WUmington 18 # 12 39. -4 1 8 11 Park Drive, here in Baltimore, «nd EmeatB. TUley 1 knoijr^bFy -wottl(ii«iniMl9te It U tt luiadhitMi Piorl A|fefilr4;.;;'.;;; Savannah: 'Fair'Shim Expected To Cenlioae New Orleans: Port is Prosperon And SMpping's Brisk CS Taakere Sign OB Bat SUpplBg's Slew Happy Tims Enjoyei By Steel Vender Men Shipping Picks Up, Sees GeHIng Belter Shipping Is Reported On'Fnll Ahead'BsH CS, Mississippi Ships Pay Off And Sign On m&GSHWpme RECORD 12 iB-TraBsils Call, Provide Jobs For MOD �;---•; - '^s-'-yrr;^, Deeember 19. :1§84 SEAFARERS Pace Thlrteea LOG . . . . PORT KEPORTS Mobilei Five Laid-U|i G-2s Puf Back In Service m. Shipping in this port during the past two wee'ks Vvas good, with 172 men shipped to regular jobs and 226 men sent to various relief jobs in and around the'harbor. We had 8 payoffs, 6 sign-ons and 3 In-transits during this period, with ^ the payoffs as follows: City of Alma, Monarch of the Seas and Claiborne (Waterman) and Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Pointer, Alcoa Pil­ grim, .Alcoa Roamer and Alcoa Corsair (Alcoa). • - , • Signing on were the La Salle, City of. Alma and MobiUan (Water­ man) and Alcoa Pointer, Alcoa Pilgrim and Al­ coa Roamer (Al­ coa). ' In transit were the Southwind (South At­ lantic) and . De Soto and liierville (Waterman). This shipping York during the past couple of weeks was boosted by the fact that Waterman put five of its laid-up C-2s back into serv^ ice. Four of these have already crewed up and there is a possi­ bility that a couple of more C-2s will be taken out of lay-up within the next few days. Waterman had 11 ships laid up here for quite awhile, but the boys on the beach got quite a lot of relief work on them and that helped take up the shipping slack. Prospect For Future Good Prospects for the coming two weeks also look good, with the fol­ lowing ships due to hit the port either for payoff or In transit: Afoundria, Warrior, Chickasaw, Antinous, Claiborne and Monarch of the Seas (Waterman) and Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Cavalier, Alcoa Polaris, Alcoa Partner, Alcoa Clip­ per and Alcoa Pennant (Alcoa). Voting fot the election of Union officials has been going on at a brisk pace ever since the polls opened November 15.-'- This is a very healthy sign as it shows the brothers are interested in the elec­ tion of officials to run their busi­ ness for them. The voting will continue daily, as per the Union constitution, until January 15. Another thing of interest here is the repair and renovation of the building adjoining the hall, which is now going on, in fine' style. We are going to make the recrea­ tion half of this building a firstcla^s place for the members to relax and enjoy themselves in. Thanksgiving Dinner Seryed And speaking of enjoyment, . many of the brothers on the beach enjoyed a fine Thanksgiving din­ ner through the courtesy of"^he Seafarers Welfare Plan. This dinner was served at the Catholic Maritime Club and was really a good meal, according to the brothers who partook of it. For our Seafarer of the Week we nominate Brother Terrill D. York, who joined the Union in 1948 and has sailed steadily out of the Gulf area since that time, generally as steward or cook. Brother York, who is married and has two children, makes his home in Toulminville, a suburb of Mo­ bile, and when he's not shipping he's spends quite a bit of time fish­ ing. Brother York highly praises the disability provisions of the Seafarers Welfare Plan. He says * he has seen some of his old ship­ mates taken care of by this benO'^fit, and that it gives a man a won­ derful feeling of security to know that his Unipq vs«l)-,take care of have to depend on charity if he is disabled. Lake Charles: A few of the oldtimers now on the beach are Robert Drain, Nils Larsen, Tage Roslund, M. Wadlington, Donald Pool, Joe Denton, Mal­ colm Cieutat, Leon Jordan, Robert Thomas, P. R. Simmons, Leonard Down here in Louisiana, things Smith and Joseph Green. have been running along smoothly Cal Tanner both as far as shipping and as far MobUe Port Agent as the elections are concerned. Many brothers are casting their votes here and it looks as if a Seattle: heavy vote will be rolled up. As for shipping, we shipped more men . than we registered in the engine department, and as many as we registered in the stew­ Due to the fact that several ard department," so we had a Liberty^ came out of lay-up, ship­ pretty fair two weeks. However, ping was exceptionally good in this we still have quife a f,ew men here, port during the past two weeks so we don't advise any of the broth­ and^we had to send to Wilmington ers to come down here if they are and' San Francisco for about, 25 anxious to get out in a hurry. men. Calling in here during these past During this period we paid off two weeks were the Government the Young America (Waterman) Camp, Council and signed on the Seamonitor (Ex­ Grove, Bents celsior), Western iigiss® Fort, Archers Trader (Western Hope, Bradford Navigation) and Island, Winter Irenestar Hill and. Cantig(Maine). In tranny (Cities Serv­ sit were the ice), and over in Raphael Semmes Orange, Tex., we (Waterman), Al­ had \he Southern coa Pioneer (Al­ Cities (Southern) Grice coa) and 'Alamar, and Val Chem Seamar and Cal(Valentine Tankers). All of these Spuron mar (Calmar). ships took a few men. P & O Buys Ship For our Seafarer of the Week We have learned that the SlU- we nominate Golden B. (Tex) GilContracted Peninsular and Occi­ lispie, who is really a native of dental SS Co., which operates the Texas and makes his home in near­ Florida, has purchased the Denali, by Orange. Tex sails in the deck formerly on the Alaska-Seattle department,' and about three run, from the Alaska SS Co. months ago he took a Waterman Men now on the beach include ship bound for the Far East, but J. Spuron and O. P. Oakley, while now he's back with us again and in the hospital are S. Johannessen, keeping busy reading farm and M. Michalik and T. C. Riley. poultry journals. Tex says that as Jeff Gillette soon as he makes his stake he is Seattle Port Agent going into the butter and egg busi­ ness on a big scale, but so far he has only, one hen and no cows. Miami: However, he's hoping. Also, he's pitching in hard as far as the Un­ ion is concerned, and he says he knows the value of the SiU and is determined to help keep and im­ Sliipping has been on the slow prove what we have gained. Was Meeting Chairman bell in this port and during the Tex served as .chairman at our past two weeks we had no sign-ons and only one payoff—the Florida last regular meeting, and J. A. (P & O). In transit were the Phillips, also of the deck depart­ Florida (P & O); Ponce (Ponce ment, was recording secretary, and Cement); Ocean Lotte (Ocean both men did a fine job. Trans.); Bradford Island (Cities Besides these two men, we now Service); Steel Vendor. (Isthmian), have on the beach Sam Evans, "Big and Iberville and Azalea City Jim" Canard, "Red" Henry, p. F. (Waterman). Lowe, A. Fruge, Ben Grice, E. We expect the P & O to get an­ Lerma, "Woody" Johnson, Mont other ship soon—the Denali—but McNabb, C. Young, J. F. Mapp, we don't know just when she will Ted Jones and B. McMichael. arrive from the West Coast. We have no men in the hospital Eddie Parr at this time. • " Miami Port Agent On the local labor front all is Heavy Yolo Forocasi In Union's Eloction Uberfys Leave Lay-Up, Shipping 'ExifeptienaF P S 0 Is Expeeled To Gel Another Ship mMmJ ' SlU, A&6 District BALTIMORE. 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sheppard. Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. James Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. A. (Frenchy) Michelet, Agent. .Preston 6558 LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner. Agent Phone 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS ....... 523 BienvUle St. Llndsey Williams. Agent . MagnolU 6112-6113 NEW YORK......670 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn HYaclnth S-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees. Agent • Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA .337 Market St. S. CarduUo. Agent Market 7-1639 SAN FRANCJSCO 450 Harrison St. Tom Banning, agent / Douglas 2-5475 Marty Breithoff, West Coast Representative PUraTA de TIEBRA, PR . Pelayo 51—La 5 Sal Colls. Agent . Phone 2-5896 SAVANNAH , : 3 Abercorn St. JeR Morrison.. Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE ....V 2505 1st Ave. JeS GlUette. Agent Elliott 4334 Samte-Air-"" WILMINGTON. Calif 505 Marine Ave. Ernest TUley. Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS . 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall ASST SECROTARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Joe Algina Claude Simmons Joe Volpian WUliam HaU SUP HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND 883 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND, CAUr 357 5th Si Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 SEATTLE ......3505 1st Ave. Main 0390 WILMINGTON 805 Marine Ave. Terminal 4-3131 NEW YORK......678 4tll Ave.. Brook HYaclnth 9 Canadian District MONTREAL....:^..634 SL James St. West PLateau 8161 quiet, but the political situation is picking upland each day more men announce their candidacy for the governor's office. It looks as if by election time we will really have a gang running for this office. The quail hunting season will open here soon and a number of the boys are looking forward to it. Leroy Clarke Lake Charles Port Agent A, 4. New York: ^ $• Members Show Keen Interest In Jleelien Son Francisco: Union Acllon Saves Comet Seward's Job We had no payoffs in this port during t^e past two weeks, but we signed on the Orion Comet (Oil" Carriers) and in transit were the ^ Seamar (Calmar); Steel King (Isth- ' mian); Seamonitor (Excelsior), and Yaka and Raphael Semmes (Water­ man). When the Orion Comet paid off here we had a beef with the mas­ ter, who tried to fire the steward. The master re­ fused to give us any information as to why he was firing the stew­ ard, and so we checked with all the crewmembers, including Taylor the licensed per­ sonnel, and found this steward was a topnotch man and fed above the average during the run. Check­ ing further, we learned the master personally disliked the steward, and, of course, personalities have no place aboard ship. At any rate, this beef was settled to everyone's satisfaction, with the steward re­ maining aboard the ship. Deliver Maternity Checks During this last report period we also delivered two maternity checks, of which one went to Brother R. O. Brown. Brother Brown's baby was born in a hospi­ tal in San Francisco and when the time came for him to take his wife home he owed the hospital $98, so they released his wife but held the baby. We immediately got in touch with the welfare department at headquarters and the check was sent immediately, and we are happy to say that through this speedy action we were able to have the baby home in a few days. For our Seafarer of the Week we have selected Brother Charles Taylor, who joined the Union in 1944. Brother Taylor says that he likes the conditions on SIU ships very much, and also likes the va­ cation pay. Voting here at headquarters in New York has been going on at a very brisk pace and it is evident that the members are taking an active and interested part in the elections. As we have mentioned before, every member who has not yet voted should do so as soon as possible, as this ^voting is to elect the men who will serve for the next two years. Shipping in this port is still holding its own but 1 would not advise any of the brothers to come up here with the thought of getting right out. What they will get is a lot of real cold north winds. During the last report period we paid off as ships, signed on 3 and had 13 in transit. The payoffs were as follows: Seatrains Savannah, Texas, Geor­ gia, Louisiana, New York and New Jersey (Seatrain); Republic (Traf­ algar); Bradford Island, Cantigny and Council Grove (Cities Service); Val Chem (Valentine); Steel Arti­ san, Steel Advocate and Steel Nav­ igator (Isthmian); Robiir Kirk (Seas Shipping); Kathryn (Bull); Bien­ ville (Waterman), and Transatlantic (Pacific Waterways). Signing on werf the Sea Nan (Stratford), Steel Artisan (Isthmi­ an) and Robin Hood (Seas Ship­ ping). Ships In Transit In transit were the Pennmar and Bethcoaster- (Calmar); Carolyn, Suzanne and Beatrice (Bull); Alcoa Ranger and Alcoa Puritan (Alcoal; Barbara Michel (Norlo), and Chick­ asaw, Choctaw, Fairisle, Fairport and Antinous (Waterman). We find in the past couple of Tom Banning weeks that some of the crews have San Francisco Port Agent not been cooperating with their department and ship's delegates. Philadelphia:^ ^ The brothers should not forget that these delegates are their repre­ sentatives until the shoreside pa­ trolman comes aboard, and it makes for much quicker and easier payoffs if they cooperate with Shipping in this port picked up them. a little during the past two weeks Claude Simmons and the outlook for the future is Ass't. Sec.-Treasurer fair. During these two weeks we paid off 9 ships, signed on 6 and had 10 in transit. The payoffs were as follows: Marina and Hilton (Bull); Win-, ter Hill (Cities Service); Southern States (Southern); Maryniar anS Pennmar (Calmar); Queenston FORT WILLIAM 118VS Syndicate Ave. Heights (Seatrade); Republic (TraOntario Phone: 3-3221 and Barbara Michel PORT COLBORNE ...103 Durham St. fallar), Ontario Phone: 5591 (Norlo). TORONTO. Ontario 372 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 The Winter HiU, Southern VICTORIA, BC 61714 Cormorant St. Marymar, P e n n m a r^ Empire 4531 States, VANCOUVER. BC 298 Main St. Queenst^ Heights and Republic Pacific 7824 SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. signed oni and in transit were the Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLE. Quebce 20 Elgin St. Robin Goodfellow and Robin Kirk Phone: 545 (Seas Shipping); SteeJ Chemist, THOROLD. Ontario 82 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 Steel Rover and Andrew Jackson QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague (Isthmian), and Chickasaw, Bien­ Quebec Phone: 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WUliam St. ville, Azalea City, Madaket and NB Phone: 2-5232 Antinous (Waterman). The Hilton paid off with the pos­ Great Lakes District sibility that she may go into idle ALPENA.. 133 W Fletcher status. The Marina has been trans­ Phone: '1238W BUFFALO. NY.../ 180 Main St. ferred to a foreign flag, but we un­ Phone:. Cleveland 7391 CLEVELAND......734 Lakeside Ave.. NE derstand that Bui; has purchased Phone: Main 1-0147 two C-^ to replace her and the DETROIT. . 1038 3rd St. Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 Hosario! . DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. ' A. S. Cardullo v Phone: Melrose 3-4110 SOUTH rniCAGO . saoyt ,9«nd st M » omUdMphtaf Poirt 'Agentf ) 11/4\ -SI m Shipping Sbows Gain, Fuiiire Onllook 'Fair' Phone; KMek ' 5-a4U> f ^ �Pafe r«iirte«l SEAFARERS tO^ Wage, Vacation JPay Booste Wilt Help Pay For This i»- I JMeendiier 11, OFF WATCH This featurs is designed to offer hints and information on hobbies, new products, developments, publications and the like tohich Seafarers may find helpful in spending.their leisure-time hours, both ashore and aboard ship. Queries addressed to "Off Watch," SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, will be answered in the column or by mail, wherever possible, -f———— which these strains always Cameras and photographic equip­ sponse draw from Southerners everywhere," ment are not the only sure-to- With-this thought in mind, and a please gifts for the amateur lens- ready markqt in schools and such men; books on allied subjects often places where the historical signifi­ are just as much favored.' In any cance of the Civil War period can, event, what anpears to be a good help make a"best seller," Colum­ bet in this field is a volume titled bia Records recently came up with "Hints, Tips & Gadgets for the a new album called "The Confed­ Amateur Photographer," (London: eracy." "The Fountain Press; Philadelphia: -Available on one 12-inch LP disc Rayelle Publications, $2.95). It's a an^ in other speeds as weli, the collection of 120 how-to-do-it and record offers a colorful, sphited how-to-make-it ideas Sflected from The SEAFARERS LOG recent picture story, "Seafarer-Homeowner," has prompted Seafarer J. T. a popular feature in the Ikigllsh collection of music and words from, Spivey, Jr., to submit these photos of the new home which he and his .wife have just completed in weekly "Amateur Photograplter. the years 1861-65 and is packaged Shreve'port, La. A feature of the house, Spivey writes, is the cabinet-lined galley which is over Instructions for each item are spe­ with a speciaUy-produced histori­ 18 feet long and 14 feet wide. Also, he says, his wage boost, under the latest SIU contract, and his cific and detailed, and many are cal brochure describing the songs and the period. Hicluded are songs increase in vacation pay wUi come in mighty handy in helping to pay for this set-up. illustrated with drawings. like "General Lee's Grand March," ^ 3) All Quiet Along the Potomac To­ The Post Office Department has night," "The Yellow Rose of already announced its "Christmas Texas," "Lorena" and several present" for philatelists," with the others. disclosure of part of its 1955 pro­ 4) 4" 4" SIU crewmen who may be having a little difficulty putting zip into their shipboard meet­ gram of commemorative stamps. Some among the thousands of ings might take an object lesson from the crewmembers of the De Soto (Waterman). Re­ Designers of first-day cover en­ Seafarers who live along the route velopes and album publishers, as cently, for instance, the De Soto crewmen conducted a meeting at which « wide variety of well as the collectors themselves, of the Ocean Hiway between New York and Jacksonville, Fla., and are always Interested in such also know. how to use a camera, topics pertaining to the Union ^ attended, according to Phil cited a number of cases in which things. • Although the denomina­ may bo able to cash in on a photo were discussed. Many of the ever certain crewmembers, who were tions, colors^and designs, together contest vchich is already going on Reyes, who served as secretary. brothers took the floor to state For one thing, Reyes reports, not familiar with the agreement, with dates and places of first-day and will end finally next October their opinions on these topics, and Brother Lukas took the floor and lost out on their transportation it was agreed by all that this was gave a brief history of maritime money when the skippers of .the sale, are yet to be decided, the sub­ 1. The competition is sponsored by the Ocean Hiway Association the best shipboard meeting they unions, comparing the much im­ ships ' they were on discharged ject matter is now known. The four stamps, all of which which Is offering $400 in prizes for proved wages and working condi­ tlTem for cause. will probably be for domestic use,, the winning entries. tions of Seafarers with those of When several of the members will commemorate the 150th anni­ "The contest is open to all; there Seatrain Drill seamen 30 years ago. Brother disputed these statements, and versary of the Pennsylvania 'Acad­ are' no entry fees, no entry blanks Lukas urged the members not to questioned the payment of trans­ emy of Fine Arts—"oldest art in­ and no special requirements .for take all these gains for granted, portation money to men discharg­ stitution in the US," the 100th an­ entering, except that the photos but to be ever alert to keep them, ed for cause, Brother Reyes read niversary of the natioi^'s "first land subhiitted must have been taken to abide by the .contract and to the section of the agreement per­ grant colleges (Michigan State and along or near the official route of be loyal to the Union. taining to transportation money, Pennsylvania State), the 50th an­ the Ocean Hiway. A simple leaflet and said the payment of such niversary of Rotary International and highway map outlining all de­ Settling Beefs Brother Burke also took the floor money, even to men discharged for and the 100th year of the Soo tails of the competition can be ob­ and outlined the SIU method of cause, had been settled by Union Locks—the "world's busiest canal," tained by writing Dept. 3, Ocean on the Great Lakes. Hiway Association, PO Box 1552, settling beefs aboard ship. He officials and ships' captains. Brother Reyes warned, howevel:, Wilmington, Del. Entries have to pointed out that- no individual 4" t 1> . crewmember should directly ap­ that this does not give a man There are few people today, re­ be submitted to the Ocean Hiway proach his supei'ior officer on any liberty to perform aboard ship. gardless of where they hail from, Photo Contest, PO Box 267, grievance but should submit the Such a man, he pointed out, can who can't be stirred by the march­ Charleston, SC. No photographs be tried and disciplined by a fine ing rhythms of "Dixie" or the re­ will be returned. beef to his de­ or loss of his shipping rights ac­ partment d e 1 ecording to the Union constitution. gate. If neces­ LOG-A-RHYTHM: sary, he said, the Back Educational Program department dele­ All the members voiced the gate will turn opinion that more emphasis at the. beef over to shipboard meetings should be laid the ship's dele­ upon education and becoming more By M. Dwyer The Seatrain New Jersey pro­ gate, and if the familiar with the agreement, and J s h i p's delegate vided the setting for this a motion made by Brother Reyes photograph by Seafarer cannot obtain Home is the sailor, home from the sea. Reyes was i^econded and carried to devote Charles Oppenheimer, who's satisfaction from Safe from the wind and the rain, a portion of each meeting to a the officer or captain, he will sub­ discussion of the Union constitu­ much better known as "Sir . • k'.;, r!' His adventurous heart is at peace for awhile ' • - -..''-''if'' •' mit the beef to the proper shore- tion, contract or history. Charles." It shows some of his Till the day that he sails again. side Union official for action. shipmates during a fire and Such action, it was felt,'would Brother Reyes, who also spoke. help not only the permitmen on boat drill aboard the vessel. Home is the sailor to fires bright --'i board, but also oldtimers in the And the loved ongs who hold him so dear, Union whose familiarity with jhe 'Yet the sound of the ships in the harbor constitution and contract may be Forevermore. he will hear. getting a little rusty. •w -of: The meeting, which Was presided Home is the sailor,-home fo^ awhile. over by Brother^ G. Callahan, As the hunter comes home from" the hill. closed with many individual crew­ , (1) The largest city on the European continent is: (a) Rome, (b) Ber­ men, including permitmen, asking The time will pass, then he's off again lin, (c) Paris, (d) Moscow. various questions about their rights, With a craving that he"ll never still. i'r.. (2) An American, Florence Chadwick, has been in the news in re­ and benefits, and the oldtimers cent times because she successfully swam the English Channel. Who aboard answering these questions Though he kindles the fire of roaming. was the^ first woman to perform this feat? and pointing out that the rights To ashes the fire will burn. (3) Four hundred passengers boarded a cruise ship in the ports of and benefits of SIU men make the And the hearts that he leaves behind him Boston and New York, bound for three ports in the Caribbean. If 15 SIU second to none among mari­ percent of the passengers got off in Havana, and 28 percent were due time unions. • >r.'- ' Must be patient until his. return. to leave the ship in Ciudad Trujillo, hovv many were bound for San Juan? (4) In what country was Mata Hari shot as a spy in October, 1917? (5) What was the biggest real estate deal in history? (6) Is anthracite or bituminous coal more common in the US? (7) How old is a'person who is now as old as three times his age three years from now iess three times his age three years ago?. (8) Where is the famous village of Waterloo located: (a) France, (b) Belgium, (c) England,..(d) Germany? It was the site of an epic battle in the Napoleonic wars. (9) What were the names of the three ships which went on Columbtis' first expedition to the New World? (10) Which cities are Involved in >€aiarles Dickens' novel "A Tale of Two Cities"? ' ' • - \- Ships Meeting-De Soto Style Home Is The Sailor \ iv ' V' v" 11 I2|iiz Corner [[if- Iif- IM ^-fs-: • • • • - ft I �Deeember 10; 19S4 SEA^FARKRS LOG V f By Spike Marlin Out Of Seafarer-CI, And He Likes It There's a lot to be said for shipping as a crewmember on an SIU ship. But there's also a lot to be said for enoying the comforts of being a passenger, ^ven if you've got to get into Photogenic, Huh? I 'iV: - • I .?r:r-'v; This might not be the kind of makeup Marilyn Monroe would use, but it didn't stop wipers D. Flynn (left) and Sam K. I^eed from posing for FWT Everett Hord aboard the Steel Scientist (Isthmian) in Cal­ cutta. Hord got this shot right after Flynn, and Reed had fin­ ished cleaning out the ship's boilers. "Army khaki to do so. • This is the word from Sea­ Johnny, his address is: John But­ farer Johnny Butler, who's ler US 51298538, 81st Trans. Co. now serving'Uncle Sam, and (BOAI), APO 217, c/o Postmaster, who writes the LOG that a "one- New York, NY. ia-a-million" chance made him a passenger on the SlU-contracted Cracker State Mariner (South At­ lantic) when the Army sent him to France, eight months after be en­ tered the service. "Naturally," Johnny writes, "this was an exceptionally enjoyable ex­ perience for me since it gave me the opportunity to renew acquaitrtances with some of my old ship­ mates such as Myles Sterne, Henry Robinson, Eddie Van Wyck and that old belly robber. Cliff Wilson. "Everyone in the crew," Johnny says, "extended us Army boys every courtesy, from Ramon, the passenger utility, to Chips Nilsbeck, the ship's delegate, and our crossing, to La Pallice, France, was Swapping a few reminiscences really great. with an old shipmate. Seafarer "Nevertheless," Johnny con­ John Butler (right) gets to­ cludes, "I can hardly wait until my gether with Henry Robinson, Army sentence is up, and I'm sail­ second electrician on Cracker ing as a crewmember myself on an State Mariner. Butler, now SIU ship again." a GI, was Mariner passenger For those who want to write on run to LaPaiiice, France. SE Asia Seen ''Well Worth Saving' Is Southeast Asia worth saving? For the Western democracies, that area of the world is well worth protecting from the ravages of Communism, believes Seafarer Harry Kronmel. Kronmel makes this observation as the result of a four-months run to the Far East aboard the Steel Seafarer (Isthmian). During this pe­ nine years ago that thousands of seem completely indifferent to riod he visited many of the Filipinos were slaughtered and their future fate, despite the fact tinder boxes in the current -struggle between the forces of Communism and democracy, and talked to many of the native in­ habitants of these places. And from these talks he is convinced that Southeast Asia is worth sav­ ing because the majority of the people there, although not neces­ sarily pro-Western, are definitely anti-Communist, and do not wish to be ruled either by Moscow or Peiping. Here, in capsule form, are some of Kroiimel's impressions of the ports and countries he visited: MANILA: The people here still bate the Japanese. It was only i - nil;; .«• gA:V:.V-v,,' their relatives refuse to forget. The Filipinos fear an atom bomb attack but feel more secure with US bases on the islands. Inter­ nally, the people are cleaning house under the direction of a firm but liberal government; and—bar­ ring attack—they hope for a more stable future. SAIGON: The natives talk very little about the war. They simply accept the fact that their city is dying. The French servicemen and merchant sailors generally believe the US is "okay," but also feel the US should let France act in Indo-China as she pleases. , BANGKOK: Here the people CMMSIP 30ly/e UMO/i AflD^Pc^/i. BR0THm, BYNOMIHATING -^oUFSeifiM£enN& ft>STS Atio coMMffBe joe&. ev0fi^ QeAfARB/z sHoom Mine CAFfiAfOA 0F4SMOA. - v.'. \ •r. - 11 ,1 I that Thailand seems to be next on the Communist timetable of con­ quest because it is rich in rice and oil. For th> past century the teaching of English has been com­ pulsory in the public schools—a practice dating back to the days of "Anna and the King of Siam." Is 'Problem ChUd' INDONESIA:'This young repub­ lic is the problem-child of South­ east Asia, with civil war plus Com­ munist pressure causing it to "go around in circles." In the port of Jakarta there is a martial law set­ up which is strictly "bahoo"— which means it smells bad. Most of the business places are owned by Chinese and decorated with photos of the Russian and Chi­ nese Communist leaders. ~ "SINGAPORE: Here, where more order and cleanliness prevail, the population is about 90 percent Chi­ nese and 10 percent Malayan, and about the only Europeans or Ameridans to be seen are seamen. The many Chinese, however, consider themselves to be citizens of Malaya, not China, and are predominantly anti-Communist. In summing up, Kronmel says that in the seven. Southeast Asia countries" he visited he found strong nationalist feelings.. Most of the people desire independence, but right now the Communist pro­ gram is a threat to their future in­ dependence, and therefore there is an opportunity for the US to build up a strong pro-American feeling. Put Number On Meeting Excuses Seafarers sending telegrams or letters to the New York headquarters dispatcher asking to be excused from attending headquarters membership meetings must Include the reg­ istration ^ number of their chipping card in the message From now on. If the number Is not included, the excuse can­ not b» «ecep(M kar tlie dis­ patcher. It may be coincidence, or it may be that there is no other city of a million population handy on the eastern seaboard, but Baltimore has become the dumping ground for the humpty-dumpties of the sport world. Up until now, it's been assumed that Baltimoreans would crave some big-time action and come out to see it even though the home-town representative was slightly on the moth-eaten side. The promoters are discovering to their horror that it just isn't so. Of course It's always possible that Baltimore isn't the red-hot sports town it's been cracked-up to be. Nobody has really found out up to now, simply because Balti­ more has never been given an entry that could inspire anybody's enthusiasm. The tipoff on the indifference of Baltimore to second-rate goods was the failure of the Baltimore Bullets, the cellar-dwelling pro basketball club. The Bullets were in. debt for a few thousand dollars, nothing that would strain the pockets of any well-to-do business­ man. The owners of the club at­ tempted to peddle it for about two weeks but couldn't find any takers even though it doesn't require more than a couple of good play­ ers to turn a lousy basektball team into a decent one. Home atten­ dance of less than 2,000 at a few home games discouraged all com­ ers. Never Struck Oil The pro football entry, the Bal­ timore Colts, isn't fracturing, any attendance records either. The Colts found a home in Baltimore only after some extra-curricular wanderings that carried them as far westward as Dallas. There they drew as much applause as a dry-hole oil well. Texas was aban­ doned one dark, moonless night and Baltimoi-e chosen out of des^peration more than anything else. The change of air hasn't done the club much good. While cap­ able of putting up a fairly-decent front, the Colts haven't been win­ ning many ball games. The most talked-of trek to Balti­ more was last year's shift of the St. Louis Browns. The quick change of uniform and name didn't alter the dreary aspect of the club's performance. In this in­ stance though, the club did very well in the turnstile department, and even better after the season in snagging Paul Richards as gen­ eral manager. Richards promptly set the town buzzing with his daring and pos­ sibly preposterous trade of pitch­ ers Turley and Larsen for a slew of New York Yankee second-string­ ers. Despite all the brave talk about building for the future, this kind of a trade looks like a dis­ tinctly short-run investment. Rich­ ards knows very well that another season like the last would put the ball club in the deep freeze. He's hoping to get one or two years' breathing space out of old pro Woodling and pitchers Byrd and McDonald to give him a chance to develop a decent club. Real Romance Run •• , 4 • I I I .(SI I I 1 c 41 Sailing on the Evangeline proved to be the road to ro­ mance for George Svenningsen, as this photo shows. George met his bride—Marie Surette of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia—while he was on the ship last summex'. •^1 41 :^l 4i| m i The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes, little-known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer Frank Mailory's recipe for "Hawaiian HollandaiAe." Feelings on special sauces to be poured over meats, fish or vegetables are generally split into two well-defined camps. Some people are very partial to them, and others like their food unspoiled by anything but natural juices. Even in the face of this, however. Seafarer Frank Mallory. is willing to present the recipe for a sauce he picked up while in Hawail. Those who like this sort of thing really like it, and those who don't 'wouldn't want it anyway, so you can't get through to them, anyhow. Mallory, inci­ dentally, has Mallory been shipping for just a few years now as a cook and also worked ashore in some big-city eateries. But he finds cook­ ing for a hungry ship's crew really has its Tewards—aside from the good SIU pay and conditions. Naturally enouji^h, the Hawaiian recipe has some of the Island's principal export in it, and here's what you need to prepare it: 1 pound butter, 12 egg yolks, 4 ounces lemon Juicti 4 teaspoons salt, 1 teaspoon pepper, 1 pint un­ sweetened canned pineapple juice. Firet cream the butter, then add the yolks a couple at a time and beat well. Next, add the lemon juice and salt and pepper. Then, just before serving, add hot pine­ apple juice, a little at a time, beating continuously. Cook in a double boiler arrangement, stir­ ring constantly, until the sauce thickens {ike boiled custard. (Should yield nearly two quarts.) Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks Regular membership meet­ ings in SIU headquarters and at/all branches are held every second Wednesday night at 7 PM. The schedule for the next few meetings Is as follows: Dec. 15, Dec. 29, Jan. 12. All Seafarers registered on the shipping list are required to attend tiie meetings. J - .... M �S^E*AfAWWW%t>V^ Turkey Day Fare Wine Applause I t-; a- - To the Editor: , We, the crewmembers of the Steelore, would like to give our heartiest thanks to our steward de« partment for giving us one of the best Thanksgiving Day dinners we had in many years of SIU sailing.* The men who were responsible for this wonderful meal were Ed­ ward J. Debardelaben, chief stew­ ard; Joseph J. Padelsky, chief cook; S. S. Disharoom, second cook; E. C. Brown, third cook; Wil­ liam Matthews and Winston Jack­ son, messmen, and J. B. Malenke, chief pantryman. As you know, the Steelore is one With the kinks out of their system, and some good chow under of the oldest ships still to be in their belts, men picked up by Steel Director look happy now. service under an SIU contract. 4 The ship was in mothballs for some time, and was practically eaten up by rust, but going at her in real SIU style we have gotten her back To the Editor: in shape again. Crew of the Steelore Just thought you might be in­ terested in getting the enclosed Ji J" photo and also some information about two fishermen who were rescued by the crew of the Steel Director two hours before we hit To the Editor: Barring the outbreak of a war Singapore. These men got caught in a squall within the next two weeks, and ex­ cluding the Mau Mau terrorism in and their boat was overturned. When we finally Kenya and the constant sniping picked them up between the Chinese nationalists they had been and communists. Seafarers this sitting on the year will observe Christmas in overturned hull peace. This will be the first Christ­ for two days, and mas in 20 years told us that no­ when there has Robert E. Quinn body else would not been an ac­ pick them up. tive battlefield But anyway we somewhere or other, and it is a JBoyer P"* « lifeboat over the side and sobering thought. As a matter of got them, and I might say that we To the Editor: fact, there have got a nice compliment from the I'm a retired bookmember of the been few peace­ skipper for our seamanship. SIU, and I'm writing now to ask Incidentally, the photo I am ful Christmases Brault since 1914, be­ sending was taken by F. E. Hagin, if some of the brothers can see their way clear to give me a hand. cause for the past 40 years wars FWT. Guess that's all, so will close by As a result of three operations I have been waged on a greater or lesser scale in some country in the saying "hello" to all the boys and have had on my broken hip in the hoping everything Is mighty fine world. last few years, it appears that I You may remember that it was with them. won't be able to go to sea again. Percy Boyer not long after the end of the "war Right now I'm on crutches and still to end wars" and the birth of the 4" 4" League of^Nations that Poland got getting treatment. I'm also facing into trouble with the newly-born an operation for k catqract on my Communist Russia. Then Japan right eye. moved into Manchuria and soon To the Editor: I broke the hip in a shipboard after that long conflict ended I have been receiving the SEA­ Japan invaded China proper. Then FARERS LOG for almost 14 accident in 1949 and it didn't heal properly. The last trip I was able came the Italian war in Ethiopia, months at my to make was back in 1952 on the the Spanish civil war and the outfit here in Sea Gale. » fighting between Russia and Fin­ Pusan, and 1 want to 'thank land. Doesnt Qualify Pot Kept Boiling you for a good Unfortunately, because I had These wars—interspersed with job well done in very little seatime in the past five odds and ends of fighting in Pales­ keeping those years due to the injury, I wasn't tine, South other LOGS rolling. able to qualify for the SIU dis­ areas—kept the pot boiling until There are half ability benefit. the outbreak of World War II. a dozen ^lU men I know that many a time in the Surely, this is a dismal record, in my outfit—the pe Marco past I dug down along with but the picture has been made 501st Harbor even more depressing since 1945 Craft Company—and they all agree the rest of the gang to give an by the scientific developments the LOG is doing a great job of unfortunate shipmate a hand when he needed it. ' I'm hoping I can which might very well cause the repjirting the Union's activities. destruction of humanity if we ever Despite this, the one thing I've count on a little help myself now had another major war. been waiting for is the time when that I'm In a spot. Any of the At any rate, let us Seafarers be I could tell you to stop sending the brothers who feel they can help thankful that this Christmas, at* LOG to me. And now I can be­ me can get in touch with me at least, is one which we can enjoy cause I'm coming home. Oh, happy home, 101 West 69th Street, New York City. Thanks to all. day! in peace. Robert E. Quina Ray Brault Pasquale E. De Marco Storm \ictims GetSiU'LiW Seafarer Hopes > For Xmas Peace f t'.- fev It K" J r- ®^ Brother In Need Asks Assistance His Happy D'Day Is Diseharye Day ' '-'i. • H s- '' Fort Knox IsnH End Of Rainbow, DMtofbkr MK'IW Mother Grateful For Scholarship To the Editor: I am sending you my new ad­ dress and I hope you will continue to send me the LOG there as 1 certainly enjoy reading it, par­ ticularly , when my husband is at sea. As you know, our son. Jack, was one of the winners of this year's SIU college scholarships and is now attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I could hardly believe it when I learned he had been named one of the winners, and I want to thank all thdse concerned in his selection. Mrs. Eddie S. Game (Ed. note: Your change of ad­ dress has been noted.) To the Editor: Well, here I am at Fort Knox, Ky., where there's supposed to be gold in them thar hills. . But if you think that makes me happy, it doesn't. All I keep wishing is that I could return to sea on an SIU ship, because those days were heaven compared to this Army life. There we had plenty of good food, prepared by good SIU cooks, good bedding, and peaceful nights with the roll of the sea to lull you to ... 4> 4 4> sleep. There's nothing like that here. I think that the trouble with this man's Army is that there's no organization. You can't get To the Editor: enough guys to stick together to • Thanks very much for sending get anything decent, and when I me the LOG.; Although I'm now talk unionism to retired, due to a disability, I cer­ these boys, and tainly do like to keep up with tell them how what's going on in the Union. much good it Here in San Diego, where I live, does, they don't we are getting quite a few SIU believe it a n d wagons and I- try to visit them think it's all a whenever I can to see who I know joke. on them. I live only a couple of blocks from the watei'front and They think it's can see what ships are in the har­ a joke, that is, bor from my window.. until I show them Corriveau Thanks again to the SIU for all my copies of the LOG, and then they get real inter­ its past favors. Robert E. Van Dom ested and start shooting questions at me. 4 4 4 Speaking of the LOG, I hope you will note my new ad^ess and make the necessary change in your mailing list. I have a good buddy here, whose address I am To the Editor: I would like to advise you of enclosing, and I also hope you will the death of an old bookmember send him the LOG so he won't be of the SIU—Chester Kuplicki. swiping my copy. Brother Kuplicki, who died No­ Discharge Denied vember 1 of a heart condition, When i first got into this Army I sailed SIU ships throughout the made an application to get a hard­ war, but was obliged to retire after ship discharge as I had been sup­ a near-fatal accident aboard the porting my family while going to William Ryder in 1945 in Gran. I feel sure his old shipmates sea. Both my mother and father will be concerned to hear that this are ill, and my father, who is 60 years old, only makes $25 a week brother has passed away. Edward Hodge and cannot support the two minor children who are still at home. 4 4 4 But the Army refused to pay any­ thing because my father still made a little money, and today they turned down my application for a discharge although I had letters To the Editor: I am writing this to express my from doctors, priests and others. It's a lucky thing for me that I wils sincere appreciation to the crew of the Robin able to save a little money while Tuxford for their I was sailing SIU. kindness to me Anyway, I guess I'll just have when I was hos­ to sweat it out in the Anpy for a pitalized in Mom­ while longer. Meanwhile, I'd like basa. to isay "hello" to. all my old bud­ I would also dies ' and'' shipmates and wish like to express them happy holidays and good my sincere apsailing. preoiation to the Pvt. Joseph C. Corriveau purser and crewPanette US 54159386 xhembers of the Co. A, 240th Const. Eng. Robin Kirk, on which I was sent Fort Knox, Ky. back to the States, and would like Likes To Watch Ships Come In Reports Death Of Old Bookman He^s Grateful To Robin Crews mess, for his wonderful service. �I«/UM Pao. Serenteesr -'v . ^ .. DIGEST of SHIPS^ MEETINGS... fit NORTl (Mlululppn, OetoMr l- Chilrman, Cranai Swratary, Callahan. Traaaurcr reported fSS.BO In the ahip'a funid. Brother Acy asked the crewmemberk to please cooperate with blm and put their dirty linen in the linen bags that he had placed in strategic places gor their convenience and his. There wai a discussion about the ship's tund and what It should be used for. of thankg wag glvon to tho Itgward de­ partment. Dlacuaalon on varloua Itcmi of intereat for the good and welfare of the crew and the Union ax a whole. A dlscuxsion wax alxo held on emergency driUx, xhipboard cleaninexx, etc. BRADFORD ISLAND (Cltlef Service), October 29—Chairman, R. Lyie; Secretary, V. Ratcllff. Messhall wlU be painted. Dis­ cussion on ship'x library. The drainx are CAROLYN (Bull), October 37—Chair- stopped up in the deck department toUet. mad, Donald Rood; Secretary, Staphen New iron purchased for crew out of Muico. Ship's fund totals t42.80. Sug- xhip'e fund. - gestlon made that steward put out better MARYMAR (Calmer), October 34 — menus and meats. Also the steward aholild make sure that steak meat is Chairman, T. Suit; Secretary, A. Retko. grade A. Ship's delegate and steward A overwhelming vote of appreciation del(^gate will see captain about getting and thanks went to the steward depart­ ment for the bang up job they did. Crew steward department showers painted. reports that first class food le served. IBERVILLI (Waterman), October 33— Brother MUton Carp was taken off the Chairman, A. Varn; Secretary, Paul Cox. ship and hospitaUzed in San Francisco Motion made and. carried that delegates in September, and If any brother saw check hospital and see that it is clean. him Injured he should contact Brother Suggestion made that all beefs be taken Carp or the payoff patrolman. Chief to the department or the ship's delegate steward Andy Besko wiU contact the and not to . the hall by the men them­ port steward about obtaining new mat­ selves. tresses before signing on. CHIWAWA (Cities Ssrvlce), October 30 —Chairman, P. Hammel; Secretary, T. Cloygh. Motion made and carried to in­ struct ship's delegate to check with headquarters on payoif; status of ship when sha.. goes to the' shipyard. A vote PERSONAI.S Thomas Y. Loian Cjret in touch with your sister, Mr$, Phyllis Plasio, Box 166, Renton, Pa. Family is anxious to hear from you. : i i t John H. Murray Please contact your wife at 271 Maleleu Place, Staten Island, NY. 3« 4" ' Richard Leikas Your mother is seriously ill and in hospital. Write or call your aunt, Mrs, Victor Kauro at 1463 W. 6th Street, Ashtabula, Ohio, phone 4-8393. There is also some important m^ waiting for you at your brother's home. 4" I> 4 3^ Telly (Shorty) Vasquez Oontact Robert J. Barger, 220 North 5th Street, West Dundee, 111. •if '4" 4" John Phillip Hayward Please contact Mrs. K. Hayward, at HR 3, Verner, Ontario, Canada. ~ . .3) 3) 3) Gilford Simms Ed Lu?ui; asks you to get in touch with him through the Balti­ more hall and give him your address. . • Puzzle Anzwer DEL MONTI (Mississippi), Sepfombsr 4—Chairman, N. Funken; Secretary, C. Dowllng. Motion made and carried to post previous . minutes on, the bulletin board. Sugestion that the delegates con­ tact the first assistant about having aU scuppers and drains checked and opened. Soiled linen should be placed in laundry bags hanging in passageway. Secrstary, Thomas A. Royholdt. A hear­ ty vote of thanks was given to the crew for tho care they gave two men who were hospitaUzed during tho voyage. A certain amount of conflicting personality beefs present In the deck department, but they can be taken caro of by hold­ ing a' special deck department meeting. Motion made ibat the Union make an aU out effort to obtain air conditioning throughout all SIU contracted vessels on steady tropical runs. October 10—Chairman, A. Shrlmpton; Secretary, T. Reynolds. - Ship's fund to­ tals $40. Brother Mitchell spoke at length regarding the carrying of tales topside. Beef with steward department over painting tO bo referred to the patrolman. LIBERTY FLAO (Dover), October 32— Chairman, J. McRac; Seereiary, N. ,McGulre. A new ship's delegate was elected. Ordinary and wiper wiU take care of the laundry room and the steward depart­ ment will take care of the recreation room. CANTIGNY (Cities Service), October 24 —Chairman, A. W. Phillips; Secretary, M. G. Ohstrom. Television set is going to be repaired. New mattresses are on order. Donations for the ship's fund will be accepted by the ship's treasurer at payoff. AU brotners were urged to con­ tribute about SI each. SAN MATEO' VICTORY (Eastern), Oc­ tober 21—Chairman, Robert Miller; Sec­ HASTINGS (Waterman), October 17 — retary, L. Bruce. A cable was sent to Chairman.' Crawford; Secretary, J. Wells. the Union hall about paying off and lay­ Motion made and carried to start a ship's fund, and crewmembers will give on a voluntary basis. A vote of thanks was given to the radio operator for putting out news every morning. HILTON (Bull), October 14—Chairman, Henry Herklnhelns; Secretary, W. Ben- nerson. Request for a new Ubrary made. Soap dishes are needed in aU showers. Crewmembers suggested that a new washing machine be installed. YAKA (Waterman), August 33—Chair­ man, T. Scanlon; Secretary, Cross. Ship's delegate elected. Discussion held con­ cerning lack of consideration on part of some men. Crewmembers were asked to bring eups back to the messhaU after us­ ing same. Steward asked aU hands to stow cots away when not in use. KATHRYN (Bull), no date—Chairman, D. Mann; Secretary, A. Oonzalex. Motion made and carried to contact patrolman about lava soap situation, and the food problem. A suggestion was made to make six copies of the repair list and give same to different department heads. MAE (Bull), October 3—Chairman, A. Bokan; Secretary, C. Stansbury. Ship's delegate reported that the new fans are being installed and all other repairs are being taken care of. The timer for the washing machine was sent to the Suzanne by mistake. There la a balance of 326.70 in the ship's fund. Rods for aerial will be purchased In Baltimore. YAKA (Waterman), October 10—Chair­ man, Morgan; Sacrotary, Tapman. One man missed ship in San Juan, and one walked off the ship In Miami. Motion mSde and carried to see about new fans, ice box and the crew's drinklng-fountain. STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), Septem­ ber 19--Chalrman, Ausslo Shrlmpton; Ifuiz Anewerz . (1) ((d) Moscow. (2) Gertrude Ederle (1926). (3) 228. (4) France. (5) The Louisiana Purchase (1803). The US paid France $15 million for the territory, which was made up of all or part of 13 of the 48 states. (6) Bituminous, or soft coal, is much more common. (7) 18 years old. (8) (b) Belgium. (9) The Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria. (10) London and Paris. ing up the ship. Balance of the ship's fund wUl be turned over to the patrol­ man for the March of Dimes. The iron and poker chips were raffled out free of cost. The Steward department was given a vote of thanks. OCEAN ULLA (Ocean Transportation), October 24—Chairman, E. J. Bender; Sec­ retary, R. Hernandez. Crew was asked to take care of new mattresses and the new washing machine that was put aboard. Steward department lockers are in very bad shape. Crew mess and. rec­ reation room need painting. town. -Motion nude and carried that and were not reported to the Union. Mo­ aufficient atores be put on board to last tion made and carried to give the stew­ ard department a big vdte of thanks for at least four months. the food they served as well as their ILIZABETH (Bull). October 4—Chair­ cooperation. man. W. Lacbance; Sacratary, Robert FELTORE (Ore), October 10—Chairman, Rivera. Beef concerning firing of crew mess without being told why. Second T. Jacks; Sacratary, P. Smith. The crew cook missed ship in New York. Discus­ was in favor of contacting a patrolman sion concerning food and quality of same. to make up a price list of articles car­ October 20—Chairman. R. Barret; Sec­ ried in the slopchest. The crew voted retary* C. Oliver. General discussion on on having a sanitary list posted starting keeping laundry, working gear locker with the next trip. Each watch will be responsible for thd cleaning of the night and wash room clean. pantry. DEL ALBA (Mississippi). October 31— ALCOA RANGER (Alcoa), October 10— Chairman, G. Duncan; Secretary. W. Gals. Chairman, R. Kelly; Secretary, J. Pursell. Phonograph wiU he kept locked in all Deck delegate reported that if any per­ ports. Discussion on the ILA beef. forming is done the captain will not al­ low "extras" to be brought on board. ROBIN WENTLEY (Seas Shipping), Oe- Discussion on instaUing washing machine, tobar 31—Chairman, J. Howin; Secretary, and clearing drains in the laundry. October 28—Chairman, J. Davis; Secre­ R. Kianask. Repairs and requisitions for new equipment required in all quarters, tary, J. Pursell. Messroom should be and must contain pertinent details such painted and on arrival in port this will as location, type of repairs required, etc. be discussed. Talk on proper setting up Scupper in laundry will be cleaned and of tables and of messman serving proper­ ly. A vote of thanks was given to the buzzer instaUed for the man on watch. steward and his department. A vote of thanks from the crew was given to Cap­ YAKA (Waterman), October 31—Chair­ man, M. Cross; Secretary, J. Mackenzie. tain Bulla for his consideration to a A lengthy discussion was -held on what crcwmember who needed medical at­ happens to the cups that the pantrj-man tention. leaves out for coffee at night. The crew DEL CAMPO (Mississippi), October 31— was asked to cooperate a litUe more and Chairman, Pat TruarasI; Secretary, M. bring cups back to the pantry. Macdonald. The steward was asked to WACOSTA (Waterman), November 9— put out more night limch. A new ship's Chairman, A. Prentek; Secretary. J. Bed- delegate was elected. nar. Patrolman wiU be contacted for two TROJAN TRADER (Seres), October 27— fans in each room. Motion made to see captain and have messroom used only by Chairman, N. R. Nutchlns; Secretary, W. crew and not engineers. Slopchest will N. Thompson. A motion was made and be checked in next port for additional carried that the ship's delegate and three department delegates see the captain articles. about the repairs needed now, and those STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian), November that were carried over from last voyage. 7—Chairman, Dava Barry; Secretary, V. They wlU also see that the necessary Grande. The second electrician "Jumped stores and slopchest needed for this voy­ ship in Kahului and the chief cook took age are put aboard before saiUng. Stew­ sick in the same port and was hospital­ ard department wUl take care of the ized there. Twenty dollars was collected recreation room and the deck and engine from the membership to cover cost of departments will take turns keeping the telegram sent to New York hall. Out of laundry room clean. this money only $10.80 was spent and the ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), October 7— remaining $9.20 will be tlonated to the ship's fund. Several complaints about Chairman, C. A- Case; Secretary, L. B. the mate aboard ship. A vote of thanks Moore. Ship's delegate was elected. A ^ in the bosun's' was given to the steward department dishwater canary flew and especially to Mike, the best crew foc'sle aroimd coffee time; the bosun de­ cided to let him stay as mawot. but the messman. bird died in the afternoon. JOHN B. KULUKUNDIS (Martis), Octo­ ber 17—Chairman, C. Tobas; Secretary, S. Harris. Motion made and carried to in­ form Union headquarters of slow allot­ ment checks and draws. Laundry clean­ MARORE (Ore), Odober 17—Chairman, ing detaU arranged between deck and en­ gine department sanitary men. The oiler B. Colyer; Secretary, E. Harrison. Two was t^ken off in Cuba with an injured men missed the ship in Baltimore and WiU be turned over to the patrolman. The finger. steward department got a vote of thanks GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), for 100 percent improvement in the food October 24—Chairman, J. Burns; Secre­ and baking. November 4—Chairman, R. Colyer; Sec­ tary, Demelner. In the event ship makes another voyage requested fans wUl posi­ retary, E. Harrison. Ship's, delegate re­ tively be put on. Ship's delegate in­ ported that all repairs are being taken formed crew that captain is wilUng to care of, and what repairs cannot be com­ obtain merchandise out of bond as usual pleted will be finished up in the yard. Pantry should be kept cleaner in the if they so desire. future. ROBIN GOODFELLOW (Seas Shipping), SOUTHERN CITIES (Southern), Novem­ November 7—Chairman, P. Marlnelll; Sec­ retary, A. Knowlton. Engine department ber 2—Chairman, S. Vindui, Jr.; Secre­ man was logged for missing ship in Cape­ tary, J. Merder. Two men missed ship primarily responsible for dream­ ing up this proposal and what out­ side agency was broughyn to draft the "profile" system, ^he "pro­ files" bear all the earmarks of a shoreside testing service that has no direct knowledge of conditions of work at sea. Further the SIU is still attempt­ ing to determine the role of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare in the drafting of these proposals. Further infonnation as to the background of the Coast Guard plan is now being processeiL In the meanwhile. Seafarers are urged to write members of House and Senate maritime committees as well as the House and Senate Labor Committees notifying them of the Coast Guard's plans and motives. Members of these com­ mittees, who are expected to hold the same committee posts in the new Congress, include the follow­ ing: Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee: Senators John Butler, Maryland; Charles Potter, Michigan; Warren Magnuson, Washington; Lyndon B. Johnr son, Texas; George A. Smathers, Florida. House Merchant Marine Com­ Sigiied, t .-f •#: . » «• ^ • D (t • V* mittee: Thor C. 'Tollefson, Wash­ to AVOID OUPLlCAtlON: tf you aro an eld subscribgr and hav» a ehanga ington; John H. Ray, New York; of at dress, please qlva your former addrais barowt ' " Samuel Curtis Edward A. Garmatz, Maryland; Tjjour discharge from the Can- John F. Shelley, California; Don *£SS . .. tigny, dated. August 19, 1953, is be­ Magnuson, Washington; Eugene J. ing held in the SEAFARERS LOG Keogh, New York. Senate Labor Committee: Irving office. #CiTY ZONE . StATI (soQca sinHSES sHGaacaH sna ssBs ssaog •[sa Eaos SBBQ cn «' 0 NOTICES • **tsesssaeats* • •?s| -"I'l •-II m ••iii ^1 KYSKA (Waterman), October 24—Chair­ man, P. Whitlaw; Secretary, E. Kuudisslim. Steward asked that all dirty linen be turned in. Crew agreed that the food has imprdved since the new steward and chief cook have come aboard. Ship's dele­ gate will see if a Sea Ctsest can be put aboard before leaving for Far East. SEAXRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), Oc­ tober 20—Chairman, B. Steward; Secre­ tary, John M. Galas. Motion made and carried that ship's delegate see chief mate about painting rooms. Ship's treas­ urer's report was read and accepted with a total of $79.33. Ship's delegate re­ signed and Brother Clark was elected. •^JBI ...rl SIU BLAST AT BRAIN-BODY TEST STIRS WAVE OF CG DOOBLETALK (Continued from page 2) makes it obvious that somebody in the Coast Guard hoped to sneak this one through by dead of night. Very few individuals or organiza­ QBlSSa Q3S tions receit'ed copies of the propo­ SSBBCS [IBUQSiaQ sals, including shipowner SIU DBS SSBSSa QOa headquarters got a copy only SIQQB [ISQ DQISS through a secondary source and SO SBESnSDS [ZIBfZI even the New York office Of the [laSBSQSB BBQfZilS! Coast Guard pleaded ignorance, dlKS SBSQQ referring all queries to Washing­ ton. Clearly, little attempt was made to put Copies into the hands of those most concerned with the proposals. In fact the first an­ nouncement of the ^oposals was made by the Coast Guard before Editor. an insurance group's convention. SEAFARERS LOG, While the current Coast Guard 67s Fourth Ave., proposal has been pretty well de­ molished by the SIU's exposure of Brooklyn 32, NY . its numerous and glaring defects, I would |ikMQ receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please it Is apparent by Admiral Rich­ mond's remarks that the general (Print Information) Coast put my name on ypuir mailing list, Guard objective — that of imposing new controls cn seamen, has not been abandoned by a long NAME • 9 • • • • shot. In the Union's continuing inves­ STF EET ADDRESS • •• • • tigation several questions are still unanswered. The Union is anxious to find out which bureaucrat is . . .. .ZONE STATE QoaQ •Ti Ives, New York; Herbert Lehman, New York; James Murray, Mon­ tana; Lister Hill, Alabama; Paul Douglas, Illinois. House Labor Committee: Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr., New Jersey; Graham A. Harden, North Carolina and Augustine B. Kelley, Pennsyl­ vania. Announce Govt's '55 Ship Aims (Continued from pagfe 3) a imiform sale price for Govern­ ment-owned Mariner ships. Senator Butler, who is consid­ ered an outspoken supporter of Government assistance to the mari­ time industry, expressed approval of the Commerce Department's program as aiding both shipbuild­ ing and shipping. He made special point of the experimental program designed to reduce turnaround time, and of th^ tramp shipping subsidy. Of course, all aspects of the De­ partment of Commerce- proposals will have to pass the hurdle of the next Congress; Chances for Con­ gressional approval of the entire program are slight, although some of it Is likely lo go through. -J �^Wttgtr BlflMM VV AF-n'R'BH 3'HOC Dfshini; Out Th# Matern^^ , SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS 4''"- Fr«" REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID Te../fs5t.:i^..r..>irif., No. Seafarefs Receivirip Benefits this Period Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer ; Total Benefita Paid this Period Ao WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD JkuBiuLBtASfiUL 1?^" -• ^ • SlU representative Benny Gonzales (right) counts out the $200 maternity benefit while Seafarer John Keimedy signs receipt. Tampa Seafarer is shown with wife and new son Anthony, who also received $25 US defense bond from the Union. AJJL£. Aa ^9,D0Q oo Death Beneflra DliabUltv Beaefita Maternitv Beaaflta VacatlBa Benefita IfiUL 2£ WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hoapital Benefita Paid Siace Tulv 1. IPSO ' Death Benefita Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 DiaihiiitV Benefita Paid STace May I. 1W2.' £SSL Mrs. Robert Musselwhite, 4531 Pen Mrs. Patrick O. Thompson, 2314 All of the following SlU families i2&za will collect the $200 maternity Annunciation Street, New Orleans Lucy Rd., Baltimore, Md. benefit plus a $25 bond from the La. 4> 4> 4 Feb. II. IW • Union in the baby's name: Ella Laura Waldrop, born Octo­ Vaeathwi Benefit. jji ^ Toial IISraSiHRfl James Allen Milton, born Octo­ ber 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. anc Judith Janice Finnell, born No­ vember 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and ber 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Waldrop, 129 East * Date Benefita B«..a Mrs. Arthur P. Finneli, 7837 Ford Mrs. Dewey Milton, 2227 Roanoke Avenue, South, Panama City, Fla. WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Avenue, Roanoke, Va. 4 4 4 Street, Houston, Texas.. Richard Orlanda Scarborough, ir it il> t> • 1 Vacatioo Guadalupe Rivera, bom Febru­ born September 9, 1954. Parents, Richard NOrman East, born Octo­ 97 Cash oa Hand Mr. and Mrs. Richard Scarborough, ary 14,1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. ber 3, 1954. Parents, Mr, and Mrs. f.r Vacaiioa Harry East, 450 Harrison Street, Bernardino Rivera, 288 Atlantic Box 76, Wanchese, No. Carolina. bflttlBKCeCI ACCOUOtS KCCCIVAOIC Wmiimrm Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. oo 4 4 4 San Francisco, Calif. Robert Delgado, born November us GoTcrnmeat Bonds (Welfare) $> 4" 4 Ji !• Ftf Real Estate (Welfare) Santo Fiffueroa, born November 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Patricia Marie Kotich, born No­ «:•? Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) vember 2,^954. Parents, Mr. and 1, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Delgado, 128 - 35tl^ Street, 97 Mrs. Stephen George Kotich, 1555 Oscar Figueroa, 58 E. 107 Street, Brooklyn, NY. 1 TOTAL ASSETS || New York, NY. 4 4 4• Jay Drive, Mobile, Ala. • COlMEMTSt Sharon Gail Ames, born October 4 4" 4" In our report of November 18, 1954, mention was made of « i Patricia Ruth Musselwhite, born 5, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Charles Thompson, born new type beneficiary card that would be put out by the October 29, 1954. Parents, Mr. ^d October 29, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Omar L. Ames, 106-17 101st Ave­ Plan in the near future. The new type beneficiary card ii nue, Ozone Park, LI, NY. to MM. Seafarer Unable Tp Sign Off, Union Gets Money For Wife V'-- tl f&-' Sometimes it happens either through severe injury or sud­ den illness a Seafarer is not mentally competent to sign off articles or take other steps to dispose of his assets. The result can be severe hardship for a**^ man's family under such tir- transferred to Bellevue Hospital cumstances. In one instance, from w]|ere it is expected he will Welfare Services was able to take be committed shortly to a state the necessary steps to protect the institution for an indefinite period family, subject to the approval of of care and treatment. All of this left the Seafarer's the membership. The Seafarer involved in the wife without any source of income. The Seafarer had about $500 in incident suffered a sudden nervous breakdown aboard the Warrior earned and unearned wages com­ (Waterman) while on a European ing to him from the company but run. When it became apparent was not in condition to sign off that he needed treatment he was articles. The wife had begun pro­ put ashore in Turkey and confined ceedings to be named administra­ tor of his financial affairs but these to a mental institution there. usuaiiy take some time to com­ Indefinite Period plete. Welfare services was notified by Paid To Wife the ship and took steps to have Welfare Services contacted the him repatriated. After some delays company the situation and difficulties, arrangements and askedexplaining if the company could were made to repatriate the Sea­ pay the money due directly to the farer and send him to the Staten Seafarer's wife. The company Island USPHS hospital for obser­ agreed, provided the Union would vation; Subsequently he was stand good for the sum involved in the unlikely event that any sec­ ond attempt would be made in the future by the Seafarer to collect that payment. Welfare Services won approval for this coiurse of Headquarters again wishes procedure from the headquarters - to remind all Seafarers that membership at the December 1 payments of funds, for what­ meeting and it is expected it will ever Union purpose, be made be approved in airports at the only to authorized A&G repre­ next membership meeting. sentatives and that an official In addition to the $500 in wages, Union receipt be gotten at that Welfare Services is making ar­ time. If no receipt is offered, rangements to pay the Seafarer's be sure to protect yourself by hospital benefit to his wife. This immediately bringing the mat­ benefit will cover the period from ter to the attention of the sec­ his repatriation until the time he retary-treasurer's office. was transferr'vi Qi tlie Staten Island ho»>:)itaL . . . ,,, Be Sure to Get Dues Receipts 4 4 4 4 4 4 Franklin Gary Brazell, born Sep­ tember 25, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brazell, No. 3 - 4th Street, Tatnal Homes, Savannah, Ga. Gloria Hilton, born J^ovember 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jo­ seph S. Hilton, 102 Jefferson Street, Hoboken, NJ. 4 4 ,4 • 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 now out and all eligiblea under the Plan are requested to fill one out as soon as possible.- These cards have been -sent to all of the offices" of the S.I.U. and are being put aboard ships so that the men-can mail them directly to the Welfare Plan office or turn them over to the Union for forwarding to the Plan office. Suhmlnti November 6, 1954 AL A1 Kerr, AasMma Admtniattaibr' Alice Faye Sanders, born August 17, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sanders, Box 27, Kitty Hawk, NC. « Rita-Sue Sandagger,. born Octo­ ber 28, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sandagger, 185 Ninth Avenue, Chickasaw, Ala. Thomas Prendergast Marshall, born November 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Marshall, 36 Chapman Street, Hartford, Conn. GregOry^Paul Gaddls, bom Au­ gust 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse P. Gaddis, 219 Temple Trailer Village, Alexandria, Va. Vina Marie Vtolante, born Au­ gust 4,1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Violante, 743 Haustey Street, Honolulu, TH. Albert Raymond Guidry, Jr., bom October 19, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert R. Guidry, 1436 Aztec Avenue, New Orleans, La. 4 4 4 4 4 4 David Alan Sienii, bom October 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hendrik L. Stems, 100 JeweU Street^ Garfield, NJ. Stephen Paul Mntoon, born Octo­ ber 16, 1964. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard H. Matson, Jr., Hamilton Apt. No. 2. 17 Street, N. W, CleyeJan4 SIU WElFAiE SEITICES tmniBiR yOOft PROBIEM IS PPRfUSfNiISS �'- 'liMcdiMrf ' ^mAFURERS-^iLOV SEEDr THE SEAFARERS The Christmas holidays will be coming in two weeks which makes things a little tough for the Seafarers who are hung up in the hospitals. Being in a hospital for the holidays is no great fun no matter how you add it up. The SIU hospital representatives will do their best to cheer up the gang, but the very best Christmas present they could get is that good "fit for duty" slip. Here's hoping that all men in the hospitals get theirs soon. t It _ * Not too many newcomers have been admitted to Staten Island re­ cently which is good news by itself. One of the new admissions is Brother John W; Williams of Lynbrook. Long Island, who was oiler on the Robin Mowbray his last trip. Williams went in on Novem­ ber 18 to get treatment fbr a skin condition. Brother Victor Shavroff, who broke his teg coming back to his ship, is on the mend nver at Staten Island after he was transferred there by Welfare Services, as reported in the last Issue of the LOG. Shavroff was on the Steel Artisan. Samnel Doyle, who was 3rd cook on the Andrew Doyle Jackson before he got sick, is in for a spell of treatment for a stomach disorder. He entered the -hospital the day be­ fore Thanksgiving. Also in the same ward is Edward Hillman. He was OS on the Del Sol. Brother Pedro Ancieto of New York City ran into some hernia trouble and is under treatment now. Pedro was fireman-watertender on the Robin Goodfellow. Also admitted recently were Francis Wail of Brooklyn, who was wiper on the^ Seatrain Savan­ nah, and Frank Colnan, utilityman on the Robin .,entley. Down at Manhattan Beach hospital we have Brother Daniel Ruggiano as a recently-arrived pa­ tient. He was aboard the Angelina until he took Ruggiano sick and had to go in for treatment at the Brooklyn USPHS institution. Broken Neck No Citizenship Bar Seafarer Matti Ruusukalllo still has a long way to go in his recuperation from a broken neck, but he's feeling much jjetter these days because he successfully completed his quest for US citizenship. Ruusukalllo was sworn in as an American citizen on November 24, at a "last chance" appointment ar­ ranged for him by Welfare children. It was the first time he uled to take his citizenship oath on had been home since his accident June 2, but obviously was in no Services. condition to do so. Subsequently Since Ruusukalllo is still an-in­ last May. Immigration notified hini of new Holiday Weekend patient at the Staten Island Jiospital and is confined to a wheelchair, Ruusukalllo nad been taking dates on which he could get sworn getting him over to the oath-taking things easy at home after coming in, but each time Ruusukallio had ceremony at Newark's Immigration off the Seatrain Texas when the offices presented some difficulties. family went down to the resort But SIU Welfare Services saw to it town of Long Branch for the Deco­ that he got transportation, wheel­ ration Day weekend. His nearchair and all, to the ceremony. And fatal accident took place when he while the Union had Ruusukalllo dived into shallow water. He had out of the hospital for the day, the to be rushed to the Monmouth Welfare Services representative" Hospital, and subsequently he was ran him over to his home in Ho- transferred to Staten Island. boken for a visit with his wife and Meanwhile, he had been sched- SIU Welfare Builds Fire Under 'No-Heaf Landlord Rtmsnkallio in hospital. Seafarers In Hospitals VSPHS HOSPITAI, BALTIMORE. MD. Tonuny Lanphear Marcelo Arong Roy W. CampbeU Peter Lannon Lester C, Long John Castro Earl McKendree Carl B. Chandler Robert McKnew Jessie Clarke Edward Czosnowskl John A. Schultz Buford DeWeese August A. ^mith Frank W. Taylor Oswald M. Ergle Chester B. Wilson Max Felix Chambers Winskey Gorman T. Glaze Michael JablonsU Robert A. Yeager Edward Janowskl USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON, MASS. u ' •l-} 1 Frank'Alasavlch Arnfin Oyhus George B. Dunn Joseph Senneville John M. Herrold Matthew StabUe USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Ralph Armstrong Abel N. Salaa Lyles D. Bninson Joseph Lollean Thomas Dawson EmU J. Spodar William Fassett WllUam G. Trice James H. Hawkins Robert R. White James Yarbrough A. W. Keane Charles B. Young Murray Plyler Shurley Poole USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Paul B. Bland Rufus F. Field R. CarroUton James P. Lee George S. Chance Albert W. Lima Beware Of Case Chasers Despite the best efforts of the* authorities, the Public Health Service Hospitals are still plagued witli ambulance chasers. Seafarers approached by these characters or theit front men are advised for their own good to give them a fast brushoff. ft is well kmov^ that the '"ranks of the ambulance chasers contain many who will charge excessive fees or simply sell out their clients to the com­ panies. Most of them are known to be pretty poor law­ yers or'else they wouldn't be digging for business the way they do. The time to choose a lawyer is not while you are sick or Injured and being hypnotized by a fast line of chatter. Wait until you are recovered and' then if you need an attorney go out and shop around for the best attorney and the best deal you can get « Jimmle Littleton Ernest H. Webb J. T. Moore USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Julian B. Barrett Lyle L. Hipp James J. Battle Harold Keith Perry Bland E. G. Knapp victor Bonura Leo Lang Charles E. Brady Theo Lee John E. Brady John McDavltt S. C. Carregal Vincent Michel Frank Catchot Steve ModzelewsU G. W. ChampUn C. R. Nicholson Manuel Church William Padgett S. Cope Randolph RatcUff George Curry MitcheU Rodrlgues Emlle P. Davles John Ruszklewlcz George S. Dean Edward Samrock Joseph Denton Harry Schule'r Thurston Dingier Luther Seldle John H. Emory Wade Sexton Thomas Fields Henry S. Sosa Leo Fontenot Lonnle Tickle Gerald Fowler Arthur Vlpperman Stanley Freeman James E. Ward Paul Goodman Leo Watta Joseph Green USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Hussen Ahmed Vic Mllazzo Angel Carrasqumo WUllam E. Neef George T. Coleman Joseph Neubauer Fred A. Delapenha Oscar Olsen John J. Doherty James W. Parker Frank Fandlno Abe Partner Joseph P. FarreU Pedro Peralto Brigldo Figueroa John Quigley George W. Flood WlUlam L. Rackley David S. Furman Ik-nesto Ramirez Estell Godfrey Jose Rodriguez Fred Hauser Mattl Ruusukalllo Samuel Jonas Jose Salgado Vincent Jones William Saltarez J. Frank Keelan Frank B. Strelltz Richard Koch Chong Sun Ludwlg Krlstiansen Norman West Donald McShane N. D. Wilson Joseph Malone Clifford Womack Abraham Mander USPHS HOSPITAL JfANHATTAN BEACH. BROOKLYN. NY Fortunato Bacomo Kaarel Leetmaa Frank W. Bemrlck James R. Lewis Claude F. Blanks Francis Lynch Robert L. Booker Joseph D. McGraw Joseph Carr Archibald McGulgan Ho Yee Choe Frank Mackey Jar Chong Eugene T. Nelson Bart Guranick Daniel F. Ruggiano John B. Hass George Shumaker Talb Hassen Robert Sizemore Thomas Isaksen Henry E. Smith John W. Keenan Jack Thornburg Frederick Landry Harry Tuttle James J. Lawlor Renato VUlaU VirgU Wilmoth USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Albert H. Blrt Olav Gustavsen CharUe C. Brown C. J. Neumaler Henry J. ChUds Joe Perrelra Leo Cronsohn GUbert Promutlco Andrew Franklin W. Tlmmerman Franklin Gllman P. S. Yuzon USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. Thomas J. ConneU Lester C. Long F. J. Fletcher Hike Michellk Sverrb Joh^nnessen Linus E. Twlto JOHN DIEBERT CHARITY HOSP. NEW ORLEANS. LA. Cold, cold radiator hasn't enough in it to warm the tips of Seafarer Car! Adams' fingers. Ovbrcoat comes in handy as next best thing. The standard procedme for a New York City landlord when he's looking to cut corners is to cut down on heat, hot water and other services he's supposed to give to his tenants. When that happens, the ten­ ants start hollering, though fire under the landlord who is go­ often they can't do anything ing to find things pretty hot for about it. But if the tenant happens him from now on in. to be a Seafarer, the landlord hears about it in short order from SIU Welfare Services. Seafarer Carl Adams was one Union brother who was faced with this kind of a problem. The apart­ ment house he had lived in for The deaths of the follomng Sea­ many years was sold. The new farers have been reported to the owner, seeking to improve his Seafarers Welfare Plan and the earnings, turned the heat down to $2,500 death benefits are being the vanishing point. The result was paid to their beneficiaries: the Adams family was facing chill November days by wearing sweat­ Frank J. Devlin, 73: Brother Devlin died from drowning in San ers and coats indoors. Francisco in a fall from a pier. He Personel Attention Adams of course, raised the roof was one of the Union's earliest over the lack of service, but it got members, getting his membership him nowhere. Finally he decided book in New York on November to toke up his beef with SIU Wei- 22, 1938. He sailed in the engine fare Services. Welfare Services in department and held an electri­ turn called up the landlord who cian's rating. Surviving is a niece, suddenly decided he had better Emily Devlin, of 2463 Tremont take the complaints to heart. He Avenue, Bronx, New York. ran over personally and saw to it that the heat was turned up. John N. Hull, 45: "While aboard Things went along smoothly for the Steel Surveyor in the port of about three weeks, after which the -Calcutta, Brother Hull suffered a landlord evidently decided every­ fatal heart attack on August 10. body had forgotten about the He sailed in the engine department whole thing and went back to his and had been a Union member old ways again. In addition, the since June 24, 1942. His sister, landlord fired a part-time janitor Mrs. Gladys Powell of Box 434, who had kept the halls, stairways Warrenton, NC, survives him. and front of the building clean up t> t> Samuel D. Peralez, 22: An auto until then. Adams promptly went back to accident outside of Port Arthur, SIU Welfare Services again for Texas, proved fatal to brother Per­ further help. At last word Welfare alez on November 9. He had been Services was building a nice warm sailing for three years in the stewr. $> $• to postpone action because he was in no shape to leave the hospitaL Last Chance Finally on November 16, Ruusu­ kallio was informed that he would have to take the oath on the 24th of the month. If he failed to do so, he was warned there would be an indefinite delay, something the Seafarer didn't want to risk. How­ ever, while he had been removed from his cast, he was able to get around only with the aid of a wheelchair and it looked as if he would be disappointed in his long quest for citizenship. When the SIU hospital represen­ tative learned of his difficulties, arrangements were made with Welfare Services to pick him up at 8 AM on the morning of the 24th and take him over to Newark. He arrived in plenty of time for the oath-taking with the result that Seafarer Ruusukallio is now a citi­ zen of the USA. ^la ojejuM CUSSMHim{]5 ard department. Burial took place at the Greenlawn Memorial Park, Port Arthur. Surviving is his wife, Mary Ellen Peralez, of 521 East 19th Street, Port Arthur. t 4" Jose A. Guerra, 64: A heart ail­ ment caused the death of brother Guerra while he was under treat­ ment at the Savannah Public Health Seivice hospital. A veteran Union member. Brother Guerra joined the SIU on November 21, 1938, and sailed in the engine de­ partment. He is survived by his wife, Eunice Guerra, 509 Howard Street, Savannah, Georgia. VSPHS Haa Last Say On Haty Sttp Under the SIU contract, US Public Health Service doctors have the final say on whether or not a man is fit for duty. 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Title A name given to the resource December 10, 1954 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVI, No. 25 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU BLAST AT BRAIN-BODY TEST SIRTS WAVE OF CG DOUBLETALK MA SPEEDS TRANSFERS; 52 LIBERTYS FLEE US P&O BUYS ALASKA SHIP FOR CUBA RUM SEAFARERS HAIL MEAL BOOK PLAN GOV'TS '55 AIMS: TRAMP SUBSIDIES, VESSEL TRADE-INS CO'S CAN'T BLACKBALL SIU MEN SIU HOST AT TURKEY DAY FEEDS VOTE XMAS BONUS TO SICK NEW BALTIMORE SIU HALL BUSTLING WITH ACTIVITY NLRB SPEEDS WC VOTE BID SCHOLARSHIP PLAN SETS RULES FOR REAPPLYING 500 SIU JOBS AND 16 VESSELS AT STAKE IN US-ONASSIS DUEL SAILORS BAN PORT OT TO FIGHT BRIDGES' RAID FIX PRICE ON MARINER SIU YEARS BEST OF HIS LIFE FIRST STEP 2ND ROUND COMING BLACKBALL SCHEME SHIP'S STACKS SHIP'S MEETING, DE SOTO STYLE LONG SHOT MAKES SIU SHIP PASSENGER OUT OF SEAFARER-GI AND HE LIKES IT SE ASIA SEEN 'WELL WORTH SAVING' SEAFARER UNABLE TO SIGN OFF, UNION GETS MONEY FOR WIFE BROKEN NECK NO CITIZENSHIP BAR SIU WELFARE BUILDS FIRE UNDER 'NO-HEAT' LANDLORD BEWARE OF CASE CHASERS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/10/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/fc7353a4f98c471e5734bc56f0d5d22c.PDF f712c8f3595a9043404196c658b5fa3b PDF Text Text SEAFARERS«LOG See. 10 1965 OFFICIAL ORQAN Of THfL SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Meany Backs MAC Report On Maritime9 Urges Johnson Weigh Proposals Story On Page 3 Advisory Committee's Report Calls For Expanded U.S. Fleet Story On Page 3 AFL-CIO Convention UnderwayTo Map Labor's Future Coals Story On Page 3 Sea-Land, Seatrain Turn Back Attempt By RR's To Set 'Discriminatory' Rates •Story On Page 5 y.^ •i rftonfcsgfV/ng—7965 Cargo Preference Laws Widespread Practice In Foreign Nations At 5IU Halls From Coast To Coast See Center Fold '^ i J Story On Page 16 �rate Tw* SEAFARERS December 10, 190B LOG Building And Construction Trades Hold Convention Building Trades Renew Section 14b Repeal Drive By Paul Hail The opening of the AFL-CIO Convention in San Francisco this week comes at a time when this nation is on the threshold of fulfilling it» SAN FRANCISCO—A renewed drive to seek a Senate vot- on repeal of Section 14(b) obligation to its citizens in many areas through the passage of much of the Taft-Hartley Act, the "right-to-work" section, and a continuing drive to bolster jobs needed and long awaited legislation. in weak areas of the economy marked the opening sessions of the AFL-CIO Building & It cannot be denied, that on the record the 89th Congress proved to be one of the most productive sessions of Congress in the history Construction Trades DepartWirtz pointed out that economic of nation. ment convention here. ments in unemployment compenThe passage of the Medicare Bill, a 1.3 billion aid-to education pro­ progress was uneven and that job­ The delegates heard Labor: gram, a liberalization of social security benefits, the Voting Rights Act, Secretary W W. Willard Willard Wirtz Wirtz --H read Situs Picketing Bill, which Is of lessness was still 9.5 percent among programs to give aid to the 11 state Appalachia area, a major program a message from President Johnson particular importance to the building trades workers them­ to give federal aid to public and private elementary schools—^these are selves, 13 percent in the younger declaring that "high priority" must Building Trades. worker group, more than 8 percent examples of the vital legislation passed by the 89th Congress. Both Wirtz and Haggerty warned be given in the new session of The AFL-CIO, to a great extent, played a major role in obtaining among non-whLte workers. that recent economic progress, al Congress to 14 (b) repeal and pas­ passage of this legisilation. It hps always fought for the economic, The economy is still failing to sage of bills modernizing and im­ though it has reduced the overall political and social rights of all citizens, regardless of whether they use all available manpower, he unemployment rate, must be pur­ proving the wage-hour law and did or did not belong to a labor union. the unemployment compsensation sued to the goal of full employ­ said, despite scattered skill short­ However, the AFL-CIO has no intention of resting on its laurels at ages and the "dangerously wrong" ment in a fully operating economy. sy.stem. this point as the 89th Congress failed to pass several measures that The economic improvement is a talk among some of an "inflation" They heard Building and Con­ were high on labor's priority list. "cause for rejoicing but not for re­ threat, "we cannot afford to let up struction Trades President C. J. One of the greatest disappointments was the failure of the Congress Haggerty pledge an all-out fight laxation," Haggerty said. There is in constant efforts to assure maxi­ to repeal section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act. Although abandoned mum growth." "no earthy reason" the nation against revival of the filibuster The convention heard optimistic in this session of (Congress, the AFL-CIO intends to hold the Demo­ that blocked a Senate vote on should not pursue policies designed reports on prospects for passage cratic Party to Its 1964 campaign pledge to repeal 14(b) and the passage to "provide jobs for all who are 14(b) repeal late in the recent willing and able to work." next year of the situs picketing of the bill to repeal will be a major topic ^ discussion at the AFLCongress. The filibuster was mere­ Full employment "is the only bill, which would end the long CIO Convention this week. ly a "delaying action" that pre­ The Congress also failed to act on several other major proposals. sure way to get rid of poverty, the denial of normal peaceful picket­ vented consideration of the HouseBills to broaden coverage of the minimum wage law to another most effective way of eliminating ing rights to building craftsmen in passed repeal bill on its merits, he seven million Americans and to up the minimum wage to $1.75 an hour a legitimate labor dispute at a discrimination" in employment, he said. multi-employer construction site. were also bypassed by the 89th Congress. .\FL-CIO President George told the convention. Another bill high on labor's priority list which failed to gain passage Meany, in a message to the con­ was the jobsite (situs) picketing bill which would allow unions striking vention read by Haggerty, also a single contractor at a multi-employer construction site to picket the lashed the "shameful" filibuster project without violating the secondary boycott provisions of the by Senator Everett McKinley DirkTaft-Hartley Act. sen (111.) "and his anti-labor co­ These measures and other important legislation will be coming horts" that had denied "the Sen­ befoie Congress in the upcoming session. One of the primary con­ ate and the public their basic cerns of trade unionists attending the AFL-CIO convention this week rivht" to a vote on the repeal bill. will be to mount an effective drive which will see that these bills SIU President Paul Hall, in ad­ are enacted into law. Nine out of 10 Americans over 65 are signing up for the dressing the convention delegates, The AFL-ClO's reputation as the "people's lobby" has been well pointed to repeal of 14(b) as one nation's biggest bargain in health insurance—the federal gov­ earned. Through the ten years since the labor merger it has been of labor's biggest unfinished jobs. ernment's $3-a-month supplementary Medicare program. responsible for the passage of much of the progressive legislation which "We must repeal 14(b)," he said. Sixty percent of the 15 mil-'^ people now take for granted. "We must beat Dirksen." Hall The next ten years promise to be even more challenging. Problems The federal government will pointed to other unrealized goals lion persons on social secu­ pick up half the tab for persons such as unemployment, automation, and the quest for equal rights are which labor must work towards rity retirement rolls have al­ during the coming year, includ­ ready returned what the agency signing up for this additional cov­ areas which wiU be of great concern to this nation in the coming ing increasing and extending the terms "the simplest form in the erage. That drops the cost to the decade. And the AFL-CIO, as in the past, will pursue a course of action minimum wage law and Fair La­ history of the government." .(t's individual to the $3-a-month figure geared to meet these problems as well as other problems that may bor Standards Act. a card with instructions to check —a fraction of the cost of a com­ confront this nation in future. "If we could just take, for ex­ "Yes" to get the insurance or parable private program for per­ ample, the better than a million "No" if the recipient doesn't want sons in the over-65 age group. The enrollment deadline for per­ people who earn less than a dol­ the insurance. lar per hour and raise them to $2 So far, 88 percent of the cards sons who will be 65 or over dur­ an hour, what a shot in the arm returned have the "Yes" box ing 1965 is March 31, 1966. Per­ sons reaching 65 thereafter can for our economy," Hall pointed checked. sign up during a period ranging out. He also called for improveWhether or not they sign up for the supplementary plan, vir­ from three months before the month of their birthday to three The nation's job situation continued its gradual and solid tually all persons over 65 will months after. be entitled to the basic hos­ improvement in November as the seasonally-adjusted job­ For the five out of six persons pital insurance benefits. The over 65 now on social security ben­ less rate edged down to 4.2 percent, the Labor Dept has principal exception is the group efit rolls, there is no problem in reported. already covered by the Federal either signing up or paying for Non-farm employment in­ clined slightly to 12.5 percent in Employes Health Benefits Act. the program. They received or will creased by 467,000—instead of November, the lowest point in three But only those choosing cover­ soon receive information in the years despite the great influx of age will be entitled to the wide mail; their payments, if they sign declining as it usually does this 1.4 million teen-agers into the labor time of year—to a total of 68.7 range of supplementary medical up, will be deducted from their force in the same period. million, a record for November. Breaking down the teen-age job­ SEATTLE—The entire crow of and surgical benefits. This addi­ social security checks. Unemployment moved upward Nor is there a problem for most by 209,000—slightly less than the less rate by race disclosed that the the SIU Pacific District-contracted tional program will pay 80 percent Alaska Steamship Company of the bills, after a $50-a-year de­ elderly persons not under social expected 300,000 rise—to a total of (Continued on page 4) freighter Oduna reached shore ductible, for most expenses not security who are on state old-age 3 million. (Continued on page 6) safely by breeches buoy and by covered by the basic program. These changes from the seasonal helicopter, after the 10,000-ton ves­ pattern caused the key jobless sel went aground on the rocks of rate to improve from 4.3 percent Dec. 10, '65 Vol. XXVIi, No. 26 Unimak Island off the tip of Alas­ in October, usually the most favor­ Official Publication of the SIUNA ka, 700 miles west of Anchorage. able time of the year, to 4.2 per­ Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes & Inland Wateni District. AFL-CIO Nine crewmen reached shore by cent for November. Executive Board a breeches buoy which the crew Harold C. Goldstein, the Labor PAUL HALL, President managed to put ashore to a ground department's manpower expert, CAL TANNER EABL SHEPADR party from the tug Adeline Foss. was asked how much the U.S. Exec. Vice-Prea. Vice-President The remainder of the crew was build-up in South Viet Nam had AL KERB LINDSEV WILHAMB Sec.-Treas. Vice-President taken off by a U.S. Air Force heli­ to do with the job increase. A. MATTHEWS AL TANNEB copter. The difficult rescue, in "Much of the strength (in the ROB. Vice-President Vice-President heavy seas whipped by 50-knot continuing job rise) has not been HERBERT BRAND winds, took 10 hours to complete. due to Viet Nam," Goldstein re­ Director of Organizing and During the rescue procedure the Publications plied. He said the Viet Nam situa­ vessel wallowed in heavy seas with tion has had "some effect" but the Managing Editor: MIKE POLLACK; Asst NATHAN SKYEB; S(a// Writer: five feet of water in her forward basic strength and growth has been Editor: MELVIN PURVIS; Art Editor: BEBNARS holds and engine room. due to rising sales in the automo­ SEAMAN. The crewmetnbers were picked bile and other durable goods in­ up from the barren shore of Uni­ dustries. mak Island by the U.S. Fish and Summing up the November re­ Wildlife Service vessel Pribilof port, Goldstein said the unemploy­ and taken to Cold Bay, where they ment situation has continued its Published biweekly at the headquarter spent the night before being re­ improvement and is now back to of the Seafarers International Union, At lantic. Lakes and Inland Water* 1953 levels for adult men and blue District,Gulf, turned to Seattle. AFL-CIO, 475 Fourth Avenue, At last report the ship was still collar workers. Brooklyn, NY, 1123J. Tel. HYaclnth 9-4400. Air Force helicopter takes crewmembers of the SIU Pacific Second class postage paid at the Post But problem areas remain, he Office In one piece, although the bottom In Brooklyn, NY, under the Act District-contracted Oduna to rocky shore of Unimak Island, added, citing teenage joblessness, of Aug. 24, 1912. was apparently ripped out, and the Alaska, after vessel went hard aground. The entire crew especially among Negro youth. The company has not decided whether was rescued without injury by breeches buoy and helicopter. teenage unemployment rate de­ there will be a salvage attempt. Retirees Strongly Favor Supplementary Medicare Jobless Rafe Drops To 4,2 Percent SiU Pacific Ship Aground, All Hands Safe SEAFARERS LOG �SEAFARERS December 10, 196S LOG Far* Tlire* Urges President 'Give Weight' To Report Maritime Advisory Committee Report Calls For Improved, Expanded U.S.-Flag Fleet » as MTD Convention Delegates Hear Meany Urge Government Adopt MAC Report Proposals SAN FRANCISCO—AFL-CIO President George Meany told delegates to the WASHINGTON—After a year and a half of hard effort to build a record which would make it plain that the Govern- Maritime Trades Department Convention here that President Johnson "should give ment must take positive action now to restore the merchant: Maritime Advisory Committee's Report in making recommen marine, the SIU and other • ® maritime unions represented vision for assisting tankers dations to COHgrCSS tor a, „„tivated absolutely by jor United States operators of ,, • n i, -na- -roppo.so.s 30 oil Import quota, while new maritime policy. "greed for the almighty dollar." runaway shipping. on tlie Presidents Maritime public mernbers' report recAdvLsory Committee scored a sig-: i,e]p tankers and en"Thp MAP T?pnnr|- would . whose position is "to hell with Meany took issue to the Inter 1 ne MAG Itepori WOUia , country and to hell with the nificant brcakihrough on Novem3,, quota. Agency Task Force Report preber 301 h when the CommiUoe ' The „ r> t ;in effect, asks n,.!,,- promote expansion of Amen-, vvorkers . . . This has got to be Boyd1 Report, paied by several Government voted by 13-2 to approve a report | seamen to give up their jobs in can shipping," Meany said, stiopped now. agencies, which he said would prepared by tliree of the pultlic order to make the fleet more com- "and assure carriage of 30 "Let me say just one thing fur-j. . members on the Committee and I petitive through automation. The percent of United States cargoes ther to the Maritime Trades De-1 skeletonize the Amencan shiprecommended that it he ti-ans- ; public report recognizes that any -in American ships, and would . - - - partment unions." Meany said. "If I '"f ustry^ mitted by tlio Secietary of Com­ crew reductions on individual provide for the building of new Government cannot help you on 1 would be the end of the merce to President .Johnson. ships in American shipyards." ;j this problem of runaway ships . . .; American merchant marine. ships must an overall JmiM be UC linked IIIJJVCU to lu an uvciaii — IIII^ VJJ. Awiiavvajr caiH The lopsided vole—in which only expansion in the size of the fleet. "We should have nothing less," | then look around and see if you ^ The Agency Report recom­ the two runaway fleet operator-s It also endorses the Wirtz-Meany 1 Meany said. "We can't afford to, can find something in the maon the Committee dissented—in-1 machinery recommended by Pres- be without a strong merchant ma-, chinery of the great union move- mended phasing out of American ; ment that will enable you to help j passenger ships and the cargo dicated in effect that the rest of idcnt Johnson for the settlement rine." the Committee, including tiie' of disputes on these automated The MTD Convention ran from ' yourself. ' preference laws, and the building management and public members. | ships. December 6-8 and was aliened by j "f think if you look, you will ! of American ships in foreign yards. recognized that the public Interest Finaily. tiie Boyd Report calls more than 200 delegates from 31 I find what you need," Meany said, Meany said that the plight of requires an cx|)anded and im- for no action against the runaway international unions and port i The M.\C Report to which the .American merchant marine is proved American-flag merchant , flags, but the public members' re- councils in the United States and Meany referred was adopted at its the result of "stupid policy on marine. This is the point which j port condemns runaways and the Canada. j November SOth meeting in Wash- jj;; Government He the unions have been trying to theory of "effective control' and The AFL-CIO President strong- ington. traced the crises faced by the hammer liome since the Commit­ urges the replacement of the run­ ly condemned the "naked, ruthThe Report was prepared by tee was set up by President John­ aways with American flags In the less, greed of American financial j three public members—Professor United States in meeting its ship­ ping needs in both world wars, son in the summer of 1964. follow­ bulk trades. interests" who operate ships un-; james Healy. Theodore Kheel and and now in the "minor war" in ing the agreement reached by 1 Thomas Guerin. and was approved Vietnam and characterized it as The only area the public mem­ der runaway flags. President Johnson and AFL-CIO bers' report does not cover is do­ He said there is absolutely no by a 13-2 vote. The two dissenting a "sordid stupid history." President Meany during tiie beef mestic shipping, but it is planned defense, nor justification for run­ members. Lee White of Marine MTD President Paul Hall, who over the shipment of U.S. wheat i prepare a supplemental report away operations. The American Transport Lines, and Joseph An­ presided at the Convention's to Russia. runaway ship operators, Meany drea of Humble Oil, represent ma( Continued on page 15) session accused "the small-minded The public members' report, bureaucrats in federal government which the unions unanimously en­ who are killing the maritime in­ dorsed. was a rebuff to the Inter­ Delegates Meet In San Francisco dustry." He said they have been agency Maritime Task Force. This trying to force a maritime pro­ Task Force bad prepared the sogram on the government and the called Boyd Report which the Ad­ American people that would put visory Committee, at its October the industry out of business. meeting, rejected unanimously. Hall said that the Maritime Ad­ For instance, the Boyd Report ministrator has the responsibility called for a smaller merchant fleet of inxplementing the 1936 Mer­ which would carr.y even less of chant Marine Act, but instead he our cargoes than it does now and SAN FRANCISCO—Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, representing President John- chooses to destroy the industry which would reduce merchant ^e'amen's lobs fr'olii'47.ooo^to'26,- son, will head the long list of public, government and labor leaders scheduled to address through the deliberate use of --- in • the' next. 20 years. ' ' 'delegates to the AFL-CIO's 6th biennial convention opening December 9 at the Civic slanted statistics. 000 Concealed Facts The public members' report, Auditorium in San Francisco. tion's workers if they are used As a result of its examination The MTD president charged adopted by the Advisory Commit­ Other major speakers an­ tee, calls for American ships in nounced by AFL-CIO Presi­ of the nation's economy, the properly. But failure to adopt Government agencies with con­ Council recommended a shorter adequate adjustment measures cealing facts about the maritime ail categorie.s—cargo liners, dry dent George Meany, include Secbulk vessels and tankers-to carry ;:;t;;.y";f'state Dea^ Ru;k:La"bor work week, with no reduction of could lead to rising unemploy­ industry by the manipulation of at least 30'c of our commerce. Secretary W. Willard Wirtz, United take-home pay, more job-creating ment and heightened social ten- statistical data. Hall cited as an example the statistics issued by This, of comse, would mean a Nations Ambasador Arthur J. investment measures by the Fed-1 sions, the Council pointed out. There will be a need for over Maritime Administrator Nicholas larger fleet with more job oppor­ Goldberg, Deputy Undersecretary era) Government, and a step-up in the rate of wage increases. But. four million additional job oppor­ Johnson that indicate that sub­ tunities for seamen. of State U. .Alexis Johnson. Di­ the Council asserted, "The No. 1 The Boyd Report would com­ rector R. Sargent Shriver of the reality is the need for jobs at de­ tunities each year until 1970 to sidies for agriculture costs about keep pace with the spreading im­ $1,000 per farmer, whereas he mit the Government to building Office of Economic Opportunity cent wages." pact of the new technology and offered figures to show that mari­ only 100 new dry bulk carriers in and National Commander L. Eldon "The accelerating growth of the the accelerating growth of the time subsidies cost from $7,000the next 20 years, while the pub­ James of the American Legion. labor force, with an increasing labor force, on top of the present I $15,000 per seaman. Hall said that lic members' report in effect calls (.\s the LOG went to press, the for at least 250 dry bulk carriers .^FL-CIO convention was still in influx of youngsters, is merely level of unemployment and un- the Maritime Administrators figone part of the manpower revolu­ deremployment, according to the I ures did not use the same measurein the same period. progress. A complete report on tion confronting America." the Council. mcnts in arriving at the results. The Boyd Report would exfend convention actions will appear in Council noted in Its economic re­ The Council report estimated "If they did," Hall said, "the fact operating subsidy to only 30-40 the next issue of the Seafarers port. that more than 10 million jobs is that maritime subsidies costs presently unsiibsidized cargo Log.) today pay less than $1.50 an hour, per seaman would be about $1,000".A.n even greater manpower liners, while the public members' Vice President Humphrey is and noted that about one-half of | $1,1000 — the same as for agrireport calls for the entire present­ scheduled to speak Friday after- problem." it continued, "is the the poverty problem in the na- j culture subsidy cost per farmer.' continuing spread of the tech­ tion today is related to the lack ly unsubsidized cargo liner fleet | noon. December 10. nological revolution — advanced Hall said that the Government to be replaced in 5-8 years. Also on December 10. the con­ mechanization, automation, the of jobs at decent wages. bureaucrats were also concealing The Boyd Report calls for phas­ vention will recess for a meeting computer miniaturization, the In advance of the AFL-CIO the important role of the merchant ing out all U.S. passenger ships, of the AFL-CIO General Board, la.ser, the increasing utilization of Convention, the Industrial Union marine in a favorable balance of while the public members' report made up of the 29 Executive Coun- isotopes and atomic energy— Department held its convention in payments for this nation. He said calls for retaining passenger serv- cil members and a chief executive which is reducing manpower re­ •Wa.shington last month. Other that .American shipping contrib­ ices. officer of each affiliated national quirements. shifting industry lo­ department conventions which utes about one billion dollars a and international union and trade cation, changing skill require­ were held in San Francisco were year to the plus side of the pay­ The Boyd Report would permit ships to be built abroad but enjoy and industrial" department. SIU ments. reducing the utilization of the Building & Construction ment's balance, and pointed out the privileges of U.S. registry, President Paul Hall, is a member materials and fixed Capital per Trades Department, which con­ that the oil companies, who are cluded December 3; the Metal of the AFL-CIO Executive Council. while the public members' report unit of finished product." Trades Department, which met the principal _ operators of run­ At a pre-convention one-day requires all ships under the pro­ Rapid Increases December 6-7; Maritime Trades away-flag ships, reduces the bal­ gram to be built in American meeting of the AFL-CIO Execu­ Department, December 6-8; and ance of payments by at out a Although these rapid increases tive Council on December 8. the yards. -billion dollars. Council noted that the U.S. needs" in technological change can be a the Union Label & Services The Boyd report calls for phas­ 80.000 new job oppbrtunities each blessing, the Council noted, they Trades Department, December "The bureaucrats are taking ad­ ing out the cargo preference pro­ week to reduce unemployment to can also be p source of trouble 6-7. vantage of the weakness of the in­ gram while the public members' a minimum and keep it there in and severe hardship. They can The International Labor Press dustry and the divisions that exists reports calls for its retention. the face of automation and an ex­ bring a higher standard of living Association met in convention De­ within it," Hall said. "These burThe Boyd Report makes no pro- panding labor force. and more leisure time for the na- cember 4 through 8. (Continued on page IjS) Sixth Biennial AFL-CIO Convention Underway �Pace Four SEAFARERS LOG December 10, 196S Five Seafarer Oldfinters Added To Pension Roster Five additional SIU veterans have been added to the list of SIU pensioners, enabling them to enjoy their retirement years with life-time $150 monthly pension checks. The four pensioners are Ransom H. Wilson, 55, William E. Livinghouse, 61, Floyd F. Gilbert, 65, Charles C. Devil--*lier, 60, and George O'Rourke, 65. Wilson, a member of the engine department, was born in Indiana and joined the SIU in Tampa, Florida. His last ship was the Mia­ mi Cities Service, and he plans to retire in Tampa. Livinghouse sailed as a marine engineer and was born in Pascagoula. Mississippi, where he plans to make his permanent home. He ®y (Bull) Shepard, Vice-Presidenf, Atlantic Charles W. Maynard, who got off the Raphael Semmes not too long ago in Houston showed up at the New York hall recently ready to ship again. Pedro Garcia is anxious to ship again after getting his ffd. After a long spell on the dredge-barge Ezra Sensibar, Jack Caffey is keeping his eye on the shipping board, Baltimore * ' weeks but is expected to pick up Shipping has been fair during during the next period. the last period and prospects are Maurice Olson, a 25-year SIU good for the next two weeks. We veteran who last sailed on the have the Alamar, Losmar and Ocean Pioneer as bosun is itching Marore laid up and expect to to ship again and ready to grab crew the Marore soon, probably the first job that hits the board, Frank "Fiash" Simione is just for a grain run. During the last out of drydock and ready for the two weeks we paid off five ships, first steward department job that signed on five and had eight comes up. Simione last sailed as third cook on the St, Christopher, ships in transit. i Frederick Meinerth, whose last Several real oldtimers have j ship was the Sleei Apprentice been in the hall here recently, says the deck department will including James have to get along without him T, Lasslter, who until after the holidays, which he has been sailing expects to spend with h.s family. Seafarer George O'Rourke (right), is shown receiving his in the engine defirst pension check from SIU Patrolman Leon Hall. O'Rourke Wilson Livinghouse Norfolk p a r t m e n t for was born In Ireland and joined the Union in New York. about 28 years: Joined the SIU Inland Boatmen's Shipping has been fair for the Ira Willoughby, A member of the deck department, he now lives in Orange, Union in Port Arthur. Texas, and last period and should hold steady Jr., w ho has New Jersey with his wife, Lillianhis last job was aboard the Slade, with the Cottonwood Creek pay­ spent about 24 Inc. ing off in a week or so. During years in the the last period we bandied five Gilbert, a deck department vet­ steward depart­ Wllloughby payoffs, 2 sign-ons, and serviced eran, joined the Union in Frank­ ment and recent­ eight ships in transit. fort, Michigan. He was born in ly paid off the Kyska to spend Watervale, Michigan and plans to (Continued from page 2) Juan Perera paid off the worktime lost due to unmeploy- Christmas at home; and William retire in Arcadia, Michigan. Gil- rate for white teen-agers has since ment and involuntary part-time, Florida State when she laid up bert wa^ lastjmployed by the Ann ! juiy averaged 11.5 percent or down declined to 4.5 percent in Novem­ Little, a 20 year SIU veteran who recently but is looking for a coaster. Arber R.R. Company. ~ to its level of late 1957. The non- ber. This is down from 5.2 percent hopes to get on Devillier, who sailed with the white teenage rate, however, hangs a year ago. Philadelphia again when she SIU-IBU, joined the Union in New stubbornly at 25 percent and above. recrews. Perera Put conversely, this means the Shipping has been holding sailed as oiler. Thus one of every 4 non-white U.S. was using 95.5 percent of the steady in this port and is not ex­ teen-agers re.mains jobless. total amount of worktime offered pected to change drastically dur­ Thomas Gower found his way The overall jobless rate of 4.2; economy. This was the best back to the Nor­ percent for November is the lowest: performance since March 1957, ing the coming weeks. since August 1957 and equals the Goldstein noted Fred Clopton is on the beach folk hall from "A particularly noteworthy de- here hoping to find an FWT or Houston. His last 1956, the Labor Dept. pointed out.. „ oiler slot on one of the Calmar job was oiler on Gower Moving Down j^abor Dept. report, "was the fur- ships before the holidays. Fred the TranshatThe overall unemploymen rate reduction in hard-core unem- has been an SIU man for over teras. Douglas Clark, AB, is in the has been moving downward all this; „,,, 20 years. A 24 year veteran, hall here hoping to catch a tank­ Devillier Gilbert .voar, but very gradually. The win97 r. ' , f j , o7K^nnn uevillier vilDerr • ^ ^ , j • V, • - 27 weeks or longer stood at 275,000 Maurice McCosky is at the hall er. His last ship was the Natalie. here waiting for a good spot. OldPuerto Rico Orleans. He served as an assistant; an^i^rease howev^/'^vdth the cur-' November, 100,000 below a year timer Charles Moss who retired engineer^ and now lives with his | tailment of outdoor' activity. Butj^fJ Novem- after 20 years with the Union has Miguel Llovet arrived on the wife, Melvina, in Plaquemine, since registering 4.5 percent in been visiting the Philly hall re­ Island after a long spell on the Louisiana. Deviller's last job was ju]y_ rate has been 4.5 percent Long-Term Rate cently chatting with old friends Chatham to spend the holidays in aboard the tug Ann Landry. jjj August, 4.4 percent in SeptemThe long-term unemployed—all and enjoying the life of a retired Ponce with his family. Angel "Vila O'Rourke, a member of the deck ber, 4.3 percent in October and those jobless 15 weeks or longer— Seafarer. piled off the Seatrain Texas long department, was born in Ireland ; now is 4.2 percent. A year ago it | totaled 531,000 in November; this enough to take care of some per­ Boston and joined the Union in New York. | was 4.9 percent. ! was down about 55,000 over the sonal business, after which he ex­ He last shipped out on the Detroit j The solidity of the recent job 1 month and compared to 760,000 Shipping has remained on the pects to look for a galley job. and now makes his home in' improvements is reflected in a j a year ago. slow bell during the last two pronto. Orange, New Jersey, with his wife,! measurement called "labor force Mary. j time lost." This rate, which adds Jobless Rate Declines Vote Of Support For SIU United industrial Workers Statement Of Ownership statement of the ownership, man­ agement, and circulation required by the Act of Congress of Augu.st 24. 1912, as amended by the Act.s of March 3, 1933. July 2, 1946 and June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 2081 shoT.ving the ownership, mana.gement and circiilation of SEAFARERS LOG publi.-hed monthly at Brooklyn, New York, for Si-ptemher 17, ]tl6.7. 1. The names and addres.ses of the publisher, editor, managing ediior and busine.ss managers are: Publish­ er: Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District, 075 4th Ave., Krooklyn 32. NV; Direi-iin- nf I'uhlieation. Herbert Briind. (17.7 41)1 Ave.. Hronkl\n 32, NV; .Muiumin.q Hditor. .Mieha.el I'ollack. i!7"i 4lii Ave., Brooklyn 32, NV: Busines.s JlaiiuKer, none. 2. The owner is: fif owned by a corporation, its name and addre.<;s must be stated and also immediately thereunder the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding one percent or more of total amount of stock. If not owned by a corpo­ ration, the names and addresses of the individual owners must be given. If owned by a partnership or other unincorporated firm, its name and address as well as that of each in­ dividual member, must be given.) Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY; Paul Hall, President, 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY; A1 Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer, 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY. 3. The known bondholders, mort­ gagees, and other security holders owning or holding one percent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: (If there are none, so state.; None. 4. Paragraphs 2 and 3 include, in cases where the stockholder or se­ curity holder appears upon the books of the company as trustees or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or oorporation for whom such trustee is acting; also the statements in the two para­ graphs show the affiant's full knowl­ edge and belief as to the circum­ stances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner. 5. The average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers dur­ ing the 12 months preceding the date shown above was: (This information is required by the Act of June 11, 1960 to be included in all statements regardless of frequency of issue.) 58.000. (Signed) Herbert Brand, Director of I'ublications. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 1st day of October, 1965. Bertram Greene, Commissioner of Deeds. (M.v eommisssion expires December 15,1966. The SIU United Industrial Workers Union won recent representation election at Columbia Yacht Corporation in Portsmouth, Virginia by an overwhelming 56 to 7 vote. Columbia Yacht Corp. employees in photo demonstrated their support for SlU-UIW representation following meeting held at the Norfolk hall prior to the balloting. �SEAFARERS December 10, 1965 mmmismammmmmmmMm Page Fire LOG ICC Examiner Nixes RR "Package DeaF' Welding And Cutting Sea-Land And Seatrain Require Extra Care Defeat RR Rate-Cut Bid Oxy-acetylene welding and cutting equipment can be dangerous if it is not handled properly. To assure that no accidents result from its use, safe practices for the installa­ tion and operation of such-*^ der or cylinder manifold without equipment is necessary. reducing the pressure through a One of the most important suitable pressure regulator. Pres­ things to remember is that mix­ tures of acetylene with air or oxygen may be explosive and must be carefully avoided. No device or attachment allowing oxygen to mix with acetylene prior to consumption, except at the burner or in a standard torch should be allowed unless specific­ ally approved for the purpose. Tests of any piping systems or apparatus for leaks should never be made with a flame, but with soapy water instead. When acetylene lines or other parts of equipment are being cleared of air, lights or other sources of pos­ sible ignition should never be allowed near the uncapped open­ ings. Another important thing to re­ member is that both oxygen and acetylene may react strangely when brought in contact with dif­ ferent substances. Oxygen under high pressure may react violently with oil or grease, so every pos­ sible precaution should be taken to prevent oxygen from coming in contact with oil and grease. Oxy­ gen cylinders valves, regulators, hose and other apparatus and fit­ tings should be kept free from oil or grease as well. Under no circumstances should acetylene be brought into contact with unalloyed copper, except in a blowpipe or torch. Pressure is another factor re­ quiring care. Oxygen or acetylene should never be used from cylin­ sure adjusting screws on regu­ lators should always be fully re­ leased before the regulator is at­ tached to a cylinder and the cylinder valve opened. Always open the valves on cylinders slowly and stand to one side of, never in front of pressure regu­ lator gauge faces when opening cylinder valves. Before removing a regulator from a cylinder valve always close the valve and release gas from the regulator. Oxygen and acety­ lene cylinders should be placed far enough away from the weld­ ing position that they will not be unduly heated by radiation from heated materials, by sparks or slag, or by misdirection of the torch flame. Cylinders should always be pro­ tected against excessive rises in temperature. They can be stored in the open, but must be pro­ tected from direct rays of the sun in areas where high temperatures are common. Never do cutting or welding in the presence of flammable gases or vapors, and don't weld or flame-cut an oil barrel or contain­ er that has held flammable liquids, vapor, or other flammable materials, without first making sure that such materials have been removed. Be sure that sparks from a cut­ ting operation don't fall on per­ sons working below, into flam­ mable material or onto unpro­ tected cylinders. WASHINGTON—Railroad proposals to include water-competitive commodities in a special-rate "package deal" with non-water-competitive commodities have been found to be "unjustly discriminatory, unjust and unreasonable" by an Interstate Commerce Com­ mission Hearing Examiner in"*" a complaint brought by SIU- amounts of plastics for one of the tities amounting in 1963 to 17 mil­ pounds for Sea-Land and contracted Sea-Land Service largest chemical companies in the lion about 10 million pounds for Sea­ and Seatrain Lines. The Hearing Examiner found that proposals of the Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad to offer shippers special low rates by including polyethylene plas­ tics with a group of liquid chemi­ cal cargoes constituted a destruc­ tive competitive practice on the part of the railroad against the water carriers. Sea-Land and Seatrain had complained that the special rates by the railroad on the shipment of special groupings of water competitive and non-water com­ petitive commodities from Texas and Louisiona to New England and the Middle Atlantic States constituted a destructive competi­ tive practice in violation of the transportation policy and the antitrust laws, by tying competi­ tive traffic (plastics) to relatively non-competitive traffic (liquid chemicals). Limitations In. upholding Sea-Land and Sea­ train complaints, the Hearing Examiner pointed out that SeaLand is not equipped with tank trailers capable of handling bulk shipments of liquid chemicals, and that physical limitations pre­ vent Seatrain from handling rail loaded tank cars weighing in ex­ cess of 200,000 pounds. He pointed out however that plastics represent 40 to 45 per­ cent of Sea Land's northbound tonnage, and in 1963 represented 12.5 percent of Seatrain's north­ bound tonnage. Both Sea-Land and Seatrain are handling substantial Lifeboat Class No. 140 Makes The Grade Having their class picture taken by the LOG photographer after successfully completing life­ boat training course at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, are members of SlU Lifeboat Class No. 140. Graduates are (l-r, front row): Pablo Lopez, Nick Yang, James Kerry and Richard A. Quinn. Middle row: Matthew Janos, R. Geiszler, Eddie Sekella, James Logan and Thomas Stinnette. Back row: Albert Johns, Chris Elliott, John Dixon, Alfred Allain, Jr., and instructor Ami Bjornsson. country which Is located in the disputed area, he noted, in quan­ train. Delta To Open U.S.-P.R. Passenger Service Soon NEW ORLEANS—SlU-contracted Delta Steamship Lines will open a U.S. Gulf to San Juan, P.R. passenger service in the near future—the first time in 12 years that such service has been available aboard a-^ Delta plans carrying only one­ U.S.-flag ship. way passengers from New Orleans The Maritime Subsidy to San Juan. The Miarad approval Board has granted Delta permission to carry passengers from Gulf ports to San Juan as part of the line's regular passenger service between New Orleans and the East Coast of South America. Delta has been calling at San Juan for about a year as part of its regular round trips between New Orleans and Buenos Aires, but did not have authority to debark pas­ sengers in Puerto Rico. provides Delta with authority to carry the one-way passengers for one year. There has been no American-flag passenger ship service to San Juan since April, 1953, when the SlUcontracted A. H. Bull Lines with­ drew the 200-passenger ship Puerto Rico from the service, which had begun in the summer of 1949. Bull Lines subsequently went into bank­ ruptcy. By Lindsey Williams, Vice-President, The city of New Orleans was host to the annual convention of the Louisiana Federation of Teachers recently. Edward A. Fontaine, the president of the union, said that the Orleans Parish School Board had acted in "bad faith" when it refused to permit teachers to vote on an exclusive bargaining agent. The School Board had voted aboard the Alice Brown. Larry re­ down by a 4-1 margin a petition ports a good trip aboard the Alice submitted by 2,000 teachers asking Brown and expects to stay on the that the Louisiana Federation of beach until February, when he Teachers be certified as their ex­ and his wife are expecting an addi­ clusive bargaining agent. tion to the Laffargue clan. After Shipping in the Gulf area has that he expects to take the first slowed down considerably, but this fwt or oiler's slot that comes up. should be temporary, as the out­ Mobile look for the coming period is very Shipping in Mobile has re­ good. mained on the slow bell during Over 900 members of the SlU the past period although we still were on hand in the New Orleans hope for a pickup in activity soon. Hall on Thanksgiving Day and en­ Herbert F. Lonczynski is on the joyed a dinner that included such delights as Louisiana Seafood beach here following a trip to Gumbo "Rice," Roast Young Tom India as AB aboard the Producer. Turkey, Baked Hickory Smoked A 20-year SlU veteran, Lonczyn­ Virginia Ham "Hawaiian Garni," ski is now looking for a trip to and Candied Louisiana Yams, Germany so he can get to see his sister there. Nolan Flowers Is back on the Bosun James L. Foster, is talk­ beach after a long trip on the ing about his last trip on the Del Santos. He Marore which got involved with a said that he's hurricane and ran aground twice. looking for a Howard B. Davis, who last sailed Viet Nam or Far as oiler on the Alcoa Ranger has East run as an been in the hall here to look up electrician. some friends. He says he intends Jose "Papa to stay ashore for a while to get Joe" Sera Dens, to know his baby daughter a little after being in better. the hospital Houston more than a Flowers Shipping out of Houston has month is around the hall waiting for a fit for duty been holding steady and the out­ so he can head back to South look for the future remains good. America. W. R. Brightwell is just off the We are sorry to report that the Anston Victory and is already wife of James "Jimmy" George looking for a deck department slot died while he was shipping on the on a ship going to South America Madaket. Jimmy is back on the or the Mediterranean. Sal Frank beach now and says that he will is Jooking for a deck slot on a be ready to ship out again, prefer­ coastwise tanker after returning ably as a deck engineer or an from an Indian run aboard the oiier. Alcoa Mariner. C. D. Umfieet has Larry Laffargue is on the beach his ffd after a long layup in the here after a trip to Vietnam Galveston USPHS hospital. �Page Six SEAFARERS December 10, 1968 LOG DISPATCHERS REPDRT^^*^ont\e, Culf, Lakes & Inland Waters District November 6 to November 19 DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTEREB All Groups Class A Class B 3 1 New York 56 13 Philadelphia 4 19 Baltimore 45 9 7 6 Norfolk 7 Jacksonville 4 3 1 Tampa 20 Mobile 9 27 New Orleans 45 37 Houston 53 5 Wilmington 11 15 30 San Francisco ... • 7 18 Seattle Totals 153 312 QUESTION: If you were aboard a round-the-world ship and needed a haircut, what port would you prefer to stop in to look Port for a barber and why? Boston Frank Warren: In the United States it really wouldn't matter a great deal, but a man should choose a barber in a foreign coun­ try carefully. Jap­ anese barbers take their time and do a good job, although the barbers in India are just not sani­ tary. Then, too, a seafarer has to watch out for the different style in other countries. In some countries, for example, they cut the sideburns down to a point, which would never do for me. Juan Bernard: To tell the truth, it doesn't make a whole lot of dif­ ference to me where I get my hair cut, just so long as I get it trimmed when it needs it. With a few exceptions, barbers are by and large the same throughout the world. I can't seem to remem­ ber any bad haircuts, although it might be due to the fact that I've Port never thought about it much. Boston New York Philadelphia John E, Funk: When I need a Baltimore haircut, I like the steward aboard Norfolk i 4" the ship to do the Jacksonville Michael Lubas: Sanitation is al­ job for me. It's Tampa ways my first consideration when I cheaper, he Mobile look for a place New Orleans usually does a to get a haircut, Houston good job, and at Wilmington and for that rea­ least I know his San Francisco .... son I would nev­ instruments are Seattle er have my hair clean. I have nev­ Totals cut in India. It seems that they don't wash their machines for a year or so, and their clippers are as black as the ace of spades'. Japan isn't bad at all, nor is Italy. 4. t Juan Villafane: I'll tell you flat out that Hawaii is the place for an excellent haircut, because they trim my hair just the way I like it. If I tell them to cut my hair one way, there's nev­ er any danger of them doing it an­ other. It's the one place other than New York where barbers seem to know what they are doing. 4 4 4- er gotten a hair­ cut at a foreign port and don't in­ tend to start this late in the game, because I don't know their restrictions on cleanli­ Port ness. Boston 4 4 4 Bernard Schwartz: If I'm not in New York, I'd rather have my hair cut in Japan, be­ cause of their fine meticulous attention to de­ tails and their diligent care so far as my instructions go, I wouldn't want to have my hair cut in California, be­ cause it's so damned expensive—three dollars, and they expect a liberal tip. In Japan it's less than a dollar, or in some cases for a pack of cigarettes. New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Totals NOW ON THE BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 13 2 214 64 43 21 91 40 23 23 4 10 2 0 86 31 160 81 152 68 16 5 59 20 45 14 908 379 ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B 0 0 31 46 8 5 9 24 12 14 3 0 1 6 12 13 20 30 44 26 5 7 8 24 13 9 166 204 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 0 0 2 17 40 13 10 9 1 17 21 3 10 0 6 7 2 3 0 0 2 3 1 11 14 21 1 42 40 6 1 4 6 20 10 30 12 1 2 135 187 66 NOW ON THE BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 7 3 120 47 23 27 60 54 21 18 7 5 6 1 46 26 110 69 78 76 12 10 48 13 24 14 562 363 STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOT.AL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B 1 4 15 39 4 6 11 26 9 5 3 2 0 6 8 17 33 38 20 29 4 7 0 18 14 7 122 204 James Dooley Honored By Labor Council imi By A! Tanner, Vice President and Fred Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer, Great Lakes We are now approaching the end of the navigation in Detroit and In a couple of weeks all shipping will come to a standstill as the great fleets on the Lakes prepare to lay up for the winter. Kinsman Marine Transit Company (Steinbrenner) was the first S.I.U. fleet to lay up, as all seven vessels made their way to the Port of Buffalo with storage grain. *• Grain shipments on the Great paid off on the 29th of November. Lakes set an all time monthly rec­ Due to the weather conditions ord of 2,719,279 net tons in October. the Philip Minch and the R. E. Web­ U. S. Flag vessels carried 15:9% of ster were delayed in getting here but are expected within the next the total. day or so for lay up. As present the The St. Lawrence Seaway will Roland vessels layup list has been close on December 3rd and many issued, but no dates for layup are deep sea vessels are now trying to definite as yet. beat that deadline. There are some We were sorry to hear of the 100 ships still on the Lakes, and with less than a week to go, ob­ death of Richard Holmes, Wheels­ servers believe that some of them man on the Richard Reiss. He was one of the men who usually shipped will not clear the locks in time. out of this hall and was known by BUFFALO many of the boys in this area. With the 1965 shipping season With the approaching holiday coming to a close, shipping is finally season, the Port Agent in Buffalo, beginning to taper off. Roy Boudreau. wishes to extend Several of the winter standbys best wishes for a Happy holiday are already coming to the hall for season and a prosperous New Year. DULUTH their cribbage game or a game of billiards while waiting for shifting Shipping has dropped off in the jobs. Engine and Stewards Department; The Henry Steinbrenner, first of | however, we are still getting plenty the Kinsman Marine Transit Com- of job calls for the D-^ck Departpany vessels to lay up in this port, (Continued on page 11) TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 5 1 0 40 25 5 7 19 7 28 10 2 4 10 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 17 30 4 57 35 6 5 4 5 27 14 30 10 18 10 145 244 72 James Dooley PORTLAND, Ore. — James M. Dooley, reecntly-appointed SUP port agent in Portland, has been honored by a special resolution of the AFL-CIO Central Labor Coun­ cil of Honolulu for his long service to that organization, which he served as President. Dooley was SUP port agent in Honolulu from 1953 until his re­ cent transfer to Portland. During that period he served as President of the Honolulu Central Labor Council and as President of the Honolulu AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Port Council. The special resolution, endorsed by Council members representing all areas of the Hawaii labor move­ ment, cites Dooley for service "above and beyond the normal call of duty." TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 1 2 1 13 10 34 10 13 1 14 1 15 8 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 3 3 0 8 28 10 2 40 21 12 0 8 3 18 5 27 11 12 2 60 186 98 NOW ON THE BEACH AH Groups Clas.s A Class B 6 2 121 26 19 10 78 36 15 19 2 4 6 0 o4 27 140 80 108 32 13 5 38 7 20 22 622 268 Retirees In Favor Of Medicare Insurance (Continued from page 2) assistance rolls. Nearly all states have arranged to pay the Medicare insurance fee for this group. But there remain several million persons who will not automatically receive invitations to enroll in the program and who will have to take the initiative in applying. This group includes an estimated 1.5 million persons over 65 still em­ ployed full time and some 700,000 non-working elderly people who are not receiving either social se­ curity or old age a.s.sistance. Apply in Person These persons will have to apply in person for the Medicare plan if they wish to be covered and also for the free basic hospital insur­ ance benefits to which they are en­ titled as a matter of right, whether or not they sign up for the supple­ mentary plan. While some persons over 65 may now have other medical insurance plans, in nearly every case it will pay them to sign up for the govern­ ment programs. There is no bar under the government program to drawing duplicate benefits, al­ though some private plans may not pay for expenses covered by an­ other program. Furthermore, there is a pen­ alty for those who don't sign up for the Medicare program when first eligible. They will have to wait two years for their next chance—and then pay a higher premium and be subject to a waiting period for benefits. There are more than 600 social security district offices throughout the nation where those not on the social security benefit rolls can apply for their hospital benefit cards and the Medicare program. In addition, most other communities are visited periodi­ cally by a social security repre­ sentative whose schedule is nor­ mally posted in the local post of­ fice. He will also go to the homes of bedridden persons on request. The AFL-CIO Department of of Community Services is playing a major role in making informa­ tion on the Medicare program—as well as other new changes in the social security law—available to union families and the community. Community Services Director Leo Perlis called on both CBC staff representatives and local un­ ion counselors to familarize them­ selves with all aspects of the pro­ gram and use all means to get the information to persons who may be eligible. Both labor and the government have cautioned persons over 65 not to drop existing hospital and medi­ cal insurance at this time. The new programs don't become effective until July 1, 1966. Thus a person dropping private insur­ ance would be left unprotected until then. In addition, most pri­ vate plans are being reshaped to supplement instead of duplicate Medicare coverage. �DMember It. Ittl SEAFARERS Labor Plans Now For Congressional Elections! LOG Far* Serea "I Know What's On Your Minds-And I Don't Uke It! The upcoming Congressional elections and the need for maintaining a liberal congress will be the major themes of the thirteen area con­ ferences that have been scheduled for 1966 by the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education. Each meeting will last one day and will be attended by delegates from state and city central bodies and local unions. The schedule is as follows: Jan. 7—Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Jan. 17—Muehlebach Hotel, Kansas City, Mo., for Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. Jan. 20—Dinkler-Plaza Hotel, Atlanta, Ga., for Georgia, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee. Jan. 23—Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C., for the District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. Feb. 5—Cosmopolitan Hotel, Denver, Colo., for Colorado, Now Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Feb. 8—Olympic Hotel, Seattle, Wash., for Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Montana and Oregon. Feb. 11—Jack Tar Hotel, San Francisco, for California, Arizona, Hawaii and Nevada. Feb. 25—LaSalle Hotel, Chicago, for Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. Mar. 4—Sheraton-Lincoln Hotel, Houston, Tex., fo:* Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Mar. 8—Pick-Nicollet Hotel, Minneapolis, Minn., for Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. Mar. 11—Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel, Detroit, Mich., for Michigan and Ohio. Mar. 18—Dewitt Clinton Hotel, Albany, N.Y., for New York, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Mar. 21—Sheraton-Boston Hotel, Boston, Mass., for Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. The Kentucky Court of Appeals has ruled that enrployers must give about $12 million in minimum wage backpay to some 20,000 women and jninors working in hotels and res­ taurants. The decision affirmed a 1961 order by a state wage board setting a minimum wage schedule effective August 1, 1962. Employers had attempted to hold up the ef­ fective date through court action. All workers affected by the ruling are entitled to packpay for the IBmonth period involved. The unanimous decision climaxed a 16year fight by organiezd labor for minimum wage regulations in the •tate's 9,000 hotels, motels and res­ taurants. tinuation of present services and help establish an official publica­ tion. President I.W. Abel of the Steelworkers Union was the princi­ pal speaker, and delegates heard Senator Jennings Randolph (DW. Va.) renew his support for the repeal of Section 14(b) of the TaftHartley Act. if if if utility Workers Local 1-2 has reached a new three-year agree­ ment averaging 61.5 cents an hour in higher wage and welfare benefits for 25,000 members employed by the Consolidated Edison Company in New York and Westchester coun­ ty. Negotiations had been conducted since early October. The new pact if if ^ provides wage hikes, additional pay­ Regional conferences of the Book- ments to qualified workers under hinders have renewed appeals to all an improved progression plan in re­ organized labor to oppose the ex­ classifications and promotions. penditure of tax money on school if if if books printed by the strikebound The Supreme Court has refused Kingsport (Tenn.) Press. Five print­ to review two petitions filed by ing trade unions have been on employers who sought to upset Na­ strike at Kingsport Press since tional Labor Relations Board deci­ March 11, 1963. All of the Book­ sions in card-check cases. The court binders' conferences urged locals thus let stand lower court rulings to ask their school boards to ban that the NLRB rightfully ordered the purchase of text books made the two firms to bargain on the by Kingsport Press, and also to op­ basis of authorization cards after pose the purchase of the World each management destroyed a union Book Encyclopedia and Childcraft, majority by unlawful pressure on which are manufactured by the workers. The petitions had been struck company for Field Enter­ filed by the Colson Corp., Caruthprises in Chicago. ersville. Mo., in a case involving the Boiler Makers; and SNC Mfg. Co., if if if Inc., Oshkosh, Wis., concerning the The West Virginia AFL-CIO Electrical, Radio & Machine raised its per capita dues, re­ Workers. elected its top officers, revised its if i if constitution and urged united The Insurance Workers opened labor support for more manpower contract talks In Galveston, Texas training programs in the Appala­ on November 16 for 3,400 agents chian region. A record number of the American National Insur­ of delegates attended the fifth con­ ance Company. IWIU President vention of the state body, which Emeritus George L. Russ heads returned President Miles C. Stan­ the 11-man negotiating committee ley and Secretary-Treasurer Glen with President William A. Gillen Armstrong for another two-year and C. W. Cutler of the union's term. Per capita payments were executive board. The existing raised from 16 to 20 cents per three-year agreement expires next affiliated member to finance con­ Janxrarjf 15. For years, the bureaucrats of the U.S. government agencies have regarded . the U.S. maritime industry as a poor relation— to be thrown a few bones now and then to keep the industry from starving altogether but never enough to allow it to expand and flourish. Whenever these government bureaucrats thought about the U.S. merchant fleet they thought small — fewer subsidies supporting fewer American-flag ships, carrying less and less of our nation's cargoes. This view is probably best illustrated in the Interagency Task Force report, which proposed maintaining the U.S.-flag share of our own cargoes at about 8.6 percent and allowing foreign-flag and foreign-built ships in the U.S. trades. The President's Maritime Advisory Com­ mittee unanimously rejected the Task Force report when it was submitted, and now the public members of the MAC have prepared a report recognizing that the most vital inter­ ests of our nation require an expanded and improved American-flag merchant fleet, in­ stead of a fleet dying of shrinkage and decay. American-flag ships in American yards in­ stead of in foreign yards; expansion of sub­ sidy coverage to provide for replacement of some 100 cargo liners within 5 to 8 years instead of only 30 or 40 vessels; and replace­ ment of runaway ships with American flags in the bulk trades. The MAC public members' report calls for the construction of at least 250 dry bulk car­ riers in the next 20 years instead of only 100; continuance of cargo preference instead of scrapping this vital program; endorses an oil import quota instead of leaving virtually all of this trade to runaway-flag vessels; the retention of U.S. passenger ships instead of a phasing out of all such service. The Task Force report would have re­ duced seamen's jobs from 47,000 to 26,000 in the next 20 years. The MAC public mem­ bers' report recognizes that seamen's jobs must be preserved through an overall ex­ pansion of the U.S. merchant fleet. Many of the recommendations made in the MAC public members' report have been made before by the SIU and ot'-^er American maritime unions. They are realistic and rep­ resent what must be done if the United States is to have the merchant fleet it needs now and in the future to maintain its posi­ tion as the world's foremost economic and military power. The report represents a breakthrough in the realization that the pub­ lic interest request positive Government action to rebuild the merchant fleet. Many in the various government agencies will find the recommendations contained in this new report hard to take. After years of counting the U.S. maritime industry out of the future economic picture, they will have to get used to the idea of a bigger American-flag merchant fleet instead of a Congress, of course, will be the final smaller one. The new report's recommenda­ tions call for an expansion of the fleet, arbiter on this issue. The SIU and the rest through stepped-up Government financial of maritime labor will carry the fight for a assistance, to a point where it carries at least stronger merchant marine into the halls of 30 percent of this country's foreign com­ Congress, probably early next year. merce instead of the 8.6 percent predicted by A decisive showdown on the future of the the Task Force report. American merchant marine is near. Legisla­ The MAC public members' report calls for tion reflecting the proposals of the MAC direct subsidy of American shipyards in­ public members' report must be adopted if stead of a phasing out of our canacity to the American-flag merchant fleet is to build ships. It calls for all building of survive. �Fare Ekht SEAFARERS 5IU LOG Deoember 10, 1981 SlU Halls across the nation were hosts to Sea­ farers and their families on Thanksgiving Day. A full course turkey dinner was served at the cafeteria facilities provided for in many SlU Thanksgiving Halls. Many Seafarers brought guests along to sample the food, and a large turnout was evident the moment the doors swung open. Below is only a small sampling of the Seafarers Dinner and their families and guests who added a warm homelike atmosphere to SlU Halls all over the country. Seafarer David Blonstein ar two sons, Neil and Charles isfied after a full meal at ^ New York. Dinner in the SlU headquarters in New York included not only Seafarers and their immediate families, but many guests and friends as well. The lines were long and the food delicious. Pictured from left are guests Mr. ana Mrs. Frank Sulino and Seafarer Thomas Kenny and his wife. Seafarers and their families and friends enjoyed quite a Thanksgiving din­ ner at the Baltimore SiU Hall. The upper photo shows (from l-r) Seafarers Billy Henderson and Billy Harris and their guest. The bottom picture shows Seafarer Charles Clarke and his wife (on (left) with guests. Thanksgiving dinner at the Houston SIU Hall was a happy affair for the young and old. The picture shows a proud father, Seafarer Frank Radzvilla, seated at the table with his family, enjoying a few moments of tradi­ tional after-dinner leisure. Tables at the New Orleans SIU Hall were a spot for families to gather. Pic­ tured (from l-r) are Seafarer John Doyle, Don Collins, Anne Blizzard, Dora Stephens, SIU New Orleans Port Agent Buck Stephens, Seafarer Louis O'Leary, Mickey Doyle, Rita Collins, John Doyle, Jr. and Herbert Doyle. �December 10, 1968 his wife and look well saf- SiU Hall in All ages enjoyed the Thanksgiving dinner at the New York Hall. Pictured is Mrs. Lupe Hernandez with her baby, Felix, and her youngest daughter, Susan. SEAFARERS Pa«« mM LOG Dawn WeatrowskI, daughter of Seafarer T. WeatrowskI, has good things to say about the dessert at the New York Thanks­ giving dinner. Also enjoying themselves dinner were the family Fazil. Pictured from left Fazil, Seafarer Fazil at the New York of Seafarer All to right are Mrs. and Saadia. Seafarer Eddie King and his family were among the many who enjoyed Thanksgiving at the Houston SlU Hall. Fresh fruit served not only as center­ pieces for the table, but also as a little snack for the kids to take home in their pockets. Youngest guest at the dinner in Houston was three-month-old Charlie Brown, Jr., who is shown in the above photo held by his father. Seafarer Charles Brown. The bottom photo shows (from l-r) Seafarers Dale Smith and Ed Lowe with guest Mrs. Betty Faulkner in San Francisco. Seafarer H. H. Hickman, his wife and a guest sit and chat over their coffee in the SlU dining room in Houston, where Thanksgiving saw the "biggest turnout ever," Guests from all parts of the Lone Star state accompanied Seafarers to the occasion. Thanksgiving was quite an occasion at the New York Hall. Hundreds of Seafarers with their wives and children flocked in from late morning until early afternoon. Seafarer Aii Fazil attended the festivities with his family that included his daughters (l-r) Zeinab Fazil, Fauzia, Saadia and son Yusuf. Thanksgiving Day at the SlU Hall in Mobile saw crowds of hungry Seafar­ ers and their families and friends sit down for a stab at the traditional bird. The photo shows a typical scene at the hall, with grown-ups and children digging into the holiday turkey together. �SEAFARERS Fare Tea December 10, 1981 LOG March Of Dimes Cites Yarmouth Castle Disaster Garmatz Urges U.S. Push For Improved Intl. Sea Safety Rules WASHINGTON—The U.S. has been called on to denounce the 1960 International Con­ vention For Safety Of Life At Sea Treaty unless foreign nations agree to call a new sea safety convention to close gaps and loopholes in existing international safety laws. In a letter to Secretary of^ . the SOLAS convention. the U.S. has had in its attempts to State Dean Rusk, House violated "The United States should not get more stringent worldwide ship Merchant Marine Committee be a party to treaty obligations safety standards, but noted: chairman Edward A. Garmatz urged the calling of a new world meeting on safety to rewrite the 1960 international convention. Referring to the recent Yar­ mouth Castle disaster, Garm.atz stated "The citizens of this land, in my judgment, are not disposed to having their life and limb jeop­ ardized by the will of foreign gov­ ernments whose vessels trade in and out of our ports." He pointed out that hearings conducted by the House commit­ tee last summer on proposed leg­ islation to increase safety stand­ ards on foreign cruise ships were opposed by the State Department on grounds that insistence on more rigid standards would have which allow passenger vessels of very minimal safety standards to participate in high seas traffic in and oat of United States ports," Garmatz said. He noted that the U.S. sought to bring up the question of fireworthiness safety standards on passenger vessels through another organization — the Intergoverernmental Maritime Consult!ve Or­ ganization of the United Nations —but that foreign governments did not respond. A reply to Representative Gar­ matz* letter by the Assistant Sec­ retary of the Treasury, which is the department under which the Coast Guard operates, acknowl­ edged the lack of success which Under Ship Exchange Act Lakes Operators To Get Reserve Fleet Tankers "This unfortunate disaster has undoubtediy created a more fa vorable climate for remedial measures. Accordingly, upon eval uation of the results of the in vestigation, the Coast Guard will renew its prior efforts toward ob­ taining international support for changes in the safety of life at sea conventions." John Calise, Coast Fishermen's Official Dies SAN PEDRO, Calif. — John Calise, 58, secretary-business agent of the SIUNA-affiliated Seine and Line Fishermen's Union since 1948, died here on November 29 after undergoing open heart surgery. Calise's long and successful career was marked by devoted service to the union membership through the institution of many beneficial programs and through the initiation of many important WASHINGTON—Twenty-three T-2 tankers from the Gov­ ernment's reserve fleet have been made available to U.S. Great Lakes operators for trade-in on older tonnage. The vessels may be used as tank-4 ers on the Lakes or for con­ bulk carriers. version to dry cargo or liquid The Government-owned tankers John J. O'Rourke, Teamster Official Dead At 65 are being made available to U.S. domestic operators for the first time in 15 years under a provi­ sion of the five-year extension to the Vessel Exchange Act approved recently by President Johnson. The law authorizes trade-out of the tankers for operation on the Great Lakes, Including the St. Lawrence River and Gulf, or for conversion into dry cargo carriers or liquid bulk carriers. Twelve of the newly released tankers are of the Mission type and the remainder are T2-SE-A1 tankers. The Mission types are in greatest demand by operators be­ cause of their greater horsepower —10,000 horsepower as opposed to 6,600 h.p. Otherwise, all of the vessels are turbo-electric-powered, approximately 523 feet long; 68foot beam; draft of 30 feet; 16,700 dwt; with a 14.5 knot cruising speed. Conversion costs are ex­ pected to be above $500,000 per ship. John O'Rourlio NEW YOEK—John J. O'Rourke, 65, President of the Teamsters Joint Council 16, died on Decem­ ber 6 here. O'Rourke was also a vice-president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and was president of Teamsters Local 282 in New York. O'Rourke also served as a trus­ tee of the N.Y. Maritime Ports Council and was also a member of the legislative committee of the Ports Council. He is survived by his wife Edna, a son John Jr., daughter, Mrs. Edna Rublee his mother Mrs. Suaan O'Rourke and five grandchil­ dren. Interment will be at the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Middleton, N.J. John Calise pieces of legislation to benefit fishermen. He was a resident of San Pedro for virtually all of his life. He is survived by his wife Mary, and three children. Funeral services for Calise were held on December 4 at the Mary Star of the Sea Church in San Pedro, Calif. Ihe most recent program com­ menced by Mr. Calise, which will be activated in the immediate fu­ ture, was his lifelong ambition of creating a pension plan for fish­ ermen. 5IU Clinic Exams—A// Ports EXAMS THIS PERIOD: Sept. 1-Sept. 30, 1965 Rort Boston Boltimore Jacksonville Houston New York Norfolk Philadelphia Tampa San Francisco New Orleans Seattle Mobile Seamen 26 109 16 107 363 26 51 12 97 187 87 54 Wives 1 31 0 4 46 0 24 1 0 7 0 5 TOTAL 1,135 119 CTiildren 0 14 0 5 37 0 3 3 0 6 O 10 78 TOTAL 27 154 16 116 446 26 78 16 97 200 87 69 1,332 March of Dimes Poster Sir! Lori Ann Wagner gets the 1966 fund drive off to a good start by pinning campaign button on AFL-CIO President George Meany in Washington. Tha March of Dimes, which aided in the successful search for a polio vaccine and has now turned its efforts to the fight against birth defects, has enjoyed strong support from the American labor movement. Lori's dad, bandleader Henry "Skip" Wagner, is a member of Musicians' Union Local 8, Milwaukee. By Frank Drozak, Wesf Coast Representative San Francisco is hosting two big conventions this week—the AFLCIO and the Maritime Trades Department conventions, bringing to this city labor delegates from AFL-CIO affiliated unions around tha country. The SIU of San Francisco wishes to welcome the delegatea to the Bay area and the West Coast, and we extend to them our best wishes for a successful meeting. SAN FRANCISCO Shipping still continues to be very good to the Vietnam, Japan and Korea areas. We have plenty of jobs for ABs, FWTs and Oilers. This past shipping period we have paid off the following ships; the Oceanio Wave, Hliitehall, Overseas Rose, Ocean Evelyn, Transnorthern, and the Express Buffalo. Signed on were the Overseas Rose, Ocean Evelyn, Transnorthern, and the Express Buffalo. On Thanksgiving Day we held our annual dinner at the Union Hall for members and their families and everyone enjoyed the dinner that was served. SIU members in Wilmington are now eagerly awaiting the Christmas Dinner which is approaching very rapidly. Charlie Kath, was just repatriated from the Far East after suffering what doctors thought to be a heart attack aboard the Morning Light. However, we are happy to report that the USPHS found him FFD immediately upon his return and that his health is OK now and we plan to ship him out again as soon as possible. L. Gulley, chief cook, just pulled in off the Ames Victory. He said that he's not feeling too well and will take it easy for several weeks before shipping out again. J. M. Carroll just piled off the Topa Topa after bringing her back from the North and says that he will take a little rest unless a Bos'n job comes up right away. We have plenty of jobs for AB's FWTS, Oilers, Electricians, Wipers, Messmen or Ordinary Sea­ men in the San Francisco area and anyone wishing to ship out fast is advised to come on out to the Bay area. WILMINGTON Shipping has been booming again in Wilmington Carroll during the last two week period. We had the Ames Victory pay off and sign on here, and eight ships were through in transit. We shipped about 40 men in all and we have had the following vessels pay off recently: the Topa Topa, Choctow Victory, Hudson. Oldtimers on the beach have included Cas Krowicki, a member of the SIU for over twenty years, who has been waiting for an AB's job on any Calmar ship. "Capt" Krowicki is a famous charter boat skipper in the summer montlis, operating the charter boat "Luray" out of the Westport-Washington area. �December 10,.196S SEAFARERS • isi 5 .Vi: i • ••v- i; S-fS iSiSiSSiSsSS By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS Tips On Christmas Buying Pare Elevea LOG Water Carriers Seek Stiffer Railroad Rate-Cutting Fines NEW YORK—Inland water carriers have called for amendments to the laws against selective rate cutting by the railroads to make railroad officials engaged in these practicei subject to criminal penalties, imprisonment and triple damages. "For over 75 years, we the 601-mile rail haul all the the rate-cutting practices of th« have been litigating such for way from St. Louis to Atlanta. railroads when they were chal­ practices, and winning in the But if the shipper wants to send lenged by the water carriers. As this department has warned before, toys that have a tieup with a well-known movie, TV or cartoon character usually cost more. The actors and promoters get a percentage of the price of articles using their name. This you must pay in addition to the normal cost. Moreover, sometimes such toys depend more on the fame of the courts—only to learn each time grain from St. Louis to Chatta­ When the water carriers challenge character or actor involved than on actual play value. that since there are no penalties This year's e.xample is the James Bond "007" toys. They include for infractions, relief from such nooga by water and then from these practices In court they in­ such "playthings" as an attache case with concealed trigger, and even unlawful rate-making is ineffec­ Chattanooga to Atlanta by rail, variably win, but since no penal­ the railroads charge $2.40 a ton ties can be imposed under the law, a doil with spikes sticking out of her shoe. tive," pointed out J. W. Hershey, for the 133 mile haul from Chat­ there is really no way to enforce Sean Connery, who plays James Bond in the movies, himself recently who heads up the Common Car- tanooga to Atlanta—almost as these court decisions. told a Hollywood reporter, Peter Bart, that he considers the outpouring rier Conference of Domestic much as they charge for the 601 The water carriers have detailed of "James Bond" products "a lot of rubbish" of "appalling quality." ' Water Carriers. mile haul all the way from St. 22 specific cases of similar rail­ Novelty toys are just that. You may pay .$5 for a robot that fires a ' Selective rate cutting has been Louis. road rate juggling in 20 states in machine gun mounted in its chest. But your child may get tired of [ practiced by the railroads for The Interstate Commerce Com­ a recently issued booklet outlining it in a few days. j years to discourage .shippers from mission has traditionally upheld the problem. . , . , utilizing cheap inland waterway Another problem for parents is dolls v^uch require e.xtensive ward- transportation to ship their goods, robes. You may buy Barbie or Penny Brile tor $4 or $o, and then What the railroads do is charge find yourself later buying a sailor suit for Penny for S2.50, a raincoat higher rates for cargo moving by for S2. bedroom furniture for $5, etc. You may w ind up spending more water and rail than for the all-rail on Penny's uardrolie than your own. As Penny gets dressed iietter, movements. you'll gel. shabbier. Then you have to buy friends for the doll, like How It Works Ken or Ricky, and clothes for them. It works like this, according to Better find out how much clothing you get to start with, and the cost of additional costumes before you buy tiie doll. "Syivie" costs an example given by the inland NEW YORK—One-way traffic in sea lanes separated from water carriers. Grain moving from one to five miles apart by "buffer" zones is being planned only $.5 but a coat for her costs $4. and a suit, $5. St. Louis, Mo. to Atlanta, Ga. can DOLLS FOR BOYS? move all the way by rail, or by for ships entering and leaving New York Harbor. Now manufacturers are seeking to use this same profitable technique water from St. Louis to ChattaThe new plan is the result t of continuing or "open end" purchases on boys, Joan Cook. New York ' nooga, Tcnn., and then by rail to of the I960 International Past—the most serious recent ac­ Times writer on child development, points out that the Increasingly Atlanta. Safety at Sea Convention in cident being the collision between popular "G.l. Joe" Is really a doll—a jointed. 11-Inch doil. Once you To discourage shippers from London which recommended the the liner Shalom and a Norwegian buy it, the manufacturer offers 100 accessories, ranging from a combat utilizing the water route the rail-1 use of sea lanes for shipping areas tanker with a loss of 19 lives on field pack set for $2, to diving equipment for S3. roads set a price of $3.86 a ton with dense traffic. Because the Thanksgiving Day, 1964. lanes will be largely in inter­ JEWELRY, FUR DECEPTIONS national water, use of the lanes In shopping for adult gifts, beware of widespread deceptions re­ will not be mandatory but is ex­ ported by various marketing officials. In jewelry, colored quartz Is pected to present advantages in being widely sold as topaz, reports Esther Hendler, a market authority. increased safety. iConlinued from page 6) Real topaz is very scarce. You also have to be careful in buying jewelry A similar one-way plan has sold as iaplz lazuli. Sometimes it Is merely jasper (another form of ment. It has become almost imposalready been established in the quartz). Jade may be color-enhanced to look like better quality. , sible to fill even O. S. job. Dover Straits, and the New York There also are many synthetic sapphires on the market. These can plan is expected to serve as a CLEVELAND be manuiactured into colors of every stone, and sometimes are sold pilot project for other areas in as topaz, amethyst and aquamarine. There is nothing wrong with the \ve are coming to the close of the U.S. Preliminary studies are use of man-made sapphires in jewelry if you pay only a modest price one of the busiest seasons this port already underway for Philadel­ WILMINGTON — The federal for it, not the price of genuine gemstones. j ,,33 e^,er had. From all the talk in phia. government is establishing "traf­ Three sets of incoming and out­ fic lanes" to help guide vessels These deceptions are hard for anyone but experts to detect, Mrs. marine circles around here, next Hendler advises: (1) buy only in places that will return your money if | season is expected to be even going lanes have been established through the Gulf of Mexico be­ in the New York plan to handle cause the Gulf is becoming so con­ you are not satisfied; (2) get a guarantee of the kind and quality of the : better. Stone in writing. Radio Peter is ashore for what traffic to Europe, Africa and to gested with offshore oil wells. looks like the Winter. No Engine the South. All the lanes will funnel The traffic lanes, to be known Room jobs are coming this way for past the new Ambrose Tower, officially as "Shipping Safety which will replace the lightship him to ship on for tiiat last trip. just outside the harbor. Outgoing Fairways" will be shown on new The Port Agent in Cleveland, ships will pass on one side of the Coast and Geodetic Survey Nauti­ Stan Wares, and members in that tower, incoming ships on the other cal Charts. The lanes will provide area would like to take this oppor­ side. Where lanes cross, moderate safe passageways tnrough an area Searchers for sunken treasure in the waters around Florida tunity to wish one and all a ^Merry speed and extreme caution wili be from Charlotte Harbor, Florida to Brazos Santiago, Texas—an area the order of the day. will have to cool their heels for a while because pending a Sr ' ' which contains almost 2,000 oil review of state regulations on treasurer hunting, Florida has Up To Navigator CHICAGO well structures in waters up to 300 stopped issuing treasure-hunt-— Navigators whll d.etermine feet deep and 60 miles from shore. Good shipping in all ratings will ing permits. j chives containing supposedly au- continue until the very end of lay whether they are in the proper There have been about 50 ship by use of Loran and by their collisions involving oil structures About 80 applications are ' or less, about 50 sunken treasure up. Leon Striler just finished on the lane own celestial navigation. No use during the past several years. Al­ being held up until "a thorough Hennepin, and in a day or two says ships in Florida waters. he will head for Frisco to ship. of radio beams to mark the lanes though shipping will not be re­ study is made of rules that will The combined value of these Striler and a few of the other reg­ is presently being planned. insure adequate protection for the quired to operate within these wrecks is estimated at many mil­ ulars are interested in making the The crowded approaches to lanes, it is expected that vessels public interest." Two big finds have been made lions of dollars in gold and silver, run to Viet Nam for a look at that New York Harbor have been the will take advantage of the safer scenes of many accidents in the passages which they will offer. recently—one a multimillion dollar jewels and rare valuable artifacts. situation. treasure hoard in the Atlantic south of Cape Kennedy and another es­ timated at more than $1 million. Under law passed this year by the Florida State Legislature all treas­ ure hunting must be licensed by a newly created Board of Antiquities. Some Refuse The company making the recent finds is licensed, but Florida is be­ ginning to wonder if the state's 25 percent slice of such finds is enough and whether state appraisal and enforcement methods are stiff enough. There are reports that some salvagers are refusing to make finds available for state inspection and appraisal. "This has to stop," says the Florida Secretary of State. Since word of the recent big finds Above is artist's ooncept of new all-containerized ships already on the drawing boards for SlU-contracted Sea Land Service. has gotten around, scores of new Each of the six new ships will carry 338 refrigerated and 923 dry cargo containers at speeds of 27.2 knots in Sea Land's pro­ treasure hunting companies have posed New York-North Europe service, scheduled to begin in April, 1966, and in the company's regular intercoastal trade. been formed using expensive, mod­ The vessels will be 905 feet long with a beam of i03 feet, a draft of 30 feet, and a 49,700 long-ton displacement. Containers ern equipment, but still relying on U.S. and Spanish government «rwill ba(Carried 7 deep and 10 wide below deck and 2 high and 11 wide above One-Way Shipping Channels Planned For New York Harbor Great Lakes Traffic Lanes' In Gulf To Aid Ship Safety Florida Stops Issuing Treasure Hunt Permits Sea Land To Build Six New Containerships �SEAFARERS Fafa Twelv* December 10, 19BS LOG Galley Gang Stands Ready Seafarers aboard the Brigham Victory (Bloomfield Steamship Co.) will hardly have any trouble whiling away their leisure moments with $300 worth of film for their movie projector awaiting them when they arrive at Long Beach, California. According to Ship's Delegate Robert Broodus, the^ — crew got together and unan-; the Western Comet (Western Tank- meetings once a month," says imously agreed that each man! ers). Frank p. Corcoran aboard the meeting chairman G. C. Dragoo. should contribute $17 toward the purchase of the film. ''Now." as one of the deckhands put it, "our off-hours won't be nearly so long with movies to look forward to. It's amazing what you can get done with everybody pulling togeth­ Broodus er." Also, the crew voted to use the $20 in the ship's fund for parts for the pro­ jector, just to make sure the show stays on the road. Merrimac (Merrimac Transport), Walter Dun aboard the Del Ore (Delta Lines), Raoul Cabrera aboard the Potomac (Empire Trans­ port), and Lorenzo Bennett aboard the Express Baltimore (Commodore Lines), 4> 4> 4* "Nothing is more important to the working seamen than an under­ standing and grasp of the safety principles and regulations aboard ship. His life and liviihood depend on them." 4< 4" 4" the Seatraln The captain of Louisiana (Seatrain Lines) has promised the crew that he'd make every ef­ fort to try and get more brands of cigarettes, ac­ cording to Meet­ ing Chairman L. Blteard. 'Other­ wise," Blizzard said, "everything Blizzard is running fine. Seafarers got together and extend­ ed a hearty vote of thanks to the electrician and the firemen for using their free time to install a new television antenna. Reception is now much improved." The crew aboard the Halcyon Panther (Halcyon Steamship Co.) held a discussion on the possibil­ ity of volunteer donations for films, as they al­ ready have a projector and screen on the ship. "But," as a i" 4" member of the Ship's delegate Luke A. Ciamsteward depart­ boll, reports a good trip to Viet­ Kustura ment put it, "a nam on the Wild projector is not worth much un­ Ranger (Water­ less you have some film to run man). Describing through it." The crew extended a the voyage as a vote of thanks to both the ship's "fine voyage." delegate and the steward depart­ Ciamboli reports ment, according to Frank Kustura, that repairs are meeting secretary. going smoothly 4. 4 4 and remarked on 4" 4" 4" Seafarers manning the Ocean the CO - operation Seafarers on the Del Monte Evelyn (Maritime Overseas Corp.) from the entire Ciomboli (Delta Lines) received a warm let­ are finishing up crew. "Crewing ter of thanks a run to ports of on a ship is a matter of team­ from Brother J. Subic Bay, Sai­ work," he said. A vote of thanks L. Jarrat for the gon and Danang. to the steward department was flowers sent for "We've had a real proposed and accepted by acclama­ the funeral of good trip," says tion. A member of the engine de­ his mother. The ship's delegate partment specifically commented entire crew and Charles Johnson. on the "good stores and good officers voted "Everything is cooking." several weeks going smoothly $ 5" 4" ago to chip in and the Ocean Seafarers sailing on the Del Sol for the flowers Johnson Menz Evelyn boasts a (Delta Lines) decided they needed as a token of music and voted their sympathy. All department crew of top SIU hands. A few to buy an AM- delegates and the steward depart­ more trips on ships like this," con­ FM radio with ment received a hearty vote of tinues brother Johnson, "ought to the money in the thanks. Brother Howard Menz convince the administration that ship's fund. They was re-elected as ship's delegate. when the chips are down, the USA also went out can count on the American mer­ 4" 4» 4" and picked up a chant marine. We're ready to serv­ "Everything is running smooth­ ice our fighting men in Vietnam couple of sets of dominoes and ly aboard the Steel Vendor (Isth­ anytime." mian) according several checker 4 4 4* to Ship's Deleboards to enter­ Lambert gate Horace Robin Locksley (Moore McCortain themselves Mobley. "Let's mick Lines) crewmembers elected when off the job. At the meeting try to keep it Elmer Kent to Brother Reidus Lambert made a that w a y." motion to impose a fine or take serve as ship's Among the sug­ delegate, and he some action against men quitting gestions aimed the ship without adequate notice. reports that toward a smooth every thing is 4< 4< 4» running ship The following Seafarers were running as was a reminder unanimously elected by their fel­ smooth as can Mobley to those eating low crew-members to serve as be so far in the voyage. "Every­ ship's delegates on their present fruit not to throw the skins on deck, for it would bring on flies one is happy voyages: John Eddins aboard the Beaure­ and would be a safety hazard. It with the new Kent gard (Sea-Land), Irving H. Bickford was also requested that the radio ship's delegate aboard the Morning Light (Water­ be turned off during mealtime and the exceptional food provided man Steamship Corp.), Lambert and in the early hours of the by the steward's department," Meeting Chairman George A, CalWaldrop aboard the Clairborne morning. 4> 4" 4' (Sea-Land), Ralph Newcomb aboard lard noted. "Each member will tlie Penn Carrier (Penn Shipping), The crew of the MV Viking held give twenty-five to fifty cents to Hans Speigel aboard the Del Sud their monthly safety meeting and kick-off the ship's fund," Callard (Delta Line), William Mitchell discussed some of the essential went on to say. "There is a fine aboard the Halcyon Panther (Hal­ aspects of the SIU safety program. spirit of cooperation aboard this cyon Steamship), R. Perry aboard "We will continue to hold safety ship." Four members of the steward department pose for the camera aboard the newly converted Anchorage. Pictured from left to right are Adrian Fecteau, Gus Skendelas, Henry Roskamp and "Bud" Williams. LOG-A-RHYTHM: Pilot's 23rd Psalm By Captain John H. Robeirts The Lord is my Pilot; I shall not drift. He lighteth me across the dark waters: He steereth me in deep channels He keeoeth my log: He guideth me by the star of holiness For His name's sake. Yea, though I sail mid the thunders and tempests of life, I will dred no danger: for Thou art near me: Thy love and Thy care they shelter me. Thou preparest a harbor before me in the homeland of eternity: Thou anointest the waves with oil, my ship rideth calmly. Surely sunlight and starlight shall favor me on the voyage I take: And I will rest in the port of my God forever. Melvin Clyde Gibby Norman Krumm Please contact your wife im­ You are requested to contact mediately at Box 137, Luck, Wis­ C. T. Grosser at 708 Delmar, consin, as your mother is very ill. Houston 77023, Texas. Phone: 4 4 4 713-WA-1-7777. Lois Blizzard 4 4 4 You are asked to get in touch with your brother, Marvin, at 801 Seafarers' Mail Call South Butterwood St., Wilming­ Seafarers listed below are re­ ton, Delaware. quested to send their addresses to 4 4 4 Mrs. M. C. Hayman at 115 Milby Earnest J. Llchtensteln Street, Houston 77003, Texas, so Your aunt, Mrs. H. Henning of 11138 Indiana Avenue, Chicago 28, that she can forward their mail to Illinois, is seeking your where­ them. abouts. Claude W. Pritchett, R. Joyer, 4 4 4 IL W. Martin, Edward W. Seeley Joseph A. Larity (check), F. S. Lire (ciieck7, James You are requested to contact Allen (check), James A. Dhein, your daughter. Miss Linda A. John P. Sutherland, Thomas W. Larity of 11302 Chimney Rock, Cassidy, Louis A. De La Carta, Houston, Texas. She is seeking Robert Toyer, and M. Birrane. your address. 4 4 4 4 4 4 George Pickels Paul Aubain You are asked to get in touch Anyone knowing the where­ abouts of Paul Aubain, please con­ with yoyr attorney Paul M. Gold­ tact Brother John Greaux, P.O. stein at 1201 Chestnut Street, Box 7, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. �December 10, 196S SEAFARERS ; ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), SepL 20— Chairman, J. R. Air; Secretary, J. Labenz. Motion made to accept new contract. Discussion on Pension Plan. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. DO NOT BUY Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union' conditions. "Lee" brand tires (United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers) i 4* Eastern Ait Lines (Flight Engineers) i 4. J. H. I. Siegei "HIS" brand men's clothes (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) 4> 4« 4* Sears, Roebucli Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) 4" 4" 4< Stitzel-Weller Distilleries "Old Fitzgerald." "Old Elk" "Cabin Still," "W. L. Weller" Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) 4. 4- 4. J. R. Simplot Potato Co. Frozen potato products (Grain Millers) •4" 4« 4< Kingsport Press "World Book," "Chiidcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) 4" 4» 4< 4' 4" 4< Empire State Bedding Co. "Sealy Mattresses" (Textile Workers) 4< 4' 4" 4" 4' 4« Pepsi Cola Company (Soft Drink Workers. Local 812) Jamestown Sterling Corp. Furniture and Bedding White Furniture Co. United Furniture Workers OCEAN PIONEER (Pioneer Tank­ ers), Aug. 30—Chairman, Robert McGonagle; Secretary, Roland Grigg, Jr. Ship's delegate, Bill Sherer resigned. Brother Bob McGonagle was elected to serve in his place. $21.50 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. DEL SUO (Delta), Sept. 25—Chairman, M. Ounn; Secretary, 0. Gemeiner. Discussion held on new contract. Motion made to accept same with a vote of thanks. $180.20 in ship's fund. No beefs reported. Men re­ quested to be properly attired when entering pantry and messhalls. „Mo­ tion made to form a credit union, within the Union. Brother Avord was elected to serve as new ship's dele­ gate. CUBA VICTORY (Alcoa), Sept. 12— Chairman, F. Macolah; Secretary, None. One man missed ship in Bal­ timore. His gear was checked with the Agent in that port. Motion was made that in the future all ships which are brought out of the boneyard should have a shore gang hired from the hall first, prior to the crew, in order to have the vessel in an accepted living condition. Mo­ tion made to make sure forwarding mailing address is given to the crew prior to leaving first port in the States, not the last. TRANSERIE (Hudson Waterways), Sept. 19 —Chairman, Charles Ries; Secretary, L. 0. Pierson. Ship's dele­ gate reported that some of the re­ pairs were not taken care of Rats were not exterminated. Brother Charles Ries was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. DEL MONTE (Delta), Sept. 19 — Ciiairman, Wm. A. Turner; Secretary, Alberto G. Espeneda. $2.24 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Few hours disputed OT in deck department. Vote of thanks to the department delegates and to the entire steward depart­ ment. BELOIT VICTORY (Marine Carriers), Sept. 26—Chairman, A. F. Bankston; Secretary, J. Vl. Craft. Motion made to elect a safety committee and to list all the unsafe conditions pre­ vailing. A copy to be sent to head­ quarters and one copy to the Port of payoff. Crew requested to coop­ erate in keeping all doors locked while in port, also to keep laundry room in order and also the library. STEEL KING (Isthmian), October 19 —Chairman, Bennie Gonzalez; Secre­ tary, Philip Wolf. Purpose of meeting was to read and explain new con­ tract. All questions were answered and the contract was accepted. Finds Pension Beneficial Receives Hearing Aid To the Editor: My pension began about six months ago, and I wish to thank the SIU for this most helpful benefit. A man just can't grow old gracefully if he doesn't have any money. AS it is now, with the pension plan, my wife and I can look forward to our coming years with pleasure. To the Editor: I would like to show my ap­ preciation for the badly needed hearing aid which I received through the SIU. This will en­ able me to ship out again, which means a whole lot when funds begin to run short. Without the assistance of the SIU In obtaining this hearing aid, I might have been permanently washed up on the beach. Yours fraternally, Frederick H. Houck e- B d i t o r ' knowing that there will always be food on the table and a roof over our heads. We enjoy getting the Log and hope to continue reading it for many more years. Thanks for everything. Fraternally, Ralph Martin 4" 4' 4 Aid During Illness Brings Thanks To the Editor: My sincere thanks to the Seafarers Union for all the consideration shown me during the illness of myself and my late husband, Samuel L. Gor­ don. It has meant a lot to us to have our hospital expenses paid for, and I am deeply ap­ preciative of the Union's in­ terest in our comfort and wel­ fare. Again I say thanks for every act of kindness. Yours trul.v, Mrs. Leola Gordon 4 4 4. Assisted During Major Surgery To the Editor: I would like to express my appreciation for the kindness and assistance of the SIU when I was recently hospitalized for major surgery. Serious illness doesn't come around very often, but when it does, it's nice to have the Union standing by. Thanks again for everything. Sincerel.v, Mrs, Jeanette Murdoch Books On Ship Found Helpful To the Editor: I have been sailing with the SIU for over 15 years, and the books that the Union provides aboard ship are one of the best ways I can think of to pass the leisure hours. I am especially thankful for this service. Fraternally, Melvin P. Smith Page Ttairteea LOG MANHATTAN (Manhattan Tanker*), October 31—Chairman, 0. Samdali Secretary, None. Disputed OT re­ ported by each department delegate. Several matters to be discussed and clarified at meeting with patrolman. DEL ALBA (Delta), October 2—Chair­ man, Joe Collins; Secretary, Zee Y. Ching. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. SUMMIT (Sea-Land), November B— Chairman, William Goff; Secretary, Stanley F. Schuyler. Water beef set­ tled. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. HURRICANE (Waterman), October 31—Chairman, D. B. Fritzpatrick; Sec­ retary, Roberto Hannibal. Ship's dele­ gate reported that everything is run­ ning smoothly. Vote of thanks to the jDIOEST of SIU SHIP MEETINGS steward department for good food and service. Vote of thanks to Brother J. Browne for handling all beefs. Patrol­ man to be contacted regards various matters. ROBIN KIRK (Moore-McCormack), October 31—Chairman, C. L. Cousins; Secretary, Ken Hayes. Brother Her­ nandez was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Some disputed OT in deck department. CALMAR (Calmar), October 31 — Chairman, J. K. Shearer; Secretary, H. Carmichael. Ship's delegate thanked crew for their cooperation. Voyage has been smooth, with no beefs. Few hours disputed OT in engine department. Motion made that the deck department go on record to do no stevedores work unless ab­ solutely necessary. ROBIN GRAY (Robin), October 10— Chairman, John Farrand; Secretary, Thomas Buckley. $10 in ship's ar­ rival pool will be placed in ship's funds. No beefs and no disputed OT reported. All things in order. Stone. Ship badly In need of fumiga­ tion for roaches and rats. Vote of thanks to the steward department. MONTPELIER VICTORY (Montpelier Tanker), Oct. 2 — Chairman, Jesse Lewis; Secretary, Frank Naklicki. Disputed OT in engine and steward departments. Discussion on poor mattresses. Matter will be taken up with company and patrolman. No mucking boots aboard—need same as soon as possible. PENN CARRIER (Penn), Sept. 25— Chairman, W. S. Rudd; Secretary, C. Bortz. Letter send to headquarters regarding salt in fresh water supply. Few hours disputed OT in deck de­ partment. Motion made to equip every tanker, regardless of cargo, with at least two copus blowers to air tanks, prior to, and during muck­ ing. Representatives from the Food Plan should be on hand when stores are taken on board to see that every­ thing is in order. AMES VICTORY (Victory Carriers), October 31—Chairman, K. A. Helleman; Secretary D. M. Woods. Vote of thanks was extended to the ship's delegate and department delegates. Some disputed OT in engine depart, ment for working cargo in Vietnam. LOS ANGELES (Sea-Land), Novem­ ber J—Chairman, E. Bonafonte; Sec­ retary, S. M. Simos. Captain is happy with the crew for the good job they are doing. $14.50. Patrolman to be consulted concerning beef in the engine department. Vote of thanks for the steward and his gang for a job well done. Suggestion made to contact patrolman and Company of­ ficials regarding better information concerning sailing board time. DEL SUD (Delta), November 7 — Chairman, H. Crane; Secretary, J. Tucker. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Brother Hans Speigel was elected ship's delegate. MORNING STAR (Waterman), Oc­ tober 3—Chairman, G. Nance: Secre­ tary, J. Markanen. Clarification re­ quested regarding draws, gangway watch duties and OT. Launch service at Subic Bay dangerous due to poorly manned open boats. Request head­ quarters to remedy this condition. Vessel has inadequate fumigation service and roaches are increasing. KENT (Corsair), October 3—Chair­ man, John W. Parker, Jr.; Secretary, Ronald B. Lloyd. Brother William Hale was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Two men missed the ship in New Orleans. STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian). July 18 —Chairman, F. J. Mears; Secretary, H. A. Orlando. Ship's delegate re­ ported that everything is running smoothly. $6 in TV fund. Motion made to have patrolman see company of­ ficials regarding months with 31 days, of which 30 days are paid, on present run. SEAMAR (Calmar), October 16— Chairman, S. Furtado; Secretary, R. K. Holt. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. Everything is running smoothly. Repair list being taken care of. DEL ORO (Delta). October 24 — Chairman, J. H. Bales; Secretary, Ramon Irizarry. $43.55 in ship's fund. Brother Walter Dun was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Everything is running smoothly. ALCOA TRADER- (Alcoa), No dateChairman, J. J. Kane; Secretary, J. EXPRESS BALTIMORE (Commodore), November 7 — Chairman, John O'Rourke; Secretary, Eugene Ray. Few beefs to be taken up with board­ ing patrolman. Brother Lorenzo Ben­ nett was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Letter sent to headquarters regarding no launch service in Viet­ nam. Vote of thanks extended to M. Iwaski for doing a good job as ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to the steward department for good feeding. WESTERN COMET (Western Tank­ ers), October 24 — Chairman, Harry Kaufman; Secretary, Ange Panagopoulos. Motion made that at next negotiations that matter of port time, due to the short time containerships are in port, (12 hours or less), port time to apply in any port the same as tankers. Steward department has no time to go ashore due to the limited time which is less than any tanker. Brother Perry was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to the steward departmeru. MORNING LIGHT (Waterman). Oc­ tober 24—Chairman, James Elwsll; Secretary, Levis B. Thomas. Brother I.' H. Bickford was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Special vote of thanks to the steward department. BEAUREGARD (Sea-Land), Novem­ ber 5 — Chairman, C. Hemby, Secre­ tary James W. Galloway. Captain stated that all repairs will be taken care of. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. ANDREW JACKSON (Waterman), Oc­ tober 23—Chairman, Thomas V. Drzewicki; Secretary, lluminado R. Llenos. $5 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks to the steward department for good service and fine food from the galley crew. STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), Octo­ ber 3—Chairman, 0. Dean; Secretary, B. Toner. $17 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine department, otherwise all is O.K. Motion made to go back to sixty days ruling for per­ mit men. THE CABINS (Texas City Refining), October 16—Chairman, J. Mann; Sec­ retary, W. Corry. Brother J. Mann was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Disputed OT reported in deck deoartment. Slop cnest inade­ quate. Crew request slop chest price list be posted. VENORE (Venore), October 10— Chairman. B. H. Lowderback; Secre­ tary, A. Hemphill. Brother Lowderback was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. Motion made to have separate rooms for engine watches. OCEANIC CLOUD (Transworld Ma­ rine), October 10—Chairman, R. Ferebee; Secretary, Andrew Lesnansky. No beefs reported by department delegates. All repairs have been taken care of in deck department. Captain to be contacted regarding repair of mixing machine in steward depart­ ment. SIU Arrivals Marlene Jacobs, born October 17. 1965, to the Herbert L. Jacobs, Akron, Ohio. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Theresa Garcia, born September 8, 1965, to the Natanial R. Garclas, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Kevin Isadore, born October 17, 1965, to the Wilfred Isadores, New Orleans, Louisiana. 4 4 4 Suzanne Emanuel, born October 19, 1965, to the Thomas E. Emanuels, Mobile, Alabama. 4 4 4 Billie LeRoy Leatherman, born October 8, 1965, to the Jess Leathermans, Thompsonville, Michigan. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Tammy Phillips, born September 15, 1965, to the Theodore Phillips, Bay City, Michigan. Charles Michael Kroll, born October 18, 1965, to the Stanley Krolls, Luzerne, Pennsylvania. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Thomas Earl Long, born October 13, 1965, to the Thomas Longs, Mobile, Alabama. William Michael Myles, born September 3, 1965. to the William Myles, New Or­ leans, Louisiana. 4 4 4 Alois Terry and Alexia Maria Leiter, born October 23, 1965, to the Alexander Letters, Pine Beach, New Jersey. 4 4 4 Cindy Fetchko, born October 14, 1965, to the Andrew R. Fetchkos, Ashley, Pa. Gilbert Baez. born October 11, 1965, to the Nelson Baezs, Jersey City, N.J. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Lorraine Vicknair, born July 11, 1965, to the Edward J. Vicknairs, Jr., Harvey, La. Dawn Betner, born October 7. 1965, to the William Betners, San Francisco, Calif. 4 4 4 Jose Redriquez, born September 28, 1965, to the Jose A Rodriquezs, Playa Ponce, P.R. Stephen Jon Tannish, born October i 1965, to the Alex G. Howells, Mobile, 22, 1965, to the Stephen Tannishes, Ash- ' Alabama. tabula, Ohio. 4 4 4 Hardy Price, III, born October 25, 196S, 4 4 4 James Bryant, born November 10, to the Hardy Prices, New Orleans, 1965, to the James N. Bryants, Mobile, Louisiana. Ala. 4 4 4 Evelyene LeBlanc, born August 29, 4 4 4 Cynthia Louise Frank, born June 11, 1965, to the Albert LeBlancs, Brimley, 1965, to the Joseph L. Franks, Baltimore, Mich. Maryland. 4 4 4 Rodolfo Garia, born October 31, 1965, 4 4 4 Anthony Cortez Pasley, born September to the Angel Garias, Estatal, Puerto 24, 1965, to the Christopher Pasleys, Bal­ Rico. 4 4 4 timore, Md. Jasmine Somani, born October 23, 4 4 4 1965, to the traswart Somanis, Philadel­ Kevin R. Schalkofski, born October 16, 1965, to the Herman Schalkofskis, Os- phia, Penna. sineke, Mich. 4 4 4 Winfield Downs, born September 18, 4 4 4 1965, to the Winfield Downs, Linwood, Ernest Richard, born November 2, New Jersey. 1965, to the William E. Richardsons, Jr., 4 4 4 Mayock, N.C. Rose Dimitriou, born October 30, 1965, 4 4 4 to the Nicholas Dimitrious, Staten Is­ Telita Lynn Williams, born September land, N.Y. 7, 1965, to the Herbert Williams, Swan4 4 4 quarter, N.C. Joe John Esquivel, born September 25, 4 4 4 1965, to the Olifidio Esquivels, Wharton, Alex Gaines Howelli born October 18, Texas. •tBBVinaviPiVKBWMWK Editor SEAFARERS m «wPiXtWMWWwwf ^ �SEAFARERS Page Fourteen December 10, 196S LOG Seafarer Visits Soviet Union, Learns Dangers Of Curiosity Pork Chops Cooking Seafarer Eric Joseph, who recently completed an eventful eight-week visit to the Soviet Union, has come to the conclusion that the Western tourist who becomes curious about sights that the Russians would rather hide from outside eyes, will find the U.S.S.R. an unfriendly place, graphs showed that people all over Joseph did not embark on 1 -i. • 1 the world lived the same, and point­ his tour of Russia as a com­ ed out that Americans had many of plete novice in the Russian way of life. Last year, he sailed on the SlU-manned York which took a wheat carso to Odessa in 1964 as part of the U.S.-Soviet grain deal. This year, the adventurous Sea­ farer decided he wanted to take a lonser. more leisurely look at the gigantic Communist country and satisfy his curloslt.v. After landing in Leningrad. Joseph visited Mos­ cow; the Yalta resort area: Yere­ van. the gapital of Arirenia. Tbilisi and Gori. in Georgia; Tashkent in Central .Asia, and Irkutsk, Siberia. Friendly Reception He found that he received a friendly reception from the Russian Seafarer Eric Joseph poses man on the street, who usually bewith an attractive Russian seiged .American tourists with hun­ friend he met while tour­ dreds of questions about life in the U.S. The SIU tourist also reported ing the Soviet Union. He that many Russians he met in Mos­ reports that Russian girls cow often offered him big sums of are "the same as girls any­ money for his clothing or other where else in the world." goods with a "Made in U.S.A." label. He also reports that he was favorably impressed with the Rus- superiors. Joseph admits that he sian women he met in his travels became worried that he would get a across the country. first-hand look at Lubyanka Prison, the infamous jail in which thouJoseph, who is an avid amateur ggnds of Russian political prisoners photographer, learned the hard way ..-e.-e imprisoned. Finally, the that a camera-toting foreign tour- gya,.ds returned his passport and ist can run into a lot of trouble j ordered him to leave the area should he let his curiosity run away immediately. in Russia. This curiosity caused the The second time Joseph came Soviet police to detain hjm twice during his two-month journey to grief with the authorities took place in Tbilisi, a city in the Soviet through the country. republic of Georgia. Noticing that The first time Joseph got into hot there seemed to be many drunks, water occurred... when he tried , . to , beggers and people sleeping in the take pictures of the homes of high | ^ity streets, the SIU shutterbug Kremlin leaders in the exclusive , began taking pictures of some of Lenin Hills section of Moscow. In | these sights. He relates that he order to insure their privacy, the I suddenly found himself picked up country's top leaders seclude them- by the secret police and taken to a selves from the prying eyes ol the hotel for interrogation which took public in huge mansions hidden by : f^ont of several local news10-foot walls. When Joseph at­ paper reporters. tempted to snap some pictures of Hostile Questions the huge gates of these estates, he was seized by guards on the scene. During the close questioning he Held For 2 Hours received in the next few hours. After being relieved of his pass-; Joseph was asked repeatedly why port, he was detained outside the i he was taking pictures of Tbilisi walls for two hours while the sus- citizens in unfortunate circumpicious guards conferred with their stances. He replied that his photo­ the same problems which he wit­ nessed in Russia. His answers apparently helped to lessen the hostility of the police, and he was released shortly after­ ward. However, one of the news­ men present wrote a long, un­ friendly story about the incident in the local papers. Some of the peo­ ple who befriended Joseph in Tbi­ lisi later warned that the secret police was following him, although he was never aware of it. One of the highlights of Joseph's trip was his attendance at the United States annual Fourth of July celebration in Moscow. He comments that he had a hard struggle with State Department bureaucrats to get an invitation to the affair which is attended by most .Americans who are sta­ tioned in or are visiting Russia. He reports he received a very warm reception at the crowded celebration, meeting U.S. Ambas­ sador Kohler and his wife, and other foreign and Soviet diplo­ mats. The top Soviet leaders, he remembei's, were conspicuously absent. Met High Judge Joseph also had the chance to meet U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas who was stay­ ing at the same hotel in Moscow. He reports that the Russians ai'e still devoting considerable effort to wooing students from under-developel countries. There are thousands of students from Africa, Asia and Arab nations and Cuba on the streets of Leningrad and Moscow, he says. Foreign delegations from these countries were also frequent­ ly seen. Although Joseph saw much eco­ nomic improvement in the Soviet Union, he cannot see any compari­ son between the Russian and .Amer­ ican way of life. Looking at the two countries, he declares that we in the U.S. live under a system which is marked by freedom, abundance and progress. Russia, on the other hand, has an economy which is based or scarcity and hardship. Chief Cook Lawrence Mitchell sports a big smile in the kitchen of the Andrew Jackson, as he slips some pork chops into the oven. Brother Lawrence takes great pride in pre­ paring excellent chow to keep his fellow Seafarers happy. LOG-A-RHYTHM: Escape -By HENRI PERCIKOW. To forget if only for a ntonient The chopping mallet, The clicking steel, The whipping voice. The fever in my bone. Give me a patch of earth. With green to lie upon. Spread the blue above And let the sun beat down Upon my pallid skin. I'd listen to the whisper of insects And the magic song of space. The crunching of leaves. The joyous cry of children A^id to sounds of silence. Line Splicing An Art Aboard The Robin Locksiey u? i i I / Seafarers Frank Lire and George Gallord bend to the task aboard the Robin Locksiey while splicing the new improved mooring line. The new mooring line is made out of nylon, demonstrating yet another use that synthetic fibers are put to. Veteran Seafarer Robert McCauley, AB, shows Fred Gavin how an expert splices a line aboard the Robin Locksiey. For "old salts" to help the younger Seafarers along and to aid them in any way possible is an established SIU custom. �Paf• Fiftcca SEAFARERS LOG Deeember 10, IffS Final Departures Membership Meetiners Juan Rivera Roman, 39: Brother Marion F. Presley, 37: Brother .Charles Kinnke, 67: Brother Presley died of accidental causes Kinnke died of natural causes at Roman died of natural causes aboard the Hur­ the Staten Island in Jersey County, ricane. A mem­ USPHS Hospital, Illinois. A mem­ ber of the deck Staten Island, ber of the Union department, he New York. He since 1962, he joined the Union was a member of sailed in the in 1960. Piace of the deck depart­ deck department. burial was the ment atd is sur­ He Is survived De La Capital vived by his by Emma P. Cwnetery, R i o niece, Lydia Presley. Place of Piedras, Puerto Evanco. Burial burial was the Rico. No bene­ took place in the Meadow Branch Cemetery, Jersey County, Illinois. Long Island National Cemetery, ficiary was designated. 4 3. 3i Farmingdale, New York. Wilbert J. Bunthoff, 50: Brother ^ Kaarel Leetmaa, 62: Brother Bunthoff succumbed to a heart at­ Lawyer McGrew, 59: Cancer Leetmaa died of natural causes at tack in the Per­ claimed the life of Brother the Staten Island sian Gulf port of McGrew at the USPHS Hospital, Behran. A mem­ New Orleans Staten Island, ber of the Union USPHS Hospital. New York. A since 1947, he A member of the member of the sailed in the en­ steward depart­ engine depart­ gine department. ment, he is sur­ ment, he signed He was buried in vived by his wife, on with the SIU Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. Rosa L. in 1951. He was Surviving is his McGrew. Brother buried in Kensico daughter Jocelyn McGrew was Cemetery, West­ Richards. buried in the chester County, New York. Sur­ 3» 4 4 Oaklawn Cemetery, Mobile, viving is Laine Runne, a friend. Vernon L. Corlis, 53: Brother Alabama. Corlis died of accidental causes l" ii4« i" 3^ at his home in Knut B. Cato, 72: Heart failure John T. Frawley, 72: Brother Galveston, Tex­ proved fatal to Brother Cato at Frawley died of natural causes at as. A member of the Spring Grove the Union Me­ the deck depart­ State Hospital, morial Hospital, ment, he joined Baltimore, Mary­ Baltimore, Mary­ the SIU in 1943. land. A member land. A member He is survived of the SIU since of the Union by his wife Jes­ 1939, he sailed since 1960, he sie. Place of bur­ in the engine sailed as a ial was the Gal­ department. N o bargeman. He is veston Memorial beneficiary was survived by his Park Cemetery, Galveston, Texas. designated. son Charles S. iSi'S; Brother Cato Frawley. Place was cremated at the Green Mount of burial was the Gardens of Faith i Baltimore Canal Cemetery, Catonsville, Maryland. Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland. a, i a> Anthony Zielinski, 68: Brother Zielinski died of natural causes at the Baltimore USPHS Hospi­ tal, Baltimore, Maryland. A member of the % fSt deck department, \ he joined the Union in 1951. He is survived by his brother John Zielinski. Place of burial was the Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City, New Jer­ sey. 4 ii M i Si: To Be Improved 3. 3i 4BALTIMORE—The heavily traveled Chesapeake and George Eugene Armstrong, 59: Delaware Canal is slated for Brother Armstrong died in the widening and deepening to New Orleans iii allow it to carry an increased USPHS Hospital traffic load of large vessels as a result of and eliminate the numerous accidental injur­ ies. A member groundings with which the of the deck de­ present canal is plagued. A i free flow of two-way traffic is partment, he is survived by his the goal. sister, Grace The 250-foot wide, 27-foot Peterson. Broth­ deep canal, will be widened er Armstrong to 450-feet and deepened to was buried in the Cross Road 35-feet. Cemetery, Cross Road, Fiorida. i; i . i ; jrHouston Dec. 13—7 P.M. Mobiie Dec. 14—7 P.M. New York Jan. 3—2:30 p.m. New Orleans ...Dec. 15—7 P.M. Fhlladelpbla ....Jan. 4—2:30 p.m. * Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ Baltimoro .Jan. 5—2:30 p.m. port News. t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Detroit Jan. 14—^2:30 p.m. Ste. Marie, Mich, Houston Dec. 13—2:30 P.M. t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. New Orleans . Dec. 14—2:30 P.M. Mobile Dec. 15—2:30 P.M. IVilmington Dec. 20—2 P.M. San Francisco ...Dec. 22—2 P.M. Seattle Dec. 24—2 P.M. SlU-AGLIWD Meetings 4 4 4 Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit Alpena Buffalo Chicago Cleveland Duluth Frankfurt Dec. 20—2 Dee. 20—7 Dec. 20—7 Dec. 20—7 Dec. 20—7 Dec. 20—7 Dec. 20—7 4 4 4 GREAT LAKES TUG AND REGION Detroit Dec. Milwaukee ...Dec. Chicago Dec. Buffalo Dec. tSa'tSte. Marie Dec. Duluth Dec. Cleveland ... Dec. Toledo Dec. DREDGE 13—7 30 13—7 30 14—7 30 IS—7 30 16—7 30 17—7 30 17—7 30 17—7:30 CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU coniracts are available in all SIU halls. The.sc contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If. It any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect vnur contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from pubti.°hing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among Us ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. Philadelphia Jan. 4—5 Baltimore (licensed and unlicensed) Jan. 5—5 Houston Dec. 13—5 Norfolk Jan. 6—5 New Orleans .... Dec. 14—5 Mobile Dec. 15—5 4 4 P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. 4 RAILWAY MARINE REGION Jersey City Dec. 13—10 Philadelphia Dec. 14—10 Baltimore Dec. 15—10 i| •Norfolk Dec. 16—10 :i A.M. & 8 P.M. A.M. & 8 P.M. A.M. & 8 P.M. A.M. & 8 P.M. 4 4 4 United Industrial Workers i New York Baltimore Philadelphia Jan. 3—7 P.M. Jan. 5—7 P.M. Jan. 4—7 P.M. If at any time a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitutional right of access to Union records or Information, he should Immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. . V V- SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindsey Willlamg AI Tanner Robert Matthevtg SECR ETARY-TR EASURER AI Kerr HEADQUARTERS ... 675 4th Ave., Bklyn. ALPENA, Mich HV 9-6600 127 River SL EL 4-3616 BALTIMORE, Md. ...1216 E. Baltimore St. EA 7-4900 BOSTON, Mass 177 Slate St. Rl 2-0140 BUFFALO, N.Y 735 Washington St. TL 3-9259 CHICAGO. Ill 9383 Ewing Ave. SA 1-0733 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1420 W. 25th St. MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich. . 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. VI 3-4741 DULUTH, Minn. 312 W. 2nd St. RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich P.O. Box 287 415 Main St. EL 7-2441 HOUSTON, Tex 5804 Canal St. WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE, Fla 2608 Pearl SL EL 3-0987 JERSEY CITY, N.J. .. 99 Montgomery SL HE 3-0104 MIAMI, Fla 744 W. F:.aqler SL FR 7-3564 MOBILE, Ala. ... 1 South Lawrence SL HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS, La. .. 630 Jackson Ave. Tel. 529-7546 NORFOLK, Va 115 3rd St. Tel. 622-1892 PAYMENT OP MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone In any official capacity In the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless he Is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or If a member is required to make a payment and Is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the SE.4FARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitu­ tion. In addition, copies are available In aU Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer Is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc.. as well as all other details, then the member so affected should Immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS: Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension benefits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attendance at membership meetings. And like aU other SIU mem­ bers at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-file committees. Becau.se these oldtlmers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and In the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he la entitled, be should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One Of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best Interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. ™ P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. 4 4 4 SIU Inland Boatmen's Union Know Your Rights FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIO Atlantic, Gulf, Lakea and Inland Waters District makes speclilc provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIO headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic. Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered In accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and avail­ able in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained In tne contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Boarii by certified mall, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Earl Shcpard. Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place. Suite 1930, New York 4. N.Y. Full copies of contracts as 'eferrea to are available to you ai all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the seafarers ADpe<-iI.s Boasd. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. Directory Of UNION HALLS m PHILADELPHIA, Penna. 2604 S. 4th SL DE 6-3818 PORT ARTHUR, Tex. 1348 Seventh SL SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. 350 Freemont SL DO 2-4401 SANTURCE, P.R. 1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 Tel. 724-2843 SEATTLE, Wash 2505 First Avenue MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo 805 Del Mar CE 11434 TAMPA, Fla 312 rfarrison SL Tel. 229-2788 WILMINGTON. Calif. . 505 N. Marine Ave. TE 4-2528 MAC Report (Continued from page 3) on this for action by the full Com­ mittee and transmittal to the President. The approval of the public mem­ bers' report by the Advisory Com­ mittee represents a significant breakthrough for the SIU and other maritime unions, who have been maintaining for many years that the public interest requires positive Government action to re­ build the merchant fleet. The fact that a totally different repoi't has been approved by the Advisory Committee, however, means that the President now will not get only one side of the pic­ ture—nor will the members of Congress, who will have the final say on any new maritime policy developed by the Government. Congress, of course, is where the big fight on this issue will take place, probably early next year, and the SIU, along with the rest of maritime labor will put their full support behind a pro­ gram to rebuild our merchant ma­ rine and restore it to its rightful place on the seas. �Vol. XXVII No. 26 SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC. GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Cargo Preference Enforced By Many Foreign Nations Family Day At Sill Clinic Foreign governments and foreign-flag operators have often raised a sharp protest against U.S. measures to upgrade our merchant marine througii such aids as subsidies and ' cargo preference. Seldom mentioned in these protests is the fact tliat a great many other governments also take simi-'* .\r;:entina, Bolivia, and Colombia. ' and iidprnst cliarge.s; and lar or stronger stens to pro,.e.st!ictive trade agreemenbs United Kingdom, taxe.s. The list of countries act ively , tect their own merchant with other imostly Latin) nations. lieiping tlieir own merchant fleet ; The.se agreements henelit the fleet.s. maritime industries in the cnun- can be extended to just about •Japan. where prolest.s are loud- (,,(,5 in\olved. every part of the world. Burma. ! est against policies wiiich benefit , Intione.sia, Korea, IV.'urocco, the i Long List the U.S. maritime indu.strv. has Philippines, Syria, and Tunisia I several pi'ograms of her own in Individual Latin American coun- all have cargo preference laws. the .same effect. .Uetordiiig to trie.s have also adopted many Bulgaria, Burma, Ceylon, Czecho­ Tliomas Guerin, president of the other measures to the benefit of slovakia, France, East Germany, .American .Association of Port their own merchant marines. Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, | Authorities. Japanese shippers at­ .Argentina has directed freight to Iraq, Korea, Tunisia, Egypt, Rus­ tempt to enforce a "de facto" .Argentine flag vessels tlirough a sia. and Yugoslavia all participate eargo preference on • centralized trading agency and has in restrictive trade agreements. s.hipped to the United Stale.s. In adopted policies making ship­ The European Common Market addition, in June of 1964. the ment under Argentine flag cheap- as a body has a special trade agreeSeafarer Efraim Pagan waifs his furn at the New York SlU Japanese Government enacted its er. Venezuela reserves to national French speaking Clinic, along with his son, Efraim, Jr., and his wife, Raown \ersion of cargo preference .Alriian nations providing for flag vessels all cargoes which are mona. The subject of their visit on Thursday, "Family when it ordered tliat Japanese elimination of certain tariffs. ve.s.sels cany 100 percent of cargo free of import duty—a large por­ In short, just about every mari­ Day," was an all-around checkup for Efraim, Jr., who stands sent to Thailand under a war tion of total Venezuelan imports. time nation, major and minor, .And Uruguay reserves half of all a good chance of being a Seafarer like his father, judging reparation grant. Japan also bene­ takes steps to help its own mer­ commercial cargoes in and out of fits its merchant marine with low by the sailor suit he's wearing. chant marine. interest charges and government- her ports for ships under her own financed research and a customs flag. duty on imported siiips and ma.Among the Western Europeiin tei i lis. nations. Denmark subsidizes deThe Latin .American nations preciation; France, construction, are probably the most vigorous in ; operation, depreciation, and inadopting measures to protect their i tere.st charges; West Germany, 1 own fleets. The following have taxes and interest charges; Greece, j cargo preference laws: Brazil,; taxes; Italy, construction, operaChile, Cuba, Equador, Guatemala, j tion, taxes, and interest charges: | Seafarers voting in all Gt. Lakes District ports and aboard all Gt. Lakes District Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela, j the .Netherlands, depreciation and 1 vessels have voted in a secret ballot referendum to accept a constitutional 0 lese nations, as weil as interest charges; Sweden, taxes g^gy|j,.,.,ent which calls for an increase in Gt. Lakes District membership dues. SlU Ct. Lakes District Votes OK On Dues Hike In voting that was con- * ducted from October 11 Henry Howard, Book Number | $300 was accepted by the SlU Gt. through to November 10, Gt. I Larson, Book Number | Lakes District membership as w^ere [.3536, Leo Tierney, Book Number • s e v e r a 1 other constitutional Lakes District Seafarers voted 2 to 12452, Fred Vance, Book Number changes. {Continued from page 3) 1 to accept the constitutional 8546, Frank Szapko, Book Number eaucrats have never done anything. w heat to the Soviet Union and her amendment. The proposal for a dues increase 12671 and Clarence Otis, Book originated in the form of a resolu­ to promote the U.S. flag. They have! satellites. In . accordance no understanding of the economics i . . with the ..r ,union jsjuniber 8018. tion adopted at the regular SlU of the industry. They have no I •A requirement that 75 per-• constitution a six-man Headquar.Acceptance by the membership Great Lakes District membership know ledge of the defense needs of! of all Government cargo be! ters Committee On Elections was of the resolution on a dues in­ meeting held in Detroit on Sep­ this country. They do not seem to 1'tarried on ships flying the U.S. U'hosen at a special membership crease will result in an increase in tember 7, at 2 P.M. It was then know that the history books point: i of Derrou" pITe functioS dues of $10 per quarter, raising carried at subsequent meetings in up the fact that for nations to be i • Development of a PUvatelyCommittee ^was''to current dues from $20 to $30 all Great Lakes District ports held great they must have balanced sea I owned nuclear powered merchant count and tallv the ballots cast 1 P®'' fnai ter, effective January 1, on September 7 at 7 P.M. "ft M 'T® Shroughout the Gr. Lakes District 11966. .After the wind-up of voting, a a dime, a sai . ^ ^ Defeat of any attempt to <^Liring the 31 day referendum. i The necessity for a dues Increase five-man committee of Seafarers The .MTD president said that allow .American ships to be built: The committee's report was pre-1 was created by the higher cost of was elected in Detroit to study the the Maritime Administrator i.s now jn foreign shipyards. ;senled to the membership at gen- union operations to provide maxi­ proposal and prepare a report with saying publicly what others i" 1 T-U /• eral membership meetings held mum job security and protection its recommendations, including Government have been doing pri-: The Convention also adopted a t,,,.ou«hou.t Gr. Lakes District ports for Gt, Lakes District members, voting procedures for a secret ref­ vately for years, to destroy the J|^''Ohition a vote of con- un Monday December 6. | In addition, a resolution raising erendum ballot of the SlU Great American merchant marine. ndence to AFL-CIO President .six-man committee consi.sted i the membership initiaton fee to Lakes District membership. The : George Meany, and Legislative report was submitted to the mem­ Intensive Activity • Director Andrew Biemiller for bership for final consideration at Hall said that the Maritime'^eir efforts in leading the fight a general membership meeting Trades Department, along with it's repeal of Section 14 'bi which is scheduled for September affiliated unions, will promote in-1 *he Taft-Hartley law, and 20, 1965. tensive activity on the political: Pledged "our total support to put MONTREAL—^The SlU of Canada-contracted freighter Fort In issuing its report, the com­ front to assure that this nation 1 vital legislative objective over William has been refloated in Montreal harbor where it sank, mittee cited the applicable pro­ has a sufficiently strong shipping | '^op" in the next session of exploded and burned on September 14 with a loss of four i visions of the constitution and an­ industry to protect the nation's Congress, Canadian Seafarers. nounced that the proposal for a needs and the jobs of American' The Convention also commended Salvage work began on September 23 with the removal of the dues increase had been accepted maritime workers. ship s cargo. The 6,384-ton ve.ssel, which was lying on her side the International Longshoremen's by the membership, subject to the in 30 feet of water, was refloated after 19 hours of pumping. Prior As the LOG went to press, the .Association and its President secret ballot referendum. to refloating operations, about 200 tons of steel reinforcing was || MTD Convention delegates had! Thomas W. (Teddy) Gleason for Secret balloting on the proposed built into the vessel for added strength. acted on a number of resolutions • their efforts and cooperation in dues increase was conducted in Plans call for temporary repairs after which the ship will be and committee reports with which ; the figiit to strengthen the Ameri accordance with the SlU Great (owed into a local shipyard. they dealt in convention sessions, ican merchant marine. The Canada Steamship Lines ship was only four months old at .i i Lakes District constitution. This They also made clear the policies, the time of the mishap, in which four Canadian Seafarers were [{j 1 provided for the election of rank tiiey want instituted by the Gov-! .Among the speakers who adkilled, fifteen hospitalized and others treated on the scene. Most i;;;; and file polls committees in all ernment. Among the key actions dressed the Convention were of her crew escaped the flames towering 200 feet over the water- [ i Great Lakes District ports where called for were: Under Secretary of Labor John F. j voting is conducted each day. front by climbing across the port side of the vessel to the dock _ „ . ,. f ., c. .0 Henning, Neil Hagerty, president' • Condemnation of the State, ^ Construction or by diving into the St. Lawrence River. j Serving on the five-man conDepartment for refusing to suP;, Trades Department; Nicholas John-. The ship had been plagued all the way from Hamilton, Ont., by ; [ ! stitutional committee were Law­ port proposals to ban from U.S. son, .Alaritime Administrator. Paul an inability to maintain proper trim. Her 'twecn-decks load in- T rence Tremblay, Book No. 9668, ports those foreign ships which St. Sure, president of the Pacific eluded some 300 tons of powdered carbide—a chemical which in : William Bateman, Book No. 1664, carry cargo to Cuba and North .Maritime Association, and Ed itself is not explosive but which becomes a highly explosive gas |: Harry Buccilli, Book No. 12518, Vietnam. when mixed with water. Hood, president of the ShipbuildHenry V. Howard, Book No. 3943, • Halting shipment of surpius,iiig Council of America. and Dezsi Gazse, Book No. 11265. MTD Holds Convention SlU Of Canada Freighter Refloated After Mishap � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource December 10, 1965 Description An account of the resource Headlines: MEANY BACKS MAC REPORT ON MARITIME, URGES JOHNSON WEIGN PROPOSALS ADVISORY COMMITTEE’S REPORT CALLS FOR EXPANDED U.S. FLEET AFL-CIO CONVENTION UNDERWAY – TO MAP LABOR’S FUTURE GOALS SEA-LAND, SEATRAIN TURN BACK ATTEMPT BY RR’S TO SET ‘DISCRIMINATORY RATES THANKSGIVING – 1965 AT SIU HALLS FROM COAST TO COAST CARGO PREFERENCE LAWS WIDESPREAD PRACTICE IN FOREIGN NATIONS BUILDING TRADES RENEW SECTION 14B REPEAL DRIVE RETIREES STRONGLY FAVOR SOPPLEMENTARY MEDICARE JOBLESS RATE DROPS TO 4.2 PERCENT MTD CONVENTION DELEGATES HEAR MEANY URGE GOVERNMENT ADOPT MAC REPORT PROPOSALS GARMATZ URGES U.S. PUSH FOR IMPROVED INTL. 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Vol. XV No. 25 - • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THf LOG SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL lAFL SHIP UNIONS •,? rl ii-'V"' -Story On Page 3 •• at Count Aflanfic Votes Dec. 15 -Story On Page 3 , V ••feli : >1 l| • wMi • >.V • • VV - ... %A, :. 1 I. .' -i- }'V' ; s; ' ' fljta. AH MFOW Hian and white-capped SUP member (foreground) protest to plainclothes police official (left) as blood I ^ rwOfwSf' Vf tflrPin^S# stains SUP man's cap and runs down the side of his head after he was clul^bed by police. SUP, MFOW and MCS" AFL men, plus members of other SIU affiliates including the A&G District staged mass demonstration at San Francisco pier after Bryson-Bridges roughed up AFL crewmen off Aleutian, an AFL-cOntracted ship.' ^ <Story on Page 3, other photos in centerfold.) �Pare Twd SEAFARERS LOC J^yiBbcr ll. V)53 .. . Unian/Co's To Meet With Army About Shore Leave r. Continuing its fight against the Army's arbitrary action m restricting seamen to ship in various "parts of the world, the SIU took steps to set up a joint conference with top Defense Department, officials and shipowners representatives. Shipowner representatives were told that failure to settle this .beef would lead to a Union demand Defense Department representa­ agents and other Army personnel, tives to discuss this matter, "The cannot be tolerated/' for overtime payments to right of the merchant seaman to In addition to the meeting, the Union has also started research to see what legal steps can b^ taken to stop this attempt by the Army to assert control of merchant sea­ men. Meanwhile, Seafarer John W. G. Iglebekk. FWT, told of the raw deal handed him and a shipmate by the Army in Pusan. Iglebekk re­ ported that the Army—after hand­ ing out a long list of regulations and restrictions—"allowed" the crewmen of the William H. Carruth Rand-aad-filo longshoremen flock to AFL-ILA headquarten In to go ashore. Brooklyn to sign up with the newly-organised nnton^ Above are Iglebekk says that he and a ship­ shown some of the thousands of longshoremen who have joined mate stopped in a hotel in Pusan. the new outflt. "We were quiet and not disturbing anybod.y," he says, "when all of a sudden a squad of Army MPs crashed through the door and grabbed both of us. It was about lO PM. The MPs dragged us out of New progress was jre^rted in contract negotiations with the hotel and took us to jail. Never Use Warrants shipowners this week as agreement was reached on an im­ "On the way to jail," he says, proved family allotment clause among several rules changes "the MPs told us that they were under discussion or agreed ^ The great strides made by the new AFL-ILA were evident on. Shipowner representatives The sudden cutting off of allot­ just conducting a normal search of this past week, when a work stoppage inspired by the old the hotel and that they did it all have agreed, that family allot- ments has been'a sore" point with the time. They laughed at the idea ILA as a protest against the Bi-State Waterfront Commis­ Seafarers and in some instances inents should continue where a sion's new hiring halls failed Seafarer has been removed from the Union has been able to make of search warrants, and told us completely. spread support of the new. AFLthat if we had gond to a different a ship because of illness or acci­ arrangements with a shipping com­ ILA by longshoremen all bVer.,ith# hotel down the block, 'you wouldn't The AFL-ILA has an­ dent, for as long as the Seafarer pany to continue them. However, Port of New York. , i i-j' have had gny trouble, because that nounced its opposition to the new the new clause should put an end in question had wage payments . Meanwhile, the AFL-ILA began place never gets raided.' Then they bi-state waterfront laws which to this difficulty and provide a coining to him. a series of weekly membership tossed us into a dirty jail. It was a went into effect December 1, but In the past it had been the prac­ large measure of peace of mind to little cell, with no windows and no that such protests were not meetings in each area of the. pivt, tice of the companies to cut off men and their families affected light and just one filthy wooden said the solution. Pointing out that the with membership meetings; edch by jt. family allotments immediately as bench for us to sleep on. old ILA is responsible for the new week in Brooklyn, Staten Island, Money Draws ~ soon as a man was taken off the "They kept us locked up, with laws, the AFL-ILA declared that Manhattan and New Jersey. The Headway has also been made on ship. This meant that the wives nothing to eat, until 1 o'clock the the best opposition to the new men responded enthusiastically to solving the problem of money and children of Seafarers suffered draws in foreign ports. The SIU next afternoon. Then the guards laws is the creation of the 'new, this opportunity to attend mem­ a double blow. has that arrangements be took us into a colonel's office. He decent union which will eliminate bership meetings! and have a voice They found that the family madeproposed in their union—something which either to carry sufficient looked up and acted like it was a the need for bi-state controls. breadwinner was sick or injured, American never happened under the old ILA big joke. He told us that we were currency oh board to One Day Stoppage sometimes in a foreign port thou­ meet draw needs, ot the equivalent guilty-of being out after curfew. mob—and filled each of the meet­ sands of miles from home, and There wasn't any trial or anything. The work stoppage managed to ings to overflowing. their income was cut off at the in travelers' checks so that men He just told us we were guilty. close a few piers in the harbor New Newspaper would not have, to accept draws for one day. It was immediately same time. Then he said that he could fine us The new union also began pub-' often at a lower rate of exchange Since the Seafarer in question in $200 each if he wanted to but he evident that the bankrupt ILA lication of a four-page weekly depreciated foreign currency. would have unpaid wages due, plus Before the negotiations are com­ said he figured that we seamen could not muster enough support newspaper, "The Tally" for check­ to spread the walkout to the other any unearned wages that might be pleted, arrangements will be probably couldn't read anyway, so piers, and the pickets didn't even ers, clerks and timekeepers in the due under maritime law until he he'd give us a break and only fine harbor. Thiis is in addition to the was repatriated, Union negotiators worked out to assure Seafarers us $40 each. Then they took us show up on the second day. publication of a 12-page weekly their full dollars' value in draws in saw no reason why payments to The failure of this maneuver by back to the ship under guard, like newspaper, "The New York AFL the family could not be continued all foreign ports. some convicts and collected our the collapsing ILA was seen as a Longshoreman" which contains Some small changes in the re­ as long as wage payments were fines from the captain." definite indication of the wide­ (Continued on page 17) still forthcoming to the Seafarer in patriation clause, which has worked so well since it was introduced last question. year, are being pushed by the Union negotiators. Included among them are a provjsion for transpor­ tation on regularly scheduled air­ Dec. 11. 1953 Vol. XV. No. 25 lines, where airplane passage is As I See It Page 4 used, instead of some of the nonCommittees At Work Page 6 scheduled aircraft that have been Crossword Puzzle Page 12 used for this purpose in the past. " Editorial Page 13 In many instances, the non-sched­ Foc'sle Fotographer.......Page 19' uled craft have been distinctly in­ in accommodation and serv­ Galley Gleanings Page 20 ferior ice to scheduled airlines. Inquiring Seafarer Page 12 Concentrated negotiation on In The Wake Page 12 money and welfare and Labor Round-Up Page 13 vacationmatters items will get underway Letters .Pages 21, 22 as as these changes in vi^orkMaritime Page 16 ingsoon rules have been disposed of. Meet The Seafarer Page 12 With the contract extension run­ On The Job Page 16 ning out on December 24 the joint Personals Page 25 negotiating committee is making Quiz .: Page 19 extra efforts"to wrap the new Seafarers In Action...... Page 16 agreement up by that date. Ships' Minutes Pages 24, 25 SIU History Cartoon Page 9 Sports Line Page 20 Ten Years Ago Page 12 Top Of The News Page 7 Union Talk Page 9 Seafarers overseas who want Wash. News Letter Page 6 to get in touch with headquar­ Welfare Benefits .. Pages 26, 27 ters in a hurry can do so by. Welfare Report Page 8 cabling the Union at its cable Your Constitution Page 5 address, SEAFARERS NEW "Your Dollar's Wortb-.. ...Page 7 YORK, Use of this address will as­ Published oiwMKiy ef the headquarters of the Seafarers International Union, At* RepreMntativesr of the ItaUah Confederation of Trade Unions are. showtr during a visit to SIU head­ sure speedy transmission on tantlc a Gulf District. AFL, «7S Fourth quarters. The group of ten men. Including two men from the Italian Union of Wbrkers, toured tbe Avettue, erooklyn 33, NV. Tel. STerllng all messages and. faster serv­ ,•.-4^71. Enter^ at second class jnatter Eastern part of the countiY studying ecimomic stiftistica for collective'bargalrilng under the Bureau';' ice for the men involved. W the Post ^ce In Brooklyn, NY, •of-Labor-Statistlcig. . ;V M.-.. vf.j> sj .. .... Onder the of Avaust 34, tflL;, • ' ••.Yoauiaif eif-sebrtii Mir*'9i« eoiS • UiU j.uo vwvt Mfli. .clfcjiqzon BilJ fli oatn biiJ loi cfiiixe j; ii crewmembers restricted to ship by militai-y autliorities. While the SIU pushed its fight, two more Seafarers—crewmembers of the William H. Carruth—told their story of the arbitrary restric­ tions, arrests, searches and fines imposed upon seamen by the Army - in Korea, despite the fact that the fighting has stopped there. The Union announced that it is taking steps to set up a joint con­ ference with Union, shipowner and shore leave is traditional," a head­ quarters spokesman said, "and the Army cannot be permitted to grab this arbitrary power over civilians. The Army's power grab in restrict­ ing seamen to their ships—even though the local Governments in these coimtries say that the sea­ men are welcome—^in imposing Army regulations and discipline on seamen, in making seamen subject to Army orders and subject to ar­ rest or search by Army MPs, CID Pact Talks Progress OnAllotments,Draws ILA-inspired Walkout Fails; Men Back AFL Italian Group Studies IIS Labor Methods SEAFARER^ LOG Union Gets Cable Address •K'SHi;.: �SeeemlMr 11, IISS SEAFARERS ' rage Three LOG Sea Unions Halt Bridges Raid Clear Way To Ship For AFL Crewmen SAN FRANCISCO—An attempt by a Harry Bridges-controlled mob to keep the AFL crewmembers from boarding an AFL-contracted passenger ship was beaten down last week as determined SUP men, witli A line of police, with billies and clubs ready, stands waiting as a long line of SUP, MFOW and JMCSAFL demonstrators march down the street toward Pier 39 in San Francisco. - Demonstrators were headed toward Bryson-Bridges squads at the pier who had roughed up Aleutian crewmembers. Cops used their clubs to stop demonstrators and to protect Bryson-Bridges squads. All Tankers Polled In Election; NLRB To Start Atlantic Vote Count With the balloting of the Atlantic Dealer in Atreco, Texas, yesterday morning, voting of the 23-ship Atlantic Refining fleet has been completed. The long-awaited results of the election will be made known when the National Labor Relations Board office in Philadelphia starts counting tt\e ballots voting would have been finished in and would have to ^e voted in a next Tuesday afternoon, De­ foreign port. four weeks. cember 15. The smooth manner in which the There were some tentative pro­ While all ships have now been voting ran off is in marked con­ posals that the ship be voted by an voted, the NLRB is holding one trast to the Cities Service election American Consul somewhere over­ last wrap-up vote in its offices on where a whole series of company seas. At this point the company Tuesday morning, from 9 AM to legal maneuvers delayed balloting came up with the bright idea that T PM. Any eligible voters who for months on end, and where the the captain and chief engineer might have missed out on earlier company even denied NLRB access should run the election. vote opportunities will have a to some of its ships. This idea was promptly vetoed chance to get in under the wire on However, the Atlantic election by the SIU for a-variety of obvi­ that day. did not go off entirely without a ous reasons. The strongest of At the stroke of 2 PM, the couple of company-inspired hitches, them was that both officers were NLRB will open the ballots and mainly dealing with the voting of members of the Atlantic Maritime start counting. Results should be the ships out foreign. At one stage Officers Association, a sister outfit known within the hour of the out­ it was feared that the Dealer would of the Atlantic Maritime Employcome of -the 15-month old organiz­ not be back until mid-February, fContinued on page 17) ing campaign in the fleet. As scheduled, the Atlantic Pro­ ducer, Atlantic Coast and the R. C. Tuttle voted last week. The Tuttle vote provided an amusing sidelight to the election much to the dismay of an ardent company union sup­ porter on the ship. A Piper Cub plahe used by the Union to drop leaflets was circling the Tuttle when a crewmember wearing an AMEU T-shirt got up on the boat deck and started shouting and waving. He was evidently under the impression that somebody he knew was flying, the plane. Just then, the organizer opened the plane door and dumped a bundle of the "Atlantic Fleet News" onto the ship". ^ ' Right On Targbt The bundle caught the AMEU supporter squarely on the noggin knocking him off his feet and stun­ ning him momentarily. SIU supr porters aboard, however,. were doubtful that the -incident had made any imj^resston on the man involved, - • The wind-up Of the voting on December 15 means that the elec­ l^orter proiudly dbplays ber SIU, colon gs ahe airtion took just pion^s to coipriveg in iPoirt AiiUiiir ^ cast heir . A few el ;&e, crewmemben plete. Were It not for the two line ae 'rali under Vke SIU baiueri ships that were oiit ^foreignj the the assistance of Marine Fire-^ men and AFL Marine Cooks found squads of San Francisco po­ lice waiting for them with billies, forced Bridges to yield right tear gas and riot guns. They had of way to the ship. Bridges' placed themselves in front ef the defeat at the pierhead came pier shielding Bridges' squads. As after a massed march of sev­ the first ranks of marchers came eral hundred angry sailors, fire­ up to the lines, police worked men and cooks indicated their de­ them over with clubs while the termination to go through to the angry AFL men raged at the po­ ship unless Bridges pulled his lice lines. But AFL leaders pres­ massed strength off the pier. ent calmed the men, pending a Members of the SIU A&G Dis­ three-way conference with Police trict, and other SIU affiliates par­ Chief Michael Gaffey and the ticipated in the demonstration. Bridges representatives, with the The issue came to a boil as a police acting as mediators. result of the long-simmering feud The result was that Bridges waa between the Communist - domi­ permitted to back out of the situa­ nated National Union of Marine tion as his men readily agreed, Cooks and Stewards and the in the face of obvious AFL deter­ Marine Cooks and Stewards-AFL, mination, to permit the crew te who are organizing West Coast board and leave the vessel at wiU. stewards departments with the Following the incident, AFL wholehearted backing of the SUP leaders charged that police had and Marine Firemen. protected Bridges men but had re­ Bridges Sends Squads Down fused to protect individual AFL When the passenger ship Aleu­ men earlier in the day. And tian (which had been signed by while police worked over AFL the AFL maritime unions in all demonstrators they did not harass three departments) arrived in (Continued on page 17) San Francisco, Bridges' at­ tempted to pull the Commudist-led NUMC&S coals out of the fire. Several squads of Bridges 'men, reinforced by foliowers of Bridges in the NUMC&S massed at the pier and roughed up crewmem­ bers and other individuals who tried to go to and from the ship.These included MCS-AFL attor­ ney John B. Hansen, who was Seafarers in the hospitals this kicked, beaten and apparently Christmas week can look forward knifed. While this was going on, once more to the annual $25 Christ­ SUP spokesmen charged that po­ mas bonus from the SIU Welfare lice made no attempt to restrain or Plan. The trustees of the Plan at a interfere, or grab the Bridges men meeting last week voted to approve responsible for the dumpings. the bonus which is payable to any When word got back to the un­ patient in the hospital for more ion halls about the treatment of than one day during the week of AFL crewmembers and repre­ December 20-26 inclusive. sentatives by the Bridges mob, a As usual the Christmas bonus large crowd of several hundred angry SUP men massed on the payment will be in addition to the Embarcadero, along with large regular $15 weekly benefit paid to numbers of Marine Firemen who all Seafarers who are eligible for participated wholeheartedly in as long as they are hospitalized. An estimated 200 Seafarers are the beef as their first joint action with the SUP since joining the eligible for the Union-proposed Seafarers International Union of hospital gift, which will amount to North America. They marched approximately $5,000 in additional grimly down the street toward the benefits for Seafarers. The bonus money will be dis­ pier determined to get Bridges' mob off the pierhead. The demon­ tributed to hospitalized members strators included Seafarers in in all ports in cash by Welfare their ranks as well as other mem­ Services representatives on their regular weekly visit to the hos­ bers of SIU affiliates. On their arrival at the pier they pitals. Should any Seafarers be in the hospital during the bonus period and be missed by the SIU repre­ sentative on his visit, they can col­ lect the bonus by contacting the SIU Welfare Service Department The Sea Chest store in New at headquarters. However, they York has enounced that it should notify Welfare Services will stay open every evening right away in order to collect. until 9 PM from now until The trustees are empowered the Christmas holidays to pro­ under the Welfare Plan to alter vide for holiday shopping hospital benefits from time to time needs. to meet current needs. A trustee The store also has avail­ meeting can be called on appro­ able a catalog of jewelry, elec­ priate notice for this purpose. trical appliances and other A Christmas bonus payment for gifts which Seafarers can pur­ hospitalized Seafarers has become chase through the Sea Chest traditional since the start of the at a discount. Welfare Plan on the grounds that Sea Chest representatives extra money would be most wel­ visiting the ships will take come around the holiday seascui Christmas orders from crew­ for gifts and cards and for personal members. extras for the men in the hospitals. $25 Bonus Voted For III Seamen Sea Chest Open in Evenings I �"v-'i:-"^.''^--,- '"V*" 'Page -Fwr - iM.> SEAFARERS ' •«, '• V>« Beeember llv 195S LOG Veteran.Vessel Goes To Graveyard Of Ships AsISeelt ••• -dldtUi The beginning of the end gets underway for the Holland-American liner Veendam as wreckers re­ move one of the rakish funnels which gave the transatlantic vessel her distinctive appearance. JThe vessel is expected to be completely scrapped in a period of 60 days at a shipyard in Baltimore. Son, Dad At Odds Over Excello With son pitted against father, NLRB hearings on the unfair labor practice charges brought by the SIU against the Excello Corporation and its company "union" — the "Independent Union of the Motor Vessel Excello" — are continuing. There is every prospect that the corporation will be ordered to+ end its support of the lUMVE natory firings in an effort to get men aboard and to "get rid" of chem. and bargain in good faith with SIU men off the ship. These in turn led to the filing of After several months of seeing the SIU for an agreement. The charges against the corpora­ charges by the SIU, and NLRB men fired for very trivial reasons, tion were brought by the SIU when hearings began in New Haven, the or of being virtually forced to quit, the lUMVE was set up after SIU corporation's headquarters, early young Stanley testified, he reached organizeis, in a lightning cam­ in November. ihe point where he could no longer paign of a few weeks, earlier this The last hearing, in New Haven, tolerate the situation. He therefore year, had signed up the entire Crew was highlighted by the testimony left the ship and has since been of the Excello, a converted LST of former lUMVE treasurer George sailing SIU aboard the Cities Serv­ and the first of a fleet of ships R. Stanley, former Excello bosun ice tanker Winter Hill. which the corporation expects to and son of George H. Stanley, the Others Fired put into operation to haul cargoes Excello's skipper. Also sailing SIU now are a num­ of formaldeliyde. Citing the hardtiming tactics ber of other men fired from the Discriminatory Firings used on SIU supporters on the ship, including second cook Nelson Despite the overwhelming sign­ ship, young Stanley, who is now E. Norwood, oiler Raymond Morey up, the corporation refused to bar­ sailing SIU, testified that on sev­ and wiper Michael Francis Foley, gain after an SIU demand for rec­ eral occasions, when the ship was who just completed a 5V^-month ognition as bargaining agent, and in Jacksonville and in New Haven, trip aboard tiie Carolyn (Bull). instead embarked on a policy of he was asked by the port engineer Morey, as well as Frank Richard­ intimidation, threats and discrimi­ to report on the number of SIU son and Joe Turner, other former Excello crewmen, offered testi­ mony to support that given by young Stanley. Further hearings, originally scheduled for yesterday, have been 'postponed until December 17 to oincide with a change in the Excello's schedule. The lUMVE was formed g few Three rank and file -Sea­ sky gets to see him on the Japanese weeks after the SIU started its or­ farers took charge of the Decem­ stopovers. ganizing campaign among Excello' ber 2 member­ A third New York native oper­ employees last January. . ship meeting in ated as reading clerk. He was Sea­ the port of Se­ farer Anthony S. Ferrara, who also attle and by all came into the SIU through an or­ accounts did a ganizing drive. Ferrare did his or­ heads up job of ganizing on four Cities Service running the ships and became a Union member meeting. Chair­ in 1949. Ferrara, who sails in the man of the gath­ deck department, now makes his ering was Sea­ home in Beverly Hills, California. farer John Mc­ Ferrara believes that if all men McKarek Karek, a New had the experience of riding Cities A Federal Court has^ ruled that Yorker who has decided to sail out Service ships before they were the West Coast regularly now. SIU, like he did, they would have the National Labor Relations Board McKarek joined the SIU In a full appreciation of what the has no authority to deny its serv­ ices to Communist-led unions. June, 1943, in Baltimore. He has Union means to Seafarers. Specifically the Couit said that sailed all his time in the deck de­ partment and has a bosun's stamp A-Seafarer with a famous name the NLRB could not refuse to serv­ in his book. McKarek has been served as recording secretary for ice a union where one of Its offi­ cers was under indictment for sailing out of the West Coast for a the Galveston perjuring a non-Communist affi­ year and a half now, and says he SIU port meet­ davit. prefers the Far East over Euro­ ing. It was John The Labor Board intends to ap­ pean ports for shore leave. He's Whitcomb Rielly, peal the court ruling which pre­ 37 years old, single, and expects to named after the vents it from carrying out the stay "unhitched." well-known na­ policy. The Court issued an injunc­ The meeting's recording secretary tive American tion against the NLRB on the was Hyman Pitkofsky, another New poet. The poet request of the Internaticmal Fur Yorker out of Brooklyn. He start­ however, spelled and Leather Workers Union, whose ed sailing with the SIU in .1945 on his last name a. president, Ben Gold, was indicted the Bull line, land got his Union little differently. Rielly in August on the charge of falsify­ membership through organizing on Rielly sails in Isthmian for eight months. the .steward department on SIU ing his non-Communist affidavit. It is expected that the issue will Brother In Japan ships, and has held membership in Pitkofsky is 26 years old and the Union oyer ten years, joining t>e carried to the Supreme Court single. He has been shipping out up in New York on April 2, 1943. for final decision. iDf the West Coast because his He celebrated his 31st birthday last All union officials have to fill younger brother is stationed in mohth. He and his wife Christine, out such aff^avits in order, to Japan with the US'Army. Pitkof­ make their home in Galveston. make use of the Labor Board. NLRB Appeals Court Ruling On Red Unions IT'S BEEN OUR PRACTICE FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, EVER since your Union set up a Welfare Plan, to pay a bonus to Seafarers in the hospitals over the Christmas holidays. And this year again the trustees of the Plan have voted to continue this practice, which x^'ili mean an extra $25 for a hospitalized Seafarer over and above the $15 a week in benefits he receives for as long as he is laid up. This hospital bonus is typical of the kind of thing that has been made possible through Union-employer administration of the Welfare Plan. Some people might have been a little concerned a few years back when we first set up the Plan and decided we weren't going to shell out any of the dough collected from the shipowners to an insurance company. They said that we would find it tough to run the thing our­ selves. Well the experience we have had with the Welfare Plan disproves all this, and the fact of the matter is that other unions are adopting the idea as a means of saving quite a chunk of dough that would ordinarily go by the board for commis­ sions, expenses and insuiance company profits. We've shown in this instance that the trustees could go out and hire the experts, the office staff and the neces­ sary equipment without having to pay through the nose for such services through an insurance com\ '• * What's more, the administration of the Welfare Plan directly by the Union, together with the em­ ployer trustees, has made it considerably more fiexible. Our trustees can get together and vote this kind of a bonus, such as we have done for Christmas, without having to cut a lot of red tape. And it's pretty generally agreed that the services given by the Welfare Plan the way it stands are speedy and efficient in meeting the welfare needs of our membership. Besides, the savings we have made in operation have made it possible for the Plan to offer a wide variety of benefits, while at the same time building up a solid cash reserve. It should be remembered that the Seafarers Welfare Plan was the first plan anywhere to offer unlimited payment of hospital benefits for as long as a man-is hospitalized. That's something that was made possible only through direct administration of the Plan, without insurance companies. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE OUR MEN GET A LITTLE JOLT FROM the shipowners which serves as a reminder that the operator has never given up the idea of going back to the way things were before the Union. What's more it is our belief that some operators will never give up the idea, come what may, and it's only because of the strength of the SIU that we are able to enforce our contract conditions. Typical of the kind of shipowner-thinking that we still have to con­ tend with is the case of the steward on the Sea Cloud, Brother Fred Sullins. The brother got a little telegram in the Union hall when he got back from a trip inviting him to come up to 'see ihe company agent if he wanted to stay with the company. In other words, the company had the idea that maybe if they could lure the brother up to their agent's office, well then they could make him their boy on the ships. /• It's to Brother Sullins' credit that he exposed this little scheme, for as a steward, he like other stewards, is always under more pressure than other crewmembers to keep in the company's good graces. Whfit this kind of . proposal means in so many words is that the op­ erator in this instance, (and no doubt some of the others) would like to by-pass our Union hiring hall whenever and wherever they can. If they could succeed in doing this kind of things you can wager that, it would be felt very shortly afterward In the form of poor conditipns on .the ships. In Jin Industry like ours where men go from ship to ship and com­ pany to company once you let. the company get control over who gets a job and who doesn't, you pave the way for taking away all the gains that seamen's unions have fought for through the years. j S . Fortunately, We have plenty of good SIU men like Brother Sullins around who can knock any ideas of this kind into a cocked hat in short order. THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT SEAMAN ARE AMONG THE MOST generous kind of people you will find anywhere. We are continual­ ly getting reports in headquarters about ship's crews taking a. muster on their own for a variety of causes. Out in the Far East particularly, a large number of ship's crews ^ ; L " have contributed heavily to funds for the relief of Korean children. As any man who has been out on that run )cnows, there are many thousands of them being cared for in one fashion or another by the South Korean government and our Armed Forces in that area. The latest word on this comes from the crew of the Cecil N. Bean who chipped in to buy radios for a group of blinded Korean orphans. And on another front crewmembers of the Ragnar Naess have dug in to help the victims of the receht Greek earthquakes where severil thousand; families were left homeless. '« This kind of response by the Seafarer is typical- of the way seamen feel, because in thp past before the days of -strong Unions they have known very well what it is like to be in bad shape financially. The kind of conditions and earnings Seafarers have under the Union cbntract make It possible for them, in turn, to help others vho are in a tough spot • .'i I-J itiV4 rt-' �Deoember 11, 19S3 Kings Point Fate Still Not Decided SEAFARERS LOG Pare Fire What Future For Mariuers? Editor's Note: The following article represents a round-up of opinion on the commercial possibilities of the new Mariner' class ships. It raises the question whether the Mariners will he of use for regular private freight services under the American flag. The fate of the Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy is still Early in 1955, the last of 35 Mariner-class ships will slide down the ways, completing a $350 million con­ in doubt as supporters of the Government training institution struction program of new high-speed cargo vessels, bigger and faster than any freighters on the seas. But opened a fight to keep the school already about 15 months before the completion of the construction program, a pretty knotty problem has going in the face of a Maritime arisen with regard to the fate of the ships. Administration economy drive. There is some doubt at' Previously, Maritime Adminis present as to whether a large trator Louis S. Rothschild had in­ dicated that he might close the number of Mariners will be school and allow four state acade­ sold to private operators for mies to absorb the students. The commercial use, unless the Govern­ state academies already stated ment can lower the selling price that they would be able to take up well below its figure of $4?^ mil­ lion. And even then, some ship­ the slack. ping operators believe the vessel Would End State Schools is unsuited to commercial opera­ In a counter-blast, Kings Point tion, despite its obvious advan­ supporters, led by the school's alumni association, have claimed tages in some directions. Should the Government fail to that they could absorb all the men in the state academies, which are sell any of the vessels, aside from partially Federal-supported to the three already contracted for. Marltune of $1,000,000 a year. All told, time Administrator Louis S. Roth­ the four state academies and Kings schild has stated that they would Point have a total enrollment of have to go into lay-up. The idea of approximately 1,500, which the brand new ships costing approxi­ Kings Point advocates claim can mately $10 million each going into lay-up is certainly not going to sit be handled in their institution. In its economy drive, the Marl- well in Congress when the mari­ time Administration has already time industry's plea for aid comes closed the Alameda, California, up for review. A basic complaint state training center, and has in­ of the InduiStry has been the need dicated that Sheepshead Bay may for new ships to keep the merchant be next to go. Several correspond­ fieet from becoming obsolete. Con­ Shown above at her berth is the Hoosier Mariner, one of 35 Mariner-type vessels built or now under ence courses offered by Sheeps­ gressmen will wonder out loud why construction by the Government in a building program whose fate is in doubt. The Government is head Bay have already been cur­ the industry can't take the Mari­ ners if as it says, its present ships now attempting to sell the ships to private companies. tailed. are showing their age. Kings Point supporters have en­ Seafarers' Stake ing need for fast ships to transport tors. They point to the difficulty developed ports with shallow chan­ listed several Congressmen and large quantities of materials over of ever getting a full load of cargo nels and shifting sand bars which Seafarers who are manning sev­ some New York State officials In great distances. The Mariners for a ship of that size. Since it is are obstacles to navigation. In their behalf, claiming that they eral of the Mariner ships now m were the answer to that need. normal for freighters to go from some Far Eastern ports C-3's have service, and who will be affected can save the State's money by place to place to fill up on cargo, a great deal of difficulty getting by any Government decision on "All are agreed that in the event closing the state academies. new ships for the industry, have of any national emergency the the Mariner would have to make in and out. In modern ports of an important stake in the fate of Mariners would be invaluable. many more shifts than a C-2 or course, this would prove no partic­ the Mariner ship program. It's a While their speed potential is con­ C-3 to pick up a reasonably full ular obstacle. problem that has to be solved be­ sidered a secret, it is no secret load. As one operator put it, "it Another objection raised is that fore the industry can expect to that they are fast enough to run would take us weeks to fill her there is too much compartmentamake much headway on a new and away from submarines. Speeds of cargo holds, which would destroy tion in the ship's cargo holds. As Regular membership meet­ revised long-range program for 21 knots can be obtained without whatever time advantage that we a result the ship is suitable for ings in SIU headquarters and maritime. half-trying. Tht-y also can carry could gain by the ship's speed." package cargo only. Bulk cargo at all branches are held every Being a bigger ship, it is more far more cargo In seven cargo or bulky objects like pipe or rails The basic difficulty with the second Wednesday night at costly to operate in terms of addi­ holds than any other freighter could not be handled. In any case, Vlariners seems to be that they 7 PM. The schedule for the tional crewembers, fuel, supplies, afioat, and with their electricallyoperators would want to know how were designed with defense needs next few meetings is as follows: December 16, December 30, in mind. At the time the ships controlled hatches and heavy cargo etc. Just think of the additional much latitude they would have in were authorized, December 7, 1950, handling equipment could load hundreds of gallons of paint need­ changing interior design before January 13. the US was deeply involved in the and unload in rapid-fire fashion. ed to cover the hide of a ship of ordering the ships. All Seafarers registered on Korean fighting and there were Provision was even made so that that size, running around 13,000 Some shipping men claim that the shipping list are required fears of a general outbreak of war a helicopter landing deck and gun deadweight tonnage. for the cost of one Mariner the •to attend the meetings. In the Far East. There was a cry- mountings could be placed on the The draft of the Mariner is just Government could build two ves­ ship if necessary. The ship's con­ about a foot more than the C-3's, sels of the size of the C-3, which struction throughout is considered largest of the C-types. As such it with certain improvements, par­ excellent. creates a problem on certain runs ticularly in structure, would be : sio- MfN BY;:.; YPU and iho SIU Further the ship's engine room where ships have to go into poorly(Continued on page 17) is a very efficient one with the '; ruRg; .:ydy CONSYITUriON result that the ships offer far more horsepower per gallon of fuel than C-types. In an absolute sense of course, the Mariners will use more fuel than a C-3. Despite the ship's size, speed, From Article X, Section 7 An agreement has been reached between the Federal Mari­ cargo capacity and cargo handling "Upon completion of negotiations, equipment, it has several draw­ time Board and the Bloomfield Steamship Company for sub­ backs which in the view of some sidizing 16 to 21 voyages annually between the Gulf and ports the Committee sKoll submit a re­ operators, makes it ill-adapted to in Northern Europe and the-»port and recommendations to the commercial use. The high cost of East Coast of Great Britain. three and until 1956 for the Marie membership of the Union at a the vessel is enough to scare off The agreement increased the Hamill. regular or special meeting." most operators. While the Gov­ number of American flag subsi­ Up until now the company has ernment's current selling pi-lce is dized operators to 16 and could been operating on an unsubsidized about 45 percent of the cost, it is lead to the purchase of additional basis with six Victorys and two still too high for most companies ships by the company. Liberty ships, with their scheduled to consider. There Is some ques­ The Bloomfield subsidy applica­ operations running to Medi­ tion as to just how low the Gov­ tion on the Gulf to North Europe terranean ports from the Gulf. ernment would have to go to lure run .was approved on the grounds Since the company is taking on the buyers." that present American fiag service new run to North Europe, it may Defense Features on that run was inadequate. How­ be necessary for the company to A good deal of the extra cost ever, the Board turned down a add tonnage to maintain its pres­ consists of the defense features Bloomfield proposal for a subsidy ent services in the Gulf. However, built in at Navy request. For ex­ on a Gulf to Mediterranean run. no decision has yet been made on Four Victorys Approved ample while the Mariners have this score by the company. Negotiations between the Union been souped up to do well over For the time being, the Federal Approval of the Bloomfield sub- . and the companies are complete 21 knots, it would be pretty ex­ Maritime Board has approved the sidy came after a bitter battle be­ only when the elected committee pensive in terms of fuel to run use of four of the company's 'Vic- fore the FMB in which Lykes' makes Its report to the member­ them faster than that. The addi­ toi-y type ships, on the subsidized Brothers and Waterman intervened tional speed is considered a de­ run. These ships are the Gene­ to block .Bloomfield's bid. Origi­ -Ji ship and receives approval. Only fense feature of no commercial vieve Peterkin, Margarett Brown, nally the Board approved subsidies upon approval does the commit­ • 'i value. Neva West and Marie Hamill. on both North European and Gulf tee's action become union policy. The size of the ships and their They can be used on the run until runs, but reversed its decision af­ tremendous cargo capacity is con­ they are 12 years old, which means ter protests by the two other ship­ sidered a drawback by the opera- until 1957 in the case of the first ping companies. Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks Bloomtield Gets Subsidy For N. Europe^ England ivUba IV lu 1.-. Jc-v J* - �SEAFARERS %OG Florida Strikebreak Move Fails SIU NEWSLETTER The Florida, a P & O passenger-crulsa ves^ operating out of Miami, remained tied tightly in idle status this week at the end of the third week of unsuccessful negotiations be­ tween company officials and striking deck and engine officers. The skipper, four deck officers and five engineers walked off the ship three weeks ago oVer demands, for higher pay and overtime wages from the company to members of the striking oflFicers' onions. The company, rather than negotiate with the unions in ques­ tion, the Masters, Mate and Pilots, AFL, representing the deck of­ ficers, and the Marine Engineers Benevolent Association, CIO, rep­ resenting the engineers, chose to use diversionary tactics to break the strike. Both attempts failed, with the SIU turning down the last of these measures offered to them by company officials. CapL R. F. Lord, Marine SupL, Try Scab Labor Municipal Pier No. 2, Miami At first, the company sought to get scab deck and engine officers Phone 3-5440 or 3-3619 to man the ship by advertising for officer personnel through the newspapers, but this ruse failed Above Is unsnccessful newspaper advertising gTmmick employed completely. Then, in a last-ditch by the company to hire non-union officer personnel in an attempt effort, company officials ap­ to break the three-week old strike. The Florida is still tied up by proached the SIU to sign a hurrythe MM&P and the MEBA officer unions. up contract with the Union in or­ der to browbeat and cajole the other unions into signing up after MM&P and MEBA picketlines. The nation, at company expense, with the SIU led the way. The SIU vessel. Instead of sailing as sched- airlines having to put on extra flights to accommodate the in­ turned the deal down cold, teilin.g uled, went into idle status. Most of the passengers sched­ creased number of passengers. The P & O officials they would be glad to deal with them in the course uled for that nm took up the com­ company has scheduled no more of regular negotiations after the pany offer of fiying to their desti- sailings for the present time. strike with the officers' unions comes to an end. The captain, as well as the deck and engine officers of the Florida, went on strike after prolonged ne­ gotiations with the company failed to produce agreement on the of­ ficers' demands for higher pay and higher overtime rates in the new A Coast Guard hearing has completely exonerated a crewcontract. member of the SlU-manned Sea Wind on charges that he PkketUne Intact Following this, the company im­ had left his post as lookout, leading to the death of six men mediately attempted to recruit non­ in a crash. On the contrary, union deck and engine officers to calling a man from below for one sail the ship on a scheduled cruise the testimony showed that he hour's overtime. f.ie following week. However, the had been ordered to do so by As a result of the hearing, the move met with complete failure as the chief mate to perform other Coast Guard indicated that it was the entire crew refused to jiross the work, so that the mate could avoid still investigating the case to de­ termine the officers' responsibility in the .matter, for as the Coast Guard hearing officer put it, there was a question as to whether the order issued to the lookout was lawful. No Seacljff Verdiet Meanwhile, there were no fur­ ther developments in the trial of several crewmembers of the Seacliff, who were accused of miscon­ A novel kind of a case involving Naturally it didn't make for duct in the course of a stormy voy­ a Seafarer who did his work fine pleasant mealtimes when the mess­ age to the Far East and back. Al­ while at sea, but wasn't much good man wasn't available to serve the though the hearings in that case for anything when it was in port crew, or if he was available, he have long since been ended, no came before a trial committee in wasn't in shape to do much of a verdict has yet been relidered by the Coast Guard. job. the port of Baltimore recently. The charges In question were An elected membership commit­ , The Sea Wind incident took place filed against a messman for viola­ tee in Baltimore, consisting of on November 6, 1953, while the tion of Sections 2-g and 3-d of the James A. Long, T. J. Darian, W. ship was coming out of BremerSIU constitution, involving neglect Rogowski, Luciano Ramos and R. haven. The cliief mate of the vessel of duty and failF. D'Ferrafiat heard the testimony had been making a practice of tak­ ure to carry out against the accused messman. They ing the lookout off his post and ord-ers. The agreed that it was the responsi­ putting him on other work in order charges cited a bility of the crewmember to live up to avoid paying overtime to men great many in­ to his obligations while the ship who were off watch and would nor­ stances in which was in port as well as when it mally have to be called up on deck the messman had was out to sea. The accused man for this purpose. On this occasion offered no de­ failed to show up he ordered Ordinary Seaman Bruce serve meals, or fense when asked J. Thielin off his lookout post to had served meals if he wished to' rig a pilot's ladder. As a result, examine wit­ Thielin was not on lookout from while drunk, Rogowski failed to set up nesses or make a 8:50 to 9:40 PM, for meals on time and in other statement in his At 9:40 the Sea Wind ran into ways caused arguments and dis­ behalf. another vessel with the result that The recommen­ sension on board ship by the per­ six men on the Other ship were dations of the formance of his work. killed and much damage was done committee were to both ships. When the Sea Wind No Good In Port that he be sus­ got back to New York general in­ Long The odd part of the matter was pended for si* quiry was convened. As a result of that the crew agreed the man was inonths on the first charge and the inquiry, including testimony by a good worker—but ogiy as long as fined for the second charge. Rec­ the skipper and the chief mato, the ship was out at sea. Once the ommendations were unanimous. the OS was hauled up on the car­ ship got in port the accused, they They will be acted On by the mem­ pet and charged with leaving His charged, would get gassed up and bership in all ports at tiie next post without relief. then he wasn't of much use to him­ regularly-scheduled membership It looked pretty bad" for Thielta self or anybody else on board. meeting of December Ifi. i (Continued on page i?) WANTED LICENSED AMERICAK STEAMSHIP OFFICERS FOR DECK AND ENGINE DEPARTMENTSOF S/S FLORIDA Apply Immediately to CG Hearing Bd. Clears Sea Wind Crewmember SIU COMMinEES AT WORK The Department of Commerce soon will pat tli« Wntelilng touch on the biggest maritime study since 1935. Its legislative views will be sent to Congress around February 1, based on recommendations sub­ mitted by the various segments of the American merchant marine. However, the chances are that no major maritime legislation will be passed next year, and that the Commerce recommendations will go over for a few years before Congress takes final action thereon. The reason for this is that (1) the balance in both Houses of Con­ gress is so small and next year is an election year with Congress want­ ing to quit early, and (2) there are already enough bills of a political nature that Congress can kick around until time to adjourn, such as the St. Lawrence Seaway measure, Hawaiian statehood, appropriation bills, taxes, immigration, etc. Several industry panel reports were submitted to the Coriimerce Department by the subsidized, nonsubsidized, and tanker companies. Although not made public yet, it has been confirmed that the sub­ sidized lines are urging that the existing law be kept intact, without any major change, on the theory that it has worked out well; ,the tanker companies have recommended a major change in the 1936 Mer­ chant Marine Act to make them eligible to receive operating subsidy from the Government; while the nonsubsidized foreign trading lines still are holding that the existing subsidy principle should be thrown overboard in favor of an outright wage subsidy for all American lines In the foreign trade. T« a separate panel report to the Commerce Departnient, some of the domestic carriers, notably Luckenbaeh and Bull have recommended that the construction subsidy be applied in con­ nection with contiguous trading with Puerto Rico, Alaska, etc. i, i, ii The future of the Senate Maritime Subsidy Subcommittee, headed by Senator Potter, Michigan, is in doubt. The appropriation to run this (Congressional unit will expire next Janiury 31 and the big ques­ tion mark is Senator Bricker, Ohio, Chairman of full Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Bricker's views on the subject of a merchant marine are not so well known, and, at this time, it is not known whether he will authorize the continuation of the piavltipie subsidy subcommittee.^,, . .. However, most people agree that the subcommittee has made a good start in laying the foundation for legislation, and believe that Bricks will not hinder the progress of the Congressional maritime unit ^ US-flag ships carried 29 percent of the total export cargoes to MSA countries in 1952 as against 41 percent in 1951, 35 percent in 1950, 38 percent in 1949, 43 percent in 1948, and 54 percent in 1947. This de­ crease of 12 percent in the relative amounts carried by US vessel^ in 1952 as against 1951 re-sulted primarily from the decrease in US panticipation in the export trade to MSA countries by dry cargo vesSelsi which declined from 43 percent in 1951 to 31 percent in 1952. US tanker participation in the shipments to MSA nations dropped from 11 percent in 1951 to only 8 percent In 1952. The decrease in tonnage of exports to MSA countries in 1952 over 1951 resulted primarily from decreases in exports of coal and wheat to Europe. 4. 4 ^ In recognition of the stride made in torpedoes and other weapons of war, the speed of merchant ships had been substantially increased In the past 13 years. Top scientists, working oil-a contract from the Office of Naval Research of the Navy Department to review the security of seas shipping, feel that the absolute minimum speed of US merchant ships should be raised to at least 20 knots. These scientists are among the ablest, men who worked on the atomic bomb, on the rocket de­ velopment and the proximity fuses. As a general rule among the allies during World War II, ships that made better than 16 knots did not get an escort . . . t a, t Top officials in the US Government are sold on the idea that the best merchant ships under our flag should be kept in active operation, with the overflow of less suitable vessels retained in the reserve fleets. Similarly, they feel that ships adequate for commercial use or for national defense purposes must not be scrapped or sold foreign, par­ ticularly tankers, until the reserve fleet is at the required strength and composition as recommended by the Department of Defense. As fully anticipated on this side of the Atlantic, strong pressure lis being brought from European quarters, during recent meetings In Paris of the Randall Commission on Foreign Economic Policy, for lessening the amount of US government aid to our own shipping and for the elimination of the 50/50 Shipping provision in US aid laws. . Europeans, through the Organization for European Economic Coop­ eration, are claiming that the field of merchant shipping is one of the few fields in which they can easily compete with this country, and that, therefore, the US should restrict its aid to American shipping to make that competition still easier for the European bloc. The Randall Commission will release its recommendations in about two months, in a report to be submitted to the President and to the Congress. t t % Recent reports indicate that the US Coast Guard has stepped up iti ship security check around the New York Harbor. Actually, hovvever, the Coast Guard has been hard at work for the past two years check­ ing on foreign ships, not only around New York, but also, particularly, around the New Orleans area. For the most part, foreign ships are checked if (1) they have touched a Communist port on a particular voyage or (2) if . the Coast Guard has information to put the foreign ship in a suspect category. If the Coast Guard really becomes alarmed, it goes over the ship with a Gelger counter to determine the presence of any atom bomb. �I. DMember 11» 198S SEAFARERS LOG P*g«.<Scii!eii Seamen Help Distribute Clothing To Needy Gifildren EISENHOWER ASKS NEW ATOM PLAN—President Eisenhower made a strong appeai before the United Nations Generai Assembly asking for a new plan to solve the problem of atomic energy on an international plane. He warned that present atom stockpiles were more powerful than all bombs, shells, and other explosives fired by all armed forces during the entire scope of World War II and appealed for an international commission that would gradually take control of uranium and other fissionable material. The commission would also develop peaceful means of using atom energy. The first response of the Moscow radio was to call the plan "war-like," indicating Russian rejection of the proposal. ^ i. X SENATORS JOUST WITH CANADA—^An international incident threatened to develop last week between the Government of Canada and some US Senators as an outgrowth of the Harry Dexter White case. The Senate Internal Security Committee wanted to question Igor Gouzenko, the former code clerk at the Russian Embassy in Ottawa, about spy rings in the US. Canada objected because some information it had given the US had been leaked to newspapers by the committee. After much hassling back and forth Gouzenko finally arranged to testify under Canadian terms. FAMILY ARRESTED FOR $081,700 ROBBERY—Police have arrested George D. O'Brien, his wife and his son, 19, charging them with the armored car robbery of $681,700 in Danvers, Massachusetts, on March 25, 1952. The cash disappeared from the locked armored car while the guards were in a lunchroom having coffee. Three other men are being sought in connection with the robbery, one of the largest on record. Seamen off the Mission San Rafael, an SUP ship, helped the United Seamen's Service Club distrib­ ute clothing to needy Okinawa children. The clothing was part of a 1,000-pound shipment of Ameri­ can clothes sent to Mrs. Dodderell, a US Army sergeant's wife in charge of the center. Shown above, left to right, with the children are Mrs. Dodderell, Herbert Briscoe, radio operator; Seafarer M. E. Carley, oiler; and Sgt. Dodderell. t FIRE DESTROYS MUCH OF PUSAN—A $20 million fire destroyed 6,000 homes, a railroad station and part of the US Army headquarters in Pusan, Korea. The fire raced through hundreds of shacks crowded together in the city after a Korean housewife neglected her charcoal oven while she talked with the neighbors. t it 4" Hail SlU Christmas Gift Service The fastest way to get your Christmas shopping done these days, with the least possible pain to your pocketbook and your aching feet, is through the 5ea Chest. Many Seafarers have long been aware of this fact, but now they are bolstered in this thought by outsiders, the most outspoken of whom I" is Mike McEvoy, columnist' cable, wire, phone or even carrier tions all along the East Coast. for the Mobile Press-Register pigeon, if available, and the opera­ The Mobile reporter marvels at ' PUERTO RICO INDEPENDENCE PROPOSED—The United States delegate to the United Nations, Henry Cabot Lodge, has announced that the US is wiiling to give Puerto Rico its independence if the people of the island request it. However, spokesmen for the Puerto Rican gov­ ernment indicated that they would prefer to remain in close associa­ tion with the US, to retain US citizenship and the other advantages of in Mobile, Alabama. a US territory. Members of the opposition Independence Party dis­ While sailing over the bounding agreed with this view. main, says McEvoy, it is possible for the Seafarer to order his t 44PILOTLESS BOMBERS IN SERVICE—The Air Force announced it Christmas list consisting of every­ would send radio-controlled pilotless bomber planes overseas in the thing from a four-wheeled jeep to near future for assignment to Air Force bases. These are guided mis­ a set of electric trains. That in­ sies which are put on their targets by radio beams, and can be detonated cludes all items that come in be­ tween the two methods of trans­ on contact with the target or at any point in the air above it. portation, too. McEvoy found out 4" 4 4" these startling things <to him and FRENCH WARY ON INDO-CHINA BID—The Communist-led rebels his readers) when the Mobile in Indo China have proposed to the French government that truce talks branch of the Sea Chest went into be started with a view toward ending the Indo-China war. The French the Christmas-shopping-rush oper­ arc hesitating about the proposal, being anxious to end the fighting ation recently. which has not given either side any great advantage. At the same time, Korea Selections Risky ^ they are skeptical about the offer which may be a propaganda designed "Buying a corset in Korea," to tie up French armies in Indo China indenitely while truce talks writes McEvoy in the Press-Reg­ drag on. ^ ister, "is a risky business and Ran­ 4 4 4 goon's selection of television sets US SUBMITS ATROCITY EVIDENCE—-The United States has pre­ doesn't offer too much selection." sented evidence to the UN General Assembly that more than 35,000 Therefore, he is pleased to note, military and civilian personnel in Korea were siaughtered or tortured the SIU in Mobile has broadened to death by North Korean and Chinese Communist forces. Some 10,000 the operations of the Sea Chest to American soldiers, and airmen were included in the figure. The US take care of this problem of selec­ charged that the Soviet Union shared primary responsibility for the tion for the seaman. Orders can be placed by mail. treatment of the men. tors of the Sea Chest will see that they get their man. Get their man what he wants, that is. Of course, McEvoy is talking about the oper­ ations in Mobile, but the same holds true for Sea Chest opera­ Begin Canada Welfare Plan Plans for paying welfare benefits to Canadian seamen, members of the SIU Canadian District, are now being com­ pleted with funds coming in under the new contract. A board of trustees is being set up representative and an imparitial which' will draft a system of chairman. benefits and methods ,of pay­ It is expected that the benefits ment to union members. The Canadian District's welfare fund covers all men working on the Great Lakes. Employers^ pay 20 cents daily into the trust fund which will be administered by a three man board consisting of one union representative, one company YOUR DOLLAR'S SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING The Truth About Coid Cures When you get a cold, there's no use throwing away your dough oh expensive preparations sold as cpld cures. Doctors know little about how to cure a.cold. But they do know that the estimated $1 billion a year the public spends on alleged cold cures is of little or no value. The "cures" range from aspirin tablets to expensive glycol vaporizers. They include the now thoroughly-de­ bunked anti-histamines, and many patent medicines sold for this purpose. Here is how authorities like the American Medical As­ sociation, Federal Trade Commission and the Cooperative Health Federation regard many of the most widely-sold • cold cures: Nose drops, tnbalante: Give temporary relief but dpn't cure. They relieve congestion by shrinking the mem­ branes, but use over an extended period could cause permanent damage. Gargle preparations: Never actually reach the throat area; gargling Itself prevents that. Stieam inhalations: Genuinely helpful in the early stages by .applying juoisture^to upper respiratbry passages. , Aspirin; Relieves headgche, fever and muscle pain but what the service in ports other than Mobile has obtained for Seafai'ers in the past, ranging from birds of several types to monkeys, boats, TV sets, guns, false teeth and automobiles. system will get underway within a month or so, once the machineiy has been established for handling payments. In addition, the Canadian Dis­ trict has opened a union-operated slop chest in its Montreal head­ quarters to provide work gear and other necessities to members at cost. Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying has no influence on the infection. For this purpose, the colds. A vaccine which would protect against one type lowest-priced aspirin will be just as effective as the ex­ wouldn't protect against the others. Mentholated cigarettes: No beneficial effect at all. pensive brands. Nor do you need any of the more ex­ pensive pain-killers. Imdrin and Dolcin, for example, have Rest in bed: One of the most effective measures, espe­ been found to be little more than aspirin with a few cially if fever is present. Rest limits a cold's severity, limits its spread to others, and reduces the frequency of added ingredients. Alcohol: The old remedy of a drink of whiskey is of complications. According to Dr. Walter C. Alvarez of the Mayo Foun­ some help in re-establishing circulation. dation, also useless as a cold cure is quinine. He says that Cathartics and laxatives: No particular value; may even one medication that has proved effective is one-fourth make you sicker by dehydrating you. grain each of codeine and papverine. The only trouble Vitamin pills: Provide no more protection from colds is that codeine requires a doctor's prescription. than an adequate diet of real food. If you don't eat prop­ As noted above, steam inhalation are of some help in erly, synthetic vitamins may help you build resistance. the early stages of a cold, and many families buy vapor­ But they're expensive to buy. If you do want to take ad­ izers for this purpose. When the need is urgent, you can ditional B vitamins to "build yourself up," dried brewer's provide quiek relief by steaming up a room (by turning yeast and wheat germ supply them at comparatively little on hot-water faucets or placing wet towels on a hot radi­ cost. . ator). If you do buy a vaporizer, make sure it's approved Anti-histamlne tablets: The Government no longer lets by Underwriters' Laboratories (the appliance itself should manufacturers of these products advertise that theSe kill bear the UL seal," not just the cord). Also make sure the colds in hours. Anti-histamines may relieve cold symp­ vaporizer is the kind that automatically shuts itself off toms (the side effects) and clear away complications, but when all the water has steamed away. Avoid buying the do not cure the cold itself. Be careful about taking them inexpensive little ones that have only enough water ca­ .without medical super\'ision. Some people are subject pacity to operate for two or three hours. to side effects from them, such as dizziness or drowsiness. At least one form of .relief you can look forward to: as /'Cold yacclnes: Many different types of, virus cause people get'older they have fewer colds. - -~l • 'D W: �VueSlKiit SEAFARERS LOG DMeaber 11. U5S Down To Tfie Bottom Dff Tho Ship 'IF - ' ' SEAfCASH BENEFITS SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS REPORT OM BENEFITS PAID A Navy diver goes down for a look at the bottom of the Atlantic Water which ran aground off Goose Bay, Labrador. Floating ice hampered diver's lines during inspection tour of ship's bottom. Co. Hiring Bid Fails, Stwd's A Union Man Some operators never give up hope, it seems. Although the Union rotary hiring system has been in effect for many years, they always have fond dreams of returning to the good old days—^hiring through the East trip. The telegram, sent by company office. As a matter Df -fact, one the company's New York office, shipping company recently tried to lure an SIU steward to ship via the company agent instead vf through the Union hall. And to add to the oddity of the situation, they even sent him their suggestion in a tele­ gram addressed care of the Union hall. Steward Fred Sullins, the man in question, was on board the Sea Cloud which was returning to Astoria, Washington, after a Far Nicolson New Chairman Of Waterman Co. said "If you are interested in re­ joining Seatraders would appre­ ciate your contacting paymaster Arthur Hentschel care Page Broth­ ers, Board of Trade Building, Port­ land." In due time Sullins came into the Seattle hall and picked, up his mail. When he opened and read the wire his reaction was a strong one, to put it mildly. After several remarks which are best left imprinted, Sullins de­ clared: "I am a Union steward--I am a Union man. I will ship as cook or baker before I'll be a companysteward. I ship off the shipping board. It is embarrassing to get such a wire. When I am steward I feed good and keep a clean ship, and the men in my department make the average or more in over­ time. Of course I don't waste food or give out an enormous amount of overtime—I just do a good job." It Is not known whether any other men have been approached by the operators in this fashion, but seeing that the shipowners never give up, it would not be sur­ prising. Changes took place last week in the top echelon of the Waterman Steamship Corporation when £. A. Roberts, chairman of the corpora­ tion, announced his retirement as head of the shipping firm, effective December 31. Roberts will be succeeded as chief executive of Waterman by Capt. Norman Nicol­ son, president of the corporation, but the vacancy in the office of chairman will not be filled. Roberts will continue as a direc­ tor, mostly in an advisory capacity, The settlement of repair while devoting most of his ener­ lists means a lot to the men gies to the operations of the South­ who stay aboard a ship, and to ern Industries Corporation, which the new crew that comes deals in sand, gravel, hotel, res­ aboard, just as the repair list taurant, seafood and oyster shell made out by the previous industries. The retiring chairman started with Waterman 34 years . crew means a lot to you. Because repairs mean a lot ago as a cargo checker on the Mo­ to your comfort and living bile docks. He became president conditions aboard ship, they of the corporation in 1936 at the should be handled in the age of 38. In 1944 he moved up to proper fashion. the job he is now vacating. Each department delegate Capt. Nicolson first became as­ must make out three copies of sociated with Waterman in 1919 his repair list. as master of the Afoundria. He was The ship's delegate should named president of the corpora­ gave one copy to the head of tion in 1944, and as such, will be­ the department concerned, one come chief executive of the ship­ copy to the company represen* ping outfit upon the retirement of tative, and one copy .to the Roberts. Union patrolman. Waterman has a fleet of forty In this way, everyone has a 10,000-ton passenger - freight vescopy of the repair list and sirel* and engages in stevedoring, there is a check to make sure terminal and other ^ppinfr-relatthe work is done. •d activities fiBSSBSS5S5=aSBS=SSBBSS^^S Proper Repair lAata Help Ml I • ====== I I I == II I isaatmesxa No. Seafarers ReceiYinp Benefits this Period Average Benefits Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefits Paid this Period WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD 1 Hospital Benefits Death Benefits DisnhUitv Benefits Maternity Benefits Vacation Benefits Total e>o 1 1 oo >75 Laoo aa m'ojLI r f07,Sf^ ^4 WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hospital Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * [ Vof Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950* Disability Benefits Paid Since Mav 1. 1952* JiC^OfS Maternity Benefits Paid Siace April 1. 1952 * B y V.c«i0D Btnelks P.id Since Feb. II. 19}2 • / 7/ Tnt.1 * Date Benefits Began WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS 1. . .. . Vacation *-asn on nana Welfare || 553 V/5 OA] Estimated Accounts Receiyable Vacation US Goyernment Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS fUM/ tso^n- e>ci AS: J/90Li 97§ 1 ' 1 Recently, many of the member *8 beneficiary cards reoelTped by the Welfare Office haye been cereleaely written, as well as incomplete as to date and other detaile* It is im^ottant that each card be carefully checlted before signing, be sure that all the lines are filled in correctly* All eligibles under the plan should have beneficiary cards on file. Remaining two dates for examinations on scholarship benefits are. January 9? 1954- and Warcb 15, 1954* Suhmitttd *••••••••••*•*•••••• A1 Kerr, Assfsfswi AdmMstrator" . • • and, remember this. • • All these are yours without cohtributing a sln^e nickel on your part—Collecting SIU bcneiK ^ts is easy, whether it's'for hoqpital, birth, disability Or death—TOIL rate pacaeait: sovice imwediatdty through your.Union-s xqpanesnitativesc-v , ,, ; 'I '"f" hne ;rf70» �l>M«Uber 11. IWt SEAF 4RERS Pafe Nin* LOG UNION TALK Crew Aids Blinded Children By KEITH TERPB This coming Tuesday, December 15, at 2 PM, the National Labor Relations Board in Philadelphia will begin the tally of the ballots cast in the Atlantic election. By nightfall, probably, we will have at least •ome sort of an "official" score on the voting. We're confident right now of a heavy majority; there's been no question of SIU victory by a substantial margin for many months. But now that it's all over, all over except for the counting and the shouting anyway, we intend to make good on our promises. We've pledged Atlantio seamen a bona fide Union contract with ali the trim­ mings, and that's the next order of business. Await Certification Order The company has already given indications that it's weary of being called dirty names by everybody in sight, and will bargain with the certified bargaining representative of its employees as soon as the KLRB hands down its official certification order. Thus, there's every likelihood that contract talks will get underway before the first of the year, and that a contract in Atlantic will be an actuality before long, barring any unexpected hitches. Our estimates of the vote prior to the actual balloting in each case appear to have been confirmed right down the line after each ship or shore installation voted. Undoubtedly a few foul-balls gummed up the calculations somewhere—we've been faced with that before. Howover, the overall picture looks good and oiur strength in the fleet is still growing. New men are signed up almost as fast as they enter the company, and that's as good a sign as any of the way the wind is blowing. iThe end of the 16-month-old Atlantic campaign comes at an auspici­ ous time in the history of the Union, with the SIU busy on many other fronts even as the campaign progressed. The physical properties of the Union have been growing, with the building of a modem Seafarers hall, in Baltimore, the opening of three new halls (Port Arthur, Miami ahd far-off .Puerta la Cruz), and redecorating and ^refurnishing of Others. ' Public Recognition of the SIU Public recognition of the Seafarers Union, its eminent place in the industry and the first-class status of its membership has reached a peak, sparked most recently by the SIU's continuing major role in the AFL dock clean-up. Our contracts, conditions and benefits, already recognised as the best in maritime, were improved further in our 1052 negotiations and will yield additional gains for the membership as a result of the general negotiations going on right now.We are today operating under a new Union constitution that is barely more than a year old and proving its worth every day of the year in the way it upholds the rights of the membership and paves the way for new programs to make the Seafarer's way of life better than ever, the fact that we are going places is indicated further by the affiliation of the MEOW with the Seafarers International Union. Nobody rides the local when he .can take the express and get to where he's going faster, and in finer style. And.as these and other historic events were happening, the Atlantic campaign went on, steadily moving forward to the conclusion we ex­ pect Tuesday's tally will make official. Atlantic like seamen in over 50 other unorganized companies before them, were instantly aware that this was their chance to become an integral part of a great, grow­ ing organization. The fundamental law that in unity there is strength did not slip by them. That is why the great majority of them went SIU and by every indication voted SIU as well. But we can put away the crystal ball now. The NLRB will make it official Tuesday. •? iTI • > '-4 s -1 Another instance of Seafarers aiding less fortunate people than themselves came to light this week in a letter from a Korean Army chaplain to the Transfuel Corporation, op­ erators of the Cecil N. Bean. The letter revealed that crewmemhers of the ship had donat^ funds for blind Korean or- ^ phans and refugee children who are being cared for by US and Korean authorities. The company forwarded to the LOG a photostatic copy of a letter it received from Thomas I. Lig­ gett, port Chaplain, commending Seafarers of the Cecil N. Bean for sharing their worldly goods with the needy children in Korea. The chaplain's letter said, in part: "We would like to express our deep appreciation of the members of the crew of the Cecil N. Bean. Seeing the need in this area, they very graciously gave a donation of $158.42. The money was deposited in the Chaplains fund and is ex­ pended for the welfare of Orphans and Refugee children in this area. We have over one thousand or­ phans and thousands of refugees. To try to express in practical ways the compassion of the American people is a tremendous task with our limited resources. "This gift has enabled us to set aside money for the purchase of a radio for the only blind school in this province. It would be difficult to express the appreciation of these youngsters, whose amuse­ Photostat of a letter from Chaplain Thomas I. Liggett, commend­ ments are so limited. The music, the news, the stories they will hear ing Seafarers of the Cecil N. Bean for their aid to Korean orphans. will be like a light shining in their darkened world." Liner Has Fancy Crew Quarters The crew of a new Swedish pas­ senger liner, the Kungsholm, will revel in unaccustomed luxury when the ship goes into service this win­ ter. All members of the 340-man crew will have outside cabins with portholes and air-conditioning. Off duty seamen will~ have the use of a large recreation room with a soda fountain, library and movie pro­ jector. In addition, the crew will have exclusive use of their own swim­ ming pool and many crewmemhers will have their own cabins. The Kungsholm is the newest ship to arrive in the Port of New York. It is considered one of the finest ships afloat today. The Kungsholm, together with the Olympia, are the newest luxury liners to make the Atlantic nin. Tramp Go's Defend 50-50 American tramp shipowners have sprung to the defense of the long-disputed 50-50 clause with a strong statement to the Randall Commission defending carriage of 50 percent of government cargoes on US-^ the tramp shipping section of the ships. industry if the objectives of the The Randall Commission on Merchant Marine Act are to Foreign Economic Policy has been 1936 be realized. holding hearings in the US and abroad on the question of US trade relations. In the course of the Quitting Ship? hearings, the Commission has been told by Europe shipowners and by Notify Union some American spokesmen that the A reminder from SIU 50-50 law should be revised down­ headquarters cautions all ward or eliminated. Seafarers leaving their ships The tramp shipowners, speaking to contact the hall in ample through their association, declared time to allow the Union to that foreign ships are already dispatch a replacement. Fail­ handling a very large percentage ure to give notice before of US foreign trade. Even where paying off may cause a de­ subsidized lines are operating, the layed sailing, force the ship statement says that foreign ships to sail short of the manning are carrying more than 50 percent requirements and needlessly of all commerce. make their work tougher for At the same time, the tramp •your shipmates. shippers got in a request for aid to -i '.-.-i I a .w 1| "SI Cartoon History Of The SIU ci 'Who Blew The WhUtle?' The gangsters, some from "Murder, Inc." had In September, 1948, Seafarers' hit tKb picketlines busted ILGWU picketlines before, when old men In answer to a plea from the International Ladies and women were on them, but now it was different. Garment Workers Unfon, AFL, which was conduct­ They yelled for mercy, and the NY city adminis­ ing a drive to clean out the gangsters who were tration came to their aid with lots of cops, who muscling in on the NY dress industry. Soon, .the peaceful -.SlU pickets. \ ^ £e«fqirers swere fheitarg^<fQr,gunmen ta^icL g9QP>> y «>; It f. I«11 No. 52 A promised Grand Jury investigation was never held. The heat was put on the SIU. The garment industry was left open for non-union shops with gangster protection. This police action, following ' ^lice beating of SIU pickets in the UFE beef, .taisqd. ^, �SEAFARERS Pace Ten LOG DdMmlUr ii, 1953 PORT MtEPOKTS tices charges against Atlantic Re­ Baltimore: to keep the meat from spoiling be­ New Orleans: fining and cast his ballot on the fore he could get to them. States. He paid tribute to the Ships paying off were the Fran­ USPHS hospital for the skilled and ces, Kathryn, Suzanne and Beatrice considerate treatment he received (Bull); Chiwawa and Salem Mari­ and commended the Union and the time (Cities Service); Seatrains membership for the united position Shipping has picked up consider­ For the past two weeks shipping New Jersey, Savannah, Texas, Shipping in the Port of Balti­ it has taken against the Govern­ more has picked up in the past ably since the last report and looks has been pretty good and it looks Georgia, New York and Louisiana as if it will remain about the same. (Seatrain); Afoundi-ia, Wacosta and as though it will level off and con­ ment hospital closing program. two weeks and it looks as if it will Maternity benefits are being Jackson (Waterman); tinue at a steady pace. Several processed for Ed Jaunet, Joe Cata­ continue to be good over the holi­ Paying off were the Shinnccock Andrew Bay (Veritas), the Marven (Inter­ Greece Victory (South Atlantic); ships are here in port on temporary lanotto, Warren Reed, Valentine days. As you know, the boys who national Navigation) and the John Steel Seafarer, Steel King and idle status and when they crew Thomas and Charlie Revolta. Our have been out are going to be (Isthmian); The up it will probably clear the beach congratulations to each. Bernard home with the family for the holi­ C. (Atlantic Carriers). Signing on Steel Rover were the Compass (Compass); Holy- Cabins (Cabins); Robin Tuxford of all that want to ship prior to the Buras called at the hall attired in days, so if any of the rated book­ men want to get out in a hurry star (Intercontinental), and Shin- (Seas); Michael (Carras); Atlantic holidays. More and more bookmen his Army uniform. just mosey on down to Baltimore. Waters (Mar Trade); W. E. Down­ are attending the meetings as they necock Bay (Veritas). Ship Payoffs all are getting the holiday spirit We expect to be crewing the Show ing (State Fuel), and Sea Wind In-transit ships were the MoShips paying off were the Del Me Mariner (Bull) by the end and hitting the beach for the bilian, Fairport, Kyska, Yaka, Bien­ (Seatraders). Christmas and New Year season. Valle, Del Norte and Del Rio (Mis­ Ships signing on were the Steel This is not an indication of slow sissippi); Iberville and Antinous of the month. We also have several ville and Raphael Semmes (Water­ man); Steel Vendor and Steel Ap­ Executive and Steel Voyager shipping, but an indication of men (Waterman), and the George A. other ships around here in idle prentice (Isthmian); Pennmar (Cal- (Isthmian); Greece Victory of South who have been on regular runs all Lawson (Pan Oceanic). Sign-oiis status which the companies expect mar) and Western Trader (Western Atlantic and Robin Sherwood of year coming home to take it easy. were on the Del Mar, Del Campo to crew up around the first of the year. Navigation). Seas. and Del Viento (Mississippi), and We have one overtime beef that Brightening the outlook for ship­ Bloomfield's Genevieve Peterkin In-transit ships were the Chick­ ping in New Orleans for the future It has come to amounts to 166 hours for a messasaw, De Soto, Citrus Packer and was the dedication of the addition and Neva West. my attention late­ man who was feeding sparks in his Ships intransit were Alcoa's room because the radio operator Iberville (Waterman); Robin Gray to the grain elevator here in New ly through re­ (Seas); Edith and Ines (Bull); Steel Orleans. Construction began on the Clipper, Pennant, Corsair and Pil­ had a broken leg and could not be ports of various Surveyor, Steel Flyer and Steel addition in March 1952 and cost grim; Steel Architect and Steel moved. This was on the Robin ships, that the Recorder (Isthmian); Alamar (Cal- $7,000,000. This doubled the ca­ Advocate (Isthmian); Del Campo Gray (Seas) and we expect to settle men who normal­ ly perform the mar) and the, Alcoa Pointer and pacity of the elevator and will and Del Viento (Mississippi); Sea- it favorably in the near future. trains New York and Savannah Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa). duties of a gangPayoffs were on the Bethcoaster, mean that an additional 30 ships (New York); Warhawk, Claiborne, w a y watchman Calmar, Yorkmar, and Alamar per month can be handled. Beefs Squared Away Fairland, Monarch of the Seas (Calmar); Santore, Oremar, Veare becoming Two Marine Legs All of these ships were paid off (Waterman); Genevieve Peterkin nore, Bethore, Steelore, Chilore very lax, espe­ Foster and signed on with only minor The new facilities include 81 and Neva West (Bloomfield); and cially in the for­ Feltore (Ore); Hastings eign ports where they should be beefs which were squared away by large storage bins each 20 feet in Michael (Carras); South Atlantic's (Waterman); Ines and Dorothy on the ball. As you know, this is the boarding patrolman. The main diameter and 85 feet high, eight South Wind and Bull's Edith. (Bull), Robin Gray and Robin Kirk Lindsey J. Williams an important job for the men who issue on ships signing on has been new 150,000-pound hopper scales, (Seas). New Orleans Port Agent are on it—to protect their own on repairs. We have discussed eight 30,000 bushels per hour legs Ships signing on were the same, personal property and the prop­ this issue with the operators' nego­ and two transfer belts to carry with the Antinous, Afoundria and i 4 4" erty of the rest of the crew. Fail- tiating committee and they have grain between the new elevator and Seattle: Chickasaw (Waterman); Steel promised to give us more coopera­ the old one. Facilities for the un­ yre to perform these duties in the Flyer, Steel Seafarer, Steel King proper SIU manner, may allow tion on getting repairs and re­ loading of grain include two marine and Steel Voyager (Isthmian); someone to go aboard the ship and placements taken care of in the legs or automatic large unloaders, Robin Sherwood (Seas); Govern­ future. each with rated capacity of, 15,000 clean it out. So fellows, in the ment Camp (Cities Service) and The operators' complaint on this bushels per hour. Rail facilities future when it is your turn to be Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa) in transit. on gangway, please get on the ball matter is that at times they never include two new automatic box At this time we believe that all Shipping looks very good as six and take care of all the property receive a repair list or else do not car dumps, which lift the entire necessary changes have been Libertys which laid up within the which comes under your jurisdic­ receive it in time to get the work car and dump it in approximately made on the last month recently got MSTS done before sailing, therefore we seven minutes. tion. plans and that charters and expect to call for full Charlie Bradley, until recently One of the boys around the hall are instructing all ships' delegates the construction these days is Robert Schoolcraft. to get their repair list made up and second steward on the Mississippi crews within the next 15 or 20 of the new build­ days. This chief cook first sailed with see that the captain and the chief passenger ship Del Mar, is under­ ing will go on Ships paying off included the the SIU in 1947 on an SUP tanker Engineer each gets a copy of it at going hospitaliza­ without any fur­ N. B. Palmer (American Water­ shuttle between the US and least 48 hours before the ship ar­ tion. His fellow ther delays. The ways); Ocean Lotte and Sea South America. He became a book- rives in port. This is in order to stewards in this exterior of the Legend (Ocean Trans.); Liberty member in 1949 and his first ship give them ample time to order port will prob­ building is pretty Bell (Dover); North Platte Victoi-y after that was the Steel Rover. needed parts and materials. ably add that he near completed, (Mississippi); Christine (Tini); He's on the beach now having paid We lost one of our good ships is getting a wellexcept for the Greenstar (Traders) Omega (Omega Lord off the Bucyrus Victory in Port­ this past week when the William needed rest from facingS) so that Waterways); Ragnar Naess (Sealand, and he lives in the Bay area E. Downing of State Fuel was sold the rigors of the transport), Ames Victory (Victory the workers can really go to town when not shipping. to another company. We also had job. He is doing now on the interior. We can't see Carriers). Oldtimers on the beach include the Atlantic Water (Mar-Trade) well. Ted Stout any reason why we can't be in Signing on were the Ragnar J. H. Childs, George Peteusky, T. laid up for repairs In Halifax after has been dis­ there by early spring. Bradley Naess, Ames Victory and Omega. E. Foster, S. Gehale and R. Mont­ running on the rocks and the crew charged and will The following men are in the calm. In the hospital are Pete was brought back to New York and soon be turning his interest to the Ships in transit were the Massmar marine hospital: Bill Schwab, Milt and Marymar (Calmar); Compass Smith, Wayne Center," E. R. Snede- paid off. The Bull Line put the deck jobs on the shipping. board. Habrat, Earl Erickson, Samuel ker, F. T. Costello, C. B. Coburn, Marina in for temporary layup and Claude Gilliam is now getting (Compass), and the Bienville and Drury, Frank Conforto, Earl McYaka (Waterman). Ho Yee Choe, O. Gustavsen and W. took the Rosario out of layup and around under his^.'own power and Men in the marine hospital in­ Kendree, Howgrd Sherrill, Mark Timmerman. crewed her for the Puerto Rican looking forward to his return to clude R. Barbee, L. Dwyer, S. Harrelson, James Penswick, Bob Tom Banning run. With ship wrecks, sales of activity. Johannessen and J. Wells, while Lambert, Julian, Blanco, Jessie San Francisco Fort Agent ships and layups, our batting aver­ Lauds Hospitals some of the boys on the heach in­ Clarke, James. Smith, James Hayes, age was not so good for the past •Jim I,ane was hospitalized fol­ clude O. Kaelep, S. Cullison, A. Horace Sherrill, Bill Mcllveen, it t> two weeks. Larry Webb, Mike Pugaczewskl, lowing an illness contracted while Michelet and H. Skaalagaard. New York; Jeff Davis and Fred Coccia. Claude Simmons on an Isthmian scow. He is among Jeff Gillette Charles Lord, who dr6pped Asst. Secretary-Treasurer those who filed unfair labor prac­ Seattle Port Agent around this week, has been a mem­ ber of the SIU since 1944 and he sails in the black gang. He has held a delegate's job in the past at Shipping in the Port of New various times and has always up­ York has picked up considerably held Union tradition. He thinks in the past two weeks with a good the Union is the tops in the mari­ JcS GiUette. Agent ElUott 4334 FORT WILL1AM....118V4 Syndicate Ave. turnover in all departments and SIU, A&G District TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 time industry with the best paid the outlook for the coming period gALTlMORE M North Gay St. Kay White. Agent Phone 2-1323 PORT COLBORNK 103 Durham St. and protected seamen, including Ontario Phone; 5591 Agent Mulberry 4540 WILMINGTON Calif 505 Marine Ave. is also good. BOSTON ^ . 276 State St. John Arabaaz. Agent 272 King St. E. welfare benefits. Terminal 4-2874 TORONTO. Ontario With winter time and the holi­ James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUARa"ERS....675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. EMpire 4-5719 Earl Sheppard VICTORIA. BC 61714 Cormorant St. SECRETARY-TREASURER 308>/^ 23rd St. days coming on a lot of the boys GALVESTON Empire 4531 Paul HaU Keith Alsop, Agent Baltimore Port Agent Phone 2-8448 ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS VANCOUVER. BC 565 Hamilton St. are piling off for a little vacation LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. Robert Matthews Joe Algina • Paciflc 7824 Clarke. Agent . . Phone 6-5744 Claude ashore. Some of them are taking Leroy Sinunons Joe Volplan SYDNEY. NS .304 Charlotte St. MIAMI .Dolphin Hotel Phone 6346 WUliam HaU to the woods to try their hand at Eddie Parr, Agent Miami 9-4791 BAGOTVILLE. Quehee 20 Elgin St. 1 South Lawrence St, game hunting. I hope they do MOBILE Phone: 545 Agent Phone 2-1754 SUP THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. Davids St. ORLEANS 523 BienviUa St. better than Walter Siekmann and NEW 'CAnal 7-3202 Lindsey Williams. Agent HONOLULU 16 Merchant, St. 113 Cote De La Montague bis boys in the Welfare Depart­ Phone 5-8777 QUEBEC Magnolia 6112-6113 Quebec Phone: 2-7078 The telephone numbers of 523 N. W. Everett St. 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn PORTLAND ment. Walter and the boys take to NEW YORK.... 177 Prince WiUlam St. Beacon 4336 SAINT JOHN ,. HYacinth 9-6600 all New York headquarters NB Phone: 2-5232 257 5th St. 127-129 Bank St. RICHMOND. CALir the woods eVery weekend, but so NORFOLK Phone 2509 Ben Rees. Agent Phone 4-1083 phones were (ihanged recently far they have only come back with PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. ' Great Lakes District by the telephone company. All • Douglas 3-8363 Market 7-1635 aching backs and the distinction of PORT ARTHUR 133 W. Ffetcher 2700 1st Ave. ALPENA. 411 Austin St." SEATTLE Seafarers calling headquarters having climbed all of the moun­ Don Hilton, Rep. Phone: 1338W Phone 4-2341 Main 0290 are asked to use the new num­ WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave. BUFFALO. NY 180 Main SL SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. tains in New York State. It must r. Banning, Agent Phone: Cleveland 739r Terminal 4^131 Douglas 2-5475 bers to get faster service. CLEVELAND 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE NEW YORK 675 4tb Ave., Brooklyn West Coast Representative be that the deer come up too close Phone: Main 1-0147 STerUng 8-4671 The new headquarters tele­ TIEHRA, PR . Pelayo 51—La 5 to them-as one of these boys tells Sal Colls, de DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Agent Phone 2-5996 phone number is HYacinth Canadian District Headuuarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 LA CRUZ Calle Bollva? 25 us that down home in Louisiana he CPUERTA 531 W. Michigan St. 684 St. James St. West DULUTH iV ''®P' Phone pending MONTREAL G-8600. Phonet JWrja*®. 3 Abercorn St. used to shoot them sp far away SAVANNAH , PLateau fl61 SOUTH CHICAGO »8rK 82nd % n.' • HAUFAK, NAi ':188^ HoUlg^St. that he had to pursalt'in his shells SEATTLE Phone: XiMX 8-9419 8700 Ist Av#, Fbonei 9-8811 San Francisco: Dedlcale New Addllipn To NO Grain Elevalor Asks Crewmen To Be On Ball On Gangway Watch Ballo To Grew New Shew Me Mariner Seen Shipping To Pick Up Under MSTS Boost Game Hunling Time Is Here As Holidays Hear 'SOmMALL DIRECTOR Y New Numbers For Hq* Phones 1. �Spvf- ^ '; ••. •? j •'-W^S'9;^ SEAFARERS December 11, 185S Pare Elevea LOG ......... PORT REPORTS ' Holiday Shipping To Be Shpl In Arm To Grows Shipping in the port for the last couple of weeks was fairly steady, with 90 men shipped to regular jobs and approximately 100 shipped to various tugboat, shoregang and vacuum hold cleaning gangs around the harbor for the last 15 days. Paying off were the Alcoa Pen­ nant, Alcoa Corsair, Alcoa Pilgrim, Alcoa Partner, Alcoa Cavalier and Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa); also the Claiborne and the Monarch of the Seas (Waterman). Signing on were the Pennant, Pilgrim, Partner and Ranger of Alcoa, with the rest of the ships on continuous articles. In-transit vessels were the Evelyn (Bull); Iberville and Antinous of Waterman; Del Vionto (Missis­ sippi), and the Genevieve Peterkin of Bloomfield. Expect Turnover Shipping is going to be fairly good for the next couple of weeks. With a lot of men due to get off just before Christmas, we expect that anybody on the beach will be able to get out what wants out. We have about 12 ships due to hit • this port during the coming period and with the usual heavy Christ­ mas turnover we expect quite a few jobs on each. A few of tlie oldtimers currently on the beach now in Mobile in­ clude A. Decosta, j. Curtis, J. Meeka,. P. Sandagger, Durwood Dees, Bernard Turk, R. E. McNalt, R. H. Wil­ son, Mike Hynes, L. Jackson, Frank Palmer, J. Hen­ derson, A. Langiven, E. Perry and J. Ryan. Only brother in the hospital from this area is Willie Reynolds. The Mobile USPHS out­ patient clinic is still operating on a shoestring basis after its appropria­ tion was cut. Victory Lays Up There has been only one victory ship laid up in Mobile in the past three weeks and that was an SUP Victory which brought a few planes In from the West Coast. She laid up after unloading her cargo at the Brookley Air Force Docks. Since the start of the lay-up of the Victorys in Mobile River, the SIU has only had one, the Maiden Vic­ tory, go into layup. We were able to put a few re­ placements aboard the Catherine (Dry Trans) which crewed up in Savannah as that port was short a few rated men and we shipped them from here. This ship is one of the first vessels carrying relief grain to Pakistan to leave from this area, and is the first fruit of the Union's fight to have half of those grain shipments carried in American bottoms. The Catherine went from Savannah to New Or­ leans where she.was to get her grain fitting and load. Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent if ' it Boston: BradforiTisland Grew Has Maiiress Beef -Shipping has been on the slow bell in the Port of Boston, but we expect it to pick up soon. Ships paying off were the Brad­ ford Island (Cities Service) and the Queenston Heights (Seatrade).' Both ships signed on again, while in-transit vessels were the SteeJ, ^ Seafarer and .Steel Rover (Isth­ mian); Robin Tuxford and Robin Goodfellow (Seas); Wacosta, De Soto, Azalea City and Iberville (Waterman). We've got a mattress beef on the Bradford Island which has been going on for some time. We expect to get it settled shortly. The crew has been promised mattresses in almost every port and we think it is hightime they got them. Ihstead of holding up the ship, the crew is waiting patiently for something to be done about the situation. Oldtimers on the beach "include F. Bums, A. Forgue, J. Hanson, J. DiSanto and D. Hines, while in the hospital are R. Rogers, E. Andrade, J. Crowley, J. Farrand, T. Mastaler and F. Mackey. James Sheehan Boston Port Agent i i Wilmington: i Shipping Duo For Big Upswing Noxl Poriod Shipping during the past two week was very slow, yet more than half the jobs filled were taken by permit men. The next two weeks will definitely be on the upswing and anyone. registered who is in­ terested in shipping should have no difficulty getting out in this period. Ships in-transit during the fort­ night were the Yaka, Fairport, Mobilian and Golden City (Water­ man); French Creek, Bents Fort and Council Grove (Cities Service); Sweetwater (Metro Petro); Massmar, Pennmar, Portmar and Marymar (Calmar); Steel Apprentice (Isthmian); Western Trader (West. Nav.), and Northwestern Victory Carriers). The only member confined to the hospital at the present time is Isaac Hancock off ' the Western Rancher (West. Nav.). He probably will be on the unavailable list un­ til April as he has several breaks in his legs. Among the oldtimers kibitzing here about shipping, the weather, wOmen and baseball are A1 Burris, Bob Barbot and Guy Whitehurst along with young old timers Her­ man Peterson, Bob Statham and Jimmy McKenzie. Glad to see that the election is over in Atlantic Refining on the East Coast and we are just about certain of a sweeping victory. We on the West Coast, as do all the members of the SIU everywhere, feel the importance and the im­ pact of the victory in Atlantic to our pocketbooks, our payoffs and our future in the merchant marine. John Arabasz Wilmington Port Agent PORT Boston New York .. Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk. .... Savannah.... Mobile New Orleans ^Galveston ... Seattle ...... Wilmington Savannah: Shipping Expaeied To Hold Steady in Fttture We expect the shipping to hold steady in the future as it has held in the past. Ship paying off was the South­ land of South Atlantic. It signed right on agafn. In-transit vessells were the Maiden Creek and Azalea City (Waterman): Seatrains Savannah and New York, twice each (Seatrairi); Southern States (Southern); and the Robin Sherwood of Seas. Shipping for the next two weeks looks good as we have the follow­ ing due in for payoff; Southstar and Southport of South Atlantic. Also the John Paul Jones is in idle status and may call for a crew at anytime. One of the boys around the beach now is Harry Galphin. He joined in Decemb e r, 1938, i n Savannah, Ga., after going to sea since 1927. Be­ fore that he had served two years in the Navy. At the beginning of his career he was making $62.50 a Galphin month and he had coffee time only if he brought his own. He knows he's got those days beat with the SIU. Oldtimers on the beach include S. M. Pearson, F. T. Burley, L. A. Dewitt and E. M. Jones. In the hospital just waiting for their ship­ mates to drop around or a note are W. L. Butler, G. W. Wilson, W. T. Sheirling, J. Littleton, J. B. Far­ row, H. C. Kemp, R. Huggins, R, A. Denmark, F. H. Buckner, P. Daugherty, M. L. Gardner, John Duffy and L. Love. - Jeff Morrison Savannah Port Agent Mayor's Trek Reveals Gaivesien's Troubles ,.,m^ WtfCi -mm has two ships layed up, the Lucile Bloomfield and the Mary Adams, and they don't expect- to bring them out until the first of the year. The Bull Run (Petrol Tankers) and the Neva West (Bloomfield) were brought out of lay-up and crewed last week, so along with the other ships in transit and the payoffs we had a pretty good week. Ship Activities The Catherine and Gulf Water signed on and in-transit vessels were the Seatrains Georgia (twice) and Louisirana (Seatrains); Val Chem (Valentine Tankers); Neva West (Bloomfield); Bull Run; Abiqua (Cities Service); Mae and Evelyn (Bull); Steel Advocate (Isthmian); Afoundria (Waterman); Alexandria (Carras). Last week the Mayor of Galves­ ton went to Washington to see what could be done about the em­ bargo placed against the Port of Galveston by the US Department of Agriculture, due to litigation initi­ ated by the Government against the Galveston grain elevators. While there, the Mayor learned the ban was not due to the litigation but to objections as to who was at the head of the wharves. In.today's paper, there's an article by the wharves manager that he will re­ tire as vice chairman and general manager, effective March 1, 1954. Maybe this will ease the pressure in the port and start some of the grain ships coming in here for car­ go and payoffs. The Carrabulle (Natl. Navig.) is due in from Houston for payoff, af­ ter being out for five months. The entire crew of the Seatrain Louisiana (Seatrain) brought forth a resolution which might profit the membership to look into and vote upon. The crew believes that as things stand now, its hospitalization coverage is adequate, but they wonder what is going to happen when the USPHS goes out of busi­ ness, if and when. What's more, in order to protect the families of the crewmembers, the men want to see if the Union can put all the Seafarers under a - joint hospital plan sueh'as Blue Cross. We think they've got a good thing here, apd we leave it up to the membership to take the next step. The men aboard the Seatrain Louisiana ask to place the resolu­ tion before the membership so that the membership will be able to vote themselves for what these crewmembers believe to be a good deal. They don't want their broth­ ers to miss out on anything which <vill benefit them and their posi­ tion. Keith Alsop Galveston Fort Agent Lake Charles: Shipping is Booming in Louisiana Port Things have really been hum­ ming in the past two weeks and are expected to stay along those lines for the upcoming period. Coming into this port were the Logan's Fort, Winter Hill, Chiwawa. Government Camp, Bradford Island, Lone Jack, French Creek and Salem Maritime of Cities Serv­ ice. Also the Bull Run of Petrol Tankers and the Petrolite of Tanker Sag were in. Since the French Creek and Lone Jack paid off from overseas trips and the boys wanted to be home for Christmas, this caused a flurry of shipping. We had to resort to shipping a few white card men as most of the rated men were gone from here at the time. We still don't advise a headlong rush to this port since it may be filled up by the time this goes to print. Holiday Dinner We had a dinner on Thanksgiv­ ing Day for the boys at the hall. Thanks to the efforts of several of the brothers who promoted a tur­ key and fixings, Mrs. Cline, a woman who runs a cafe near the hall, cooked the meal with the as­ sistance of Bill Langford. The chief promoter of this dinner was Ross Lyle. All hands pitched in on the job and the meal was enjoyed by about 25 men who put away the groceries in stjde. Leroy Clarke Lake Charles Port Agent i it it Philadelphia: Election And ILA Beef Geming Along Fipe Shipping has been going along on an even keel and we expect it to keep along these same lines for the coming period. i i i On the AFL-ILA beef there Is Galveston: not too much to report except that there seems to be very good progi-ess being made toward the com­ pletion of the drive wdth the AFL holding a very good edge. We ex­ pect some good news on this score Business and shipping for the shortly and we all are wishing past two weeks has picked up a lot, them success in unifying the front and it looks like shipping will re­ once more. Great strides have been main fair for some time. successfully taken I understand, and by the time the injunction e.xIn the last two weeks we paid pires on Christmas Eve, we may off four ships. They were the Steel have achieved success in this drive. Advocate (Isthmian); Catherine (Dry Trans); Ma'-ie Hamil (BloomTwo to Go field) and the Gulf Water (Metro There remain only two vessels Petro). The Marie Hamil is in the still to be voted in Atlantic at this shipyard having some repairs made time and from the reports of the and will take her crew back again organizers it is safe to assume that in about 10 days. Bloomfield still they will go SIU, too. After the ballots are counted, comes con­ tract time with the company. Everyone knows what we are ask­ ing for and if we have to strike these scows to get them we are not going to lessen our demands. Ships paying off were the Abiqua Shipping Figures Novembier 18 to December 2 and Chiwawa (Cities Seiwice), the REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL Sea Cloud of Dolphin and Carras' DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. DECK ENG. STEW. SHIPPED Trinity. All but the Sea Cloud signed on again, as well as Bull's 37 17 17 71 4 7 3 14 Angelina. 172 473 131 114 356 143 158 111 In-transit vessels included the 35 22 42 17 35 94 51 . 108 Robin Kirk, Robin Wently (twice) and Robin Gray (Seas); Fair-land, 89 136 107 170 127 82 325 Andrew Jackson, Afoundi-ia, Has­ 7 14 13 6 33 5 14 2 tings (twice), Chickasaw, Wacosta 12 6 14 4 22 26: 15 55 and Azalea City (Waterman); Steel 12 40 4 4 10 16 2 Voyager, Steel Flyer, Steel King, 31 37 91 38 28 101 23 35 Steel Architect and Steel Seafarer 111 84 124 125 315, (Isthmian); Sea Cloud (Dolphin); 111 349 114 Government Camp and Winter 47 50 37 33 56 112 134 23 Hill (Cities Service); Southern 61 26 28 28 ' 106 115 44 36 States (Southern Traders); Val 62 43 141 49 162 44 ; 51 Chem (Valentine); Ines and Eliza­ beth (Bull). 6, 32 29 ^2 73 0 3 9 iSteve Cardullo A 506; 1,661 Phfladelphi^a Port, Agent 2,048 ; i.^654,.:,:,. 506 ; J. f.j i. ••ui •V; MA j.v-'.. .. . CO Mobile: . J-v ft J't ""v*- 1Sl �Wtme Twelve SEAFARERS DeMmlwr 11,.19SS' LOG MEET THE SEAFARER IN THE WAKE JOHN CHELTON, Oiler For a man who's had a taste of But sailing non-union on the the sea, the life of a barber can be Lakes, he said, meant all that sail­ 4> ^ 4> Question: Did you do any Christ­ a pretty dull way to make a living, ing with one company means any­ Many of the tall tales spun by mas shopping overseas? and that's the main reason that where. Ypu didn't have much in John Chelton is now sailing SIU. the way of job security with that seafaring men involve the fierce and terrifying storms which they John, who Is 27 years old, sayS kind of set-up, besides which the Tommy Scoper, engine dept.: I've he hasn't been sailing SI^ ships earnings have survived in the world's wa­ and conditions couldn't the Med­ very long—actually for less than compare with those he receives ters. Although the height of the bought some presents iterranean and a year—but after sailing some un­ with the SIU. There just wasn't waves which break over the ves­ Persian Gulf this organized ships on the Lakes, and any kind of protection for the men sel's deck reach stupendous pro year. I bought a spending four years in the Navy, against having to do all kinds of portions in these stories, actual Turkish water he says, "there's just no compari­ overtime work without added pay. records prove less ferocious. At pipe in Bombay, son. The SIU is great." the Hydrographic Office of the And, he added, you couldn't turn India, where J Saw Lots of Action it down either. United States Navy Department, did most of my John started sailing some 10 So, after sailing on the Lakes records reveal no wave higher 4. 4. ^ shopping. Also years ago, when he went into the for a while, John wanted to get. *Way back in 1819 the Savannah than an 'estimated 80 feet. This some silver- Navy. He ended up as a water- back on deep-sea ships again, so set out on her maiden voyage—the giant wave was encountered by braided purses tender aboard the light cruiser he went to Galveston and was able first steamship to cross the ocean. the British ship Majestic back on and hammered USS Miami, where he spent three to ship out on the Seatrain Texas. The venture proved to be a finan­ December 22, 1922 in the North cial failure, however, and sailing Atlantic waters. In general, it is silver items, which are typical of years, seeing quite a bit of action Since that time, he's sailed on the in the Pacific—"I got two bars and Logans Fort and the Antlnous. ships were not to be supplanted by difficult to estimate the height of the country. nine stars," he says. Now he's ashore and waiting until steam until 15 years later. ^ 4^ ^ waves during violent storms, but The nine stars are for the nine he can get a foreign freight run James Parker, cfa. pumpman: I In 1834 two British steamers, the most of the whoppers measured by Sirius and the Great Western, the Navy reached 50 feet in haven't been overseas for a year, major engagements that the Miami that he likes. took part in during the campaign, "After sailing on SIU ships." he started service to New York, where height. but I've had my including all the invasions from says, "I'd never go back to sailing their fast trips placed them ahead fill of Christmas 4> 4> 4> the Marshall Islands, right up to with any other outfit. I figure that of all their rivals of the day, and According to a German zoolo­ shopping. I spent the end of the war, including I'm going to be sailing for a long put the British ahead of the United gist who counted them, the West a frustrating Guam, Saipan, Okinawa and others. time yet, and I want to do all my States as far as Atlantic naval Shield shrimp has 1,802,604 leg hour getting lost The Miami also was part of Task isaiUng with the SIU. power was concerned. joints . . . Although marine crea­ in Macy's in New Force 38, which made the first On Own Time Alarmed over their loss of lead­ ture are unusually sensitive to York recently, carrier air strike on Tokyo, follow­ "Back on the Lakes, the engi­ ership, United States shipping lines changes in temperature, a snail and I had to in­ ing Doolittle's raid. It was the neers used to have us chipi<ug and built the Atlantic, the Pacific, the has been known to survive in tem­ quire my way to Miami which sank the last Jap­ painting and doing all sort of work Arctic and the Baltic, luxury liners peratures of 140 degrees below the street. I was 'ft . anese heavy cruiser to the bottom like that. Every man in the enginewhich cost a staggering $3 million zero Farhenheit . . . The swift looking for a room had a particular station, or apiece to build. The United States sailfish can swim~70 miles an hour pocketbook for my mother, but af^r a surtace engagement. "We were real lucky," John says, section of the engineroom that he once more had the queen of the . . . The common goldfish can couldn't find one. "because we only got hit once, and was responsible for, and the man seas when the Baltic crossed the grow to reach a length of 16 ^ 4^ 4> ocean in an unprecedented nine inches ... A snail's pace has been Oscar Raynor, cook: Haven't that was by a Jap torpedo that had to keep that section clean and. chipped and painted. Most of that days, 13 hours. generally estimated at one mile done any Christmas shopping yet never did go off. It was a dud." After John got out of the Navy, work was done on your own time, this year, but I in 14 days. 4i i 4; One of the unsung heroes of the hope to get to he decided that he'd settle down, too. 4' t t "When I got my first SIU ship, I American Revolution was John One of the sea's most Impressive Japan to do it. and so he went to a barber school. Glover, a Massachusetts-bom pa­ giants is the blue whale, a mam­ "While over there "I thought I'd learn to be a barber, could hardly believe the way things triot, who is at least partially mal which at birth is larger than in other year^ I and then settle down, but I found worked. The conditions were terri­ credited with helping to bring an adult elephant . . . Another got dishes and out that I didn't like it. I wanted fic, and thd payoffs were terrific, and travelling." too. about the creation of the US Navy. unusual water mammal is the sea statuettes for the to keep moving, Sailed on Lakes "Now that I've sailed with the Not only was he instrumental in otter. In order to eat a mollusk, folks back home, So, after barber school, John SIU for .a while, and know what helping to outfit the four ships this eccentric creature floats on in Colombo, ended up sailing on the Great the deal is, I figure that I'll be which became the nucleus of Gen­ its back in the water and then, lay­ India, I bought Lakes. He spent three years on the ready to help out in the next or­ eral Washington's naval strength, ing a rock on its stomach, it some ebony wood but he helped the Continental smashes the mollusk shell against elephants and they went over big Lakes, most of it sailing for the ganizing drive that the Union Cleveland Cliff Iron Company, a starts. After seeing , how great Army to escape from New Jersey the rock . . . The frog fish, which with the family. non-union outfit. things really are on an SIU ship, after a crushing defeat. is found in and around the waters 4" 4 4" Even at best, John said, sailing the way everything works for He had organized an amphibious of the Asiatic islands bccasionally Daniel Gemeiner, MM: In the on the Lakes is a rough way to and the benefit of the members, I fig­ force called the 14th Regiment, leaves the water, and hops around past few years I've got perfume make a living because it's a sea­ ure that I'll be glad to help or­ Continental Line, in Marblehead, on the shore very much like a frog in France, glass­ sonal business and once the Lake ganize some of the non-Union out­ composed mainly of fishermen in . . . The stickleback is another fish ware in England area freezes over'there isn't much fits. I'll really know what I'm talk­ the area, and this force carried which imitates a different species and woodcarvings a seaman can do but shift for him­ ing about when I tell the unorgan- . "Washington's men across the Dela­ —it builds a nest for its young, in Germany, get­ self in the winter-time and try to ized seamen about how wonderful ware and to their celebrated sur- like a bird. ting the best each pick up some other odd Job. the SIU is." country had to offer. My wife r • asked me to get * B * l-J » 1 •rj * f IT * T a woodcarving in Germany, and so ACROSS DOWN 19. Bay, SE 34. Imitate I bought one of a 1. Place for a 1. Hastened After a four-day land and sea discuss the war against Japan ... Honshu 35 The: German mariner 2. At this point 22. Make fun of clock for our home. 37. CaUed battle, German forces captured the The Seafarer-crew of the Lawton Where 3. 23. 38. Portions of New York There are quite a few nice British naval base on the Island B. Evans was cited as a "credit Abadan is with lines medicine , Barbados 4. Throb like ' 24. Sharpen items you can't get here, 40. Mail, as a of Leros, and Berlin announced to the merchant marine" for their 8. Firm the heart 25. Unravel letter 4 4 4" S2. S. American 5. Thrashes that the entire Island was in Nazi efficiency and courage during an 26. Wicked 41. Aspect country 6. Blaik's team Jose Lopez, oiler; I haven't done hands . .. Allied plants from North invasion and a trip through sub28. Ibsen char­ 42. Member of acter chorus 13. Period of time 7. Girl's name any Christmas shopping overseas, Africa bombed the Toulon Air infested waters ... Ad "hour-long 8. West Indian 29. Man's nick­ 43. Liquors 14. To sheltered island ever, but I hope Base in occupied France ... In parade" of 775 British bombers name 44. Fasten side 9. Tsland near 31. Spanish noble- 45. Commune in to get some done Washington, Stabilization Director raided Berlin. Of an -age Frisco 15. man HoUand 10. Not fake 32. Ore ship this year. I have Fred "Vinson announced a $100 mil­ 46. Moran ship 16. Bar in Am­ 11. Refute . sterdam 4 4 4 always been in lion subsidy or more on flour to 17. Orange skin (Puzzle Answer on Page 25) 18. Stupidity the United States prevent bread price increases . . . President Roosevelt arrived In Naples. •0. Genoa, around the end of The SIU fought a proposal for stiff Malta, for a conference after at- . etc. the year , so I medical exams that would bar tending another conference in of •1. Beast burden never had the op- many oldtimers from sailing . . . Cairo with Prime Minister Chur­ Z2. Unite firmly portuttity, al­ Activity continued on New Guinea chill and Turkish President Ismet 23. Slide though I shop as Australian troops pressed a Inonu to "reaffirni" the "identity " Offer a price 26. regularljr in San fresh offensive against the Japa­ of interests and traditional rela­ 27. Made a voyage Juan, P. R., near my home. tions of friendships" with Turkey nese. Star State 80. . . . Eduard fienes, president of 4 4 4 81. Pop 4 4 4 First, second Thomas Ramirez, MM: I've Czechoslovakia government-inIn Yugoslavia, German forces the or third bougiit fishing gear and dishes in exile, signed a 20-year treaty of >3. Word ending landed on the island of Veglia, and friendship Yokosuka and 34. Grand Banksand mutual assistance on the mainland, drove the parti­ catch Yokohama, with Russia . The SEAFARERS 85. Stupified sans put of three small towns . . . LOG ran a. .comparison Japan, where you 86. Gun con­ The SIU began ah educational pro­ tracts covering stewards of 88. Man's nick­ can get some fine depart­ name gram to make good Union men out ment personnel. The comparison pieces of work­ 89. ^joie. of of the RMO trainees ... Earth­ included, SIU, NMU and NUMCS oasebaU manship. I've 40. Calmar ship quakes in Turkey destroyed 29 vil­ contracts and showed that Seafar- . . bought dresses in 44. Boulogne oaeds lages and were .estimated to have ers were far ahead of other stew­ 47. Like some the Philippines harbor water killed more than 4,000 persons. ards department men jn wages, On the beach and rugs in In­ 48. 49. Put to work working conditions, pvertimp and r dia and Egypt. 4 .4 4 80. Network President Roosevelt, FrlmW Min­ all. other cpnsiderations . . . The Also, I got my lit81. Require 82. Greats: Abbr. tile girl a kimono in Japan last ister Cburchi"! and Generalissimo US Fifth Army announced the ca^ ' ' 83. Slaughter of ' Chiang Kai-shek met at Cairo to ture of Mt. Caniino in Iteiy. ^ .time I was there, . the Cards The Winter Hill, as her crewmembers will be interested to know, was named after a, prison camp for British soldiers, during the Revolutionary War. When General Burgoyne's army, neared Cambridge, Mass., as prisoners of war, some of the officers pushed over on the ferry into Boston. However, their hopes of comfort­ able quarters and good living were quickly dispelled, and they were speedily returned to nearby Win­ ter Hill, where far-from-luxurious barracks were awaiting them. prise victory at Trenton — a deed which raised Glover to the rank of general. .-Jsigt.i. -AM' • I �KrH'''-M»7rT!^H 1. -'•• • .•• f .IV; December 11, -ISSS" , S^EAFARERS |i'':'. SEAFARERS •So THAT'S Unity!' LOG Vol. XV. December 11, 1953 Paee TBIrteea LOG Uo. 25 I.',: . .fi'' Published biweekly by the Seafarers Inlematiohal Union, Atlantic .& Guli District, AFL, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth 9-6600. Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer editor. HERRRM BRAND: Mnnagvng Editor, HAV DENISON; Art editor. BESRARD SEAMAN; Piioto Editor, DANIEL NIIVA; StaS Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR IBWTN SPTVACK ART PERrAT.L, JERRY REEMER. AL MASKIN. NOEL PARMENTEL; Guli Area Reporter, BILL MOODY; Staff GAYLOHD LYMAN. MILTON HOROWITZ. Bridges Agalir We've pointed out before that Communist strength in West Coast maritime is still a force to be reckoned with. Seafarers Are Despite all the attacks on Harry Bridges and his allies in In Own Drydoek past years, it has been the SIU of North America and its To the Editor: affiliates: the SUP, the SIU and now the Marine Firemen's Greetings from Ward 6 of the Union and the Marine Cooks and Stewards-AFL; who have Army Hospital in Yokohama carried the major burden of the fight against Communist that's the broken bones depart­ influence in maritime. ment. I'm here with a broken leg It's no surprise that Bridges and his underlings in the that I got when I tried to assist one of the worthy brothers getting West Coast longshore union and in the National Union of on board the MV Sword Knot at Marine Cooks and Stewards,' should attempt to weaken and Inchon, Korea. undermine AFL West Coast unions. His latest raid on the Directly across from me Aleutian, a ship which is under contract to AFL unions in Brother Bill Scarlett. He got all three departments, is-of a piece with many past actions. messed up here in Yokohama and When Bridges massed his manpower on the pier in front like mysel of the Aleutian, his purpose was obviously to intimidate APT. he's due for an V crewmembers aboard the ship. But while he could have a extended stay. few individuals roughed up, the mass march of AFL seamen Down at t h to the pier gave him an unwelcome answer. It's important to other end of the note too, the way the Marine.Firemen's Union, recently affiliward is Brother ateji, With the SIU, participated wholeheartedly in this bee: George Black alongside the other unions. who got busted Whatever the outcome of this particular incident, the figh up on the Mar­ Llpkin vin. He's been of AFL yiaritime unions against Communist influence in -West Coast maritime will continue until that influence is here a couple of months but ex­ pects to go back to the States in a eradicated. few weeks. t 4 ' 4 LABOR ROUND-tlP Philadelphia downtown traffic is moving more normaUy now with workers at 63 garages and parking lots returning to work with a new two year contract. Approximately 200 members of the Transport Workers Union, Local 700 (CIO) were out for a week on the picket lines. The new agreement provides an immediate ten-cent hourly in­ crease with another two cents an hour six months from now. when it was picketed by Hotel and Restaurant Union members. The union was protesting the hir­ ing of a non-union catering firm for the occasion. Several guests including the state commander and political leaders as well as 200 Legion members refused to cross the line. The picketing-was called off whien the union was as­ sured that union caterers would be hired in the future. The hospital is fine and the chow, though not up to shipboard standards. Is adequate. The social The'opesators of the strike bound SS Florida had a rude services here are worthy of special awakening this past week. The company had ideas of signing mention. The Red Cross is really a quick new contract with the SIU, and then using this new on the job for a change and really contract to force deck and engine officers back to work. They puts out with the coifee, cake-and 4^ 4> 4^ material. One outfit, the even advertised in a' Miami newspaper for licensed officers reading 4" 4" 4" Gray Ladies, a volunteer set-up, The CIO Brewery Workers to replace the striking men. A half-vote decided a National Union have celebrated December really is on the job." They're most­ The Union rejected the company proposal. The operators ly Army wives, daughters and Labor .Relations Board election in 5 as the 20th anniversary of the were told that they would sign a new contract only after relatives of the civilian personnel favor of the AFL Sheet Metal repeal of the I8th amendment or regular negotiations, the same as all other SlU-contracted in Japan. They receive no com­ Workers Union ^t the Wright Man­ prohibition amendment as it was. ufacturing Company of Phoenix, popularly known. The Brewery companies—and then only after the membership had ap­ pensation and are here in the hos­ Arizona. The original vote was 68 V.'^orkers point out that legal liquor pital every day and evening dis­ proved the new contract in the regular fashion. tributing toilet articles, cigarettes for 'the AFL union, 62 for the in the past 20 years has made At present the Florida is still tied up and crewmembers and organizing recreational activi­ CIO and six no union votes. Six­ more than a million jobs available have refused to cross the picketlines. The incident does prove ties. They also conduct a shopping teen other votes had been chal­ and brought in $43 billions in tax that the operators always have hopes of breaking strikes and service for patients who are un­ lenged by the CIO. revenue. able to leave the wafd. They're* The Labor Board upheld 15 of maritime unions. if if if the challenges and counted the really swell people. t 3, t AFL and CIO unity committees 16th ballot. It was an AFL vote SUP Agent Is Tops giving the Sheet Metal Workers will meet in Washington on De­ Dick Kim, agent for the SUP in 69 votes out of 137, or half a vote cember 16 to undertake further dis­ on the subject of organic Coast Guard charges filed against an OS on the Sea Wind Yokohama, came over to see me as more than the total cast. The de­ cussions unity in the labor movement. It cisive vote was cast by a worker soon as he was notified that I was shows how some officers are quick to blame a crewman for in the hospital. 'He's really on the no longer employed at the plant. will be the first meeting of the anything that goes wrong. In this case, the OS, who had been ball. committees since the agreement We had a long talk and he if if •going to sea for only a short time, was charged with leaving assured me that anything we guys Independent telephone workers of last June on a no-raiding pact his post as lookout after which six men were killed in a ship here wanted he would get us. in New York have voted 1,988 which is to go into effect on Janu-1 collision. feel very happy to know that there to 1,718 to affiliate with the CIO ary 1 for ail unions signing the However the man was cleared at a Coast Guard hearing is a representative close at hand Communications Workers union. It -pact. i t t when testimony showed he had been ordered by the-mate to to protect our interests. Any time was the first foothold that the help rig a pilot's ladder. The mate used the lookout so he these company agents try to give telephone union has won among Striking photoengravers have wouldn't have to call up another man and pay OT for the job. us a fast shuffle, we've got Brother 60,000 employees of the Bell Tele­ returned to work at six New York When the Coast Guard raised a beef about not having a Kim here to straighten them out. phone system in the city. The in­ City newspapers after an 11-day There have been countless beefs dependent union involved held walkout. The engravers won a lookout on duty, the blame was quickly put on the OS. It was here, on SIU ships that he has bargaining rights for 4,800 of the $3.75 weekly settlement plus a only after hearings that the Coast Guard decided the man was taken care of. He's the busiest guy 60,000 employees. fact-finding board investigation to simply following the mate's orders. in town but never too busy to talk see if any further gains should be J4 if 41 I In this instance the OS was fortunate enough to have assist­ with and confide to. Any time Milk truck drivers in New York forthcoming. ance from his Union in preparing his cas§. Otherwise he could there's a beef he can be contacted State, The strike tied up ail six news­ who handle the big milk have lost his right to sail because of an incident for which he at 35 Honcho, Chome, Nakaku, tank rigs that deliver- daily- to pas- papers when members of other Yokohama. That's behind and tuerizing plants have agreed to newspaper unions refused to cross had no responsibility. above the Port Hole Bar, meeting arbitrate a contract dispute with the picket lines. A seventh paper, 4" and greeting place for all Ameri­ the employers. Arbitration was re­ the New York Herald Tribune, can seamen. quested by AFL Teamsters presi­ does not employ its own photoen­ So long for now. Bill Scarlett dent Dave Beck who pointed out gravers, but it suspended publica­ This issue of the LOG contains a survey of shipping men's wonders if the Welfare Director, that New "York City had just re­ tion also in the course of the opinion as to the value of the Mariner-type ships. At present, Walter Siekmann gets out this way. cently undergone a strike of local strike. some are dubious about the ship, citing size, operating costs This would be a pleasant surprise, deliverymen and plant employees ^ 4* 4> and that's for sure. Regards all which cut off ail fluid milk supply. and purchase price as drawbacks. / ^ Private Sanitation Drivers, who Should the Government be unable to dispose of these around. We don't wish you were Leaders of 12 locals with a total collect garbage and waste from here, but if your ship is, come see membership of 1,000 drivers restaurants, factories and busi­ vessels for commercial use, it would be a grave blow to the us. ' agreed-to the request. nesses have gone 'un strike in New industry's efforts to obtain coristructipn aid for new vessels. One more thing before I close. The contract has been under dis­ York City over a wage issue. The With the Maritiets available. Congress would not be likely If you're out around this way, drop pute for four months with the drivers are members of the AFL to authorize any other kind of program. in, but if you can't, drop us a line. upions asking hourly' increases of Teamsters Union. New York City's It's to be hoped then, that some arrangement can he worked Try to get around to all the boys, 55 cents and other improvements. Sanitation Department started out between ^the Maritime Administration and the private too, because they all need a little filling the slack in waste coUec- ' if V' operators wheie ne^ssary adaptations, can be made to assurje cheering up. An American legion banquet in ti^Ds, giving health reasons as the usefulness of the ships. . Max UpUn Boston Was delaj^d for two hours cause for Its Ih'lerV'ention. Hiide Awakening • • • - Qaick To Blame Tim Mariner Ships • - . �Pure Fourteen • %.- . ^ . , . SEAFARERS Dciocmbcr 11,.195S « t .. .?-• • rv; mI f4•:•:!• Billy and club-wielding cops and detectives meet a parade of SUP, MFOW and MCS-AFL members (center) as well as members of other SIU affiliates to stop the men from reaching NUMCS and ILWU squads (group standing at pier entrance, upper left). NUMCS and Bridges men had previously beaten' Aleutian (ship at pier) crewmembers going to and from the ship. - IS"-:'-: vS- hi»-s3 :••; Three detectives (note billy sticking out of pocket, center) hold a An AFL man, with blood streaming down hlsiace after being clubbed demonstrator as a cop snaps handcuffs on him. Demonstrators halted, i by police, and another demonstratpr sit in ^poliipe paddy wagon guarded • on pleas of leaders rather than attempt a breakthrough. Bryson and ' by San Francisco cop., Qub-wiplding cops injured a: number.,of thf : if/ J Bridges,'backed ^iown and stoj^d molesting Aleutian meBi^ 77^^?fe7-^den^stratora vwbile^pi^ctijag^^^ squadscv^s^^jif^^ws^ie^ '• • • • ^ �Decieinber SEATAHEKS LOG Page Fifteea '•^1 Lasf week, squads from Hugh Bryson's CommunisNdominoted NUMCS and Harry Bridges' CommunisNdomlnated ILWU tried to stop AFL seamen In San Francisco from boarding or leav­ ing their own ship. The combined strength of all SIU affiliates forced Bridges and Bryson to back down and allow crewmembers free access to the vessel. The passenger ship Aleutian was the center of the beef. Sold by one company to another, she was contracted to the MCS-AFL, and other AFL unions. Arriving in Frisco, the ship was met by squads from Bryson's and Bridges' out­ fits. As crewmembers left the ship, the waiting squads roughed them up. SIU affiliates members, angered at the at­ tacks on Aleutian crewmen, marched on the pier in protest. SUP, SlU-A&G District, MCS-AFL, MFOW and other SIU affiliates all participated. MFOW members took wholehearted part in their first beef since thei MFOW affiliated with •H - 1: . f :• -4'. ; • the SIU. The demonstrators were met down the street from the pier by Frisco police—^with billies and clubs ready for use. The cops formed a line to protect the Bryson-Bridges squads from the dem­ onstrators. The same cops who took no action against Bryson-Bridges squads, wdded into the demonstrators with clubs and billies swinging. Demonstration leaders halted the men. Subsequently Bridges and Bryson, in the face of the determined' demonstrators, agreed that all Aleutian crewmen would have free ac­ cess to the ship at all times. -• '.'ik i Police and demonstrators mill aroimd as action gets hot and heavy, SUP, MFOW and MCS-AFL demonstrators were joined by Seafarers and other SIU of NA affiliates in winning guarantee that crewmembers of the Aleutian would not be interfered with. .'; -'v'vd •; • J ->•< .'Ji I ••'Si •tv , V:J: .•i �Page Sixtieen SEAFARERS MAR ITIM E LOG DMember 11, 1958 SEAFARERS Japanese shipping interests have cancelled plans for construction of two 15,000-ton passenger liners for US on the San Francisco to Yokohama run. The liners, as planned, would have had a passenger capacity of 1,000 and a speed of 21 knots. Each of the ships would have cost under $14 millions but funds were not available for their construction . . . The Matson Company and Isthmian are opening a joint Hawaiian department in New York City to handle their brisk Hawaiian trade.. The office will be ready around January 1. Good Galley: Cooperation, Imagination In between storing the ship with a wide variety of good quality food stores and providing tasty meals for the crew stand those all-important people, the members of the stewards department. If the stores are poor and insufficient in quantity and variety, a good galley crew can Comes the holiday season and do more to Improve on them than you might think possible. And, the SIU galley crews on the ships go other way around, the way good food can be put to shame by bad all out producing Thanksgiving cookery is simply astonishing. Witness what they do with first quality 4. new British shipyard, the first one in 26 years, has been opened Day and Christmas dinners. The at Newport, South Wales, with appropriate ceremonies. The yard shrimp, turkey, baked ham. roast beef and other food at some military posts. Even where a ship has a good cook or a good baker aboard, their will permit lar^re ships to be built in drydock, with one drydock al­ beef, steak, stuffings, fancy pies ready in oneratirn handling jobs up to 8,000 tons. Another drydock. and desserts, and other fixings for efforts will be very largely nullified if the whole galley force doesn't to be construc'ed subsequently, will take ships uie to 45,000 t-^ns. The a special holiday meal are usually operate as a harmonious unit. After ail, when it comes to dishing out British lock c n the new yard as a way of meeting European competi­ very much in evidence. Many a credit, or blame, tiie crew doesn't take time out to consider which man tion which h'.s taken a number tf co. siruciion orders away from the ship sends in menus as proof that made the biscuits, boiled the potatoes, fried the eggs, peeled the onions islands . . . Chrnere seamen on t';e Eritifh freighter Greystoke Castle it had the best holiday dinner any­ or made the coffee. If there is any thought on the subject it would be whether the full meal left a pleasant or unpleasant impression. Con- • have besn tck.n in custody by Imin*gra-"cn authorities in S"n Fran­ where in the SIU, sequently the failure of any one member of the galley crew to do cisco after'th-y bolted tl:e vessel. Ihe 37 men involved were angry Among crews that were enthusi­ his job properly can void the efforts of all the others. over denial of shore leave when t>c ship reached port. astic about the performance of That goes to the serving of the meals, too, where a poor messman t. t. iheir steward department were can foul up a good meal. Obviously, a good meal on a ship has to be The Sun Oil Company tanker Louisiana had to be taken in tow Nocthwestem Vie- a cooperative effort. about 200 miles northwest of Puerto Rico after she lost her propeller. tory fVictory Carriers) rnrriorci and nnH the th«. Petty Bickering A Hindrance A salvage tug brought her into port for repairs . . . The 3.400 ton Elizabeth (Bull). The crew noted Dominican frcl.ghter Nuevo Domorico capsized and sank at a Ciih.-.n that chief steward Christopher That's why petty bickering among the galley force, such as who anchorage after having been towed into port. The freighter had pre­ Dacey of the Northwestern Vic­ will bring up the flour, clean the sauce pans and bakers' sheets, and viously run aground and done a considerabie amount of damage to tory "did a wonderful job in mak­ similar minor items, will create an atmosphere in which it is difficult her bottom. ing the holidays the most pleasant to turn out consistently good meals. That in turn will spoil the repu­ i i i tation of any good galley force, because the crew is going to place the possible." Forty washing machines destined for Czech housewives have been blame on all, no matter who might be individuaUy responsible for the Joined In NY stowed abcard the freighter American Shipper for del'very to Czecho­ Dacey has been an SIU member trouble on board. slovakia. The maeh'nes were donated by a Wisconsin manufaclurer for about One way to get a good start on the problem, is to provide an orderly years now, joining who heard a radio broadcast that their husbands were arrested for and weU-equipped galley for the men to do their work in. If the galley the Union in making machines for them. The men were accused of economic New York on is not properly arranged, if the men are constantly short on the basic sabotage because they had taken maier'als from the town workshop March 24, 1951. tools of the trade, it's going to make everything twice as hard to do, for that 'purpose. In the likely event that the machines cannot be _JIe's a Massachu­ and irritations will pop up constantly. Unfortunately, this is some­ delivered they will be. turned over to Czech refugees in Germany . . . setts native,'hav­ thing which. isn't always under the steward's controL once the ship The Cunard liner Parthia carried some unusual cargo on her last ing been born leaves port. The same is true of getting sufficient stores on board trip back when six horses and their gr-'oms went along. The horses there December for the voyage. These are things that have to be taken care of before had been shown by Irish equestrians at Madison Square Garden in 21, 1903, ju.st the ship sails. New York during the National Horse show. Avoid Monotony In Food four days shy of t t 4" • Christmas. Bel­ Assuming the galley is a good place to work in and all hands are Great Lakes ore carriers, who have taken good advantage of mild mont, Massachu­ pulling together in an orderly and efficient fashion, one more in­ Dacey spring and fall weather, have passed the 95 million ton mark in iron setts, is his home gredient is important to turning out good meals—imagination. When ore shipments to steel mills in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and New York town. the steward and his assHitants get together, to talk over preparation state. The previous high record of 92 million tons was set in 1942. A ^ 4" 4 of the day's menu, there's nothing so dreary as a cook who has no longer ice-free season, plus construction of additional ore can-iers, On the Elizabeth, chief steward ideas beyond suggesting baked custard or rice pudding for dessert made the new record possible. Ernest Bryant and the ship's cooks Granted that the custard or pudding is tasty, the crew that has seen i were cited bY their shipmates for the same thing several times in the course of a trip are liable to rebel The American 5Ierchant Marine Institnte recently announced the doing a fine job on tlie Tiianksgiv- at the monotony. appointment of two representatives, Herbert A. O'Conor, former sena- ing holiday. Bryant has been an It doesn't take much to provide something new and something dif­ from Maryland, and Francis T, Greene, former general coiii sel of SIU merpber for over ten years, ferent, because there are literally hundreds, maybe thousands, of nie Federal Maritime Board, who will speak for a majority of the joining the Union in Savannah on different dishes that can be concocted even out of the limited variety American Merchant Marine in Washington following the dissolution May 10, 1943. He and his wife of stores that are put aboard a ship. Most of the mealtime variety of the National Federation of American Shipping . , , On October 1 make their home in that Georgia can come In the dessert and baked goods category. It's here that imagi­ the Military Sea Transportation Service observed its fourth year of port city. He's 34 years old. nation can shine. By providing a little different twist to the desserts, transporting American military passengers and cargoes around the 4 4 4 the crew will have something new to look forward to every day of the world, it has lifted more than 93 million tons of cargo, nearly 8 mil­ Robert L. Ferguson, ship's dele­ trip. Main courses too, can be varied considerably from one day to lion passengers and more than 53 million long tons of petroleum prod­ gate of the Ragnar Naess must, the next. A standard dish like pot roast can be made in a dozen dif­ ucts in the four years of its existence, ferent ways by the same cook if he puts his mind to it. have done quite it -Jt a job in that All it means in most instances is using a little different kind of A penetrating study of the domestic shipping business is being made post, judging sauce, or preparing it with different vegetables and condiments. There's for the Department of Commerce by Dr. Marvin Fair, professor of from the crew enough variety in these to give new flavor to every standard meat dish Economics and Transportation at Tulane University, in an attempt to report. He was the second and third time.around. find out "what sunk the coastwise trade" . . . Export controls of the commended "for Everybody Has Pet Food Peeves Office of International Trade were extended to include vessels of US his extreme sin­ registry intending for scrapping abroad because of the continued short­ cerity and dili­ Even after all this is done, the stewards, department has to resign age of iron and steel scrap required for domestic steel production. The gence while serv­ itself to the fact that there will always be some objections to certain new regulation applies ,to American-flag vessels in foreign waters ing as ship's del­ foods. A few books could be written about the likes and dislikes of which are to be scrapped as well as to such vessels located in the US. egate." The crew people when it comes to eating. Besides which the world is full of Ferguson people who have very strong ideas of their own about what constitutes it $> added that he The Ministry of Marine of the West German government at Bonn, kept beefs down to a bare mini­ a good daily diet, each one different from the other. The bid bw Germany, announced that the government intends to participate in mum, with the result that it was about one man's meat being another man's poison holds true with transatlantic passenger trade, in direct competition with present gov­ a smooth trip ail around and there a vengeance. It would be expecting the impossible to hope for -complete sitisfacernments and firms operating along those lines. Negotiations are go­ were no headaches to speak of at ing on for the Gripsholm and LTtalia, intending to lure them away the payoff. tion for eveiy crewmember at every meal. The best any galley crew from their present o^ers as a base for beginning the across-the-ocean Ferguson, who sails in the en­ can do is take aim at the target and come as close as they can. And if passenger service . . . Grain is flowing down the Mississippi River for gine department, has been with most of the crew decides they just don't like something, the stewards export out of the Port of New Orleans at the rate of 60-70 barges a the SIU a little under three years, department just has to bow to their choice—even if they know that mcnth. Each barge carries a cargo of from 40,000 to 100,000 bushels, joining in New Orleans on /Janu­ the dish in question is really a good one. Just cross it off the menu with deliveries to New Orleans possing the thirteen million bushel ary 29, 1051. He's 34 and .a native and forget about it until the next trip, when maybe you will hit a mark early this year. crew that wiw gobble up the same dish and ask for more. of Clarendon, Arkansas. Burly I> Unreal Xightmare , . • C- • ,v•- .• • v-,. • 7^-.. . BM Bernard Seaman �December 11, 195S: SEAFARERS Pafe Sevenicea LOG How Useful Are Mariners? (Contiixu.ed from page 5) suitable in today's highly competi­ tive ocean trade. One proposed adaptation of the Mariners that seems to be usable is a conversion to combined cargopassenger operations. The ships are big enough and fast enough to run with the best of the passenger vessels. They have enough room to allow for carriage of several hundred passengers, plus a con­ siderable amount of cargo. * •For a while Moore-McCormack lines, which operates to South America out of New York, was considering just that. However, they have abandoned plans to con­ vert Mariners and now plan to con­ struct two new passenger-cargo ships that can be built to their ex­ act specifications. Up until now, the only company to buy the Mariners has been Pacific Far East Lines. They have ordered three of the ships which are to be constructed with cargo spaces revised for their purpose, including more reefer space and deep tahk space. On the long run from the West Coast to the Far East the Mariners speed will save many days of travel. For example, they estimate the Mariners' will cut transit time from San Fran­ cisco to Manila about four days, or eight days on a round trip. The increasing concern in Con­ gress and other Government cir­ cles about the Mariners was refiected in Congressional hearings held in August on a proposal to convert two of them to Navy re­ frigerator ships. The hearing, conducted by the Public Accounts All Atlantic Tankers Vote, Count To Begin (Continued from page 3) ess Union. Both the AMOA and the AMEU have the same business manager, attorney Emanuel Fried­ man, who also serves as general AFL Unions Halt Bridges 'Frisco Raid (Continued from page 3) Bridges squads at any point in the proceedings. The dispute arose when the Hawaiian-Pacific Line took over Aleutian from Alaska Steamship Company and signed with MCSAFL for the stewards department. The ship was scheduled for service between San Francisco and Hono­ lulu. Hawaiian-Pacific was not bound by the Pacific Maritime Association and consequently was " free to sign with MCS-AFL. Skeleton Crew When the ship took on a skele­ ton crew in Seattle, Bridges and the NUMC&S halfheartedly at­ tempted to intervene, but a mass escort of SUP men for the crew quickly settled the issue. However •when the ship arrived in San Francisco it was greeted at the pier by the Bridges squads. The first incidents took place shortly afterward when the squads pummelled one firemen and the chief cook, as well as Hanson and two other MCS-AFL representa­ tives. It was then that the mass march to the pier followed. Upon learning of the situation, SIU A&G Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall dispatched wires to SUP representatives in all West Coast ports and Honolulu assuring them of the fullest possible support from the A&G District. "The entire membership," the wire read, "of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union, Atlantic and Gulf District, and its officers are on record to support the SUP 100 percent, physically, financially and morally in your beef with fink HariY Bridges and his Con^munist henchmen." SIU West Coast rep­ resentatives were instructed to co­ operate fully'in the matter. Meanwhile, the ship's first sail­ ing has been cancelled as Bridges ordered JongshbiKmen not to Joadthe carjo. Another iag^;^h^S' been s6tIfor December 20. "i counsel for the two company out­ fits. That kind of a tie-in obvious­ ly disqualified the captain and chief from the role of impartial observer in the voting. Subsequently, the company de­ cided that the ship could come back to the States after all, so the voting was scheduled for Port Ar­ thur on December 10. SIU organizers seeking to build up the pro-SIU majority in the fieet have been plugging to the very last minute. All ships vot­ ing, including those out foreign have been met with launch or plane so that the men aboard were sure to get the latest copies of the "Atlantic Fleet News." Other­ wise they might have no way of knowing what has been happening in the last couple of months. Atlantic seamen ashore who have not yet voted have also been contacted by the organizers right through to the end of the voting period. As soon as the election results are announced, , SIU negotiators are prepared to present demands for a Union contract for the men on the Atlantic ships. The com­ pany has already indicated that it will bargain with whoever is certied by the National Labor Belations Board as the official bargain­ ing representative of Atlantic tankermen. • Subcommittee of the House, heard Navy witnesses say that it would be too expensive and impractical to convert the Mariners for Navy purposes. A Navy witness, Vice Admiral Roscoe F. Good, also pointed out that the Mariners would be a bigger target than pro­ posed Navy refrigerator ships and would be a poorer gun platform. Further, the Mariner ships would cost more to convert than it would cost to construct new reefers. Question Rothschild Subsequently the Congressmen questioned Maritime Administrator Louis Rothschild, other officials and shipping representatives on the prospects of selling the Mari­ ners. The shipping men testified that the Government's asking price of $4^ million was far too high for a commercial investment. The Committee concluded that "the only reasonable method of handling this problem is to find some way to put these ships into active service in the hands of American shipowners . . ." But, it went on to say, "We would be very unhappy to find ourselves con­ fronted with a request by the Mari­ time Administration that a new law be passed allowing the sale of these ships at a new low figure." Meanwhile the ships are contin­ uing to operate in haphazard fash­ ion under MSTS charter. And it looks more and more as if the un­ happy Conressmen will be con­ fronted with a request to sell the ships for considerably less than $41^ million before the operators will nibble. It's either that, or the boneyard. living Cost Hits New Record High i •••': f'i A longshoreman takes the mike to speak his piece at the Brooklyn membership meeting of the AFL-ILA: With the AFL-DLA rankand-file longshoremen have their first chance to get op at a meet­ ing and say what they want. Bi-Sfafe Agency Takes Control Of NY Dockers (Continued from page 2) nine pages In English and three pages in Italian. In addition to New York, the new union made big strides for­ ward in the Great Lakes area— where all 99 locals of the Great Lakes District have now swung to the new union, making the Lakes 100 ^percent AFL-ILA—and in the Philadelphia area. As these events took place, the 80-day Taft-Hartley injunction ap­ proached Its end^—it ends at mid­ night, December 24—and the men got ready to vote down the ship­ pers "last offer" of 6V6 cents per hour. The vote is required under the law. The AFL-ILA announced that it will not settle for anything less than the contract demands it has already made, with member­ ship approval. These AFL-ILA demands include a 20-cent hourly pay increase, full gangs, $100 per The cost of living has climbed to new highs for the eighth straight month according to official reports submitted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Figures for mid-October, the latest available show that con­ sumer prices are 15.4 percent highr er than 1947-1949 price levels. Ev^ry item except food prices was included in the increase with rents taking the biggest jump. However, the rate of increase in living costs has been slow from month to month. The total increase since September was two-tenths of one percent. (Continued from page 6) Food prices have shown a slight at this point, since he had been decline but not enough to make up away from his post when the acci­ for other rises. dent happened. He took his case up with the SIU's Welfare Services Department. After checking the facts of the case, he was referred to the Union's general counsel, Seymour W. Miller, who handled his defense. AB Testified A key witness in Thielin's behalf was a shipmate, Robert J. Edwards, who was AB on the same watch. Although the ship was going to the West Coast where Edwards lives, he got off voluntarily to testify for Thielin. It was Edwards who pointed out to the hearing officer that Thielin had left the lookout post on orders from the mate, and that this had been a common prac­ tice aboard the ship on other occa­ sions when there was work to be done that would be overtime for men off watch. The defense also pointed out that Thielin had been working as a seaman for just nine months and was in no position to judge or dis­ pute the orders of the chief mate; As a consequVnce, Thielin has been exonerated of any wrong doing with the Coast Guard hearing officer declaring that at worst he was guilty of poor judgment in le^v^ Us post ,eveii thouglr the CG Ixonerates Seafarer Of Neglect Charge month pensions and Increased wel­ fare benefits, safety regulations, improved hiring practices and bet­ ter working conditions. The New York-New Jersey waterfront laws and the Bi-State Waterfront Commission began operation on December 1. At that time, state "employment informa­ tion centers" went into operation under the commission. These cen­ ters, according to the men, move the shape-up indoors. All long­ shoremen are required to have a state registration card before they are permitted to work on the docks. The AFL-ILA has stated that the only way to fight the new laws —which are a result of the cor­ ruption in the mob-controlled ILA —is to build a decent, member­ ship-run union that will eliminate any need for the laws. In Philadelphia, the AFL-ILA has announced that it, and the Brotherhood of Marine Engineers, AFL, have made progress with tugboatmen as well as longshore­ men. The tugboatmen are part of tha bankrupt ILA's United Marine Division 333-A, which is the do­ main of Bill Bradley, the new president of the ILA. The AFLILA announced that it has already filed for a National Labor Rela­ tions Board representation elec­ tion for the unlicensed marine em­ ployees of the Warner Sand anu Gravel Co. in Philadelphia. The BME has been active in organizing the licensed engineers in the War­ ner Sand and Gravel Co. as well as the Curtis Bay Towing Co. Piek Up Card At Payoff Seafarers who have taken the series of inoculations re­ quired for certain foreign voy­ ages are reminded to be sure to pick up their inoculation cards from the captain or the purser when they pay off at the end of a voyage. The card should be picked up by the Seafarer and held so that it can be presented when signing on lor another voyage where the "shots" are required. The inoculation card is your only proof of hav­ ing taken the required shots. Those men who forget to pick up their inoculation card when they pay off may find that they are required to take all the "shots' again wlien they •;; i? want to sigdvOh for ymyage.^;• •^1 ^.fi •'M ;l '4m �^ SJ Eiffhteca SEAFARERS Deeemltor II, 195S LOG Shipboard And Shoreside Sidelights That the capacity of flie ancient Colosseum in Rome Is estimated to have been between 45,000 and 50,000, It is also estimated that there was, in addition, standing room for about 20,000 persons. It appears that the ancient Roman writers who described the arena as being able to seat upwards of 100,000 spectators were guilty of exaggera­ tion. About a third of the original structure remains and the ruins are ample evidence that the amphi­ theatre was the most magnificent architectural achievement of the Romans, It was begun in 72 AD by Vespasian and completed about eight years later. Much of the labor was performed by Jews taken prisoner at the fall of Jerusalem. rlS 4 Seafarers William Joe, left, and Robert Vander Sluis in a skylarking set-to for the cameraman, dispute squatters' rights over turkey bones. Bob Vander Sluis; wiper, is shown with ship's mascot. Crew hopes to get it in US, mm Seaman's Club in Pusan, Korea, is pictured by Seafarer's camera on visit to town. Seaimen, soldiers and civilians can be seen in front. There's plenty of action aboard ship for Seafarers these days, what with Army cargo, delectable chow, mas­ cots and burst fire pumps, as witness these scenes aboard the Western Rancher. Shots are by Seafarer William Joe,, catching the ship and Its crew slightly off guard In some candid moments. Three mishaps occured while the crew was loading Army trucks aboard in Pusan, Korea. Here, too, are bits of by-play and a shot of a seaman's shoreside paradise, the Sea­ man's Club in Pusan. This Army truck took part of the bulwark with it when the boom on No. 1 hatch broke, hurtling the vehicle down to the open deck. 4" Vander Sluis displays a parched back sustained when the fire pump valve burst. US Army truck near completion of lift before the sling broke and it put a hole in the deep tank. Crewmembers look on. Seafarer Rags-Maternity Is The Mother Of invention ( YinofE ViBLFAffE ABOUT MM MAkC A 0FPAVU ON MY FmsT /r/p-A/io 0. AAOM/FBP TO 6eT AnAWRieD Rl€Nr A^AY?/^. ;• t That Sir Walter Raleigh was executed by James I on .a technical charge of treason? Actually his crime was shedding Spanish blood and encroaching upon Spanish ter­ ritory after pledging not to do so. Raleigh wished war with Spain; while the king favored a policy of peace. This led Raleigh to severe­ ly criticize the king, for which the latter never forgave him. Before his execution, he remained a pris­ oner in the Tower of London for thirteen years, spending this time in chemical experimentation and writing his "History of the World." His head was embalmed and kept in a leather bag by his widow, 4" 4" That provisions of the SlU con­ stitution dealing with trials and charges provide careful protection of tlie rights of an accused mem­ ber? Charges must be. in writing, signed by the accuser^and turned over to the port agent for presenta'* tion at meeting. The accused must either be present at charges or re­ ceive a copy of same by registered mail. All accusers are present and subject to cross-examination. Any decision of the trial committee is automatically subject to review by the next membership meeting. » 4^ » That the term "hoi polll," some­ times used by snobs to indicate those they consider their social and economic inferiors, is a Greek phrase? The term was originally used by some Roman writers and meant, roughly translated, "the common herd," The phrase was , written in its present Latin, rather than Greek and was use'd in its most deprecatory sense. Modern usage of the expression is credited to John Dryden, the English poet and scholar, who used it In re­ ferring to the laboring class of London. 4 4> 4> That Welfare Plan holdings in US Government Bonds now total almost $2 million? These funds were invested in this matter by the Plan's board of trustees con­ sisting of Union and employer rep­ resentatives. This is further evi­ dence of the excellent financial standing of the Plan. There have been two increases in weekly hos­ pital benefits and three in death benefits since the Plan's inaugura­ tion in 1950, This bond invest­ ment provides additional income for operating expenses. Calmar Food Beefs Pay Off, Men Praise Top-Notch Menus There's nothing more praiseworthy than perseverance, in or out of the SIU, and Seafarers have found out that it has paid off with Calmar, too. Where it has paid off more"*^ than in any other instance, Evans thought highly enough of the cooks and food aboard the according to reports from men ship to write to the LOG. Evans aboard the Calmar, is in the food was full of laudatory praise for department. Calmar, the company, Charles Stevens, chief steward; Ed Seeley, chief cook; James used to be no­ Oliver, cook and baker, and other torious about the members of the stewards depart­ poor quality of ment, Davis thought so well of its food until the the feeding department that he SIU began crack­ sent along samples of some ship­ ing down. Now, board menus and a combination aboard the Cal­ Armistice Day-Thanksgiving Day mar and probab­ menu In particular. ly aboard other Prominently displayed on thb ships of the line combination dinner was the staple as well, there is Stevens roast turkey (Maryland) with nary a beef whis-_ pered about the chow. The crew dressing, as well as other luscious thinks it's great and culinary choices for a main dish. happiness reigns supreme aboard The meal was complete from turkey to traditional pumpkin pie, the vessel. Seafarers Jim Davis and Rocky and a good time was had by all. By E. R«yM �Deeember 11, 195S By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor SEAFARERS LOG Pate Nineteen Breeding Rare Dogs Occupies Seaman's Leisure Time Off Ship A rare breed of Seafarer, Raymond W. Frye goes in for raising a rare breed of dog in his The road to good photographs is paved with errors. Success in tak­ ing pictures and the ability to correct mistakes as they appear are spare time. Of course, he doesn't do it all alone. He's helped by his wife and, of 4, directly correlated. Whether your camera is a simple box, non-ad­ course, the dogs. justable folding type or an expensive model, the possibility for errors 'Formerly from Maryland, is the same. Cameras do not make pictures, the person behind the the Seafarer now lives in box does. A moment of thought and planning before you click the Stockton, Cal., where he raises shutter can mean the difference between a good and bad picture. his strange brood of canines be­ tween trips on SIU ships. Right Here are nine of the most common mistakes that usually are found now he's on the Keystone Mariner among the photographs that Seafarers send in to the LOG: (Waterman) and plans to keep 1. Some of the exposed film sent in and processed normally in our right on sailing even though he's darkroom is found to be thin. This is due to under-exposure. The use dabbling in dogs. The Fryes have rare examples of of slow film in simple cameras with slow lenses is often the cause. the Chinese crested breed, which The remedy is to use a larger lens opening or a slower shutter speed they specialize in, in their own to permit more light to hit the film. With simple cameras, shoot in home. As house pets they have good light or use a faster film. "standard crested" and "toy crest­ 2. Dense negatives are caused by over-exposure or over-develop­ ed" pooches, with the former far ment. Too fast a film in a simple camera may be the cause. Many rarer in dogdom. "Foo Foo," the box cameras have a shutter speed of about 1/30 of a second and a standard crested, is as sleek as an lens opening of f-l6. Using a high speed film with these fixed set­ oil slick, baring more hide than tings will give about four times normal exposure in good light. The hair to the world. Her cocoa-col­ remedy here is to use a smaller lens opening or choose a lighter shut­ ored body is smooth as silk except for face whisker.s, tail and top ter speed. For simple box cameras pick a slow film. pompoms and wisps of hair on the 3. Fuzzy subjects on sharp backgrounds indicate faulty focusing or lower legs, all of which is snowstanding too close to your subject with a simple camera. The remedy white. here is obvious. Focus for the main subject and do not change your Toy Variety, Too position before shooting. With box cameras that are fixed focus do The toy crested dog, answering not take photos closer than about eight feet. to the name of "Tingaling," is sim­ 4. Sometimes the subject that you are photographing is in motion ilar in body appearance except for a'd comes out blurred. You are probably using too slow a shutter size and coloration. The smaller speed. Using a higher shutter speed and larger apertures will over­ dog is spotted, weighs between come this. With cameras having only a slow shutter speed, try and eight and 10 pounds, is eight shoot the motion coming toward you or going away from you. Avoid inches high from top of back to motion crossing directly across the film plane. floor and is 17 inches long. "Foo 5. If both the subject and background are blurred throughout the Foo's" sturdy frame comprises picture it means that the camera was moved. To overcome this prob­ about 20 pounds on the hoof, meas­ lem hold the camera as.steadily as possible during exposure. A higher uring 18 inches top to bottom and shutter speed will overcome slight camera movement. Setting the 22 inches from head to tail. camera on a firm support or tripod will end camera movement. Avoid "Foo Foo," the Fryes' Chinese crested, stands obediently on the American breeders count only 50 shots from moving vehicles at slow shutter speeds. end of a leash for Seafarer Raymond Frye on the front porch of Chinese cresteds in the US, most 6. When your subject is cut off at the sides, top or bottom, it means of these being the "toy" variety. his home in Stockton, Cal. Dog is one of rare breed in US. that the ground glass, optical or wire finder is being used incorrectly. For this reason, the Fryes value To put an end to decapitation, frame your subject in the center of the larger dog more highly, plac­ on the smaller. They expect to sell neighborhood. Market value is en­ the viewfinder or groundglass and allow edge space. When using any ing a market value of $1,000 on the puppies in the neighborhood of hanced, say the Fryes, because the finder place your eye or groundglass and allow edge space. When four-legged rarity and one of $250 $500 apiece, which is a pretty posh crested requires no special care, the -hide is thick like that of a sow using any finder place your eye close to the finder. and it is easy on the house. The 7. Tilting the camera will cause weird slanting horizons. Hold your dog sheds dirt but not hair, mean­ camera level and to be absolutely sure, use a button level. ing less baths and less tantrums by 8. Double exposures are caused by exposing twice on the same the head of the household, has no piece of film. Forgetting to advance the film will give you more ex­ body odor and is easy to train. posures per roll but no pictures. Advance film habitually after each Wins Blue Ribbons exposure. On simple cameras check the film number. A seaman may be rough and ready, but his heart is lined In recent dog shows in Califor­ 9. You may be one who often finds light streaks across his best negatives. These may be caused by a loosely wound film roll, leaks in with pure gold, the old saying goes. That gold was turned nia, "Foo Foo" received blue rib­ the camera or loading or unloading the camera in direct sunlight. into liquid assets recently aboard the Ragnar Naess (Sea- bons. The dog also finished first in an obedience course in the transport) when the Seafarer ^ The remedies here are self-explanatory. Fryes' home town of Stockton. and men of this vessel are contri­ crew opened its heart and its If you can avoid the errors enumerated above, you should have no payoff pocketbook to earth­ buting the amount of $245.00 to­ Mrs. Frye, who takes an active difficulty in turning out roll after roll of perfect photos. quake victims of the Ionian Isles.. ward the aid of the stricken vic­ interest in the business because of her husband's seafaring, had raised Digging down into their jeans tims. "I am enclosing a list showing dogs for many years before stum­ for those less fortunate than themselves, the Seafarers lent a the contributions made by the bling on the rare find of tlie helping hand once again to vic­ various persons on board. They crested. The breed originated in tims of misfortune. The entire all have signed in the Official Log China about 3,000 years ago, when crew, from master to ordinaries, Book for the amounts set forth, as the country was hardly a pup. The dogs were used as "healers" by pitched in with financial help, a Cash Advance. Seafarers have many interests while sailing the seven seas, with the captain writing the com­ "In line with the above, you are Orientals who endowed them with ^ , pany to forward funds immediate­ hereby authorized to pay into the great powers. and some of these versatile maritime men turn to them ly. His lettc' on behalf of the fund of Goulandris Charities, Inc., The Fryes aren't quite sure about permanently after a stbetch m the foc'sles. the sum of Two Hundred Forty- the occult powers of the breed, but erew, said in part: Five ($245) dollars, and then debit they think they've got a find for Such a seafaring man was Entire Crew Contributes my account for said amount.— dog fanciers who want rafity in dry land. He's now a forester in Walter B. Cadman, who sailed California, but the switch to shore- "In reference to your letter of Peter H. V. Bamberg, Master." their pooches. with the SIU through the war side employment is not condemna­ September 17, 1953, regarding contributions for earthquake vic­ years, putting in four years with tion of the sea. tims of Ionian Islands, the officers the Union during the hostilities. Cadman sailed with the SIU Ex-Seafarer Cadman is now as far from 1943-47, at which time he de­ from the sea as he can get on cided to go to college and study another love, forestry. During the 1. Who is the British actress who has made one American movie summer months he shipped out and is now the most talked about actress in Hollywood? as an AB on SIU ships to keep The LOG is interested in col­ him going through school. He . 2. Which southern governor, whose brother is one of-President Eisen­ lecting and printing photo­ hower's closest advisors, is booming Adlai Stevenson for president? sailed through the books with graphs showing what seagoing ease and at the end of four years 3. Which crooner, recently fired by Arthur Godfrey, is now reputedly was like in the old days. All was a full-fledged fledging for­ making as much as $40,000 per week in personal appearances? you oldtimers who have any ester. old mementos, photographs of 4. Which college football team ranked first, nationally, this year? Recently discharged from the shipboard life, pictures of 5. Which All-American backfield selections were repeats from last Army, which he entered upon ships or anything that would year? graduation from the Pennsylvania show how seamen lived, ate 6. Which famous United States Army General was awarded the State College, Cadman has accep­ and worked in the days gone Nobel Peace Prize this year? ted a forestry position with the by,'send them in to the LOG. Southeni Pacific Railroad. The 7. Which are the main streets of the following cities: New Orleans, Whether they be steani or sail, railroad has almost three-quarters San Francisco, Boston, Washington? " around the turn of the cen­ of a million acres of tree farms, tury, during the . first world 8. Which famous American playwright who died recently was « divided into'three areas, each un­ war and as late as 1938, the former merchant seaman? Sekfarers Jack Cobb, left, and der supervision of a forester and LOG is interested in them all. 9. Which two queens are currently on world tours? Bill Kaiser shown during stopr* assistant. Cadman will be located We'll take care of them and 10. Where are the three western heads of state meeting this week? over in St. Thomas, Virgin in the rugged Trinity Mountain returp. your,-souvenirs to you Isles; ••--••v.'--" section near, Mt. Shasta", .......25.)"^ Ragnar Naess Crewmembers Aid Greek Earthquake Victims Ex-Seafarer Turns From Seven Seas To Forestry Short Isle Stop Olde Photos Wanted by LOG Quiz Corner i .' 1' M "li �SEAFARERS Pace Tweefr Water (Salt) Everywhere, But Not One Drop For Ship's Boilers One of the worst feelings a seaman can undergo Is being left at the mercy of winds, waves and tides in the middle of the ocean. Seafarers aboard the Fairisle (Waterman) found themselves in just such a condition, according to Seafarer CJeorge Dunn, when the engines conked out about 500 miles off the Japanese coastal sausage, frankfurters, pigs feet and lapse of power. That was in the salads had a field day in the-cul­ mess hall during mealtimes. Other­ shelf. wise, the Fairisle was a dark, wal­ Enroute to the Far East over a inary department. One solitary bulb was turned on lowing ship for too long to please calm sea, all seemed balmy for the Seafarers aboard the Fairisle. Most the ship throughout the two-day most of the crew. of them were aware of the danger of the ship being left to drift help­ lessly, if the engines stopped run­ ning, but hardly any knew how close that situation was. Water ra­ tioning had begun a few days earlier. Several days prior to the stop­ ping of the engines, water ration­ ing went Into ef­ fect for the en­ tire crew, affect­ ing showers and drinking. Show­ er and drinking times were cur­ tailed. For a couple of days after that, there was only salt Dunn water available for showering and shaving pur­ poses. Seafarers report that it was like trying to shave with chalk. Soap lathers were unheard of with the salt water and so the crew went about the everyday job of cleanliness with some misgivings. Water, water, everywhere, but not a drop to shave. Stop For Two Days The engines stopped percolating A hug for Tony D'Angelo is given him by the bride while husband shortly after breakfast on Nov. 15, and wedding guests look on after the ceremony. and remained idle for almost two t On the last day of October, days. The ship was floating out 1953, Seafarer Manuel "Tiny" of control until about 3 AM on the Wallace signed on another morning of the 17th, when 200 crewmember aboard his good ship i.tons of fresh water were pumped ("Single State," and with the sayaboard by the Jean Lahtte (Water­ jing of "I do's," changed the name man) which came to the rescue of to "Marital Ties." In a word, the stricken vessel. The transfer took place in calm seas and the "Tiny" got hitched. Fairi"Ie was soon on its way again Shipping lo these many years as to the Orient. a single crewmen out of several During the ordeal of helpless­ ports, Wallace joined the ranks of ness which the men and the ship the benedicts in New York City. went through, there was trouble in On October 31, Wallace, 25, and the galley, too. Cold meals were his pretty bride, Anita, 22, a the order of the day and night, Galveston, Texas, lass, exchanged from Sunday eve to Tuesday morn. nuptial vows before a guest list There was some power generated including many friends and fel­ Seafarer Manuel "Tiny" Wal­ low-Seafarers of the lucky groom. for top-of-the-range meals. Scram­ lace and bride Anita relax. bled eggs, bacon, fried ham, fried The wedding reception was held in Mom's Restaurant and Bar, 42nd Street and Second Avenue, Brooklyn, near SIU Headquarters, after a borough ceremony. After the two signed the log book as shipmates forever, the party re­ paired to the restaurant for some relaxation and refreshment. Friends, relatives and shipmates had a fine time at the ceremony and reception following a hectic day of preparation L-.d anticipa­ tion. Quicker than you could say deck engineer, however, it was all ^cn \Vho payoff a ship over and the Wallaces were an old married couple, reveling in their fn a-foreign porfdutTno friends warmest congratulations. an extended s/oyat^ ° Seafarer And Texas Bride Sign On Near HeadqTers SeaSarer Sam Says horf" themselves and +he LInlon. li - The ipb vacated is lost +"0 the SiU -for •fhe Kemainder of^the+pip. "fhe loss vVorkS a hardship on ihe Pest oPthe cPeiv^ December 11. l»St LOG DqnH Wait^ Get Vaeation Pay Under the rules of the Va­ cation Plan as set forth by the trustees, a Seafarer must ap­ ply within one year of the payoff date of his oldest dis­ charge in order to collect his full vacation benefits. If he presents any discharge whose payoff date is more than a year before the date of his va­ cation application, he will lose out on the sea time covered by that particular discharge. Don't sit on those discharges; Bring them in and collect the money that is due to you. By Spike Martin There's nothing like owning a couple of oil wells to make you outspoken. That's what 15 other major league managers probably think after Casey Stengel put the blast on the clubowners and front offices of the major league clubs last week. Talking back to a front office just isn't done. The oniy worse sin in a manager's book would be to pre­ dict an eighth-place finish and tell all the fans not to bother coming out to see the club. Stengel of course can afford to talk. He's got the oil wells, plus the distinction of having won five straight championships. And what's more, what he had to say pinched the baseball executives in the right places. Shortage of Brains In brief, Casey said he was fed up with all the groaning about the Yankee stranglehold. If the other front offices had any brains oper­ ating out of them, Casey said, they would get to work getting some good ballplayers instead of beef­ ing. The rest of the managers probably added a silent "Amen" to that statement. Of course the Yankees have one advantage. Just like all good foot­ ball players will go to Notre Dame if they have the chance, all good baseball players jump at the oppor­ tunity to play with New York. But while success breeds success. the Yankees front office manage­ ment has more on the ball than that. Somehow the Yankee scouts seem to be able to turn up the Mantles, Martins, McDougalds, Fords and the like while other clubs go broke paying huge bonuses to publicized high school stars, most of whom never amount to anything. Secondly, there is the uncanny Yankee faculty of picking up fad­ ing stars from other clubs and getting a few good seasons out of them. Here's where the Yankees have the drop on all other clubs. They are willing to invest in some high-salaried ball players, men like Mize, Blackwell, Hopp and Sain where other clubs shy off. And where they have to pay high for an established minor league star like Woodling, they will come through. The Yankee front office figures its better to pay a high salary to get a seasoned ball player, even a part time one, than to shell out thous­ ands in bonuses to 17-year-olds. All of the other clubs had the same opportunity as the Yankees to get these men. They simply didn't want to touch them. Certainly it's not a healthy sit­ uation when one club completely: blankets the league year after year. Perhaps the solution for the competitors is to steal away some of the Yankees' front office brain trust. Maybe then they can come up with the secret of success. Boysan And Girlsan Meet In Japan Seafarers from the Burden pose for camera in the land of the rising sun. Shown, surrounded by girls, are, top, left to right, Roberts, Mease, Wilaszak. Center: Aton, Shaw, Mann. Bottom: Ebberts. 0ALl;£ir GtEAKINGS The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored food recipes, little' known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like, suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Harry Franklin's recipe for baked stuff pork chop. - ' Harry L. Franklin, chief stew­ ard in the SIU for 11 years, has been around ships and seafarers for a long time He knows what he's talking about when he says he's got "a tasty dish to please the whole crew." Born in Cleve­ land, Ohio, ond now living in New York City and shipping out of the same port. Franklin has been sailing for more than a decade and knows -wit at pleases the pal-. Franklin ates of the men In the forecastles. This one, he says, comes by way of a cook he once sailed with, and out of Con•stanza, Romania. The ingredients used in this concoction include several stalks of celery, slices of dill pickle and apples, 42 pork chops to serve that many men, a slice of Swiss ohecse and an^eight ounce jar prepared mustard. In place of some of the seasonings, mushroonls, pepper and bread and but­ ter pickles are excellent substi­ tutes. Cut To Bbne Now, cut the pork chop by tak­ ing a knife and slitting the meat across to the bone. Stuff the con­ diments into the pocket in the chop thus obtained and brush' on Uv liberally with prepared mus­ tard. Secure the filling and chop with toothpicks and place the chop in a baking pan. Next, place the chop in an oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit and bake for 45 minutes over a low flame. It is essential to good taste that the dish is timed to be served piping hot from the oven,, so the men get the full benefit of the tangy aroma and taste set be­ fore them like so many kings. Don't, says Franklin, serve the dish twice the same way on nny one. voyage. Mix it up a bit for '^thetadded'enjoyment of the crew:: �SEAFARERS DMcmber 11.. 1953 Trinity Men Are Stiil Smarting T0 the Editor: During its present voyage, the Trinity (Carras) passed through Colombia, and stopped at the port of Covenas. As a result, many of the crewiriembers arp now feeling kind of sore when they sit down. You see, the only means of trans­ portation on this lovely tropical Isle is donkeys or mules. However, in spite of this, a fairly good time was had by all the cowboys of the Trinity. SI. Niederberger if if if Alert Steward Protects Crew To-the Editor: While the Coe Victory (Victory Carriers) was taking stores on in the port of Seattle, the port steward tried to shove off on us over 4,000 pounds of beef that had been taken off two of the com­ pany's vessels that are under seizure. As chief steward, I didn't like the looks of the meats and called a Government in­ spector down to the ship. The ins p e c 10 r con­ demned the en­ tire lot of meats as unfit for hum a n consump­ tion. This com­ pany then put entlrely fresh Meyers meats aboard for the voyage. A lot of the dry stores that were transferred from the other vessels were also con­ demned. If it had not been for my alert­ ness, we would have had all this junk shoved off on us. Let this be a lesson to other stewards to in­ spect their stores and know what they are getting, instead of taking a port steward's word for it, as they will shove anything off on you if they think that they can get away with it. And always remem­ ber, by having a well-fed crew you will always find harmony aboard. Louis E. Meyers l" 4" 4" F«t» TwMity-«B« LETTER S ' canned goods, fruit and fruit juices and canned vegetables. The quan­ tities of fresh vegetables obtain­ able vary according to season and the various ports. The meats we have had have been of inferior quality and of about two-thirds of the quality necessary to a well-fed Union ship. The policy has been to cut the steward's requisitions down to standards set by a form compiled by the now defunct WSA, which was always regarded as well below Union standards. As a result, the steward has been ordered to pur­ sue a policy that borders closely upon rationing and has been un­ able to maintain Union standards. Steward Hard-Timed There has been continuous pres­ sure brought to bear on the stew­ ard to circumvent the contract by having many things that are cus­ tomarily overtime performed as routine duties. The steward has made a con­ tinued and diligent attempt to maintain the Union standards, but because he does not readily submit to the policy of sub-standard gen­ eral conditions (in brief, he is not a "yes" man), he has been given and is still being given a very hard time. Seven Steward Dept. Men it Agents On West Coast Are Tops To the Editor: The rest of the guys and I would sure like to thank David Irvine for the swell job he's done as patrol­ man in Seattle, Wash. He settled several heefs that we had here on the Compass and the captain said that for the stores we got we could thank David; he thanked the fellows on here, too, for being such good. Unionminded men. We have heen on the West Coast for the past nine months, and would sure like to compliment Marty Breithoff, Tom Banning, Les Ames and John Arabasz for the jobs they are doing. Chet Gawrych Stores Are Poor On Potrero Hills Thanhs SIU For To the Editor: The steward and the entire Disability Dough steward department aboard the Potrero Hills (Phila. Marine) are confronted with a difficult and try­ ing situation. This ship was stored in Baltimore with what was and still is, Supposed to he eight months' supplies of "dry stores"— coffee, sugar, floury canned goods, etc. In, actual fact; there was a six-month supply of coffee, sugar, flour, pastes and a few other arti­ cles and four-months' worth of LOG To the Editor: This is to say thanks to the leaders and the entire Searfarers International Union who made it possible for me to obtain the dis­ ability benefit. You can Imagine how grateful I am to know that in the evening of life, when I can no longer -answer the call, that I am not forgotten. Thank you again. Benjamin Bailey Seafarers Saigon Symphony Tahes Drothers To The Cleaners To the Editor: Recently the Steel Chemist pulled into Houston, Tex., and the crew was well satisfied with the work of La Velle cleaners. This firm is owned by one of our Union brothers, L. A. Bolton, book B-591. It would be fitting and proper if the crews of all SIU ships pulling into Houston would let La Velle cleaners do their laundry and dry cleaning. By the way, Lenny Bolton is now married and has two children, and is expecting another addition Tancey to his family. Let's lend a hand to help a brother start a reliable business, and I'm sure he'll maintain a high grade of cleaning. Edward A. Yancey i 4. t New Experience For EST Crew To the Editor: It is a new experience for a num­ ber of the crew, riding a busy LST Southern Cities. Once aboard you notice the confining quarters, also the dirt of a lengthy shipyard stay. So report to work at 8:00 AM, sign on at 9:00 AM and sail at 10.00 AM. With little gear of yoim own there isn't time to think. At sea there is so much clean­ ing, no dinner,' then finally a supper meal before sougeeing your foc'sle, etc. The ports are quickly arrived at and the crew sleeps a good deal while off watch. Meetings are held once a month. They are EUiott routine, as all runs smooth between crew and management. A Virginian crew looks forward to the LOGs and a new library due at Jacksonville, our next port. No Slopchest Cigarettes are the slopchest. Buying gear, books and toiletries add up the draws. Of course, the rapid shore leaves can help. - The first good leave is due as cargo comes off and on. Three days, then off to the summer ports of San Juan, Surinam, etc. You think kindly of the boys at head­ quarters and imagine fur-lined boots and Christmas tinsel. Most of the crew probably will see the holidays go by at sea. Good comments being seldom heard, the Union strength and security are appreciated by our boys. Now, of course, there are a few chowhounds complaining, but Southern sends the requested stores. A good contract plus Union comfort. James B. Elliott 4^ Jean Lafitte. I really want to ex­ tend my heartiest thanks to Broth­ ers Dick Ransom, bosun; Bill Chadbm-n, BR; Bob Sullivan, AB, and Garth E. Henry, chief elec­ trician. We had a real old gettogether and I was lucky to get two copies of the LOG which, if possible, I would like you to for­ ward to me. SIU Respected The Army has a very high re­ gard for men with cook's experi­ ence in the SIU, and it's no won­ der, as we have the best feeding ships on the seas. Incidentally, I would like to pass word to all Sea­ farers who visit Kobe to stop in at the Club Rose where the treat­ ment is wonderful in every re­ spect. It is the only place in Japan that buys a drink back and that is going some over here. Warren Leruth - (Ed. note: We have added your name to the list of SEAFARERS LOG subscribers.) i i Julesbnrg Crew Has Hard Time To the Editor: I am now aboard the Julesburg and have been for the last seven months. We have had some trouble with our ice boxes so the meat spoiled; we were without linen for four weeks and had no shore leave here in Bahrein..Because the king of Saudi Arabia died recently we cannot get our mail, which is only 20 miles away in Ras Tanura. We have not had any LOGs aboard since August 6th. We have seven or eight pictures which were taken aboard ship of the funeral services for Harry T. Dunlop. Would you advise me on whether you would care to have them for the LOG. Requests LOG Will you please send the LOG to my new home address. My wife is a very faithful reader of the LOG and is sort of giving me heck to write you so she can get the LOG again and keep up with the SIU news. The SEAFARERS LOG is just about the best all-around paper I have ever read, and though it is limited to maritime and labor news it does cover a lot of terri­ tory. I don't suppose I have ever missed a paper as much as I do the LOG. Joe Nigro (Ed. note: Wc have noted your change of address on our mailing list. Please send the pictures you took in to the LOG.) Yorhwnar is A Good Feeder To the Editor: The Yorkman, left Baltimore on the Ifith of November on what looks to be a very good trip, for a change. The last trip wasn't such a good one, as the rest of the men are also in top shape. I will send you our Thanksgiving Day menu so you can see for your­ self how we are eating on this trip. We have a tip-top steward depart­ ment, and the other departments are also in top shape. Two men missed the ship before the payoff to go to the hospital. Their gear was itemized and will be put ashore in Long Beach, so that when they ask the agent to, he can forward their stuff to them. I had the dis­ tinction of being Toler elected an engine delegate last trip, and am still doing my best at both jobs. On my last trip on the Western Trader, I missed the ship in Phila­ delphia, before I had returned the money which I borrowed from three or four friends aboard. I would like them to get in touch with me as soon as possible, so that I will know where to send their money. Richard Toler 4i i 4. Baltimore Puts Out. Holiday Feed To the Editor: I want to take this opportunity to express my opinion of the Thanksgiving Dinner served in the port of Baltimore. It was ont of the best prepared and served din­ ners that I ever had the oppor­ tunity to eat. Everjbody had plenty to eat and drink. It sure was a plea.sure to see a lot of the old- ''^ timers I had not seen for a long time. The representatives of the SIU in Baltimore are doing a fine job that will be beneficial for the future of the port. Since my acci­ dent on the Yorkmar, I have had an opportunity to get around and meet a lot of the membership I have not seen in a long time. On the Yorkmar, I had the pleasure of seeing some of the boys from the Gulf - and from North Carolina— a group of nice fellows and good seamen who are setting a good ex­ ample for all seamen. The new hall is shaping up very nicely and will be a place to be proud of when finally completed. Carl "Red" Gibbs Hoosier Mariners And Koreans 4^ Ex'Seatarer is Generals^ Cook Juan Reyes, left, and Connie Grozea make tuneful melodies aboard tiie Seafarer in Saigon, Burmat The Seafarers produce the tunes OB th^ own TersionB of plcotb and bass fiddle 4uring Insure time. ••••. To the Editor: Before being drafted in the Army I was sailing for two years in the SIU. I shipped mostly from New Orleans and was chief baker on the Del Sud and usually shipped as night cook and baker or chief on tankers. At present I am chief cook in a commanding general's mess in. Korea. I cook for three generals, one lieutenant general and two brigadier generals in X Corps Headquarters. Recently I had the pleasure of going on R&R In Kobe, JBpan. Here I awt fmir SealanRrs off the Seafarers Jo* Doui^*rty, second from left, and H. H. Dldderbock. right, stand alongside of some South Korean lade who make their hmae near the sea. The SMtat was.ebeard the Hoesier Marteer; ! ( �SEAFARERS Pace Twealy-lw#- Crewmemhers Aid Korean Orphans To the Editor: At a recent shipboard meeting aboard the George A! Lawson (Pan Oceanic), all the brothers collected $43, which was handed over to the Army officer in charge of Opera­ tion Santa Claus. This money will be spent to the orphaned Korean children in the Inchon area. The whole operation was sponsored by the US Army, 21st Med. Port Battallion, Inchon, Korea. M. E. Sanchez LOG December. ll,r - 196S X E T T E R S Vendor Supports Longshore Fight To the Editor: The Steel Vendor (Isthmian) has a fine crew aboard,ship] and we are proud to take part in the great undertaking of cleaning up 'the New York waterfront. Loading the Steei Vendor in Anastasia's stronghold was one of the straws that broke the camel's back of con-uption in the racketridden old ILA. The SIU has shown the long­ shoremen that we are behind them 100 percent in setting up a bona fide rank-and-file union for ,^the membership by the membership, under the newly chartered AFLILA, with voting and full seniority privileges that will insure real pro­ tection for them and their families.. William Femance and watched the chain. Finally he his unenviable reputation. He turned to me and with a very puz­ would liquor up the ship's bully zled loffk on his face said, "Bosun, and talk him into picking a. fight has it got a strain on it yet?" When with whomever K^g happened to To the Editor: dislike at the time. One such in" . In the years that I have been he told me that we were going to stigated fight ended up .in knife- going to sea I have heard many a paint all the passageways in the play. King also started malicious tale of how a chief mate had fouled midship house, I turned all my rumors about crewmembers he up a good deck gang, but up until five-gallon cans of white paint up­ didn't like. two months ago I never had the side down. He saw this and asked I write this note because I heard misfortune to sail with a mate who, me, "Bosun, why do you stow your some of King's drinking buddies because of inexperience and down­ paint upside down?" I told him drafted a note to the LOG denying right stupidity fouled up a deck that I wanted to see the trade mark the charges "made by the Bridger gang that any bosun could truth­ on the bottom. In Safi, French Morocco, he men. fully say that he wanted the stack painted so we got This should set the record was damned glad the bosun chairs rigged up and straight: King is everything the to sail with. There everything else ready the day be­ Bridger men said he was. I hope are no perform­ To the Editor: fore. When he saw this he asked this will warn other seamen who ers or gashounds me if the heat on the outside of Once again I would like to send may have the misfortune to sail or foulups in this the stack wouldn't burn those stack deck gang. They a word of thanks to the welfare with him. 4 4" 4 ropes hanging down on the out­ Joseph Avila are all a fine ' department and to the brother side of the stack if left there over­ Seafarers who donated blood for bunch of hardi i t night. my wife during her recent illness. working men, More To Come willing to do any Thanks to the policy of the Mazur Please bear with me, brothers, To the Ediion job they are Union such emergencies are taken We want to acknowledge receipt asked to do no matter what it may there's more to come. Because the care of by the Welfare Services To the Editor: Department on the double. Recently I was a passenger on be. In short, a deck gang which is gauntlet was being used on the of the donation of $245 from the stack he called it a stack rope. I captain and members of the crew Thank you again. . the Andrew Jackson (Waterman), a credit to the SIU. Everything was going along fine suppose if I had it rigged up on a of the Ragnar Naess for relief of Edward W. Ketschko and have the highest praise for the A. i officers and crew. I really was on the Mankato Victory until this king post he'd call it a king post earthquake victims of the Ionian amazed to find such a fine lot of schoolboy—John P. McKean-r-de- rope. Maybe I'm cracking up. We Islands, This amount will be transmitted men on a cargo ship; they were all cided that he must let the boys got two new topping lift wires for know he is the mate on this ship the booms on No. 5. He asked me promptly to the stricken area. gentlemen and very courteous. and it is part of his job to get out how the heck I was going to get We wish to express our sincere To the Editor: Starting from Wilmington, Cal., on deck and show everyone how those wires through the topping thanks to all who so generously For the present, I have settled we were 12 passengers, all jolly- much he knows. Actually he made lift blocks when there's a socket out here at the US Veterans Hos- nice people, and time passed so a big fool of himself by his re­ on each end of them? After ex­ contributed to this cause. This wonderful contribution will be of Ipitai n Tucson, Ariz., in order to quickly I couldn't realize it when peated blunders in deck seaman­ plaining this mystery to . him, he tremendous help. breathe fresh air and dust. When we reached Yokohama, Japan. I ship, but to this day he hasn't asked me how much of a job it B. P. Goulandrls I'm ready to go to sea again, I'll was the only passenger left on realized it. would be to pull the goosenecks, Orion Shipping & Trading Co., Inc. probably go to California, but un­ board, as I was journeying on to check them and how it would be Inexperienced OS New York (the others staying in til then, the best of everything. done. As yet it hasn't downed on his Iliff Yokohama and* by-stations). Brilliant Statements t 4- t I would like to make a few re­ brilliant mind that the boys have Now for some of his brilliant long since found him out as being marks about the stewards: First, statements; When referring to the Tiny Phillips was ever-attentive in nothing more than an inexperi­ jack-stay up forward he called it To the Editor: I have been transferred to a remarking any special dish I enced OS with a chief mate's li­ that thing. I asked, "What thing?" cense. They're all fed up with his new battalion here at Fort Sili, wanted. Everything served was to He said, "That long piece of wire Okla., and would like to continue To the Editor: my liking, and for anyrthing extra, supervision and are at the I-don'tEnclosed is a copy of a letter Jimmy Allen, our waiter was all- give-a-damn stage, myself included, that stretches from the mast to the receiving the LOG. I really look which I have sent to Senator attentive, courteous and a gentle­ as I too have had more than my flagpole" (meaning, of course, the forward to reading each issue and Richard B.. Russell. He hasn't let men. My room steward, Michael share of his continual nagging and flagstaff) that the anchor ball would appreciate it if you would hangs from." When we started to make this change of address for me down on other things of a simi- Stoth, was all-attentive, neat and silly suggestions. strip No. 3 lifeboat to clean and The deck and ship's delegates *' lar nature. me. clean. I could go on and on men­ and myself went to the old man paint it out he said that it was a A few years ago postal carriers Brantley Young, Jr. tioning names and courteous at­ about this; We've even called the good thing we wouldn't have to were seeking a raise in pay at Co­ tention given me, but do not want (Ed. note: We have noted your lumbus, Ga., and in other cities to take up time and space. I know hall in Mobile while the ship was take the air tanks out because change of address on our mailing throughout the country. Each in­ the boys will understand my ap­ there and had the patrolman speak they're welded to the boat. I asked list.) to the old man about it. I have him why the straps were around dividual mailman asked his friends preciation. 4 4 4 told him myself several times not them, then. He told me to tell the to write a letter to their Con­ The SIU can Justly be proud to to interfere, but in spite of every­ "fellows" chipping No. 9 and No. gressmen and Senators. They re­ have such a fine group of gentle­ thing that we have done he is at 10 winches not to chip down to the ceived their raise in pay. men belonging to the organization. all times determined to give the bare metal. I guess he just wanted David M. King To the Editor: Our Captain J. Rhodes comes In boys a hard time. His latest brain­ the paint chipped off. Why chip "Senator Richard B. Russell I was ordered into the Navy for for a large share of praise, being a storm is to have acquired the serv­ good thick rust; it makes the metal two years' service^ but had to ex­ United States Senate look thicker. very pleasant and kindly master ices of the second mate (another 'Washington, D, C. This should be proof enough that tend my enlistment for two more for whom all the crew has the high­ phony) to spy on us and report his Dear Sir: Mr. McKeen should have learned years. This place is nothing, like findings to him. At present I am a member of est praise and respect. his deck seamanship in the foc'sle the. good old SIU, but you hava to In closing, I would love to be on the Seafarers International Union Quiz Kid, Too and not out of a book in school or make the best of it. I would ap­ of North America, Atlantic & your mailing list, as I enjoyed read­ In order to tell you about this from the bridge of the seven Vic­ preciate it if you would kindly Gulf District, which is affiliated ing the SEAFARERS LOG while clown I must repeat some ofHhe send me all back issues of the LOG aboard ship. with the AFL. stupid questions and statements tory ships that he claims to have from October up until the present been on. However, I hear that he Elizabeth Bilsbrough This Union has 20,000 members which this King's Point genius and current issue. (Ed note: We have added your asked me. In Seattle, when we is an excellent typist; does lots of who rely on medical attention of Tell , the boys I send all of my it. Perhaps he should stick to that. the Marine hospitals—like the one name to the LOG'S mailing list.) dropped anchor, we stood there regards, and wish the membership Grease the Gangway! closed at Mobile, Ala., and other For my grand finale I have saved a Merry Christmas and a Happy seaport cities. what I believe is the last big splash. New Year. It is my wish that you might Gerald De Meo Standing by to anchor one night consider giving us your support (Ed. note: The hack issues df the we heard the splashing of por­ on this issue that they might be LOG that you requested are on poises on the bow. Says Mr. Mc­ their way to you; your new address ^, kept open and reopen those which Keen: "Gee, I wonder how them we, the Merc'hant Marines, need. has been added to our mailing list make such a loud splash. What do so that you will get each issue of V. e have a Union paper pub­ they do? Jump up out of the water the LOG promptly from now on.) lished bi-monthly—the SEAFAR­ and hit themselves on the side of ERS LOG. At your ^convenience, the sbip?" - if you feel our hospitals are That did it. 9ive me my money worthy of your support, ifiease and my discharge, and tomeone write to our secretary-treasurer, put plenty of grease on tliat gang­ To the Editor: Paul Hall, 675 Fourth Avenue, way. In about three weeks we I made my last trip for the next Brooklyn, NY, as I would like to should be in New York and this two years on the Steel Worker. read your pledge of support in our nightmare will be over. If any of When I came back, I had greetings Union paper. you brothers want to hear more, from President Eisenhower. "Im­ With cordial personal regards you'll find me in the Port O'Call, mediate Induction." I did not keep and best wishes." trying td drown a bad dream. See my local draft board informed, i, ^ you there. about my last trip so they decided Charlie Muiir to take me. That ought to teach "X t 4" • some of the other brothers with 1-A classifications a lesson. Keep, To the Editor: in touch with your local board. . Just a note in defense of the If it is possible, I'd like to have \ To the Eflltor:. crewmembers of the Fort Bridger the LOG sent to me so I don't lose I would like to advise all mem­ contact with the Union. who denounced Louis King as a bers who .don't want to be gypped, It's always fair weather when Seafarers get together anywhere in « poor seaman and a troublemaker, , Pvt. oye HuMn ; to stay away from Firtt Cabin Bar' the world. Above are shown some Seafarers, who got together in - After being run off the Bridger, (Ed. note: Your copy of the SEA­ and Restaurant, Ayalon Boiflevard, FARERS LOG will be mailed to " ' King joined us on the- Camas Mead­ Japan after the Wm. Burden and the Stony Creek reached the Far Wilmington,°r. Cal. ' ' v you regularly every two weeks, at ows on the I^rsian Gulf run, where Eastern isle. Top is Pinkey, bottom Is , J. Mann, with Tiny Mease, . C, Kennedy you requested.) he immediately began .to live up .ts> . left, and H, Wila^zak completing the seafaring groups . A King^s Point Genius is Mate Thanks SlfU For Blood S^onors Thanks SIU Crew For $ Bonation Andrew Jackson CreMt Bated High Seafarer Bests In Hosmtai LOG Follows Him To Fort Sill Writes Letter To Congressman Asks For LOG To Read In Service Fair Weather For Friends In Japan Write Your Draft Board Regularlg Foul Ball Lands On Another Ship Warns Members Of Restaurant �11, IMS SBAfAREttS LOG P«c« Twcn^-ttree Goney Island Sands Cot $ From Mutiny Consider a small brig carrying a valuable cargo of $50,000 in silver and gold, add a couple of pirates to her crew, then toss in a bucko skipper and mate, and you've got all the basic ingredients for a story of The Vineyard sailed In 1830 mutiny, robbery and blood­ with her skipper, the mate, a crew shed. of seven, and the $50,000 aboard. However, when the brig Vine­ She was bound for Philadelphia. yard sailed from New Orleans, The first part of the voyage was there were only two persons In the quiet, and imeventful, although world who had any inkling that the the captain and the mate proved trip of the small brig would write themselves to be In the true bucko a notable chapter In maritime tradition as they cracked down on crime history. the men. While there was little In Although he had no idea at the the way of floggings or such pun­ time, the Vineyard's skipper, Cap­ ishment, the work was hard, the tain Thornber, made his first mis­ hours long, and the treatment take—a mistake which was later harsh. Even the food was poor. to prove a fatal one. Two of his Under such treatment, the entire crew had apparently jumped ship crew had become mutinous and when the vessel arrived in New bitter. Orleans and so Captain Ihomber Propose Mutiny started to look for new crew mem So, when Gibbs and Wansley hers and found two men on the proposed, a mutiny and a division wharf—J. Wansley and Charles of the money the Vineyard car­ Gibbs—who were eager to sign on ried, the other five crew members • the brig. were quick to agree with them, The records agree that Gibbs was and to take part in the plan. the leader of the pair. Hhe had The mutineers laid their plans started sailing during the War of carefiilly. They waited until the 1812, and had spent most of the war serving his country aboard Vineyard had just passed Cape After the four men lost about $21,008 of the loot when their longboat capsized in the surf, they scram­ various privateers—^which in many Hatteras. Then, on the night of bled ashore at Coney Island. There they buried most of the rest of the loot, planning to return and cases were little better than legal­ November 23, 1830, they were get it at a later date, when they could carry it more easily. ized pirate ships. When the war ready to strike. The captain was up ended, Gibbs found himself without on deck when they approached and land. This was a trip of about turn for it later. They scooped away lice were called to hreak up the the excitement and fast money him, suddenly swarmed over him 20 miles. the sand with their hands, and tak­ fight. that he craved and so he went to and tossed him over thie side. Then, The chest was loaded into the ing less than $1,000 of the money When the cops arrived, they be­ Gibbs and two others quietly went Cuba and joined a group of Span­ with them, buried the rest on the came suspicious about the large long boat, and the men climbed below and entered the mate's ish and American pirates, who amount of coin they found in the cabin. He was fast asleep when over the side. Gibbs, who was the beach. were operating in that area. Then they decided that they room. They took all four men into they pounced on him and dragged last man to leave the ship, set fire Made Frief da him out of his bunk and up on to her and quickly climbed into the couldn't trust each other. So they custody. Gibbs and Wansley re­ While sailing with the pirates in deck. Then, as the mate screamed long boat. Then, the two boats said they would stay together until fused to say anything to the po­ they were able to return and get lice, but the other two crew mem­ the Caribbean, Gibbs made fast for mercy, they tossed him over started to pull for Jones Inlet. Within a matter of minutes, how­ the money. After waiting for their bers unleashed all the details of friends with Wansley, who was his the side. The next five minutes shipmate aboard one of the pirate were hard oh the mutineers, as the ever, the two boats were caught in clothes to dry, they travelled to the mutiny and the robbery. vessels, and the two of them be­ mate swam alongside the slow-mov­ the undertow of the surf on Coney Flatbush, where they stopped at a The police checked the details came almost inseparable. They ing vessel, screaming for his life, Island, and were pulled in toward small rooming house. with the shipping company and the shipped on a number of the pirate until he finally sank beneath the the beach. The yawl, with three Start Fight four men were brought to triaL men in it, hit the surf first. It cap­ craft in the area, but found the surface, exhausted. Immediately, they bought a large The trial was a fast one, as the life was still too slow and the With Gihbs in command, the sized, drowning all three men stock of liquor and retired to the two other men testified as state's prizes far too small to suit their Vineyard continued to sail north. aboard. rooming house to discuss their new witnesses, telling their part in the The long boat was next. With wealth. Gibbs and Wansley sug­ mutiny and putting almost all the tastes, so they drifted back to the When they were about three miles States. off Coney Island, they decided to four men aboard, it hit the heavy gested that they should get a larger blame on Gibbs and Wansley. The Arriving in New Orleans, they scuttle the small ship and make surf and ploughed through. Just as share of the loot than the others, buried money was recovered and apparently overheard some stories for shore. The plan was to put the it reached the beach, the long boat since they had planned the entire used as evidence in the trial. about the $90,000 in coin that the chest of money Into the long boat, also capsized. The chest was caper. The other two didn't agree The result was that Gibbs and Vineyard wai carrying and it was while some of the others would dumped out, along with the four and the' discussion became more Wansley were hanged. The other a very- short time after that when take the yawl. Then, they planned men. It broke open, dumping the and more heated. Within a matter two men, who had turned state's they were signed aboard the Vine­ to ro^jv through Jones Inlet, and coins out in the sand. of hours, the discussion about the evidence, got off with fairly short yard as crew members. make their way to Jamaica Bay . The four men scrambled through loot became a free-for-all. The po­ prison terms. the sand and were able to recover about $29,000 of the coins. The. other $21,000. was quickly washed Farallon Island Lighthouse into the sand by the surf, and was never recovered. Bury Money Scrambling up onto the beach with the chest, the four men de­ cided that they would bury most of the money on the beach and re- MJBG Welcomes Sioriess Pies Four; of the mutineers left the Yiiieyard ott Coney Island, after iaettlnt fire to the ship. They carried the ehest with $58,000 In coins along with them in > the longboat" - -' ~ With the LOG now contain­ ing 28 pages in all regular edi­ tions, there is plenty of room for stories, photos and letters sent in by the Seafarers. Several pages of each issue are devoted to the expei-iences of Seafarers and the ships they sail as they describe them themselves If you run across anything of interest on your voyages, or Just want to let your friends know how you're getting along, drop a few lines to the LOG. Don't worry too much about Uteraty style. We'll patch it up if it needs patching. And of course, photos Illustrating the incidents you describe make them more Interesting for the readers; Send your stuff to the LOG at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brook­ lyn, NY. If you want any­ thing-returned after we use it. we'll do that too.- . . <• The Farallon Island Lighthouse, 25 miles offshore of the Golden Gate, marks San Francisco Harbor's entrance. Built in 1855, follow­ ing the California gold rush, the rocks for the tower were quarried bn the Island and carried to the top of the ledge by hand. The gathering of birds' eggs, 'and'seal huhting that was done on the island have hew beeii stopped by the Governments " • �ra Pare Twenty-four SEAFARERS LOG Deoetnber 11, 19SS . DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS MAGNOLIA MARINER (Misfissippi), October 25—Chairman, Charles L. Stringfellow; Secretary, C. A. Crabtree. Mate Is not giving satisfaction on overtime. Fans should be installed in all crew foc'sles as promised. Personal grievances should be settled on board ship. Alarm system should be Installed in refriger ator boxes. One man paid off in Yo­ kohama. be taken care of by all hands. Canned milk brand should be changed: steward will take care of this. I like it. Repairs should be turned over | the sign-on. Vote of thanks went to the to the delegates so a repair list can be steward department for the excellently made out. Extra washing machine and food they pht out. Great appreciation grating should be taken out of the laun- was given to the day cooks far cooperatSTEEL ACE (Isthmian), September 2t f ""ttreMes put aboard In ing with the 4-8 watch by letting them —Chairman, V. MIynek; Secretary, S. Philadelphia are no good. Union should eat early. R. L, Ferguson, the ship's Anderson. Repair lists will be made up ask the company to put innerspring mat- delegate, was commended for his exand turned in. There is $31 in the ship's Seafarers who applied for tresses aboard with the proviso that treme sincerity and dilUgence He has fund. Letter was sent to headquarters crewmembers damaging them pay for exerslsed his ability and kept non-essennew membership books in about draws in Singapore. Two men them. There is a balance of $42.26 in tial beefs to a minimum. The departshould not be allowed to sail SlU any New York but are now sailing the ship s fund. | ment delegates performed their duties ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), September more. They will be turned over to the well also. Vote of thanks went te' Capfrom outports don't have to 1S_Chalrman, S. Manclna; Secretary, L. patrolman for their lack of cooperation PURPLESTAR (Traders), October 25— P- Bamberg for his generous concome to this city to get their I Chslrman, P. Hagmann. No ship's funds will be in Singapore. This motion was passed. C, Murree; Secretary, R. Mcsideration and enthusiastic cooperation carried. Books for the library were pur­ Washing machine should be kept clean: new books. Nell. Man who missed ship in Mojl, crewmembers. It has chased with ship's funds left by the old machine will be disposed of. But­ Japan will be turned over to the patrol- been a pleasure to sail with Captain If the men involved will previous crew. Ship's delegate's mail tered bread should not be placed in the man. All department delegates wlU pick Bamberg and Chief engineer Osin, should not be opened by anyone else. toaster. write to headquarters and tell up repair list. Due to the over-use of October 10—Chairman, E. Russian; New man missed ship in Newark. Pa­ 8EATRAIN GEORGIA (Saatrain), No­ coffee, what remains will have to be the Union which port they are I rationed. trolman will be asked about repairing Secretary, W. Shaw. There is $21.12 in Steward said that there were vember 22—Chairman, Lee Lateva; Sec­ the port passageway main; if this can­ the ship'S-fund. Beefs to be turned retary, Raymond L. Perry. Men using sailing out of, the Union will 230 pounds on board after leaving Yo­ not be attended to the chief mate should over to the patrolman were listed and kohama, which ordinarily is more than the washing machine should sign the forward the book in care of get the necessary material and have the read. One man should be lined instead list posted near the machine, so ' that enough for a trip to the West Coast. deck department make repairs. Notice of suspended from the Union. Beef be­ those who wish to use it next will know the port agent. tween two members will be referred to will be posted on the officers' bulletin JEFFERSON CITY VICTORY (Victory pvhose clothes are in the machine. SamUnder no circumstances the patrolman." Ten new fans, new wash­ board stating that the washing machine I Carriers), October $ — Chairman, Carl Ple of tbe steak meat should be shewn is to be cleanea after use: this means ing machine and a new toaster will be ScoH; Secretary, John J. Bednar. Old to the patrolman to see if a better grado however, will the books be the engineers especially. Linen locker asked for. There is a beef on salty and repair list will be given to the ship's ®"b be obtained. Each member sheuld sent through the mails to any uneatable ham and bacon. Brand will be door should be repaired so it can be delegate who will see what repairs from contribute $1 to the ship's fund, closed without banging and waking up checked .by the steward. There should private addresses. the previous voyage were not completed. the whole ship. Door leading from the be better meals on ' Sundays. Foc'sles Walter L. Busch was elected ship's deleSTEEL KING (Isthmian), Novombar 19 recreation room to the passageway and lockers should be left clean. Vote gate. Crew s scuttebutt has been on the —Chairman, Vlto O'Angelo; Socratary, should be kept closed because of noise. of thanks went to the ship's delegate^ Discussion was held on the ship's fund repair list since 1950; the main thing is prad Stappa. Mate will make up ipdividAll deck department members should be Joe Selby. for a good job well done. I that the cooler is only a two-quart con- ual draw and slop totals, so each man and cleaning up after the movie. ready to turn to when securing for sea. tainer which the crew figures entirely can verify his own. Quarters should be STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), October 1* Department delegates should present a STEELORE (Ore), November 1—Chair­ to smaH. steward department will clean left clean for the next crew. Ice malist of repairs (o department heads, so —Chairman, E. O. Odum; Secretary man, C. Hauger; Secretary, Guy Nealls. the recreation room: the laundry will be chine overfows and should be fixed. Stewart Hanks. Discussion was held withrepairs can be taken care of at sea. elean by the engine and deck dC' Fresh water tanks should be cleaned and the captain on sanitary conditions in the One crewmember missed ship in Balti­ kept partments. All hands will keep the the linen and flour inspected by the more. There is $17.52 in the ship's fund. black gang; captain cooperated in clear WILLIAM A. CARRUTH (Trans-Fuel), washing machine clean and clean up patrolman. Captain expressed his appre­ October 25—Chairman, Hans Skaalegaard; ing up the situation. Stewart Hanks was Discussion was held on the Sea Chest. the machine sinks after using them. ciation to the crew for their performance Ship's delegate will take orders. Money elected ship's delegate. Deck gang has Seerstary, W. Pedersen. One man of duties and good cunduct, which helped the ship's fund will be used to missed ship in Yokohama and a replace­ complained about cockroaches in foc'sles, from MONTEBELLO HILLS (Western Tank­ make the trip a pleasant one. He In­ ment was hired in the same port. All and the neglect of last voyage's repair write the letter to the Senate protesting ers), Octeber 11—Chairman, Harold F. vited all crewmembers to make another hands will clean foc'sles and turn in list. Foc'sles are filthy. A list of these the closing of the marine hospitals. Jaynes; Secretary, James Beresford. Un­ trip. Ship's delegate got a vote of confidence. ion will be informed of the chief engi­ linen and cots. Crewmembers will do­ conditions will be made up and pre Ship's delegate will see the captain nate money to send a wire to Washing­ sented to the captain. Men should be neer, who fails to recognize the SIU cleaner in the messhall. Steward will about the shower heads and bulletin contract, ton. places the ship and the crew's board. change the messman. lives- in jeopardy, took a fan out of the galley to put in the hospital although NORTH PLATTE VICTORY (Missis­ STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), Novem­ the first assistant has three in his room. sippi), August 28—Chairman, J. W. Rellly ber 14—Chairman, H. Clemens; Secre­ Food the ship in Portland, Mc., Secretary, W. L. O'Donnell. There are tary, C. Hartman. Suggestion was made is farsupplied below SIU standards. Steward 1,400 yen, in the ship's fund. Draws will to see the patrolman about extending asked that there more variety in the be in US currency on the day before the drinking water line beyond the menus. Delegatesbewill make up repair FRANCIS (Bull), October 25—Chair­ arrival in port. Tarpaulin muster will house for the longshoremen in foreign lists for their departments. man, John O'Rourke; Secretary, Fred T. be taken to augment the ship's fund and ports who request drinking water. Sug­ Miller. John O'Rourke was elected ship's IRENESTAR (Maine), June 16—Chair­ buy additional baseball equipment. Crew gestion was made to show the patrolman MAE (Bull), November IS—Chairman, man, R. Goodwin; Secretary, no name. agreed to a SI assessment per man the rust and sediment in the potable Ed Carlson; Secretary, O. Garrlgnes. delegate. Steward was asked about gelting more milk aboard and a better vari­ Steward agreed to furnish typewritten Pat Fox was. elected ship's delegate by tanks before the next crew signs on. There is $29.50 in the ship's fund: two acclamation. Repair list was taken care menus for the tables instead of using Gangway cable should be inspected, as pools will be run this trip to increase ety of night lunch. Messroom should be kept while the ship is in port. of; company said innerspring mattresses the blackboard. one broke. There is $68.73 in the ship's it as much as possible. Steward will or­ Noise locked in the passageways should be cut would be sent along with the new wash­ fund. der new ash trays for the next trip. down. Laundry cleaning list will be ing machine. Steward received most of September 27—Chairman, E. B. Lewis; Ship's delegate will write to the Union posted in the messroom, the stores he asiied for; the rest will Secretary, J. Rellly. A repair list will to see about getting a coffee urn in­ arrive at the next port. be made out before leaving Hakphong stalled and if a new washing machine AFOUNDRIA (Waterman), November 16 June 28—Chairman, R. M. Goodwin; so that repairs made b.v the crew can can be obtained to replace the one on —Chairman, Derwood Y. Mann; Secre­ Secretary, T. Sullivan. Most of the re, be taken care of. Member who missed here, as it is beyond repair. tary, Robert Benjamin. Chief engineer pairs from the last trip were taken care the ship in Kobe and re.ioined in Sasebo has been discriminating against the of; the rest are being worked on. In­ should be dealt with lightly and not MASSMAR (Calmer), October 25—Chair­ ship's delegate for -performance of nor­ nerspring mattresses and new washing fined if avoidable. man, Thomas R. Glenn; Secretary, Philip mal Union activities. This is the only machine were received. All whistling November 1—Chairman, W. L. O'Don­ B. Livingston. John T. Wulzen was friction aboard ship. Patrolman will be and unnecessary noise is to cease in the nell; Secretary, E. V. Saul. Matter of ANDREW JACKSON (Waterman), Octo­ ship's delegate by acclamation. contacted at the payoff. Electrician has passageways as men off watch are trying difficulty in obtaining hospital slips and ber 26—Chairman, Kaare G. Sllvetscn; elected All repairs on the list should be checked, to sleep. Men are to come into the other instances pf poor cooperation from Secretary, Lee Bruce, Ship's delegate to see what can be' done with the parts been shown the agreement relative the washing machine. messroom properly dressed at mealtimes. the purser will be referred to the pa will get the names and addresses of on hand before the trip Is over. Steward Steward will post instructions on how to trolman. Ship needs fumigation and Congressmen from the SUP hall in Hono­ department should clean the recreation make coffee. All beefs should be brought more stores for the next trip. Repair lulu. Then letters will be forwarded. room and the deck and engine depart­ GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), up at ship's meetings, where everyone list will be posted so that additions may Telegram will be sent to the hall stat­ ments take care of the laundry. Foc'sle October 17—Chairman, Allen J. Friend; is to take part. Ship's delegate asked be made. All rooms will be checked by ing that we are behind them. Screens decks should be painted. Secretary, Robert F. Black. Captain Hub­ crewmembers to report any repairs on the delegates at the payoff to be sure should be kept on the portholes by the called up the Union hall the night November 1—Chairman, Thomas Glenn; bard fans or lights, as well as other repairs. that they are left clean for the next cooks when men on deck are chipping. Secretary, before sailing and made the false accusa­ Philip B. LIvlngsten. Repair tion August 9—Chairman, J. Salde; Secre­ crew. Unanimous vote of thanks and Steward was asked for more variety of list was turned that the deck gang would not secure IR. Some are being for sea. Captain tary, P. Fox. Performing is to cease, or confidence went to Brother J. D. Otto salads and night lunch. The men al.so taken care of. Two failed to post slopchest men on the West else back to the farm. We have a good for a fine job done as ship's delegate spoke of poor stoeking of the slopchest. Coast are paying off. Garbage should price list for the crew's reference, and ship and a good skipper; let's keep them this trip. Delegates will make up peti November $—Chairman, K. Sllvertsen; not be disposed of near the foc'sle aft rations the crew to three cartons of that way. Checkers are to use the stew­ tions for white card men eligible for Socretary, Leo Bruce. There is $73.90 every two weeks. He put out our own protection. Glasses should cigarettes ard department toilet while in port; permits, to be signed by bookmembers in the ship's fund. One man missed ship for two draws in New York after 5:00 PM. not be left in the sink at night. Vote Milk steward department will use other de­ who agree that these men would be a in Honol^u. An inventory of his gear of is rationed. Chief steward puts it thanks went to the steward departpartment heads. •• credit to the SIU. 8^ 1 the chief mate and ment for the good food being prepared out only in the morning while at sea: buttermilk will be put out for dinner October 25—Chairman, J. P. Sadie; ship s delegate. Steward and ship s dele- and for good service by the messman. Secretary, R. M. Godwin. Men who and supper. Manuel Caldas was elected STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), Novem­ gate will see the chief mate about paint ' ship's delegate by acclamation. missed watch or took time off without ber SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Sestrain). 3—Chairman, M. Keefar; Secretary, ing the messroom. All men in the deck permission will be turned in to the pa­ November IS—Chairman, Gens Flow­ department were asked to have their November 15—Chslrman, Gay; Secretary, J. Hartman. Washing machine and wincl trolman. Quarters are to be left clean rooms sougeed before getting in. BR Sir Charles.. There is $49.02 on hand. ers; Secretary, Robert F. Black. Repair and beds stripped of line. Repair list chutes were received as well as a new asked that all surplus linen be turned Suffveatlon made up: up; pairoiman patrolman will warn mada to hiiv crab nata I list was mauo win be oo conwas turned in and most of the repairs library. $27 has been collected to date. over to the steward. Pantry should be tscted on deck department beef, where All garbage in port will be taken back ,were taken care of already. Additional kept Kept a little cleaner at night. One man sir Charles was reelected ship's delegate. the bosun Ua^Vs^d „y ruJIn^^^ suggestions from the crew will be added. aft and dumped. Washing machine should lost ^s papers in Yokohama. Crew voted There should be more variety of vegc-Ph.ii Wash room Skipper was contacted about putting a be left clean after use. thanks to the steward department for tables. Chief eneinear will ha a.krd department. There is a slopchest aboard, and he said he would should be cleaned, as well as toilets and work well "S" t I ibou" cle«tai and'p"a'lSlnr?ooms oVthe I ^®''y thr'lfa"lSs*"to''rat!oS wait and see where the ship was going showers. There should be scouring pow­ f I «h 1 SSc'hStlm'i 0^012^7^^^^^ next trip before ordering this. Patrol­ der in the wash rooms. Steward will Strip their bunks and turn In linen « '-8^ departm^^^^^^ put a garbage can there. Radio and man will be asked about getting a new I them Renalr ?l«t« wni be tiirm^l side knew the agent's address In France. library. Messman's room is very hot and phonograph should be played low. LEWIS EMERY JR. (Victory Carriers), to departmSlft delegli^s.^U 'cre'w ®would'l^S should be changed. mlUtary security. Crew would like ARICKAREE (US Petreleum), October November 15—Chairman, Leo Movall; have been given out. Radiators have Secretary, Vic Harding. Spares for fans been cleaned and painted CWef eM® addresses and destinations of 26—Chairman, Olav Reversen; Secretary, CAMP NAMANU (US Petroleum), Octo­ Noberlml. Previous steward was short 1.& AW-HIMA.! ..M.I tviU braco the fountain In the alley I sparks unarlcfl and And had had to tn ha renanrad hv tha ber 25—Chairman, Alex Janes; Secre­ be censored by tho be obtained and installed before ,• the I tary, R. Bascombe. Four men who missed on ship's stores. Patrolman will be no­ next trip. Crew as a whole is working way. captain. Crew should have innerspring tified of inferior meats put aboard. ship in Yokohama will be turned over mattresses, like other ships. Mate claims well and there are no beefs. Ship needs to the agent at the port of arrival. Two to be out of penicillin. At least six fans fumigation. A list will be posted for men were picked up as replacements in should be ordered as spares for the com­ all members to sign if they need new Yokohama. Letter will be written pro­ ing trip. Repair lists will be handed mattresses. Copy of the repair list will testing the closing of the USPHS hospi­ over to the ship's delegate. be posted. Book rack will be installed In tals. Foc'sles are to be left clean at the the crew recreation room. payoff; all cots are to be returned to BTEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), Novom­ the midship house. Repair lists will be bar •—Chairman, Roland Lanqus; Secre­ BADGER MARINER (South Atlantic), made out in triplicate. Clothing allow­ Beef on launch SEATIGER (Colonial), October II — tary, Bill Bestallovo. November 17—Chairman, Emil Grotsky; ance will be asked for as tanks were in Djarkarta will be taken up MADAKET (W.?erman), September 27 Secretary, J. Longfellow. Murphy was Chairman, W. W. Delaney; Secretary, R. service filthy for seven months and complaints —Chairman, by the patrolman. There $16 in tho A. M. BranconI; Secretary, elected ship's delegate. Motion was W, Youtzy. Mate agreed to paint decks ship's fund. $12 was paid is were made continually. Schedule of un­ E. Goddard. There for literature _ the work- in the messhall and foc'sles. Draws will paseed to make suggestions on is $49.32 in the ship's satisfactory launch service in Yokohama fund. Repairs are being done very slow­ ing of this type of ship to Union officials be put out in foreign money. There was to be sent to Washington on the hospi­ will be turned over to the patrolman. ly. Washing machine motor was sent so a proper agreement can be drawn a discussion on cleaning the laundry, tal beef, together with the crew of tho Toilets have been unsanitary; patrolman ashore, otherwise everything is in very up. List of assignments for cleaning the It was agreed that the wiper and OS • Steel Rover. Que man missed ship in will be told of this. !Lii S good shape with a very clean payoff. laundry wUl be made up. Each man will would clean the laundry on alternate contribute $1 to the ship's fund. Sug- weeks. Ship's delegate will see the chief fL" SUZANNE (Bull), October 27—Chair­ P. Adkins was elected ship's delegate gestion was made to buy an iron. Chips engineer about rusty water In sanitary ilT man, Red Campbell; Secretary, Sam by acclamation. Ship's delegate will see was elected treasurer. Repair list was ta.-_k and about hot water. Crew refrig''® *®P* .5?™: captain about changing course when Tellch. Gorch was elected deck dele­ the ' erator should be repaired. All linen turned in. gate. The next meeting will be held at blowing tubes, and will ask the captain should be turned in. Steward suggested i®®®"®'" "lli coffeetime, to enable all brothers to be if we can use the other washing machine aU department delegates be present ; i, ^"V®" ours is being repaired. Bingo set WESTERN TRADER (Western Naviga­ that present. Discussion was held on the while when stores are brought on board. J?®"'? 'fS®'^ ®'®®' the-fresh paint on closing of the USPHS hospital. Lock is will be bought from the ship's fund. tion), November 15 — Chairman, Fred November •-Chslrman, R. Youtzy, Soap powder Anyone who has any particular phono­ Vykruta; Secretary, Stave Bergarla. One Secretary, T. Jackson. needed on the steward department toilet, Chief engineer I should be changed, records in mind should inform man missed ship in Fhlladelphia; his and a door key for the electrician's graph the membership. name will be reported. Joe Kumor was said nothing could be done about water foc'sle. SUZANNE (Bull), November 24—ChairNovember 8—Chairman, C. Newton; elected ship's delegate, by acclamation, ""J®® "j®, ^ man, Camf 9.11; Secretary, L B. Gooch. Secretary, I. King. There is $49.32 in delegate. Port CAMAS MEADOWS (US Petroleum), no the ship s fund. Deck engineer thanked Old mattresses should be replaced by y®/®' ^ools wm b^^urnished^^ wUl^ chlckSd "t®"'®''® ^iU be contacted about stainless date—Chairman, Peter Patrick; Secre­ the crew for the willing help the crew innerspring mattresses. So far only 10 ®'®°' "f' * ®"^^ have come aboard. Lock on fldley door {?® ®" °®^^ f™®"® steel in the gaUey. New tablecloths are tary, John FItzslmmons. Money donated gave him while he was sick. Ship's dele­ for the messhaU, Keys are by non-Union members is being held by gate will see the patrolman about not should be repaired. Porthole fans should ^® f®y*™*j|^®y ®'® °J«'j ®/®,®» clLned before leaving the P®®*'®"* ®'«®tr'®'«n'» the -captain. All non-Unlon men who signing on until all heads are repaired. bo repaired if possible. Whoever uses "een repaired, have made donations to the LOG should Steward department was thanked for the washing macliine should clean it up. | Sip Steward deptrtrnem got a vSte of «®"8 t®"®' »»®» be issued a card to help them get a their go()d work. Discussion was held ALAMAR (Calmer), November $ — thanks for their preparation of foOd. , ANDREW JACKSON (Waterman), No­ berth on another SIU ship, should re­ on a Christmas fund for dressing UD the Chairman, John A. Sullivan; Secretary, Ice box will be checked and repaired if | vember 21—Chairman, Kaare SIvertseni placements be needed. Repair lists will messroom for the holidays. necessary. Thurston Lewis. A letter was sent to Secretary, no name. There is $35 in tho be made out and turned over to depart­ Philadelphia about the man who - missed ship's fund. Linen is to be turned in. ment heads. All citizens were urged to eu'f'' iMIssliilppi), November 8— ship In Panama, and his gear was sent RACNAR NAESS (Seatransport), Newrite to Congress protesting the closing T« Secretary, there, A man missed ship in San Fran- vember 22—Chairman, N, King; SecreROBIN TUXFORD (Seas ShlpptngU of USPHS hospitals. if- , A1 Brindley was elected cisco, but this was due to an advance tary, J. Kackur. It has been a pleasant 4—Chairman, R. T. WhItloyf ship s delegate; Caruso was elected sports in sailln/ time and was not his fault. over-all voyage, with general morale and September Secretary, Russell B, Lund. Every tnan STEEL APPRENTICE (Isthmian), Octo­ conduct of tho crew excellent, despite '••0'" 9-'30 Entire dock gang is getting off. Motion will clean the laundry after use. Chips ber 17—Chairman, William C. BIskas; »to 6:30 PM. Discussion was held on the _ •- out In Korea for about «,!_ four 2-"P ''®Pd ringer for dungarees. 'Secretary, John B. Swiderskl. Ship's re­ picnic fund and the Seafarers' beach­ was passed that wa get Sea Chest put being aboard all Ore and Calmar line ships, months, without shore leave. Winches I Cots cots "will will be issued Insued oF nn reniiect reaiiest pairs have not been taken oare of; some comber baseball team in New Orleans. There have- been beefs about the fdod. should have proper breaks; over-all reNovember $ Chairman, E Garza; See. repairs still remain to be done. Slop- n.» n® be cleaned after each We do not get first-class meats on the pairs and adjustments should be made, rotary, R. T. Whitley. Everyone is to chest sizes should be changed and use of it. Discussion was held on buying ship. There is no variety of sea food. Deck engineer will speak to the agent turn repairs Pver to denartment dri«. checked. Donald N. Dickson was elected system. , Chief electri­ A lot or corned beef Is put on the ship at the port of arrival. Steward depart" . "eP"™®"' o®'"ship's delegate. Washing machine should cian 2"i. volunteered to fix the extractor, 6^ 1"®"* stores should come aboard before ' (Continued On page 25) Get New Books Through Agents it fh"-"' I- STATS••etipegeeepesde fetfiuieifSru.-;* -'A':'- • I, -lio M.'Ju. �:''-A SEAFARERStOd IMeenber 11, 1#SS Pare Twenty-five ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS... F. P. Raid. Men leaving ship should give proper notice. Motion was passed to make careful inspection for the repair list suggestions, with special reference to bunks. Mops for sanitary work should be cleaned after use. Covers should be replaced on Jars in the pantiy; books and magazines should be put back where MICHAEL (Carras), October IS—Chair­ they belong apd aU cots should be taken man, Fred Bruggner; Secretary, Ezeb off the deck after use. Manual, All repairs were made. Motion was unanimously passed to have each TROJAN TRADER (Tre|an), October crewmember donate tl to the LOG. Fred 24—Chairman, E. D. Sims; Secretary Alderho was elected ship's treasurer and Pete Platclk. One man missed ship at collected the fuU amount. Washing ma­ San Pedro: fuU particulars wiU be turned chine should be cleaned after each use. over to the patrolman. Crew contributed Enough water should be kept in it. Cups $125 toward the. purchase of a phono­ should be brought back to the sink. graph end records. The S6 left wiU be used to buy more records. Washing ma­ SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), chine should be cleaned after use. One November 25—Chairman, W. Beyeler; brother requested cold Juice. Steward Secretary, J. FIsnnery. ' Motion was explained that he would put out Juice if passed to give the crew and officers free the weather turned hot again. cokes during the Christmas holiday. Sug­ gestion was made to write to Congress HASTINGS (Waterman), November 12 on the closing of the USPHS hospitals. —Chairman, A. NIckle; Secretary, R. T. Wllloughby. One man missed -ship in ALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), November San Francisco. Suggestion was made to 15—Chairman, D. R. Parker; Secretary, make out a repair list and turn it in to the ship's delegate. (Continued from page 24) aaUf. Motion wai pasted to start ship's fund at Boston. Water cooler in the engine room must be replaced. All ex. cess linen and co*ji should be turned in. Fund stands at $\7.9.- PERSONiii Frank Falrchild Your daughter has had two seri­ ous heart attacks .and is still very ill. She asks you to get in touch with her by writing Eting Mae Fairchild, 2320 Avenue G, Galves­ ton, Texas. William R. Ham Please contact Aileene Watson, operator of E and S cafe in Texas City, Texas, "at her home address: 107 E. Hopkins St., Mexia, Texas, t it ' i Walter B. HaUett Your mother is worried about you. Please contact your sister, Mrs. Mildred Burns, at 129 Forest Street, Wilmington, Massachusetts. it t> Leo Hannon Get In touch with Prospect Photo, 104 Fourth Avenue, Brook­ lyn. h't't' Edison R. Brown Your sister, Eva Webb, needs some money for Christmas. She re­ ceived only one allotment check and then they stopped. You can reach her at Box 1215, Bristol, Con­ necticut. 3^ Ji t Paul R. Daytoi^ Get in touch with Leo about your tax. You have money waiting for you. Call him at Circle 6-0171 in New York City. 4> 4 Raybon Threatt Please contact your brother Mil­ lard by phone at Beaumont, Texas, 54212, or write tb him at 1843 Hazel Street, concerning papers to be. signed.' t 4. 4- SeekE Apartment Seafarer wants apartment, prefer­ ably in Brooklyn, with living room, kitchen, bedroom and bath, fur­ nished. Spanish or Portuguesespeaking people. Will consider all offers. Write to Ernest C. de Bautte, 110-01 Liverpool Street, Jamaica, LI, NY. 3^ .4i 4 Bicycle Wanted Seafarer wants old bicycle, in any shape at all, for donating to a youngster, 14, who ean use It in order to get jobs after school and help bis mother pay the rent and other expenses. If anyone has a bike, regardless of the condition, contact William Calefato at' 206, Walcott Street, Brooklyn, NY. 4" 4 4 J. L. Keller, Jr. Hease get in touch with Mrs. Ruth Lieberman or Mrs. Sylvia Green at 1714 E. 17th Street, Brooklyn, NY. 4 4 4 Sidney L. Wilson Your^mother wishes you to con­ tact her in Shreveport, La., in care of general deliyerjr. She is well and wishes to hear from you. 4 4 4 Eddy Smith . Frank ^alaska wishes to hear ,frbm you,!. He, can be reached nt the USPHS Hospital on ,Staten Is­ land, NV^ in room 622. VAL CHEM (Valentine), November 22 —Chairman, Frank Thorpe; Secretary Edwin Rushton. If the washing machine cannot be fixed by the chief engineer patrolman will be asked what to do. Chief engineer will be asked about get­ ting cleaner water for washing purposes: it is rusty. Delegates should act as a committee to purchase the radio and record piayer from the ship's fund. There is a balance of $167.91 In the fund. € ^Can'Shakers^ Have iVo OK The membership is again cautioned to beware of persons soliciting funds on ships in be­ half of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solici­ tors have received authoriza­ tion from SIU headquarters to collect funds. The National Foundation for Infantile Pa­ ralysis is the only charitable organization which has re­ ceived membership endorse­ ment. Funds for this cause are collected through, normal Union channels at the pay-off. Receipts are issued on the spot. soon as possible. A total of $22.50 was coUected for the ship's fund. S13.50 was spent to repair the phonograph. There is now a balance of S9. G. Reier was elected ship's delegate. Discussion was held on coUeutiug money for the ship's fund to buy more records and to have money for emergencies. GEORGE A. LAWSON, (Psn-Oeeanic), November S—Chairman, A. J. Brown; listed. Door on the cook's door needs Secrstary, A. R. Smith. Captain agreed repairing. A ladder will be made for to purchase a new washing machine in San Pedro. One man' missed ship in the 12-4. engine department foc'sle. San Pedro. There is a balance of $17.03 in the ship's fund. New stainless steel sinks and drainboards are needed in the crew's pantry, galley, saloon mess. Stew­ ard has ordered them. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for the service rendered to aU. and pantry. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for doing a good Job and to the steward for taking care of a number of items. November 2t—Chairman, J. Lsvin; Sec­ retary, J. Rotl. J. Levin was elected ship's delegate. Vote of thanks from the entire crew went to the elected lead­ ership of the SIU. There is $14 balance in the ship's fund. Vote of thanks went to the steward department. MARYMAR (Calmar), November i— Chairman, Charles Starling; Secretary, Henry Galickl. Captain will look at 12-4 lockers, and was asked to paint the steward and deck department foc'sles. Painting has. started in the steward de­ partment. Patrolman wiU be asked about getting the washing machine drain fixed. Men should be properly dressed in Brooklyn. Fan in the recreation room will be brought to the attention of the third engineer. LOGANS FORT (Cities Service), No­ vember it — Chairman, A. C. Crcvier; Sacretary, L. Larkln. There is $18.86 in the ship's fund. Ship's delegate has cigarettes from the Sea Chest at $2 a carton; profits wiU go to the ship's fund. Ship's delegate will see the chief mate about making keys for the rooms: eacli man will give a $.50 deposit for a key. Patrolman will be asked about watch system on deck. A different brand of washing powder should be used. Vote of thanks went to the steward depart­ ment for a good Thanksgiving dinner. ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), Nevember 15—Chairman, not listed; Secretary, not SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), September 17—Chairman, E. H. Soary; Sccratary, J. Kusmlarskl. Vote of thanks went to T. R, Hyde, resigning ship's delegate, for a job well done. e. Cantwell was elected ship's delegate by ac­ clamation. The beef about the over­ loaded cabs at Belle Chasse will be re­ ferred to the boarding patrolman. Deck department recommended more cleanli­ ness in crew's quarters. Cups are not being returned to the messhall: all broth­ ers were asked to cooperate on this. Fantail should be washed down more often. Messhall needs painting. LIBERTY FLAG (Gulf Cargo), October It—Chairman, B. Niger; Secretary, J. Demitreadls. One member will be thor­ oughly Investigated by the patrolman, He was already warned. October 22—Chairman, G. Skcndefas; Sacretary, Robart M. Drakcr. Ship's dele­ gate was Informed by the captain that the ship wasn't seaworthy unless deck cargo was taken off, w;^er tanks pumped dry and bunkers taken on. Crew agreed to back captain not to sail the ship un­ less proven seaworthy by the Army. TRINITY (Carras), Novtmber 22 — Chsirmsn, W. Hall; Sscratary, S. Niedsr- bsrgar. One man missed ship in New York. P. Jomides was elected engine delegate by acclamation; A. Gardner was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Motion was passed to see about getting new wind chutes. Vote of thanks went to F. X. O'Reilly, the radio operator, for keeping us up td date "with the impor­ tant news events of the day. Everyone should contribute at least $1 to the ship's fund at the payoff. Ship's dele­ gate will check with headquarters about contributing to the children's welfare fund for Christmas. SEAMAR (Calmar), November It —• Chairman, Barnett; Sacretary, J. Straka. Ekich department delegate will make out a repair list to turn over to the ship's delegate. A change in the menu was suggested. Meat should be checked when it is brought aboard. Inquiries will be made about bunker cargo. STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), Nevembar 23—Chairman, L. S. Brilhart; Sec­ retary, J. H. Ediund. Few items not taken care of on the repair list will be investigated. Chips wUl fix door locks as Qnix Anawern 1. Audrey Hepburn, who ap­ peared in Roman holiday. 2. Gordon Persons, governor of Alabama, whose brother is Wilton Persons, White House advisor. 3. Julius LaRosa, now appearing at La'Vie en Rose in New York. 4. Maryland. 5. John Lattner of Notre Dame and Paul Giel of Minnesota. ^6 General George C. Marshall, for the sponsorship of the Marshall Plan, 7. Canal Street, Market Street, Commonwealth Ave., Pennsylvania Avenue. 8. Eugene O'Neill. 9. Queen Frederika of Greece, who has been-visiting the United States, and Queen Elizabeth of England, who is touring the British Empire; 10. Bermuda, where President E i s e n h o w« r, Prime Minister Churchill antl French Preiser Laniel have met. BULL RUN (Bull), Nevarabtr 24 — Chairman, C. Lee; Secretary, E. Duxbury. M. F. Libby was elected ship's delegate. Chip's delegate wUI see the captain about transportation from Gal­ veston to Todds drydock in Houston. Washrooms wiU be cleaned by each de­ partment for a week. Each delegate will make up a repair list to give to the captain. ABIQUA (CIHts Service), September t —Chairman, M. H. Maynard; Sacrstary, Vincent ly Ratcllff, Discussion was held on the ban on shore leave at Ras Tanura, Arabia. All hands should get smallpox and cholera vaccinations in Japan, since this is why the crew could not go ashore in Arabia. This wUl be taken up with the captain and by the ship's delegate. Captain will also be asked abbut sougeeing and painting engine and steward department quarters. EDITH (Bull), Novembar •—Chairman, J. Rose; Sccratary, S. A. Holden. Sanderlln was elected ship's delegate. After BR has been reimbursed for the $28 he spent for recreational gear, any money collected will be kept as a ship's fund. Members should report needed repairs to department delegates. Mate should keep hot water Jacket in urn filled. Men on standby in the early morning are requested .to straighten out the messhall NOTICEi Hugh Mansfield The LOG office at Headquarters has your work permit and a list of things left aboard by you when you left the Yorkmar. Please pick up your papers at the earliest oppor­ tunity, 4 4 4 Harvey Mashvurne Lewis M. Olson Get in touch with the Welfare Services Department at Headquar­ ters immediately. 4 4 4 Baggage to Be Claimed The following men are to claim their baggage at the US Customs Seizure, Room 311, Appraisers Stores, 201 Varick Street, New York, NY, before January 20, 1954, or it will be put up for sale: Willard P. Parks, Edward Atkins, Vigga W. Sorenson and Luther R. Milton. Puzste Answer SODS COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), No­ vember <—Chairman, John Thompson; Secretary,, Louis E. Mayors. F. England was elected ship's delegate by acclama­ tion. Repair lists will be made up and turned in so that repairs can be made. PETROLITE (Tanker Sag), Nevombcr 21 — Chairman, McFarland; Secretary, Buckner. Ship just crewed up in Baltiuore after a one-month lay-up. First assistant said heads will be painted as soon as there is time. William Briggs was elected ship's delegate by acclama­ tion. Motion was passed to start a ship's fund at the Irst payoff, with the steward acting as treasurer. Bosun spoke to the chief mate about locks, and keys to all rooms. Steward wm fix the night lunch to suit the crew. Ship's delegate will investigate the price of cigarettes which are $1.50 per carton for sea stores. Novomber 27—Chairman, Henry Buck­ ner; Secretary, William T. Rose. Repairs should be done before the ship leaves the States. Door on wiper's foc'sle needs fixing. Bosun says that stores are com­ ing and all hands are to turn to. Ship's delegate wUl contact the Union hall about an SIU sea chest. Awning is needed over the poop deck. A tube is needed for the radio as well as a library for the ship. Crew gave tluinks to the steward department for the dinner. POTRERO HILLS (Philadelphia Marine), September 15—Chairman, J. Van Dyk; Secretary, J. D. Warmack. Crewmembers who missed sliip were referred to head­ quarters. One man rejoined ship in Yo­ kohama. Vote of thanks went to the steward department. Company will be contacted to see if replacements can be obtained in Japan, instead of waiting till Bahrein. Crewmembers should not use the messhall deck as a trash receptacle.' There are not enough cups in the messhaU. Crew should keep away from the captain except on official business. Small fiind of money for stamps for Union business wUl be kept. Octobsr 16—Chairman, Edward Sherzer; Secretary, J. D. Warmack. Names of members who missed ship in Japan wiii be sent to headquarters. New replace­ ment came aboard in Bahrein, Persian Gulf. Bosun read a letter to Congress to be sent by the crew. Members should write individual letters to their own Congressmen. Bosun furnished a list of members of Congress. FAIRISLE (Waterman), November • Chairman, R. B. Vickerman; Secretary, George B. Dunn. Beefs were settled by Seattle patrolman and necessary repairs were made. Louis E. Barch was unani­ mously elected ship's delegate. Johnnie Simon wUl take care of the ship's fund, to which each member wiU contribute half a buck. Discussion was held on writing to Congress on the marine hos­ pital. Vote of thanks went to the stew­ ard department. DEL ALBA (Mississippi), October 25— Chairman, George Duncan; Secretary, James Tucker. There is $53.48 in the ship's fund. The father of a crewmem­ ber died whUe the ship was in Buenos Aires and the purser wired New Orleans to have flowers sent to the funeral. Vole of thanks was given to the purser, as you cannot send money out of the Argen­ tine by wireless. Beef about the mate searching one man's locker, and dis­ puted overtime, will he turned over to the patrolman. Repairs will be turned over to the delegate. Steward has been after the mcssman all trip about the dirtyness of the messrooms and utensils. AU meat is marked commercial grade and bUled as such. Steward is not ali lowed to order any stores except milk, j bread and some fresh vegetables and 10 j days' stores to make the Coast on. This has come up for the last two trips, and we have all off-brand stuff and inade­ quate supplies, and no standard brands. Some of the canned mUk has gone bad —not for the first time. The brand name is PAGE'S. We should use a union dairy in New Orleans, instead of the non-union one. Brother Janosko gave the crew a vote of thanks for sending flowers to his father's funeral. Hospital mattresses should be changed. Purser and steward checked them and the purser ordered some. The cattle tender who made th« full trip lliauked tlie crew fur treating him so nicely and for aU the favors done for him. Patrolman should settia the beef about the recreation room be­ ing used by other than crewmembers. '^i\ STEEL MAKER (Isthmian), Novambtr 17—Chairman, Chris Kelleher; Sacretary, Dee Kimball. The old man is still dis­ obeying the SIU agent's aiid the patrol­ man's orders about rationing cigarettes. Motion was passed that the captain stop kicking on crewmembers' doors and hol­ lering and screaming in the passageways. Bulletin board should be used. Captain should stop threatening men: if any man is injured or kiUed in DJarkata, tire SIU should investigate. Motion was passed to have the captain stop the mate from waking crewmembers up to take pills, sign sheets, declarations, etc. ''I ' I ', - I NATHANIEL 8. PALMER (American Waterways), November 20 — Chairman, Mike Greti; Secretary, J. J. Mahoncy. Repair list was made up and turned in. Most repairs were done before hitting port. Inquiries will be made as to wliy the captain held the ship's library for three weeks before turning it over to the crew, and why the crew was limited to a $30 draw in Japan. Chief engineer seems to be intimidating a member bei cause he is an alien permlimaa by giv­ ing him anti-Union talks. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for fine work. Crewmembers are going to write to Congress on the marine hospitals. . ELIZABETH (Bull), Jtovember 11 — Chairman, E. M. Bryant; Secretary, W. Lachancc. One man missed ship in Baltlmore: two missed ship in San Juan. There are complaints on one man not being on the ball. Steward tried to straighten him out but he refuses to co­ operate. Eh-erythlng is squared away to the crew's satisfaction at this time. Elec­ trician stated that he has fixed the hot plate for the crew and put it in the pantry. November 29—Chairman, not listed; Secretary, E. M. Bryant. Nobody has any beefs and everything is fine to date. Gear of men who missed ship was turned over to the hall. Arrangements will bemade to put shelves in the laundry and get a new set of books from the Baltlmore hall. Crew gave a vote of thanks to the new steward and cooks and the steward department as a whole on the Thanksgiving dinner and for the way the chow has improved since they came aboard last trip. CHILCRE (Ore), November 9—Chair­ man, Bill Hendershet; Secretary, Ralph Tyree. Beck was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Steward said he would get new mattresses this trip. Discussion was held on leaving the recreation ball and the night pantry. New members were reminded of the free taxi service fi'om the hall to Sparrows Point if there are over six men. ' J. • •--t Edifor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32. NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please pot my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) OQSB NAME ssom soQ Qass soQji QosonaBo SaOSDDQ OQESBQ •r|A STREET ADDRESS QSS QOUQ aOODS SDQ OQO CITY .ZONE ......STATE . 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Anding, Box 579, Bay Drive, Babylon, NY. t KirbyviUe, Tex. Linda Jean Langston, born Ocr ^ tober 7, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Maureen Paula Fleming, bora Mrs. John A. Langston, Box 283, October 30, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Burgettstown, Pa. 4> K:-- wWi. I*-T MEEryoOffUOSH\P' MATES ATlHESKJtm 'fX. I ^ - r W- If'-C'li • ATTHEUMlOJJiALL 47H4VE4NP20WSr. y/^BOookm/.svVAP YARAIS/AMD1V/CID4 TNBPI^HTSQ/^TV. HEW LOW PRICES AMP yoJieeALWAvS WELCOME MERE AT YOU/ZOV/W PLACE. OWNEPAfOOPER/m BfTM£&EAt^R& imvMiON'AS/S'AFL t t ' Joseph Youning Chen, born June 22, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chen K. Zai, 100 Stanton Street, New York, NY. t it 4> Gail Curran, bora November 7, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo P. Curran, 3 Eutaw Place, East Bos­ ton, Mass. 4" 4" t Margaret Kosmas, born August 28, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Kosmas, 133 Lindy's Lane, San Francisco, Cal. Mrs. Edward A. Jaunet, 2109 Elysian Fields Avenue, New Orleans, La. 4^ 4> 4^ Sharon Anne Matson, born De­ cember 3, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard H. Matson, 309 West Bay Street, Sylacauga, Ala. 4 4 4^ Frank Miller, Jr., born October 26,, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller, 4209 Gray Street, Tampa, Fla. 4, 4" t Karen Christine Manchester, born November 11, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Manchester, 938 North Calvert Street, Balti­ more 2, Md. 4^ 4?" ^ in the HOSPITALS The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who are being taken care of by cash benefits'from the SIU Welfare Plan. While the Plan aids them financially, alt of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of time for visitors. If you're ashore and you see a friend's name on the list, drop in for a visit. It will be most welcome. USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. HD. Julian A. Blanco C. E. Johnson Jessie A. Clarke Robert Lambert Fred J. Coccla Ben Lawson Frank J. Conforto W. R. Mcllveen ' Francis L. Davis Earl McKendree Jeff Davis WUllam H. Maya Samuel, Drury James H. Penswlck Earl T. Erickson M. Pugaczewskl R. S. Creenway Horace C. SherrlU MUton C. Habrat Howard W. SherrUI Mark B. Hairelson James T. Smith P. L. Harrelson Harry C. Sullivan James H. Hayes Larry A. Webb USPHS HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE. FLA. WUllam O. Schwab USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. Robert Bennett Henry L. Prultt James W. Davis Fred Rafflenbuel H. D. MiUiner Henry Watson John M. Powers USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. Robert R. Barber C. E. Owens Leo Dwyer Joseph E. Wells ENDOWOOD HOSPITAL TOWSON, MD. Leonard Franks USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. Waima T. Center Gilbert L. Perry Peter Smith Ho Yee Choe E. R. Snedeker C. B. Cobum Don A. Thoreson F. T. Costello W. Timmerman Olav Gustavsen Robert R. White Joe Perreira USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. Fred U. Buckner Roger E. Huggins Herman C. Kemp W. L. Butler Jimmie Littleton p. G. Daugherty L. J. Love R. A. Denmark W. T. Shelrling John E. Duffy George W. WUson Joe B. Farrow Nathan L. Gardner LONG BEACH VETERANS HOSPITAL LONG BEACH, CAL. E. L. Pritchard SEASIDE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WILMINGTON, CAL. Isaac P. Hancock USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICH. Tim Burke ' Joseph L. Sbeahan Harry J." Cronin USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENN. Charles Burton Jack F. Thornburg USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Thomas J. Dawson T. P. Barbour Joseph L. Dlonne CecU Bennett Fred Blankenberg M. W. Gardiner Andrew J. Gindel K. M. Bymaster Herman H. Casas Jack H. Gleason Clarence W. Cobb John Hane George T. Coleman John L. Hlnten S. Cope A. Isyak Adlon Co* J. H. Jones RogeUo Crux E. G. Knapp James R. Lane Leo H.' Lang Thomas Lind Jesse Lyles J. M. Mason Sr. L. L. Mays Mitchell Mobley C. R. Nicholson Harry E. O'Brien John W. Quimby W. E. Reynolds Louis Roa Luther C. Seidle WUllam E. SwUley Richard R. SutUe T. R. Terrlngton Lonnie R. Tickle Joseph Traxler E. .Velazquei C. V. Weibom RusseU Went worth J. C. Whatley USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Edmund Andrade' Charles A. Luftdn Samuel E. Bayne Frank Mack^ W. W. Boehner Theodore MAtaler Joseph E. Crowley Robert A. Rogers John Farrand CHARITY HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Joseph P. Barraco USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY James H. Adams R. LaBombard R. V. Anderson Luciano Labrador Melvin Bass Stanley Lesko John Beckmann Thomas. V. Logan Biarl A. Bink WUllam Logan Frank Blandino C. Mc'Brien John E. Brady John Maclnnes WiUiam H. Brady Sau Mok Jessie C. Bryant Jack D. Morrison Ivan E. Buckley Alfred MueUer Bomar • R. Cheeley Jack K. Olsen J. Bruce Cole Oscar Raynor Ian G. Cumming G. H. Robinson C. L. DeChenne VirgU Sandberg John Dovak Ira A. Sandt Eddie Driggers Robert Sizemore John J. DriscoU John Slaman GUbert Essburg Robert Smith John Flynn Warren Smith David S. Furman C. Sofounios Estell Godfrey Jose Sousa Felix Gregerowicz Henrick Sterling Edwin F. Growe Harry S. Tuttle Paul Jokubesak A. P. Violanto Walter Kariak Frank Walaska Michael Katrausky Peter WilUams L. Kristiansen USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH, BROOKLYN. NT Percy D. Alhed James J. Lawlor Claude F. Blanks James R. Lewis Julian CuthreU Francis F. Lynch C. M. Davison H. F. McDonald EmUio Delgado A. McGuigan Antonio M. Diaz David Mcllreath Jose G. Espinoza Vic Milazzo Robert E. GUbert Lloyd Miller Bart E. Guranlck Eugene T. Nelson Peter Gvokdich Montford Owens John B. Haas E. R. Smallwood Thomas Isaksen Henry E. Smith John W. Keenan Renato A. VUlata Frederick Landry VirgU E. WUmoth USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEX. Sidney Pickett C. Barboza Stanley Polsso T. A. Cousins Robert Puckett Howard E. LUes Charles O. Lynsky H. Trahan John E. Markopolo Charles Tyler Vernon West O. J. Morgan Carl R. Wright JuUus Parks Charles Young D. B. Patterson t Adras John Guidry, bora No­ vember 13, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Guidry, General Delivery, Basile, La. 4i 4> 4> Joseph- Francis Pallando, born November 3, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Francis Pallando, 2742 South FairhiU Street. Phila­ delphia, Pa. 4^ .-. .I -r-i#-*: k# •» -"V- Tracking Down Gear Is Everyday Job One of the more difficult jobs performed by the SIU Welfare Services Department is the task of running down seamen's gear left behind on the ship. This is a painstaking job that involves a lot of time and energy in tracing the movements of a suitcase or a seabag. But thanks to the Union's"*" efficient inter-port communi­ cation system, the rate of recovery of personal gear is very high. In any given week Welfare Services will have the job of trac­ ing down ten or fifteen pieces of personal gear from ships scattered half way round the globe. • Once the stuff is located it is usually forwarded to headquarters or to the appropriate o u t p o r t and checked into the baggage room where it will be safe until the Sea­ farer can pick it up. Winds Up On Pier What usually happens with the gear in the first place is that the Seafarer in question is taken off a ship because of illness or Injury In some port that the ship touches. His gear is supposed to follow him, but half the time it doesn't. In­ stead it will usually wind up on some open pier where it will get soggy, moldy and dirty by the time the Seafarer runs it down and picks it up. Meanwhile the Seafarer had to do without his clothes, and half Welfare Services Representative A! Thompson checks In a sea the time he could never locate bag in the headquarters baggage room nntil the Seafarer can them at all. come down and pick it up. That's why Welfare Services comes in very handy in locating some out of the way location."And farer is assured that his clothes gear before it gets sidetracked to once it is in a Union hall, the Sea­ will be kept In good condition. ir f -Beember 11» 185S IPG Reading The Good News ^ Maurice Mervin Wiiiiams, born November 12, 1953. Parents, Mr. 4- 4* 4 and Mrs. Maurice M. Williams, 51 Priscilla Susan Reed, born Oc­ Berwick Street, Beaver Meadows, tober 1,0, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Pa. Mrs. Warren A. Reed, Mandeville 4^ 4> 4> Road, Covington, La. Patrick Edward Scott, born June ^ 5, 1953. Parents, Mr- and Mrs. David Eugene Smith, Jr., born Mason R. Scott, 2112 East Ellicott September 10, 1953. Parents, Mr. Street, Tampa, Fla. and Mrs. David E. Smith, Box 48, 4^ t 4> Chesterfield, SC. Helen Feeley, born January 7, i> 4^ 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lillian Beth Catalanotto, bora J. Feeley, 56-A Crescent Avenue, October 23, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Dorchester, Mass. Mrs. Joseph Catalanotto, PC Box 4> • 4 * 190, Raceland, La. Ton! Rae Henderson, born No-^ 4> t t * vember 17, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Sharon Ann Parker, bom Oc­ Mrs. Wayne D. Henderson, 1021 tober -21, 1953. • Parents, Mr. and Avenue I, Galveston, Tex. . Mrs. Samuel D. Parker, Tuckap 4^ ' ie "''' seigee, NC. David George Linker, born Oc­ ^ 4^ 4^ tober 22, 1953. Parents, Mir. and Ernesi Rm Jannet, born No- Mrs. William G. Linker, 1312 Sbiith vembeif 4. 1953. Parents, Mr. and 26th Street. PhUadelpbii Pa. Lawrence Christopher Wolf takes an interestec^ look at letter from Union "informfiig his pari^rits df niaterbity. benefits His mother, Mrs. Honald Fl Wolf, also looks on at their. Woods^ la^ bome. •• • ' • ~ �December 11,. 1S5S •m "K Pace Twen<y-sev« SEAF ARERSltOG SEEIN* THE SEAFARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN Seafarer Quits, Sailed 49 Yrs. After going to sea since 1902 Seafarer Benjamin Bailey is properly entitled to a rest. Recently placed on the SIU disability benefi ts list, on the eve of his 73rd birthday, Bailey can now look forward to the assurance of a $25 check every week from the Welfare Plan. The money from the Welfare Plan, plus $68.90 a month he applied for the disability bene­ tain gave you whatever money was which he receives from the fit, submitting discharges covering coming to you and that was that" Government in the form of Social 30 years of sea time. Bailey can't get around too well Security benefits, is enough for "I had more voyages than that" now, but he intends to come up {News about men In the hospitals and Scofarers receivtng SW Wei- Bailey and his wife to get by on he said. "But many times in those to SIU headquarters from time to . fare Benefits will be carried in this column. It is written by Seafarer Certainly its a far cry from the days there was no shipping com­ time and pass the day with some Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makeit $10 a month that Bailey started missioner at the payoff. The cap­ of his old shipmates. his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services.) working for when he first went For all hospitalized Seafarers Avho are interested, the Welfare Serv­ to sea. ices Department will take up the Christmas shopping burden for them. -Bailey's baptism at sea came on No need of getting out of your comfortable hospital bed to get crushed the El Monte of the old Morgan Line. For his $10 a month he by the holiday crowds. We will save you the trip and the trouble of worked, as he put it, "from a quar­ The deaths of the followinri Bolton, of 116 Herndon Avenue, Christmas shopping by doing it all for you. Just let us know your ter of four in the morning until needs and what you want to buy. We'll get them for you and send ...meaning until work was Seafarers have been reported to Mobile, Ala. them on their way. Hurry though, only 11 shopping days until Christ­ done. 4< 4> 4> the Seafarers Welfare Plan and mas, _ Went Up To $1 A Day Zephaniah C. Wright, 57: Broth­ $2,500 death benefits are being Out in the Staten Island Marine Hospital we find many of the boys, er Wright died of a fractured skull Later on. Bailey's wages grad some in fine sjiape Just waiting to get out. One of these is Richard ually improved. He went up to paid to beneficiaries. in New York, NY on September 6, Anderson, a messman off the Luciie Bloomfield (Bioomfield) who has $15 a month, Sergio Decaceon, 53;' On Octo­ 1953, and was cremated at Freshbeen in drydock since the end of last month. The New Market, NJ, and then in 1906, ber 7th of this year Brother Deca­ pond Crematory, Queens, NY. He boy is not seriously ill, though, and will probably be up and around four years after ceon died of a stroke at Jefferson had been a member of the stew­ the hall in a short time. he started sail­ Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., and ards department for 12 years, hav­ David Furman, chief steward off the Seavigil (Orion) has been in ing, he was get­ was buried at US National Ceme­ ing joined the SIU in New York. the hospital since November 18 for a checkup. He's ting a dollar a tery, Beverley, NJ. 4 out of Irvington, NJ, day, $30 a month i 4, t Braxton S. Conway, 47: A cir­ Ian Cummings is no longer listed among the ill as second cook Thomas Nicholas, 62: A FOW in culatory disease proved fatal to at the Same hospital. He was discharged last week on a passenger the black gang, Brother Nicholas Brother Conway on November 10, after entering early in October because of a gen­ ship. died of acute pulmonary conges­ 1953. He died at the USPHS Hos­ erally rundown condition. Another Jersey boy, his By this time Bailey tion on Noveihber 24, 1953, at the pital, in Boston, Mass.* and was last ship was the Robin Locksley (Seas) which he Bailey got a lit­ sailed on as a messman. He looks fine now and tle disgusted with the hard work USPHS Hospital, Baltimore, Md. buried at Mt. Auburn, Baltimore, and low wages offered at sea and He had joined the SIU this year in Md. Brother Conway joined the feels right chipper. decided to try his luck shoreside, Baltimore, and was buried in that SIU in Boston back in 1938 and Robert Anderson, no relation to Richard of the sailed in the steward department. The old IRT west side subway had city. same name, is recuperating in the Staten Island Furman He leaves his wife, Gladys L. Con­ just opened up running from institution after coming down sick aboard the Key­ 4- t 4< way. 46 St. James Street, Boston, South Ferry way uptown to 96th stone Mariner (Waterman) which he shipped on as engine main­ Albert Turkovich, 31: Brother , Mass. tenance. This. Bronx, NY, Seafarer is still a bit under the weather, but Street and Broadway. Bailey got Turkovich died on April 14, 1953, 4 4 4 hopes to get out sometime soon with the holidays approaching rapidly. a job on the subway which paid in Saigon, Vietnam, He had been $9 a week for a 12 hour day. But Justus Lafayette Whidden, 33: Turning up sick on the Bethcoaster (Calmar), Jessie C. Rryant, MM, a member of the Union for almost drydocked himself In the hospital until he gets to feeling a mite better. after six weeks he decided that two years, having sailed as a wiper Brother Whidden was fatally in­ This Granite Falls, NC,.boy has been in since last November 21, but he'd had his fill. "At least on a in the engine department from the jured in an automobile accident in he's looking to pull out of his medical tailspin any day now and come ship you could eat,'' he said, "even port of New York. He leaves his Mendolino, Cal. on August 18, if you didn't make any money. 1953, and was taken to Tampa, Fla. around to the shipping hail. So back to sea he went, and father, Anton Turkovich, 801 for burial. He had joined the SIU Resting up after a siege of pneumonia is Heinrlch Sterling off the stayed aboard ships through two North Broadway, Joliet, 111. in Tampa in 1941 and sailed in the Coeur D'Alene Victory (Victory Carriers). The FWT world wars, until a shipboard ac­ 4» 4< 4» deck department. ^ is coming along fine and expects to be discharged cident put him out of commission Einar K. Olsen, 49: Brother Oland get over to his New York City home in the 4 4 4 in 195i. In the last war he sailed sen fell from the ladder, of the near future. continually on the George Wash­ Steel Architect to the deck on Oc­ Anthony Arenella, 45: A mem­ Laid up out in Staten Island with a twisted ankle ington, a troop transport, for five tober 28, 1953, and suffered a fatal ber of the engine department is Bothwell Blanchard, AB, off the Steel King years without a break. brain injury. At the time, the ves­ since 1939, Brother Arenella (Isthmian). This Seafarer is from Ridgeland, SC, Switched To SIU sel was at sea, and Brother Olsen joined the SIU in New York and and he's hoping to get to see the Southland again Bailey was-a member of the old was buried at sea. He joined the was buried in St. Johns Cemetery, right soon, as soon as the doc checks him out of International Seamen's Union, SIU in New York in 1944 and Queens, NY. He died of a heart diy'dock.on the island. whose membership card he still sailed as a member of the steward ailment in Brooklyn on September John Dovak is rounding into shape these days. Sterling holds. Like many ISU men, he department. Surviving is his sis­ 14, 1953. He expects to be out on a discharge from the hos­ switched to the SIU when it was ter, Mrs. Grace Brozio, 192 East pital very soon. His last ship was the San Mateo Victory (Eastern), chartered in 1938. 337th Street, Willoughry, O. which he sailed on as a fireman-watertender. He's been in the hos­ Two years ago at the age of 70, i' t> it pital since the beginning of November and is on the road to recovery he was sailing on the Anson Mills after suffering an injured back. John Lindsay Cobb, 64: A mem­ when he suffered an accident in a fall. Complications followed in­ ber of the SIU since 1938, Brother cluding a stroke and Bailey has Cobb died of a cerebral hemor­ been unable to work since. A long rhage on October 25, 1953, at the spell in the hospital followed the British Hospital in Buenos Aires, accident and even now Bailey is Argentina. He sailed as a member still receiving out-patient treat­ of the deck department from Bal­ timore and is survived by Edith ment. For quite some time Bailey was Marie Cobb, PO Box 362, of that receiving maintenance and cure, city. but when that was discontinued. 4> j. 4* ~/or SIU MEMBERS! let Know. re in tronble ^ roan PR08UM is OUR BUSINESS mm'i m M m mrut stmts Hrumn Gets His Pay In SIU Hall Getting paid off in the Union hall was the unusual experience of Seafarer Gilbert Essberg, ex-crewmember of the Antinous (Water­ man). Essberg got paid off in the Welfare Services office at head­ quarters after having to leave the ship because of illness. When Essberg went to the hos­ pital he notified the Union hospital representative that he had money coming to him from the company. Accordingly Welfare Services made arrangements with the company to get him paid off. Vouchers were secured from Waterman's New York office and brought to the hospital where Ess­ berg signed him. However, the next day he was discharged from the hospital, so . that the cash pay­ ment was made to him yight iii the Welfare JServices pffice. Benjamin A. Hubbard, 73: Broth­ er Hubbard suffered a fatal heart attack aboard the Liberty Flag and died on April 22, 1953, while the ship was enroute to Yokohama. He had been a member of the steward department since he joined the SIU in New York in 1947; surviving is his sister, Mrs, Pascoe Hubbard Colburn, Box 590, Bastrop, La. 4" 4 4" John G. MeStravick, 32: Brother McStravick died in New York City of multiple fi-actures, shock and hemorrhage and was buried at Calvai-y Cemetery, Rockford, 111. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. M. S. Grumbacher, McLellan Heights, York, Pa. / 4 4 4 Vernon Bolton, 46: Brother Bol­ ton, an oiler in the engine depart­ ment, suffered a fatal hemorrhage on November 11, 1953, in Mobile, Ala., and was buried .in the Pine Crest Clemetery of that cjity. He le.ayes hi!|, jdayghtgr,^. Mary..(Vqn £Vf(?iW/NS^ A/e£DINSEA<^R ANPSrtORFWeAK- TOASOUilESTEl^ /tLLATSREOAl, se4c/(Kr PRICES your SEA CHEST SHORE WEAR i SEA GEAR SEA GEAR S SHORE WEAR at SIU HEADQUARTERS 675- 4th AVE • BROOKLYN J:'. 'i: •Iff-:: "S m •.'I i J �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource December 11, 1953 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XV, No. 25 Description An account of the resource Headlines: UNION, CO'S TO MEET WITH ARMY ABOUT SHORE LEAVE PACT TALKS PROGRESS ON ALLOTMENTS, DRAWS ILA-INSPIRED WALKOUT FAILS; MEN BACK AFL SEA UNIONS HALT BRIDGES ALL TANKERS POLLED IN ELECTION; NLRB TO START ATLANTIC VOTE COUNT $25 BONUS VOTED FOR ILL SEAMEN SON, DAD AT ODDS OVER EXCELLO NLRB APPEALS COURT RULING ON RED UNIONS KINGS POINT FATE STILL NOT DECIDED WHAT FUTURE FOR MARINERS? BLOOMFIELD GETS SUBSIDY FOR N. EUROPE, ENGLAND FLORIDA STRIKEBREAK MOVE FAILS CG HEARING BD. 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CREW AIDS BLINDED CHILDREN TRAMP CO'S DEFEND 50-50 LINER HAS FANCY CREW QUARTERS BRIDGES BACK AGAIN RUDE AWAKENING QUICK TO BLAME AFL WEST COAST SEAMEN'S UNIONS MEET BRIDGES' CHALLENGE HEAD ON LIVING COST HITS NEW RECORD HIGH CALMAR FOOD BEEFS PAY OFF, MEN PRAISE TOP-NOTCH MENUS BREEDING RARE DOGS OCCUPIES SEAMAN'S LEISURE TIME OFF SHIP RAGNAR NAESS CREWMEMBERS AID GREEK EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS EX-SEAFARER TURNS FROM SEVEN SEAS TO FORESTRY WATER (SALT) EVERYWHERE, BUT NOT ONE DROP FOR SHIP'S BOILERS SEAFARER AND TEXAS BRIDE SIGN ON NEAR HEADQ'TERS CONEY ISLAND SANDS GOT $ FROM MUTINY TRACKING DOWN GEAR IS EVERYDAY JOB SEAFARER QUITS, SAILED 49 YRS GETS HIS PAY IN SIU HALL Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/11/1953 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1953 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/f1a781145c969c13c9c43085fe4a84e9.PDF 5fc9e598ce9aebec4d5f9b350615c3c6 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG DM. 11 1964 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO X �race Tir* SEAFARERS LOG December 11, IfM' By Paul Hall Once again the American Medical Association is girding its loins to do battle with its favorite dragon—medicare. In the past the AMA has been the bitterest enemy of medical care for the aged under social security and has been successful in preventing passage by the Congress of this much-needed legislation. The Associa­ tion has been losing support steadily however. Many have felt for a long time that the AMA did not truly reflect the opinion of most of its membership and the fact is that its mem<bers have been revolting with increasing frequency against the AMA's backward position on many issues—including medicare. The AMA suffered a terrible defeat in the recent naticmal elecUons when Barry Goldwater, who the AMA strongly supported, went down to a humiliating defeat, cairying much of the Republican party with him. The AMA, or "doctor's lobby" as it may more accurately be called, adnvits it lost many of its best congressional friends in the electiMi. It has stated that its chances of defeating medicare legisla­ tion in the next session of Congress is now "considerably less than it was a few weeks ago." But is this well-heeled "doctor's lobby" planning to give up its opposition to what has been clearly demonstrated to be the overwhelm­ ^ SiJ s! m:ii:Ssfe5fSsi;?ssg ing will of the vast majority of the American people? Not on Seafarer Thomas J. Hilburn, his wife Etta Mae and their three children relax in the Houston your life. "The fight must go on," the AMA has decided. hall after polishing off a tasty Thanksgiving feast in the company of hundreds of other The SIU, along with the rest of the American labor movement, has SlU families and their children. Seafarers on the high seas also celebrated Thanksgiving been among the strongest advocates of medicare legislation and has in finest SlU style, feasting on turkey and other traditional holiday delicacies. repeatedly called for and fought for its passage. Pensioned Seafarers are not dependent on m^icare legislation because under the SIU Pension Plan they get unlimited medical expenses, while their wives and de­ pendents continue to receive the same coverage as they did when the Seafarer was shipping. But there are few Seafarers who do not have friends and relatives who would benefit from the passage of this legislation. Medicare is aimed at assuring that our older citizens are able to get the medical care they need in the face of skyrocketing hospital costs ^d doctor's fees. These older citizens are the ones whose toil through years laid the foundation for America's greatness. It is cynical Although the Thanksgiving celebrations are now in the past, the 1964 holiday season the and cruel to continue to shut them out from the medical care they Is still in full swing with Seafarers and their families looking forward to another des^e and need simply because at today's prices any prolonged period traditional SIU Christmas, of hwpitahzation or medical treatment would eat up every penny they received in pensions and would quickly deplete their life savings. SIU stewards began stocking an As in the past, Seafarers tice, trustees of the SIU Welfare and their families at this time assortment of tempting foods and Plan have approved the payment M^icare is necessary and inevitable. A key sponsor of the bill has predicted that the measure could clear Congress by Easter. Whether of the year enjoy holiday delicacies aboard SIU vessels that to all SIU men in any authorized or not it is passed by that time it most definitely will be passed eventuwill be away from home ports on stateside hospital for one or more meals in SIU Halls across the coun­ try, special cash bonuses for hospi­ December 25, in order to have on days during the period from De­ ally—and all the rantings and ravings and scare tactics by the AMA talized men and pensioned old- hand the finest in holiday meal cember 23 to December 25 of a and other backward, reactionary, thoughtless, cruel and cynical op­ prevent its passage. timers and the traditional deluxe trimmings and make Christmas special $25 Christmas bonus pay­ ponents of medicare will not * * * away from home a real Christmas ment plus a carton of cigarettes spread In holiday dinners aboard for SIU crews. The new year of 1965 could well be a critical period for U S marl(or cigars if they- prefer), besides the ships at sea. On shore, planning has been the normal hospital benefit they time. The total American shipping industry continued to lose strength Long in advance of the holidays, during the year which is closing out. The participation of U.S.-flag going full ahead for the holidays may be receiving. For hospitalized men, this in­ vessels in U.S. foreign trade remained minimal at less than 9 percent to provide Christmas dinners with In the coming year our Union will continue its efforts to emphasize all the fixings for Seafarers and volves all those with at least one day of employment during the the need for appropriate governmental action to assure preservation their families in all SIU ports. immediately - preceding 12 - month of a merchant fleet which is consistent with the needs of the nation. The Thanksgiving dinners ar­ period. While the total American shipping did not improve during 1964 there ranged in all ports on November SIU pensioners on the pension was one notable achievement that could well produce a significant 26 were enjoyed by thousands of roster as of December 1 will also i^ult in the da^ ahead. That is, for the first time, the establidiment people — Seafarers, their families receive the extra $25 payment in of a Presidential Maritime Advisory Committee, meeting regularly for and guests. addition to their regular benefits the purpose of developing recommendations that might lead to an overhaiti of our merchant marine policies. Maintaining a traditional prac­ of $150 monthly. Cki^iderable evidence has already been put into the record of the deficienm^ in policies, regulations and practices that effect the WASHINGTON — Unfair labor status of the U.S. fleet. We will continue to submit evidence of this charges filed against the SIU by nature based on our experience, knowledge and research of the prob­ the National Maritime Union have lems, and they should have impact and influence on the ultimate been dismissed by the National i^mn^dations which the Maritime Advisory Committee will make to the Pres'ident. Labor Relations Board. The NLRB here has upheld a Regional Direc­ tor's earlier dismissal of the NMU suit on grounds that there was no basis for the NMU charges. A $40 million damage suit filed by the NMU against the SIU and two shipping companies arising out of the same beef is still pend­ ing. The SIU plans to move for dismissal of this suit as well. 60,000 ILA longshoremen in ports The suits arose from an unsuc­ ttom Mame to Texas may have to hit the bricks again on cessful attempt by the NMU to December 20 over the issue of a proposed cut in the size raid tanker jobs which have beefi of work gangs. under SIU contract since 1952— The ILA .men are preparing President Johnson reported to the first under the Colonial Steamship to vote on a proposed settle­ White House that, despite a con­ Corporation and then under its ment in an election required under tinuing deadlock in the negotia­ successor, the Western Tankers the Taft-Hartley Act. The 80-day tions, both sides are anxious to Corporation, which purchased the anti-strike injunction, imposed by reaich a settlement by Decem­ vessels last year. the Government October 1 when ber 20. When tlie NMU was unable to the longshoremen walked off their The Board's report to the Presi­ force Western Tankers to replace jobs to press their fight for job dent also revealed that the ILA SIU crewmen with NMU men, the security, runs out five days before agreed to a compromise formula NMU refused to sign on board ves­ Christmas. Should the dockers feel proposed by Assistant Labor Secre­ sels of American Export-Isbrandtcompelled to continue the strike tary James J. Reynolds, but re­ sen Lines, with which it has con­ at that time, shipping would come jected by the employers. tracts, maintaining that American to a standstill from Portland, In a letter to the membership Export-Isbrandtsen was the owner Maine to Brownsville, Texas. on the eve -of the baUo.ting, ILA of the SlU-contracted tankers. The major stumbling block to a president "Thomas W. Gleason said: Dressed in her holiday finest. Mona Lisa Bisin, 9-year old After tying up 11 of their own settlement remains the long-drawn- 'The union's position has con­ daughter of Seafarer Slmpllcio Bisin, gets ready to pick up contracted vessels, the NMU de­ out dispute over the size of work stantly been that we must have cided to halt the tactic, and release L n turkey and all the trimmings at the Baltimore gangs and an employer demand to an agreement that will let every­ the vessels and announced that it hall, hdona Lisa was one of the thousands qf children who limit the amount of checkers and one know by contract, what.he was filing the lawsuit and unfair enoyed delicious Thanksgiving meals with their families, clerks on the docks. should expect as a job opportunity labor charges. ce ebrating in true SIU tradition. The Board of Inquiry set up by over the life of the agreement." SlU Halls Host Thousands For Holiday Turkey Fetes NMU Charges Dismissed By Labor Board Gang Size Dispute Stymies ILA Taiits �DMember 11, 19M SEAFARERS Pace Tiire« lOQ Lloyd's Study Points to U.S. Decline U.S. Ranked Fifth in World Shipping The United States is now a fifth - rate maritime nation according to figures released this week in Londpn by Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Based on statistical tables for 1964 published by Lloyd's, the U.S. now has only 9.8 million gross tons of active deep sea ship­ ries a greater proportion of U.S. world. Based on the year-end ping. The U.S. has an es­ foreign commerce. American-flag figures of 1963, the SIU pointed to timated 10.5 million gross vessels now carry less than nine the fact that the U.S. was fifth in Liftle Gabriella Shapiro, 22-month-olcl daughter of Seafarer Bernard Shapiro, is braced for an "ouch" in the comfort­ ing arms of her mother, Helga, as medical technician Rich­ ard Brigman prepares to administer diphtheria-polio-typhus vaccination at the New York SlU Clinic. 51U Clinic Exams Approach 84,000 Since the first SIU Clinic opened its doors In New York in April, 1957, some 83,960 medical examinations have been give<n to Seafarers and their families in ten clinics on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and in Puerto Rico. SIU men have taken the greatest advantage of the clinics, accounting for 73,269 of the exams given. Women accounted for 6,356 exams, and the remaining 4,335 were performed on the children of Seafarer fam­ ilies. The SIU men usually undergo at least one complete physical examination a year under the program of preventive medicine set up by the Union. The Pete Larsen Memorial Clinic in New York, the first and busiest, performed a total of 36,695 examinations on Seafarers and their families. New Orleans, opened in December, 1957, was responsible for 19,435 examinations. Baltimore, opened in February, 1958, gave 11,352 exams. Houston, in operation since June 1959, had 6,956 exams. Mobile, opened at the same time as the New Orleans clinic, performed 6,902 examinations. The Puerto Rico Clinics, with offices in San Juan and Ponce, have given 1,933 exams. Philadelphia, Where SIU men and their families use the International Ladies Garment Workers faciiity as ILG members use the Baltimore SIU Clinic, had 1,480 examinations. The three newest SIU Clinics, in Boston, Tampa and Jacksonville, were opened in August of this year. So far Boston has performed 109 exams, Tampa has given 42 and Jacksonville has given 27. The total of nearly 84,000 examinations cover examinations given to October 31 of this year, the latest complete figures available. The purpose of the clinics is to protect the health and earning power of Seafarers and their families by detecting illness or disease in their early stages, where they can be most readily diagnosed and treated. The centers do diagnostic work only. Those requiring treatment are referred to their own physician, and the Welfare Plan pays the cost under the medicaLhospital-surgioal benefits progiram. tons in the reserve fleet, a substantial part of which is obsolete. The United Kingdom still occupies the number 1 spot, with a merchant fleet of 21.4 million gross tons. Liberia, which continues to surge ahead, is now number 2 with 14.5 million gross tons. In third place, close behind Liberia, is Norway with 14.4 mil­ lion gross tons. Fourth spot be­ longs to Japan with 10.8 million gross tons, trailed by the U.S. The Soviet Union now holds sixth place in the list of principal maritime countries with a total of 6.9 million tons. Greece follows behind Russia in seventh position, followed by Italy, West Germany, France, Netherlands, Sweden and Panama—in that order. The principal gain in gross tonnage in 1964 was scored by the runaway-flag registry of Liberia which added slightly more than 3 million gross tons to her registry. Japan was the second biggest gainer, picking up 837,000 tons during the year. Norway increased by 808,000 tons. The biggest decline in gross tonnage in 1964 was suffered by the United States, according to Lloyd's, which reported a drop of 703,000 tons in American shipping. The preference of Greek owners to register their vessels under run­ away, tax-free flags cost that nation 206,000 tons. Great Britain's loss came to 75,000 tons, due to the high incidence of scrapping activity which outweighed new ship deliveries. The United States' decline Is substantially the result of govern­ ment policies which have been depriving American shipping of its fair share of government-financed cargoes and of its failure to see that American-flag shipping car­ percent of U.S. trade. At the present rate, it is pos­ sible that the Soviet Union, which is engaged in a heavy merchant shipbuilding program, may over­ take and surpass the United States in the near future. In September, the SIU sub­ mitted to the Martime Advisory Committee, created by President Johnson to review the role of U.S. shipping, figures pointing to the critical state of U.S. maritime in relation to the other nations of the number of active vessels with only 913 and barely in fourth position in terms of both gross tonnage and deadweight tonnage. On the basis of the Lloyd's figures released this week, it is apparent that U.S. shipping is still on the skids and unless, as the Union and other interested seg­ ments of maritime have urged, the government takes positive steps to strengthen and improve the posi­ tion of U.S. shipping, the decline will continue. McLaughlin Elected Canadian SIU Pres. MONTREAL—Leonard J. (Red) McLaughlin has been elected president of the SIU of Canada by an almost two-toone margin over the nearest of six other candidates for the post. He has been executive vice-president of the Union named acting President by the gov­ ernment-appointed Board of Mari­ since 1958. The results of the union election, time Trustees. The Board ap­ in which 44 candidates competed pointed Turner after it had taken for the 16 elective offices were over control of the maritime announced officially at the regular membership meeting here on De­ cember 2. The elections were held over a two-month period from September 15 to November 15. Elected as executive vice-presi­ dent was Rod Heinekey. Don Swait was elected secretary-treasurer. Other successful candidates were: Roger Desjardins, vice-presi­ dent in charge of organizing; Nor­ man A. David, Pacific Region vicepresident: Ray Doucet, St. Law­ rence and Gulf Region vice-presi­ dent; John Royce, Upper Great Lakes Region vice-president; Bill Glasgow, Lower Great Lakes Re­ gion vice-president; Fred Southern, Atlantic Region vice-president. Roman Gralewicz, Montreal dis­ patcher; Ed Williams, Thorold Dis­ patcher. Angus Cameron, Montreal pa­ trolman; Alfred Poole, Vancouver Leonard J. (Red) McLaughlin patrolman; Clarence Leblanc, Fort William patrolman; Matt Davidson, unions and had removed Hal C. Thorold patrolman;, and Joe Fry, Banks as head of the Union. The government trusteeship was an Toronto business agent. McLaughlin, a native of New aftermath of the bitter struggle Zealand who went to sea at the waged by the SIU of Canada age of 15 and sailed throughout against Upper Lakes Shipping W.W. II, was an active member of Company when the company the Federated Seamen's Union of locked out Canadian Seafarers and New Zealand. In 1946 McLaughlin signed a contract with a previously began sailing aboard SIU A&G- non-existent union—the Canadian contracted ships until 1948. He Maritime Union. went to Canada in that year and began sailing aboard Canadian ves­ sels as a member of the SIU of Canada. He became a Canadian Dec. 11, 1964 Vol. XXVI, No. 25 citizen in 1953. He was active In the SIU's suc­ cessful fight to break the hold of PAUL HALL, Prcatdent the Communist Party over the HERBERT BRAND, Editor; BERNARD SEA­ Canadian seamen's movement. Mc­ MAN, Art Editor; MIKE POLLACK, Laughlin has been elected to NATHAN SKYER, Assistant Editors; virtually every post in the SIU of ROBERT ARONSON, ALVIN SCOTT, PETE Canada and in 1954 was elected CARMEN, Staff Writers. secretary-treasurer of the SIU of Published biweekly at the headquarters the Seafarers International Union, At­ Canada and in 1958 was elected of lantic, Guif, Lakes and Iniand Waters District, 675 Fourth Avenue, executive vice-president—which he Brooklyn, AFL-CIO, NY, 11J3J. Tel. HYaclnth 9-6600. has held to this time. Second class postage paid at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under the Act McLaughlin will now replace as of Aug. 24. 1912. — 120 President of the SIU of Canada Charles Turner, who had been SEAFARERS LOG On family day at the New York Clinic, eight-year-old Rosita Suarez smiles through physical check-up being given her by Dr. John Shelly while her mother, Rosario, and her Seafarer father, Antonio Suarez, looks on. Almost 84,000 exams have been given to Seafarers and their families. �Fuse Four SEAFARERS By Earl (Bull) Shepard, Vice-President, Atlantic Fight For Navy Yard Continues tOG Deeonber 11. U6k Peace Corps Recruiters Seeking Skilled Workers WASHINGTON—The Peace Corps is loo^ng for workers from factories, shops and construction sites who can pass-on their practical skills to the people of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Forty - six nations have ment effort, already under way at ing in small groups with workers asked for American volun­ several industrial centers, has the from the host countries building "wholehearted support" of the schools, homes, roads and clinics. teers who are able to build, AFL-CIO Executive Council. The The top New York state and city politicians had a meeting: last week with Defense Secretary McNamara and Navy Secretary Nitze in an effort to change their minds about closing the Brooklyn Navy Yard and the Army Terminal. While it appears that this effort was unsuccessful, the fight to keep these defense facilities open will repair, grow and make-do with a • In Malaysia, U.S. workers with continue. The SIU stands with the ILA and the other unions in the minimum of equipment and tools. council urged affiliated unions to a variety of skills are teaching in Maritime Trades Department in their battle to protect their jobs vocational A college degree is not required. cooperate in the recruiting drive. government-sponsored Some examples of Peace Corps schools. and their skills for the nation. There is no age limit. And married New York shipping picked up during the last period and is expected couples are welcome if both can missions are: Peace Corps volunteers agree to to continue on a fair to good basis for the next few weeks. Meanwhile serve as volunteers and if they have • Forty volunteers helped Tuni­ serve for two years. During a three voting in the A&G election is continuing at a brisk pace and all no dependents under the age of 18. sia overcome a transportation to four-month training course in members are urged to come in to cast their ballots. The Peace Corps labor recruit- breakdown which threatened the the United States, they learn teach­ In the largest turnout ever, Seafarers and their families enjoyed a nation's economy. With the depar­ ing skills, a foreign language, facts terrific Thanksgiving dinner at the Hall. In the Hall to visit and ture of skilled and semi-skilled about American history and the vote during the holiday period were some oldtimers as well as some French workers when Tunisia be­ history of the country to which new friends. Off the Montpelier Victory was John Mitchell, and from came independent, there was a they will go. the Petrochem, Harold "Mickey" Spillane. Joe Sullivan, just off the desperate shortage of Tunisians Abroad, living conditions are Alcoa Trader, will spend some time in recuperation on the beach skilled in keeping automobiles, simple but adequate and health­ from a hernia operation he just underwent. Anthony Palino has been trucks, tractors, scrapers and grad­ ful. Overseas, the volunteers re­ showing his face around the Hall, as has Ivan Buckley, who is ers in . operating condition. As a ceive living allowances to cover Two more Seafarers from the result, harvested crops were rot­ their needs, including 45 days of watching the board for a Robin SIU Great Lakes district have been ting in the fields and commerce travel leave which can be used to Line ship. Another steady rider, Frank Radzvila, a chief cook, Victor Silva, is waiting for a Chief was last on the Hurricane on the added to the roster of union mem­ had come to a standstill. tour neighboring countries as well Cook or Baker's job on a ship in northern Europe run, visiting ports bers approved to receive a monthly The Peace Corps volunteers in­ as the nation to which the volun­ check for $150 for the rest of their cluded several skilled mechanics teer is assigned. At the end of the the island run. in France, Belgium, Holland and lives. The two additions bring the and others who worked on their service period, each volunteer re­ Boston Germany. He says the crew was Shipping has been on the up­ one of the best he's sailed with, total for the year to 94. own cars as a hobby and were ceives a readjustment allowance of The two new pensioners are Carl able to master a special four- $1800—$3,600 for a swing in Boston and is expected to and, in turn, the crew gave the married get even better in the coming pe­ steward department a vote of W. Johnson, 54, and Raymond E. month intensive course in heavy couple. riod, During the last period, there thanks for the good feeding they Johnson, 63. equipment maintenance and repair. Assembly-line and semi-skilled Carl Johnson Joined the union In When sent overseas, they worked workers with mechanical aptitudes were two payoffs, one sign-on and enjoyed. one ship serviced in transit. Jose Martinez, a 14-year SIU Michigan. He spent his entire time alongside and trained young Tuni­ are needed just as are skilled Edmundo Andrade, a 22-year member, had good words for his sailing in the Great Lakes em- sian workers—and the crisis was tradesmen. And the special train­ overcome. SIU man who sails as an AB, had last ship, the Bethtex. Jose says ing they will receive before start­ to sign off the Mt. Washington to she was a good feeder with a good • In the urban and rural slums ing their assignments will help I go into drydock at the Marine crew. Now he is watching the board of many Latin American nations. prepare them for higher-skilled [Hospital. He says he will wait for for another coastwise run. Peace Corps volunteers are work­ jobs on their return. another offshore run when he Norfolk leaves the hospital. Shipping has been fair in Nor­ John Rubery was last aboard the Trustee. He says he will take folk. In the last period there was the first bos'n job that shows up one payoff, one sign-on and eight on the board. Six months on the ships serviced in transit. The out­ beach has him aching to go to sea look for the next period is good, with several ships due to pay off C. Johnson R. Johnson again. Leonard Ruggero, a quarter- in the port. Thomas Smith, last aboard the ployed by the Ann Arbor Railroad century union man who sails in BALTIMORE—The Globe Explorer (Maritime Overseas), Rebecca, was hurt in an accident Company as deckhand. Johnson the blackgang, had to get off the will now settle in his home in Ben- •which was heavily damaged by a flash fire oh September at sea. He's hoping to be out of Mt. Washington to square away zonia, Mich., and reap the bene­ 11, recently arrived here under tow for major repair work. some business ashore. Now he the hospital soon so he can ship fits of his long years of work and again. The charred bulk carrier says he is waiting for another Henry Horton, in the blackgang Union membership. hotel like the Washington. was towed here from Norfolk had picked up 48 hours earlier. on the Potomac, liked the ship but Raymond Johnson is also a na­ to be fitted with a new aft Seafarers received $500 disaster Philadelphia signed off so he could be home tive of Michigan who makes his section, which was the most heav­ compensation for their losses, paid Shipping picked up near the end with his family over the holidays. home in Frankfurt, Mich. A mem­ ily damaged section of the ship. to them under the terms of the of the last period and is expected Samuel Warren, last on the ber of the Great Lakes district The Globe Explorer was swept Union contract. to be fair in the coming two weeks. Globe Traveler, says he will try to since he joined in Michigan, he There were three payoffs, two hold out until Christmas before spent his years on the lakes sail­ by a fast spreading fire when she sign-ons and 12 ships serviced shipping but sort of doubts he can ing for the Ann Arbor Railroad Co. was only 30 hours out of Norfolk. while in transit. hold out that long. in the deck department. Raymond The flames quickly enveloped the Charles Moss was last on the Andrew Boney, last aboard the Johnson is another Seafarer who stem section, forcing the SIU crewLosmar. He just received his fit Wacosta, will head down to his can now relax with the assurance members to take to the lifeboats for duty slip and is looking to farm in Suffolk, Virginia to do a of a monthly income of $150 ar­ within 30 minutes, in a stiff ship on another Calmar vessel. riving from the Union welfare plan. nor'easter with ten-foot seas. No (Continued on page 23) injuries were suffered in the blaze. Dick Cummings, who found a home on the Robin Locksley, The lifeboat launching was con­ VICKSBURG, Miss. —Demoli­ signed off the ship after more than ducted without a hitch, and Sea­ tion experts have removed live 15 years. Now he is watching the farers in the crew received high shells from the Union gunboat board for a Calmar ship. praise for the good seamanship Cairo which ran afoul of Con­ Fred T. Miller just served a 15and calmness that they displayed. federate mines and sank in the month tour in the Peace Corps in The boats were in the water for Yazoo River near here on Decem­ Peru. His hitch was ended pre­ four hours before the Italian- ber 12, 1862. The vessel was raised maturely because of difficulties at owned, Panamanian-fiag ore car­ recently and is now standing in home. Just off the Mt. Vernon Vic­ rier La Pintata arrived to pick up shallow water. tory, he says he plans to fly south the crewmembers. Army Ordnance men were the for the cold months. The following day the Coast first to go aboard the stern por­ Raul Cabrera last sailed on the Guard cutter Owasco took the tion after it was pulled to the Globe Traveler since coming out Globe Explorer crew off the La bank of the river. After 102 years of the hospital. He says that the Pintata and brought them to New of submersion, many live shells SIU hospital benefits were a God­ London, Conn. Another CG cutter and cannonballs were removed. send to him. picked up a salvage crew consist­ They will be deactivated and Baltimore ing of the skipper, chief mate, en­ later displayed in a museum to be Baltimore shipping was slow in gineer and bosun Horace Mobley, constructed here. the last period but is expected to The Cairo was searching the who returned to their burned out pick up considerably in the next Yazoo for Rebel mines and elec­ ship to take a . tow. period. The Seamar and the PortThe towing operation was con­ tric torpedoes when two mines mar will crew up and the Chilore ducted under highly difficult con­ blasted her ironclad hull and sent and Marore are expected to pay off. ditions since hurricanes Ethel and her to the bottom. All her 160 During the last period there were Dora had whipped up heavy seas. hands escaped safely. The wreck six payoffs, five sign-ons and seven At one point, the cutter had to was rediscovered nine years ago ships in transit. break the tow, stranding the sal­ by three men in an outboard Paul Luteman, last off the Fanvage party in the stormy Atlantic. motorboat. wood, says he had a run-in with a The vessel was raised in stages. The Globe Explorer was carry­ three-wheel rickshaw in Karachi, ing an MSTS cargo of 20,000 tons First the bow, paddle wheel and Pakistan—he fell out of the con­ of coal which was relatively un­ cabin were lifted by cables onto SIU Railway Marine Region director G. P. McGinty receives traption. Paul passes on a warning damaged by the fire. Her crew- a submerged barge and towed to congratulations from Jersey City Mayor Thomas Whalen to his fellow Seafarers on the Far members didn't fare as well, since shallow water. The rest of the East run not to take rickshaws for as he is handed his certification of appointment to the Jersey they lost their personal belongings vessel was raised later by similar grapted,^ < f . 9ity Mayor s Labor Acjvisory Committee.,. , —as well as their pay, which they methods. SIU Veterans Go On Pension Globe Explorer Gets Major Repair Work Live Shells Taken From Old Gunboat Named Labor Advisor �Deoember 11, 19M SEAFARERS Pace Fi^ LOG Dual Rate Practices Injure U.S. Shipping FMC Reaching Compromise On Duai Rate Information By Lindsey Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area Thanksgiving Honored By Guif SiU Seafarers' activities along: the Guif Coast were hiehligrhted on Thanksgriving: Day by holiday dinners served in SIU hails in Mobile, New Orleans and Houston. Members turned out in great numbers to celebrate with families and friends at tables that were loaded down with traditional Turkey Day goodies. It was a splendid opportunity for Seafarers to renew old acquaint­ ances and friendships. From all reports, the day was enjoyed to the fullest by all hands. After Thanksgiving, record early season cold weather moved in on the coast. For example, a low of 29 degrees was the coldest December 1 on record in New Orleans. New Orleans The Transyork was put in the shipyard for repairs and the crew laid off after the ship struck a drydock at Todd Shipyard while inbound to New Orleans from the Mediterranean. The ship was damaged on the port side and was beached on the Mississippi River bank until emergency repairs could be made and 14 feet of water pumped out of the engine room preparatory to towing the 12,000 ton cargo vessel into drydock. The repairs are expected to be com­ pleted and a new crew called for in from three weeks to a month. Ground was broken on December f 4 for construction of a huge inter­ ing "deer" in Houston. We don't national exhibition facility on the know what kind of luck he has had, riverfront at Canal and S. Front but at the last report he was ready streets. When completed, the to throw in for the first bosun's facility, which is being constructed job on anything going anywhere under the auspices of the City of for a long trip. Charles A. "Gus" New Orleans Board of Port Lindberg is vacationing with his Commissioners and International family after paying off from the House, is expected to be an im­ Montpelier Victory. Warren Caspressive implement in the promo­ sidy visited friends in New Orleans tion of foreign trade through the over the weekend, but is back in Texas ready to ship out. Eugene Port of New Orleans. Another project which will "Red" Blanchard came ashore change the appearance of the after eight months on the Mt. riverfront is the demolition of part Washington and has been having a of the old Dumaine St. wharf. This ball fishing, hunting and moving will give an unobstructed view of along the freeways in a 1965 the Mississippi from Jackson yellow Ford convertible with a square and a fine view from the black top. There is only one flaw river of St. Louis Cathedral, the in this beautiful way of life, says Cabildo, Presbytere and the upper "Red." He has to ship right back and lower Pontalba Buildings, all out to pay for the convertible. historic structures and French Ernie Berwald, who made his last trip on the Bradford Island, says Quarter landmarks. William "Professor" McKay he is looking for a job on a coast­ dropped in for a visit a couple of wise tanker. Nick Korsak is days ago. He is a fine testimonial making the job calls after a vaca­ tion trip to the West Coast. He to the healthful qualities of ocean stopped off in Arizona to visit with breezes. During our conversation, an old shipmate. Tiny Milesski, we learned that he is 77 years old, who is in ill health. Juan Guiterrez but he is spry and nimble as ever. made the headlines in the Texas His appearance certainly belies papers when he killed a season's his age. He looks younger than record nine-point buck while hunt­ many men more than 20 years his ing in East Texas. He got off the junior. Beauregard Oct. 20 and was hoping Some of the "young" oldtimers to make a job on the Transorleans. to visit the hall recently included Mobile Louis "Baidy" Bollinger, Joe Bob Schwartz who checked in LaBranche and Frank Kouns. here after paying off the Ocean "Baldy" reported he had a great Joyce shipped out on the Inger trip with a full "deck load" of U.S. which crewed up in the shipyard. Marines aboard the Del Sol in Paul R. Simmons registered in the operation "Steel Pike" described engine department after a year on in the LOG recently. the Alcoa Runner and said he was Charlie Rayfuse shipped to a going to spend the holidays with fireman's job on the Steel Fabrica­ his family. Ethan Mercer, second tor. Jake Wood made an oiler's job electrician on the same bauxite on the Bangor. Ivey Cox had to carrier, also hit the beach. Robert get off the same ship after sprain­ Spencer, chief cook for two years, ing his knee and ankle. He is and John L. Munnerlynn, steward receiving daily physical therapy at for nine months, got off the the USPHS Hospital and expects Sacramento and came home for to be fit for duty in a few weeks. the holidays. Harold L. "Buck" Houston Weaver paid off the Our Lady of "Ski" Waleiski paid off from an Peace after two trips as bosun. AB's job on the Transerie in Percy A. Gray registered after Mobile about two months ago and paying off from the Transhatteras says since then he has been hunt­ at the end of a trip to India. SIU Clinic Exams—All Ports EXAMS THIS PERIOD: October 1 - October 31, 1964 Port Seamen Baltimore 238 117 Houston 66 Mobile 106 New Orleans.... ... 456 New York Philadelphia 16 *San Juan TOTAL. ... 1,218 *9/21/64 to 10/20/64 Wives 7 9 8 31 44 21 144 CTiifdren 11 7 0 10 24 32 13 97 TOTAL 256 133 74 147 524 275 50 459 WASHINGTON—A compromise settlement—with the Federal Maritime Commission doing most of the compromising—is reported near in the year-old battle to make foreignflag operators open their books on overseas rate-making information. American - flag operations*^ (lave been hurt in the past by the FMC to stay clear of such formation necessary to end thai the dual rate policy of the meaningless compromises and to practice of dual rates now and in| mostly foreign-flag steamship con­ ferences. These conferences have set a double standard on rates for the U.S. export-import trade, with higher rates being set on the ex­ port of goods from the U.S. The effect of the dual rate policy has been to deprive American workers of jobs and to weaken this coun­ try's balance of payments position. For these reasons, the FMC, backed by maritime labor and seg­ ments of the industry, has been trying to make the conferences reveal information on their ratemaking procedures. The settlement reportedly near in Washington would achieve the principle of disclosure but would not really make the conferences disclose detailed information on rate-making. Considered an "accommodation" and not a true settlement, the formula being talked about would accept only "aggregated" informa­ tion from the conferences—infor­ mation so generalized, in other words, that it would be virtually impossible to spot any violations of U.S. law by individual carriers or the conferences from any exam­ ination of it. An explanation of the term "ag­ gregated" was not even made available, Washington officials said. In addition, the information re­ leased is only expected to cover that which the FMC has been asking for during the past year. The settlement, it is said, makes no provision about similar prob­ lems which arise in the future. Maritime labor has been urging use its power to obtain all the in­ the future. Drifting Lifeboat Vexes U.S. Navy HAMBURG, Germany—A battered, storm-tossed lifeboat! found floating off the coast of Spain, a set of toy electric j trains and two jackets containing the papers of two Greek| seamen. The elements of a aided in the rescue of seamen fromi mystery or of a farce? The U.S. Navy, which the Greek freighter Dia, which! pieced together these clues found by the LST DeSoto County in the Atlantic on November 16, leaned toward the mystery theory. A report issued by the headquarters of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet in Nor­ folk, Va., said the Navy was "puzzled" about the fate of the occupants of the lifeboat. Though the boat, clearly marked, had come from the West German freighter Vulcan, the Navy made no effort to contact the Vulcan's owners. Instead, it seemed content with letting the whole business go by as another well-guarded enigma of the sea. Not being as romantically in­ clined as the Navy, the Komrowski Shipping Company of Hamburg, solved the mystery with a brief explanation that exploded the growing legend of the crewless lifeboat and its weird cargo of toy trains. The Vulcan, a 19,931-ton freighter under the Komrowski flag, had sank off the coast of Cape Finl-| sterre in October. The lifeboat in question pickedl up several of the Dia's crew. High! seas hampered the rescue effort,! however. So, after taking the crew-l men on board, the Vulcan was! forced to abandon the lifeboat,! being unable to haul it up because] of the mounting swells. The little boat drifted off, itsl bottom still filled with the personal! belongings of the Greek sailors—I two jackets, the papers and the toy! train set. Apparently, one of the! seamen had bought the trains for! his kids, but decided at the last! minute that saving himself was! more important than saving his| jacket or trains. A Komrowski official com-l mented: "The only mystery we can! see is why the U.S. Navy didn't! come to us in the first place fori an explanation." The Navy, which! has still not contacted Komrowski,] had no comment. Cigarette Sates Recovery Blots Out Smolcing Report The pall of blue smoke is thick in the air once more in shops and offices all over Amer-| ica. Slightly less than one year after the U.S. Surgeon General's Office published its famous! report linking cigarette smoking with many human ailments, most notably cancer, cigarette] consumption is almost back to*-normal in the U.S., with the an educational campaign against buck to make five. It maintains] smoking—especially one aimed at representatives (lobbyists) in] tobacco industry predicting America's young people. Washington, supports medical re-] record breaking sales for 1965. Last January 12 (called Black Saturday by many addicted to "the weed") the surgeon general's report hit the news. Tobacco stocks took a nose-dive on the stock exchange as millions swore they would never again inhale the satisfying but death-dealing fumes of the thin white cylinders. Smok­ ers' clinics were set up a-la alco­ holics anonymous so addicts could help each other to break the habit. But in the end the weed won. Cigarette sales are almost back to normal and climbing steadily. The surgeon general, who super­ vised the exhaustive studies lead­ ing to the report, is discouraged by the resurgence of the weed, but admits he is not surprised. "It is difficult for people who have smoked for many years to give it up," he observes. Much of the blame for the weed's resurgence has been placed at the door of Congress, a body which is supposedly sworn to up­ hold the welfare of the American people, but has failed to support The American Medical Associa­ tion which must also bear much of the blame for its official policy of ignoring the tobacco-cancer link. It is significant that only about 25 percent of the nation's physicians now smoke cigarettes, against about 60 percent of the rest of the population. Doctors advise their patients not to smoke and have largely quit smoking themselves—^yet the AMA won't take a stand. FTC Retreats The Federal Trade Commission started out on the right foot, but then reneged for some reason. The FTC first ordered that health warnings be printed on every package of cigarettes, but that or­ der, which was supposed to go into effect on January 1, 1965, was re­ cently postponed until July 1, 1965. The tobacco industry is of course interested in keeping the Ameri­ can people puffing away on ciga­ rettes despite any health threat which may exist. It is a rich in­ dustry which intends to stay that way and is not afraid to spend a search projects which, unlike the! surgeon general's study, always] seem to find no definite link be-] tween tobacco and cancer, and] spends millions on advertising to] entice more and more smokers to] smoke more and more cigarettes.] Most informed and interested] sources agree however that al-] though there are many dirty hands] involved in the tobacco-cancer dis-] pute, the smoker himself must] bear the final burden of blame.! Many smokers no longer dispute! the tobacco-cancer link, but have] developed a sort of what-the-hell] attitude. They would rather die] than give up the weed. CHANilUGADDHESSOfU ,l06MAIUN6L»rf �Face Os SEAFARERS Dcflonber 11. MM LOG (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SW Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.) November 21-December 4 The job situation brightened considerably during the past two weeks as the total number of SIU men shipped climbed to 1,265 from 1,187 during the previous report­ ing period. Most of the increased shipping was on the East Coast, with New York showing an almost 100 percent gain over the previous period. Boston, Philadelphia, Balti­ more and Jacksonville all showed from slight to large increases in the total shipped over the previous period. In the Gulf, shipping remained about the same. Houston shipping picked up very slightly and at the same time, dipped in New Orleans. Shipping also fell off in Tampa, but showed a slight gain in Mobile. Shipping on the West Coast was generally lower than the previous pe­ riod, although it maintained a brisk pace. With the shipping picture looking brighter, job calls increased in all three departments. The number of Sea­ farers in the deck department answering job calls was well over the total in the last reporting period, as were the calls In the engine department. Steward depart­ ment calls returned to previous levels. Although shipping was on the upswing, registrations remained at almost the same level. Total registrations during the two week period were 1,381 as compared with 1,388 in the prior two weeks. The number of men reg­ istered and on the beach, however, climbed somewhat to 3,855, from 3,744 in the prior reporting period. There were no changes in the seniority situations during the last two weeks. Shipping of A cards remained at 54 percent; for Class B men, 33 percent; and for C cards, 13 percent. Shipping activity dropped slightly during the report­ ing period. There were 61 payoffs, compared to 55 the period before; and 39 sign-ons, contrasted to 36 the two weeks previous. In transit visits however, dropped to 205 during the two weeks, as compared with 224 in the prior period. Ship Acfivify Pay SIga la Offt Ont TroM. TOTAL Boston Now York.... Pbiladelphio .. Boltimoro.... Norfolk Joekionviilo .. Tampa Mobile New Orleans.. Houston Wilmington .. San Francisco. Seattle 2 20 9 4 1 0 0 6 8 3 0 2 4 TOTALS ... 61 1 S 7 S 2 1 0 1 9 2 0 3 3 39 1 17 16 7 6 11 6 2 14 12 5 7 1 4 42 32 18 9 12 6 9 31 17 5 12 • 105 205 DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS AI Iporf iBoston iNevv York IPhiladelphia iBaltimore iNorfolk Ijacksonville iTampa iMobile iNew Orleans iHouston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle rOTALS Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A1 GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 1 1 0 s 2 1 76 30 38 8 2 12 22 36 2 11 4 17 0 0 3 3 9 17 31 0 5 18 5 13 7 2 1 10 0 2 4 6 2 3 1 6 0 4 4 8 7 1 6 0 0 1 0 1 7 12 27 1 8 3 2 6 30 32 9 71 3 24 25 52 7 21 29 57 i Q 11 17 28 5 56 9 69; 1 3 4 8 8 20 4 32 2 4 12 6 4 9 13 1 0 1 2 4 126 236 57 1 419 10 71 104 1 185 Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP GROUP 2 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 1 6 1 0 2 4 0 0 38 87: 2 16 20 18 54 15 10 12; 1 4 5 1 6 5 lli 18' 0 5 6 2 13 3 3 1 2 2 3 0 5 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 12 0 4 6 2 6 4 29! 24 23 5 52 3 11 15 10 -0 22! 57 2 7 18 32 l! 0 1 6 0 1 5 0 5 17 1 4 4 11 2 0 0 2 4 9 4 16 2 3 77 171 46 1 294 8 57 67 1 132 i TOTAL Shipped t GROUP CLASS 1 2 3 ALL A B 0 0 0 0 6 1 18 87 0 10 8 38 1 8 12 10 6 1 2 3 18 11 1 0 0 1 1 2 5 3 0 4 0 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 12 0 6 10 52 0 6 4 29 3 0 1 4 57 22 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 2 2 17 5 0 0 0 16 0 4 3 27 23 1 53 294 132 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 S ALL 7 0 6 14 23 0 3 7 3 4 18 143 98 146 27 271 13 42 76 131 30 13 8 23 7 43 0 19 3 16 32 52 58 11 121 3 4 25 34 63 2 10, 15 13 1 29 1 8 11 20 10 4 6 11 20 3 2 11 21 8 0 2 2 12 1 15 0 2 3 5 2 20 36 37 81 1 8 9 18 28 9l! 65 86 15 166 4 34 58 10 96 4 83 68 68 16 152 4 21 38 63 7 0 9 13 3 25' 2 12 14 28 2 24 23 30 4 57 23 30 4 57 0 20 18 23 7 27 16 48 1 44 53 1 479 411 534 106 11051: 55 227 300 1 582 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A poif lioston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Slorfolk racksonville rampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington Ban Francisco Beattle |rOTA£S Kos |JY Pnil 1^1 uor 1ac "am lob HO lou •7<1 y^ii iF iea OTALS Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP1 _1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 2 2 0 2 " 0 2 0 1 2 0, 2 0 1 0 1|i 0 0 0 15 30 9 54 8 20 21 68 t 5 19 11 49 10 35 50 8 1 10 4 15 10 1 7 0 2 3 1 10 11 0 0 3 6 13 3 22 0 16 20 5 11 2 7 1 10 1 11 8 1 10 2 13! 0 7 5 3 8 0 6 0 4 3 5 1 0 3 0 3 0 2 1 3 1 3 4 0 2 1 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 8 0 14 0 11 2 2 9 13 1 4 3 1 6 4 7 37 4 48 4 21 21 46 9 25 39 37 5 2 22 13 13 35 1 49 5 23 16 45 27 44 10 31 4 6 3 18 0 7 1 6 1 4 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 12 4 19. 2 3 3 S 1 2 6 8 0 5 3 3 4 5 1 10 0 8 1 8 3 8 1 10 0 3 5 5 56 173 29 1 258 20 91 85 1 196 37 154 25 1 216 13 93 60 1 166 Registered CLASS A I'OIT CLASS B Registered TOTAL Shipped CLASS GROUP 1 2 3 ALL A B 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 68 0 11 3 35 0 0 2 2 11 10 1 10 1 0 0 20 2 0 0 2 6 7 2 4 0 0 3 l' 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 13 11 1 1 9 1 10 39 0 37 4 45 27 0 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 8 0 1 6 0 1 0 1 10 8 3 . 24 15 1 42 216 166 Registered C>n The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 12 3 ALL 1 1 10 0 14 3 0 3 2 5 14 117 54 97 11 162 ! 10 45 49 104 2 23 3 20 28 1 5 9 10 20 31 12 1 41 4 57 1 31 20 52 2 15 4 16 1 21 0 8 6 14 9 2 2 7 1 5 0 5 9 3 1 3 2 9 0 11 0 0 1 1 2 26 9 26 38 3 0 11 18 29 86 23 79 12 114 10 4 47 49 100 4 76 21 69 2 92 9 37 34 80 2 3 10 16 3 29 2 10 18 6 15 1 9 38 51 9 38 4 4 51 1 19 5 25 4 34 1 13 7 21 42 1 424 155 451 52 1 658; 38 257 209 1 504. STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS C Shipped CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 1-s 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1-s 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2i 0 0 0 2 2; 0 3 0 3 2 8 11 30 9 1 1 14 16 ' 3 8 18 19 48 3 20 1 16 2 3 3 6 14 0 2 1 3 2 2 1 2 7 0 2 3 5 0 5 9 23 1 9 1 8 10 1 5 2 6 14 8 2 0 6 0 3 0 2 5 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 2 2 2 11 1 1 5 7, 0 2 3 7 12 7 10 3 0 5 9 5 28 47 6 2 39 471 3 6 4 20 33 30 0 0 30 0 13 7 15 35 2 1 13 5 11 34 2 0 14 16 161 3 15 2 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 2 2 7 18 0 0 8 8 2 2 7 4 15 0 0 4 4 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 6 10 0 3 1 1 5 1 0 11 12 "20 61 35 79 1 195 15 10 103 1 128 15 56 32 73 176 11 4 101 1 116 I TOTAL Shipped CLASS GROUP B 3 ALL A 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 19 20' 48 20 1 5 7 0 0 4 4 0 6 14 8 0 6 0 7 7 1 6 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 10 0 0 0 0 12 18 33 30 2 1 15 0 2 5 7 34 16 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 Ij 15 0 0 0 0 5 12 3 3 64 1 70,176 116 C ALL 1-s 0 5. 1 20 88 21 16 4 4 6 28 10 7 14 3 10 4 5 1 2 2 0 7 22 18 81 18 7 57) 13 1 2' 8 20 15 1 0 17 6 70 1 362 "112 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 S ALL 3 4 3 11 0 3 3 0 40 30 50 141 10 53 9 34 6 4 23 1 9 2 6 9 29 10 25 74 2 0 42 44 7 4 18 1 4 2 10 13 1 1 0 6 2 5 8 1 I4I 0 4 1 7 0 2 2 17 7 7 38 2 1 28 31 30 17 71 136 6 81 5 92 31 19 28 91 4 4 31 39 6 4 10 28 7 0 9 16 76 11 16 34 2 2 14 18 13 2 3 24 11 32 9 52 198 119 251 I 680 44 39 297 1 380 SUMMARY |)fCK INGINE ITEWARD iRAND TOTALS Registered Registered SHIPPED SHIPPED SHIPPED TOTAL Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B CLASS A CLASS C CLASS B SHIPPED CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 123 ALL 123 ALL 123 ALL 123 ALL ABC ALL 123 ALL 123 ALL 126 236 57 I 419 56 173 29 I 258 81 35 79 I 195 263 444 165 J 872 10 71 20 91 15 10 45 172 104 85 103 292 1185 77 171 46 j 294 8 57 [ 196 37 154 25 | 216 13 93 [ 128 71 32 73 1 176 11 4 J 509 185 357 144 1686 32 154 67 j 132 60 f166; 101 | 116 228 J 414 3 3 3 9 27 23 j 53 294 24 15 j 42 216 3 " 64 | 70 176 54 102)165 686 132 166 116 414 53 | 479 411 534 106 |105l 42 f 424 155 451 52 j 658 70 f 362 310 119 251 j 680 165 |1265 876 1104 409~j2389 55 227 38 257 44 39 137 ~ 523 300 j 582 209 j 504 297 | 380 806 11466 �DMeoAer U, MM SEAFARERS By Al Tanner, Vice President and Fred Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer, Great Lakes Lakes Freeze-Up Begins For a time, we thouirht the Port of Alpena had seen the last of ship­ ping for this year. However, Huron Portland Cement Company called a orew for the E. M. Ford and we shipped practically everyone on the beach. The E. M. Ford will attempt to make a few more trips before the Lakes freeze over. Buffalo Ever since the opening of the St, Lawrence Seaway, American cities with harbors on the Great Lakes have been bent on getting as rapidly as possible harbor depths that would accommodate vessels transiting the Seaway. Buffalo is one of only two cities on the Lakes Erie and Ontario that can boast, as the 1964 season comes to a close, of the desired depth of 27 feet in its outer harbor. Tlie completion here was not scheduled until next November, but the contractors for the $2.5 million project operated two dredges on an around-the-clock schedule for the last phase of the Federal program in modifying Buffalo harbor so that modern deep-draft vessels might enter. As a consequence. United States and foreign ships can make Buffalo a port of call from the start of the 1965 shipping season. This is one of the gratifying happenings of 1964 having to do with modern development of the Niagara Frontier. It was reported that this year's scheduled with the company at the lay-up fleet in the Buffalo harbor present time. will be the smallest in history and Cleveland it is due to the unit-train program. This is the time of the year to .At present the C.S. Robinson and start off from this port by wishing the Henry Stelnbrenner are in the port preparing to lay-up for the one and all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Winter. The J.C. Miller is ex­ Although the season is just pected to leave here for Duluth, Minnesota for a load of grain and about over, Job calls are still com­ ing but they are hard to fill be­ then return to lay-up. cause everyone is getting himself Evald Mans, "Dutch" as many of lined up for the winter months our members know him, is in the ahead. Meyer Memorial Hospital and has Cleveland had one of the early been confined for about a month. We are not certain of the nature lay-ups (and also just as early a fit-out). The E. M. Ford came in of his illness. to lay-up a few weeks ago and Chicago within 10 days the crew was called This port has continually re­ back for fit-out due to a sudden ported extremely good shipping in demand for cement. every LOG issue and recently men­ Within the next 10 days, Cleve­ tioned that it appeared that ship­ ping would remain good until the land will enter the all year-round end of the season. Our recent pe­ port status with the beginning riod of shipping perhaps cannot be of operation of the carferry Grand considered the best, but Chicago Haven, which will run between did ship 25 men in permanent and this port and Canadian ports acix>ss relief jobs. And a shifting gang the Lakes on all year-round basis. After not sailing all season, Don worked on Gartland's newly ac­ shipped out, firing, on the John quired ship, the Harvester. It should be mentioned that A. Kling, for that one last trip. Gartiand Steamship Company will Harold Carroll dropped into the operate next season two additional hall the other day for a visit be­ vessels in their fleet—a self-un- fore going on to New York. Paul Blaha is still in the hos­ loader, the Gobeille and the straight-decker, the Harvester. The pital in Lorain, Ohio. He is coming along slow but making progress company at present has no knowl­ edge as to how many of its vessels with his broken leg. Detroit they will run in 1965 but in any The shipping season on the event the shipping picture in this fleet for next season looks ex­ Great Lakes is finally over with tremely good. It should also be the exception of a few "Lakers" repeated that any and all unrated down bound from the head of the men should take advantage of the Lakes with their last cargoes. Winter lay-up and get off their The patrolmen working out of this rusty-dusties and' get the rated port are busy servicing vessels tickets necessary to take these ad­ laying up and most of the deck crews have gone home. ditional jobs. The Jean La Fitte was the last Chicago reports that Carlo Lopeparo is out of the hospital and SIU deep-sea ship for the year and happy to be back to work on the old-timers like Fete Ridgeway, Vaughn Harrison, Vern Ratering, Steamer Hennepin. The Illinois State Federation Jinuny McQuald will spend the and the Chicago Federation, plus winter months in India and the "Voice of Labor" WCFL have Burma. The 1964 sailing season was the moved into new offices at the Marina Towers in Chicago. The best enjoyed by SIU members Port Council of the MTD, along since the war years and from all with many other Chicago labor indications 1965 should be as good groups have endorsed James J. or better. Ed Furneis stopped in Medja for Judge of the Circuit to collect his vacation check and Court. We are happy to report will spend the holidays. Ed says' that Medja has been appointed he is heading back to the Sunny and the Port Council will attend South after that. The Ben W. installation ceremonies this com­ Calvin (Boland-Cornelius) will be on the winter run tihs year and ing Monday. At the moment, this port is in a we salute those brave souls who fight against Hannah Inland Water­ will be riding her. Duluth ways, contracted to the Inland The 1964 season at the head of Boatmen's Union, SIU. As of this report, the beef has been totally the Lakes has ended with the last successful, with all local unions of the ore cargoes on their way. respecting pickets and picket The Great Northern Railway has boats. There are no meetings (Continued on page 20) VMge Seve* LOG Vacation Bonanza Narrows Bridge Lights Dazzle Harbor Pilots NEW YORK — Bright, glaring lights on the new Verrazano-Narrows Bridge linking Brooklyn and Staten Island across the New York Narrows are a navigational hazard which could cause a "major ma­ rine catastrophe," if they are not properly shielded, harbor pilots have complained. The plazas at each end of the bridge are lighted by 128 1,000 watt mercury vapor lanvps stand­ ing on eight poles. In addition there are 395 roadway lights, each one 400 watts. Pointing out that during a year they guide more than 2,000 ocean­ going vessels through the Nar­ rows, the pilots say that guiding vessels beneath the bridge, espe­ cially on a foggy night, is now like working with "four big suns shin­ ing straight in your eyes." A Coast Guard investigation is un­ derway to look into the charges. Serious danger from the lights has been charged only during a haze or fog, when the bridge lights "magnify the droplets of vapor in the air, creating a veil, a blanket." Clearance between the supports at each side of the bridge is 4,260 feet, through water 90 feet deep. Although this constitutes a com­ fortable clearance during clear weather, the pilots charge that the risk of collision betwen ships is 'dangerously high" when there is a glare that blankets a pilot's view of the other side (rf the bridge" during haze or fog. The Triborough Bridge and Tun­ nel Authority, which built and op­ erates the bridge, has rejected a request for a meeting to discuss the problem. The TBTA, headed by the controversial Robert Moses, has denied that the lights are a hazard to shipping. w • . ...IIP? SMiiiiliii SIU Great Lakes District member Van Ratering (left) has a big smile for the LOG photographer as he accepts his Union vacation check from Detroit Port Agent Jack Bluitt. Ratering, who recently paid off the Chatham (Waterman) where he sailed in the steward department, collected a whopping $681, the largest vacation check to be handed out in the port of Detroit this year. SIU Ships Praised In Navy Came Role WASHINGTON—^U.S.-flag merchant ships, including the I SlU-contracted Del Sol (Delta Lines) and Clouere D'Alenel Victory (Victory Carriers) which took part in the recent| naval amphibious exercise in^" Spain, have won praise from launchers, trucks, heavy tractors I materials for a tactical air-| the Navy as "an integral and and field. critical element which contributed greatly to the success of Exercise Steel Pike I." Ten American - flag freighters took part in the exercise in which about 60,000 American and Span­ ish assault troops stormed ashore in a mock landing on a beach in southern Spain. The merchant ships hauled some 28,000 marines and their equipment, missile Infamous 'Devil's Island' Now Host To Fishermen CAYENNE, French Guiana—The last agonized scream of a tormented prisoner died some 20 years ago, and today's residents of fabled "Devil's Island" here, are being in­ structed not to talk to stran-"*^ also go mad and sometimes shoot gers about the old prison themselves or become drunkards. camps because "it keeps tour­ It was not a good place for ists away." Today all the prison camps have fallen into decay except the old reception center and solitary-con­ finement blocks at St. Laurent. The cement buildings are being used as warehouses and freezing plants by U.S. shrimp fishermen from Tampa and other Gulf ports. In the last few years the new shrimp industry has doubled the town's population to about 3,000. Many still remember the prison camps however, and do talk about them to strangers. A typically hor­ rible remembrance goes "I remem­ ber as a boy in St. Laurent, up the coast, how those in the blockhouses would keep us awake all night with their screaming. You could hear them ail over the town. The guards, who rarely bothered them, would Changing Your Address? If you have moved, make it a point to notify both the Union and the" Seafarers Welfare Plan of your new address. Do it now! children." Other old residents go even fur­ ther with their tales of the horror of the old days, calling St. Laurent a "palace" compared with other camps along the 250-miie coast be­ tween there and Cayenne, where political and other important pris­ oners were kept. Prisoners who survived their terms at "Devils Island," old resi­ dents recall, were usually too broken mentally and physically by their ordeal to ever go home. They remained there—scratching out a bare subsistence for the remainder of their miserable lives by catch­ ing and selling beautiful butter­ flies. In addition to the economic boost of the U.S. shrimp industry, the "Islanders" have turned their interest to a new French missile base being built outside of Ca­ yenne. The 500 technicians with their families are expected to give French Guiana a further social and economic lift. Modern life is gradualiy trans­ forming "Devii's Isiand." But for many oldtimers the place is still haunted by anguished screams in the night. Vice Admiral John S. McCain,! Jr., Atlantic amphibious force I chief, said he is "most anxious" that the American-flag merchant I ships which took part in the oper-| ation "receive due credit for a jobj well done." In addition to transporting the] 28,000 marines to Spain for the] operation the 10 merchant ships,] plus seven MSTS vessels, carried! 90,000 tons of cargo from five U.S.] ports to Spain in a 10-day cross-] ing. Transportation costs for the] men and material were placed at] about $5 million. It has been noted that a year! ago, when only 15,000 soldiers] with virtually no equipment were] airlifted from Fort Hood, Texas to] Germany in three days for a spe-l cial exercise, it cost the govern-l ment $20 miliion, and most ofl their equipment had to be sent| well in advance aboard ships. The presence of the merchant! ships at the maneuvers empha-l sized the role that a strong and| modern U.S. maritime flee could play in the event of emer-j gencies. Runaway-flag shipping,| operated under the myth of "effec­ tive control" could not be called! upon as quickly—if at all—to aid| our armed forces in a time of crisis. The continuing need for mer­ chant ships in the defense of the U.S. was also pointed out recently! by MSTS Commander, Vice-Ad-f miral Glynn R. Donaho. Ships will not be displaced bj aircraft except in certain special-] ized eases. Admiral Donaho tolc members of the Washington Pro peller Club. The U.S. will stil need freighters and tankers ever if it controls the air over enemy| territory and landing fields, he said. These ships are a must for transporting heavy equipment and backup suppiies over great dis-| tances, he pointed out, and will remain the only practical way of transporting the huge masses of heavy equipment necessary to maiptain U.S. fighting men on for-| eign shores. �rage Eifht SEAFARERS LOG AMA Readies Big Guns For Medicare Showdown December 11, 18M By Cai Tanner, Executive Vice-President MIAMI BEACH—^The American Medical Association set the stage here for a last-ditch, big spending campaign to prevent Congress from passing a social security program of hos­ Automated Tragedy pital care for the elderly. SIUNA International Vice-President Bill Jordan warned recently tributions from workers and em were told: "Our confidence is that any attempt to utilize automation techniques simply to Increase AMA leaders told the pol- ployers," said, "and the em shaken as evidence accumulates the profits of shipping companies would have grave repercussions. His I icy-making House of Dele­ phasis willhe still be on hospital care that the men you have designated gates that the doctors' lobby and post-hospital skilled nursing as spokesmen on economic and so­ words became a grim prophecy shorly afterward when the Israeli lost many of its best friends in last month's election. AMA president Donovan F. Ward said the chance of defeating the King-Anderson bill "is considerably less than it was a few weeks ago." But the Iowa physician heaped scorn on doctors who suggested compromise and declared; "The fight must go on." The delegates voted down even the mildest of state resolutions suggesting a new look at the health care problems of the aged and scheduled a special conference in Chicago Dec. 13 to frame what was termed "a national education program." Earlier Ward had said the House of Delegates might be called into an almost unprece­ dented special session if further action was needed to block the bill. Meanwhile, in Washington, a key sponsor of the hospital care bill saw a "realistic" possibility ! that the measure could clear Con­ gress by Easter. Senator Clinton P. Anderson (D-N.M.) said he and Representative Cecil R. King (D-N.Y.) will again join in IntroI ducing a health care bill. "It will be based on the social ; security principle of payroll con­ care." A newspaper advertisement ad dressed to the AMA delegates by Florida senior citizen groups warned doctors that they are los ing the confidence of their patients by their actions. In the "open letter," the doctors Coast Company Seeks Subsidy For New Ships SAN FRANCICO—SIU Pa­ cific District-contracted Amer­ ican Mail Lines has applied to the Maritime Administration for a construction differential subsidy for four new high­ speed cargo ships to operate between the U.S. West Coast and the Far East. The new ships would replace the American Mail, Bengal Mail, California Mail and the Java Mail. These ships would be traded in and their value applied to the cost of the new ships. American Mail Lines pres­ ently has two new ships under construction—the Oregon Mail and the Canada Mail. By Al Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer Welfare Plan Provides Security luxury-liner Shalom collided with the Norwegian tanker Stolt Dagall cial issues are wilfully misleading on Thanksgiving morning with the loss of 19 Norwegian seamen. the American public." No inquiry into the mishap has been completed yet and thfe cause William R. Hutton, information director of the National Council of the disaster is still a matter of conjecture. But one thing is clear. Both vessels were equipped with modem "safety" devices, including of Senior Citzens, told a Miami radar. And yet, they collided. meeting that "powerful public re­ Tlie inference to be drawn from these facts is clear. Radar, although lations forces of organized medi­ it is a valuable safety aid, is still not a dependable substitute for an cine are desperately trying to play down the mandate for medi­ experienced, well-trained, conscientious seaman on lookout or at the care enactment." He said this wheel. Rushing headlong into automation and replacing experienced may deceive some AMA members crevmien with far from dependable automated systems—all for the but it can't reduce the majority sake of increased profits—can only lead to more disasters of this typs. This particular problem is not confined to the maritime industry. for the King-Anderson bill in the new Congress. The railroads too are plugging headlong Into automation for the sake Ward, who had supported Barry of increased profits—eliminating experienced railroad workers and re­ Goldwater in the election cam­ placing them with automated "systems." The fallibility of these auto­ paign, conceded that the result mated systems with the inevitable drastic decline in safety was pointed forces the AMA to "face up to up recently by the death of a little girl, crushed beneath the wheels certain grim realities." He fore­ of an "automated" train. saw a "furious hurricane" for the The train had been automated, the train crew reduced to the bare hospital care bill from the Ad­ minimum. The experienced trainman was no loniger at his usual post ministration, organized labor and as the automated "brain" brainlessly backed the freight cars into senior citizen groups. coupling position and crushed the little girl to death. The AMA president deplored the It is particularly disturbing that so many recent mishaps, both in defeat of three Republican mem­ maritime and in other transportation industries, have involved modem, bers of the House Ways and Means not antiquated equipment. Committee who opposed KingIt has always been a fact of life that cutting corners gets you into Anderson. But he claimed the. trouble eventually, and this is just what the transportation industry election could not be construed as has been doing by pushing automated systems into use. Because of mandate" for new social legis­ their complicated mechanical nature, "systems" have always been lation and in fact indicated that known to break down regularly. And when automated system con­ voters were opposed to any change. trolling powerful machinery breaks down, the machinery, as likely as Hutton termed this "an incredi­ not, will run "amuck." bly twisted election analysis" which At its present state of technology, automation is not ready to be 'demonstrated an extraordinary granted "free reign" over large, powerful, and highly mobile machin­ capability for self-deception among ery. The steady and judicial hand of man is still needed to step in conservative doctors." and take charge when the going gets rough. Liki Tiki's Latest Trip— iron Men in Wooden Ship Many a Seafarer can recall clearly that it wasn't too many years ago when the only thing he could count on from a job was a month's ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.—The battered old schooner Liki Tiki proved to be a little more pay. The idea of monetary assistance . for himself or his family eaky than usual last week, and its six man crew had to be plucked from the sea by heli­ in time of sickness or old age when he could no longer work was copter. *' ' virtually unknown. sank slowly astern of the Liki Tiki skipper breaks a law—and laws Talking about "taut ships" Today's Seafarer, on the other hand, faces completely different last week another eventful voyage governing pleasure craft are few conditions. He knows he can perform his job secure in the knowl­ no one ever mentions the Liki began. A blinding snowstorm and far between—no penalties can edge that his Union has provided a vast welfare plan which will iki. She has run aground quickly engulfed the vessel! Seas be placed on the Liki Tiki or its i help both him and his family in time of sickness and old age, but up to 40 feet high battered her crew. five times in a little over four also will assist his loved ones after he has passed on. sturdy decks! The mainsail, jib SIU members has shown time and again that they are aware of months and has been towed in and gaff went overboard! Mam­ their improved benefits situation. One of the major indications from sea twice. Last week's epi­ moth seas poured down her hatch! of this is that 60 percent of our Union members are married and sode marked the eighth time the Everyone got seasick! [ supporting families. Figures coming into our department show that Liki Tiki has been rescued by Soon a familiar call crackled the number of our brothers who are getting married is increasing every the Coast Guard since July 23. over the radio at the local Coast day. Like the carefree crew of the Guard station. i Veteran coast •This is obviously a good trend. It means that the professional seaman is a man who will make a career out of sailing, rather than legendary "rub-a-dub-dub" tub, guardsmen held their heads and taking a trip and then quitting until his money runs out. the six Liki Tiki crewmen sailed moaned. The Liki Tiki was on the Not only has the Union built up a welfare plan to provide for the gaily out of Atlantic City last week air again with, its well-known dis­ tress signal. The old routine began I married seaman and his children, • but it has also provided propor­ may depend on are hospital ex­ to do some skin diving off Florida. again like a bad dream. The Coast NEW YORK — Some American tionate benefits foir our single penses, which include room and With absolute faith in their able Guard asked for the Liki Tiki's businessmen still cannot accept members. While SIU men who board, the inevitable extras, blood navigator the happy crew ignored position. The navigator had no the fact of free collective bargain­ are married get more in bene­ transfusions, doctor calls, surgical the twin red pennants standing idea—his charts had failed him ing despite 30 years of popular again. It was almost midnight and legislative reaffirmation of fits than our single brothers, it and maternity expenses. stiff in the wind atop the Wood­ before two cutters, guided through this basic right, Frank W. McCulshould be recognized that they Other forms of assistance in­ J have accepted more responsibil- clude medical examinations, opti­ bury, N.J. Coast Guard station the dark and violent seas by radar, loch, chairman of the National Labor Relations Board declared I Ities since they must think in cal benefits, sickness and accident, signifying a gale warning. It was found the Tiki. I terms of providing for the needs special disability, maintenance and definitely a case of iron men in a With darkness and rough here. I of two, three, four or more people. cure and special equipment to aid wooden ship. weather making immediate rescue McCulloch's blast at the reac­ There can be little argument with in recuperation from an illness or Navigating chores aboard the a dangerous undertaking, the cut­ tionary segments of U.S. industry I the fact that the married man's accident. In addition to the $4,000 Liki Tiki were handled by the ters stood by all night. At dawn, came at a seminar of the National dollar must go a great deal fur- death benefit and regular monthly mayor of a small New Jersey town unable to get a line aboard the Association of Manufacturers, and I ther than that of a single member. pension, special scholarships are who is also in the construction schooner, a helicopter was called appeared to be aimed at the We should all remember that awarded to both Seafarers and business. He is usually in charge all the way from Floyd Bennett NAM'S members. The NAM, a J the single Seafarer also has his their children each year. of the maps and charts when the Field in Brooklyn. The six-man collection of the kind of old-line [responsibilities. He may be reFrom this brief survey it can be Liki Tiki puts to sea on one of crew leaped from the Liki Tiki anti-labor businessmen MeCulloch I sponsible for taking care of de- readily seen that an SIU member her more noteworthy voyages and onto a liferaft thrown over by the was speaking of, has battled 1 pendent parents, younger mem- has more at stake in his job than each time the schooner runs Coast Guard while the helicopter throughout its history every law, jbers of his family or step or foster his monthly wages. While many of aground (five times since July) he lowered a basket six times in a policy and union contract that [parents. The Union welfare plan our brothers sometimes take these blames it on sand bars unmarked 40-knot gale to pull them all to would give American labor a fair [also provides assistance for these extensive benefits for granted, it by the Coast Guard. A CG spokes­ safety. shake. [ dependents. should never be forgotten that man has suggested however, that The CG admits it is a little tired If all of industry and businessAmong the typical benefits pro- they are the result of many hard- "there was definitely some naviga­ of the Liki Tiki and its legendary would accept the fact of collective I vided by the SIU welfare plan fought battles which were waged tion problem there somewhere." navigational prowess but they can't bargaining, McCulloch said, the which a Seafarer and his family by you and your Union. As the gale-warning pennants do anything about it. Unless the NLRB \vpul<J,noJongey be needed. NLRB Chief Hits Opponents Of Bargaining �iJiesMAer It iffi SEAFAB^EKS LOG Tag* NfaM SEAFARERS PORTO OF THE WORIJ> Shown here i» the famous "Temple of the Tooth," eontaming a tooth said to have been extracted from the mouth of Buddha. Colombo is a center of the Buddhist religion in the Far East. The Buddhist Keleniya Temple attracts the faithful each January for a celebration which commemorates the Buddha's first visit to Ceylon. The nation has five million Buddhists and a million Christians. wagon is still the most form of transportation for Ceylon's farmers. Colombo, the capital city and chief port of the island nation of Ceylon, is known to Seafarers as a tea and gem port. The city lies on the southwest corner of the large island which is situated off the east coast of India, its fine harbor facing the western portion of the Indian Ocean. The port's commerce is mainly made up of the export of rubber, tea and coconuts and the import of foodstuffs. Among the SlU-manned ships which put into Colombo on a regular basis are those in the round-theworld service of Isthmian Lines. A member of the British Commonwealth, Ceylon, with its lO-million population, is the only country in the world today to have a female prime minister—^Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike. Bill Feil, a Seafarer who has visited Colombo on several trips, says the port's chief attraction is in its shopping. Fine gemstones, for which Ceylon is famous, find eager buyers from around the world. Star or blue sapphires are said to be the best buy. Seafarers wishing to bring home a bauble to the wife or girlfriend are advised, however, that really fine stones com­ mand a good price. Any shopping should be done at the big stores, all of which set fixed prices. Things to beware of in Colombo are pickpockets, phony guides and back alley money changers. English is the nation's second language so that getting around is not too hard. If visiting Seafarers call en the Travel Centre at the harbor's Passenger Jetty they can obtain a Tourist Card which entitles them to play golf at two of the leading clubs, entrance to the Atlanta nightclub and reduced fares on the railroads for any excursion trips into the beautiful countryside. At the eastern end of Main Street, which runs up from the harbor area, the Bazaar known as the Pettah begins. Good bargains can be obtained here on local handicrafts for those who can do a little haggling. The main business and commercial area lies between Church and Chatham streets. A bus that runs along the coastal road will take Seafarers out to the Galle Face hotel, one of the city's better hotels, and the Mascarilla nightclub. The road leading inland from the hotel crosses a picturesque lake to Slave Island, a tourist spot. Beyond the island is the race course (the racing season begins in August) and several fine swimming places and golf courses. Seven miles out of town along the coast road is Mt. Lavinia, where there is an excellent ocean beach for swimming. Well made curry dishes are the local specialty of the many good res­ taurants in downtown Colombo. The most popular hotel near the port area is the Grand Oriental. For Seafarers who want to take in a movie while in town, the Regal, Liberty, Savoy, Majestic and New Olympia theatres show American, British and European films. On the opposite or eastern coast of Ceylon is the city of Trincomalee, the island's second most important port. SIlT-manned vessels occa­ sionally stop at the port, though not as regularly as at Colombo. Trincomalee possesses the only fully sheltered harbor in the whole Indian subcontinent. The Welcombe Hotel in the harbor area is the chief stopping place for Seafarers. Many members have recommended the ABCD Cafe as the best place in Trincomalee to relieve their thirst. toy stand with two young salesmen In the Pettah, the bazaar section of Colombo. Photo shows a section of the garden and patio of the Mount Lavinia hiotel, just outside Colombo. The picture was taken by a Seafarer on a recent visit to the port. The SlU-manned Steel Worker of the Isthmian Lines has been among the many SlU ships which have put in regularly at Colombo to unload and pick up cargoes. �Pave Ten SEAFARERS DeMnber 11, 1964 VOG FMC Retaliates Against Uruguay's Discrimination By Robert A. Matthews, WASHINGTON—The Federal Maritime Commission has QUESTION: When you are on Vice-President, Contracts, & Bill Hall. Headquarters Rep. taken action to protect U.S.-flag shipping from a series of watch in the winter or cold re Here is another group of questions requiring contract clarifications discriminatory regulations passed by Uruguay against U.S. gions, how do you keep warm? that were sent in by SIU crewmen. The first three questions deal ships. (Asked of members of the deck with electrician's duties aboard ship. They were sent in by Clarence protect their fleets by resorting department.) The FMC has made it E. Pryor, ship's delegate on the Oceanic Wave. clear to Uruguay that that to discriminatory procedures. Sev­ . Question: "I am writing to get some clarifications on the Electricians country's ships trading with the eral Latin Nations have restrictive working from 12 midnight to 8:00 a.m., at sea. The Chief Engineer U.S. would have to pay fees on policies in effect that discriminate Keith Intress: I generally wear on the ship seems to think he understands the agreement his way, and their cargoes equal to those against imports carried on ships thermal underwear and a good that is, if he works an Electrician at night, where he o.k's the overtime charged against U.S. ships trading not flying their own flags. An ef­ swagger jacket for the work, he can then work the man all day without payment of with Uruguay. Tit for tat, so to fort by South American nations wdth a hooded overtime, and that the man who worked at night is not entitled to speak. belonging to the Latin American parka. Actually, a rest period. He said that he understood this at sea, because under when you're The Merchant Marine Act of Free Trade Association to extend Article II, Section 41 it does not clearly state about day workers 1920 gives the FMC power to act this practice on a group basis standing on the at sea." bow in cold when other countries discriminate drew a strong warning earlier this Answer: The agreement does not provide for a rest period at sea. against U.S. shipping. Section 19 year from Senator Warren G. weather, you Therefore, you are entitled to the overtime worked between midnight of the act permits the commission Magnuson (D.-Wash.), chairman of wear anything and 8:00 a.m. only. you can get your to take counter action, such as the Senate Commerce Committee. Reference: Standard Freightship Agreement, Article II, Section 41 the imposition of special duties Senator Magnuson's warning hands on to stay (a); "When ship is under port working rules and sea watches have on imports to the U.S. brought in that the U.S. would take retalia­ warm, as long as r.at been set and members of the unlicensed deck and engine personnel by vessels flying the flag of the tory action to safeguard the in­ you can still move. c.T duty are required to work overtime midnight and 8 a.m., they nation practicing discrimination. terests of American-flag shipping shall be entitled to one hour of4 The FMC has been considering followed a plea by SlU-contracted rest for each hour actually Department. The Bosun claims that how to handle the discriminatory Delta Lines for aid from Wash­ Daniel Dean: I keep warm by worked." he and the Daymen have first practices of Uruguay since June. ington in counteracting discrim­ wearing sufficient clothing—such Question: "The Mate calls the choice of this overtime and that no This discrimination has meant that inatory regulations by Latin ship­ as thermal un­ Bosun and the Electrician, to put O.S.'s are to be used. We wish to cargoes imported by Uruguay in owners. derwear and a power on deck and standby raise know if it is a company or Bosun its own ships have been exempted Although some LAFTA mem­ heavy jacket. My anchor, shift ship to mooring ruling that no O.S.'s will be used." from a 50 precent surcharge lev­ bers, such as Uruguay, do not pos­ advice is to wear dolphins in Suez Canal, after that Answer: The contract does not ied against American ships. An­ sess enough ships to give U.S. and anything mooring the Deck Department still provide for the number of men to other exception frees the Uru­ European shipping serious compe­ will keep you vvorks, using winches to bring be used when opening and closing guayan ships from a 6 percent tax tition, they often charter tonnage warm and at the aboard the docking workers boats. the roll-on hatch tops you de­ on foreign exchange transactions to get around this disadvantage. same time is The call was at 1:00 a.m., the dock- scribed. Therefore, the number of used to pay for the incoming In announcing the imposition of comf or tabl e i.ig finished 6:30 a.m., the workers crewmembers used to perform this goods. fees to counter those imposed by enough that you vv.orked till 7:45 a.m. using No. 2 work would be at the discretion of The new FMC regulations Uruguay, FMC head John Harllee don't notice it port winch and No. 5 port winch. the Chief Mate. The contract does against Uruguay become effective noted "these preferences have di­ too much. Please clear this up. The chief provide for equalization of over­ verted shipments to Uruguayan 4" 4" t Engineer said the Electrician time time, therefore, the Ordinary Sea­ 30 days after publication in the* ships, discriminated against Unit­ Federal Register. was up at 6:15." Ramon Morales: I wear good men should have an equal opportu­ Similar action by the FMC has ed States vessels and resulted in Answer: The Electrician would nity to perform this work. conditions detrimental to the free clothes that are heavy, like a heavy been effective in the past to re­ he entitled to overtime up to jacket, a couple In addition, I would point out flow of trade between the two 7:45 a.m. only if cargo was being that when you are opening and move discriminatory regulations countries." pair of pants, worked which was not the case closing these roll-on hatch tops, imposed by Latin American na­ warm underwear tions against the U.S. In 1959 the outlined in your question. and a good pair the Bosun should always be one commission ordered "equalization Reference: Standard Freightship of the crewmembers performing of heavy gloves. fees" against the Ecuadorean / .greement. Article IV, Section 9, this work. If you put on shipping after that country had No. 5 first paragraph: "When enough clothes, Reference: Standard Freightship assessed fees against U.S. shipping c 2rgo is being worked with vessel's Agreement, Article III, Section 2, it doesn't matter electric cargo handling machinery first paragraph — Division Over­ similar to those now imposed by what you do, ;fter 5 p.m. and before 8 a.m. time. "All overtime shall be divided Uruguay. The Ecuadorean Gov­ you'll be warm. week days or on Saturdays, Sun­ as equally as possible among the ernment promptly cancelled its days and Holidays, the Electrician members of the deck crew. In any discriminatory regulations. In the past, Latin American .'hall do any work necessary to event, the Boatswain shall be Ralph Pallidino: Well, I guess keep electric cargo handling allowed to make as many hours governments have often tried to the best way I know of to keep machinery in operation. NEW YORK — The land-locked overtime as the high man's over­ nations of the world—those inland warm is to put i i time hours in the Deck Depart­ plenty of nations without any access to the on The next question, submitted by ment, except where such overtime clothes. sea except by crossing neighboring heavy David Pashkoff, ship's delegate on has been paid for routine' sea nations' territory—may get a big Then when I'm I the Overseas Joyce, concerns wheel watches. The Boatswain shall have watch economic boost through the work standing I duty on a freighter. the right to stand week-end gang­ as lookout, I of the United Nations' "Committee Question: "What is the man on way watch in turn with the rest of think about how on Preparation of a Draft Conven­ I the wheel supposed to do aboard the deck department. If he fails to tion Relating to Transit Trade of hot it gets in the ! a freight ship? The Mate thinks exercise such right he has no claim summer and for Land-Locked Countries." that the man on the wheel is sup- for high man's overtime." WASHINGTON—A phony poll some reason, I The committee has been work­ I posed to paint and a lot of other Article II, Section 20 (a) and (b) conducted by the "National Right just don't feel I things. Please send me something —Handling Hatches, "(a) When to Work Committee" which pur­ ing for some time to set up inter­ as cold. national rules and regulations I on this matter. the sailors are used to remove portedly shows that Americans 4 4 4" Answer: The crewman on the j hatches, strong backs, and tank are two-to-one in favor of state covering the transit needs of all land-locked countries so they can wheel is required to steer the I tops for the purpose of loading or right-to-work" laws has been Charles Bortz: If you protect the ship only. This shall also apply! unloading cargo, or to cover up exposed as a fake by labor and increase their international trade. ears, nose and the toes, along with At present most of these nations when automatic steering equip- hatches when cargo, is in the civic groups. good warm outer are hindered in their trade by the ment is employed aboard a freight vessel, they shall receive overtime clothing, you fact that they must depend on The poll, based on a survey of ship. as per Article II, Section 32, of don't feel the only 1,025 persons, is supposed to their neighbors' cooperation in ; Reference: Standard Freightship this agreement." cold very much. getting their goods and products to represent the feelings of 190 mil­ 1. Agreement, Article HI, Section 8— I wear good "'b) No overtime shall be paid lion Americans—^the same Ameri­ the sea for shipment. Because of I Relieving Helmsman. "No Mate to day men or the watch on deck heavy clothes, a this they are always at the mercy I shall relieve Helmsman except in between the hours of 8 a.m. and cans who have voted against of their neighbors, who for hat with ear cov­ I the emergency. Sougeeing, chip- 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, "right-to-work" laws in every political or economic reasons, ers and put news­ I ping, painting, etc., shall not be for covering up when no cargo is single instance but one whenever could cut off their access to the paper in the toes considered an emergency." in the ship or taking off hatches they were given the opportunity sea and thereby cripple the land­ of my sea boots. to declare their real opinion at the The following question, con- for any purpose other than actually That keeps my locked nation's economy. polls. |! earned with equalization of over- cargo operations." The committee has completed feet dry and they .don't get cold Among the states that have re- its 31 scheduled meetings, has so fast. 1 time for handling hatches comes In submitting questions and I from Cecil Diltz and P. Kennedy work .Siituations for clarification, ected union-busting "right-to- wound up work on a final draft 4 4 4 ! aboard the Sacramento. delegates and crews are reminded work" thus far are California, and report, and is hoping for Hendrey Rucki: I found that if Question: "This ship is a bulk once again to provide as much Ohio, Washington, Colorado, Idaho action soon on its proposals. you take your mind off the fact and Oklahoma. Kansas, a pre­ I carrier and has roll on hatch tops. detail as possible setting forth the Who Is Land-Locked that it is cold, There has always been a beef as circumstances of any dispute. Be­ dominantly rural farm state, was Land-locked nations comprise to what is overtime regarding the sides those mentioned, some of the the only state where voters up­ one-fifth of the nations of the it doesn't seem [ opening and closing of the hatches members who were sent clarifica­ held "right-to-work." world. Most of them, because of so cold when while loading or discharging the tions on various subjects during The "National Right to Work their land-locked character, are you're standing Wear ship and as to how many men are the past few days included the Committee" has been identified as among the less developed nations. watch. required, and who they are. Are following: Robert L. Morrow, a front for National Association The exceptions to this rule include warm clothes — the O.S. to help in this work or is Afoundria; Charles L. Perdue, of Manufacturers, the U.S. Cham­ European nations like Switzerland, enough but not it the Bosun, Daymen and A.B.'s. Kyska; Scotty Weems, Orion ber of Commerce and other em­ Czechoslovakia, Austria and Hung­ too many — then Should it be equally divided be- Hunter, Donald C. Nelson, Robin ployer groups. The so-called ary. Among the landlocked and think of what the ! tween all of the Deck Depart­ Kirk; Albert Lima, Hudson; Fred "right-to-work" laws have brought underdeveloped nations are Laos weather is like ment, then to who has first choice, Tampol, ship's delegate. Steel down wages and labor standards and Afghanistan in Asia, Bolivia in the Persian the Bosun, and Daymen, or should Maker; Van IVhitney, ship's in virtually all the states where and Paraguay in Latin America Gulf. That warms It up at least ten degrees.: • . and many African states.' • they have been enacted. I it be divided up among the Deck delegate, Transglsbe. a, U.N. Eyes Aid For Countries Lacking Coasts R-T'Yf Poll Denounced By Labor �11, ItM SEAFAREttS LOQ To AH Hands, -• tr' ' •- GOP MUST CHANGE TO SURVIVE—The Republican Party wUl have to give up the Goldwater philosophy if it is to survive its election defeat. Samuel Lubell, one of the nation's top pollsters told the International Labor Press convention in Washington. Lubell, who had polled thousands of Americans before the last elections, said, "the American people aren't going to vote our welfare system out." The OOP's only hope for a comeback, he said. Is to emphasize reform and improvement instead of radical change. TRUTH-IN-PACKAGING BILL FACES FIGHT—A report issued by the Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee gave an indication of the bitter fight expected to be waged over the "truthin-packaging" bill. Consumer groups, labor and most Democrats are backing the bill which makes it mandatory for business to tell the truth about what and how much is contained in the fancy titled—king size, family size, etc.—and often partially' empty pack­ ages, boxes and bottles in which they pack consumer items. Republicans have announced their general opposition to the bill. GOP Senate leader Dirksen has said that making manufacturers tell the truth about what they sell the public is "Un-American." Another GOPer Roman L. Hruska of Nebraska has attacked the bill because he thinks it implies that many businessmen are "corrupt." >t< * >«< STRIFE AND CHAOS SEEN RESULTS OF R-T-W LAWS—The latest voice to join the huge chorus denouncing so-called "right-^o-work" lawi is John R. Steelman, veteran labor mediator and former White House trouble-shootei-. In a recent statement Steelman warned this type of legislation "would set back our progress in labor-mianagement relations by half a century." He asserted that laws forbidding union shop agree­ ments "serve no useful purpose" and will lead to "chaos in our industriai relations." Steelman, who is a former director of the U.S. Con­ ciliation Service and served as assistant to President Harry Truman, declared that the enactment of "right-to-work" laws "inevitably brings strife and bitterness into the highly favorable state of labor-manage­ ment relations we have achieved." In a statement released by the National Council for Industrial Peace, the labor mediation veteran pointed to the fact that work stoppages set a new postwar low last year. Commenting on this new record; he said, 'This, togethm: with the fact that more than 71 percent of the contracts between management and labor contain union security clauses as a result of true collective bar­ gaining shows that the present formula for industrial relations is work­ ing well." The Building Service Employees Union has opened a Chicago re­ gional offioe to extend direct serv­ ices of the international union to the midwest. Among the tasks of the new office will be the spear­ heading of organizing activities and the coordination of local and joint council activities in cities and state capitals. The office will be headed up by Eugene P. Moats, since 1960 the director of organization for the union. $1 An improvement of air safety standards, collective bargaining goals and a beefing up of the in­ ternal union structure were the chief items at the 18th biennal con­ vention of the Aid Line Pilots As­ sociation in Miami Beach. ALPA president Charles H. Ruby report­ ed to the convention that the grow­ ing use of fast jet aircraft by the commercial airlines has greatly increased the productivity of pilots and co-pilots while reducing op­ erating costs for the air carriers. Ruby said that in future negotia­ tions the union will seek contracts giving the pilot "his fair and right­ ful share of th'e Increased produc­ tivity." The ALP Stewards and Stewardess Division met in sep­ arate session during the Miami convention. 4" AFL-CIO president George Meany will be presented with the "Freedom Award" of the Interna­ tional Rescue Committee at a din­ ner to be given in his honor on January 27. The award will cite Meahy and the American trade union movement for their "service in the cause of freedom' through­ out the world." Previous recipients of the award include Winston Churchill and Mayor Brandt of West Berlin. i(> t> After 19 weeks on the picket line in one of the longest news­ paper strikes ever held. Printing Pressmen of the Detroit Free Press and News reached a compromise settlement with the publishers and returned to work. The strike had been called July 13 when the union and the News failed to reach agreement on the size of crews to man the newspaper's eight new press units. In addition to the manning compromise between the union and the publisher. Pressmen won an $8.30 weekly wage increase over the first two years of the 45 month contract and other benefits. $• $> Bakery and Confectionery workers at five United Biscuit Company idants across the nation have won a 16 cent hourly pay boost and other major pension and welfare improvements in a new two-year contract. The 2,800 employees af­ fected by the new contract work In plants in Philadelphia, Melrose Park, Ill.,-Denver, Cincinnati and Macon, Ga. a, i The AFL-CIO is sending $5,000 for relief to Die victims of the re­ cent fioods In South Viet Nam. The money will go to the Viet­ namese Confederation of Labor. AFL-CIO president George Meany announced that the money will be sent to the confederation through George Baldanzi, United Textile Workers president who is now vis,iting South ;Vlet. Nam. Traditionally in our nation, the holiday season now upon us brings families and friends together to enjoy the spirit of the season to re-warm old acquaintances. Sea­ farers, because of the special nature of their jobs, are not always able to share in the festivities as are other Americans. Scattered on ships roving all the world's seas, they will celebrate Christmas and New Year's in remote parts of the world. Special holiday meals will be cooked in the galleys and bits of holiday decoration will appear in the foc'sles and lounges. Sea­ farers who cannot be home for Christmas will not enjoy their Christmas in quite the same way as those who are at home, but in the special way reserved to those who choose a life on the sea. To them, to their families, and to all those who make up the SIU family, the LOG ex­ tends warmest wishes for a Merry Christ­ mas and a Happy New Year. Statisiical Evidence? The statisticians at Lloyd's Register of Shipping have been at work again, figuring out their annual "Who's Who" of world shipping. What they have proved again is that statistics are best left to statisticians for statistical use. For instance: According to Lloyd's the U.S. continues to lead the world in total merchant tonnage despite another decrease in the size of its ocean-going fleet during the past year. But to a statistician a ship is a ship whether it plies the oceans of the world with its holds filled with cargo or lays empty and and dead in some forgotten backwater. In short, Lloyds includes in its statistics some 10.5 million tons laid up in the reserve fleet, which must be subtracted from the statistical 22.5 million tons on which Lloyds bases its standings. When thi$ is done the U^S, immediately drops down to fifth place—and a poor fifth at that—behind England, Liberia and Norway. And the U.S. fleet continues to lose tonnage steadily. Unfortunately, there are many in Washing­ ton who tend to take the same statistical view of the U.S. fleet which Lloyds takes. As the active U.S. merchant fleet shrinks, as more and more American-owned ships are allowed to register under runaway flags, they point to the reserve fleet and say "look at all the tonnage we have available." But if the active U.S. merchant fleet is allowed to dwindle and eventually die, who will man this fleet of ghost ships? And what of these reserve ships today! Are they in shape to be thrown into use quickly? How much work and how long would it take to get them in shape again after almost 20 years of inactivity? How many weeks and months of work are necessary to get them in shape? And in what shipyards will they be placed to -revive them? The death of shipyards is part and parcel of the death of the active fleet. The point here is clear. The U.S. reserve merchant fleet is a statistical myth. It exists on paper and in adding machines but not on the high seas, which is the only place where it could count for a hill of beans. The fleet of American-owned ships flying foreign or runaway flags under supposedly "effective control" is another statistical myth. The scraps of paper guaranteeing these ships for American use in the event of an emer­ gency are neither effective nor do they rep­ resent control of any kind. Their availability depends on the whims of foreign governments who are not al all concerned with the security of the United States and could in fact turn against us at the drop of a political hat. The U.S. is the possessor of a mythical fleet sailing on a statistical ocean. Myths should belong to the past and statistics to statisticians. It is high time the U.S. govern­ ment faced some facts. --'-I �Pace Twelve SEAFARERS LOG Deeeiafter 11, UM Lifeboat Class 122 Passes Test f Frank Drozak, West Coast Representative LF. Anti-Scab Ordinance Enacted The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has civen final and nnanimous passace to an "Anti-Professional Strikebreaker Ordinance" coverinc the city and county of San Francisco. The law makes It a misdemeanor for a strikebreaker to offer his services, or for an em­ ployer to accept them during any legal strike or lockout in the city. It sets the penalty for doing so at $500 in fines and 90 days in Jail. An interesting feature of the new ordinance is that it defines a "professional strikebreaker" as anyone who knowingly and willingly has worked at a struck firm two or more times during a period of five prior years. Shipping has been fair during the last period at San Fi-anciseo, and from the look of things It is expected to remain about the same. We paid off the Ocean Dinny, Longview Victory and the Del Aires. The Del Aires has been sold to Pacific Far East Lines, and will be orewed by the SUP from now on. Ships serviced in transit during the last period Included the Overseas Eva, Kenmar, San Francisco, Mayflower, Steel Apprentice, and Marymar. During the coming period we expect to see the Elizabeth, Robin Hood, Ames Victory, Montpelier Victory, Steel Architect, Young America and Choctaw. Olditimer Charles Burns dropped oldtimers who are on the beach hi at the hall here to say hello here are Leroy Schmidt and A! to some of his old buddies. Burns Ringuette, who plan to be around is off the Marymar, on which he until after the Holidays. sailed as, AB. Another AB—B. M, Romanoff — registered here re­ cently after shipping from New York for many years. Romanoff says he decided to ship out of California because he heard so Graduating members of Lifeboat Class 122 pose for the LOG photographer after success­ much about the fabulous sunny fully completing requirements for their Coast Guard lifeboat tickets at New York head­ climate. So far though he hasn't quarters. The graduates are (l-r, front) Louis Davila, James Elliott; (middle) Paul seen any sun—^just heard about it. McMahan, Luther Gadson, Arnold Eagle, J. C. Alvarado; (rear) instructor Dan Butts, ReinIt's been pretty - damp out here. R. W. Ferrandiz just piled off the WASHINGTON—The Consumer aldo Roman, John D. Schlumm, Dennis L. DeSonctis, Thomas W. Parker and James E. David. Longview Victory after being on Price Index edged one-tenth of 1 Not present for the picture-taking session were class members Carl J. DeStefono, Carlos her as steward since March mak­ percent higher in October despite Perez and William E. Parker. ing the run to Guam. Now he says a drop in food costs. The monthly he would like to try a run to Bureau of Labor Statistics survey Labor Fights ^Emergency' Immigration Revision Japan for a while. showed living costs to be 108.5 per­ cent of the 1957-59 average, and Wilmington 1.2 percent above a year ago. Shipping has been slow here, For workers and their families, but we are looking forward to a little faster pace in the weeks the change in the price index ahead. We only had the San Fran­ meant that the market basket of cisco, Fairport and Marymar in- goods and services which cost $10 transit during the last period. The in the 1957-59 period carried a WASHINGTON—Labor and church groups joined in opposing a move to bring alien Zephyr Hills is still in the San $10.85 price tag last month. This ^ was 12 cents above October of farm workers into the United States under an "emergency" provision of the Immigration Pedro yard and no date has been 1963. set for her coming out. Act. > A BLS spokesman said the There is no shortage of do­ bring in foreign workers should cheap, captive foreign workers Oldtimer James Barrett dropped monthly and yearly change was first be required to actively seek has prevented wages from rising to in to cast his ballot in the SIU mestic farm workers which workers, offering them a level where U.S. workers are election and took the opportunity not inflationary. cannot be overcome by de­ domestic As a result of collective bar­ not less than the federal minimum attracted In large numbers." to talk over old times with some cent wages and working condi­ gaining agreements tied to the Oc­ The Labor Department hearings of his old shipmates here. James tober price index, 850,000 workers tions, witnesses testified at a La­ wage, a guarantee of work for a has been on disability pension minimum period of time, free fam­ moved on to Miami and Dallas, bor Department hearing. ily housing and two-way transpor­ and were scheduled to conclude in since 1962. He makes his home are scheduled to receive one-cent The hearing was called to de­ tation for those recruited outside hourly incrases. Of these, 725,000 now in Southgate, California. termine what standards should be the local area, dayman said em­ San Francisco Dec. 7. are in the auto industry, 45,000 Max Greenwald, who sails as California's Governor Edmund G. set for allowing farm workers to ployers should also be required to in farm equipment and 80,000 in enter the country for temporary bargain with representatives of the Brown (D) has advanced a com­ chief steward, dropped in to vote aerospace. However, a dip in the promise proposal for a three-year and register. He says he plans to price index for Chicago will re­ work. Big farm owners, primarily workers. phaseout of foreign farm labor, be around until after the holidays, duce the cost-of-living allowance in California and the southwest, Arnold Mayer, legislative rep­ coupled with an increase in the w"hich he will be spending with his for 11,500 transit workers there are seeking to use immigration procedures to bring in Mexican resentative of the Meat Cutlers, federal minimum wage, starting at family here on the coast. Newal by one-half cent an hour. made similar proposals and added; $1.25 in 1965 and advancing to Merrick is ready to go again as labor for next year's crops. A companion report, on earn­ "The fact is that there have been $1.70 an hour. California labor, AB and Is looking for just about ings, showed a decline In average For many years, Mexican work­ anything that floats. Once he ers were imported under the bra- few real efforts made to attract however, has taken the position makes up his mind to ship, that's wages of factory workers wages U.S. farm workers. The wages that the importation of labor cero program, which labor charged it—^^he grabs the first one out­ during October. The Labor Dept. has kept farm wages at substand­ offered have been low and the should be halted immediately. To bound. Merrick spent some time attributed this to the auto strikes ard levels. Congress refused to re­ working conditions miserable . . . arguments that American workers at Reno, Nevada, recently but still during the month. The take-home will not do the "stoop labor" re­ pay of the average factory worker new the program, and it will expire Test Needed quired for some farm crops, union Jjas to sail for a living. He says with three dependents dropped 80 at the end of this month. he came out about even money"The laws of supply and demand The AFL-CIO Executive Coun­ have been effectively repealed for spokesmen cite instances where wise though, and that's more than cents in October to $92.18. It was farmers paying comparatively high still more than 4 percent above cil, at its Nov. 24 session, said it the agricultural labor market. wages for stoop labor had no trou­ most guys can say after a trip to last year's level. was "appalled" at the effort to use Reno. Bill Hart is on the beach There has not been a real test The price index showed In­ the Immigration Act as a loophole of whether an adequate number of ble finding workers, while nearby right now helping out on the Bal­ grape growers had a "shortage" creases for transportation costs, for continuing the bracero pro­ U.S. workers are available be­ loting committee. He reports he of workers for easier, but lowerhousing and medical costs. In fact, gram. is almost ready to ship again after cause^ the unlimited supply of paying, "stand-up" work. ^ prices wero up slightly In every "It must not be allowed to hap­ a run of bad luck. He Is cur­ pen," the council said. The solu­ rently getting S&A benefits from category except food, gasoline and tion to farm labor shortages, it the Union, which he says "sure household appliances. A drop in meat prices was large­ declared, can be found through make the difference" when you ly .responsible for the lower food higher wages, better housing, un­ have no other source of income. Now that the cold weather is here. Seafarers are reminded that employment insurance, health fa­ He is easy to recognize because costs. "The Bureau of Labor cilities and the right to collective heating and lodging beefs in the shipyard can be easily handled if he sits with one eye on the ship^ Statistics attributed this to season- . al increases in supplies "and bargaining. ping board at all times. the ship's delegate promptly notifies the captain or chief engineer anticipation of Increased beef Workers Degraded Seattle and shows them the temperature reading at the time. Crewmemslaughter following the end of the At the Labor Department hear­ Shipping has been only fair here National Farmers' Organization bers who beef to themselves about the lack of heating but wait ing, Jacob dayman, administrative during the last period, but is ex­ withholding action early in the three or four days before making the problem known to a respon­ director of the AFL-CIO Indus­ pected to pick up soon. The last month." Food prices, however, sible ship's officer are only making things tougher for themselves. trial Union Dept., contended tliat few weeks saw the Norberto Capay averaged. 1.9 percent above Oc­ The same applies when shipyard workers are busy around living "not one alien worker can be ad­ and the Seattle pay off. For the tober 1963 levels. mitted for farm work In this coun­ quarters. Make sute you know where and when the work was coming period we expect the • Arnold Chase, assistant comtry without furth» degrading the Cathy, Robin Hood, Alcoa Master^ ,missloner of the bureau, said . done so that the SIU patrolman hai thd" facts available in order status of our domestic farm Overseas Rose and the Robin Kirk higher food and car prices are to make a determination. workers." to pay off, which should make' likely to push up the November ' H« said any grower seeking .to shipping pick up somewhat Two price ;(ndex. Price index Moves Up in October Farm Labor Imports Fought At Labor Department Probe Don't Delay On Heat Beefs �DMMnbc# 11, MM Pare Tbirfeea THANKSGIVING DINNER v. Part of the tradition of Thanksgiving includes a turkey dinner with all the trimmings. Over the years the SlU has added to that tradition by throwing open the doors of Union Halls across the nation on Thanksgiving Day to Sea­ farers and their families and guests. This year more Seafarer familiesJhan ever enjoyed their holiday dinner with the Union. In SlU Halls from San Juan to San Francisco, Seafarers lined up for seconds on the delicious turkey dinner while their romping youngsters came back for thirds and fourths-especially on dessert. This year, more than two thousand enjoyed the annual holiday dinner. Officials of ILA In Houston (l-r) Henry Cherry and C. King dropped by to join in the holiday festivities. Seafarer Antonio Molis, his wife and six youngsters were among the holiday crowd at the Houston Hall. Seafarer Bill Boiiey and SUP man Robert Lambert dig in at San Francisco Hall. This photo shows part of the holiday ctowd on hand at the San Juan Hall to enjoy their Thanksgiving with the SlU. �SKAFARER9 Paffe'FoarteeB Defeated Kight-Wingers Still Stirring Up Trouble WASHINQTON—Right-wing extremist organizations in the United States were dealt a powerful blow in the November election but, if anything, they may become more dangerous as a result. ganda on television. conclusions: One outfit—the Minutemen lowing • The right-wing took over In • Extremism as a major poli­ —already is talking about the tical issue has been soundly de­ .the Republican party far more necessity for all "conserva­ feated. deeply than most people realize. tives" to join the Minutemen se­ cret underground army for train­ ing as "America's last line of de­ fense against Communism." The post-election issue of "On Target," the organization's official newspaper, declared that "the time is past when the American people might have saved them­ selves by traditional political processes" and told its readers that it was time for right-wingers to recognize that dependence on the ballot has become futile. "Anwng the weak-kneed con­ servatives," said the paper—^which frequently stresses military tactics and guerilla warfare rehearsals— many will be shaking their heads and saying, "we simply must win in 1968." I hope the readers of this newspaper are not naive. We are not going to have a free elec­ tion in 1968. Nor are other right-wing groups, many of which depend financially on the violence with which they attack liberalism, showing any signs of accepting the election re­ turns and retiring gracefully. An analysis of right-wing reac­ tion to the election results, made by Group Research, which follows right-wing activities closely and critically, warns that the extrem­ ists aren't going out of business. "In fact," Group Research re­ ported, "the far-right showed a new high water mark In political activity and is now free to go back to its same old game of reaction, attack, suspicion, organization and division. After all, the right-wing works every day, not just at elec­ tion time . . ." Group Research drew the fol­ • There will be a resurgence of conservatism, if not extremism. Far-right groups, instead ot con­ ceding an overwhelming defeat, are pointing to the 26,000,000 votes that Goldwater got as proof that the conservative viewpoint is widespread and can serve as a base to build on. Young Ameri­ cans for Freedom In Cincinnati, for example, already have an­ nounced a $15 million fund drive to be used for right-wing propa­ Goldwater followers with far-right connections have obtained impor­ tant posts and have no intention of surrendering them. • The "dirty" tactics so com­ mon during the campaign are likely to continue. "With few ex­ ceptions, these tactics will con­ tinue substantially," Group Re­ search concludes, "for they are the tactics of the far-right more than of this specific campaign between Democrats and Republicans." U.S. Seeks To Save Rare Fish Species WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of the Interior is seeking the help of the nation in an effort to save from ex­ tinction some helpless victims of progress—about 50 kinds of fish, birds and animals. Among the many species in coast ranges of Southern Califor­ danger, for instance, is the nia, with only 40 or 50 of the 20Atlantic salmon, which now can be found in limited numbers in only eight Maine streams—^where once it had been an important com­ mercial and sport fish. Other groups of fish, birds and animals have already vanished completely from the U.S. in the past 150 years, and cooperation is needed to prevent the list from growing. The California condor, for instance, the biggest soaring land bird in the U.S. which once inhabited the entire Pacific coast is now confined to an area around the southern Sierra Nevada and the Japan's Business Boom Keeps 'Office Flowers' Blossoming TOKYO—Like so many other hallowed traditions, the Japanese business custom called "changing the office flowers"—^periodically firing office girls in order to hire a new and prettier crop—has begun to wilt in the face of this booming country's cwitinuing labor shortage. A few short years ago, Japanese office girls were expected to do little more than pour tea for the boss and his oallers and add a decorative but mostly useless female presence to the world of business. Today, because of the exodus of Japanese men to higher paying jobs in industry and the general modernization of offices here, women are expected to pull their own weight, manning type­ writers, calculators and other business machines. The girls have shed the blue smocks that used to be the uniform of the female office worker and are now topping for stylish, western frocks to wear to work. The growing number of women in the labor force—now amount­ ing to 31 percent of the total working populace—^has created, naturally enough, a shortage of menial and domestic workers. Japanese women who once had no future beyond that of working as maids are now going into business and industry. Only a meager 808 of the 410,000 girls who graduated from the Japanese equivalent of junior high school last year chose to go into domestic work. The middle and upper class families who emplo:,- domestic help are feeling the pin^. A female writer in a Japanese magazine wrote recently: "In four or five years, 1 think Japanese wives won't be able to hire housemaids at all." With women going into higher paying jobs, the wage gap between their salaries and those of Japanese men is steadily narrowing. Though men still earn about twice as much as the women, the differenc; is lessening at a rate of about two percent annually. Ano&er fact surprising for Japan is the large number of mar­ ried women who continue to work after they have had their first child. The former custom, as with women of most countries, was for the working female to retire from the work force once she was married and had children to raise. Current reports indicate that women are staying on the job, the reason for this due in part to the rising cost ot living in Japan. DeMmber II, IHft LOG pound birds with 10-foot wingspreads still in existence. . The black-footed ferret, a large weasel with black feet and face mask is also dropping from sight in the Great Plains and the Rockies. Prairie dogs, the weasel's natural prey, also have been greatly re­ duced in numbers with only a com­ parative few in the Dakotas and Nebraska. The plight of American wildlife has been explained by the fact that as the U.S. expanded over the years, virgin land was turned into farmland and oil wells and dams were constructed, destroying swamps, free-flowing streams and tall-grass prairies needed for wild­ life survival. Interior Secretary Stewart L. Udall is asking national and inter­ national agencies to cooperate in the "Save the Wildlife" campaign. He has forwarded a list of threatened wildlife to conservation groups and individual experts in all sectors of the country. River Dredging Seen Spurring Chicago Trade CHICAGO—The quick pace of work on the Calumet River dredg­ ing project may mean an increase of foreign conunerce in this port sooner than expected, maritime officials are predicting opti­ mistically. The $1.7 million job of linking Calumet Harbor to Lake Michigan with a deep seaway channel is pro­ ceeding at twice the anticipated pace, the Army Corps of Engineers has announced. The work, begun last July, is^ reported to be almost half completed. On December 8, bids were opened on two more projects to develop a usable 27-foot ship channel into Lake Calumet harbor in time for the 1966 seaway ship­ ping season,. Port officials are now said to be optimistic about the channel opening at that time. The Army Engineers, more cautious, are officially counting on. finishing the job'a.yew; jater. Yoar S3[(/ ly Joseph B. Loglie, MD. Medical Director Apples Among Healthiest Of Foods The old adage "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" nuy Itave more virtue than we have generally considered. Modem scientists have confirmed what our ancestors accepted as a matter of faith— that apples are among the healthiest of foods. Other health values of the food element in apples are still being brought to light according to Health BuUetin. Four researchers report in the current issue of Science that pectin— a substance which apples contain in liberal quantity—^will causa the retardation of atherosclerosis when fed to chickens susceptible to hardening of the arteries. Carried out over many months, the experi­ ment left little doubt that the health of the birds was improved by the pectin diet. Strangely, the chickens fed pectin had more cholesterol in their blood than the control group, but less atheroscle­ rosis. In contrast, experiments with pectin diets for rats and human beings have shown lowering of cholesterol values. The potent ability of apples to promote tooth heatlh is another fairly recent discovery. In 1958, Drs. Slack and Martin reported in the British Dental Journal that children fed apple slices -after meals enjoyed a significant reduction in dental decay and improve­ ment in gum health. They attributed the results not only to the mechanical scouring of the tooth surface by the apple fibers, but to increased flow of saliva. Even more intriguing health benefits from apple eating were revealed by a study conducted in 1960 and 1961 involving over 400 students of the University of Michigan. These volunteers were given several apples a day to eat. Their health was observed over a period of a year and a half of apple eating, and was compared with the sickness record of the student body as a whole. Upper respiratory infections were about 30 per cent lower among the apple eaters. But most striking was the increased ability of the apple group to stand up, to the nervous pressure of college life. They made less than one-sixth as many calls on the college health service for tension-pressure phenomena as the student body as a whole. Despite the instinctive belief that apples are good for you, con­ sumption has been declining steadily in this country for the past several decades. Every year the average American eats one pound less of apples than he did the year before. * • * Health Bulletin's article in the November 7 issue revealing that it is a common practice to sell meat from four-legged experimental animals through normal channels has evoked considerable response. Ninety-seven people have written to the Department of Agriculture protesting new regulations which would allow the continued sale of such meat to unsuspecting consumers. Representative Leonard Farbstein (D-N.Y.) called the attention of the Meat Inspection Division to the Health Bulletin article, saying "The situation should be rectified and labeling . . . required" if the Health Bulletin article is true. Transport Fever' Hits New Congress WASHINGTON—Expectations of increased activity in the field of transport legislation have been raised by the many new faces in the soon-to-convene eighty-ninth Congress and by the many gaps opened on^ key Senate and House Com- "the air, many additional proposals mittees by the Democratic are expected to come from regula­ landslide in the recent election. Changes in the key committees will be unusually large dui-ing the coming session of Congress. The House Commerce Committee for example, will have eight new faces among its 33 members. The House Merchant Marine Committee will have four new members out of 31; House Ways and Means four out of 25; House Labor five out of 31; House Rules two out of 15. Most important in the expecta­ tions of increased Congressional activity is the size of the Demo­ cratic election gains, which could cause a shift in the ratio of com­ mittee seats assigned to Democrats and Republicans with more Demo­ crats sitting on critical committees. In addition, the Presidential Task Force on Transportation has submitted its, report to the Presi­ dent, which could further increase transport legislation during the next session of Congress. Headed by an economist, the task force was reportedly given a "free hand," leaving the "political prac­ ticality" of its proposals up to the President. It must be noted how­ ever, that no outside views from transport interests were sought by the task force. With , toil "transport fever" in tory commissions and other Gov­ ernment departments, from trans­ port groups and from many mem­ bers of Congress. SlU Company Makes 1st Call At Sacramento SACRAMENTO—The Pres­ ident Harding recently be­ came the first vessel of the SlU Pacific District-Contract­ ed American President Lines to call at this inland Cali­ fornia port. Sacramento Port Authority officials sponsored a harbor welcome and held receptions in honor of the cargoliner's visit. The President Harding is a recent addition to the APL fleet and recently completed her maiden voyage. It was purchased with another vessel for temporary service while the company awaits delivery of three new Master Mariner type cargoliners. The 23,000 ton vessels will be among the fastest, largest and most highly automated in the U.S. merchant fleet. �DMember 11, 19M SEAFARERS LOG Face FUteeji Participation in all Union committees concerned with Union business is a right of all Seafarers. Union committees, for which any Seafarer may nominate himself and run, are elected off the floor at membership meetings. In photo at left Seafarers are shown electing a Union committee from among the various candidates for the posts. CTIVE participation in the affairs of their Union is not only a basic right of Seafarers—^but is an obligation as well. The exercise of his rights as an active Union mem­ ber is important not only to the individual Seafarer, but to the Union as a whole because through the maximum participation of all hands the Union bet­ ter reflects the wishes of the membership, and is therefore a stronger Union. Among the rights which Seafarers should exer­ cise at every opportunity in order to maintain a strong and effective Union are: • The right of every Seafarer to nominate him­ self and to run for any elective Union office. • The right to nominate himself and run for any elective Union committee, such as negotiating com­ mittees, balloting committees, credentials commit­ tees, tallying committees, financial committees and the various other committees concerned with Union affairs. • The right to take an active part in shipboard affairs by running for any of the shipboard delegate posts. • Seafarers should always be conscious of an­ other important right, that of having his say and voicing his opinions on any matter of Union interest, in both shoreside and shipboard meetings. Right now. Seafarers are urged to exercise the all-important right to cast their secret ballot in the current election of Union officers. The two-month voting period ends on December 31. The exercise of their democratic rights by all Un­ ion members is the best way to insure continuation of strong and effective Union representation. This is the right and obligation of all Union men. A In photo above. Seafarer casts his secret ballot in Union election, exercising one of the basic and traditional rights of Union membership. Seafarers International Union Atlantic^ Gulf^ Lakes And Inland Waters Disfrkt Expressing their views on Union affairs is the right of all Seafarers in Union shoreside and shipboard meetings, as in the ship's meeting shown above. �Pare Sixteen SEAFARERS ONeieieiiiftw n. UVi t-OO AFL-CIO Official Calh R-T-W 'Qnat FQUOCF' Anti-Scab Law Stings Frisco Scab-Herders Union Shop Cited For Aiding Both Workers And Employers ALLENTOWN, Pa.—Employers who try to weaken unions through so-called "rightto-work" laws are victims of "one of the great fallacies of our time," AFL-CIO SecretaryTreasurer William F. Schnitzler warned. It's harder, not easier, for early in the morning," Schnitzler employers to deal with a weak memit at a meeting recently. union, Schnitzler told the "If you want a hell-raising said, "just take the 'right-to-work' SAN FRANCISCO—An anti-scab ordinance recently enacted by this city's Board of Supervisors is already bringing a stream of anguished cries and tears from employer gi\ntps affected by the new ordinance. The ordinance, which has the complete backing of Bay arealabor, forbids employers from hiring professional scabs during strikes. A fine of $500 and a 90-day jail term for violation of the ordinance is applicable to both the employer and his hireling. The ordinance describes a professional strikebreaker as a person who has offered himself for work during a strike or lockout at least twice in the five years preceding a current offer. It goes on to further describe strikebreakers as "generally of unsavory character and accustomed to association with unde­ sirable elements." Their use, the ordinance says, is "harmful to our citizens and threatens the public peace." The need for the law grew out of an 11-month strike by San Francisco's printers in 1963. Management fought the strike by bringing in herds of professional scabs—outlaw printers who earned their living by scabbing in strikes from coast to coast. The publishing industry has long engaged in the business of scab-herding, a practice so discredited it was abandoned by most industries years ago. Ignoring the situation which created the need for the law, the publicity men for the management groups are now conjuring up pictures of grocers, gas station operators and other small businessmen they claim will suffer from the law. •When the employers say that a grocer, for Instance, can be prosecuted for employing members of his own family during a strike, they conveniently avoid the fact that the law is aimed solely at the professional scab who has engaged in scab work at least twice in the preceding five years. Meanwhile, the scab herds which infested San Francisco last year have gone on to other, more hospitable pastures. Their grazing is getting thinner, however, as more and more municipalities add anti-scab laws to the books. Lehigh Valley Chapter of the Soci­ union, a union that will keep you line. That's what you will get, and ety for Advancement of Manage- up late at night and wake you up that's what you will deserve." The AFL-CIO spokesman stressed that a union shop is "good for the employer" as well as for workers. "A union shop contract," he said, "relieves the union leaders and the active union members of one great anxiety—anxiety over By Fred Stewart & Ed Mooney the union's survival. With a union Headquarters Representatives shop there's no danger' that the employer and his agents can weak­ en the union's strength by dis­ couraging membership." A ship's delegate has the key job of looking after the interests of The "most progress" towards Union members who sail with him. We have been publishing a series joint union management coopera­ of columns with important information and advice that is designed tion on mutual problems has been to help ship's delegates handle their jobs as smoothly as possible. In made in industries and trades the last issue of the LOG we covered such topics as the Importance of where unions are strong and se­ the Union education program on shipboard, the proper handling of cure, Schnitzler pointed out. members' beefs and the necessity of cooperation between delegates and He told the management group: er .wmemhers. In this, the concluding column in this series, we consider: "A strong union, secure against The suggestions outlined in this column, if allowed, will very often employer subversion, can afford to prevent beefs. At least, they can help keep them at a minimum. But be statesmanlike. It can afford to supposing you already have a beef. What actual steps should you take take the broad view ... to gamble on the present in the expectation in handling it? Just to show you how simple the procedure is, let's take a specific of a better future." On the other hand, Schnitzler case. One on overtime would be good, since this type of beef occurs warned, "a weak union in an open fairly often. Suppose a crew member- has been ordered to do work that he con­ shop can't take chances. Simply siders to be outside his routine job and makes out an overtime slip as a matter of self-preservation, it (in triplicate). He puts it in within the allotted time and the depart­ must take the position that the ment head disputes it. The man is then to turn his beef over to his boss is always wrong. Faced with department delegate who will approach the department head and at­ challenges and recruiting prob­ NEW YORK—For' the past 20 years underwater obstruc­ tempt to settle it. Here a good, resourceful delegate can do a good job lems, it has to express the maxi­ mum militancy on every question. tions in the navigable harbors, bays and waters along the not only of settling the beef, but clearing the atmosphere with the 'Statesmanship' becomes an epi­ Atlantic Coast have been charted by two wooden craft department head so the same beef doesn't come up again later. taph for ex-officers." called wire-draggers. — But if he is unsuccessful in settling the beef, he then turns it over The AFL-CIO secretary-treas­ to the Union representative who comes aboard and together they urer termed it surprising that the Working together like a the most efficient method of locat­ attempt to settle the matter with the department head. The delegate's proposals to ban the union-shop well-matched team of horses, ing obstructions that might escape presence helps in two ways: 1) he gets first-hand the method the Union would even be seriously discussed the most sophisticated instruments the wire-draggers Wainwright and used in standard hydrographic representative uses to settle the matter, and, 2) he's on hand to give in Pennsylvania. Hilgard have charted rocks, sharp surveys. the full story of what took place. Generally, he said, "what is But if these steps are unsuccessful, the beef is then taken ashore by known as 'right-to-work' has been ledges, coral formations, wrecks, the Union representative and the matter is taken up in a meeting with most popular where there are few­ etc., for the U.S. Coast and Geo­ the company. est organized workers and the few­ detic Survey. The information is If this procedure is followed with every dispute, the delegate is fully est employers having union con­ then forwarded to the Army Corps of Engineers for possible removal aware of the problems that exist on the ship and can give the Union tracts. representative a full and concise report of the exact situation aboard "In short, the less you know or for inclusion on maritime ship when lie comes aboard. It saves time if the patrolman doesn't have about unions the more you lean charts. to get ten different beefs from ten different crew members. Besides, by toward 'right-to-work.'" But, like the old gray mare, the channeling all beefs through the delegate, the officers will be more Union organization "means the Wainwright and Hilgard ain't inclined to respect and work with the delegate. union shop," Schnitzler declared. what they used to be. The two The best policy to follow is to let the delegates and the Union rep­ He said any employer who opposes old wooden vessels have become resentatives handle the problems. The whole works will be slowed down the union shop is "basically anti­ obsolete—^their engines are wear­ WASHINGTON—The Maritime and confused if all hands start hollering and talking at once. ing out and their other equipment Administration has paid $18,500 to union." is showing its age. The Maritime a private company for a study and Administration is looking for re­ cost estimate on the building of Sometimes Diplomacy Pays Off, Too placements so the 'Wainwright and an American-designed ship In You'd be surprised at the results you can get in presenting a beef Hilgard can be turned out to pas­ Japanese yards. if you sail into the situation on an even keel. Rememfber, you're trying ture. Bids have been invited from The study Is part of a continuing to show that something is logically due a man in your department. How U.S. shipyards for a pair of larger, program by the MA to help set you present your case is important. The guy who said you can catch stronger, better equipped replace­ construction differential subsidies more flies with honey than you can with vinegar wasn't shooting blanks. ments. by comparing domestic and for­ If you're headed for the skipper's or department head's quarters, Like Minesweeping eign ship construction costs. Con­ show them the same courtesy you'd expect from them if they were Wire - dragging for i)eacetime struction differential subsidies are coming to your room. By barging in, you're just chalking up two strikes maritime charting is similar to paid by the MA to make up the against yourself before you even open your mouth. the method used in wartime to difference in costs to American When you get down to the issue, talk in a normal tone of voice. And locate and remove enemy mines ship operators between building stick to the matter at hand. In 99 cases out of 100 you'll get twice as planted in ship channels leading vessels in low-cost foreign yards far as you would by shouting and cursing. and in U.S. shipyards. to major ports. Most licensed guys are union men. And we always treat a union The MA conducts periodic sur­ In peacetime wire-dragging, two man as a good union man—that is, until he shows he's not. craft tow a wire stretched out be­ veys to determine the shipbuilding No advice to delegates would be complete without a word on anti­ tween them at a specified depth, costs in the cheapest foreign yards. union disrupters. These disrupters are usually midguided guys who usually from 35 to 50 feet. To The agency however, has proposed think they are helping the company or themselves by spreading rumors maintain its depth the wire is a new system for comparing U.S. aimed at hurting the union, its membership and officials. Alert mem­ hung from buoys which are at­ and foreign costs for construction bers will nail these guys' lies on the spot. tached at regular intervals. When differential subsidies. It has pro­ the wire encounters an underwa­ posed to stop using the single low­ This doesn't mean that criticism is not welcome. Constructive crit­ ter obstruction it gets "hung up" est cost foreign yard as a means icism is not only a healthy thing, consistent with our democratic for comparison. procedures, it Is necessary for a better union. Veteran Seafarer Jerry E. R. on whatever is in its path. When Instead, It would use the average The place for all criticism is out in the open—at the shipboard and Hauser catches up on the this happens the two wire-drag­ gers are pulled toward each other cost of five foreign shipyards to membership meetings ashore, where all can hear. latest shipping news while he as the wire takes the form of a compute the subsidy. This would * • *• Ail in all, a delegate's job is mighty important. A delegate holds the waits for a job call in New giant "V." Once this happens the make the U.S. and foreign ship­ important post of representing the union on the ship and making life York headquarters. Hauser type of obstruction can be decided building costs closer together and, more livable for all—and that's what we are all after in the long run. last sailed as an electrician by soundings and other means. consequently, would mean higher on the Steel Apprentice A good delegate usually means a happy ship. Although basically a very sim­ outlays by U.S. ship owners as the ple device, wire-dragging is about government subsidies are reduced. Good luck and smooth sailing.(Isthmian). Additional Duties Of Delegates: Handling Beefs Intelligently Seek Replacements For 'Wire-Draggers' MA Surveying Japanese Ship Building Costs Catching Up �iNiecmber U, 1964 Aging World War 11 Ships Still Playing Important Role World War II built ahlpe are still playiiDC an active role In the merchant fleets of the world despite the fact that many of them are reaching the 29-year age mark and have had hard and con­ tinuous service. Liberty ships are still commanding prices around the $260,000 level from mostly foreign-flag buyers, and C-2s are bringing about $600,000 on the world market. Among the leading buyers of the Liberties are Hong Kong and Taiwan shipping Interests. Other types of ships that are moving at a good clip In the world market are 14,000 to 15,000 ton turbine steamships, selling for about $1.1 million, and moderate-sized tankers for charter to the big oil companies. Meanwhile, U.S.-flag operators are continuing to take some ad­ vantage of the Maritime Administration's Ship Exchange Program. Under the program, American operators can trade-in old and tired vessels for more efficient types laid up In the Reserve Fleet. Seaway Finishes Busiest Season DETROIT — The St. Lawrence Seaway finished out its busiest season in history on November 30—a season that saw a whopping one-third rise in total cargo tonnage over the 41963 season. Seaway officials said it million tons of cargo on the wa­ would take at least 10 days terway. The figures for last year beyond the closing date to clear all ship traffic along the length of the passage and put the huge op­ eration to sleep for the winter. Many ship operators have been arguing for a later Seaway closing date—by two or three weeks at least—but Seaway officials have maintained that any extension of the season would be dangerous. There is no assurance, they warned, that overnight icing con­ ditions would not sweep away the buoys that mark channels and make the operations of the locks unsafe. The shipping officials had pre­ dicted that at least another 500 ships would have used the Seaway if it stayed open several weeks more. They were seeking to add to their already record tonnage figures. By closing day 6,655 ves­ sels had moved a total of 38.5 Pare Seventeea SEAFARERS ^ 10G were 6,087 ships and 29.2 million tons of cargo. Heavy purchases U.S. and Canadian wheat by the Russians accounted for a large part of the increased tonnage. Shipments of Canadian iron ore to U.S. Great Lakes ports also played a large part in the boost. A running competitive fight be­ tween Montreal, an all-year-round port, and Great Lakes ports is said to be at the root of the battle over extending the closing date. Montreal interests favor closing the Seaway on time since it ends competition by other ports during the winter months. Ports on the Lakes, on the other hand, would Jike to see the Sea­ way stay open year-round so that transiting ships would sail right past Montreal on their way to the Lakes. Lawmakers Blast U.S. Ruling Permitting Foreign Fish Sale Massachusetts Senators Leverett Saltonstall and Edward Kennedy and a score of local legislators have joined the SIU Atlantic Fishermen's Union in blasting a recent U.S. Bureau of Customs decision threatening the livelihood of Atlantic coast commercial fisherman and others in coastal areas of the< United States. biggest problem is finding enough congressmen of all the coastal states for support in getting the The ruling would permit fish to meet demands at home." fishermen of any country to sell fish caught within three miles of any land in the world at American ports. "We will accept and allow to be landed on American shores any fish caught within the threemile limit," the Bureau has ruled. The wave of protests was touched off by the SIU Atlantic Fisher­ men's Union, immediately follow­ ing the decision by the Bureau of Customs. James Ackert, president of the union, said one Canadian ship­ owner has already been given per­ mission to unload his catches in New Bedford and Lubec, Me., and others will follow the same procedure. "This ruling opens the doors for Canadian fleets to move into our market with cod, haddock, scrod, tuna and swordfish," asserted Ackert, adding: "We can't compete financially with their fully govern­ ment subsidized operation." Ackert said that the union will seek to have the decision reversed. The union president pointed out that the new open-door policy will also open southern ports to Mex­ ican and South American fisher­ men and West Coast ports to the Japanese. "All these foreign fis'hermen will make their catches off their own or other shores and run the fish into U.S. markets and undersell us," Ackert warned. He further predicted that the Russian fishing fleet, which has been operating more and more off American shores in recent years would pose a small threat as far as bringing their catches into U.S. ports. "They're not looking for new markets," Ackert explained. "Their But Canadian and Japanese fishermen, he added, are eager to find new markets and will bank­ rupt American fleets if they are allowed to take over markets here. Ackert revealed that the Atlantic Fishermen's Union has appealed to Shipbuilding Decline Hits Great Britain LONDON—Great Britain, which has traditionally been one of the world's major shipbuilders, is beginning to be con­ fronted with some of the problems that are plaguing the ailing U.S. ship construction industry. Faced with the see which is giving the advantage to Britain's competitors. prospect of inactive ship The Government's inquiry came yards, newly elected Prime Minister Harold Wilson has an­ nounced his Labor Government will set up a committee to investi­ gate Britain's shipbuilding business. Observers report that most of the major shipyards in the country have enough work to keep them busy for two years. However, orders for new vessels beyond that time are becoming increasingly scarce. It has been announced that a minister from the Board of Trade is planning to visit Japan and Sweden, countries which are giving Britain a hard fight for shipbuild­ ing business. The purpose of the visit will be to check such factors as managerial efficiency, construc­ tion techniques, steel prices and the question of hidden subsidies to By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS Look For Value In Xmas Gifts You can get the most for your money this Christmas by selecting gifts of special value this year. Keep in mind that prices of gift items are highest early in December and that more price-cutting sales show up in mid-month. SWEATERS: We nominate sweaters as an outstanding gift buy this year for any member of the family, because of the attractive styling now available, the improvements in washability and the cur­ rently reasonable prices. Two types of machine-washable sweaters are available: the now familiar acrylic fiber (like Orion) and the newer blend of wool and polyester (Kodel, Dacron, etc.). The blend of 65 per cent wool and 35 per cent polyester provides a sweater that is not only machine washable and dryable, but warmer and more resilient than synthetic fiber sometimes is by itself. However, the wool-and-polyester sweaters, often cost $2-$3 more than the all-synthetic like Orion. All-wool sweaters also cost less than the wool-and-polyester, but most of the moderate-price ones do require hand washing. SCIENCE MATERIALS: There is a dearth of good science toys this year. Some of the commercial manufacturers quit manufacturing science-type toys because they took a bad financial beating on them last year, and are concentrating on war toys and monsters. Unfortu­ nately, the commercial science toys were expensive and sometimes had more attractive packaging than genuine science content. The "Book-Lab" sets have become a standard item for children interested in science and nature. The sets include a book and materials to perform the experiments described. Among the most popular are "Seeds," "Map Making" and "Magnets." Others include "Chemistry," "Jets and Rockets," and "Mathematical Shapes." These have a list price of $3.95 although some retailers sell them for a little less. At $6.95, Brainiac K-25 includes a book and parts to make a simple circuitry set demonstrating the principles of digital computers. These sets are available in stores, or you can get a brochure describing them from Grosset & Dunlap, 1107 Broadway, New York, N.Y. Another standard source for science materials and optical goods is the Edmund Scientific Co., Barrington, N.J., 08007. This company yirill. send a catalog listing optical goods, arts and crafts, constructioq customs ruling overturned. If need be, he said, Atlantic fishermen will travel to Washing­ ton to deliver a mass protest "against an action which could be disastrous to the economy of the American fishing industry." items, magnets, magnifiers, weather instruments, science projects and many other materials. FLAY MATERIALS: Creative Playthings, Inc., one of the major suppliers of playthings and equipment for nurseries and schools, also offers an "economy" catalog for families. This shows durable play­ things favored by educators, but simplified and with less detail to bring down the cost. The catalog itself is a helpful shopping guide to selecting toys by various age groups, from infants and toddlers, to grade-school children. The large wooden blocks and building shapes are standard, durable playthings. But of special interest for infants and toddlers are giant foam rubber building blocks. Transportation and wheel goods also are a lasting group of playthings emphasized by educators in buying equipment for schools. The economy catalog is available from Creative Playthings, Inc., Dept. L, Princeton, New Jersey 08540. UNION DOLL, PUP: The Union Label and Service Trades Council of Greater New York again is offering its specially-priced Miss Union Maid . Doll for $1 plus 35 cents for mailing (postage prepaid in dozen lots). This is a miniature doll dressed in a satin ballroom gown. Another offering by the Council is Pete, the Union Label Pup, a stuffed bulldog type cqvcred in rayon plush and machine washable. Pete costs $2 plus 50 cents for mailing (dozen lots prepaid). The Council's address is 20 East 15th Street, New York, N.Y. 10003. BOOKS: We cannot list here all possibilities but only a few of the newer books that have special interest. Some stores offer discounts from the prices listed here. Among these, for children, are "The Cat in The Hat Beginner Book Dictionary" by P. D. Eastman, ages 4-8, $2.95; "Now You Can Read to Yourself," stories selected by the Child Study Asso­ ciation of America, ages 7 and up, $2.75; "America and Its Presi­ dents," by Earl S. Miers, ages 10-14, $4.95, and "Samuel Gcmpers, Labor Pioneer," by David F. Selvin, ages 10 and up, $3. The "Sam Gompers" book has been widely recommended in the labor press for its simple explanation for children, of trade-union princi­ ples. It is published by Abelard-Schuman, 6 West 57th St., New York, N.Y. on the heels of an announcement that the Peninsular & Oriental Group, which operates one of the largest fleets in the world, had placed orders for three bulk oil carriers in Japan, and only one order for another carrier in Britain. Officials of the company said the Japanese had been given the construction contracts after submitting the lowest bids. British shipbuilders are care­ fully watching the Government to find out if they might receive state aid. One plan the Government is known to be considering is known as the "scrap and build scheme." Under this plan ship operators who scrapped their older tonnage and placed orders for new ones in British yards would be eligible for cheap Government loans. The world surplus of shipping, however, does not make this idea too attractive to shipbuilders. Operators of small ship construc­ tion firms are especially worried about hints of the possibility of a planned contraction of their industry. Huge Fishery To Be Opened MOGODISCIO, Somalia—One of the world's most fabulous fishing grounds, untapped until now be­ cause the people who live near it do not particularly like to eat fish, will begin to yield up its bounty soon. The waters of the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden, known to Sea­ farers who have transited the Suez Canal, are literally alive with fish. Tuna abound in the Gulf and other types of fish are almost uncount­ able. The Somalis, who live along the shores of the rich grounds, are a pastoral people who tend to their flocks and seldom go to sea. They never developed a taste for fish, so that the vast treasure off their shores has been virtually untouched. Two American fishing concerns, however, have joined hands with a specially created Somali company to build a frozen fish plant on the coast. A large part of the cost "f the plant is to be underwritten by U.S. and Somali government loans. The actual fishing will be done by local inhabitants using canoes and small power boats. The visible supply alone insures the success of the venture. �SEAFARERS Page Eigbteem LOG 11, ItM Best Wishes For Pensioner AFL-CIO Helps Develop African Trade Unionism WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO is expanding its efforts In helping Africans build free trade unions and strong economies. In cooperation with labor unions and governments in Africa, working with the U.S. labor movement, the newly-"*" concerned and the African the following countries were formed African - American ions placed: Cameroon, Congo - Leostudents employed. Labor Center will help de­ With the program in its fourth poldville, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, velop economic and social projects in Africa to upgrade Individual skills, increase job opportunities and raise the standards and condi­ tions of workers. The first project under the cen­ ter will be a motor drivers school in Nigeria, scheduled to open next month. Courses in English, as well as safe driving and repairs will form the core of instruction, which is directed at helping to provide a pool of skilled workers for the country. A Tailoring and Cutting School established with AFL-CIO assist­ ance in Kenya two years ago is proving very successful. To date, 120 have completed the tailoring and cutting course with 75 per­ cent of the graduates passing the government "trade tests," which qualify them for higher pay rates. More than 500 applicants are seeking admission to the school, but limitations of staff, equipment and facilities will make it possible to admit only 65. The school has been awarded a contract for gov­ ernment uniforms, which, it is hoped, will help the school finance itself and perhaps even extend scholarships to young African men and women. Many of the African nations are developing vocational education, but because of financial and tech­ nical limitations, they aren't able to mount the kind of effort that is needed. The support of volun­ tary groups such as the AFL-CIO is helping these new countries overcome these obstacles. Student Aid Another AFL - CIO project aimed at aiding the growth of strong, democratic trade unionism in Africa is the AFL-CIO African .Student Summer Placement Pro­ gram which has made approxi­ mately 1,200 jobs available to Africans studying in the U.S. dur­ ing the last four years. The program was established in 1961 with a three-fold purpose: to provide employment opportuni­ ties to African students, to acquaint African students with some of the guiding principles and procedures emphasized by democratic trade unionism, to pro­ vide mutual experience and un­ derstanding among the trade un­ year, 28 APTi-CIO national cen­ ters, 37 affiliates, three central labor bodies and the AFL-CIO headquarters have participated. In addition, C.A.R.E., International Feature Service, Group Health and Myopia Research Foundation have joined. This past summer, students from Navy Plans Deep Ocean Exploration WASHINGTON—A $200 million deep sea exploration project, wbioh a Defense Department offi­ cial said migiht eventually match the nation's space effort, was an­ nounced by the Navy. The five-year project was born out of the long and frustrating ef­ fort by the Navy to locate the nuclear submarine Thresher which disappeared in the waters off Cape Cod last year. The tragedy and its aftermath proved to the Navy that it still had much to learn about the deep recesses of the ocean. The exploration plan was re­ vealed by Assistant Navy Secretary Robert H. Morse to a gathering of government and industry execu­ tives. He said the project will get underway' in fiscal 1966 with a beginning budget of $28 million. The first stage of the project will have as its goal the development of methods and equipment for exploration, salvage and rescue operation at great ocean depths. Morse said the exploration of the ocean's floor would prove just as great a challenge as the ex­ ploration of space. "Just as our country recognizes the need to put man on the distant moon," he said, "it must also recognize the need to put men on the nearby ocean floor." Under the first year program, 13 undersea craft, many capable of attaining depths of 20,000 feet, will be built. The first of the craft to come out of the shipyards will have operating depths of 6,000 feet. The world's oceans cover more than two-thirds of the earth's surface, with 98 percent of all ocean bottoms almost foim miles down. Mali, Malawi, Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia, Sierra Leone, Southern Rhodesia, Tanganyika, United Arab Republic, Gambia and Ugan­ da. Some of the students have been sponsored by their governments, but the greatest emphasis in the AFL-CIO placement program has been Jobs for unsponsored stu­ dents. These are in the greatest need. What the program is accomp­ lishing was illustrated in a letter recently received by AFL-CIO President George Meany from one student who wrote: "My country, Kenya, is present­ ly trying to cultivate and develop the institutions which would en­ able it to emerge systenvatlcally and peacefully to join the Repub­ lics of the Free World. "To achieve this aim, the coun­ try requires trained citizens to shoulder the responsibilities which the task of nation-building de­ mands. We are, therefore, grate­ ful that the AFL-CIO has been kind enough to offer many of us the privilege of receiving this kind of training." SIU pensioner Santiago Pena (left) receives hearty con­ gratulations along with his first Union pension check from SIU rep Joe DiGeorgio at New York headquarters. A vet­ eran member of the engine department, Pena last sailed aboard the Puerto Rico (Motor Ships of Puerto Rico). He plans to jive with his family in Queens, N.Y. and enjoy him­ self hunting and surf fishing. , U.S. Labor Training Aids South AmericanUnionists WASHINGTON—^The eiglitli labor training class of the American Institute for Free Labor Development has been graduated, and with the ceremonies came announcement that the program is being widely extended in Latin claring that "free trade unions are essential for the growth and de­ America. Action in the marketplace offers a method for trade unionists to as­ sist each other In their campaign for decent wages and better con­ ditions. Seafarers and ttieir families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor," (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) "Lee" brand tires (United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers) it ih Eastern Alt Lines (Flight Engineers) i> ti H. I. Siege! "HIS" brand men's clothes (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) 4" 4" 4 Sears, Roebucs Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) 4 4 4 Stitzel-Weller Distilleries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin Still," "W. L. Weller" Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) 4 4 4 J. R. Simplot Potato Co. Frozen potato products (Grain Millers) 4 4 4 Kingsport Press "World Book," "ChUdcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers)' 4 4 4 Jamestown Sterling Corp. Southern Furniture Mfg. Co. Furniture and Bedding (United Furniture Workers) The graduating class of 38 in Washington brought the number trained here to 292, while more than 6,500 leaders will have been trained in Latin American Insti­ tutes by the end of the year. At the same time. Executive Director Seraflno Romualdi announced that next year four classes will be held in Washington instead of the pres­ ent three, while additional courses will be given in Latin America. Growth of the training program —^which is supported by the AFLCIO in cooperation with business groups—was symbolized by a warm letter of pongratulations by President Lyndon B. Johnson to AFL-CIO President George Meany, who is also president of the Insti­ tute. The graduating exercises were marked by the presence of Secre­ tary of State Dean Rusk, who com­ plimented not only the graduating class, but the Institute for its work in training young leaders for the free labor movement in Latin America. Rusk told the graduates that the Alliance for Progress program was making striking gains through­ out Latin America. Declaring that there were still problems of Com­ munist subversion and terrorism. Rusk added: "But the democratic peoples of the Western Hemisphere will never be content until their friends, the Cuban people, recover their freedom, resume their prop­ er place in the councils of the hemisphere, and become active partners in the Alliance for Prog­ ress." AFL-CIO President Meany, who presented certificates to the grad­ uates, urged them to put to work in their own countries the things they had learned at the school. He stressed the importance of free­ dom for the labor movement, de­ velopment of countries and their peoples." Other speakers were Venezuelan Ambassador Enrique Tejera-Paris and George C. Lodge, former As­ sistant Secretary of Labor for In­ ternational Affairs. The graduating class consisted of young labor leaders from Ar­ gentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Repub­ lic, Honduras, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. In addition, there were nine members of an international study group from the Caribbean Islands. Earthslide Threatening Canal Zone BALBOA, C.Z. — An earthslide slowly slipping down a hillside about 700 feet north of the Pedro Miguel locks here, is threatening trouble for the Panama Canal. The potentially troublesome slide is not yet hampering canal traffic and isn't exiwoted to do so unless heavy rains increase the rate of slippage enough to carry it into the canal. In all, about 300,000 cubic yards of earth are on the move. While keeping their eyes on the latest earth movements, canal of­ ficials recalled a slide involving 150,000 cubic yards of earth back in December, 1960, several miles north of the present site. Two others, slightly smaller, occurred in the same year. The Trans - Isthmian Highway and the Panama Railroad were blocked for several days by slides in December, 1959, leaving the canal as the only means of surf­ ace travel across the isthmus. �SEAFARERS Seamier 11, MM Pare Nioetcca LOG Soup Time On Penn Explorer When Seafarers make an all out effort to get along together aboard ship, some astoimding results can be achieved, claims Julian Dedicatoria, ship's delegate aboard the Com­ mander (Waterman). As baker aboard ship, Dedicatoria claims that most of the good will comes from the galley. "Our>chief steward, Ramon Obidos, borne coffee aboard the ship, re­ ceived a new washing machine, and the singing chief cook ports Arnold Heatherly, meeting reports M. E. Longfellow, meeting Joe Pagolo, baker aboard the Penn Explorer (Penn Ship­ ping) dishes up a sample of the soup prepared for the big crew by chief cook Mario Cofefo. Calejo flashes camera while waiting to see Ragola's reaction grin for the camer to the savory dish. LOG Receives Congratulations To the Editor: I'm writing this to say how thankful I am and to express my congratulations to the edi­ tor and staff members of the LOG for the much improved articles and fascinating stories that have been appearing in our Union newspaper. In addition to the excellent when a letter from my own family arrives. A good many of my friends have told me how interesting they find the copies of the LOG that 1 pass on to them. And so, I want all nay SIU brothers to know how proud I am, and how proud they should all be about the SEAFARERS LOG. Nikolaos A. Yrettos » Praises SIU For Kindness •To Tlie AH letters to the Editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. information and news concern­ ing our Union and the whole labor movement, I have really enjoyed reading the interesting stories that have been carried during the last few months. Some of the ones I especially liked were the Port of Call story on Saigon, "Seamen and the Arts," the feature on wheth­ er a ship is a "she" or a "he," and the articles written by our members who visited Russia on the grain runs. These and other articles, penned ty good writers, are all close to the Seafarer and make our life more interesting by adding an extra bit of adven­ ture. They also give ue some interesting and attractive ideas to think about long after we finish reading an issue. I am always very enthusiastic every time I pick up a new copy of the LCXl in a far away port in some foreign country. It gives me the same feeling as To The Editor: I wish to express my apprecaition and gratitude to the SIU for the kindness and sym­ pathy they have shown to ease the sorrow in my heart for the sudden death of my husiband, Herbert Williams. I also wish to thank the SIU for the Welfare Plan and the death benefit that I have re­ ceived. It will be a great help. In addition, I will always look forward to receiving the Sea­ farers Log. It will bring back fond memories of when my husband and I would read it together. The SIU does a great service in providing care, guid­ ance and help to your union members. Mrs. Winifred Williams Crew Praised For Assistance To The Editor: I would like to use this op­ portunity to thank all my crewmates and officers of the SS Transindia for the help and as­ sistance they gave me recently which enabled me to arrive In the States in time to attend my wife's funeral. I thank them from the bottom of my heart. Jose;^ Basch Casimar Szaminski, really do a lot to help keep the crew happy," he says. "One of the means to accom­ plish this is through providing plenty of good food." And the effort to have a crew that cooper­ ates seems to have rubbed off onto members of the other departments, he reports. "And on top of all that, the officers are a really fine bunch." Dedicatoria says. He es­ pecially mentions the captain and the chief mate. "Mutual respect is the order of the day," he says, and we will keep it that way." i 4" it The crew aboard the Arizpa (Waterman) believes in taking care of fellow crewmem b e r s who may become ill during a trip. In fact, they go be­ yond Just getting him medical care, reports Jack E. Wheeles. Recently, Char­ les Watson, AB, Wheeles required medical attention because of stomach troubles. He was transferred to a British liner passing nearby and taken to the hospital in Gibraltar. The crew, in a manner praised by the ship's delegate as being in the finest SIU tradition, took up a collection to pay the small amount of money Watson owed the slop chest. Then the crew sent a letter to the Captain of the British liner, thanking him for bis quick response to the Arizpa's call for medical assistance. Wheeles says they are having a fine trip because of just such cooi)eration, which adds to the delightful weather they have been enjoying. 4 4 4 The "Reds" have it aboard the Walter Rice (Reynolds Metal), ac­ cording to meeting secretary Wallace E. Mason. Red Howse is ship's delegate, and Red King and Red Roberts are also aboard just to keep things salty. "You have to be careful when you haller 'Hey, Red' aboard this ship," Mason warns, "or you'll get all three wanting to hear what you want." 4 4 4 Bartelio Cruz, who recently visited Saigon warns other brothers to be cautious and never go alone into the dty. He did go alone, but he says that not every­ one is ludcy enough to get back to the ship without being mugged. "Stay in a gioup," Oruz warns. Coffee was the main topic of discussion during the good and welfare section of a recent ship­ board meeting aboard the David P. Thompson (Boland and Cornel­ ius). The crew aboard the Great Lakes vessel debated whether or not they should have Hills Brothers coffee or Chase and San- ohalrman. chairman, » » » 4 4 4 Crewmemlbers aboard the Del Hie crew aboard the Alcoa Santos (Delta) have concrete evi­ Master (Alcoa) are quite pleased dence of the ef­ with the repre­ fort their ship's sentation job the delegates have ship's delegate been expending Hugh Hallman has been doing in the crew's be­ half. According for them. Be­ sides voting him to ship's del­ special thanks egate Stanley in recognition Freeman, the four delegates, for his efforts, they reaffirmed were' Instnuncn.Hollmoii Freemon their faith in tal in acquiring a brand new washing machine for Hallman by re-electing him ship's the crew. The entire group got a delegate for the present voyage. rousing vote of thanks from the 4 4 4 Clarence Cousins, aboard the crew, Steel Traveler (Isthmian), has the t. t. t. The Seafarers aboard the Wild highest praise for the ship's Ranger (Waterman) recently re­ captain for his treatment of the ceived recognition from their second mate when he came down captain during the ship's last with kidney stones while at sea. safety meeting, for the excellent The captain changed the course record the ship had in safety of the ship to rendezvous with a matters, according to Wii'iam C. weather ship and get the man proper medical treatment. The Sink, meeting secretary. mate was left with the weather 4" 4" 4" Crewmembers aboard the Beth- ship to be picked up later by a flor (Bethlehem Steel) are pleased passing MSTS vessel. Cousins re­ at the prospect of having to spend ports. less time waiting to get their 4 4 4 Several SIU crews responded laundry done. They recently refavorably to ship steward depart­ ments that give an extra little bit SIU Oldtimer to make their food and service better than normal. With a hearty vote of thanks, the crews of the following ships have given their galley gangs special recognition: Del Alba (Delta); Steel Seafarer (Isthmian); Bienville (Sea-Land); Norfolk (Cities Service); Santa Emilia (Liberty Navigation); Sacramento (Sacramento Trans­ portation) Floridian (South Atlan­ tic and Caribbean); Bethtex (Bethlehem Steel) and San Juan (Sea-Land). Retired Seafarer Jim Rus­ sell recently sent this pic­ ture of himself enjoying the sun on the grounds of the Raybrook Hospital. New York, where he is living. Russell retired in 1961. He has been living on his regular SIU pension checks, he said. .. BURLY, SINCB MAMIE , IWB MEKMAID sLOMMBt^ ON TO you ACTS LIKE SHE OWNS YOU- ' i 4 4 4 4 4 4 Joseph Catalonotto, meeting chairman aboard the Steel Sur­ veyor (Isthmian), reports that the crew felt the new men aboard were doing a fine job in all re­ spects. In appreciation for their good work, the crew gave them a resounding vote of thanks during the good and welfare section of their latest shipboard meeting. ySAH, YOU'RE RtSttT, NUTSY" 1BETTBR LET HER KNOW- Meeting chairman John Gribble, aboard the Sacramento (Sacra­ mento Transport) reports that everything has been running very smoothly and there have been no beefs this trip. 4 4 4 The crew of the Transhartford (Hudson) is glad it has a bosun aboard who likes to accomplish things for the crewmembers aboard, reports V. C. Smith, ship's delegate. The bosun is working to get some new bunks for the crew put into the ship. Smith reports that the bosun thinks the bunks will be put in soon. �Page Twenty SEAFARERS LOG Seafarers Save Pilot In Atlantic; Spends 27 Hours Drifting At Sea The value of SIU lifeboat training in sea rescues was pointed up recently when the Robin Sherwood (Robin Lines) picked up an unexpected, but grateful, passenger from the South Atlantic on November 13. The crewmembers made use of one of the ship's lifeboats to rescue a downed American + pilot 150 miles west of Ascen­ up the weary flyer, who had spent izon every few minutes. At about 27 hours in the small raft. The 10 a.m., he spotted the Robin sion Island. The flyer, Lowell J. Thompson was on a flight from Recife, Braail, to Beehuanaland in Africa, where he has farming interests. At 10 a.m. on November 12, he was forced to ditch his plane in the ocean after an oil line ruptured. Before going in, he radioed an SOS to Ascension. The distress call was relayed to the Robin Sher­ wood, which was then the closest ship to Thompson's last reported position. The story of the effective use of SIU lifeboat training and the skill with which the crew put its Porcari Hoepner lessons to work was told to the LOG by A1 Porcari, OS and Otto Hoepner, ship's delegate. The freighter, which was on her way to Ascension to drop off cargo, set course for the downed plane, reaching the scene about 11 p.m. Because of darkness, the search for the pilot had to be abandoned until morning. Captain Brinoh, master of the Robin Sherwood, did not waste the night hours, how­ ever. He and his officers pored over the wind and current condi­ tions of the area in a study de­ signed to tell them which course Thompson's drifting liferaft was likely to have followed. When the search resumed at dawn, the study paid off. A new course was set, and, at 10 a.m., the raft was spotted. Thompson stood up and waved with relief. A lifeboat was lowered to pick­ lifeboat was manned by Joseph Henault, Glenn D. Miller, Burton A. Rogers and Lee E. Gillian, all of the deck department: Amat B. Sulaiman and Enrico Ceci from the engine department; John Aversa and Martin Sierra, Jr. of the steward department, and offi­ cers Martin V. Bodden, Louis S. Korbely, Edward H, Rogaski and Arthur C. Ritz. Every member of the lifeboat crew had their lifeboat tickets, and many of the Seafarers had re­ ceived theirs through the SIU Lifeboat School, Porcari said. Their cool and efficient work in rescuing the pilot was a testament to the value of their training. Capt. Brinch praised the men manning the lifeboat for a job well done. Once safely on board the Robin Sherwood, Thompson recalled his more than 24 hours in the ocean. He explained how he jettisoned all the luggage and other valuable personal items he had on the plane when he became certain he had to ditch. Relieved of the extra weight, the aircraft had a better chance to stay afloat. He cut off all switches just be­ fore hitting and glided the last few yards into the ocean. I climbed into the raft and watched the plane settling with its nose straight down in the wa­ ter," he said. He sat in the water-filled raft for three hours before spotting the first search planes. They did not spot him, however. After nightfall he saw the lights of the Robin Sherwood, but she was too far off for his cries to be heard. As the night wore on, Thompson said the sharks in that shark-mfested part of the .Atlantic nearly drove him crazy by rubbing their fins against the flimsy bottom of the raft. After dawn he scanned the hor­ Sherwood. "I looked out and there was the most beautiful freighter I had ever seen." The Robin Sherwood left the thankful Thompson off In Cape Town, her next stop. GLOBE TRAVELER (Maritime Over­ seas), November 15—Chairman, M. Lukner; Secretary, A. Leiter. Some disputed OT reported in deck de­ partment. Ship's delegate to pick up mail. Steward requires help to check stores. Ran out of soap powder. GLOBE PROGRESS (Maritime Over­ seas), November 22 — Chairman, James McLinden; Secretary, N. Hatgimisios. Letter was sent to headquarters asking about the new contract and wages and welfare. Captain is happy with crew. No beefs reported. Ship's delegate to find out about getting lower passageways painted. Vote of thanks to the steward department for putting out good food. Vote of thanks to the ship's delegate. ROBIN SHERWOOD (Robin Line), November 21—Chairman, Charles Jennings; Secretary, John Aversa. Deeember 11, MM Notify Union On LOQ Mail As Seafarers know, copies of each issue of the SEAFARERS LOG are mailed every two weeks to all SIU ships as well as to numerous clubs, bars and other overseas spots where Seafarers congregate ashore. The procedure for mailing the LOG Involves calling all SIU steamship companies for the itineraries of their ships. On the basis of the information supplied by the ship oper­ ator, four copies of the LOG, and minutes forms are then air­ mailed to the agent in the next port. Similarly, the seamen's clubs get various quantities of LOGs at every mailing. The LOG is sent to any club when a Seafarer requests it by notifying the LOG office that Seafarers con­ gregate there. As always the Union would like to hear promptly from SIU ships whenever the LOG and ship's mail is not delivered so that the Union can maintain a day-to-day check on the accuracy of its mailing lists. Quintayo. Brother Tex H. Stickland was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. Ship sailed short one fireman. Bosun and day man share one room which is too smaU for two people. Suggestion that half of recreation room be made into day man's living quarters. This is the only solution. NORBERTO CAPAY (Liberty Navi­ gation), Nov. 15—Chairman, Roland E. Lanoue; Secretary, Billy Russell. Vote of thanks to the crew members from the ship's delegate for work well done. The crew members wiU take up a collection for departed Brother Ernest Mosley and present it to his son to be used as he sees fit. One minute of silence was ob­ served for Brother Mosley. No beefs reported from department delegates. ANTINOUS (Waterman Steamship), Nov. II—Chairman, John Radecki; Captain thanked the crew for their ability, orderly fashion and seaman­ like manner in the recent search and rescue operation of downed flyer on Nov. 13. 1984, about 133 miles N.W. of Ascension Island. Few hours disputed OT in deck depart­ ment. $20.26 in ship's fund. Steward requested to put out better variety of salads and dressings. Also to put out more night lunch. Vote of thanks to the steward department. LONG LINES (Isthmian), Novem­ ber 7—Chairman, Dick Grant; Secre­ tary, Bill Sanford. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments to be taken up with boarding patrolman. Motion made that fire and boat drill be scheduled so that a man who has Just come off a 12-hour watch will not have to sit up an hour waiting for the drill, as has been the case aboard the Long Lines. Vote of thanks to the steward department. All hands agree that the Long Lines is the best feeder. MONTiCELLO VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Nov. 8 — Chairman, J. Forbes; Secretary, J. Forbes. Brother Phillip Mack was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $14.60 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine depart­ ment, otherwise no beefs. Discussion on getting more boiled eggs on night lunch and getting chocolate milk. HUDSON (Oriental Exporters), Nov. 7 —Chairman, None; Secretary, F. PENN TRANSPORTER (Penn Ship­ ping), Nov. 29—Secretary, S. Roths­ child. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Repair Ust will bo given to patrolman, as to make surs that repairs will be taken care of before ship departs. The following motion was made by the deck dele­ gate: "There should be an extension, whereby 15 days instead of 10 should be the minimum layoff period of the crew." The motion was seconded by A. Bendheim. Vote of thanks to stew­ ard deeportment for a Job well done. LOS ANGELES (Sea-Land), Nov. 2i —Chairman, R. Hunt; Secretary, Lee Bruce. All repairs for last trip were completed. $6.42 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Suggestion was made for 3 new coolers, one for crews mess and the other for a passageway down below. Brother Archer suggested one hot water urn for making tea or cocoa. ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa Steam­ ship), Nov. 24—Chairman, Georgo Pierre; Secretary, C. Turner. Secretary, Prank White. Steve Thayer, ship's delegate, thanks crew members for bringing ship in clean with no beefs. Report accepted with a vote of thanks. $2.40 in ship's fund. No beefs reported from department dele­ gates. Most repairs have been com­ pleted. A vote of thanks extended the steward department for good per­ formance. SEATRAIN N.R. (Seatrain Lines), Nov. 30—Chairman, William Logan; Secretary, A. Giiliiand. Air condi­ tioner needs repairs. Records to be kept so that new ship's delegate can see what is being done. No beefs reported from department delegates. Vote of thanks to steward department for Thanksgiving dinner. Porthole gasket in bad shape, needs repair. PENN EXPORTER (Penn Shipping), Oct. 17—Chairman, Odd Samdai; Sec­ retary, Z. A. Markris. No beefs re- Thanksgiving Dinner On Montpelier Victory Everyone was paid 2 days lodging for the time ship was in drydock. Beefs in deck department to be taken up with patrolman. Brother James W. Barnett was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Washing ma­ chine parts have to be replaced, get­ ting new washing machine was sug­ gested. Chairs in messroom should be replaced to make more room. RAPHAEL SEMMES (Sea-Land), Nov. 22—Chairman, Tony Gurnay; Secretary, Harry Beeker. Brother Lonnie Dooley was elected to servo as ship's delegate. $7.22 in ship's fund. Beefs in deck and engine de­ partment to be taken up with patrol­ man. TAANSBAR (Hudson Waterways), Nov. 10—Chairman, L. B. Moore; Sec­ retary, J. H. Dassei. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Crew requested to return cups and glasses to the pantry. Great Lakes iAiiiiii SIU crewmembers on the Montpelier Victory found they had a belt loosening problem after eating their fill of traditional Thanksgiving clelicacies. Enjoying the holiday chow are (front, l-r) J. A. Maples, FWT; J. Flanagan, chief pumpman; (rear) E. Craddoek, DM; F. Nelson, OS, P. Sheldrake, DM; E. Loosoya. AB, and J. Lewis, bosun. ported from department delegates. Brother Frank E. Parsons is serving as new ship's delegate. AU members were asked to bring aU cups and glasses back to pantry. Vote of thanks to steward department for « Job weU done. Not a Seafarer on the Montpelier Victory dis­ sented from the unanimous praise heaped on the ship's galley crew for their ef-^ forts in preparing one of the best Thanksgiving meals ever tasted on board a ship. Ship's delegate John Flanagan reports that crewmembers dis­ tinctly heard the dining room tables groan from the load of goodies the galley gang stacked on. Two of the crew responsible for the banquet are (l-r) A. Maraiis, stevvard; and M. Maidonado. 3rd. cook. (Continued from page 7) discontinued ore shipments. The DM & IR railroads were using an infra-red oven in an attempt to thaw frozen ore in railroad cars. The Great Northern railroad used their steam plant to loosen the ore. We closed the Duluth hall on December 4 and will re-open for registrations on March 1, 1965. We would like to advise all SIU mem­ bers in the Duluth-Superior area to contact Tommy Dunne at the Duluth hall if they need any assistance from the Union. Frankfort Frankfort is the only SIU Port on the Lakes that operates yearround for shipping. The Ann Arbor Railroad Carferry No. 5 went out of operation suddenly on Novem­ ber 24 and the entire crew registered at the hall so they would be eligible for the Thanks­ giving Holiday pay. It was the first time the registration board was full for many months. The crew has since been recalled and shipping will remain good through the Holiday season. The annual SIU Christmas Dinner in Frankfort will be held December 19 at the Hostess Cafe, serving from 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM. ' �SMmW 11, ItM SEAFARERS Coal Burner On Lakes Par* Tir«aify-OM LOG Union Upgrading Course Ups SlU Steward Standards "I have been sailing in the steward department for well over 40 years," says chief steward Sydney Shrimpton, "and I think I can honestly say that the SIU steward de­ partment is given a better opportunity to perform its Job today than at anytime in the hiistory of shipping." This statement was made of chief stewards. "I have always —an Australian also—looked at by Shrimpton, who is known considered myself an average or me and said, 'Blimey, steward, it's Although most vessels in the SlU fleet are oil burners, some coal burners are still sailing the Great Lakes. Above, Mike Fitzgerald dons a heat mask to stoke the huge furnace aboard the Henry R. Piatt (Gartland). NATIONAL SEAFARER (WInward), Octobar IS—Chairman, H. W. Millar; Sacretary, R. DaBolnaara. Ship'a delegate reported that everything is running smoothly. Brother Paul L,. Essman was elected to serve as ship's delegate. All hands were requested to be quiet in passageway and to co­ operate in keeping longshoremen out of passageway in Egypt. Also to help keep messhall clean. Discussion about captain owing two men trans­ portation which is to be collected at end of voyage. Vote of thanks to the steward department and to the ship's delegate. KENT (Corsair Transportation), November 8—Chairman, Walter Colley; Secretary, Earl J. Adams. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Motion made to have a meet­ ing with patrolman about the general conditions aboard ship. Ship is short on stores. Discussion about captain refusing to mail crew's mail in Aden and Suez Canal. VORKMAR (Calmar), November 29 —Chairman, C .FIshel; Secretary, P. Devine. No beefs and no disputed OT. Everything is running smoothly. Brother Pat Devine was elected ship's delegate. Discussed safety and other shipboard topics. KYSKA (Waterman), December 4— Chairman, Lowderback; Secretary, cuss with the patrolman about en­ gineers having air conditioning in­ stalled in their rooms only, by the company, and that headquarters should do something about it. Vote of thanks to the steward department for well prepared meals. OCEAN ULLA (Maritime Overseas). Nov. 8—Chairman, James H. Naylor; Secretary, Edward Cole. Three men missed ship in Japan. One man taken off ship in Singapore due to illness. Motion made that air conditioning be installed on all SlU-contracted ships. Meat and butter taken on in Japan were third and fourth grade. Meat half rotten. Steward is going to do his best to get better stores in Philippines and Guam. It was difficult for steward to check stores in such short time. MAIDEN CREEK (Waterman), Oct. 25—Chairman, V. E. Keene; Secre­ tary, Karl Babl. One man got off ship in Montreal under mutual con­ sent and one man hospitalized. No beefs and no disputed OT reported. Each man asked to contribute fifty cents to ship's fund. HENRY R. PLATT JR. (Gartland), Nov. 7—Chairman, Joseph Dahl; Sec­ retary, John Myers. $6 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT reported. JOHN P. REI5S (Reiss) Nov. 1— Chairman, Michael Lubich; Secretary, John Turnbali. $14.40 In ship's fund. Some disputed OT reported in deck department. DIAMOND ALKALI (Boland & Cor­ nelius), Nov. 9—Chairman, Donald Anderson; Secretary, Jesse R. Beetle. 819.30 in ship's fund. Nothing else reported. Wunderlich. Ship's delegate informed crew a new washing machine will be put aboard. No beefs reported by department delegates. Motion made that headquarters be contacted con­ cerning the new contract and what to expect in the way of a pension plan. Vote of thanks to the steward department for excellent meals. NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Vic­ tory Carriers), November 26—Chair­ man, M. J. Doherty; Secretary, C. J. Quint. $3.71 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck department. Motion to have the meat brought up to SlU Feeding Plan standards. Dis­ cussion on having galley range re­ paired and have proper equipment for baking. Also to have proper stores for baker to bake with. FANWOOD (Waterman), November 22—Chairman, Frank Allen; Secre­ tary, Pete Blalack. Discussion on slop chest. Request light for after deck. Books to be locked up while in port. Vote of thanks to the steward department. No beefs reported. OVERS E.*.S EVA (Overseas Car­ riers), November 19—Chairman, Aba Handleman; Secretary, Eugene Boegiy. Two men were taken off ship because of illness. One in Okinawa and one in Hawaii. Some disputed OT in deck and engine de­ partments. Request for subsistance due to water being turned off. TRANSORIENT (Hudson Water­ ways), November 15—Chairman, Thomas J. Hitburni Secretary, Pete Triantafiilos. Ship's delegate report­ ed that all repairs have been squared away. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. It was suggested that all men getting off at payoff 'Should leave their keys in the room and to have rooms in ship-shape con­ dition for the next crew. It was sug­ gested that the 'ship's delegate dis­ MC KEE SONS (Boland & Cofv nelius), Oct. 26—Chairman, Elmer Maskell; Secretary, Richard C. Wolcott. Engine delegate will check to see what can be done about the food. Meals are still unsatisfactory. CreW has been complaining for a period of three months. to his fellow Seafarers as "Aussie" —in New York where he's attend­ ing the SIU stewards recertification and training classes. "I started saElng in 1919 In the approved manner," he recalled, "by running away to sea. My father didn't want me to go, so, of course I did anyway." The first ship the Australian-bom Seafarer caught was' an English passenger liner. He signed on as a bell boy. Luxuries Few "In those days, the galley gang was the best fed part of the crew," he recalled, "but still, turkey and ice cream were real luxuries that the crew re­ ceived only on special holidays, such as Christ­ mas. When I got Shrimpton on my first American ship during the war, I was amazed to see ice cream served twice a week." One of the reasons cited by Shrimpton for the large improve­ ment of conditions in the galley was the initiation of the Union food plan. According to the Australian, it helped to take some of the pressure off the steward. No longer did he have to worry about the cost of the food he served to the crew. Today he measures amounts in poundage, which leaves cost control up to company. "Another of the startling things I noticed when I started shipping American," Shrimpton recalled, "was not only the types of food served, but the amount. When I started to go to sea, every two weeks we reported to the chief steward and were issued—and we had to sign for it, mind you—one can of sweetened condensed milk. This was all we had over a two w.eek period to stir into our tea for milk and sweetening." Another area in which the union is helping the steward department is the training and recertification Indian Scene DEL NORTE (Delta), Nov. 1—Chair­ man, Edward C. Burton, Jr.; Secre­ tary, Bill Kaiser. Ship's delegate re­ ported that everything has gone on pretty smooth during this voyage. $251 in ship's fund and $462.40 in the movie fund. Disputed OT re­ ported in engine department. Brother Peter Gonzalez thanked all brothers who were so good to come to his birthday party and afford him such a good time. FLORIDA STATE (Everglades), No­ vember 1—Chairman, V. Ducote; Secretary, J. R. Edwards. Brother Alipio Trujilo was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $13.40 In ship's fund. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates! Few men went through clinic in Ponce and praised Dr. Prada. wet in here, isn't it?"' The luckless crew waited patiently for rescue all day, until, just as it started getting dark, they could see a ship approaching on the horizon. Left Flat "We started cheering immediatly, but it was a long ways away from us," Shrimpton related. "In the failing light, though, we could see from its speed that it was a destroyer, so we knew we didn't have long to wait. Then—I'll never forget this—as the ship pulled along side, we heard this voice with a bullhorn call down to us, 'Are you the survivors of the ship that sunk?' We hollered and cheered and whopped it up for a while until the voice, rich with an Oxford accent said, 'Well, we're after the bugger that sunk you. We'll be back to pick you up in a while.' With that, the ship sped off." AVe were stunned, Shrimpton said. Not all of the humorous ex­ periences related were in the vein of disaster. Though there were several very funny happenings in the galley. "But I'd better not re­ peat them. You couldn't put them in print, anyway," he claimed. Throughout his years of sailing, however, and several times when he worked ashore, he has main­ tained one simple philosophy. "If you have a good sense of humor, you can see the humorous side of even the most serious predica­ ment. If it hurts to cry, just laugh." LOG-A-RHYTHM: Pieta By George J. W. Scott They close the gate Make the countless people waitl Long Winter months, months the throngs will contemplate A look to see God's love light shining forth full From sweet Mother's eyes'. Sorrow-tendered — sorrow-turned face. Yet we must tarry and soon will be too long for some to see A poet sculpture's victory. But close the Gate! Make them wait—grudging seconds Like parsimonious lovers we escalate. Their feet go by Heed not their cry Rather close the sight from eye. Portal o'er eyes of Mary to echo women's e; Softening ever! Love to worship God Sweet thunderbolt, twin eyes Majestic orbs, convoluting love This then, over all, we came to see. PRODUCER (Marina Carriers), Oct. 31—Chairman, V. Weils; Secretary, C. J. Frey. No beefs and no disputed OT in engine and steward depart­ ments. Beefs in deck department will be turned over to patrolman. Chief engineer wrote letter to MEBA regarding relief for cooks. This mat­ ter will be taken up with SlU patrol­ man. $7.31 in ship's fund. ALICE BROWN (Bloomfleld), No­ vember 8—Chairman, H. Rossecrans; Secretary, C. Hemby. $10.00 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck and steward departments. Motion made to have blood type stamped on clinic card. Vote of thanks to the steward department. Motion to get new chairs in recreation room. Com­ pany has been promising to get them for a year. better than average steward," he commented, "and I have a reputa­ tion to back it up. But after just two weeks iin this school, I realized what a great help it was." Shrimpton feels that American flag ships are, without a doubt, the best feeding ships in the world. "And the SIU has helped to make it that way," he added. Although sailing is a serious business, in which one small mis­ take can mean disaster, Shrimpton stiil manages to find the brighter side of some serious problems. "I remember the second SIU ship I sailed on after coming to this country. We had fallen out of convoy with some engine trouble. That made us sitting ducks for a submarine and it took only nine and a half minutes for the ship to sink after the torpedo hit us. Panic Situation "We were lucky. Not a man was lost that time, but I remember some of my actions," he said. "A man in panic will do and say some funny things. For instance, after the torpedo hit, I went to my room to grab my life jacket. I had over $300 sitting in my desk drawer, but when I ran for my lifeboat station, I had a mug in my hand that had been sitting on my desk. "Well, I found the lifeboat was gone when I got to my station, but I could see a raft in the water with a couple of other fellows hanging on to it. So I jumped. "When I came up, I grabbed the raft and caught my breath. One of the fellows holding on the raft Close the Gate? Should I be grateful for down door closed upon my eager eyes? Smug officious priest and helpers grinned as wailing Us were walled without and pious Pieta within. Grinning gaping building empty of all save golden Statue of untold value. A part of the typical street scene in Bombay, India, is depicted in this drawing of a shoe repairman. Sea­ farer Walter Karlak made the drawing after visiting this port many times on SIU contracted ships. Must it be huskered? Spot by spot and space by space? For whom? Moses? While churching forth as from an alabaster tomb Make the public wait. Without the cold, gold gates a fair world's fair awaits. For pity it we must—deprecate for Pieta's wan look from you. Can looking so famed justify, we cry, must Money changers control God's love? Devine Michael why? While people die Cry Pieta! . .. �SEAFARERS Pagr® Twenty-Two Deeember 11, 1884 LOG A:B:BXVAXSS and ^TITRES i All of the following SIU families have received maternity benefits from the Seafarers Welfare Plan, plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Thomas Gorden, born October David Ortiz, born September 1, Dianne Becker, born September 11, 1964, to the Howard F. Beek- 1964, to the Albert Ortizs, Galves­ 17, 1964, to the Henry M. Gordens, Philadelphia, Pa. ton, Texas. ers, Iselin, New Jersey. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4" 4 4 4 4 4 4 4» 4» 4 4 4 4" 4" 4 4 4 4" 4« 4" 4- 4 4 Todd Terrington, born Septem­ Teddy Jones, born July 28, Daryl Henry Russell, born Au­ 1964, to the Harold T. Jones, De­ ber 29, 1964, to the Tedd R. Ter- gust 20, 1964, to the Dale H. Rusringtons, New Orleans, La. sells. Highland, Mich. troit, Mich. Lori Melinda Hensley, born Sep­ Robert Eckley, born Septeniber Stacey- Spencer Mcintosh, bom 20, 1964, to the Robert G. Eck- tember 30, 1964, to the Jack A. September 9, 1964, to the Earl N. Hensleys, La Porte, Texas. leys, Philipsburg, Pa. Mclntoshs, Ogdenburg, New York. 4 4 4 Clarence Wolfe, born July 29, Linda Jane Bryant, born Au­ Robert Vanderventer, born Oc­ gust 15. 1964, to the Lauren E. to the Clarence L. Wolfes, Port tober 10, 1964, to the Robert VanHuron, Mich. Bryants, Artesia, Calif. derventers, Bayfield, Wise. 4 4 4 4" 4" 4" 4 4 4 Lori Lynne Willard, born Octo­ Susan Bunting, born Septem­ Jeffrey Smith, born September ber 8, 1964, to the Leslie W. Wilber 8, 1964, to the Donald L. 29, 1964, to the Kenneth P. Smiths, Buntings, Woodbury, New Jersey. lards, Toledo, Ohio. Jr., Toledo, Ohio. 4 4 4 4" 4" 4" Letha Rebecca Morgan, born Au­ 4 4 4 James Lee Lowrey, born Sep­ tember 6, 1964, to the James M. gust 27, 1964, to the Melvin E. Jose Eliaz, born October 20, 1964, to the Donasiono Eliazs, Galves­ Morgans, Jacksonville, Fla. Lowreys, Tampa, Fla. ton, Texas. 4 4 4 Denise Sawyer, born August 8, Catherine Perry, born October David Mark Jurkiewicz, born 17, 1964, to the Arnold Perrys, New 1964, to the Leon A. Sawyers, New May 22, 1963, to the Stanley JurOrleans, La. Bedford, Mass. kiewiczs, Buffalo, N.Y. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Wanda Canady, born October 4, 4 4 4 Irene Bryant, born May 10, 1964, Karan Sue Green, born July 15, to the George H. Bryants, Jr., Seat­ 1964, to the Ronald Canadys, San­ derson, Fla. 1964, to the Eldrigde F. Greens, tle, Wash. Flomaton, Alabama. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Lucia Gay Gamble, born October John Durno, born October 13, 4 4 4 John Kevia Nash, born October 1964, to the Raymond Durnos, Buf­ 12, 1964, to the James Gambles, St. Ignace, Mich. 8, 1964, to the Michael Nashs, Colofalo, New York. nia, New Jersey. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Carl Joseph Howze, born Sep­ Susette Brady, born July 7, 1964, 4 4 4 Kenneth LaFleur, born October to the Eddie R. Bradys, Meraux, tember 11, 1964, to the Carl R. Howzes, Baton Rouge, La. 26, 1964, to the Hennesson LaLa. Fleurs, Oberlin, La. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Angelina Winchester, born Au­ Rollin Willis, born September 28, _ 4 4 4 1964, to the Paul R. Willis, Fiske- gust 8, 1964, to the William L. WinMary Lou Jenkins, born July 17, chetsers. New Orleans, La. ville, R.I. 1964, to the Donald E. Jenkins, So. Webster, Ohio. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Janis Wheeler, born October 5, William Tellez, Jr., born Sep­ 4 4 4 tember 19, 1964, to the William 1964, to the Orien Wheelers, ToomLewis Owens, born September suba. Miss. Tellezs, Playa Ponce, P.R. 25, 1964, to the Lawrence E. Owens, St. Petersburg, Fla. The deathry of the following Seafarers have been reported * 4 4 4 to the Seafarers Welfare Flan (any apparent delay In payment Harold Borup, born October 17, of claims is normally due to late filing, lack of beneficiary 1964, to the Harold L. Borups, Jr., Corpus Christi, Texas. card or necessary litigation for the disposition of estates): Schrader Ormand Hunter, 38: William Paul Fritz, 59: Brother Fritz succumbed to heart disease Brother Hunter died on June 3, 1964, in the hos­ on June 15, 1963 pital i n Baton at his home in Rouge, La., of in­ Westwego, La. A juries received in member of the a fall. A member SIU Inland Boat­ of the deck de­ man's Union, he partment, he be­ sailed as captain. came a member Surviving are his of the SIU in wife, Mrs. Mil­ 1945. Surviving is dred Fritz, and his mother, Mrs. his daughter, Myrtle Fritz. Burial was in the Olineil Jonie Hunter. Burial was McDonough Cemetery, Gretna, La. in the Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Lavoiscia Lamar Pickett, 36; James Mitchell, 72: Brother Brother Pickett died June 23, 1964 Mitchell died June 15, 1964 at his in Gulfport, home in HicksMiss., of natural viUe, N.Y., of causes. A mem­ natural causes. ber of the engine He sailed in the department, h e engine departJoined the Union until his retire­ in New York in ment in 1960. No 1945. Surviving is beneficiary was his wife, Mrs. designated. Bur­ Connie Pickett. ial was in the Burial was in Augustine Ceme­ Hattiesburg, Miss. tery, Ossining, N.Y. 4 4 4 Albert Lee Willis, 57: Brother Ray Franklin McVey, 35; Brother Willis died June 14, 1964 at his McVey succumbed to a cerebral home in Morehemorrhage in head City, N.C., Baltimore, Md., of a heart attack. on June 3, 1964. A member of the A member of the Union since 1951, Union since 1953, he sailed as firehe sailed in the m a n-watertender steward depart­ in the engine ment a s messdepartment. N o man. Surviving is beneficiary was his wife Lena designated. Bur­ McVey. Burial ial was in the Bay View Cemetery, was in the Gardens of Faith Ceme­ tery, Baltimore, Md. Morehead City, N.C. All, hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mail and visits whenever possible. The following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospital: USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA George Armstrong Phillip Mandoza Claude Bankston BiUy Orbach W. BarrUIeaux Matheas Oswald Howard Bergine Eugene Plahn John Buttimer Charles Pollard David Qulnn Joseph Carr James ChUdress William Rollins Virgil Clement Efrain Rosarlo Clifford Cummlngs Frank Rylance Frederick Edwards Hamilton Seburn W. R. Simpson Amado Fellcano Willie Slater. Jr. MarshaU Foster Adolph Swenson Luis Franco Joseph Whalen Maurice Graham James Whatley Luis Guadamud B. Hugglns S. Whlttlngton Antolne Landry Elton Wilde William Woolsey Oscar Manifold USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Rowland Harper George Moore Joseph HoweU Lawrence Nielsen Bruce Knight Chadwlck Tarenton USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Jose DaCosta Billy Campbell John DeAbren David Hulcey Robert Broome USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Vahv Alzlndanl Arthur Maher Chris Astyffdls Edward May Emmett Avery A. Mazzarlello Wallace Beeman John Morrison John Beklarls R. Nandkeshwar Joe Blake Julio Napoleonls Agustln Calderon Roberto Natal Raymond CoUett William Nunez A. Cunningham N. Owen Sal DlBella Stanley Ostrom Jerry Donovan Wlnford PoweU Bobby Edwards Peter Qulnn George Evans Angel Reyes Max Flngerhut James Smith C. Foster Jack Smithy Stanley Friedman Henry Stanczak Theodore Gerber James Stogaltis John Holmroos Jerome Stokes Keith Hubbard Burton Veno Asmuhd Jacobsen Richard Waters King Sea Koo Leon Webb Robert Kuczynskl Fred Wrafter Thomas Lowe USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON. MASS. Donald Carney Truman Patrlquin V. Chamberlain USPHS HOSPITAL CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Anna Bond Carlo Lopeparo USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Robert Alvarado Jacob Llnscomb J. E. Bailey Talma Gene Muse Urbln LaBarrere Hugh Price Charles Collins F. Ouweneel Estuardo Cuenca Floro Regalado Glen Curl Catarlno SUva Edward Douglas Louis Talarlco Clyde Tanner Howard Etzel Hugh Grove Frank Tostl Edw. Kocanouskl USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GEORGIA O. M. Ames Justice Hughes Darren Doiron R. B. Pardo George Feinman E. B. Prldgeon USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Edgor Benson William Lane Edward Bayne Frank Nappl Edmond Cain Maurice McCoskey Robert Davis James Poston Joe Farrow Roy Rayffeld Frledof Fondlla Henry Rice Joseph Garcia Edward Seserko Wayne Hartman Calvin SevUs Nolan Hurlt John Thompson. Elmer Koch USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Adolf Anderson Charles Gilbert Roy Bru John Miller William Barnett Arthur Skjold Angelo ClfareUl Viggo Sorenson Charles Lane Calvin WUson USPHS HOSPITAL DETTROIT, MICHIGAN Maneh Ahmed Alex Slazer Homer Campbell Kenneth Sleeper Lawrence Grlfffn Harold Thllhorn Clarence Lenhart Jack Wiley Edward Rekst Gerald Was John Santay USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS Benjamin Delbler George McKnew Abe Gordon Max Olson Thomas Lehay SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Daniel Gorman Thomas Isaksen Alberto Gutierrez William Kenny Edwin Harriman PINE CREST HAVEN NURSING HOME COVINGTON, LOUISIANA Frank Martin VA HOSPITAL NORTHAMPTON, MASS. Maurice Roberts US SOLDIER'S HOME HOSPITAL WASHINGTON, D.C. William Thomson Edward P. Belt Grover C. Maddox Anyone knowing the where­ Contact your wife, Janet, at 212, abouts of the above is asked to Karnani Mansions, Park Street, contact Edgar N. Quillin, Attorney, Calcutta 16, India. Andres Posada Sanchez, 53: at 108 Professional Bldg., 6725 4 4 4 Brother Sanchez died April 28, Claude Ave., Arabi, La. Clyde L. Van Eppes 1964 in Cillero, 4 4 4 Your are asked to get in touch Spain, of natural V. Garvy and E. McCarron with Ray Williams, realtor, con­ causes. A mem­ Walter Shultz has some photos cerning your home in League City. ber of the SIU he wants to give to Victor Garvy since 1943, he and Ed McCarron. If these two The address is P.O. Box 882, 1200 sailed in the deck men will contact him at the follow­ East Main, League City, Texas. department. H e ing address, he will mail the pic­ Phone: League City 932-3563. 4 4 4 is survived by his tures: 20 Ellis Ave., Medford, Bill Turner wife. Carmen Mass., 02155. Any Information in regards to Fernandez. Bur­ 4 4 4 the accident of Walter Karlak ial was in Cillero, Don Mason Spain. would be of great help to him. Your folks have moved to Flor­ Write to him at 35-20 62d street, 4 4 4 ida. Let them hear from you at Woodside 77, Long Island. James J. DeVito, 52: Brother 1005 9th Ave., N.W., Largo Fla., 4 4 4 DeVito died in the Long Island 33540. They don't know where to Vasilios Venetoulis College Hospital, write to you. Michael Weiner, attorney, would Brooklyn, N,Y„ 4 4 4 like to have you contact him at 150 on June 10, 1964 Anestlas Tzabdarldis of natural causes. Thomas M. Breen, attorney. Is Nassau Street, New York, N.Y., A member of the anxious to have you contact him 10038. Phone. RE 2-0843 at your engine depart­ in regards to your case. Write or convenience. It is on a matter of ment, he joined call him at 160 Broadway, New great importance. 4 4 4 the SIU in 1940. York, N.Y., 10038. Phone BE 3Marvin P. Phillips Surviving is his 3740. Your discharge papers, pay en­ son, James John 4 4 4 velope and other papers were left DeVito. Burial Claude W. Pritchett was in the Holy Cross Cemetery, Write to Harvey. He is in the for you to pick up at the New York North Arlington, N.J. hospital at present with heart hall by James I^artin. Pick them 4 4 4 trouble. The address is Box 83, up as soon as possible. 4 4 4 Peter Siclari, 69: Brother Route No. 1, Alberta, Va. Clarence Eubanks 4 4 4 Siclari died July 4, 1964 at his Your family is concerned about Curt Decker home in Arcade, Joseph Thomas would like you you and would like you to contact N.Y., of heart failure. A mem­ to contact him as soon as pos­ them. Write Aunt Nellie at Floma­ ber of the SIU sible on a very Important matter. ton, Ala., Route No. 1. Great Lakes Tug Write c/o 122 Roosevelt Ave., N.Y. Port 'o Call Patrons and Dredge Norwood, Mass. (2). Bartender Henry "Hank" MakRegion since 4 4 4 symowicz is in the hospital and Augustin W. Morales 1961, he sailed as Your wife, Yasu Morales, would would like to get some letters from fireman. Sur­ viving is his wife, like you to get in touch with her friends. Write him at Veterans Hos­ Mrs. Lucille at 78 Futoo-Machi, Kohoku-Ku, pital, Fort Hamilton, Cropsey and Siclari. He was buried In Curriers, Yokohama, Japan, as soon as pos­ 7th Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y., Ward 9 West. sible. N.Y. �DCMBbcr 11. 19M SEAFARSRS Face Twenty-Three LOO Palate Teasers ScHieduie of UNION HALLS SiU-AGLIWD Meetings SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & inland Waters Regular membership meetings for members of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and-Inland Waters District are held regularly once a month on days indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM in the listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. Those who wish to be excused should request permission by tele­ gram (be sure to include registration number). The next SIU meetings will be: New York January 4 Detroit December 11 Philadelphia January 5 Houston December 14 Baltimore January 6 New Orleans ... December 15 Mobile December 16 ^ FRESIDENT Paul HaU BXECumne VICE-PRESIDENT n, West Coast SIU-AGLIWD Meetings SIU headquarters has issued the following schedule for the monthly informational meetings to be held in West Coasrt ports for the benefit of Seafarers shipping from Wilmington, San Francisco and Seattle, or who are due to return from the Far East. All Seafarers are expected to attend these meetings, in accord with an Executive Board resolution adopted in December, 1961. Meet­ ings in Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. Wilmington San Francisco Seattte December 14 December 16 December 18 January 18 January 20 January 22 n. ^ Great Lakes SIU Meetings scheduled each month In the vari­ ous ports at 7:30 PM. The next Regular membership meetings meetings will he: on the Great I.akes are held on Detroit Dec. 14 the first and third Mondays of Milwaukee Dec. 14 each month in all ports at 7 PM Chicago Dec. 15 local time, except at Detroit, Buffalo Dec. 16 where meetings are held at 2 PM. tSault Ste. Marie .. Dec. 17 The next meetings will be: Duluth Dec. 18 Detroit ...... Dec. 21—2 PM Lorain Dec 18 Alpena, Buffalo, Chicago, (For meeting place, contact Har­ Cleveland, Duluth, Frankfort, old Ruthsatz, lis East Parish. December 21—7 PM Sandusky, Ohio). tit Cleveland Dec. 18 Toledo Dec. 18 SIU Inland Boatmen's Union Ashtabula Dec. 18 Regular membership meetings (For meeting place, contact John for IBU members are scheduled Mero, 1644 West 3rd Street, Ash­ each month in various ports. The tabula, Ohio). next meetings will be: Philadelphia Jan. 5—5 PM if if Baltimore (licensed and unUnited Industrial Workers (Ilcensed ... Jan. 6—5 PM Regular membership meetings Houston Dec. 14—5 PM for UIW members are scheduled Norfolk Jan. 7—7 PM each month at 7 PM in various N'Orleans .. Dec. 15—5 PM ports. The next meetings will be: Mobile Dec. 16—5 PM New York January 4 t t t Baltimore January 6 Philadelphia ... January 5 RAILWAY MARINE REGION ^Houston ...... December 14 Regular membership meetings for Railway Marine Region-IBU Mobile December 16 members are scheduled each New Orleans December 15 month in the various ports at 10 • Meetings held et Laoor Temple, New­ News. AM and 8 PM. The next meetings port t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault will be: Ste. Marie, Mich. I Meeting held at Galveston wharves. Jersey City Dec. 14 Philadelphia Dec. 15 Baltimore Dec. 16 ^Norfolk Dec. 17 GREAT LAKES TUG AND REGION DREDGE Regular membership meet­ ings for Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region IBU memters are File Complete Minutes' Form SIU ship's delegates, meet­ ing chairmen and secretaries who forward the ship's min­ utes to headquarters are urged to make sure they fill out an important section on the back of the form. This portion, lo­ cated at the bottom on the left, relates to the ship's itinerary and the mail situa­ tion, including packages of the SEAFARERS LOG sent to all ships when each issue is pub­ lished. Seafarers who fill out the minute's form can provide headquarters with a handy means of checking the accuracy of mailing lists by completing this particular section before sending in their meeting report. Two members of the galley gang aboard the Coe Vic­ tory (Victory Carriers] are John Gibbons, galley utility and Anthony Molelle, chief coolc, shown preparing an ox tail for the crews dinner. Atlantic Coast (Continued from page 4) little rabbit hunting before ship­ ping out again. Puerto Rico Shipping in Puerto Rico remains good with 26 ships contacted in the last period. The Seatrain Texas, just arrived in San Juan, joined the search for survivors of the Shalom-Stolt Dagali collision on her way down. On the Puerto Rico labor front, the National Labor Relations Board has ordered the Puerto Rico Telephone Company to reinstate approximately 270 workers fired over a four month period during 1962-63. The Board also found that the company had engaged in and was engaging In certain unfair labor practices. Felix Serrano, after ten days in the Presbyterian Hospital, is go­ ing to take it easy for a few more days before shipping out again. Domingo Ortiz is serving on the elections committee while watch­ ing the board for a ship to his liking. Just back from a trip to India on the Alcoa Explorer, Justo Velaz­ quez is now resting up at his home in Ponce. Emillo Ramos, called one of the best firemen who ever han­ dled the steam, is back aboard his fovorite ship, the Gateway City. Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Llndaey WUUami AI Tanner Robert Hatttaewa SECRETARY-TREASURER AI Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES BUI HaU Ed Mooney Fred Stewart BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Rex Dickey, Agent EAstem 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. Ed Riley. Agent Richmond 2-0140 DErROn 1022S W. Jefferson Ave. VInewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS ....675 4th Ave., Bklyn HYacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. Paul Droiak, Agent WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE. 2608 Pearl St.. SE., Jaz WUUam Morris, Agent i ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. Ben Gonzales, Agent FRanklln 7-3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Louis Neira, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Buck Stephens, Agent Tel. 529-7546 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 6-6600 NORFOLK 115 3rd St. Gordon Spencer, Acting Agent ..622-1892 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th St John Fay. Acting Agent . DEwey 6-3818 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Paul Gonsorchik, Agent . DOuglas 2-4401 Frank Drozak. West Coast Rep. SANTURCE PR .1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep Phone 724-2843 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Ted Babkowski, Agent MAin 3-4334 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Jeff GUIette. Agent 229-2788 WILMINGTON, CaUf 505 N. Marine Ave. Frank Boyne. Agent TErminal 4-2528 Great Lakes PHILADELPHIA 2604 S 4th St DEwey 6-3838 TAMPA 812 Harnson St Tel. 229-2788 OREAT LAKES TUG 8 DREDGE REGION REGIONAL DraECTOR Robert Jones Dredge Workers Section ASSISTANT DraECTOR Harold F. Yon BUFFALO 94 Henrietta Ave. Arthur MUler. Agent TR 8-1536 CHICAGO 2300 N. Kimball Trygve Varden, Agent ALbany 2-1154 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. Tom Gerrity, Agent 621-5450 DETROIT 1570 Liberty Ave. Lincoln Park, Mich. Ernest Demerse, Agent DU 2-7694 DULUTH 312 W. Second St. Norman Jolicoeur, Agent RAndolph 7-6223 SAULT STE. MARIE Address maU to Brimley. Mich. Wayne Weston, Agent.. BRimley 14-R 8 TOLEDO 423 Central St. CH 2-7751 Tug Firemen, Linemen, Oilers 8 Watchmen's Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Tom Burns ASHTABULA, 0 1644 W. Third St. John Mero, Agent WOodman 4-8532 BUFFALO 18 Portland St. Tom Bums, Agent TA 3-7095 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing. S. Chicago Robert Affleck. Agent ESsex 5-9570 CLEVELAND .1420 W. 25th St. W. Hearns, Pro-Tem Agent MA 1-5450 DETROIT-TOLEDO 12.948 Edison St. Max Tobin, Agent Southgate, Mich. AVenue 4-0071 DULUTH Box No. 66 South Range, Wis. Ray Thomson, Agent ... EXport 8-3024 LORAIN. O lis E. Parish St, Sandusky. Ohio. Harold Ruthsatz, Agent .. MAin 6-4573 MILWAUKEE ... 2722 A. So. Shore Dr. Joseph Miller: Agent .. SHerman 4-6645 SAULT STE. MARIE ...1086 Maple St. Wm. J. Lackey. Agent . .MEIrose 2-8847 Rivers Section ST. LOUIS, MO 805 Del Mar L. J. Colvis, Agent CE 1-1434 PORT ARTHUR, Tex 1348 7th St. Arthur Bendheim, Agent SECRETARY-TREASURER Fred J. Farnen ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER Roy Boudreau ALPENA 127 River St. RAILWAY MARINE REGION EL. 4-3616 BUFFALO, NY 735 Washington HEADQUARTERS ... 99 Montgomery St. Jersey City 2, NJ HEnderson 3-0104 TL 3-9259 REGIONAL DIRECTOR CHICAGO 9383 Ewing Ave. G. P. McGinty So. Chicago, lU. SAginaw 1-0733 ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTORS CLEVELAND 1420 West 25th St. E. B. Pulver R. H. Avery MAin 1-5450 1216 E. Baltimore St. DULUTH 312 W. 2nd St. BALTIMORE EAstpTi RAndolph 2-4110 115 Third St. FRANKFORT, Mich 415 Main St. NORFOLK 622-1892-3 MaU Address: P.O. Box 287 ELgin 7-2441 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S 4th oL HEADQUARTERS 10225 W. Jefferson Av. DEwej 6-3818 River Rouge 18. Mich. VInewood 3-4741 Inland Boatmen's Union NATIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Matthews GREAT LAKES AREA DIRECTOR Pat Finnerty BALTIMORE ....I2I6 E. Baltimore St. .EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St .Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St., SE. Jax ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS .......eao Jackson Ave Tel 529-7546 NORFOLK lis Third St. Tel. 622-1892-3 United Industrial Workers BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St. SE ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 S. Lawrence St. HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Phone 529-7546 NORFOLK 115 Third St. Phone 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4fh St. DEwey 6-3818 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Phone 229-2788 Know Your Rights FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic. GuU, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detaUed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file audiUng committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. AU trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and senibVity are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and avail­ able In all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified maU. return receipt requested. The proper address for this Is: Earl Shepard. Chairman. Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place. Suite 1930, New York 4. N.Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Aopeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of aU SIU contracts are available In aU SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as weU as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official. In your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditlonaUy refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from pub­ lishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September,. 1960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for XX)G policy is vested in an editorial board whicb consists of the Executive Board of thp Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT DP MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless aU official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and Is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should Immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU pubUshes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitu­ tion. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. AH members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should Immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension benefits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, . Including attendance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU mem­ bers at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. AU Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights In employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with tha employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he ishould notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which wiU serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which- legislative an4 political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. if at any time • Seafarer fee!* that any of tha above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitutional right of access to Union records or Information, he should Immadlately notify SIU President Paul Hail at heafiquartara by certifltd mail, return receipt raquasted. �Vol. XXVI No. 25 SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO THE SUN, BALTIMORE, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 3, 1964 Letters to the Editor THE Sulf I JVeed A"" r "Of hehaeia ^""^xhoo/ gi^ /«»nocfetf HM give /•'''St what fc fiaw. '» 0 on/oB, "» Water, i injparfiLi . am f. /f "^'00 f41e '®tto sm tfl over Ssnon rhss^'sA's I • / How „f, #/peated /',», :'e yet j /!,- ^' krat^ of ODe^ ^ J- •'wd Wit), same c/v,. We wi/r „ J' is re- to ofthet''i I ofi '"s son./n.f /iteteere ^ '"Wen / later its S, ii/ ^ doctors' fees' fci7Js sw!^^ pelfare ^ere paid /•' ^"'^eons*. /tor hy a,o» f, � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource December 11, 1964 Description An account of the resource Headlines: THE UNITED STATES NOW A FIFTH-RATE MARITIME NATION! GANG SIZE DISPUTE STYMIES ILA TALKS MCLAUGHLIN ELECTED CANADIAN SIU PRES. PEACE CORPS RECRUITERS SEEKING SKILLED WORKERS FMC REACHING COMPROMISE ON DUAL RATE INFORMATION INFAMOUS ‘DEVIL’S ISLAND’ NOW HOST TO FISHERMEN AMA READIES BIG GUNS FOR MEDICARE SHOWDOWN U.S. SEEKS TO SAVE RARE FISH SPECIES UNION SHOP CITED FOR AIDING BOTH WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS AFL-CIO HELPS DEVELOP AFRICAN TRADE UNIONISM U.S. LABOR TRAINING AIDS SOUTH AMERICAN UNIONISTS Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/11/1964 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXVI, No. 25 1964 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/ae70c060e2568336ff938910472785b7.PDF a16e877e55e0b3ba6e4dac5fb8a274ec PDF Text Text ^ABERSJOQ  OFFICIAL ORGAN  OF  THE ATLANTIC AND  GULF  DISTRICT,  SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION  OF NORTH  AMERICA  VOL. II  NEW  YORK,  N.  Y.,  FRIDAY,  DECEMBER  20,  1940  "EWA" APPEAL DENIED; UNIONS  TAKE CASETDSUPREMECOURT  WARNING  It has  come  to  our  atten­ tion  that  a  certain  Walter  Nye  is  allegedly  represent­ ing himself  as  a "delegate­ The appeal  of  the crew  of  the  Matson vessel  '' Ewa,'' con­ at­large" for  the  Seafarers  victed  last  summer  by  the  District  Court  in  New  York  on  International  'Union  at  charges of  mutiny,  was denied  this week  by the United States  Honolulu  and  attempting  Circuit  Court  of  Appeals  for  the  Second  District.  The  judg­ to  "collect  dues"  for  the  SIU.  ment  of  the  District  Court  was  sustained.  For  the  information  of  <?>­ Refused  Rights  all  seamen  we  hereby  As all  hands  will  recall,  the  his  state  that  no  one  by  that  tory  of  the  Ciise  is  about  as  fol­ name  or by  any other  name  lows:  When  the  "Ewa"  reached  is  authorized  to  act  as  Kolachel,  India,  last  February,  '' delegate­at­large"  or  to  they  were e'ntitled  to  a  draw,  hav  collect  dues  for  the  union  ing  sailed  from  New  York  in  De­ cember,  1939.  The  master  of  the  at  Honolulu.  Bridges'  Union  Gets  Adverse  NLRB  Decision  vessel  refused  them  thi.s  right  re­ peatedly.  Theieupon  the  men,  act  In  a  two  to  one  decision,  the  ing  according  to  law,  declared  the  National  Labor  Relations ,  Board  articles  broken  and  demanued  to  headed  by  its  new  chairman.  Dr.  be  paid  off.  Harry  A.  Millis,  voted  this  week  Act  According  to  Law  to  reconsider  certification  former­ Since  the  skipper  had  bioken  ly  granted  to  the  International  the  articles,  they  wired  the Amer­ ican  consul  in  Madras  to  come  Longshoiemen  "  and  Warehouse­ dowii  and  pay  tiiem  off.  Natural­ men's  Union  (CIO).  The  ILWU,  ly,  being  without  any  funds,  they  headed  by  the  notorious  Harry  could  not  go  asliore .at  Kolachel  Bridges,  bad  previously  been  cer­ SEATTLE,  Wash.—A  five­cents  until  they  were  paid  and  until  tified  as  the  sole  collective  bar­ an  hour  raise  and  a  week's  va­ transportation  back  to  the  United  gaining agency  to  represent  Long­ cation  with  pay  were  quickly  States—as  providedfor  by  law­ shoremen  on  the  West  Coast.  granted  by  the  Lumber  bosses  had  been  arranged  for.  Several  weeks  ago,  A.  F.  of  L.  after  Northwest  mills  were  tied  The  cousitl  advised  them  to  longshoremen's  loeal.s  in  the  Pu­ up  far  and  wide  in  the  strike  .  take  the  ship  to  Aden,  Arabia.  get  Sound  area  conducted  a  suc­ jointly  conducted  by  the  Lumber  .They  obeyed  instructions.  A  vice­ cessful  .strike  which  elicited  a  re  and  Sawmill  Workers  Union  consul  there advi.sed  them  to  take  view  from  the  NLRB,  resulting  (AFL)  and  the  International  the  ship  to  Port  Said.  Again  they  this  week  in  actual  victory  for  Woodworkers  Association  (CIO)  obeyed  instruction.s.  There  they  these  unions.  The  decision  is  far­ after  a  strategy  conference  in  were  finally  paid  off  and  natural­ leaching  in  its  effects  and  is  ex­ Centralia­.  The  united  efforts  of  ly  refused  to  preiiaie  the  ship  for  pected  to  un.seat  Bridges,  whose  the  workers  were  greeted  also  the  return  to  the  U.  p.,  ­a  new­ "throne"  is  already  tottering  in  by  an, agreement  to  institute  a  crew  having  to  be  mustered  on.  his  own  CIO  union,  from  his  po­ "sliding  wage  scale."  which  sition  as  kingi)in  of  West  Coast  would  make  wages  adjustable  to  Charged  With  "Mutiny"  longshoremen.  rising  costs  of  living.  When  they  returned  to  the  United  States,  tliey  were  liauled  before  the  courts'by the  company  on  charges  of  "mutiny"!  Al­ (Continned  on  Paf/e  2)  Steamschooner  Beef  Settled  By  S.U.P.  •  After  the  operators  agreed  to  certain  important  clarifications  in  the  agreement  demanded  by  the  Sailors  Union  of  the  Pacific,  the  membership  of  the  SUP  voted  to  return  to  work  on  the  steamachooners  with  the  boost  in  ptiy  of  $7.50  per  month  or  $5  and five  cents  an  hour  overtime  .­ a  concession  previously  graiit­ ed  to  the  unions.  The  return  of  the  sailors  con­ cluded  a  strike  begun  by  the  Cooks  and  Firemen  early  in  Oc­ tober.  Machinations  by  the  Sta­ Unites  who  control  the  CIO  Ma­ ritime  Committee  are  responsible  ,  for  an  unnecessary  loss  of  time  by, all  marine  workers• Involved,    since  the  operators  were  from  the first  willing  to  grant  the  wage  raise finally  abtained,  and  since  fruitful  cooperation  among  the  unions  themselves  was  pre­ vented  when  the  CIO  committee  influenced  the  Cooks  and  Firo­ . men  not  to  accept  an  invitation  to  a  joint  conference  called  by  <  the  sailors.  After  addressing  the  American  Merchant  Marine  'conference  and  the  convention  of  the  Propeller  Clubs  in  New  Orleans,  the  well­ Iniown  leader  of  the  shipping  in­ terests,  Mr.  Frank  J.  Taylor,  voiced  some  Ye]^y  frank  opinions  upon  his  return  to  New  York  last  week.  Some  of  the  facts  which  Mr.  Taylor  cites,  with  a  view  to  enhancing  the  prospects  of  profit  (or  the  shipowners,  are  equally  of.  interest  to  the  working ­  sea­ men—from  another  angle,  that  of  impending  dangers.  80%  of  Ships  in  Naval  Reserve?  "Although  the  United  States  is  making  rapid  strides in  reha­ bilitating  Its  merchant  marine  for  the  foreign  trade,  it  has  neglected  its  important  coast­ wise  and  inter­coastal  lines  which  constitute  two­thirds  of  the  total  American­flag  ton­ nage,"  Mr.  Taylor  Is  quoted  in  an  Interview.  "It  is  estimated  that  in  time  of  emergency  600  vessels,  or  four­fifths  of  the  present  total,  would  be  taken  over  for  military  purposes.  When  you  consider  that  domes­ tic  vessels  play  an  active  part  in  time  of  emergency  as  dem­ onstratotl  ]).y  tlie  world  war  and  their  added  importance  becau.se  of  their  immediate . availability  and  freedom  of  internment,  it  is  imperative  that  immediate  .steps 1)0  taken  to  provid(>  an  jn­ centive  for  onr  domestic  lines  to  biiild  ships."  Wliat  Mr.  Taylor  then  proposes  is  tax  exemption  for  sliipowner  prolits  as  a  sort  of  snl)sidy  for  the  building  of  new  sliips.  As  usual,  tiie  emi)loyers  are  quick  on  the  uptake.  Tliey  see  a  marvelous  prospect  of  increasing  ]iroflts  ly­ ing  aliead  and  they  bend  every  effort  to  take  advantage  of  it.  No. 22  ADMIRAL  ARACKS U.S. LAWS  PROTECTING  LABOR'S  RIGHTS  Iiv a  report  viciously  inter­ sper.sed  with  anti­Labor  bias,  Admiral  Ray  Spear,  Chief  of  tlie  U.  S.  Navy's  Bureau  of  Supplies  and  Accounts,  at­ tacked  the  Walsh­Healy  and  Fair  Labor  Standards  Acts  as  detrimental  to "defense"  pro­ duct ion.  His  report  received  widespread  publicity  in  the  big  business  press  and  served  as  spearhead  for  a  campaign  demanding  the  repeal  of  the  Walsb­Healy  Act,  voiced  edi­ toriall.v  in  the  "New  York  Times" of  December 10. 1040.  Lumber Strike Won by United S.I.U. Cannery  Workers Score  AFL-CIO Fight Big  Victory  Shipowners Foresee 80 Of Ships in Naval Reserve «46  . The  Seafarers'  Internation­ al  Union  scored  another  de­ cisive  victory  tvben  its  affili­ ate.  the  Fish  Cannery  Work­ er,s  TTnion  of  the  Pacific,  was  certified  by  the  NLRB  at  North  San  Diego,  California,  as  the  exclusive  representa­ tive  for  the  purpo.sc  of  collec­ tive  bargaining  of  all  main­ tenance  and  p r  d n  e t i  o n  workers  for  the  Old  Mission  Packing  Corporation.  The  CIO  United  Fi.sh  Cannery  Workers  Union,  Local  64,  con­ tended  in  the  election  and  ran  a  poor  second.  This  victory  is  only  one  in  a  series  that  has  marked  the  tri­ nmpliant  inaicli  of  the  Seafarers  in  this fipld.  What  little  there  still  remains  of  the  CIO  union  is  threatened  with  complete  elimina­ tion  in  the  not  vcr.y  far  futi'.e.  Denion.strating  throng,h  actual  acconii)li.shincn(s  that  it  can  win  better  copdiiions  and  pay  for  the  workers  in  the fish  canning  in­ dustry  accounts  for  ­the  over­ welming  success  the  Seafarers  have  experienced  and  will  con­ tinue  to  enjoy.  The  Walsh­Healy  Act  requires  that  government  contracts  shall  be  given  only  to  concerns  observ­ ing  the  protective  labor  laws  on  the  Federal  statute  books.  Ac­ coiding  to  this  act, firms  violat­ ing  such  laws  as  the  Minimum  Wage  provision  and  that  guaran­ teeing  the" right  of  labor  to  col­ lective  bargaining  are  automatic­ ally  haired  from  the  grant  of  government  contracts.  Dept.  of  Labor  Refutes  Spear ^  L.  Metcalf  Walling,  administra­ tor  of  the  Walsh­Healy  Act  for  the  United  States  Department  of  Labor,  publicly  denied  Admiral's  Spear's  allegations  in  a  statement  before  the  Seventh  National  Con­ ference  on  Labor  Legislation  which  gives  factual  data  to  dis­ prove  the  Admiral's  charges  point  by  point.  AFL  Makes  Strong  Protest  The  American  Federation  of  Labor  has  also  protested  Admi­ ral  Spear's  report,  saying  that  "such  misleading  and  irrational  Btateinonts as  the occasional  Ad"  iniral  is  likely  to  make  are  seized  upon  for  propaganda  pur­ poses  by  greedy  industrialists  and  their  seroaming  stooges  in  Congre.ss  to  help  their  .short­ sigiited  campaign  for  bigger  and  ever  bigger  profits out  of  the de­ fen.se  program  at  the  e.xpense  of  the  workers."  Beef to See Beef A  strange  beef  arose  on  the  Honduran  freighter  Mana  the  other  day.  Scheduled  to  sail  from  Boston  last  Monday,  the  vessel  was  delayed  hy  strik­ ing  Negro  crew  memhers  wlio  demanded  wage  increases and  —perinissimi  to  sec tlie  Joe  Louis­.\l  .McCoy  heavyweight  championship fight.  The  crew  settled  their  lieef  satisfacto­ rily,  and  .loe  did  likewise  witli  his  heef.  Looks  like  tlie  lenl  .Mct'oy  in  tlie  way  of  stitaiglitening  out  beefs  all  around.  Notice to All Branches The  following  men  are  not  to  be  issued  books  or  permits  in  the  Seafarers'  International  Union  of  North  America:  For  the  seamen  who  man  the  Joseph  Kulak  ships,  the  prospect  painted  by  ManncI  Ortega  Mr.  Taylor  is  not  so  good.  The  Ca.sino  Mendez  Santos  LattalbuU  apparently  chance  transfer  of  Qibstavo  Ilerrora  Jesus  Mulno  mtt'chant  vessels  to  the  Naval  Francisco  Arman  Zaffira  Yalsami.s  Reserve  that  has  been  going  on  Juan  Aponte  for  some  time  has  already  Jo.se  Garcia  Gatano  Salbo  thrown  a  good  number  of  sea­ William  Walker  men  out  of  work—with  their  only  Henry  Ray  James  Saunders  alternative  being  to  work  under  Joe .J. Soto,  Jr.  Antonio  Mendiola  scab  conditions  and  for  the  scab  Miguel  Otero  John  Gntienz  wages  provided  for  in  the  Nt^yal  Abraham  Aponte  Reserve  or  by  the  Maritime  Com­ Manuel  Lopez  mission  Fink  Training  Program.  John  W.  Connor  Erasmo  Munz  We  are  told  that  no  less  than  Post  these  names  in  each  branch  office  and  keep  a  close  four­fifth  of  the  present  coast­ check.  These  men  worked  against  the  interests  of  the  SIU  wise  tonnage,  or  600  ships,  on the  S.S.  Delfina  of  the  Baltimore­Insular  Line.  (Continued  on  Page  4)  What  Happens  to  Seamen?  �Friday, Deceinber  20, 1940  THE  SEAFARERS'  LOG  Published  by  the  ATLANTIC  &  «  GULF  DISTRICT  oj the  Seafarers' International Union of North America Unions  Take  Compares  SlU and NMlTon  Bonus  "EWA" Case  to  Supreme  Court  tion.  The  protest  veas  against  the  Bliipment  of  gasoline  and  phos­ phate  to  Jaiian,  and  advocated  a  December  14,  1940  complete  embargo  of  Japan  be­ Editor,  Seafarers'  Log  cause  of  its  invasion  of  China.  Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  The  crew  memliers  are  now  re­ Shipping  last  week  was  pretty  ceiving  a  war  bonus  amounting  good,  with  a  total  of  71  men  dis­ to  about  $19  (ten  dollars)  per  patched  to  various  jobs.  Shipped  man  per  voyage  for  trips  to  the.  eight  Permit  CaVd  men.  Far  East.  On  January  9th,  both  company  and  union  officials  will  Not  very  many  major  beefs  open  ncgoMations  witli  regards  to  around  here  lately.  Nearly  all  the  .raising, this  bomi.s."  ships  coming  in  here  for  the  Far  iH H! » East  have  beefs  on  them  about  Why  don't  the  NMU  officials  the  ridei's.  They  sign  on  in  othei  ports  and  when  they  get  liere,  and  the  shipowner  get  together  they  want  the  riders  clianged,  so  before  January  9  to  open  negoti­ they  can  get  a  transportation  ations  for  a  bigger  bonus?  Why  do  the  NMU  men  sail  the  ships  clause  put  in  them.  w_  New Orleans  Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor (Continued from Page 1) tiiough  the  charge,  to  anyone  knowing  the  facts  of  the  case  ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS sounds  ridiculous,  a  jury—after  PUBLICATION TO: having  been  instructed  by  the  "THE SEAFARERS'LOG"  bench  accordingly  —  blought  in  the  astonisliing  verdict  of  guilty  P. Q.  Box  522,  St,  Nqw  York,  N. Y.  Since  tiie  jury  was  originally  a  Phone: BOwling Green  9­3437  hung  jury  with  six  for  conviction  and five  for  acquittal,  the  verdict  was  a  compromise  and  recom­ to  the  Far  East  for  a  measly  $10  mended  leniency, and  the  nien  got  :!t :J: a  sentence  of  from 1  to  3  months  The  men  on  the  Standard  Fruit  bonus?  These  are  the  questions  asked  by  the  men  on  the  SlU  In  tlir  Aiucricaii  Frdrnilion  of  Labor's  '• Wcckhi Ncirs  Srrvicc"  for  sixteen  of  their  number  and  a  and  Steamship  Co.  ships  have  ships,  and  also  by  some  of  the  suspended  sentence  for five  gone  out  on  strike.  All  six  of  of  Drrcinbcr  10,  1940,  Editor  Philip  Pearl  makes  some  espcciallp  NMU  men.  otliers.  these  ships  fly  the  Honduran  pointed  remarks  about  the  Admirals  of  the  13  S.  Navp.  Saps  Pearl  w  •   *  flag.  The  radio  operators  are  the  in  his  Facing  tlie  Facts  column:  The  NMU  in  tlie.  Pilot  lia.s  al­ Important Test  Case  only  union  men  on  these  ships;  "It  seems  tliat  some  Navy  Admirals  are  out  of  step  as  usual.  Tlie  unions  involved  in  the  they  belong  to  the  American  way.H  lioasted  about  ^heir  good  The  latest  to  fall  by  the  wayside  is  Rear  Admiral  Ray  Spear,  who  conditions  and  wages,  and  yet  to­ in  his  animal  report  as  Clilef  of  the  Navy's  Rnreaii  of  Supplies  case,  the  SUP  and  the  MFOW,  Communication  Union,  an  affili­ day  tliey  sail„Mieii­  ships  to  the  immediately  realized  that  here  ate  of  the  CIO,  The,  men  are  de­ and  .Accounts,  complains  that  the  AValsli­Hi'aly  ainj  Fair  liBhor  Far  East for  a  $10  bonus.  And  the  .Standards  Acts  are  retarding  expansion  of  iiidiistrial  facilities  to  wa.s  more  Mian  just  an  ordinary  manding '  a  flat  $10  per  month  SlU  sail  their  siiips  to  the  Far  case.  It  was  an  attempt  to  set  a  increase  in  pay,  70  cents  per  meet  ilefense  iiei­ds.  precedent  by  which  to  prosecute  hour  overtime,  a  nine­hour  day­ East  for  notliing  less  than  $1.00  "But  it's  not  a  hit  suri>rising  to  hear a  Navy ^Admiral  talk  like  militant  seamen  for  "mutiny"  at  sea  and  an  eight­hour  day  in  a  day  from  Honolulu  hack  to  a meniher  of  the  Union  League  Cliih.  In  fact,  the  high­ianking  of­ wlion  they  knew  their  legal  rights  port.  A.B.'s  get  $62,50  on  these  Honolulu.  A  bonus  over  eight  ficials  of  our  Navy  form  a  more  exclusive  set  tliaii  any  group  of  ami  acted  on  them.  The  two  ships.  times  as  much  a.s  the  NMU  is  put­hcllicd  plutocrats  in  the  nation.  To  .sonH>  of  these  .Adinirnls  unions  therefore  undertook  otflci­ :|i  m  gelling.  democracy  is­as  foreign  as  it  is  to  .Adolph  Hitler.  They  are  used  ally  to  conduct  the  defense  of  the  Tiie  NMU  is  on  record  to  help  Yes,  Mr.  Curran,  all  these  good  to dictatorial  methods.  .As  coniinander  of  a  battleship,  a  squadron  men  and  to  appeal  their  case  to  these  men  in  tlieir flglit  with  the  union  men  wonder  why  on  these  or  a  tle«>t,  an  Admiral  stalks  the  deck  witli  complete  authority.  tlie  liigher  courts.  Standard  Fruit.  Tliey  are  using  "phoney,"  "unorganized"  SlU  He  hears  no  labor  jiroblems,  sees  no  labor  problems,  he  knows  no  the  NMU  hall  to  hold  fheir  meet­ ships  the  men  gCT  a  bonus  over  labor  prolilems.  With  such  a  background,  it  is  no  wonder  that  ings  in  while  on  strike.  As  proof  $75  and  on  your "well­organized'  End  of  Second  Round  the  Admirals  liiul  it  ditlirult  jto  under.stand  the  coinplcxities  of  of  what  help  the  NMU  can  give  ships  the  men  get­ a  measly  $10  industrial  ]>roduction  where  civilian  workers,  not  men  In  uniform,  Tlie  decision  of  tlie  Uirriiit  tliese  men,  I  quote  an  article  Miat  bonus.  Could  it  be  that  the  SlU  Court  of  Appeals  constitutes  the  are  employed."  second  round  in  this  defense.  The  appeared  in  one  of  Mie  local  news­ officiais  are  for  the  men  and  not  for  the  shipowners?  Why  is  it  udge  who  acted  on  the  appeal  papers  liere  tliis  week:  Seamen  Have  Same  Experience  :li :|5 that  you  and  your  bunch  cannot  Anyone  who  lias  had  to  deal  with  Admirals  on  matters affecting  made  some  astounding  blunders  "Tlie  protest  regi.stered  with  get  gains  for  seamen  like  our  of­ in  ills  decision.  On  tlie  one  hand  labor  will  naturally  share  these  views.  Their  whole  course  on  the  the officials  of  the  Lykes  Brotliers  ficials  have  gotten  for  us?  Maiitime  Commi.ssion  has  been  characteristically  anti­labor.  Their  he  charges  the  crew  with  acting  S.  S.  Co.,  Inc.,  yesterday  by  tlie  By  I  he  past  rvcord  of  Mm  NMU  latest  attempts  to  railroad  the  seamen  of  the  Merchant  Marine—  with  "alacrity"  in  declaring  the  NMU  crew  of  the  S.S.  Reuben  we  do  hot  think  they  can  give  the  • unemployment, among  whom  is  rising  due  to  the  transfer  of  ves­ articles  abrogated,  when  the  skip­ Tipton  will  not  Interfere  with  the  seanir­n  on  the  Standard  Fruit  sels  to  the  Navy  and  Army  transport  service—into  the  Naval  Re­'  per  refused  them  a  draw­­to sup  scheduled  sailing  of  the  vessel  for  ships  mucli  lielp.  I  believe  the  port  his  upholding  the  judgment  serve  are  similarly  in  character.  declaring  them  mutinous.  On  the  Japan  today.  Both  companp  and  majority  of  the  seamen  Miink  the  other  hand,  he  charges  tliat  they  union  offciuls  aprcc  on  this.  The  same.  First  Line  of  Defense  for  Labor  Fralernally  yours,  did  not.  get  off  the  vessel  with  crew  has a  contract  witli  the com­ But  neither  the  .seamen  nor  any  other  section  of  Labor  is  going  suflicient  speed—a  sort  of  lack  of  pany  which  jiroliibits  strike  ac­ ,  0.  J.  "Buck"  Stephens.  to  be  intimidated  by  the  drive  to  reduce  their  rights  and  their  that  "alciity"—to  support  the  living  conditions  undertaken  by  the  Admirals—to  the  enthusiastic  same  judgment.  plaudits  of  tlieir  pot­bellied  associates  among  the  plutocracy—all  He  doesn't  deny  that  the  men  in  the  name  of  "defense."  were  within  their  rights  to  de  For  labor,  "defense  of  democracy"  means  first  of  all'  having  S.S.  MANUELA  .$.'5.25  dare  tlie  articles  abrogated  when  and  maintaining  the  democratic  right  to  organize  and  bargain  S.S.  HASTINGS  the  skipped  refused  them  a  draw.  collectively,  to  ensure  a  living  w^age.  If  tliat  "defense  of  democ­ He  questions  tlieir  rights  to  stay  Deck  Depaitiiieiit—S.  A.^Jennings,  $1.00;  E.  C.  racy"  has  to  be  undertaken  in  the first  line  against  the  opposition  on  board  ship  thereafter — al­ Lodiglani,  $1.00;  Sparks,  25c;  T.  Crocker,  of  the  plutocracy  and  the  Admirals,  so  be  it.  though  they  did so  only  until  they  $1.00;  J.  H.  Copenliaver,  $1.00;  E.  J.  Dorgair,  were  paid  off  in  Port  Said  and  50c;  P.  D.  Walter,  50c;  J.  B.  Brodeur,  50c;  i  "Time to  Democratize  Navy"  guaianteed  tlieir  transportation  J.  Keen,  25c;  Emit  Harm,  25c;  G.  Robinson,  As  Mr.  Pearl  .sums  up  in  his column,  "the  time  has come  to  demo­ back  to  the  U.  S.  as  provided  by  25c;  N.  Webb,  25c.  cratize  the  Navy,"  "Will  it  be  necessary  for  the  rights  of  Collec­ law.  He  completely  disregards  Engine  Department—J.  Skoper,  $1;  J.  D.  Ed­ tive  Bargaining  and  Fair  Labor  Standards  to  be  introduced  in  the  tliat  the  law  specifies  tfiat  they  wards,  50c;  F.  V.  Pesek,  $1;  H.  Halcombe,  $1;  ranks  of  the  Navy  in  order  for  the  Admirals  to  recognize  such  are  entitled  to  passage  back.  W.  Merickle,  $1,  R.  E.  Giadrosich,  50c;  A.  Ing­ rights  as  inviolable  among  civilian  workers?  ram,  50c;  J.  B.  Ross,  50c;  H.  Hall,  5()c;  J.  R.  Yes,  the  time  lias  come  to  democratize  the  Navy!  On  With  the  Fight!  Hall,  50c;  W.  J.  Herring,  25c:  C.  Steers,  25c;  J.  Fulton,  25c;  J. Jansinus,  25c.  In  view  of  the  seriousness  Steward  Departinent—C.  Collins,  50c:  F.  Brad­ of  the case, which if  it stands,  ley,  50c;  L.  Hall,  45c;  1.  Evens,  25c;  Willie  MORE  ABOUT  sets  a  dangerous  precedent  Kyles,  45e;  Frank  Denis,  45c.  HARRY  LUNDEBERG.  Acting  International  President  110  Market  Street,  Room  402,  San  Francisco,  Calif.  ij!  Pointed Remarks on the Admirals 13 IfS' »!:  Seafarers Log ff O H O T Roll Starving Shipotbners and NMU Big-Hearts Remember  how  Howard  McKenzie,  Moosejaw  Curr^n  and  the  rest  of  the  NMU  officialdom  shed  bitter  tears  last  spring  and  wrung  their  hands  about  the  poor,  starving  shipowners  who  couldn't  af­ ford  even  a  $2,50  increase  in  monthly  pay?  "Well,  here's  another  item  we  checked  to show  how  phoney  this  plea  of  the  big­hearted  fiiends  of  the  down­trodden  shipowners  actually  was  and  is:  From  the  Journal  of  Commerce,  December  13,  1940—  "Eafninss of  the Southern  Facilic  app<>ar  to  lie  pointing  defi­ nitely  oipvvard,  and  although  for  the first  ten  montlis  income  ot  the  system  and  non­afflliated  solely  controlled  snbsidiaries  was  about  on  a  par  with  a  year  ago,  the final  consolidated  report,  •   which  includes  siilisidiary  losses,  is  expected  to  show  better  than  $1 a sliare,  compared  with fit  cents  in 1939.  .  The  Southern  Pacific  is,  of  course,  the  Morgan  Line  of  vermin­ infested  foc'sl  fame—under  contract  with  the  NMU.  As  can­  be  seen  from  the  report,  the  company's  .stockholders  aren't  e.xactly  applying  for  home  relief.  It  would  be  well  for  tlie  membership  of  the  NMU  to  hold  their  officials  to  the  business  of  acting  in  their  behalf,  instead  of  break­ ing  their  backs  with  sympathy  for  the  alleged  plight  of  the  operators.  whose  effects  have  a  direct  bearing  on  the  rights  of  all  seamen,  the  two  unions  are  makihg  preparations  to  ap­ peal  the  case  to  the  Supreme  Court—^the  third  round  of  the fight.  All snpport  and en­ couragement  is  due  the  unions  and  the  men  involved  in  this fight.  Their  cause  is  the  cause  of  all  seamen.  Permits Rev&ked  The  permit of  the follow­ ing  seaman  has  been  re­ voked  and  his  card  should  be  taken  in  when  he  ap­ pears  at  any  branch  of  the  SlUt  J.  N,  'Shea,  No.  Z­96519  He  Is  not  to  be  shipped  under  any  circumstances.  17.60  S.S.  SEATRAIN  NEW  JERSEY  R.  Burns, $1;  A.  E. Smithson,  $1;  G.  O.  Pollard,  $1;  M.  Renach,  25c;  Jose  Martinez,  25c;  Mag­ licio,  50c;  Misc.  $1.60.  5.61  S.S.  PANAMA  CITY  Bowen,  $1;  Musi,  $1;  Bradley,  50c;  Smith,  $1;  IJewey,  50n;  Wandell,  50c;  Douglas,  50c;  Jor­ dan,  50c;  Robinson,  50;  Phillips,  50c:  Jones,  50c;  Coker,  50c;  Hughes,  $1;,  Elliot,  50c;  Pear­  son,  50c;  Molony,  50c.  lis 33^  Total  .  • • 4 I­ *[•  I  .•   10.00  10.00  3.95  3.75  4.00  1.25  l.QO  ].00  1.00'  I.OO  i,00  i.oo  S.S.  CASSIMIR  (Crew)  S.S.  CATAHULA  , S.S. HILTON  (Deck  Dept.)  S.S.  HILTON  (Engine  Dept.)  S.S.  HILTON  (Stewards  Dept.)  Harry's  Albert  Blasi  11.  A.  MoAvoy  Clarence  Chambliss  ....'  H.  Houghton  ;  Thomas  Milsted  ,  • i  i­ f­1  $65^40  ^  , r  �Friday, December  20, 1940  THE  SEAFARERS'  LOG  W,hat' 8  Doing —  Around The Potts as  a  union  man  he  couldn't  work  JACKSONVILLE  for  less  than  union  wages,  so  the  '  December  9,  1940.  Ford  wagon  still  needed  an  A.B.  December  12,  1940.  Editor,  Seafarers'  Log  /  And  that's  that  for  Ford,  the  Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  "benefactor"  of  the  working  stiff.  As the elections  for officials and  A  little  late  this  week,  but  bet  Yours tfli  all ships  pay  the Ford  voting  op  the  Strike  assessment  ter  late  than  never.  A  swarm  of  scale,  plus  ovei fime.  for  1941  Just  started  a  few  days  ships  showed  up  here  to  end  the  A.  W.  Armstrong.  ago,  quite  a  few  of  the  members  week  and  got  me  into  high,  to  off  ships  coming  in  here  have  where  no  slowdown  was  possible.  «  «  «  shown  their  interest  in  the  af  MOBILE  fairs  of  the  Union,  and  are  com  To  top  off  the  week  the  Azealea  City  called  for  a  cook,  an  oiler  December  10,  1940.  ing  up  to  the  hall  to  vote.  At  this  time  of  writing  51  members  and  a fireman  at  7:00  P.M.  Sat  Editor,  Seafarers'  Log  have  shown  their  desire  to  know  urday  night.  So  by  the  time  1  Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  got  tliem  rounded  up  and  aboard  This  port  has  seen  so  much  ac­ what  the  Union  is  doing  at  the  ship,  it  was  well  onto  the  tivity  the  las't  few  days  that  it  present.  Anyone  coining  into  this  port  new  week.  has  been  impossible  to  take  time  Fourteen  men  to  the  point  of  out  to  give  you  any  hews.  Last  and  is  a  full  hook  member  and  in  production  for  the  week, forced  to  weekend  we  had  an  order  to  ship  good  standing  will  be  tiansiiort  let  the  S.S.  Carolyne  sail  an  A.B.  a  full  crew  for  the  S.S.  Alcoa  ed  up  to  the  hall  free.  We  have  the  Elizabeth  coming  and  Carpenter  shoit.  Shipper  which  was  formerly  the  TEXAS  CITY  W  »  H!  S.S.  Davenport.  We  got  the  crew  without  a  great  deal  of  trouble,  but  at  the  same  time  we  had  four  other  ships  In  port  which  wanted  men  also;  the  Belling­ ham,  Bayou  Chico,  Delmundo  and  the  Alcoa  Scout,  which  used  to  be  the  Point  Salinas.  Altogether  there  were  around  eighty  men  dispatched  to  regular  jobs  over  the  weekend.  The  Alcoa  Scout  came  in  Fri­ day  morning,  sailed  Saturday.  Watches  were  jnaintained  in  the  black  gang  so  the  old  overtime  SQuabbie  came  up  on  this.  The  S.S.  Raritan  was  in  here  on  Mon  day  and  the  gang  called  the  liall,  so  I  went  over  tliere  and  was  surprised  to  see  the  conditions  aboard  these  ships.  Just  goes  to  show  what, can  he  done  with  these  The  Aicoa  S.S.  Co.  has  finally  small  ships  if  the old  bean  is  used  started  their  run  to  the  Islanclc  for  something  besides  a  hat  rack.  in earnest.  The Alcoa .Shipijer is af  *  *  present  making  that  run  to  haul  Received  the  ballots  and  gear  bau.xite.  There are  still  three  ves­ for  voting  from  headquarters  and  sels  belonging  to  this  company  started  the  same  with  the  Sea­ laying  in  the  shipyard  being  re  train  New  Orleans  leading  the  conditioned.  These  ships  are  be  way.  ing  put  in first  class  condition  a.s  i|; >it !it befits  an  SIU  crew.  All  hands  that  are  entitled  to  It  has  come  to  our  attention  should  make  it  tlieir  business  to  that  some  of  the  ships  have  been  get  to  the  hall  in  the  port  they  receiving  pamphlets  through  the  are  in  and  arrange  with  the agent  majls  from  a  Camp  St.  address  to  muster  a  committee  to  vote  the  in  New  Orleans.  These  pamphlets  ships'  crews.  Don't  think  that  are  not  signed  by  any  one  indi­ voting  is  a  privilege.  It  is  the  vidual  but  by  a  committee.  Fel­ duty  of  every  member  to  cast  his  lows,  when  this  kind  of  literature  vote.  comes  on  board,  take  the  matter  in  tomorrow  the  Dorothy^  Sat.  West  Kyska  and  Barge  Hardin  on  Monday.  We  had  a  little  turn  over  last  week,  with  eight  mem  bers  being  dispatched  to  various  Bull  Line  ships.  A  few  of  the  brothers  hre  tak  ing  it  upon  themselves  to  quit  in  out­portfi  where  there  are  no  branches.  Remember  brothers  there  are other  members  who  al.so  want  to  work.  Tiiis  is  woiking  hardships  on  some  of  the  bro  thers,  and  anyone  knows  that  Jacksonville  is  tough  shipping.  1  am  sure  that  the  membership  will  take  it  upon  themselves  to  see  that  this  sort  of  thing  ceases.  SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL tJNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic & Gulf District Jit  HEADQUARTERS Room  918,  Washington  Loan  &  Trust  Co.  Building,  9th  and  F  Street,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  P.  O.  Box  C180  Phone:  District  5963  .ril DIRECTORY OF BRANCHES BRANCH  ADDRESS  PHONE  NEW  YORK  2  Stone St.  BOwling  Green  9­3437  BOSTON  330  Atlantic  Ave.  ...LIBerty  4057  PROVIDENCE  .. 465  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showed  120  members  shipped  and  Wednesday  night  we  got  a  call  94  registered  in  the  three  depart­ for  12  riggers  to  go  out  to  Camp  menfs.  The  beach  list  shows  a  to­ Blanding  at  $1.25  an  hour,  and  tal  of  182  brothers  at  present.  the  best  we  could  do  was  to  send  Crew  Replaced  them  six  brothers.  These  mem­ Tlie  SlU'a  three  to  one  victory  bers  are  guaranteed  at  least  four  or  five  days  work,  at  $15  a  day.  over  the  NMU  on  tlie  four  ships  of  the  Baltimoie  Insular  Line  and  Not  bad,  eh?  mine­workers  with  them  and  as  it  is  the'  per  capita  from  the  mine  workers  that  keeps  the  whole  CIO  going,  Murray  was  forced  to  cnnipromise  and  give  "No  Coffee  Time"  a  vice­presi­ dent's  berth.  The  commie  maneu­ ver  in  putting  Ciirran  up  for  tlie  berth  is  clear.  Joe  still  ranks  as  the  perfect  stooge  and  besides  be­ ing  in  a  position  to  be  shoved  into  the  President's  chair  when  • Miiri'ay is  ousted,  he  can  also  get  enough  international  sniiport  to  take  over  the  longsiioiemen  and  merge  them  with  the  NMU  when  and  if  Comrade  'ARRY  gets  de­ ported.  The financial  standing  of  the  NMU  is  very  bad,  but.  a  mer­ ger  with  the  longshoremen  and  the  ACA  radionien^vill  save  tliein  from flopping.  the  subsequent,  signing  of  an  agreement  with  the  cotiipany  made  it  necessary  to  i­eplace  an  entire  NMU  crew  on  one  of  the  ships.  :|l  *  II!  up  with  your  Patrolmen  or  Robin  Line's  ROBIN  DON  Shipped  two  men  to  the  S.S.  agents  for  clarification.  They  are  CASTER  was  launched  hero  Sat  NMU  Stuff  Onendago,  one  of  Ford's  scows,  usually  up  on  matters  of  this  urday. .ioining  Iier  sister  ship,  the  NMU's  wage  cutting  activities  last  week.  Here  is  the  score:  one  kind  and  they  can  readily  tell  ROBIN  LOCKSLEY,  in  tlie fitting  and  their  recent  agreements  with  man  went  oboard  in  the  evening  you  what  the  score  is'on  this  up  yard.  The  LOCKSLEY  should  a  couple  of  the  coastwise  lines  and  quit  in  the  morning,  worked  kind  of  propaganda.  Take  it  up  go  into  service  at  the  end  of  Jan­ which  surrender , the  hiring  hall  four  hours overtime,  paid  off  with  with  them  before  you  take  any  uai­y  with  the  DONCASTER  fol­ privileges  and  give  tlie  companies  one  day's  pay,  which  totaled  the  action  on  it  in  your  meetings.  lowing  her  about  a  month  after  the  right  to  pick  their  crews from  large  sum  of  $3.40.  When  he  We  are  in  real  need  of  seamen  that.  The  company  will  have  a  beach  lists  submitted  by  the  a.sked  for  his  overtime  he  was  of  all  departments  because  the  ship sailing  out  of  this  port  every  union  has  won  favor  in  the  eyes  Fred  Lauritano.  told  that  Ford  didn't  pay  any,  ships  are  sailing  every  day  from  other  week  foi­  South  African  of  a  few  of  the  shipowners  who,  that's  why  he  paid  the  big  wages.  this  port  short­handed.  We  still  as  one  of  them  expressed  it,  ports.  SAVANNAH  On  one  of  our  ships  for  the  same  have  three  ships  in  the  shipyard  "would  rather  do  business  with  Shipping  Schedules  time  he  was  aboard  the  scow  he  being  reconditioned  and  we  will  The  Alcoa  outfit  (Aluminum  a  conservative  coninuinist  tlian  a  December  17,  1940  would  have  collected  four  hours  need  full  crews  for  them.  Alt  you  Line)  will  also  have  a  sailing  ev­ militant  American,"  but  the  NMU  at  80c,  or  $3,.iO  plus  a  day's  pay  men  who  are  anxious  to  ship  Editor,  Seafarers'  Log  ery  two  weeks  for  the  West  In­ rank  and file  are  getting  out  of  at  $2.75—all'  told:  $5.95.  Nuff  quickly,  come  on  down  to  Mobile  Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  dies  run.  Waterman  is  hitting  hand,  as  witness  the  recent  job  Activities  in  the  port  of  Savan­ and  I'll  guarantee  you  that  you  said!  this  port  with  a  ship  a  week  on  action  on  one  of  the  United  Evuit  Jft K' won't  be  here  long,  That's  all  nah  have  heen  very  good  ni  the  the  Far  East  sei'vjce.  Bull  Line's  ships,  despite  the  pleadings  a:hd  last  week.  The  other  man  went  aboard  and  for  this  week.  threats  from  the  NMU  patrolmen.  It  seems  as  if  every  ship  that  RUTH  took  over  the  Gulf  run  Considerable  comment  has  been  Fraternally  yours,  the  mate  told  him  his  watch.  Also  comes  in  here  has  fitree  or  four  from  the  EDITH,  with  the  latter  aroused  by  the  NLRB  vote  on  the  Robert  A.  Matthews,  told  him  that  at  sea  the  crew  men  quitting  who  want  to  go  vessel  going  on  the  Puerto  Rio  Calmar  Line,  which  came  out  323  Engine  Patrolman.  works  Saturday  afternoons,  no  home  for  Christmas.  Naturally  tramp  service.  The  Line's  MON­ to  9  in  our  favor.  The  question  overtime.  About  that  time  the  this  has,  taken  everybody  that  we  ROE  is  laid  up  temporarily  witli  is:  "Who  were  the  nine  stooges?"  A.B.  started  telling  the  mate  that  New  Runs for  Eastern  had  ashore  here,  so  that  when  engine  complications.  But  we're  inclined  to  think  that  Draft  Monkey  Business  Line  Ships Announced  anyone  calls  for  replacements  we  the  nine  wrong­way  votes  were  irOTIOE  TO  ALL  The  Board  of  Directors  of  sev­ cast  by  members  who  were  just  are  having  a  heck  of  a  time  get­ eral  of  the  steamship  companies  a  little  bit  "high"  aiid  had  trou­ SZU  MEN  The  Eastern  Steamship  liner  ting  anyone  for  the  ship.  S.S.  Cassimir  was  in  here  yes­ have  decided  they  will  not  ask  ble  getting  the  little  printed  Evangeline,  beginning  with  a  de­ Canadian Branches of the parture  from  New  York  on  Janu­ terday and  we  had  a  helluva  time  the  draft  appeals  board  for  defer­ squares  to  stand  still  while  they  ary  18,  will  open  a  weekly  run  in  sailing  her  with  a  full  crew.  ment  for  their  seamen.  got  their  cross  mark  down.  Seafarers' International betweeij  this  port  and  Nassau  in  As  she  was  going  to  Cuba,  she  Phillip  Murray,  new  boss  of  the  W.  H.  Elkins,  Agent.  Union CIO,  was  forced  to  kick  Joe  Cur­ the  Bahamas,  the  company's  of­ couldn't  sail  short­handed.  Also  have  the  S.S.  Caroline  in  • an upstairs  to  a  vice­president's  fices  announced  this  week.  Sail­ When  in  Canadian  ports,  here  today.  She  is  in  fairly  good  ob  in  order  to  keep  the CIO  from  ings  from  New  York  will  be  on  visit  the  halls  of  the  following  Saturdays,  according  to  this  an­ shape  with  the  exception  that  she  breaking  apart.  organizations,  affiliated  tp  the  Murray  and  Hillman  intended  Jose  Martinez  nouncement,  and  arrivals  in  Nas­ needs four  A.B.'s and  one  Carpen­ Seafarers'  International  Union  cleaning  the  Stalin  followers  out  Died  at  U.S.  Marine  Hospital  ter, so  I  guess  I  will  have* to  get  sau  on  Tuesdays.  The  ship  will  of  North  America:  Baltimore,  Md.,  dock  at  New  York  on  Fridays.  busy  this  afternoon  with  a  drag  of  the  CIO  as  they  cleaned  them  CANADIAN  on  December  1,  1940  The  company  also  announced  net  and  see  if  I  can't  reach  some­ out  of  their  own  unions;  but  Cur­ SEAMEN'S  UNION  ran,  Bridges  et  al,"threatened  to  that  the  liner  Yarmouth,  starting  one.  406  St.  Lawrence  Boulevard  Also  had  a  beef  on  the  S.S.  take  their  organizations  out  of  with  December  30,  will  be  placed  Pablo  Sierra  Montreal,  Canada  on  a  bi­weekly  run  between  City  of  Birmingham  last  week  in  the  CIO  and  start  a  new  interna­ Died  In  U.S.  Marine  Hospital,  Miami  and  Nassau,  leaving  the  regards  to  tying  up  and  letting  tional °  organization,  modeled  New  York,  N.Y. on  Dec. 9,1940  BRITISH  COLUMBIA  Florida  port  on  Saturdays  and  go.  This finally  was  settled  in  fa"  along  the  lines  of  the  old  C.  P.  SEAMEN'S  UNION  outfit,  the  Trade  fUnion  Unity  Mondays.  The  latter  service  will  vor  of  the  crew.  Cliff  B. Russell  340­B  Gamble  Street  Wishing  one  and  all  a  Merry  League.  Even  at  that  Murray  be  in  cooperation  with  the  serv­ Drowned  at  Aguadilla,  Vancouver,  B.C.  ice  maintained  by  the  P.  and  0  Christmas  and  Happy  New  Year.  might  have  let  them  go,  but  Puerto  Rico  Phone:. TRlnity  2251  Charles  Waid,  Agent.  Lewis  hinted  he  might  take  the  S.  S.  Company.  No­Coffee­Time­Joe  was  down  in  this  neck  of  the  woods  a  cou  pie  of  days  ago, and  made  a state­ ment  to  the  Jax.  Journal  that  they  had  between  53,000  and  54,000  membei­s  in  the  NMU.  He  must  have  been  counting  all  tlie  needle  worker s,  shoemakers,  butchers,  and  street­cleaners  in  New  York  City  to  have  that  many  members.  At  this  time  of  writing,  all  ships  are  being  made,  and  every  thing  runs  smoothly.  In Memoriam  i  .­­ ­• ­OnW­  U  .  �THE  SEAFARERS'  LOG  1/  ­ E.­i;  ..r Friday,  December'20,  1940  Draft  Director  Speaks  on  Out Of The ATTENTION i^iU. CREWS!  Seamen­Before Shipowners  According:  to  instructions  received  from  Secretary­ MAILBAG Tt'casurer  Sydney  Gi­etcher  this  week,  all  beefs  involv­ Speaking  at  the  exclusive  India  ers  did  not  shed  bitter  tears  at  House  before  an  audience  of  ship­ that.)  To  see  that  key  men  are  ing'  the  tie­up  of  ships  or  delayed  scheduled  sailings  owners  belonging  to  the  Amer­ not  drafted  aiTd  thus  to  avoid  dis­ Crew  Takes Cue:  MUST  BE  REPORTED  TO  HEADQUARTERS, for  the  ican  Merchant,  Marine  Institute,  locations,  shipowners  must  see  to  records.  Writes  of  Conditions  Colonel  McDerniott,  New  York  di­ It  that  the  proper  atfldavits  are  rector  of  Selective  Service,  ex­ furnished  to  each  individual  in  In  ca.se  a  dispute  arises  on  your  ship  wliicli  results  S.S.  Cassiniir,  At  Sea,  panded  on  the  relation  of  draft  question.  (That  rather  pleased  in  any  general  discontinuation  of  work  or  holds  up  for  December  2,  1940.  procedure  to  seamen.  No  seamen  the  fat  boys—what  a  chance  to  any  time  whatsoever  the  sailing  of  a  vessel,  BE  SURE  Editor,  Seafarers'  Log  were present,  it  is  needless  to say.  take  care  of  their  company  T()  IXEORM  THE  BRANCH  AGENT  at  the  nearest  Dear Sir  and  Brother:  The  fate  of  the  seamen  under  stooges!)  For  the  bona fide  sea­ SlU  office.  This  must  be  done  without  fail  in  order  to  This  crew  noticed  in  the  Log  a  the draft  seemed  to  be a  matter  of  men,  there  is  the  Red  Tape  of  the  short  while  ago  that  Agent  Arm  mutual  concern  to  the  Colonel's  appeals  boards  to  rely  on.  (What  insure  the  best  interests  of  the  union  as  a  whole.  It  is  strong  of  ­Texas  City  had  made  Selective  Service  board  and  tlie  a  chance  to  get  rid  of  all  those  the  duty  of  each  ship's  delegate  to  see  to  it  that  this  what  he  thought  was  a  very  con­ slnpowners  only.  The 'seamen  are  troublesome  militants  while  they  instruction  is  carried  out  immediately.  structive  suggestion  regarding  only  expected  to  serve,  you  see.  are  ontangied  in  the  tape.)  more  crews  writing  in  to  the  Log.  "Their's  not  to  question  why,  All  in  all,  a  very  satisfactory  commenting  on  how  things  were  tlieii's  but  to  do  and  die."  luncheon  for  the  shipowners.  No  coming  along  on the  various  ships  The  gist  of  the  colonel's  re­ cause  for  seamen  to  rejoice,  how­ and  waterfronts.  Therefore,  at  marks  was  tiiat  seamen  as  a  ever.  On ­guard  against  discrimi­ our  last  regular  meeting  on  board  class  coqld  not  be  deferred  from  here,  the  crew  instructed  the  Selective  Service.  (The  shipown­ nation,  mates!  ship's  delegates  to  write  in  and  sum  up  some  of  our  thoughts  and  Shows  How  Curran  stiff  has  the  gall  to  ask  for  im  actions  on  sewral  things  and  at  TEXAS CITY the  same  time  take  the  opportun­ Aids Fink  Program  ­ provements!  Shipping  still  very  good.  Hav  ity  to make  a  donation  to the Log.  Publicity  December  16,  1940  ing  to  put  on  my  hunting  gear  to  Action  on  Beef  Editor,  Seafarers'  Log  We  have—along  witli _ othei  fill  some  of  the  jobs.  November  15,  1940  Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  Steady  us  she  goes  and  a  Merry  crews  aboard  the Cuban­  Distilling  Seafarers'  Log  Another  week  of  action  in  the  Christmas  to  all.  ships—been  working  right  along  To  the  Editor:  garden  spot  of  the  world.  If  yon  in  an  attempt  to  obtain  an  addi­ A.  W.  Armstrong.  WASHINGTON,  D.  Iti  With  the  season  closing  on  the  don't  believe  it,  you  should  see  tional  man  in  the  Steward  De­ Great  Lakes,  tlie  Maritime  Com­ the  w a  t e !•   spreading  around  partment  since,  as  you  probably  !i  nnaniinous  opinion  the  misaion  is flooding  the  district  down  in  this  country.  Rain,  ye  know,  this  outfit  carries  one  man  United  States  Snpretne  (­onrt  with  propaganda  and  inducements  Gods,  and  then  some!  less  than  the  other  steamship  to  seamen  to  come  down  to  the  companies.  On  our  arrival  in  Bal­ ruled  that  the  Federal  courts  Hoffman  Island  training  school  timm­e  next  trip  when  tlie  vessel  do  not  have  autlioritj'  to  en­ for  the  winter.  A  couple  of  tanks caught  fire  in  i.s  scheduled  for  drydockiiig,  we  .join  or  re.striet  picketiiig  in  a  local  refinery  during  a  storm  In  a  plugger  l.ssued  over  the  are  going  to  have  our  Agent  in  the  other  night.  The  next  day,  name  of  Admiral  Emory  S­  Land,  that  port  contiict  the  Marine  Su­ labor  dispate.s,  even  if  viola­ the  argument  is  made  that  the  John  Work  Ox,  while  trying  to  perintendent  and  see  what  can  bo  tions  of  anti­trnst  laws  arc  M.  C.  is  a  friendly  supporter  of  put  it  out,  was  caught  as  a  rat  in  done.  If  we  receive  the  same  nc  a  trap.  Result,  so  far:  three  have  organized  labor:  tion  from  our  officials  there  that  alleged.  Coiitrsacts  For  tlie  con.stnie­ died  from  it and  a  score  more  are  Justice  Black,  speaking  for  the  f'Anyone  who  by  direct  state­ badly  burned.  Which  just  goes  to  tion  of  the  two  Jarge.st  lincr.s  we  have  received  in  the  past,  then  Court,  said  that  when  Congress  ment  or  implication,  seeks  delib­ show  once  more  that  slogans  ever  to  be  built  in  the United  it's  a  Lead  Pipe  Cinch.  erately  to  create  the  impression  passed  the  Norris­LaGuardia  Act  don't  make  safety.  Safety  is  what  • States will  be  sig­ned  within  Discuss  "Log"  banning  anti­picket ing  injunc­ that  the  jmipo.He  of  our  program  the  men  on  the  job  make  it,  not  The  Log  itself  has come  up  sev­ I.S  directed  against  union  organi­ • what  the  office  wants.  A fine  the  next  two  weeks  by  the  eral  times  in  the  past  for  discus­ tions  by  Federal  conrts,  it,  did  so  zation  In  the  maritime  industry,  Christmas  tor  the  wives  and  kid­ iMai'itiine  Connnission,  it  was  sion.  It  seems  to  be  the  concen­ to  drastically  curtail  injunctive  is  a  fraud."  dies  of  those  injured!  All  because  reported  front  Wa.shijigton  sus  of  opinion  among  the  mem­ powers  of  these  courts  and  with  Them's  harsli  words.  But  he's  the  "clear  intention"  of  straight­ somewhere  some  one  blundered  in  this week.  bers  of  this  crow  that  we  should  willing  to  prove  tliem.  He  gives  ^  ening  out.  "misinterpretations'* ol  not  having  foreseen  the  possibili­ The  Seattle­Tacoma  Shipbuild­ vote  for  a  one  dollar  assessment  the  Sherman  Anti­Trust  Act.  Tlie  a  number  of  touching  testimoni­ ties  of  such  an  accident.  ing  Corporation,  a  subsidiary  of  to  be  used  solely  for  the  support  Supreme Court's  decision  reversed  als  from  "Men  Who  Know,"  de­ Todd  Shipyards  is  the  only  bid­ of  the  Lug  and  in  this  way  guar­ a  ruling  of  the  Seventh  Circuit  signed  to  palm  off  the fink  sciiool  antee  a  steady  income  for  the  pa­ lis  a  godsend  for  seamen.  This  happened  to  ehorcsidc  der  juid  will  probably  be  awarded  per  and  also  inslire  it  being  pub­ Cburt  of  Appeals,  which  held  that  a  Chicago  milk  drivers'  union,  His  last  quotation  is  his  trump  workers,  but  the  lesson  is  just  as  the  jobs.  lished  regularly.  card.  It's  by  none  other  than  Joe  clear  to  members  on  the  ships.  According  to  plans  described,  Before  closing,  we  should  like  A.  F.  of  L.  uITlllate,  should  be  en­ Curransky,  Land'.s  "Union"  pimp  Many  a  time  to  save  those  couple  the  giant  liners  will  be  built,  with  to  point  out  the  fact  that  there  joined  from  picketing  a  Chicago  for  the  training  schools  (from  of  extra  minutes,  orders  will  be  .smokestacks  on  the .sides  of  the  re  two  types  of  seamen  that,  as  dairy firm.  the  Pilot):  —  given  to  sliiff  on  this  or  that.'If  decks  to  make  possible  their  con­ an  organization,  we  must  either  "Most  of  our  members  seem  to  something  happens  to  you,  a  "so  version  into  airplane  carriers.  straighten  out  or  kick  out.  These  think  that  tlie  school  is  a  'breed­ Chickens, Congress  sorry  please"  from  tlie  owner  They  are  expected  to  enter ­  tlie  two  types  are  as  follows:  ing  place  for finks.'  If  the  union  won't  undo  the  harm.  So  heads  transpacific  service  of  the  Presi­ encourages  the  school,,  there  And  Labor  Figure  ~  Twc  Bad  Eggs  up  in  the  coming  year,  let  all  dent  lines.  wouldn't  be  a  chance  for  a  'breed­ (1)  The  monkey  who,  when  hkhds  take  tliose  few  extra  min­ In  Fast  Repartee  In  addition  to five  complete  ing  place  for finks.'  In  my  opin­ utes  and  be  on  hand  at  .the  end  steel  decks,  the  siiips  will  have  ober,  hasn't,  got  a  beef  in  the  ion,  the  school,  failing  the  sup­ of  this  Coming  year  as  we  are  at  promenade,  hout  and  sun  decks.  world;  but  when  the  same  mon­ A  snappy  piece'  of  repartee  port  of  the  union,  would  of­nec­ key  gets  gassed  up  he  raises  th'e  start  of  it.  Don't  forget  that  They  are  to  provide  accommoda­ resulted  from  comment  made  essity  be  thrown  open  to  all  com­ Hell  continuously  or  at  least,  un­ John  Shipowner  don't  take  the  tions  for  1,000  passeiigerR  and  a  by  reactionary  Congressmen  ers  and  tlien  we  would  i­egret  our  chances.  He  just,  luiys  for..them  in  crew  of  about five  bundled  (500).  til  he  sobers  up,  in  the  meantime  thi.s' week  regarding  the  labor  short­sighted  policy.  I  may  be  gilt.  You  pay  in  suffeidng.  Cargo  siiace  will  run  to  535,000  disrupting  the  entire  crew.  It's  a  costs  involved  in  repairing  the  wi­ong,  but  to  nie  il.'s*olii  logic. .  .  poor  kind,  of  bum  tliat  gets  hi.s  Si:  si:  ­Js  Gapitol  dome.  bale  cubic  "feet.  The  hulls  will  My final  advi.se  for  the  good  of  Represe'nlative  Albert  J.  En­ Tlie  Houston  iiiilk  strike at  this  contain  fourteen  w;ileriight.  trans­ Militancy  out.  of  a  Bottle.  the  membership  is  'Back  it,  don't  time  of  writing  is  still  on,  and  verse  bulkheads  with  miiiierous  (2)  The  bird  who  is always  go­ glt­  of  Michigan  remarked  to  buclt  it.'"  ing  to  make  another  trip;  that  is,  his  colleagues  that  "chickens  no  milk  is>eing  had un  the  port.  other  watertiglh:  a ii  d  oilt iglit  "Back  it,  don't  buck  it!"  says  The­hearing on  the anti­trust  case  bulkheails,  with  special  provisions  until  about  three  minutes  before  hatched  by  Congress"  in  the  Joe­Joe  when  the  shipowner  was  as  usual  The  boss  was  for  safety  in  the  event  of  col­ sailing  time.  Some  of  them  seem  form  of  protective  labor  legis­ to  tlu'nk  tiiat  the shore  patrolmen  lation  are  "coming  home  to  wants  training  schools,  M.  G.  shocked  that  I ho  lowly  working  lision.  .shipping  halls,  fake  unemployed,  make  their  beats . iir  airplanes.  roost  on  the  Capitol  roof."  Such  activities  if  kept  up  will  To  which. John  Locher,  sec­ compensation,  or five  year  peace  plans.  He's  all  for  it.  eventually  lose  us  some  ships  and  retary  of  the  District  of  Co­ But  when  it  conies  to  some­ they  should  be  slopped  immedi­ lumbia  Building  and  Construc­ tion  Trmles  Council  snapped  thing  the  men  want—like  a  wage  ately.  raise,  decent  conditions  aboard  We  are closing  now  so as  to  get  back  that  it  was  these  chick­ this letter  in  the mail  on  docking.  ens  that  were  "safeguarding  ship  or  a  little  democracy  in  the  Our  regards  to  the  membership.  him  (Rep.  Engle)  and  his  fel­ union—then  the  slogan  is  turned  (Continued  from  Page  1)  break  the fighting  backbone  of  low  lawmakers  from  having  around.  Fraternally  yours.  stands  to  be  taken  over  in  time  the  unions  which  have  gained  a  the  roof  crash  on  their  heads."  '  Then  it's:  "Buck  it,  don't  back  Charles  J.  Murphy,  #911  It!"  of  emergency!  few  improvements in  working and  Not  had,  not  bad.  Paul  Hall,  #190  What  will  happen  to  the  hard­ living  conditions  the  last  few  C.  Cowl,  SIU,  No.  985.  Antoine  Bosch,  #4607  won  union  conditions  on  the  years  at  the  cost  of  such  sacri­ Walter  J.  Hodges,  #85  coastwise  ships  in  that  eventual­ fice?  ly?  It  Is  a  cinch  that  even  the  Maritime  Commission  will  not  Preparations  Are  Necessary  shiilyards  run  by  the  U.S.  Navy  be  able , to  produce  enough finks  ­  In  any  case,  serious  danger  and  get  results—why  can't  seafar­ ' The  New  Orleans  convention  of  the  American  Federation  of  to replace  the crews  on  four­fifths  looms  ahead  on  the  union  sea­ ing  workers  follow  the  same  path  Labor  adopted  the  following  motion  unanimon.sly:  of  the  coastwise  and  inter­coastal  man's  horizon.*The  issue  of  Na­ on  ships  under  control  of  the  "That  the  protest  of  the Seafarers' International  Union .of  ships.  Will  there  he  some  move  val  Reserve  wages  and  conditions  Navy?  North  America  agaii^^t  the  induction  of  Merchant  Seamen  to force  the  seamen  Into  the  Na­ is  becoming of  vital  concern  to all  The  shipowners  are  preparing  into  the  Naval  Reserve  and  against  compelling  seamen  to  val  Reserve  by  act  of  law?  Will  seamen. ­  The  very  existence  of  to  take  advantage  of  the  prospect  come  under  the  Harbor  Workers  and  Longshoremen's  Gom­ the  presenU  conscription  act  be  maritime  unions  Is  at  stake.  IE  of. profits.  The  seamen  who , man  pcnsatioh  Act  be referred  to the  Executive  Oomicil  for study  used  to  get  the  .most  militant  the  unions  of,  the  shipbuilding  the  ships  will  have  to  prepare  to  and  to  give  all  possible  support  to  the  Seafarers  on  these  younger  union  seamen  off  the  crafts  can  wage  a  struggle  for  guard  against  the  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Title A name given to the resource December 12, 1940 Description An account of the resource Headlines: "EWA" APPEAL DENIED; UNIONS TAKE CASE TO SUPREME COURT ADMIRAL ATTACKS U.S. LAWS PROTECTING LABOR'S RIGHTS BRIDGES' UNION GETS ADVERSE NLRB DECISION LUMBER STRIKE WON BY UNITED AFL-CIO FIGHT SIU CANNERY WORKERS SCORE BIG VICTORY SHIPOWNERS FORESEE 80% OF SHIPS IN NAVAL RESERVE BEEF TO SEE BEEF STEAMSCHOONER BEEF SETTLED BY SUP COMPARES SIU AND NMU ON BONUS POINTED REMARKS ON THE ADMINRALS STARVING SHIPOWNERS AND NMU BIG-HEARTS DRAFT DIRECTOR SPEAKS ON SEAMEN-BEFORE SHIPOWNERS WHAT SAD EXPERIENCE TEACHES ABOUT SAFETY ON JOB SUPREME COURT ANNULS PICKETING INJUNCTION CHICKENS, CONGRESS, AND LABOR FIGURE IN FAST REPARTEE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/12/1940 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. II, No. 22 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1940 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/1eafc393e4902f2dc3e946fec3a29b02.pdf 153a321e9bc6015ee63b4262311530eb PDF Text Text SEAFARERS  LOG  Dee. 12  1952  •  OFFICIAL  ORGAN  OF  THE  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  •  ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  DISTRICT  •  AFL  •   FREIGHT GO'S SIGN:  WAGES UP  Calmar  Signs;  Sfrike  Averted  NEW  YORK — Maintaining  its  tradition  of  "best  in  maritime," the SlU has wrapped up negotiations on a new  dry cargo  contract  that provides  wage increases of  from  five  to  15  percent  for  aii ratings.  Fifty­eight  operators  have  signed  the  agreement,  which  for  the  first  time,  is  standard  for  aii  freight  companies  under  contract  to  the  Union.  m  m  t  These Seafarers enjoy their work  as they demolish  lnGl  Cr ^  Rip*  strike placards that had been made up for  the Cal­ mar Line.  The strike didn't  come off .because the company signed the  standard contract  in time to  avert a  tie­up.  Shown putting the finish­ ing touches to  the signs are  (left  to right):  G. Goodmunsson,  R. Don­ nelly, D. Sheehan, B. Cherry.  (Story on Page 3.)  Membership action in all ports will be taken  at the meet­ ings of  Wednesday, December 17, on ratification of  the con­ tract  and  acceptance  of  the  negotiating  committee's  report  calling  for  such  ratification.  Money  clauses  are  subject  to  WSB approval.  The new agreement provides a base pay scale of  $302.32  for such ratings as AB, oiler and fireman­watertender, an increase  of 15 percent, or $39.43 per month.  Other increases range roughly  from the $13.15 monthly for ordinary seamen to the $42.63 raise won  by  chief  stewards.  All  monetary  increases are  retroactive to  No­ vember 18.  The full jist of  old,and new rates in all departments is  carried  on  Page  17  of  this  issue.  The  entire  contract,  with  wage  rates and rules, is carried in  the supplement to this  issue.  Aside from  these wage  changes, the SIU  negotiating committee  won increases of 19 to 24 cents in the hourly overtime rate.  The new  rates are $1.48 per  hour and $1.87  per  hour.  The dividing  line de­ termining which  ratings will  receive the different  rates is still  being  negotiated, but, like  the wages, will be  retroactive to  November  18.  The $1.87 figure also applies to standby work.  Added  Welfare Payments  These  dollars­and­cents  gains  will  be added  to  considerably  by  the very large  number  of  changes and  new  additions  in  the list  of  general rules and working rules.  The changes, all  of  which are de­ tailed  in  the  negotiating committee  report  appearing  in  this  issue,  will  provide  more  overtime  payments  than  existed  before.  Besides all  of  this,  the committee  negotiated  an  additional  ten  cents  daily  contribution  to  the  SIU  (Continued  On  Page  3)  COMPtETE  TEXT  OF  IN  THIS  ISSUE  PROPOSED  WEW  FRIiCHTER  AimEEMENT  KEPCIUT  II  PACE  EUPPUMENT  AND  OF  SIU  NEGOTIATING  COMMITTEl  er­1 operate in  the intercoastal  trade.  ^  I  ... ...  V.  •  if'y  3V  I  "  1  i!­ /  �raffcTw*  SEAFARERS  LOG  December 12,  1952  Union Ready To Hit Atlantic  With 'Unfair LaboK Charges  The  SIU  Tanker  Organizing  Committee  will hit  the Atlantic  Refining  Company  with be­ tween  20  and  30  charges  of  unfair  labor  practices  within  the  next  week,  a  headquarters  spokesman has announced.  Filing  these  charges  with  the  National  Labor  Relations  Board,"  said  the  committee,  "will  prove  to  the  company  that  the  SIU  will  not  stand  idly  by  when  the  company  discriminates  against a­ man supporting  the SIU."  This  step  to­back  up  the  SIU  supporters  closely  parallels the  ac­ New  presidents  of  the  two  major  labor  federations  are  George  tion  taken by the SIU  in the  Cities  Meany  (left), now  bead of  the  AFL,  and  Walter  Renther,  who was  Service  campaign,  when  the  Union  chosen CIO, president.  Both men  have stated  willingness to renew  was  instrumental  in  collecting  a  labor unity  talks.  total  of  over  $f00,000  in  back  wages  for  men  who  were fired  for  supporting the  SIU.  In some  cases,  the  individuals  involved  collected  over  $4,000  each.  Men  Have  Rights  Atlantic stands  to lose  thousands  of  dollars  if  the  NLBB  upholds  all  the  charges.  "We  feel  sure,"  the  committee  said,  "that  the  charges  The  two  major  Aiperichn  labor  federations  now  have new  will  be  upheld,  but  these  charges  leaders, and. ace making moves toward :renew;ii^g merger talks.  will, also­  serve  notice  to  Atlantic  Both the AFL and CIO; have chosen new presidents following  that  it  is  against  the  law  to  dis­ the  deaths  of  Philip  Murray­f­ Belatfnff  the  circumstances  of  the  coercion  against  union  activity  criminate against  a man  because of  and  William  Green  juSt  two  practiced  by  licensed  engineers  aboard  the  SS  E.  J.  Henry,  an  Union  activities.  The  law  provides  weeks apart.  '  7  ­  ^  Atlantic  tanker.  Oiler  Ernest  "Earl".  West  (right)  dictates  an  af­ that  the men  can  choose  the union  "The  AFL  choice,  which  was ­a  fidavit  supporting  his^ unfair  labor  practice  charges  against  the  they  want  to  represent  them.  We  unanimous one, was  George Meany,  company to a  headquarters stenographer,  as SIU  Organzing Direc­ know that they  will choose  the SIU  for'many  years  secretary­treasurer  tor  Keith  Terpe  (left)  discusses  the  case  with  him.  if  they  know  the  truth.  The  com­ of  the  AFL.  In  recent months dur­ pany  knows  it  too,  but  the  com­ ing  the late  President  Green's  ill­ pany  still  has no  right  to interfere  ness,  Meany  was  acting  as  presi­ with' the  men's  free  choice."  dent  of  the  organization.  To  tajte  The  filing  of  the  charges brings  Meany's  place, the  executive  coun­ further  proof  of  the  kind  of  "sec­ cil  chose  William  Schnitzler,  presi­ urity"  vthat  Atlantic  tankermen  dent  of  the  Bakery  aiid  Confec­ enjoy."  These  men  thought  that  tionary  Workers  International  Leaders  of  organized  labOj^fli  they  had  jobs,  and  had "security,"  Union.  until they  were fired  for no  reason  Meany immediately took over the  both in. the AFL and CIO hayB ­  i  post and  had a  meeting with Presi­ expressed  pleasure  over  tnia  '  The SIU  Welfare Plan is now  under  the direction  of  a new  or  for  insignifieant  reasons.  It's  the  same  old  story,"  said  dent­elect  Dwlght  D.  Eisenhower,  administrator.  Robert  Creasey,  former  Assistant  Secretary  surprise  appointment  of  Martin  '  of  Labor,  has  taken  over  the  post,  replacing  Max  Harrison,  the  committee,  "whenever  you  at  which  they  discussed  the  ques­ Durkin, head  of  the AFL Plumbers  don't have a  true Union backing up  tion  of  Republican  policy  toward  who  resigned  to  resume  the  a^d  Steamfitters  Union,  as  Secre­ the  men.  Your  job  is  'seciure'  un­ labor  unions.  practice  of  labor  relations  in  tary  of  Labor  in  the  Eisenhower  less  one  of  the  company  brass  de­ Skilled  Negotiator  his  home  city  oiE  Mobile.  cides  he  doesn't  like  the  way  your  Before  becoming  secretary­treas­ cabinet.  On  the  other  hand,  ap­;  The  new  head:  of  the  Welfare  hair*  is  parted,  or  the  vay  you­ urer  of  the  AFL  in  1940,  Meany  pointment of  Durkin,  who is; a life­ Plan,  brings,  to, this  post  wide  ex­ smile.  Or,  if  you  try  to  ask  for  was  president  of  the  Plumbers  In­ long  Democrat,  brought  a  howl  of.  '  perience  in  the  practice  of  labor  what  you  ifave  coming  to  you,  or  ternational, and  had also served  as  indignation  from  Senator  Robert'  relations.  .Bom  in  Oklahoma,  he  don't  do  little  'extra  jobs'  to  keep  AFL  legislative  representative  in  A.  Taft.  was  raised  in,  Pallas,  Texas,  and  in good with  the brass.  Then you're  New  York,  where he  won a  reputa­ It  had  heed  expected  that  Gen­ attended  Southern  Methodist  Uni­ out,  and  under  that  setup,  you  tion  as a  skilled  spokesman for la­ eral  Eisenhow^  might  appoint  a  versity in. that  city.  He  received  a  never know  from minute  to minute  bor's interests.  labor leader to the  post, but  it was  law  degree  from  the  Pallas  Law  when  you  will  be  out  of  a  Job."  In  contrast  to  the  rapid,  and  thought  it  would  be  someone  who  :  Schppl in 1937.  Before that he had  Cite­ 'Reasons'  smooth  change­over  in  the  AFL,  already begun worldng  in the  labor  Some  of  the  "reasons" given  for  the  CIO  selected  Walter  Reuther  relations  field  and  has  been  en­ some  of  the  firings  show  the  At­ of  the  United  Automobile  Workers  gaged in  that field ever  since.  Mntic type of  "security;" One  man  as  its  president  only  after  a  long  Represented, 'Phone Workers  was  told  he  (vas  fired  because  he  and  bitter  battle."  Reuther  was  was  five  minutes  late  in  getting  elected  by  a  roll  call  vote  at  the  During  World  War  II,  Creasey  back  from  coffee  time.  CIO  convention  in  Atlantic  City,  served pn­the  disputes panel; of  the  Another  man  was  told  he.  was  getting  3,079,181  votes to  2,613,103  regional. Labor Board  in the  Pallas  fired because  he asked  for time  off  votes  for  Allan  Haywood,  who  is  area.  Subsequently,  he  was  con­ to get  hew glasses,' even though h'O  CIO  executive  vic^president.  The  nected  with  the  Communications  Robert  Creasey  had ­  a  doctor's  certificate  saying  voites are  supposed to represent  the  Workers  of  America  (CIO), as rep­ (Continued  on  page  17)  total  enrolled  membership  of  the  resentative of  the employees  of  the  war beefs  with the  giant Telephone  CIO With  each union having a  num­ Long Lines Department  in the tele­ and  Telegraph  Company.  ber  of  votes  in  proportion  to  its  phone  workers  union.  While  in  He  is licensed to practice law  In  membership.  that  post,  he  represented  the  tele­ Texas, the District of  Columbia and  Auto­Steel Feud  phone  workers in  their major  post­ before  the  US Supreme  Court.  The  CIO  fight  was  mainly  be­ Iri  October,  1950,  Creasey  took  tween  its  two  biggest  unions,  the  office  as  assistant  secretary  in  the  United  Automobile  Workers  and  US  Department  of  Labor.  He con­ the  United  Steelworkers of  Ameri*  tinqed to  serye in  that capacity un­ Dee.  T2.  1952  Vol.  XiV.  No.  25  til  the  trustees  of  the  Seafarers  c4.  The UAW  backed Reuther,  Who  Mkrtftt  Dnildn  is: that union's president,  while the  Welfare Plari, including  both Union  As  I  See  It............. .Page,  9  Sieelworkers  supported  Hasiwood.  and  employer  representatives,  Crossword  Puzzle  «9.«...Page  8  The  smaller  imions  in  the  CIO  wa$  a . Republican party  supporter.  Editorial  Page  ,  9  chose him  to replace Harrison,  who  lined  up  behind  one  candidate  or  Durkin  had  campaigned  actively  Inquiring Seafarer  . ^,.... Page  8  had  announced his  intention to  re­ Another company has  been added  the other.  for  Demqcratic  .  candidate  Adial  In The  Wake  Page  8  sign  as of  December  1.  to  the  fast  growing  list  of  SIU­^  The new  president  of; the CIO  is  Stevenson  apid .had  Sfifved  as, In­ Letters  ,....... .Page  16  contracted shipping outfits recently  just  45  years  old  and  has  been  dustrial  Commisibner  of  Illinois  Meet  The  Seafarer....... Page  8  when  the  newly­organized  Troy  president  of  the  UAW  since  1946  under  the  Democrats  there  in  the  Personals  Page  18  Put Nunther On  Shipping  Company  signed  on  the  after  ousting  left­wing  leadership  early  days  of  the  Roosevelt admin­ Quiz  ........Page 15  dotted line.  in that  union. He  first gained  fame  istration.  Seafarers in  Action  .Page  14  Meeting Exewssee  Seeks T­B Changes  The  company's  first  ship,  the  as a  leader of  sit­down strikes dur­ Ship's  Minutes  Page  18  Seafarers  sending  telegrams  Trojan  Seaman,  made  its  maiden  ing  the  organization  of  the  auto  Despite  Senator  Taft's  outburst  StU History Cartoon  Page  6  or  letters  to  the  New  York  voyage  with  a  full  SIU  .crew  and  industry  and  later  led  the  drive  to  that  the  Durkin  choice  was "an  in­ Thn  Years Ago  y..'. Page  8  headquarters dispatcher asking  an  SlU­stocked  slop  chest.  The  organize  the  Ford  Motor .Company  credible  appoktment" and  "qn. af­ Top  Of  The  News...  Paige  7  to  be  excused  from  attending  vessel  is 'a  Liberty­type  ship  that  during  which he  was  beaten up by  fnmt  to  JniUions. of  union  mem­ Union  Talk  Page  6  headquarters membership  the  company  Imught  to  operate  in  company  police.  bers" who,  Taft says,  voted Repub­ Wash;  News  Letter.,V... .Page  5  meetings must include the reg­ the  tramp .trade..  Following the  election of  Reuther.  lican,  the  new  Secretary  of  Labor  Welfare Benefits­  .Page  19  istration  number  of  their  Almost  as  soon  as. the  company  at  the  convention,  the  CIO <  passed  said  he  hoped for. Taft's  coopera­ Your Dollar's  Worth  ­.Page  7  shipping  card!  in  the  message.  came  into existence, the  SIU Nego­ a  resolution  authorizing  its leaders  tion  in  revising  the  Taft­Hartley  From now on, if  the number  tiating Ckimmittee  got. to work, and  to  meet  with  the  AFL  on  the  pos­ law.  He  has  called  for  an  early  Publfshod  WwMkly  at  tha  haadquarfart  is not include^ the excuse can­ soon after,  the company signed the  sibility  of  uniting  the  labor  move­ meeting: between,  leading  Senate  at  tha  Saafarars  Intarnatlonal  Unten,  At­ lantic  A  GuH  District,  AFL,  «7S  Fau  be .accept^  by  the  dis­ new  SlU  freight, agreement.  The  ment..:  The  AFL  executive ,council  Republicans  Uke.  Taft.  and  union  —If 11  nrnnnrii v —  ­ ^  ^  ship  crewed  up  qut.  of  the  New  has already said that  it would ^meet  officials,  to  see  if  they  can^t  get  .• Fork halt.  ^Stth  the. CIO At.  any  tin^.e,;  .(Continued on  page, 17)  v..  New AFL, CIO Ciiiefs  Renew Bids For Unity  Labor Sec'y  SEAFARERS LOG  New Outfit  Signs Pact  With Union  �December  12,  1982  Fafe Thres  SEAFARERS  lOG  CdVSign New Freighter Pact  Wages, Rules (/p;  Members To Vote  On Ratification  Sea  Chest  representatives  Pete  Bush  (left),  and  John  Cole,  start  out from  the  headquarters Sea  Chest  with  smne of  the  bundles of  sear for stocklnr the  slopchest of  the  Waterman frelshter La  SaUe.  (Continued  From  Page 1)  Welfare  Plan which  will pave the way for new wel­ fare benefit.  This was  not obtained by any other union on the East Coast to date.  Another 15 cents  was  won  in  Vacation  Plan  contributions,  which  will  mean  in­ creased  vacation  pay for Seafarers.  The changes in general  rules and  working rules, which involved a considerable  amount of  work by the negotiators, totaled 42 in all.  Many of them are brand new  clauses  which  never  be­ the  abuses  to  which  seamen  fore  existed  in  any  mari­ improvements  on  clauses  nate  have  been  subjected  by  company  time contract.  Others are  that previously existed, but  agents  outside  the  United  States;  the  past,  cases  have  arisen  have  now  been  strength­ In  where  agents  have  refused  these  When Does Pact  Go Into Effect?  Waterman  port  steward  Matt  Brown  (2nd  from  rlffht)  checks  off  the  list  of  Items  for  the  La  Salle's  slopchest  that  were  delivered  bjr  Sea  Chest representatives  John  Cole  (right)  and  Pete  Bush.  A  gang standfbr read,  to put  the goods  on board.  1.  The  proposed  agreement  provides  that  all  wage,  over­ time  and  other  money  provi­ sions of  the new contract  shall  be retroactive  to November 18.  Actual  payment  will  begin fol­ lowing  Wage  Stabilization  Board  approval.  2.  Aboard  all  ships  on  arti­ cles—either  foreign  or  coast­ wise—^the  working rules of  the  new agreement  will go  into ef­ fect three days after  receipt of  the  new  agreement.  3.  On  ships  that  cannot  be  reached  by  mail,  the  working  rules will go into effect  the day  after  the  articles  are  termi­ nated.  4.  In  any  case,  the  working  rules  must  be  in  effect  on  all  freight  ships  by  January  1.  SIX/  Slopchest  On Ships  ened  and  rewritten  in  clearer  lan­ guage  so  that  there  can't  be  any  misunderstanding as to  their mean­ ing.  The net  effect has  been to  put  this  contract  well  out. in  front  of  others  on  the  Atlantic  and  Gulf  Coast.  As  the  committee  pot  it  in  their  report,  these  changes  "continue  the  Union's  role  of  providing  its  membership  with  the  best  wages,  working  rules,  job  conditions,  se­ curity  and  benefits  anywhere  in  the  maritime  industry."  Crews'  Suggestions  A~ large  number  of  the  changes  included in the  new agreement  had  been  submitted  originally  by  the  Seafarers  on  the  ships  last  sum­ mer.  At  that  time  all  SIU  ships  were  polled  by  headquarters  and  the  crewmembers  asked  to  hold  meetings  and  submit  proposed  changes  in  the  contract  to  the  negotiating  committee.  Conse­ quently  the  contract  represents  to  a  large  extent  what  the  crewmem­ bers themselves wanted to see  in it.  Among  the  42  improvements  are:  A  greatly  strengthened  repa­ triation  clause  which  assures  prompt  payment  of  wages  due  to  sicl^ or  injured  seamen  left  in  for­ eign  ports.  If  these  wages are  not  paid  promptly,  the seaman  will  re^  ceive  $8.00  per  day  in  addition  to  the  maintenance and cure  received  in  the form  of  repatriation upkeep.  This  clause  is designed  to  elimi­ men  any  spending  money  whatso­ ever,  leaving  them  penniless"  al­ though  they  had  pay  coming  to  them  from  the  company.  Now  Seafarers  in  this  predicament  are  assured  prompt  payment  of  money  due  them.  Loss  Of  Effects  Another  change  provides  for  payment  of  up  to  $300  for  loss  of  effects  when  a  ship  is  damaged  by  (Continued  on  page  17)  I  I  •   in This issue  This  issue  includes  a  12­page  supplement  which  contains  the  complete  text of  the new  stand­ ard  agreement for dry cargo op­ erators,  plus  an  analysis  of  tho  new  general  rules  and  working  rules  that  has  been  drawn  np  by  headquarters.  A  comparison  of  the  old  and  new  wage  scales  for  the  ratings  in all  three  de­ partments  appears  on  page  17.  The  contract  provisions  are  re­ troactive  to  November  18,  sub­ ject  to  approval  by  the  Wage  .Stabilization  Board.  *  ­  Because  of  the  size  of  the  supplement,  several  . features  that  appear  regularly  in  the  SEAFARERS  LOG  had  to  be  omitted  from  this  issue  despite  the addition  of  four more pages.  Ail of  the features  will  be  back  in subsequent issues of the LOG.  Slbpchests  aboard five  SlU­contracted  ships  have  already  been  furnished  by  the  Union  as headquarters  officials  estimated  that  the  new SIU service  will be  extended to all  vessels  sailing  out  of  Northeast  ports early  in  1953.  Under  the  new  Union  ven­f  ture,  low­cost,  high  quality  siderably less  than  the $5.50  price­ the  SIU  store  because  they  felt  it  slopchests for  all SlU­manned  tag  they'd  found  on  the  identical  was  a field  that  should  remain  vessels  are  being  supplied  from  goods  previously.  (Continued  on  page  17)  the stock  of  the  Union's Sea  Chest  Were  Paying More  at headquarters.  This enables Sea­ Prices for  foul  weather and cold  farers  to  enjoy  the  use­  of  first­ weather  gear  also  drew  a  consid­ quality,  union­made,  merchandlise  erable  demand,  when  several  Sea­ at  prices  averaging  15­20  percent  farers  explained  they  had  been  less than  they had  been paying  be­ paying  $1.50  for  workgloves  until  With  the prospect  of  a fleet­wide  tie­up staring  it in the  face,  the Calmar  Steamship Com­ fore  for  slopchest  goods.  a  short  time  ago  when  it  became  pany—lone  contractual  holdout—quickly  came  to  terms  with the SIU,  signing  the  standard  Must  Go  First  known in  thie  industry that the  SIU  ——  —  Plans  for  the  installation  of  Sea  was  planning  to  supply  its  con­ agreement  on  December  2.  ­f  Further, a joint  Union­man­ 30,  subject  to  the  ten days'  written  stocking  the  ships.  The  Union­ Chest­supplied  slopchests  on  all  tracted  ships.  The  price  then  management  committee has already  SIU  ships  are  still  in  the  infant  dropped  a  few  pennies  to  $1.29,  agement  committee  has  been  notice.  begun  its study.  By  Jan.  31,  ail  of  stage,  since  present  stocks  in  slop­ but  still  couldn't  match  the  $1.15  set  up  to  study  the  ipatter  of  Members  Okay  Strike  chests  on  most  ships  wiii  have  to  tag  placed  on  the ^ame  gloves  by  feeding  and  storing  aboard  its  This  notification  followed a  vote  the  Calmar  ships  will  have  come  be  used  up first.  the  Sea  Chest.  by  the  headquarters  membership  back  to  the  home  port  and  will  Ships  which  have  so  far  been  In  line  with  earlier  activity  ships.  This  committee  will  study  of  November  19,  authorizing  the  have  an  opportunity  to  replenish  able  to  take  advantage  of  the serv­ among  waterfront  ship  chandlers  the matter for two  months and  will  Union  negotiating  committee  to  their stores.  ice  are  the  Trojan  Seaman  (Troy),  apd  slopchest  dealers  who  report­ make  a  report^ on  January  31  on  strike  the  company,  if  necessary.  The  six­man  committee,  consist­ Mother M.  L.  (Eagle  Ocean),­Coeur  edly  banded  together  in  an  or­ what  steps  have  been  taken  to  im­ While  the  Union .went  ahead  with  ing  of  three  company  officials  and  D'Alene  Victory  and  Coe  Victory  ganization  openly  designed to fight  strike  preparations,  the  company  three Union  representatives, set  up  (Victory  Carriers)  and  the  new  the  SIU's  entry  into  the field,  a  prove  feeding  and  stores.  realized  that  it  would  have  to  do  to keep a close check on  the storing  Negotiations  with  the  Calmar  some serious  Keystone  Mariner  (Waterman).  LOG  staffer  learned  that  the  so­ negotiating.  Meetings  practices,  will  interview  stewards  Reaction  of  the  membership to the  called  Slop  Chest  Dealers  of  Company  had  draggea  on  unsuc­ with  the  Union  committee  were  and  other  crewmembers  who  feel  idea  has been overwhelming,  in fa­ America  had  asked  subscriptions  cessfully  for  several  weeks.  The  resumed  on  December  1  and  con­ that  the  company  has  not  been  up  vor of  the service,  which many  feel  of.,^$100  from  slopchest  operators  company ­president  had  refused  to  tinued  until  the  contract  was  to par on food storing.  will  for  the first  time  assure  them  ia  ports all  over  the country in  or­ participate,  and  little  progress  was  signed.  The  result  was  that  Cal­ a  square  deal  on  slopchest  pur­ der  to  build  a  fund  to  smear  and  made  as  a  result.  Consequently,  mar,  the  only  one  of  tiie  standard  If  at  the  end  of  the  two  month  chases.  discredit  the  Union­operated  en­ the  Union  negotiating  committee  freight  companies  that  balked  at  a  period,  the  Union finds  that condi­ Many  noted,  for  example,  that  terprise.  notified the  company on  November  standard  agreement,  has  been  tions  are  not  up  to  the  high  SIU  various  ships  they  had  shipped  on  It  was  also  learned,  after  inter­ 20  that  it  was  suspending  the  brought  into  line  along  with  the  standard,  the  Union  will  have  Uie  right  to  cancel  the  contract  and  carried  "seconds"  and  non­labeled  views with  representatives of  many  agreement  as of  December  1.  The  other  SIU  operators.  take  whatever  action  it  sees  fit  to  items  of  inferior jquality  and  then  nationally­known  manufacturers  of  ten  days'  notice  was  required  by  Study  Begun  sold  these  at  over retail  prices  be­ work  and  dress  gear  featured  in  the terms  of  the memorandum  that  As  a  supplement  to  the  Calmar  remedy  the  situation.  side;^.  They felt that the Sea Chest  the  Sea  Chest,  that  the SCDA  was  had  been  signed  in  September.  agreement,  the  Union  took  steps  The  new  agreement  covers  the  price  of  $4.20  for  nationally­ making  frantic  appeals/ to  these  This  memorandum  extended  the  ta  put.­an­end  ­to  the­ policy  the  company's eight ships,  all of  which  branded khtdd  workpants  was  con­ concerns  to  halt  all  business  with  contract,  which expired September  company  had  instituted  of  under­ operate  in  the  intercoastal  trade.  Calmar Signs, Avoids Strike  M  �'•   i;'v^Ilr^S  Taf^Vtkk  |jE  ii  'M'  DMMpd^et U, 198i  SEAFABTBliS  LOG  Heads Up Del Ore Stewards Jffen  CASH BENEFITS  SEAFARERS  WELFARE,  VACATION  PLANS  ..  .  f?'• ;  'I  REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID  Bobert  Lenon,  galleyman,  and  Hbmella  Fluence,  chief  cook,  are  two of  the Seafarers who have  helped the Del  Oro (Mississippi)  get  Its reputation  as  an  exceptionally  clean  and  heads­up ship.  Five Educators Named  As Scholarship Panel  From  No. Seafarers Receivtnf  Bcnefito this Period  Avorage  Benefits Paid Each Seafarer  Total  Benefits Paid  this Period  36  WELFARE,  VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD  Sdection  of five  university  administrators who  will  serve  Hospital Bcaofita  on  the  SIU  Scholarship  Advisory  Committee  has  been  an­ Death Benefits  nounced  by  the Seafarers Scholarship Fimd.  The Committee  will  advise  the four  who  win^  .——  DIaabUitv Benefka  the $1,500 annual  scholarships  stressed  that  applicants  who  want  Maternity Benefita  from among those Seafarers or  to take  the  College  Entrance  tests  children  of  Seafarers  who  qualify  on  January  10  must  have  their  Vacation Benefita  SuLh  under the  plan and  take the stand­ qualifications  in  by  December  20.  ard  College  Entrance  Examination  A  second  set of  tests  will  be given  36  Total  Board  Tests.  on  March  14.  Winners  will  then  Meanwhile,  the  Seafarers  Wel­ be  selected  to  start  school  in  the  fare  Plan  office  reported* that  a  fall  of  1953.  WELFARE,  VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY  sizeable  number  of  inquiries  and  The five  committee  members  applications  has  been  received  for  chosen  were  taken  from  a  list  of  the  scholarships.  The  office  recommendations submitted  by the  £>o\  Hospital Benefits Paid Since  July 1. 1950*  i  Educational Testing  Service.  They  were  chosen  because  of  their  high  Death  Benefits Paid Since  Tuly  I. 1950 *  standing , in  the field  of  education  Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 *  3^4,o  and  their familiarity  with  the  Col­ t  ^  lege  Entrance  Examination  Board  Maternity Benefits Paid Since April  1. 1952 *  o ^  procedure.  Vacation Benefits Paid Since  Feb.  11.  1952 •   1/^/7 Vf?  Sh\  Committee  members are  the fol­ lowing:  Total  73  Mr.  Bernard  Ireland,  assistant  of  admissions,  Columbia  * Dace  Benefits Beaan  Ii  11  «  Workers  on  tugs  and  ferryboats  director  College,  Columbia  University,  of  tbe  Jersey  Central  Bailroad  have  voted  bvedwhelmingly  for  New  York.  WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS  AFL  representation  in  a  collective  Mr.  ^Iwood  C.  Kastner,  regis­ bargaining election.  Approximately  trar of  New  York  University, .New  100  licensed  deck  and  engine  of­ Vork.  Vacation  ficers  involved  chose  the  Railway  Mr.­  C.  William  Edwards,  direc­ Cash on Hand  Harbor  Workers, Local  933­5,  ILA­ tor  of  admissions,  Princeton  Uni­ Welfare  AFL  and  the  Masters,  Mates  and  versity, Princeton, NJ.  Vacation  o  AiO. oao  o  Pilots, liOcal  3,  AFL, as their  rep­ Miss Edna M;  Newby, director  of  Estimated Accounts  Receivable  resentatives  in  an  election  con­ admissions. New Jersey  College for  0<aig  IP 9  ducted  by  the  Railway  Mediation  Women,  Rutgers^University,  New  US Government  Bonds  (Welfare)  Board.  ­ Brunswick,  NJ.  ,  ¥ft, fL  The  election  covered  eight  har­ Real  Estate (Welfare)  Mr.  F.  D.  Wilkinson,  registrar,  i  oca  £>  bor  tugs  and  a  number  of  ferry­ Howard  University,  Washington,  Other  Assets ­ Training Ship (Welfare)  boats.  Voting  took  place  in  the  DC.  0&  Jersey  Central ferryhouse.  Oi  TOTAL  ASSETS  Also  on  the  ballot  was  the  CIO  Railway Workers Union,  which suf­ fered  a  decisive  defeat.  The  deck  officers will  be  represented  by  the  MM&P  local  union,  with  engine  room  officers  joining  up  with  the  Railway  Harbor  Workers  Union.  Both  unions  involved  are  mem­ bers of  the  AFL  Maritime Trades  The  Coast  Guard  has  extin­ guished the  Navesink Light,  a  New  Department.  York  Harbor  landmark  since  the  The past two weeks  has  seen  the  Plan  paying out 2A  ma­ days  of  the  American  revolution.  ternity benefits,  The  breakdown  by  Ports  is €ia  follows:  Improvements in  the Ambrose and  Report Lost  Scotland  lightships  and  in  lighted  Mobiley 5v  New Orleans,  A}  Baltimore,  A;  New  York  2%  Baggage Chech  channel  buoys into  New  York  har­ Philadelphia,  2;  Norfolk, Savannah  and Galveston,  1 each.  Seafarers  who  lose  baggage  bor  have  done  away  with  the  need  checks for gear checked  at any  for  the  old  lighthouse.  Four  benefits were also paid  out  to members  that  were not  SIU  baggage  room  should  The  present  Navesink lighthouse  notify  that  particular  hall  was  erected  in  1862  to  replace  an  right away so  that  no  one  can  older  lighthouse  on  the  same  site.  improperly  claim  the, baggage  At one time it  was the most power­ with that check.  Headquarters  ful ­beacon  in,the  US,  carrying  25  December  6  1952  ^  SuBnttttd:  Al' Kcfr,  /Lssfsfintt  Adtninistfiitot  officials  advise  you  to  do  this  million  candlepower.  In  later  Immediately  to  avoid  loss  of  years  the  brilliance  of  the  light  .  your  gear  and/or  trouble  was  reduced  conMderably  as  its  claiming  it  later  on.  Make  need:  diminished.  sure you notify the hall  where  The  station  will  continue  to  the  baggage!  was  checked  as  function  as  a  supplementary  day­ /soon  as  you  find  but  youVe  light  aid  to  navigation,  carrying  All these are yours  without contributhig a single njekel on your  part^TrCbJlecting SIU bene­ the  nffie^  deaignatian  qf.  Ha,veT  % is easy, whether it's for l^^pitel,  birth,, disability  or  death—You  get first rate  personal.  sink  Di^beaeon.  8qi^(feelrBg»<iittiel^'ljy^  your Uniiuat^t  represditativei,  ^  4?^  ? 7f  74 ^'7 "  MTD Unions  Win Voting  In Tugboats  M.  s±l  NY's  Navesink  Light  Doused  nnTii(mftntfii  Many men when being released from the  hospital  are failing to file for their  hospital benefits within  the fourteen­day period required by the Plan,  Any hos­ pital benefits not received in the hospital should  be  applied for  in writing within fourteen days  of  discharge  frgm the hospital to the  Administrator directly.  sent in care of  the Port Agents,  •  •   I'  .. CMMi, remember this • .,  �Deceinltor  12,  IS^t  SEAFARERS  LOG  Pare  Fl^e  SIU  NEWSLETTER  Yorkmar  Driven  Aground  During Gale; Crew  Safe  J  »  h  t­ Twenty­three  "junk"  boat  operators  in  New  York  harbor  stand  ac­ cused  of  being  potential  saboteurs.  Representatives  of  the  Security  Bureau,  Inc.,  New  York  Tow  Boat  Exchange,  Harbor  Carriers  of  the  Port  of  New  York,  and  the  American  Waterways  Operators,  told  the  US  Coast  Guard  Merchant  Marine  Council  recently  that  during  the  present  crisis  all  junk  boats  should  be  banned  from  waterfront  areas  as  it  is  most  difficult  to  exercise  proper  supervision  over  these  craft.  The  Coast  Guard  currently  is  considering  tightening  rules  as  to  movement  of  vessels,  and  personnel,  in  waterfront  areas,  particularly  with  reference  to "water  taxis,  junk  boats,  sludge  barges,  and  garbage  disposal  boats."  President  Truman  has  found  that  the  security  of  the  US  is  endangered  by  reason  of  subversive  activities,  and  that  the  ac­ tivities  of  the  above­mentioned  types  of  operation  are  of  particular  danger  to  the  security  interests  due  to  the  pattern  of .their  waterfront  operations,  which  involves  their  frequent  contact  with  vessels  and  continual  passage  among  all  waterfront  areas,  including  sensitive areas  of  importance  to  the  national  defense.  Your  reporter  has  learned  that  the  Coast  Guard  is  considering  the  extent  to  which  the operations  of  water  taxis,  junk  boats, sludge  barges  and  garbage  disposal  boats,  may  be  endangering  national  security,  plIiiiiilEill®­ particularly after  dark,  which, according  to a  high­ranking Coast Guard  official,  gives  them  unusual  opportunity  to  conduct  activities  contrary  to  the  security  interests  of  the  US.  iiiiiiiiiliilM  It is  expected  that the  Coast Guard,  if  it  does not  ban  the operations  ,  of  junk  boats, soon  will issue  regulations requiring,  among other things,  ­ that  those  in  charge  of  such  boats  must  maintain  a  daily  log and  must  be  in  possession of  a proper  seaman's document.  All operators of  boats  mentioned  above,  under  the  Coast  Guard's  proposed  rules,  will  have  The  Yorkmar sits  high  in  the  pounding  surf  after  being  driven  aground  near  Aberdeen,  Washington,  to have  port  security  cards  and  be  screened  by  Captains  of  the  partic­ in a  stiff  gale.  The crew  has been reported  to be  in  no  danger.  ular  Ports  involved.  In  the  meantime.  Coast  Guard  is  reviewing confidential  information  Attempts  to  refloat  the  SlU­manned  freighter  Yorkmar  (Calmar)  went  into  the  third  , from  the  Customs  Bureau  charging  junk  boat  operators  with  illegally  day  yesterday  near  Aberdeen,  Wash,  after  the  ship  had  run  aground  in  a  stiff  gale  and  lemoving  merchandise  from  incoming  vessels,  particularly  narcotics.  fog.  The  36  crewmembers  were  still aboard  and were  reported in  no danger.  Nobody  was  '  injured.  '  A note  to  the  Republican  administration  which  will  be  in  control  of  Heavy  winds  and seas have  the  US  Government in  January;  Is  this  the  time  to  endanger  a  strong  worked  the  vessel  so  far  up  to  get  a  line  to  the  Yorkmar.  The  found  that  they  were  able  to  walk  American  merchant  marine?  Since  1938  the  industrial  potential  of  the  on  the  beach  that  the  crew  would  Coast  reported  that  it  was  consid­ ashore,  during  low  tide,  from  the  Eastern  European  satellite  nations  of  the  Soviet  Union  has  doubled.  be  able  to  walk  ashore  during  low  ering  using  a  heliocopter  to  carry  lee  of  the  beached  ship.  The  Coast  Guard  reported  that  •W   hereas  this  area  was  predominantly  agricultural  prior  to  1940,  these  tide.  But  the  winds  and  the  surf  a  line  from  the  tug  to  tlie freight­ countries  are  now  undergoing  a  real  industrial  revolution.  With  Mos­ continue  to  pound  the  vessel  on  er,  and  thus  get  over  the rough  the  rescue  ships  were  continuing  surf.  to stand  by  the  Yorkmar, and  were  cow  calling  the  signals,  extensive  programs  are  underway  to  increase  the  windward.  While  the  sea  pounded  at  the  waiting  for  the  wind  and  sea  to  Industrial  production  and  untilize  to  the  fuliest  extent  the  resouixes  Some  six  Coast  Guard  vessels,  windward  side  of  the  ship  and  calm  down  a  little  more  before  of  the  satellite  states.  rescue  tug  and  a  heliocopter  were  drove  it  further  up  on  the  beach,  making  another  attempt  to  get  the  i  reported  standing  by  for  the  third  Cargo  carrying  aircraft  will  no  more  replace  ships  on  the seas  than  day.  Attempts  to  get a  line aboard  the  crewmembers  of  the  Yorkmar  ship off  ttie  beach.  they  will  replace  railroads on  land.  As  an  example—44  ships can,  and  the  grounded  Liberty  ship  have  did  during  World  War  II,  transport  100,000  long  tons  of  cargo  from  failed  because  of  the  sustaining  San  Francisco  to  Australia  each  month.  To  accomplish  the  same  task  winds  and fierce  surf  in  the  area.  by  air  it  would  require  10,000  four­engined  C­87  aU­planes  manned  by  The  captain  reported,  however,  120,000 highly trained men,  plus 89  seagoing tankers  to provide gasoline  that  despite  the  pounding  the  along  the  route and  the  far  end  of  the  run.  ship  was  taking  in  the  surf,  it  seemed  to  be  in  no  danger  of  Indications  are  that  there  will  be  a  substantial  re­writing  of  the  breaking  up,  and that  all  the  ship's  nation's  labor laws  by  the  new  Republican  83rd  Congress,  which  comes  machinery  was  still  in  working  or­ More  than  200  Seafarers  in  various  hospitals  around  the  into power  in Jaunary,  possibly even  to the  junking  of  the Taft­Hartley  der and  she was ready  to be floated  country  will  receive  a  $25  Christmas  present  from  the Sea­ Act.  For  example.  Representative  McConneli,  Republican  of  Pennsyl­ at  any  time.  farers Welfare  Plan  this  year.  The holiday  bonus  will be in  vania,  who  will  become  the  Chairman  of  the  House  LaboT  Committee  A  quick  survey  of  the  hull,  said  in  the  GOP­controlled  Congress,  says  that  "we  are  certainly  going  to  the  captain,  did  not  show  any  addition  to  the  regular  week­­f—  have  changes  in  the  Labor­Management  Relations  Law.  I  certainly  signs of  serious damage  to the  ves­ ly benefit of  $15 that  is paid to  the  Seafarers.  A  meeting  of  the  anticipate  them,  but  how  they  will  be  made,  I  can't  say  yet."  sel.  all Seafarers eligible for bene­ trustees  can  be  called  at  any  time  Hit  By  Storm  A  main  obstacle  to  the  junking  of  the  Taft­Hartley  Act  will  prove  fits  for  as  long  as  they  are  hos­ for  this purpose.  •   to  be  Senator  Taft,  Ohio,  who  wants  to  keep  the  law  that  bears  his  The  Yorkmar was  enroute  empty  pitalized.  The  additional  Christmas  pay­ name, but  who also wants  to revamp it  through a  series of  amendments;  from  San  Francisco  to  Grays  Har­ The  trustees  of  the  Plan  agreed  ment  was approved  on  the  grounds  However,  opposed  to  the  feeling  of  Mr.  Taft  is  a  strong  position  on  bor,  Washington,  to  pick  up a  load  to  the  Union­proposed holiday  gift,  the  part  of  other  GOP  membei­s  who  want  to  bury  the  Taft­Hartley  of  lumber  when  she  ran*  into  which  will  run  upwards  of  $5,000,  that  the  men  in  the  hospitals,  per­ haps  more  than  anyone  else,  need­ Act  and  re­write  the  Nation's  labor  law.  trouble.  as  part  of  a  regular  SIU  practice  ed  a  little  extra  money  around  the  ^  The result  was  that  the  7,200­ton  during the  holiday  season.  In addi­ holiday  season  for  gifts  and  cards,  .  The  US  program  of  military  procurement  in  Western  Europe  was  freighter  ran  up  on  the  beach  late  tion,  the  trustees  liberalized  the  as  well  as  to buy  themselves some­ started  just  over  a  year  ago,  for  the  purpose  of  developing  a  larger  Monday.  A  call  for  aid  brought  eligibility  dates  for  the  holiday  thing they  might  want  to help  pass  European  prpduction  base  and  thus  enabling  those  countries  to  pro­ the  Coast  Guard  vessels,  but  they  bonus.  Tbis year, Seafarers who are  the  holiday  in  the  hospital.  vide, more fully  for their  own future  defense requirements.  At the  end  stood  by  when  the  captain  report­ in  the  hospital  for  more  than  one  of  June, .1952,  about  $700  miliion  in  contracts  for  major  materiel  had  ed  that  the  crew  was  in  no  danger  day  during  the  period  from  De­ and  would  stay  aboard.'  cember  21  through  December  27  been  placed.  In  July  of  this  year,  1,400  tanks  and  combat  vehicles,  11,000  motor  On  Tuesday  morning,  the  tug  will  get  the  bonus  provided,  of  transport  vehicles,  207,000  small  arms  and  machine  guns,  1,330  artil­ Salvage  Chief  arrived  at  the  scene  course,  they  are  eligible  to  collect  lery  pieces,  53  aircraft,  and  22  vessels  were  dispatched  to  all  recipient  and  began  efforts  to  get  a  line  the  SIU  hospital  benefit.  Last  year  European  countries.  Many  other  items  of  supply  and  equipment  were  aboard  the  Yorkmar.  All  the  at­ the  bonus  was  limited  to  a five­ tempts  were  unsuccessful,  because  day  period.  also  shipped  in  quantity.  of  the  heavy  surf  and  stiff  winds  Paid  in  Cash  X  it  J"  "  The  extra  $25  bonus  will  be  dis­ The  North  Atlantic  Treaty  Organization  (NATO)  has  agreed  on  a  of  up  to  50  miles  ah  hour.  Winds  Dropped  tributed  in  cash  to  the hospitalized  plan  for  the  mobilization  of  ocean­going  shipping  in  a  single  pool,  in  case  of  war,  and  to  the  allocation  on  a  world  wide  basis  of  merchant  The  winds  dropped  to  about  40  members  when  the  Welfare  Serv­ Sometimes a hospitalized Seafarer  tonnage  of  the  allies.  Although  it  is  still  top  secret  matter,  this  huge  miles  an  hour  on  Wednesday,  but  ices  representatives  in  New  York  is  missed  by  the  visiting  SIU  rep­ pool  oi!  vessels  would  be  under  the  administration  of  a  Defense  Ship­ were  still  too  strong  for  the  tug  and  the  outpoi'ts  make  their  regu­ resentative  because  he  is not  avail­ lar  weekly  visits  to  the  hospitais  ping  Authority  and  each  of  the  allied  nations  would  place  all  its mer­ able  at  the  time  of  tiie  visit.  In  with  the  hospital  benefit.  chant  ships  in the  central  pod.  such  cases,  it  can  happen  that  the  Any  Seafarer  who  is  in  the  hos­ However,  a  thorn  in  the  side  of  the  planning  is  the  extent  to  which  man  will  be  discharged  from  the  pital  between  the  dates  listed  there  is  a  Communist  influence  in  certain  European  merchant  fleets.  above,  and  is  missed  by  the  SIU  hospital  and  still  have  some  of  his  In  any  event,  in  case  of  future  world­wide  conflict,  there  will  be  a  Bosuns  and. stewards  receiv­ Welfare  representative  on  his  reg­ benefits  coming  to  him.  comprehensive  maritime  screening  program  as  part  of  the  allied  Any  man  in  this  situation  is  re­ ing  the  new  membership  book  ular rounds,  can collect  the  Christ­ merahant  ship  plan.  quired  to  apply  for  these  benefits  now  being  issued  by the  Union  mas  bonus  by  contacting  the  SIU  X  .  X  X  within  two  weeks  of  his  discharge  The  recent  criticism  of  Senator Taft,  Republican  of  Ohio,  involving  are  cautioned  to  make  sure  Welfare  Services  Department  at  from the  hospital.  He can  get them  that  their  ratings  are  stamped  headquarters  within  two  weeks  the  appointment  by  President­elect  Eisenhower  of  Martin  P.  Durkin  by  writing  the  Seafarers  Welfare  into  the  book.  after  Dec.  27.  as  Secretary of  Labor,  poses  the  possibility  that  Ike  will  face  as  re­ Plan  at  II  Broadway,  New  York  Trustees  Free  to  Act  If  the  book  is  not  stamped  bellious  a>  Congress  as Truman  has  faced  in  past  years.  Mr.  Durkin,  a  In  voting  the  Christmas  bonus,  City,  or  going  up  there  in  person  accordingly,  the  dispatcher  member  of  the  AFL,  is  a  Democrat  of  Chicago.  the  trustees  of  the  Seafarers  Wel­ if  that's  more  convenient.  will  not  ship  tho  man  for  that  rating.  As a  result,  some  men  fare  Plan  acted  under  provisions  This  is  a  regulation  that  is con­ holding  those  ratings  might  of  the  Plan  that  permit  them  to  tained  in  the  Welfare  Plan  agree­  ,  s: <•  •  make  alterations  in payments  from  ment  as  it  was  negotiated  between  ­;SJS£  lose  out  on  jobs.  .­J,,..  time  to  time  to  suit  tlie  needs  of  Union and  the  operators:  M'l  I  *V  V Ki  jt*  .'.J ­.k  ii.i.o  $25 Christmas Bonus  Voted Sick Seafarers  Don't  Put  Off  Collecting On  Hospital Pay  Have Your Rating  Listed in Booh  �E;fe''f\'' '\­.­'Ptse'iSf*^' • ••••  K;  ­ s%%:  ^  War  Safety  Rig Urged  By  Seafarer  i  i .;  •<   3;  vc;  I  ­• • fc­ ,j  f V  «  • '*'•  V  ^  • /  ,, ...  Becenber 12,  1252  SSMFAREttS  lifG  UNION  TALK  By  KEITH  TERPE  Within  the  next  few  days,  the  National  Labor  Relations  Board  will  have some  20­30  documented  cases  of  unfair  labor  practices  by  the  Atlantic  Re­ fining Company before it  for processing and  investigation.  Before long,  we expect  to present  another  batch  of  cases in  a similar  pattern  before  the  Board,  because  Atlantic  and  the  peculiarly  "independent"  AMEU  A  proposal that  the Coast  Guard  have the  notion  they  can  get away  with  most  anything  in  the way  they  restore the wartime rule calling for  lifejackets to be  equipped  with  red  treat their  people. It's  time to  put a  stop to  that  idea  once  and  for all.  lights  and  knives  has  been  put  In  the  latest  issue  of  "The  Fleet,"  a  monthly  AMEU  publication  forth  by  Seafarer Keith  M. "Jeep"  every  contributor  is  just  brimming  over  with  Christmas  cheer.  As  a  Cole,  a  former  purser, who  is  now  matter  of  fact,  from  the  outside  this  edition  is  identical  to  the  one  sailing  with  the  SIU.  Cole  feels  circulated  last December,  but  while  the year­old  issue dealt  principally  that  the  provision  would  be  just  as useful in  peacetime as in  war.  in  Yuletide  pleasantries,  the current  publication  is coated  with  venOm.  Another  suggestion  advanced  by  We're  used  to  these  kinds  of  attacks.  We've  had  them  from  every  the Seafarer  is that  a  room  should  type  of  phony  "front"  outfit  in  the  book  since  the  SIU  has  been  in  be  set  aside  in  each  Union  hall  Crewxaembera  of  the  Southem  District  hold  the  memorial  wreath  existence.  But  the  thing  that  stamps  the  latest  version  particularly  for  the  lost  Southern  Isles  and  SIU  crewmembers.  Captain  Ben­ for meditation  purposes, similar  to  dall is at  top.  Included are: Yillarreal,  3rd eng.;  Anderson, wiper;  vicious  is  the  way  it  callously  deals  with  13  men's  freedom  of  choice  the  room  at  UN  headquarters.  Jones, delegate; Duffy and  Fargo, stewards, and  Weaver, messman.  and  opinion.  A  room  of  this  type,  he  said,  Privacy of  a  Pledge  could  be  used  by  men  of  all  re­ SIU organizers have made it a point to  respect the  privacy  of  a man's  ligious faiths as a  place for  prayer  pledge  to  support  the  SIU,  because  they  know  how  company  stooges  and  meditation,  just  as  the  UN  can  make  a  man's  life  miserable  as  soon  as  they  find  out  he's  on  the  room  serves  delegates  from  all  other  team.  But  not  so  with  the  AMEU  which,  by  means  of  a  type­ over the  world.  written  "petition"  ostensibly  signed  by  13  men  on  the  E.  J.  Henry,  Could Save Lives  an  Atlantic  tanker,  has  sought  to discredit  our  campaign.  This  "peti­ In  his  communication  to  the  One year after the MV Southern Isles split in half  and sank  tion," which  is  framed  as  a  renunciation ­of  the  pledges by  these  men,  SEAFARERS  LOG,  Cole  points  off  Cape Hatteras  with 17  of  her  23­man  crew,  brother  Sea­ was  allegedly  sent  to  SIU  headquarters  almost  three  weeks  ago.  It  hasn't  turned  up  yet,  but,  of  course,  that's of  no  importance  anyway,  out  that  perhaps  some  of  the  men  who  were  lost  on  the  Southern  farers of  the lost  men  carefully set a  wreath floating en  top  since  this  so­called  "document"  probably  only  exists  in  the  minds  of  the attorney  who dreamed  it all  up to help fill  up space in  "The Fleet.''  Isles  might  have  been saved  if  the  of  the  waters  which  are  the­*  and  those  crewmembers  who  are  The  main  point  is  the  manner  in  which  the  "signers"  were  ap­ men  had  the  watertight  red flash­ Southern  Isles' grave.  lights  to  signal  to  rescuers  with.  The  wreath  was  cast  upon  no longer  with  us, but  are not  for­ proached on  thi^  thing  is somewhat  suspect.  After  all,  it's  bad  enough  Also  the  knives  would  come  in  the  waters  which  claimed  the  17  gotten,  of  our  sister  ship,  the  to drum .up­a gimmick  like this  and  have it  fall flat,  but  when  company  handy, for as he puts it, "there still  crewmembers  of  the  converted  Southern  Isles,  which  has  come  to  supervisors  gang  up  on  unlicensed  crewmen  to "induce"  them  to allow  are sharks swimming  around  these  LST  during  memorial services  last  rest  in  or  around  tl^is  vicinity."  their  names  to  be  used  with  this  "petition,"  that's, going  a  little  bit  month  held  aboard  the  Southern  As  the  captain  prayed  and  the  too  far.  In  fact,  it's  far  enough  to  be  against  the  law,  because  it  is  oceans, wartime or not."  Also,  Cole  suggests  that  chief  Isles' sister ship, the Southem  Dis­ crewmembers  bowed  their  heads,  any  American  workingman's  right  to  seek  representation  by  a  labor  the  Southern  District's flag  was  union  of  his  own  choosing,  and  management,  its  agents  and  super­ mates  on  all  vessels  require  at  trict, owned  by  the same  Southem  lowered  to  half  mast.  Trading  Company.  least  one  lifering  with  a  light  to  visors  are  specifically  denied  the  right  to  interfere  with  this  freedom  It  was October  5, 1951,  when  the  "Oh,  Merciful  God,"  the  captain  of  choice.  be  placed  somewhere  between  the  bow  and  the  No.  1 hold.  In  that  SlU­manned  Southem  Isles  ran  continued,  T  thank  You  for  this  Under  the  circumstances,  we  all  know  how  little  this  so­called  "re­ way,  if  a  ship  was  split  like  the  into  trouble  during  heavy  seas  gallant crew of  men that have gath­ nunciation" is  worth.  Under  the  big  squeeze from  the supervisors,  the  Western  Farmer  and  the  lookout  about  200  miles  southeast  of  Cape  ered  here  on  this  deck  in  trib­ unfortunate crewmembers  had  little choice  but to sign  the "petition" to  didn't  have  a  life  jacket  with  him,  Hatteras.  The  converted  LST  ute  and  honor  to  the  courageous  save  their  jobs.  We  have  a  pretty  good  idea  how  they  really  feel  i  he  could  grab  the  lifering  before  couldn't take  the seas and  broke in  crew  of  the  ill­fated  Southem  about  it.  half.  Seventeen  of  her  crewmem­ Isles.  going  over  the  side.  Most  In  Black  Gang  bers  went  down  with  her.  There  Sleep In  The  Deep  Attend  Services  were only  six survivors.  "Oh,  Merciful  God,  we  who  In  this case,  it's  not strange  that  most  of  the 13  were from  the  black  As  to  the  meditation  room,  Cole  Engines Stopped  have  banded  togetlier  here  on  this  gang,  since  the  licensed  engineers,  the  company  supervisors  in  that  declared,  "if  we  have  a  nice  bar  Last month,  the first  anniversary  deck beg  Thee that  each and  every  department,  worked  night  and  day  to  get  them  to  do  this in  complete  and  a  night  club in  our  halls, can't  of  her sinking  was  marked  by  the  member  of  our ill­fated sister  ship  violation  of  the law.  They even  showed  their cards, plainly  by  remark­ we set  aside one  room in  each  hall  Southern  District.  As  the  South­ will  rest  in  heaven  with  You.  Oh,  ing to anyone who  hesitated to  allow his  name to be  used for this "docu­ •   for  meditation  purposes?  There  em  District  reached  the  approxi­ Lord, Dear  God, again  we  beg that  ment"  that  he'd find  it  pretty  difficult  to  "obtain  a  license  or  to  sail  are  a  majority  of  men  in  the  mate spot where  the­Southern Isles  You  watch  over  Captain  Saddler  with  any  other  non­union  company  because  the  front  office  (Atlantic)  Union  who  attend  services  both  in  had  gone  down,  the  engines  were  and  the  heroes,  our  brothers;,  who  would  see  to  it  that  he'd  not  have  an  easy  time  of  it . . ."  Few  men  the  US  and  overseas.  Since  the  stopped  and  brother  officers  and  sleep  forever  here  on  Cape  Hat­,  faced  with  a  swift  end  to  their  livelihoods  like  that  would  think  twice  Union is  more than  often our home  Seafarers of  the lost  men  gathered  teras.  Amen."  .  about okaying a "petition" like that  during the heat of  the moment.  away from home, I  think we should  silently on  deck.  As  the  prayer  concluded,  the  But the  best  part of  the story  is that  most  of  them immediately  noti­ let God  inside the  halls too.  The  men  bared  their  heads  as  wreath  was  slipped  over  the  side  fied the SIU  of  what  had  happened and  just  to show  they  meant it  the  "Why  don't  we  be  the  leader  in  Captain  Bendall  read  a prayer  for  while  all' stood  silent.  The  men  first  time,  signed  pledges  all  over  again  as  soon  as  they  got  the  the  labor fleld  in  this  undertak­ the men  lost on the Southern Isles.  stood  silent,  watching  the  wreath  chance.  This is as it should  be for,  despite intimidation  and  threats to  ing," Cole  stated, "just  as we  have  "We  are assembled  here  today,"  drifting  on  the  surface,  and  then  their  livelihood,  Atlantic  tankermen  know  where  they  can  make  the  been  the  leader  in  so  many  other  he  said,  "to  pay  tribute,  though  it  the  Southem  District  got  under  most  for  their  bread  and  butter, and  that  we're  in this  campaign  until  undertakings?"  may  be  smaU,  to  Captain  Saddler  way.  the day  Atlantic too  is SIU.  Sister  Ship Marks  Sinking Of  So, isies  Cartoon  History  Of  The  SIU  The 'Shooting War* Beging  No. 2S  i­:  'Mi  • ;i3  Pearl  Harbor  caught  the  Army,  Navy  and^ Govern­ ment  by  surprise.  Merchant  ships,  unprotected,  were caught ip  harbors and alongside in China,  the  Philippines  and  other  places.  Merchant  seamen  were ^led  or herded  into Japanese  prison canaps.  Subs ran  amok qnd  sank  many ships.  Hastily  organized  convoys  with  popgun  escorts  went  to  sea.  Ships  were  overcrowded  with  extra  bunks  in  all  foc'sles.  On  one  Murmansk  convoy,  40  ships  out  ot  46  were  sunk.  Merchant  seamen  died  or  were'  taken  prispnerl.  Sewneh' were  sub­ jected  to  the  military  and  phony cdipts  martial.  Harrowing  . tales  of  seamen's  hardships  were  printed,  but  the  press  ignored  stories  about  Coast  Guard  hearing  officers  and  military  hard­timing.  The  Government  and  shipowners  called  seamen  "heroes" in public, "bums" in private.  The seamen  kept the ships sailing while  profits kept  pouring ik  '  �December  It,  195t  Fare Seres  SEAFARERS  LOG  SUP  Unveils  New  Branch  ELECTION  COSTS  NEAR  $100  MILLION  MARK—Both  Demo­ crats  and  Republicans  in  Congress  are  studying  ways  and  means  to  control  election  expenditures  as  a  result  of  the  tremendous  amount  of  money  spent  in  the  recent  elections.  Nobody  knows  exactly  what  the figures  are,  but  guesses  have  been  made  that  $100  million  was spent,  with national  television  appearances eating  up  a lot  of  the money.  Republicans  are supposed  to  have out­spent  Democrats  by  about  two  to  one.  The  legal  limit  on  spending  by  each  party's  national  committee  is  $3  million,  but  that's  gotten,  around  by  the  formation  of  the  so­called  "independent  citizens  committees"  for  the  various  candidates.  These  committees  can  raise and spend as much  money as they  want at present. Aside from  the election  costs, the  Citizens for  Eisenhower  reported  they  spent  $1.2  million  to get  the  nomination  for  Ike  over  Taft.  JURY  HITS UN,  STATE  DEPT. ON  "DISLOYAL  AMERICANS"  —^A  Federal grand  jury in  New  York  has  revived  the "Communists  in  the  UN"  issue  by  charging  that  the  State  Department  had  cleared  "disloyal"  Americans  for  United  Nations'  jobs.  The  jury  also  charged  that  the  Justice  Department  tried  to  suppress  their  report. According  to  the  jury  report, it  had  received  evidence  that  two  US citizens  holding  top  positions  in  a  UN  agency  were  mem­ bers  of  a  Russian  spy  ring,  and  that  a  large  group  of  American  Communists  have  infiltrated  the  world  organization.  The  State  Department has  denied charges,  claiming that it  has no  jurisdiction  oyer  UN  hiring  practices.  MeanwhUe  the  UN  has  served  notice  it  will fire  all employees  who  refuse  to testify  about  past  Communist  affiliation.  J.  5,  ARMY  AGAIN SEIZES VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT—Appar­ ently  losing  a  national  election  to  opposition  parties,  the  Vene­;  zuelan  Army  has  put  one  of  its  officers  into  power  as  provisional  president.  The first  election  reports  that  came  outTiad  one  of  the  opposition  parties  leading  the  government­sponsored  party  by  more  than  two  to  one.  Complete  censorship was  then  imposed  on  all  outgoing  dispatches  and  a  couple  of  days  later  the  army  announced  that  it  had  put  Col.  Marcos  Perez  Jimenez  in  office.  The  government  then  announced  that  the  government­sponsored  pai'ty  was  leading  in  the  election.  It  was  not  explained  why  the  army  named  its  own  man  in  advance  if  the  army­sponsored  party  was  winning  the  election.  • r,  I  f;r  EX­TAX  COLLECTOR  HELD  FOR  DODGING  TAXES—Joseph  Nunan,  Jr.,  former  US  Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue  has  been  indicted for  cheating  the  Government  out  of  $91,000  in  taxes  on  his  own  income.  The  indictment  says  that  Nunan  concealed  personal  income  to  the  amount  of  $127,000  in  the  years  1946  to  1950.  Most  of  this  income  consisted  of  lawyers'  fees  he  earned  in  addition  to  his  regular  Government  salary  as  head  of  the  US  tax  collecting  department. Previously  a. House  investigating committee  had  brought  out  that  Nunan's  income  as  a  lawyer  had  jumped  considerably after he  became head  of  the Internal Revenue  Bureau.  Many  of  his clients  after he  left  his  Federal  post  were  people  who  had  dealings  with  the  Government  on  tax  questions.  ELEVEN  CZECHS  HANGED  FOR  TREASON—The  eleven  prominent  Communist leaders  in Czechoslovakia  who  went  on  trial  recently,  included  Rudolf  Siansky  and  Vladimir  dementis  were  hanged  for  treason  after  they  had  been  found  guilty  as  being  "Zionist and Trotskyite" enemies  of  Stalinism. The executions were  considex­ed  as  the  signal  for  the  beginning  of  a  great  purge  in  all  Communist  countries,  possibly  aimed  at  Jewish  members  of  the  party  in  those  counti­ies,  since  ali  the  defendants  were  accused  of  being  part  of  a  Zionist  conspii'acy.  SUP  members  and  friends  fill  the  large  auditorium  of  the  new  Wilmington  SUP  hall  during  dedica­ tion  ceremonies.  Addressing  the  group  is  Harry  Johnson,  assistant  secretary­treasurer  of  the  SUP.  Other  present  included  Mayor  Fletcher  Bowron  of  Los  Angeles  and  West  Coast  representatives  of  the  SIU  A&G  District.  WILMINGTON,  Calif.—With  a  large  crowd  of  sailors  and  guests  present,  the  Sailors  Union  of  the  Pacific  officially  opened  a  brand  new  branch  hall  in  this  port  on  December  6.  Mayor  Fletcher  Bowron  of  Los  Angeles  and delegates from  many  of  the SIU's districts,  including  the  A&G  District ^  were  present  at  the  opening  of  the  building  is  a  large  audi­ their  benefits.  The  option  is  up  to  torium  with  permanent  seating  them. Right  now, the home  is filled  ceremonies. Hundreds  of  SUP  that can accommodate 600 members.  and  there  axe  more  applications  members  attended  the  dedication  of  the second new  hall in the SUP's  building  px­ogram.  At  the  same  time,  the  SUP  opened  the  first  of  a  proposed  string  of  apartment­hotel  type  homes  for  aged  and  disabled  sea­ men.  The  new  home  is  the "pilot"  model  in  the  SUP's  progx­am.  The  Union's  experience  in  operating  this establishment  wi^ serve as  the  basis  for  constx'uction  of  homes  in  other  ports.  Large  Auditorium  The  new  Wilmington  hall  is  located  at  Marine  and  E  Streets,  and  will  be  the  hoxne  of  the  A&G  District's  Wilmington  branch  as  well  as serving  the SUP  and  other  SIU  affiliates.  It  is  a  one  story  building  situated  on  a' lot  110  by  180  feet.  The  exterior  is  of  stucco  construction  and  the  main  feature  The  interior  contains  all  modern  equipment  including  fluoi'escent  lighting  throughout,  as  well  as  the  office space  needed  to carry  on  the  union's  business.  The  "pilot"  home  is  located  at  507  North Broad  Street,  just  a  cou­ ple  of  blocks from  the  new  hall.  It  is  a  former  apax­tment  house  that  has  been  extensively x­emodeled  in­ to  16  apax­tment  units.  A  six­car  garage  that  was  pax­t  of  the  px'op­ erty  has  been  converted  into  a  workshop for  use  by  the  residents.  It  is  near  shopping  facilities  and  ti­anspox'tation.  Home  Is  Filled  Construction  costs  of  the  home  were  met  by  the  Sailors  Home  of  the Paeific  Fund  to  which  the ship­ owners  contribute.  Aged  and  dis­ abled  seamen  are  not  required  to  live  there  if  they  want  to  receive  YOUR  SEAFARERS  GUIDE  TO  BETTER  BUYING  Money Values in Shoes  Many  families  spend  as  much  as  20  per  cent  of  their  entire  clothing  budget  for  shoes.  These  days  you  can  easily  pay  20  bucks  for  a  pair  of  shoes  for  yourself,  ox­ eight  to  ten  bucks for  shoes for  your  kid.  This Is  one expenditure  you can  reduce by  proper selec­ tion,  smart  comparison  shopping  and  proper  care.  You  can  do  it  without  harmiiig  yom­  feet  either.  It  isn't  how  much  you  pay  for  shoes  that  counts  as  much  as the  type  and  how  properly  they  fit.  That  goes  for  women's  and  kid's  shoes  as  well  as  men's.  There's  a  noticeable  difference  in  price  between  nationally­advertised  brands  of  shoes  and  those  sold  by  modex­ate­priced  chains.  This  difference  is  not  neces­ sarily  due  to  any  great  difference  in  quality,  and  some­ times  what  quality  edge  the  costlier  shoes  have,  doesn't  give  you  proportionately  greater  satisfaction for  the extra  prices.  That  doesn't  mean  this  department  is  recommending  that  Seafarers  buy  themselves  and  their  families  cheap  shoes.­  We  do  mean  that  nationally­advertised  shoes  ate  very  expensive  for  their  quality,  and  that  some  chains  do  offer  well­made  shoes  at  comparatively  reasonable  charges.  The  proof  of  the  pudding  is  that  sometimes  the  same  manufacturers  sell  approximately  the  same  quality  shoes  through  the  chain  stores  at  prices  below  their  own  advertised  brands.  You  can  prove  it  to yourself  by  compax­ing  the  quality.  Good  leather  has  a  fine  gx­ain.  When  you  bend  the  shoe  at  the quarter  you'll  observe 15 or 16 fine  lines in  a  half­ inch  of  good  leather.  In  Coarse  leather,  you'll  see  only  six  or  seven.  The  good  leather—iso­call^d  "full  grain"  .i'­'­  .}  • •   :•   i;  •   ^  i  •  •   .  •  .•   than  can  be  handled  showing  the  need  for  such  facilities for  old  sea­ men  who. like  other retired  people,  find  is  difficult  to  obtain  decent  accommodations  at  modeiate  cost.  While  construction  of  any  addi­ tional  SUP  homes  in  other  ports  depends  on  how  the  Wilmington  pi­oject shapes  up, the  genex­al feel­ ing among  the SUP  membership is  that  the  union  should  set  up  an  apartment­hotel  type  of  operation.  In  that  way,  old­time  sailors  and  the  disabled  would  have  apartment  facilities,  and  the  home  would  also  px­ovide hotel­type'rooms  that could  be  rented  to  sailors  while  they  ax'e  on  the  beach.  Tentative  plans  call  for  the construction  of  such  homes  in  San  Francisco, Seattle  and  Pox­t­ land  which  ai'e  the  thi­ee  major  ports  for  the  SUP  on  the  West  Coast,  Written  exclusively  for  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG.  by  Sidney  Margolius,  Leading Expert  on Buying  3—You  can  also .  save  on  the  nationally­advertised  leathex­—is  also  recognizable  by  tiny  pores  you  see  when  brands  by  buying at  outlet stores  axound  the country  like  you  look  at  it closely.  Well­made  shoes  have  so­called  "welt  constx­uction."  the  Avenue Bootery  in  New  Orleans,  the  Julius  Grossman  The  upper  is  not  attached  directly  to  the  sole,  but  both  women's  shoe  factory  outlet  in  Brooklyn,  and  Bloom's  upper  and  sole  are  sewn  to  a  thin  strip  of  leather  called  outlet  store  in  Greenwich  Village  in  New  Yox­k.  4—But  perhaps  the  most  immediately  accessible  saving  a  welt.  Run  your  hand  inside  a  welted  shoe  and  the  in­ for  most  Seafarers  and  tlieir  families  ax­e  the  large­xnod­ sole  feels  entirely  smooth.  You  won't  feel  any  bumps  indicating  nails, or  staples  have  been  used  or any  stitches  erate­priced  chains.  Fau­ly  well­made  shoes  are  offered  as  you  find  in  cheaper  shoes  which  have  the  outsole,  at reasonable  prices by  Thorn  McAn,  Father &  Son, Miles,  upper and  insole sewn  together­.  Welted  shoes are  genex­­ A.  S.  Beck,  G.  R.  Kinney;  J.  C,  Penney,  Montgomery  ally  a  little  heavier  and  give  longer service,  and  can  also  Ward  and  Seats  Roebuck.  Good  Fit  Vital  be  repaired  mox­e  neatly  than  the  cheaper  constructions.  Proper  fit  is  vital  in  shoes,  not  only  for  comfort  but  Other signs of  well­made shoes:  for  long  wear.  Don't  go  by  the  size  stamped  on  the  The  sock  lining  should  be  genuine  leather,  not  papei*.  lining,  because  the sizes  of  different  manufacturers some­ that  looks  like leather, and  should  have one  piece  leather  times  vary.  Try  on  both  shoes  with  yoxir  full  weight  on  lining  at  the  heel.  The  x­est  of  the  shoe  lining  should  • them.  Your  shoes  should  be  bx­oad  and  x'ound  at  the  toe  be  a  closely­woven  cotton  dx­ili.  and  as  straight  along  the  inner  edge  as  possible.  If  you  The  rear  seam  of  the shoe  should  have  a  leather  rein­ put  your feet  together  your shoes  should  touch  at the  heel  , forcement  at  the  top  to  keep­it  fx­om  splitting..  In  the  and  just  in  back  of  the  joints  of  the  big  toes  up  to  the  best  shoes,  the  leather  ovex­laps  at  the  top  of  the  heel  end  of  these  toes.  The less  these  edges  cux­\'e  toward  the  sea'm  to  px­event  splitting.  outside  of  the  shoe  the  bettei­.  There  are  several  ways  to  beat  the  high  cost  of  shoes:  You  should  have  a  half­inch  of  space  beyond  your  toes­ 1—If  you  prefer  the  costly  advertised  brands,  you  can  if  your  shoe  is  properly  rounded  and  broad  enough.  The  save  ten  to  20  per  cent  by  timing  your  buying  for  the  bx­oadest  pax­t  of  your shoe should  come at  the end  of  your  semi­annual­Januai­y  and  July  shoe  sales.  Twice  a  year  little  toe,  and  the  big  joint  of  your  big  toe  should  come  just  whex­e  the  sole  rounds  in  on  the  inside  edge.  most  shoe  stores  and  manufacturers  offer  these  xnoney­ What  about  plastic and rubber  soles compax­ed  to leather  saving  sales  on  standard  brands  and  staple  styles.  2—You  get  a  break  on shoes  at the Seafarex­s  Sea  Chest  soles?  The  more  expensive  shoes  genex­ally  have  leather.  Union  headquarters.  The  Sea  Chest  sells  Crosby  Squax­e  ' Plastic soles  do  wear  longer  than  leather,  but  some  podi­ shoes,  which  have  the  desix­able  welt  construction,  ior  atrists  say  they  cause  the  feet  to  perspire  more  because  $12  to  $15.  That's  $3  to  $5  less  than  the  list  px­ice  for  they're  not  pox­ous  like leather.  Too,  aboard  ship leather  this  nationaliy­Odvertised  brand.  The  Sea  Chest  also  has  soles'may  be  preferable because  they  don't  slip  as  easily  as  plastic  or  rubber  when  wet. *  "  wox­k  shoes  for  $5.15  and  $6.25.  .­Jl  �Paee  •  IN THE  WAKE  ft  •  U'­'  r.­ SEAFARERS  LOG  Deeember 12,  1952  MEET  THE  SEAFARER  The  average  depth  of  the  ocean  Scotland,  whose  original name  was  CHARLES  BUSH,  Bosun  Is  from  10,000  to  15,000  feet.  Of  Caledonia.  "I'm  willing  to  bet  any  man,"  (Calmar)  in  Suez.  "We  picked  up  i  i  all  the soundings  taken in different  Many  people  consider  a  sponge  says Charles  Bush, "that  if  he goes  cargo  in  India," he  said, "and  then  parts of  the  world, about  50 exceed  a  sort  of  seaweed,  but  this  is  not  Question:  What  do  you  do  to  started  back  to  the  States.  The  4,000  fathoms,  and  it  is interesting  surprising, for the  sponge was once  keep  warm  out  on  deck  in  the  to sea  for a  year,  he'll  never  want  crew was  pretty burned  up because  to  go'back  to  working  ashore,  and  the  skipper  refused  to  swing  the  that,  though  roughly  the  great  regarded  as  one  of  nature's  puz­ winter?  I  know  because  I've  had  a  lot  of  lifeboats  out  over  the  side  even  depths of  the sea correspond to  the  zles.  One old  writer imagined  that  great heights  of  the mountains,  the  sponges  were  made  out  of  the  Anthony  A. Maniere,  OS:  That's  experience  working  ashore  and  at  though  there  were  subs  all  around  greatest  sea  depths  are  about  a  foam  of  the  sea,  while  aadther  a  good  question  because  I  just  sea."  the  place.  mile  in  excess  of  the  greatest  thought  they  were  worm  houses  In  fact,  Charles  maintains  that  "We  got  a  few  hundred  miles  came  off  a  win­ heights  on  land.  In  the  Atlantic  built by  worms the  way  bees build  ter  cruise  from  that  is  why  he's  still  going  to  sea.  outside  of  Boston  when  a  sub  sur­ the  deepest  sounding  recorded  is  honeycombs  and  wasps  build  Labrador.  W  e  After  putting  in  a  hitch  in  the  faced  and  started  to  shell  us.  The  4,562  fathoms  in  the  Nares  Deep,  nests.  Actually  the  sponge  is  an  were  wearing  Navy  during  World  War  I,  Charlie  skipper  ordered  us  to  abandon  north  of  the  West  Indies.  A depth  animal,  and  the  dry  material  we  ship, and  we had a  time getting the  long,  heavy  over­ went  to  work  ashore.  of  35,640  feet  was  reached  in  the  Use  today  as  a  "sponge"  is  the  coats  with  high  "The  conditions  were  really  lifeboats  over  the  side.  I  got  in  Mariana  Deep of  the Pacific  Ocean  homy  skeleton.  When  it  is  alive  collars,  fur  caps  rough," he  said,  "and  I  was  work­ one  with  30  other  guys,  and  when  by  the  'British  research  vessel  the skeleton  of  the animal  has tiny  and  fur  gloves  ing  down  South.  I  lasted  until  we  hit the  water, we found  out  the  HMS  ChaUenger  in  1951.  This  is  cells  plastered  all  over  its  sur­ like  the  Russians  1937,  when  they  started  to  bring  boat had a  big hole  it.  probably  the  deepest  soimding  face  in  such  a  way  that  it  forms  wear.  They  were  in  a  lot  of  scab  labor,  and  then  I  Adrift  31  Days  anywhere.  a  porous mass.  issued  by  the  left and  went to Mobile.  "It stayed  afloat,  though,  and  so  i  ^  i  ^  4"  t  company  and did  the  trick.  "I guess  I had  an  idea  about  go­ we sat in  it for 31 days,  with  water  Eddystone  is  one  of  the  most  ing to  sea  in the  back of  my mind,  For  a  very  long  time  men  have  »  «  up  over  our  knees,  until  a  Greek  been  trying  to find  some  way  for  famous  lighthouses  in  existence.  August  Lamaro,  AB:  When  you  but  T  hadn't  given  it  any  real  ship  picked  us  up  and  took  us  to  making  use  of  the  rising  and  fall­ The  storied rocks  of  Eddystone  lie  are  securing  gear  you  have  to  thought.  At  the  time,  I  just  fig­ Bermuda."  ured  I'd  head  North  and  see  what  ing  of  the  sea  in  the  daily  tides,  14 miles  off  Plymouth in  the  south  wear  things  that  After that Charlie  sailed "aboard  .sort  of  a  job  I could  find."  and  some schemes in  this direction  of  England,  and  they  were  a  men­ are  warm,  /but  any  ship  that  needed  a  man,"  and  ace  well  known  to  Sir  Francis  have  been  proven  successful.  Thus,  not  bulky.  The  When  he  got  to  Mobile,  Charlie  time  in  the  Atlantic,  Medi­ there  is  a  5,000  horsepower  elec­ Drake  a  century  and  more  before  fur­lined  Navy  ran  into  a  friend  of  his and,  after  spent  terranean  and  Pacific  theaters.  the first  of  four  lighthouses  was  tric plant  at  Rockland, Maine,  that  jackets  are  good  talking  a  while,  asked  where  the  the  war,  he  has stuck  pretty  uses  just  tidal  water for compress­ built  there.  The  designer  of  the  since  they  keep  union  hall  was.  He  went  down  to  Since  much  to  freighters  but  says  he'll  ing  air,  and  this  then  serves  in­^  first  one,  a  wooden  tower,  was  out  the  cold  and  the  old  ISU  hall  in' Mobile,  joined  "take  'most  any  ship  that  needs  a  stead  of  steam  to  drive  an  engine.  named  Winstanley,  and  his  miser­ don't  tangle  you  the  union  and  was  on  a  ship  the  man.  As  long  as  the  Union  goes  ies on  the  job included  being held  In the Bay of  Fundy, between  Nova  next  day. "I  figured  I'd  just  make  to  the  trouble  up.  Long under­ getting  us  more  Scotia  and  New  Brunswick,  the  ti­ captive  by  French  privateers  dur­ wear  isn't  so  one  trip,"  Charlie  said,  "and  then  ships and more of  jobs and more con­ ing  the  war  between  England  and  dal  rise  is almost  40  feet.  Engin­ go  back  ashore,  but  when  I  canie  good  because  it  I think  I should  do my  part  eers  say  that  by  building  a  three­ France  in  1697.  Eventually,  when  makes  yoii sweat  and then  you  get  back  I made  another trip,  and  I'm  tracts,  by sailing on  them as a good Union  mile  sea  wall across  a  narrow  gap,  the  tower  was  built,  Winstanley  chilled.  still  sailing."  man."  had  such  faith  in  his  wooden  de­ electric  power  a  hundred  times  By the  time  that he  finished his  ^  4^  4^  4^  greater  than  that  from  Niagara  sign  that  he  wanted  to  be  in  it  Paul  A.  Pallas,  AB:  A  good  second trip,  Charlie  said,  he  knew  The way  things are  now, he said,  during a  mighty storm  to  prove  it.  sweater and  pea  Jacket is the  best.  that  he  would  never  be  satisfied  "with  good  wages  and  conditions,  could  be  obtained.  a  good  Union  to  back  us  up,  In  1703  his  wish  was  granted,  but  I  wrap  a  towel  with  another  job  ashore,  "and  and  i  i  4.  we seamen get a  good deal  as  long  he  and  the  tower  and  the  others  around  my  head  that," he  said, "was  even  with  the  Ancient  geographers  and  map­ who  were  in  it  were  all  swept  we  stick  on  SIU  ships..  And  when  1  am  way  wages  and  working  conditions  as  I  intend  to  keep  on  sailing  for  makers would  be hard  put  today to  away.  standing  watch,  were  way  back  then  when  the  sea­ ­some  time.  Especially  with  the  find  their  way  around  in  many  4^  t  wear  two  pair  of  men  were  still  in  a  bad  way."  parts of  the  world.  Centuries  ago,  Some  of  our  states  owe  their  Welfare Plan  we have now.  That's  pants,  and  keep  Charter  Member  the  ancient  Roman  province  of  names  to  Indian  descriptions  of  a  big  help  to  a  man  who  has  a  walking  back and  family."  Calabria  lay  on­the  Adriatic  coast  watery  surroundings.  Thus,  Min­ After  the  old  ISU  broke  up,  forth  all  the  of  Italy, above  the heel  of  the  Ital­ nesota,  with  its  11,000  lakes  and  time.  If  you  Charlie  became  a  charter  member  Charlie,  who is  married  and  has  ian  boot,  while  Bruttium  was  the  numerous  river streams,  was­ aptly  work  a  little  too,  of  the  SIU.  "The  SIU  seemed  to  four  children,  a  17­year­old  boy,  province included  in the boot's  toe.  christened  by  the  Dakota  Indians  that's  pretty  have  a  better  class  of  guys,"  a  14­year­old  girl  and  4­year­old  Today,  Bruttium has  become  Cala­ place  of  water" ... Although  a  sure  to help  you keep  warmed  up.  Charlie  said,  "and  since  then  I've  twin  boys, makes  his home  in  New  bria  and  ancient  Calabria  is called  deadhead  is  defined  by  Webster  watched  the  way  the  Union  has  York.  "There  used  to  be  a  time,"  4  4,  4  Abruzzi,  which  though  not  rel­ated  as  one  who  attends  a  theatre  or  George  Ananidakis,  been  able  to  slowly  weed  out  all  he said,  "when seamen  couldn't  af­ bosun:  I  to  Bruttium  nevertheless  sounds  takes  a  ride  without  paying,  and  put  on  a  wool  coat,  boots  and  the gashounds and performers  who  ford  to  have  a  home  or  a  family,  somewhat  like  it  ... In  like  man­ in US slang  is known  as a  dull  in­ were  always  fouling  up  all  sea­ but  that  sure  has  changed  now.  and  just  ner,  Scotland  comes  from  the  dividual  in  social  activities,  it  was  gloves  men."  • The days  when  seamen  were  con­ keep  myself  as  Latin  Scotia,  but  Scotia  Major  in  and  still  is  known  as  a  wooden  warm  When  World  War  II  struck,  sidered  bums  and  derelicts  are  as  I  can.  Roman  times  was  Ireland,  not  buoy  in  seamen's  language.  Charlie  was  aboard  the  Oakmar  gone."  There  isnt much  else  to do.  I use  long  underwear  all  the  time  in  the  winter.  It  helps a  lot, but a  ACROSS  DOWN  Things  we  33..  Tree  of  Brazil  lot  of  the  other  The  US,  for  the first  time,  desert  fronts  .  .  .  Berlin  claimed  1.  Vacations  are  see  with  1.  End  of  a  voy­ 37.  Khan  that  the  British  liner  Ceramic  had  this  announced its losses from the Pearl  men  don't  like  to  age  20.  Fabled  bird  38.  Kind  of  gar­ Del  (Mis­ 2.  KiUer  whale  22.  They  carry  wear  it  even  Harbor  sneak  attack,  on  the  at­ been sunk  by a  U­boat  west of  the  ment  sissippi)  3.  Stagger  canvas  though  they  are  cold  without  it.  tack's anniversary. Five battleships,  Azores  with a full load  of  troops.  42.  Old  coin  of  Cape  in  SE  4.  Place  to  eat  24.  Harbor,  Hungary  Newfound­ 4  4  4>  U  three  destroyers,  a  minelayer  and  5.  Weight  of  land  4  4  t  43.  Kind  of  fruit  Mickey  Scull,  AB:  When  I am  a  a target  ship were  sunk  or put  out  India  12.  Region  25.  Yale  man  44.  Port  in  Pales­ The  US  that  "the  13.  High  note  6.  Girl's  name  lookout  I  do  a  lot  of  walking.  I  of  commission.  Three  battleships,  Gone  area  announced  26.  Ambassador:  tine  14.  Miss  Cindera  has  been  completely  7.  Port  on  Grand  Abbr.  was  in  the  Army  45.  Turn  to  water  15.  Navigation  three  cruisers,  a  seaplane  tender  Canary  46.  Lobster  pot  hazards  Bottles  made  28.  Follower  of  and  learned  how  and  a  target  ship  were  damaged.  occupied  by  our  forces"  .  .  .  The  29.  Tanker  cargo  48.  Kind  of  bomb  17.  Charges  fuU  again  to  keep  warm.  There  had  been  eight  battleships,  Air Corps announced that its bomb­ 49.  Mention  18.  Waste  time  9.  Actor  Guin­ 30.  Prefix  for  50.  Headgear  1».  Fruit  shipped  You  have  to  seven  cruisers,  25  destroyers  and  ers had struck the  Italian mainland  ness  "three"  53.  Portuguese  from  CaU­ 10.  Famed  lady  keep  your  trous­ five  submarines  in  the  harbor  at  for  the first  time  .  .  .  The  Navy  31.  ­Aroused:  island  oS  fomia  of  the  NUe  Slang  India  ers  tucked  in  the  the  time.  The  Army  lost  87  out  disclosed  that  its  transport,  the  SI.  Electrical  en­ 11.  China,  India,  gineers:  Abbr.  etc.  Puzzle  Answers  on  Pago  18.  boots,  your  ears  of  273  planes in  the  area,  and  the  former  President  Coolidge,  had  53.  Absent  over  been sunk  by  a  mine . . . The  SIU  covered and your  leave:  Abbr;  Navy lost  80 out of  202.  The  Navy  told  L.  Bougleton  and  O'Banion  5—  3  1  54.  Good  thing  to  collar  buttoned  and  Marine  Corps  had  2,117  men  follow  up.  That  way,  killed, 960 missing and  876 wound­ they  had  over  $150  each  coming  87.  Heavy  canva*  12  32.  City  of  the  body's  just  ed.  The  Army  had  226  killed  and  to  them  from  Waterman  ,  . .  The  (Waterman)  1 5  16  like  a  radiator  and  all  the'heat  396  wounded.  In  addition,  a float­ Japanese  announced  that  they  had  34.  A  belief  completed  mopping  up  operations  35.  King's  title  stays  in.  ing drydock  and almost  every base  in  the  Philippines.  ­ IS  36.  British  base  4  4  4  in  Spain  in the area  suffered heavy damage.  39.  Drunk:  Slang  Thomas Lowe,  bosun:  in the  far  The  Japanese  used  21  torpedo  4  4  4  40.  Vestment  north,  we  usually  wrap  blapkets  planes, .48  dive  bombers  and  36  The Japanese  claimed they  sunk  worn  in  HaM  41.  Soak  up  around  our­ five  ships,  included  a  9,000­ton  horizontal bombers.  43.  Alcoa  ­—  selves,  Indian  transport;  during  an  air  raid  on  (Alcoa)  4  4  4  47.  Place  to  loaf  fashion,  while  on  Port  Darwin,  Australia  .  .  .  The  31.  Way  to  tell  lookout.  When  The  Snj  announced  that  the  US claimed at least three Japanese  ocean  depth  I'm  handling  fight against  the  bill  which  would  cruisers  and  four  destroyers  sunk  62.  Newfound­ land  bay,  gear, I don't wear  have  shelved  the  Jones  Act  "for  during a  number of  counterattacks  leased  to  U.S.  any  gloves  be­ the  duration,", and  deprived  sea­ and  attempted  reinforcements  on  64.  Native  of  Aden  cause  it's  easier  men  of  rights to sue  for  injury  or  Guadalcanal  . .  .  The  SIU  noted  sd.  Man.  in  Phil­ to  work  without  collect  maintenance  and  cure  was  that 498 merchant vessels had been  ippines  66.  God:  Ger.  them.  I  don't  successfully fought... Field  Mar­ sunk  during  the  preceding  year,  67.  Native  state  wear  long  under­ shal  Rommel  withdrew  his  forces  since  Pearl  Harbor  . .  . Anthony  in  India  68.  Saratoga  wear  either,  be­ from  the  EI  Agheila  positions  in  Cramer  was  sentenced  to 45  years  Springs  cause  it's  too.^ clumsy "to  move  Libya,  while  Allied  .forces  con­ and fined  $10,000  for  treason  in  4».  Places  to  live,  to  Limeys  around  in.  ,  tinued to  gain  slowly  on  other  New  Yorlb  ' 1  �December It, lf5t  Pare Niaa  SEAFARERS  IPG  SEAFARERS ^ LOG  Deecfflbcr  12,  1952  'Don'fr  Vol.  XIV  No.  25  ; 11  Published  biweekly  by  the  Seafarers  International  Union,  Atlantic  tt  Gulf  District,  AFL,  675  Fourth  Avenue,  Brooklyn  32,  NY.  TeL  STerUng  8­4671.  PAUL  HALL,  Secretary­Treasurer  Editor,  HERRCRT  BRAHD:  Managing  Editor,  HAT  DENISON;  Art  EdUtor.  BEEMABB  SEAMAN;  Photo  Editor,  DANIEL  NILVA;  Staff  Writers,  HERMAN  ABIBOB.  IBWIN  SPIVACK.  ABT  PEBPALL.  JEBBY  RBMEB:  Gulf  Area  Reporter,  BILL  MOODY.  Expensive Hobby  The filing of a couple of  dozen unfair labor  practice charges  by  the  SIU  against  the  Atlantic  Refining  Company  proves  once  more  that  shipowners  learn  only  one  way—the  hard  Seafarers Want  way.  Despite the sad  experience of  Cities Service and  other  Some New Laws  outfits,  Atlantic Refining  is  making  the same  mistakes.  The  To  the  Editor:  The crew of the Raphael Semmes  company and  its straw bosses have fired a  considerable num­ passed  the  following  resolution  ber  of  men  for  very  petty  reasons, all of  which add  up  to a  unanimously  at  a  recent shipboard  meeting.  We  gave  it  careful  con­ drive against  the tankermen  who are supporting  the SIU.  sideration, and  to  bring  it  to  In  one case,  a  man  was fired for  being five minutes late in  the attention  of want  the Union  and  our  returning from coffee time.  Another was  bounced because  he  brother  Seafarers.  asked for  time off  to get  new eyeglasses.  Many  were simply  "Resolved:  laid off  with  no reason  given.  In each  case, by some  strange  "We, the  crew of  the SS Raphael  would  like  headquarters  coincidence,  the  men  had  signed  SIU  pledges  before  they  Semmes,  to  get  behind  our  representative  were fired.  in  Washington  and  have  hinj place  Cities Service—with  whom the SIU  has excellent  relations  before the Senate and House of  our  now—did  the same  thing during  the organizing drive in  that  United  States, a  resolution  for  the  of  our  country  and  our  company.  When  it  was  all  over,  the  company  had  to  shell  protection  jobs,  dealing  with  our ships.  out over $200,000 in back pay for  the men fired.  Atlantic Re­ 'Essentia! Need'  fining is  aware  of  this.  The  company  also  knows  that  it  is  against  the law  to fire  men  for  union  activity.  In  fact,  At­ "The  American  people  know  that  a  large  merchant  marine  is  lantic was warned by others in the industry that suqh a course  the  most  essential  need  of  Amer­ would  prove  a  very  expensive  hobby.  ica  in  time  of  peace,  as well  as  in  It's hard to figure out  just  what Atlantic  thinks it will gain  time  of  war,  and  is  our  greatest  by  following  this course.  In  the end,  the SIU  will  win  out.  asset  as  a  guarantee  against  war.  And  in  the end,  too, Atlantic  will  pay.  "Transfer  of  American  ships  to  ^11  As 1 See It  by  PAUL  HALL  foreign  flags  is  unfair  competition  OR  HUNDREDS  OF  YEARS,  breaking  the  old  pattern.  The  to  American  steamship  operators,  and  is  causing  a  depletion  of  our  the  seifaring  man  was  consid­ crimps  were  put  out  of  business  merchant  marine  and  widespread  ered  a  man  apart.  It  was  part  of  by  the  Union  hiring  hall.  While  still  operate  on  a  small  scale  The new freight contract that all Seafarers have been wait­ unemployment  among  American  the waterfront tradition that he was  they  by  supplying  crews  to  some  unor­ seamen.  ing for  has  arrived.  A  quick  reading  of  the contract  and  of  "American  aid  being  carried  in  different  from  shoreside  people.  ganized  ships,  they  are  no  longer  the  negotiating  committee's  report  should  be  proof  enough  foreign  bottoms,  etc.,  is  causing  While  at  sea«  he  was  resourceful  a  threat,  so  long  as  the  member­ the  same  damage.  We  think  the  and  courageous  in  overcoming  the  ship remains alert ­to combat  them.  that the new agreement fully lives  up to all expectations.  carried  in  American  dangers  that  faced  him;  ashore  he  The  Union  has  also  seen  to it  that  Aside  from  the  very  substantial  increases  in  base  wages  percentage  the seaman  gets  his due  on  wages,  bottoms  should  be  upped  as  long  arid  in  overtime rates,  the  new contract  once again  puts the  as  American  ships  and  seamen  to  ;was  fair  game  for  every  shrewd  maintenance  and  cure,  feeding,  and  cunning  character  who  helped  and  other  items.  The  Union  has  SIU on  top of  the heap when it comes  to conditions  in mari­ man  them  are  available.  himself  to  the  seaman's  hard­ made  a  significant  start  on  the  Laws Possible  time.  It  is fulfillment  of  the long­standing  SIU  policy  that  earned  payoff.  It  was  always open  problems  of  seamen's  recreation  "We  believe  that  laws  can  be  and  welfare  with  the  facilities  it  Seafarers will always have the very  best in the industry.  passed  to  protect  our  shipping  in­ season  on  seamen,  and  there  were  is setting  u^in  the  new SIU  halls.'  If  the  membership  ratifies  this  agreement,  the  only  thing  dustry  by  imposing  tariffs,  etc.,  many  who  made  a  living  by fleec­ The  Unloifs  Job  that will  hold it up is the Wage Stabilization  Board in  Wash­ on  countries  that  impose  them  on  ing  him  of  evejry  penny.  ington.  The  Union  will  make  every  effort  to  see  to it  that  our  steamship  operators, ^ an ex­ There  were  the crimps,  the  loan  All  these  steps  have  been  taken  ample:  Brazilian  and  Argentine  because  they  are  part  of  the  Un­ speedy  action  is  taken  on  this  score.  flag  ships  sailing  to  their  respec­ sharks,  the  boarding­house  keep­ ion's  job  of  giving  protection  and  ir  tive  countries  cut  customs  duties  ers,  and  the  shady  bar  owners,  security to the Seafarer.  It wouldn't  on  cargoes­  carried  under  their  peddlers  and  ship  chandlers.  The  make  much  sense  to  get  good  flags,  and  American  operators  are  seaman  was  doped,  slugged,  wages and  conditions, and  then  not  with  un­available  dockage.  enforce  them,  or  to  permit  those  Gne of  the ever­present  beefs of  crewmembers in  the past  faced  Certain  European  countries  im­ robbed,  rolled  and  shanghaied.  If  wages  to  be  siphoned  off  by  those  has been  about the high  price oi items in the ship's slopchest.  pose certain  tariffs and  regulations  his  money  wasn't  stolen  from  him  who  have  always  preyed  on  sea­ This situation developed as a result of  shady practices of  ship  against  American  operators  that  outright;  it  was  taken  from  him  men.  chandlers  and  slopchest  dealers,  many  of  whom  have  long  are not  imposed  against  their  own.  by  plain  and  fancy  swindling.  Along  these  lines  of  Union  pol­ "Laws  can  be  drawn  to  impose  When he bought something,  he was  icy,  your  Union  is  now  supplying  considered the seamen fair game.  these  extra  penalties  so  that  our  slopchests  aboard  ships  from  our  Up until now,  the Seafarer couldn't do very  much  about it  American  operators  may  have  fair  usually  chdrged  double  for  in­ own  SIU  Sea  Chest.  This step  has  because when he was on  the high seas, the only supplies  that  competition  against  foreign  flag  ferior merchandise.  He  had  to live  been  taken  after  careful  study  of  ships.  in  broken­down flops  and  take  his  a  long­standing  problem,  since for  were available to him  were those in  the sea­going  slopchest.  Tax  Penalties  recreation  in  dirty  waterfront  some  tinfie  past.  Seafarers  have  He had to pay the tariff  or do  without. That's why  the Union  "Also,  we  think  added  tax  pen­ dives  where  he  was  relieved  of  his  been  seeking  a  solution  to  the  problem  through  their  Union.  has stepped  into the  picture and  is putting its own slopchest  alties  should  be  imposed  on  all  payoffs  in  short  order.  In  this  area,  the  seaman  has  American  operators  who  transfer  Cheated  On  Pay  supplies  aboard  the ships.  been  victimized  by  the  unethical  ships to  a foreign  flag, or our  Gov­ This service is beginning on a small scale out of  New York,  ernment  should  refuse  to  allow  Nor  were  all  his  employers  slopchest  dealer  and  ship  chandler  but as soon  as possible, it will be extended to other  ports and  them  an  American  cargo  or  aid,  above  board  either.  There  were  who  charge  skj'­high  prices  for  in­ who  cheated  seamen  of  their  ferior  merchandise.  The  dealers  other ships.  It will mean first­quality,  m.odei ate­priced work  and  our  Government  • s  hould  im­ some  and  there  were  bucko  skip­ themselves  admit  that  unethical  gear  on  the ships—another  SIU service  to  the  membership.  pose  extra  tax  penalties  on  Ameri­ pay,  pers  who  connived  at  this  by  log­ practices  have  been  widespread  can  corporations  who  use  foreign  gings.  X  X  And  if  the  seaman  sought  bottoms.  that  seamen  have  been  ex­ legal  help,  he  found  more  often  and  "Please  go  into  detail  regarding  than  not, that  he would  be cheated  ploited  by  the  industry  for  many  years.  So  it  was  logical,  that  just  tariffs  (even  on  bunkers,  lights,  on  that  score  too.  as  the  Union  had  clamped  down  customs  regulations,  etc.)  in  this  As has  been  the practice  in  the past, Seafarers  in  the hos­ Since  this  was  the  way  things  on  the  crimp,  the shipping master,  bill.  Also  we ask  you to contact  all  pitals will  get an extra  portion of  Christmas cheer  this year.  unions  and  the  American  people  were,  a  great  many  seamen  came  the  bucko  skipper,  the  unscrupu­ The Seafarers Welfare Plan  will give them  a $25  Christmas  to  get  them  to rally  behind  such  a  to  expect  it.  They  took  it  for  lous  paymaster  and  others,  that  it  that  when  they  got  ashore  would  ^ the one  to step  into  this  bonus on  top of  their regular  weekly hospital  benefit, so that  move  to  save  our  jobs  and  the  granted  they  would  be  swindled.  They  situation and  stop this abuse.  they can get themselves, or their families, a little extra some­ American  merchant  marine."  came to  mistrust  all shoreside  peo­ Thanks  for  your  wonderful  job  ple  as out  for  their dough  through  There  are  many  other  problems  thing for  the holidays.  The SIU is work­ in  the  past.  ,  some  clever  trickery  that  the  sea­ that still remain.  This  practice  is  the  clearest  kind  of  proof  of  the  advan­ ing on  them, devising  plans to deal  J. A.  Fablas  man  couldn't  fathom.  with  them.  It's only  through steps  Ship's  delegate  tages of  the SIU welfare set­up.  Only the fact  that the Plan  Crimps  Eliminated  such  as  these  that  the  Union  can  (Ed.  note:,  Your  suggestions  on  is  directly  administered  by  Union  and  employer  represen­ preserving  our  merchant  marine  All  this  was  before^ the  Union  fully  carry  out  its function  of  ro­ ^tatives,  without any  insurance company  to gum  it up in  red  have  been turned  over to  the SIU's  came  into  the  picture.  Once  sea­ moving  the  obstacles  that  havo  tape,  gives  it  the flexibility  that  makes  these  extra  holiday  Washington  representative  for  men  found  they  could  get. some  blocked  the  way  to  a  decent  life  action  by  organizing,  they  started  for the Seafarer and  his famflir.  ,  benefits .possible.  and 4(ction;j<  •  ^  .  t,  t  t  On  Top Again  F V "  'g?  Union Slopcbests  •   1  h  m  Christmas Benefit  • r­.i'i  �^  ^  ­i  A  'P  Dcccnber  IS," 195>  ..^r« .Tea  •   • 'TV  t"  '  /•   • f  •  • li  •   ^  I I  ­^r  • ^ ;.  r  'rK­ Is?;: • • ;  Masts  hove  olways  been  o  highly  impor­ tant  part  of  ships,  ever  since  the  day  when  man  discovered  that,  by  holding  up  a  piece  of material and catching the breeze,  he could  propel his  boat  through  the  water.  Seafarers,  as  they  sail  the  oceans  of  the  world and come in contact with different coun­ tries  and  different  ships,  see  many  different  types of  masts.  This  article  deals  with  the  evolution  of  the  mast  from a  simple  stick  to hold a  small  sail,  to the  complex arrangement  aboard the  huge  sailing vessels,  right  down  to  the  masts  found  aboard the  most  modern of  merchant  vessels.  ;  For, while the mast no longer serves the pri­ mary  function  of  supplying  the  propelling  power of  the vessel,  they still serve a most im­ portant  function, even on sleek,  new  vessels.  :  Since almost  the earliest days of  man's travel  on  the  seas—from  the  time  when  the  ancient  Phdroahs sent  out  ships  to  get  precious  stones  and  timbers  for  the  building  of  4he  pyramids,  /i,  i­ li­  :.f. ­l.  a;  the masts of  a ship have been an important part  of  its function  and  design.  For centuries, one or more masts have been  essential  to a  vessel's locomotion  and  it has only  been  in  recent  years  that  steam and internal  combustion  engines have  replaced  the  wind  as  the  driving  force  for  moving  a  ship.  While  only  a  handful  of  ships  still  move  by  sail,  masts  are  still  an  important part  of  a  ship's structure,  but  for  a  much  different  reason  than  in  the  days  of  hemp and canvas.  Many ships  of  the SIU mount  both  masts and  an ab­ breviated  kind  of  masts  called  Sampson  posts.  Prin­ cipal function of  masts or Sampson posts on ships  th'esO  days  is  to  provide  strong,  stable  leverage  for  steel  booms with  which  cargo is lifted  in or  out of  the holds.  Must  Be  Strong  Masts  must  be  strong  to  bear  heavy  slingloads  of  sisal,  coffee,  case  goods,  rubber,  tea  and  the  hundreds  of  other items of  trade  that fill  the  holds  of  SIU ships  in  world  commerce.  Extra  booms called  "heavy  lifts" are'attached  to  the  masts  fore  and  aft  to  handle  especially  heavy  weights  such  as  motor  trucks,  turbines,  locomotives  and  rail­ way  cars  carried  as  deckload.  Besides  being fitted with  booms and  tackle, Sampson  posts, often  serve  as  ventilators,  with  cool  air  for  the  holds  shooting  down  from  vents  mounted  at  the  top  of  these  hollow  steel  uprights.  The foremast  provides a  high  perch  for  a lopkout  in  During  World  War  II, lookouts  stationed  .1  high  up  in  the  "crow's  nest"  of  the  foremast  scanned  the  horizon  for  subs,  planes,  or  surface  raiders.  On  fishing  vessels  siich  as  swordfishprmen  and  tuna  seiners,  the  "mastheadman"  in  his  lofty  perch  on  the  foremast  "sings  put"  the  presence  of  fish  and  directs  the  vessel,  like  the  masthead  lookouts  in  the  days  of  the old  New  Bedford  whalers, as it closes on its quai­ry.  On  large freighters  or liners there  is  uSually  a  tele­  ,  phone  connection  from  the  crow's  nest  to  the  bridge  so  that  the  lookout  can  report  an  object  instantly  to  the  officer  of  the  watch.  The  foremast  carries  the  masthead  light  which  has  to  be  visible  for five  miles as  a warning  to other  ships  of  the  vessel's  approach.  On  small  craft  or  sailing  vessels,  the  red  and  green  port  and  starboard  lights  are  usually  fixed  to  the  foremast  shrouds.  In the days of  sail, the masting  and  rigging of  a ship  was  a  fine  art  that required  great  skill  on  the  part  of  ship  builders,  riggers,  and  mariners.  A  voluminous  vocabulary  of  technical  terms  well  knpwn  to  the sailor  but  like  another  language  for  the  landsman,  grew  up *  as  a  part  of  the  art  of  rigging.  Awe  Inspiring,  Truly  awe  inspiring  were  the niasts  and  spars of  the  five  masted  ship  Preussen,  built  in  1902  for  R.  F.  Laeisz  of  Hamburg,  owner  of  the  famous  "P"  line  of  j  nitrate  ships  running  between  Germany  and  Chile.  Masts and spars of  the Preussen  were  all­steel, with  the  mainmast  towering  223  feet  from  keel  to  truck!  To  the  masts  were  attached  35,424 feet  of  steel  stand­ ing  rigging.  The  masts  and  spars  supported  hundreds  of  blocks  thi'ough  which  ran  more  than  100,000  feet  of  "running  rigging"  used  to  work  the  47  sails,  and  the  spars on  which  they  were  hung.  This  407­foot  giant  of  windjammers  was  lost  off  Dover,  England,  in  1910.  The iship  which holds  the record for  number of  masts  was  the  seven­masted, steel  schooner  Thomas  W.  Law­ son,  built  at  the  Fore  River  shipyard,  Quincy,  Mass., ^  in 1902.  A coastwise  collier for  several years  and  later  converted  into  an  oil  tanker,  this  375­foot  schooner  was  driven  ashore  on  the  Scilly  Isles  off  the  Coast  of  England and  wrecked  with the loss  of  most of  her crew  in  1907.  ^  Men  who  sailed  this  seven  master  say  that  the  big  steel  "sticks"  were  known,  from  fore  to  aft,  as  the  foremast,  main,  mizzen,  jigger,  pusherj  forcer,  and  spanker.  _  A  colorful  chapter  in  the  story  of  ships*  masts  had  its  beginning  shortly  after  the  founding  of  New  Eng­ land  when  the  British  Cfown  appointed  royal  agents  to comb  the forests  of  Maine  and  New  Hampshire  and  mark  with  the King's  "broad arrow" the  tallest, thick­ ets,, and  firmest pines that could  be found.­ Such, trees, which  measured from  33 inches  in diam­ eter  to 120.feet  in  height,  were  set aside  to  be  masts  and  spars  for  the  British  Navy.  After  1691,  by  royal ",  decree,  it  became  unlawful  to  cut  any  marked  trees  without  "Royal  License" and  heavy  fines  were  sched­ uled  for  offenders,  but  frontlermen  generally  ignored  the  decree,  felling  what  trees  they  chose  and  relying  on the  vast loneliness  of  the wilderness to  protect them  against  the  king's  "tree  detectives."  **  These  mast  trees  were  hauled  by  36­oxen  teams  to  the  Kennebec  and  other  rivers,  then  were  shipped  to  England  by a "mast fleet" whose  ships are  said  to have  been  the  fastest  and  best  cared­for  on  the  western  ocean.  The  big  trade  in  masts  for  the  royal  navy  ended  when  "the shot  heard  'round  the  world"  was  fired  by  the Concord  and  Lexington farmers against  the British  in 1775.,  Mast ships  were  built  with  holes in  the stern so  that  even'the longest spars and  masts could be carried  with­ out  having  to  be  cut.' Some  of  the  bigger  mast  ships |  could  handle  from  45  to  50  masts­on  each  voyage.  Large  pines  measuring  33  inches  in  diameter  brought  as  much  as 115  pounds  at  the  royal  shipyards  in  Eng­ land.  Some  masts  are  made  in  one  piece  from  keel  to  truck, and others are fashioned from curved steel  plates  riveted or  welded together  with inside stiffeners. Nowa­ days they  are not  always stepped  on the keelson  as was  necessary  to  provide  strength and  stability in  the days  of  sail.  When  ships  were  small,  masts  usually  consisted  of  a  single  spar  or  stick  but  when  windjammers  became  bigger  masts  were  made  up  of  three  or more  sections  stepped  one  into  the  other  and  boimd  together  with  steel  bands.  Top  masts,  top  gallant  masts  and  royal  masts  were  joined  together  in  this  way,  with  the  I'e­ sult  that  a  three  mast  ship  or  bark  actually  had  nine  masts.  And  the bowsprit  was  joined  in  similar fashion  to  the  job  boom.  In  the  days  of  the  Elizabethan  gal­ leons,  the bowsprit  was  a  mast  mounted  at an angle of  about  45  degrees  to  the  bow,  it  being  lowered  and  shortened  for  easier  handling  of  the  sails.  In  the  days  of  the  windjammers,  the  deep  water  sailor  had  a  big nautical vocabulary  to master  and  not  the least  part  of  it  had  to do  with  the masts  of  a ship.  The  German  lOur  mast  bark  Priwall, for  instance,  was  one  of  the  largest  square  riggers  ever  to  sail  the  seas  after  she  was  launched  at  Hamburg  in  1902.  She  was  323  feet  over  all  and  her  mainmast  towered  170  feet  into  the  air!  Technically a  big square  rigger had  at least 12 masts,  namely:  foremast,  mainmast,  mizzenmast,  foretop  gal­ lant  mast,  maintop  gallant  mast,  mizzentop  gallant  mast  fore  royal  mast,  main  royal  mast,  mizzen  royal  mast,  fore  skysail  mast,  main  skysail  mast  and  mizzen  skysail  mast.  The trend is toward king posts and Samnson  posts  as  used  here  aboard  the  President  Polk  to  support  cargo  booms.  These  offer  better support  for  heavier  lifts.  Aboard  tankers, as  shown  here,  the  masts  are  used  for  crows  nests,  lights,  and  radio  and  radar  installations.  They  sometimes  support  the small  booms  used.  The  maze  of  lines  running  to  this mast  sup­ port  the  booms  and  raise  and  lower  the ^.­ booms as  well as  the cargo itself.  This con­ ^ :  ventional mast  is shown on  an N­3.  �­  ­  ' •  Pace  Tvelre  /.  DeeeMber  12.  im  SEAFARERS  LOG  ;'­H;  PORT REPORTS  erty  Navigation);  Seatiger  (Co­ New  Orleans:  lonial);  and  the  Steel  Admiral  (Isthmian).  The  Otis Bland  came  in  with  no  disputed  overtime  and  no  beefs,  and  presented  a  nice  clean  ship  ii  with  no  logs  or  fouling  up.  Truly  Business  affairs  of  the  port  are  Shipping  in  the  latest  two  week  Shipping  out here has only  been  a  good  payoff.  On the  Seatiger  we  in  fine  shape.  More  men  are  reg­ period  has .been  very  good  for  all  fair  during  the  past  couple  of  ratings,  bookmen  and  permitmen,  had  to  write  the  company  to  ap­ istering  than  usual,  but  that  is  weeks,  with  a  total  of  60  men  with prospects just  as rosy  at least  point  an  agent  on  the  West  Coast  probably  due  to  their  getting  off  shipped.  We had  one ship pay off,  so  that  we  could  have  Important  for  the  holidays  in  order  to  be  until  the  end  of  the  year.  the  Jean  LaFitte  (Waterman),  repairs for  the  benefit of  the crew.  home  to  spread  a  little  Christmas  Payoffs  were  on  the  Longview  Coolers were  which  was in  after making  another  installed and  a mixer  cheer.  Victory  and  North  Platte  Victory  voyage  to  the  Far  East.  put  aboard  in  the  galley,  and  the  Since  many  bookmembers  are  (Victory  Carriers),  and  the  Neva  galley  ranges  were  In­transits  for  the  period  were  repaired.  sticking  around  for  the  holidays,  West  (Bloomfield).  There  were  no  the  Yorkmar,  Pennmar  and  Port  Seattle:  We  would like  to impress on  the  there  are  more  permitmen  ship­ sign­ons  for  various  reasons.  The  mar  (Calmar),  Fairport,  Bienville  that  to  collect  main­ ping than  bookmen.  Following the  North  Platte  is  undergoing  re­ membership  aond  Yaka  (Waterman),  and  the  tenance money  it is  only  necessary  last report on regular deepsea  jobs,  pairs,  while the  Longview  Victory  to  see  your  union  Steel  Admiral  (Isthmian).  All  the  we  shipped  96  bookmembers  and  is  going  coastwise  to  Mobile  and  We  have  had  a  case representative.  in­transit ships were contacted, and  of  men  going  114 permits.  We have also  shipped  will  sign  on in  Mobile.  The  Neva  minor  beefs squared  away, as well  to  lawyers  to  get  maintenance  quite  a  few  standby  men  to  clean,  as  LOGS  and  other  educational  During  the  past two  weeks  ship­ West,  similarly,  is  going  coastwise  money  which  is  a  losing  proposi­ paint, and store  ships.  ping  has  been  good,  even  though  to New  Orleans and  will sign  on in  equipment put aboard.  tion  as  the  shyster  must  get  his  the  port  has  been  tied  up  by  the  that  port.  We  paid  off  six ships,  signed  on  cut.  Shipping  prospects  for  the  im­ ILA  foremen's  beef  with  the  ex­ six, and  had  22 in­transits.  Payoffs  Ships in­transit  are  the Seatrain  The  new  address  for  the  Wil­ mediate  future  call  for  two  ships  ception  of  MSTS  cargo  and  relief  were  on  the  Liberty  Flag  (Gulf  Georgia,  Louisiana,  New  Jersey,  mington branch is  505 Marine  Ave.  due  in  for  payoffs,  and  eight  in  cargo  for  Alr^ka.  and  Texas  (Seatrain);  Wanda  (Epi­ There  was. a big  blowout  to launch  Cargo);  George  A.  Lawson  (Pan  transit.  However,  we  get  pleas­ Oceanic); Sunion (Kea);  Antinuous,  This  beef  hasn't  bothered  those  phany); Council Grove (Cities Serv­ the  new SUP hall.  antly  surprised  every  once  in  a  Beauregard,  and  Chickasaw  (Wa­ ships  that  come  into  the  outer  ice); Golden  City, and  Mae (Water­ We  see  whqp the  president­elect  while when  some of  the MSTS jobs  terman).  The Omega  (Omega);  Del  ports such  as Portland,  Vancouver,  man);  W.  E.  Downing,  and  The  has  placed  a  labor  representative  sneak  into  port  without  notice.  and  Longview. For  this reason  our  Cabins  (Mathiasen);  Sea  Cloud  in  the  Cabinet  as  Secretary  of  La­ Oro  and  Del  Viento  (Mississippi);  In Hospital  shipping  has  remained  good  with  (Seatraders);  Southern  Cities  bor.  For  the first  time  it  seems  Seacloud  (Seatraders); Beauregard,  In  the  San  Francisco  Marine  six  payoffs  and  as many  sign­ons.  (Southern Trading); Del  Alba (Mis­ that  they are  putting a  man  in this  and  the  Liberty  Flag  signed  on  in  Payoffs  were  the  Sea  Coral  sissippi);  Marie  Hamill  (Bloom­ highly  important  position  who  this  port.  Hospital,  we  have  Harold  Green­ f;i  wald,  George  Pe­ (Orion);  'Madaket  and  Fairisle  field); and  the Quartette  (Carras).  knows  what  he  is  doing.  Maybe  Our  in­transits  were:  Cavalier,  .?.  teusky,  George  (Waterman);  Blue  Star  (Triton);  For  the  Seafarer  of  the  Week  I  this will  be  a  step  in  the  right  di­ Pennant,  Clipper,  Patriot  (Alcoa);  Crosby,  George  Alaska  Cedar  and  Alaska  Spruce  nominate Domingo "Jo Jo" Molina,  rection  for  the  Republicans  in  the  Steel  Scientist  and  Steel  Maker  (Isthmian);  Del  Monte,  Del  Oro,  who  ships  as  a  forthcoming  four  years.  Stravarides,  An­ (Ocean  Tow).  The  same  ships  bosun.  He  has  Organizer  Charles  Allen  ad­ and  Del  Viento  (Mississippi);  Sea­ drew  Franklin,  signed articles at  pay­off. Ships in­ 18  years  seatime  dressed  the  membership  on  the  train  New  York  and  Savannah'  Lloyd  Olson,  transit  were the  Sea Tiger  (Orion);  and  has  been  a  Atlantic  Refining  drive  and  gave  (Seatrain);  Golden  City,  Morning  Robert  H e n e ­ Fairport  (Waterman);  and  Portmar  (Calmar).  member  of  the  them  a  complete  resume  of  what  Light,  Maiden  Creek  and  Monarch  kens,  David  SoN  SIU  since  1940.  the  Union  is  doing  to  bring  addi­ of  the  Seas  (Waterman);  Seacloud  Ships scheduled  for the next two  e n s 0 n,  Peter  Jo  Jo  partici­ tional jobs for  the membership.  He  (Seatraders);  Royal  Oak  (Cities  Smith,  Eddie  Ho,  weeks  are  the  Kyska,  Topa  Topa,  pated in  the 1946  stressed "the  education  of  the  At­ Service);  Amerocean  (Black­ Louis  Henriquez  Yaka,  Young  America,  and  Jean  Lone  General  Strike  lantic  seamen  wherever  they  are  Chester);  Longview  Victory  (Vic­ and  Murray  Lafitte  (Waterman);  John  Kulu­ in  New  Orleans,  met by showing them  an actual  ac­ tory  Carriers); Southern  Cities and  Chapman,  all  of  whom  would  ap­ kundis  (Mar­Trade);  Gadsden  which  won  so  count  of  SIU  life  aboard  ships,  in  Southern  States  (Southern  Trad­ preciate  hearing  from  some  of  (American  Eastern);  and  Alaska  MoUna  ing);  and  Neva  West  (Bloomfield).  many  new  bene­ our  halls,  and  at  our  meetings.  Spruce  (Ocean  Tow),  which  should  their old  friends.  We  have  had  only  a  few  minor  ,  fits  for  the  Union  and  corrected  make fine shipping for Seattle  dur­ We  don't have  many men  on the  While  talking  about  hospitals,  beefs  in  the  port  and  these  have  beach  who  want  to. ship  now.  several  of  our  electricians  are  in  ing  the  comii^ two­week  period.  some  outstanding  evils.  been settled  in a  satisfactory man­ Men  in  the  marine  hospital  who  guess  that  old  Christmas  bug  has  the  hospital  at  present  suffering  The  ILA  foremen  are  still  en­ ner to  all  hands  concerned.  There  are  anxious  to  hear  from  all  their  them.  The  new  hall  here  is  a  gaged  in  the  tie­up  of  the  harbor  from  carbon­tetrachloride  poison­ are no beefs  pending in the  port at  ing,  caused  by  working  with  this  with  the  MTD  having  supervjpion  brother'Seafarers  are  H.  C.  Shart­ knockout  with  much  better  facili­ the  present  time  ^nd  all  ships  zer,  J. P.  Green, R.  E. Allen, M.  E.  ties  for  our  membership  to  enjoy.  of  the  beef.  About all  that  is going  dangerous  stuff  in  unventilated  • crews coming in for  pay­off recent­ Sam Cohen  places.  At  least  two of  them have  out  of  the  Seattle  Harbor  at  pres­ Newman,  and  W.  Currier.  ly have a vote of  thanks coming for  Keith AIsop  Wilmington  Port  Agent  ent  is MSTS  cargo and  some  relief  suffered  kidney  damage  from  this  jobs well  done.  Galveston  Port  Agent  preparation.  While  most  major  cargo  for  Alaska.  At  present  there  Money  Donated  companies have  banned  the use  of  is  no  settlement  in. sight.  Also  on  The  local  membership  was  sad­ this  preparation,  there  are  stiU  the  labor  front,  the  MC&S  (AFL)  Wilmington:  dened by the news of the accidental  some  companies  which  use  it.  All  have  opened  new offices  at  pier  29  death  of  veteran  Seafarer  Jimmie  hands  should  be  extremely  careful  on  the  Seattle  waterfront.  Seafarers  who  applied  for  King  in  Trinidad  while  boatswain  when using it, and  be sure they are  Oldtimers  on  the  beach  at  this  new  membership  books  in  on the Alcoa  Roamer.  The  Mobile  in  a  place  that  has  sufficient  ven­ writing  are  L.  E.  Meyers,  Fred  tilation.  Since  electricians  use  England, and  F.  O. Sullins.  Men in  The shipping  has been very good  New  York  but  are  now sailing  branch forwarded  to us  a generous  this  preparation  to  clean  electric  the  USPHS  Hospital  are  M.  Jette,  for  the  past  two  weeks,  being  from  outports  don't  have  to  fund  donated  by  the  licensed  and  motors, they  should check  the ven­ T.  D.  Dailey,  J. Mainella,  H.  Alex­ much  hotter  than  the  rather  cool  come  to  this  city  to  get  their  unlicensed  crew  members  and  the  new books.  proceeds  have  been  delivered  to  tilation  in  the  place  where  they  ander,  and  A.  Defilippi, with  all  of  weather.  If  the  men  involved  will  Jimmie's widow.  are  working  before  they  use  car­ them  anxious  to  hear  from  their  We  paid  off  the  Schuyler  Otis  write  to  headquarters  and  tell  former  shipmates.  bon­tet.  Wallace  La  Bland  (Waterman),  and  signed  it  the  Union  which  port they  are  Nasa.  until  re­ We  have  been  notified  that  Nothing  else  to  report  except  right back  on again. Ships  in­trans­ out  of,  the  Union  will  cently on  the Del  Brother  Raymond  Long  died  that  the  weather  is  turning  wet  it  are  Choctaw,  Wacosta,  Alawai,  sailing  forward  the  book  in  care  of  Sud  (Mississippi)  aboard  the  Steel  Admiral.  Death  and  cold  here  in  the  northwest  Yaka,  Fairhope,  and  .  Bienville  the  port  agent.  is hospitalized for  was of  natural causes, and  was first  region  of­  the  country.  We  don't  (Waterman);  Yorkmar  and  Port­ Under  no  circumstances  surgery,  but  is  noticed  when  the  watchman  went  mind  too  much  as  long  as  we  get  mar  (Calmar);  Simmons  Victory  however,  will  the  books  be  not  expected  to  to call the men to turn  to.  Accord­' i;he shipping  and the  men get  jobs,  (Bull);  Jefferson  City  Victory  (Vic­ sent  through  the  mails  to  any  be confined to the  ing  to  our  records,  he  is  survived  Jeff  Morrison  tory  Carriers);  Robin  Mowbray  private  addresses.  hospital  too long.  bj^; a  mother  living  in  Malaya.  He  Seattle  Port  Agent  (Robin);  Barbara  Frietchie  (Lib­ He  should  be  was  a  good  Union  brother, and his  back in an engine  brother  Seafarers  extend  their  La  Nasa  room before long.  sympathies  to the  Long  family.  Bill  Walker  and  Jimmie  Ward  Voting Continues  are re­hospitalized on the fifth floor  and  asked  that  their hellos  be  ex­ Voting  continues  slowly  in  this  tended  up  and  down  the  coast  to  branch.  Since  most  of  the  men  Ray  White.  Agent  Phone  2­1323  FORT  WILUAM.... 11814  Syndicate  Ave.  SIU,  A&6  District  shipping  out  of  here  already  have  WILMINGTON,  CalU  905  Marine  Ave.  Ontario  Phone:3­3281  their  former  buddies  and  ship­ Terminal  4­2874  PORT  COLBORNE  103  Durham  St.  mates.  We  would  like  to  remind  14  North  Ga;  St.  Sam  Cohen.  Agent  cast  their  ballots  during  the first  BALTIMORE  675  4th  Ave..  Bkl^  Ontario  Phone:  5591  Earl  Sheppard.  Agent  Mulberry  4540  HEADQUART^S  SECRETARY­TREASURER  TORONTO.  Ontario  86  Colbome  St  the membership that hospital visits  rush,  things  have  quieted  down.  BOSTON  376 SUte  St.  Paul  HaU  Elgin  5719  Sheehan,  Agent,  Richmond  34)140  From  here  on  in,  it  looks  as  if  Jamei Dispatcher  ASST.  SECRETARY­TREASURERS  VICTORIA,  BC  61714  Cormorant  St.  to  their  friends  and  former  ship­ Richmond  24)141  Lloyd  Gardner  Empire  4531  mates  always  are  welcome  and  there  will  just  be  a  few  more  GALVESTON  308>A  23rd  St.  Robert  Matthews  Clande  Simmons  VANCOUVER.  BC  565  HamUton  St.  Keith  Alsop.  Agent  Phone  2­8448  HEADaUARTERS  REPRESENTATIVB  votes  coming  in  from  men  on  in­ LAKE  Pacific 7824  often  are  helpful  In  the  recovery  CHARLES.  La  1419  Ryan  St.  Joe  Algina  SYDNEY.  NS  304  Charlotte  St.  of  the  patient.  So,  brothers,  when  transit ships  who have  not yet cast  Leroy  Clarke.  Agent  .  Phone  6­5744  Phone  6346  MOBILE  1  South  Lawrence  St.  BAGOTVILLEg Quebee  20  Elgin St.  in  port,  and  not  caring  to  hang  SUP  their  votes in  other  ports.  Gal  Tanner. Agent  Phone  2­1754  Phone:  5M  16  Merchant  St.  THOROLD.  Ontario  NEW  ORLEANS  523  BienvlUe  St.  HONOLULU  37  Ormont  St.  around the local gin mills with time  While  the  beef  in  Seattle hasn't  Lindsey  Phone  5­H777  WUUania.  Agent  Phone:  3­SW2  on  your  hands,  drop  out  to  any  .522  N.  W,  Everett  St.  QUEBEC  Magnolia  6112­6113  PORTLAND  actually  affected  this  port,  a  lot  113 Cote  De  La  Montague  Beacon  4336  NEW  YORK  679  4th  Ave..  BrooUyn  Marine Hospital in  any of the  ports  Quebec  Phone:  2­7078  of  cur  regular  intercoastals  have  257 5th  St.  SAINT  JOHN  STerllng  8­4671  RICHMOND.  CALIF  177  Prince  WiUlam  St.  and  you  will  be  sure  to find  soihe  Phone  2399  NORFOLK  127­129  Bank  St.  passed  by  Seattle  and  have  been  Ren Reet. Agent'  NB  Phone;  2­3049  460  Harrison  St.  Phone 4­1083  SAN  FRANCISCO  of  your  shipmates  to  chew  the  fat  Douglas  2­8363  going  into  Portland  or  Tacoma.  PHILADELPHIA  337  Market  St.  SEATTLE.....  Great Lakes District  2700  1st  Ave.  with  and  relive  old  times.  S. CarduUo.  Agent  ,  Market 7­1635  ALPENA  133  W.  Fletcher  This  has.  cot  down  the  number  PORT  ARTHUR  Main  0290  THUR  411  Austin  St.  ^  Phone:  1238W  Recent  applicants  for  maternity  505  Marino  Ave.  BUFFALO.  Don Hilton. Rep.  Phone 4­2341  WILMINGTON  of  ports  hit,  since Seattle  was  the  SAN  NY  180  Main  St.  Terminal  4­3131  FRANCISCO  450  Harrison  St.  benefits  were  Nerman  Raines  and  ...  ­ ...V  Phone:  Cleveland  7391  lisK  tfi^mlnal  for  these runs.  The  beef  H.  J.  Flschec., Agent  Douglas  2­5475  NEW  YORK..... 675  4tb  Ave.,  Brook^  CLEVELAND  734  Lakeside  Ave..  NE  Harry  Hammond.  The  addition  is  STerUng  8­Mffl  JUAN, >B......a5a  Ponce  de  Leon  is  in  its  third  week  now,  and  the  SAN  Phone: Main  1­0147  Sal Colls,  Agent .  DETOOIT. .^.  ...  1038  3rd  St.  a  son  to  the  Raines  family  and  a  Canadian  District  MTD  is  right  in  there  actively  in  SAVANNAH  ......S Abercom  St.  ...JSSaSS""'*" Pbone:  Woodward  19857  daughter  to  the  Hammonds.  E. JB.  TlUey.  Agent  ..  Phone  3­1728  MONTREAL.:  463  McGiR  St.  DULUTH..:.,  531  W.  Michigan  St.  the  beef.  SEATTLE  ,  .S700  1st  Ave.  MAsqnetto .9909  Phone:  Melrose  2­4110  Lindsey  J. WUllams  ''  Jeff  Morrison. Aj^t  .  Seneca  4570  HALIFAX., NK..  12814  HoBIs  St.  SOUTH  CHICAGO  3381 E.  02nd  St:  Our  congratulations to  the  SUP  TAMrA..^...,.iBi­Ml|.M.  FcanUIn  St.  . nume;  >«9U  .  n,.,..  ,  ,  New (gleans Fort  , F!lion«:.t.iiEwos,;8­24}0:  •  Son  Francisco:  Garbon­Tetrachioride  Heads Pienly of Air  on  the  opening  of  its  new  hall  in  Wilmington,  last  week.  The  SIU,  of  course, will continue  to have  its  offices  in  the SUP  building.  A  few  of  the  oldtimers  current­ ly  on  the  'Frisco  beach  include  Bill  Bause,  William  Hunt,  Casey  Jones,  A.  Meshefsky, A.  Anderson  Frank  Kustura,  Frank  Edwards  David  Edwards,  R.  H. Kelly,  C.  O.  Lynsky  and  J.  Dietrich.  H. J. Fischer  San  Francisco  Port  Agent  ^  Galveston:  Bookmen Slaying Hama  For Coming Holidays  Jobs in AbundanM  For Ail Soafarors  Alaskan Relief Cargo  Leaving Despite Tie­Up  Wilminglon Branch  Has Maw SUP Hall  Gei New Books  Through Agents  SW  HALL  OiRECTOHY  '•   xi  �DeecmliierlS, 1952  Pace  Tbirteea  SEAFARERS  LOG  M>ORT  REPORTS  well­equipped  halls  give  the  sea­ Boston:  ing  the  latest  bulletin  with  much  Lake Charles:  man  something  more  to  do  than  interest.  just  go  to  the  hall  and  wait  for  a  Men  in  the  USPHS  hospital  are  job.  They  can  spend  their  time  R.  P.  Bowman,  D.  S.  White,  J. J.  enjoying themselves  and forgetting  • Ui,:  Flaherty,  J. Fifer,  J.  Preshong,  J.  their troubles  while waiting  to ship  M.  Pincus,  and  W.  Geradeau.  All  out.  We  had  a  very  good  spurt  in  of  them  would  like  to  hear  from  Shipping  has  remained  very  Shipping for  the past  two  weeks  Cat  Tanner  shipping during  the  past two weeks  their brother  Seafarers for a  bit of  good  here  for  the  past  two  weeks,  . was  excellent  and  from  all  indica­ Mobile  Port  Agent  shipping out a  total of  76 men. The  good  cheer.  White  is  doing  some  and  the  outlook  for  the  coming  tions  will  continue  to  be  that  way  t>  it  outlook  for  the  next  few  weeks,  excellent  art  work,  while  Bowman  two  weeks  seems  to  be  as  favor­ for  the  coming  two  weeks.  New York:  since it is so'close to the  Christmas  has been turning out belts and  wal­ able.  We  paid  off  the  Pennant,  Pe­ and New  Year holidays, is expected  lets.  His work  has  been  first class  Causing  this  rush  Were  payoffs  gasust  Runner,  Corsair,  Clipper,  to  be  brisk.  Most  of  our coastwise  and  we  look forward  to seeing  his  on  the  Council  Grove,  French  Puritan, and  Pioneer  of  the  Alcoa  and nearby foreign  shipping should  latest  efforts  during  our  weekly  Creek,  Archers  Hope,  Lone  Jack,  line,  and  the  Waterman  outfit's  take  some  replacements,  despite  visits.  Bents  Fort,  Winter  Hill,  Chiwawa,  Morning  Light,  Jeff  Davis,  and  James  Sheehan  payoffs.  Government  Camp,  Cantigny,  and  Monarch  of  the Sea,  with  the Pen­ Shipping  in  the  port  of  New  We  paid  off  the  McKettrick  Boston  Port  Agent  Royal  Oak  (Cities  Service).  Sign­ nant,  Pioneer,  Jeff  Davis,  Puritan  York  has  really  been  on  the  up­ Hills and Olympic  Games (Western  ^  t,  ing  on  were  the  W.  E.  Downing  and  the  Runner  signing  on  again.  grade  for  the  past  two  weeks  and  Tankers);  (State  Fuel)  Trinity  (Carras),  The  Cabins  (Mathiasen);  Philadelphia:  Ships  in­transit  were  the  Iberville  from  the  looks  of  things  will  con­ Michael  (Carras);  Bradford  Island  public and  Federal (Trafalgar).  All  and  Antinous  (Waterman);  Sea  tinue  to  be  good  for  some  time.  (Cities Service); and the Catahoula  of  these  took  quite  a  few  men  so  Cloud  (Sea  Traders);  Del  Viento  There  was  a  good  turnover  in  all  (National  Navigation),  with  all  of  that  we  cleaned  out  all  the  rated  (Mississippi);  and  the  Amberstar  departments.  We  are  very  happy  them  signing  on  again.  In­transits  jnen in  the engine  and steward  de­ (Triton).  to  see  this  boom  in  shipping  as  it  were  Isthmian's  Steel  Rover  and  partments  and  only  left  a  couple.  Oldtimers  on  the  beach  are  W.  lifts  the  morale  of  all  hands  in­ Steel  • y".j  Scientist,  and  the  DeSoto  Shipping  has  been  good  for  the  in  the  deck  department.  However,  Alpin,  R.  A.  Eden,  C.  Carlson,  G.  cluding  the  dispatchers.  (Waterman).  we have  some non­rated  men in  all  Elliott,  J. Curtis,  V.  O.  Mary,  and  We  paid  off  a  total  of  27  ships  Beefs were plentiful this trip. On  past  two  weeks  and  it looks  prom­ three  departments.  ising for the forthcoming two­week  A. Highman.  in  the  past  two  weeks  and  signed  the McKettrick  Hills, the  oiler  put  period.  On  the  labor  front  all  is  quiet  For  "Seafarers  of  the  Week"  I  five  on  foreign  articles.  These,  in  for  working  eight  hours  a  day  nominate  Philip  N.  O'Connor  who  along  with  quite  a  few  ships  in  doing  work  which  the engineer  on  We  paid  off  10  ships,  signed  on  at  present,  although  it  looked  like  had 15 in­transits.  Pay­ the Building  Trades Council  would  Joined the SIU in  transit,  were  scattered  from  New  watch  was  unable  to  do.  The  en­ nine, and  ing  off  were  the  Inez,  Angelina,  have  to  tie  up  a  job  here  earlier  1938  and  has  Haven,  Conn.,  to  Perth  Amboy,  gineer  was  incompetent, according  Evelyn, and Hilton  (Bull); Chiwawa  this  week.  Seems some  non­union  been  sailing  NJ, so  all  hands  were  kept  on. the  to  reports.  The  OT  beef  was  re­ and  Council  Grove  (Cities  Serv­ contractor  had  the  idea  that  he  since  then  in  the  go  to service  them.  ferred  to headquarters.  The  wiper  ice);  Keystone  Mariner  (Water­ was  going  to  build  some  houses  stewards  depart­ The  following  Were  the  ships  on  The  Cabins  missed  the  ship  in  man);  Marymar  (Calmar);  Monte­ here  and  use  scab labor,  but  after  ment  Brother  paid  off:  Frances,  Monroe,  Puerto  Port  Newark.  His  book  and  sea­ bello  Hills  (Western  Tankers),  and  a  heart  to  heart  talk,  he  saw  the  O'Connor is  mar­ Rico,  Ann  Marie,  Suzanne,  and  man's  iiapers,  which  he  left  be­ Potrero Hills (PhUa.  Marine). Sim­ light  and  is  now  employing  union  ried  and  has  two  Elizabeth  (Bull);  Steel  Traveler,  hind,  plus his discharges  from The  ons  were  on  the  same  ships  with  men,  so  ali  is  well.  Another  man  children.  Steel Scientist,  Steel  Voyager,  and  Cabins, were sent to New  York.  the  exception  of  the  Keystone  has  learned  the  hard  way.  Of  He  saw  action  Steel Rover (Isthmian); Chickasaw,  There  were  a few  grievances  on  course, we  were notified  of  the im­ Mariner.  during  the  war  Azalea  City,  Citrus  Packer  and  the  Michael,  with  the  messnian  O'Connor  pending tieup  and offered  our help  in  the  North  At­ Afoundria  (Waterman);  Seatrain;  missing  the ship  in  Baltimore  and  Ships in­transit were  the Afoun­ if  needed,  and  were  assured  that  lantic and  the Mediterranean,  with  New  York,  Texas,  Georgia,  and  the ship subsequently sailing short.  dria,  John  B.  Waterman,  Chicka­ it  two  runs  to  Murmansk  slipped  in  Savannah  (Seatrain);  Cantigny,  Stewards  department  beef  cen­ saw,  Azalea  City, Raphael  Simmes,  would  be  appreciated.  As  it  is  known  in  this  area,  one  can­j  his  missions.  Phil  has fthipped  Royal Oak, Logans Fort, and French  tered around the fact that they had  Citrus Packer, and De Soto (Water­ well  not  build  a  chicken  coop  un­ f  from  several  other  ports,  but  for  Creek  (Cities  Service);  Strathbay  to cut  their own  meat  which  came  man);  Steel  Architect,  Steel  Ven­ less  union even  men  are  on  the  job.  the>^past three years has  been ship­ (Strathmore);  Sweetwater  and  Ta­ on board  as carcasses.  The captain  dor,  Steel  Scientist,  and  Steel  Heavy.  Rains  ping through  the Mobile  branch.  galam  (Mar  Trade);  Trinity  (Car­ and  officers  aboard  the  Bradford  Rover  (Isthmian);  Strathbay  Brother  O'Connor  feels  that  the  ras);  and  Coeur  d'Alene  Victory  Island  were  reported  doing  work,  (Strathmore);  Inez  (Bull);  Winter  At  present,  due  to  heavy  rains  most  important  accomplishment  (Victory Carriers).  as well as the man at the wheel  do­ Hills  and  Bent's  Fort  (Cities  for the  past 24 hours,  we are  opei>  ating  a  pirogue  here  on  Ryan  S^  made by  the Union  is the  Vacation  The  Steel  Traveler,  Robin  Ket­ ing other than routine  work on  the  Service).  Plan,  because  through  this  a  man  tering, Mobilian  (Waterman), Steei  bridge.  These  were  settled  beauti­ There was some discussion at the.  in  order  to  get  into  the  hall,  ati&^  not  only  gets  his  money,  but  it  is  Vendor  (Isthmian),  and  Gateway  fully,  however,  with  all  disputed  last  meeting  on  the  possibility  of  our French  boys are really at home.  enough  to  take  care  of  his  Union  City  (Waterman)  were  the  ships  overtime  collected.  our  obtaining  a  new  building  for  Of  course,  some  of  us  who  have  obiigations  with  quite  a  bit  left  signing  on.  the  port  of  Philadelphia.  It  was  not  gotten  used  to  wearing  shoes  For Lighter Moods  over for  the necessary  expenses of  also  that  it  would  be  to  are  not  feeling  any  discomfort.  Crewed Trojan  Seaman  The crew on  the Catahoula  built  our  suggested  a vacation.  AU  the other gains are  advantage  to  wait  until  the  After  all  a  little  water  does  not  We  crewed  up  the  Trojan  Sea­ a stand for their  phonograph and a  Baltimore  exceptionally fine,  and  it  shows  man  buiiling  was  completed,  bother  us  unless  we  have  to  drink  this  week,  a  Liberty operated  record  holder  in  the  recreation  that  efficient  officials  are  in  there  and  to fix  our  present  hall so  that  it  or  take  baths.  We  nominate  pitching to  make the  conditions, as  by  the  Troy  Company,  with  whom  room..  Now they  have a  wide  vari­ it  will  be  a  decent  place  in  which  • >(,l  for  our  Seafarer  well  as  the  recognition  of  the  we negotiated  a  contract last  week.  ety  of  recordings  and  have  a  tidy  to carry on our Union activities  un­ recreation  room  in  which  to  keep  We  also  have  a  couple  of  ships  in  of  the  week  Union, one that stands far out from  til  such  time  comes  when  we  can  Louis  "Big  Chief  the  others.  Several  years  back  a  temporary  lay­up  for  repairs  that  them.  This  ship  usually  comes  in  have  a  new  hall  here.  Wahoo"  Boren,  seaman was  looked down  upon, but  will  be crewing  up in  the next  two  vdth  no  beefs  and  has a  good  rec­ The  membership  was  told  about  who,  after  a  through  the  efforts  of  a  strong  weeks  so  no  one  should  have  any  ord  of  cooperation  among  the  de­ the  contractual  negotiations  with  hitch  in  the  Union  this  picture  has  changed  trouble  getting  out  between  now  partments. It enjoys good represen­ tation  by  capable  delegates  and  is  the  Calmar  company,  which  had  and  the  end  of  the year.  Navy  in  World  considerably.  been  so  strained  that  there  was  a  War  II,  decided  Brother  O'Connor  feels  that  the  There  have  been  no  major  beefs  one  pay­off  we know  will be clean.  possibility  of  our  having  to  strike  that  he  would  SEAFARERS  LOG  is  not  only  a  on  any  of  the  ships  paying  off  in  Donald  Kennedy,  a  former  Sea­ their ships.  follow the sea for  very interesting paper,  but it keeps  this  area  in  the  past  two  weeks  farer  who  has  been  in  the  Army  Boren  life,  A  clever  the  members  well  informed  on  all  and  with  the  new  contracts  going  about one  year, was presented  with  all It was suggested at this time that  pQrmitmen  in  the  port  should  into effect  in  the next  few days  we  the Purple Heart  in Korea  by Gen.  boy,  he  picked  the  SIU  and  he  the  happenings of  the  Union  with­ file application  for  jobs  at  the  At­ says  that  this  was  the  smartest  out  getting the information  second  expect  to  have  much  smoother  Van  Fleet.  The  presentation  cere­ lantic  Refining  Company  so  as  to  move  of  his life.  He  has  tried  the  hand.  He  thinks the  building  pro­ operations  in  the  future  which  monies were shown  here on  televi­ take  part  in  the  organizational  cattle  business  at  various  times  in  gram  is  another  thing  that  all  of  will, in  turn, mean  better relations  sion. Donald's father still sails with  drive  now  being  conducted  in  that  his  native  state  of  Oklahoma,  but  us should  be  proud  of  because  we  between  the  Union  and  the  oper­ us.  Concerning the Atlantic Refinery  fleet.  says  cattle  raising  cannot  compare .  have  our  home  away  from  home  ators.  ' Claude Simmons  drive, things are  running smoothly  A. S. Cardullo  with sailing  an  SIU  ship.  At  pres­ established in  our own  halls. These  Philadelphia  Port  Agent  ent  he  is  holding  down  a  job  on  Asst.  Secretary­Treasurer  with  the  lojal  membership  follow­ one  of  the  Cities  Service  wago;|^  Quite  a  few  of  our  boys  h^e  been  going  over  to  Port  Arthur,  Texas,  to  try  to  get  on  with  At­ Seafarers  who  have  taken  lantic,  but  so  far  no  luck.  How­ I  the  series  of  inoculations  re­ ever,  they  are  still  keeping  it  up  quired for  certain foreign  voy­ and  hoping  that  something  will  ages  are  reminded  to  be  sure  break.  k  Shipping  Figures  November  19  to  December  3  to  pick  up  their  inoculation  We  thought  that  we  would  have  cards from  the  captain  or  the  REG.  SHIP.  smp.  TOTAL  enough  bookmen  here  to  hold  «  REG.  REG.  TOTAL  SHIP.  purser  when  they  pay  off  at  PORT  DECK  ENGINE  STEW.  REG.  DECK  ENG.  STEW. SHIPPED  meeting  this  past  Wednesday,  but  the end  of  a  voyage.  30  30  76  along  came  a  ship  or  two'  and  Boston  ,60  28  18  16  14  The  card  should  be  picked  presto,  the  only  bookman  left  was  205  471  the  agent.  We  still  live  in  hopes  up  by  the  Seafarer  and  held  163  New  York  144  512  163  135  171  so  that  it  can  be  presented  148  that someday  enough  bookmen will  69  43  38  150  62  Philadelphia  48  38  when  signing  on  for  another  144  120  84  348  60  175  ba here to hold  a meeting.  Baitimore  64  51  voyage  where  the  "shots"  are  Among  the  oldtimers  who  have  20  55  •   9  26  13  10  7  22  Norfolk  required.  The  inoculation  been  on  the  beach  here  or  passed  card is  your only  proof  of  hav­ 12  through  during the  past  two  weeks  9  26  5  5  6  11  2  Savannah  ing  t^en  the  required  shots.  3  9  were  B.  F.  Grice,  J. F.  Mapp,  M.  9  27  7  11  4  2  Tampa  Those  men  who  forget  to  Launey,  H.  E. Grant,  J. Burke,  £.  196  162  70  61  65  55  55  52  Mobile  4......  pick  up  their  inoculation  card  210  Johnson, L. Rose, W. Hay, E. Shaw,  82  65  71  91  78  251  74  when  they  pay  off  may find  New  Orleans  M.  King,  G.  Murphey,  P.  Flynn,  that  they  are required  to take  181  A.  Hebert,  J. Picou,  and  H.  Coite  35  150  79  "  50  52  68  47  Galveston  all the "shots" again when they  63  187  nell.  39  85  30  65  145  240  West  Coast  want  to  sign  on  for  another  (.1  Leroy Clarke  such  voyage.  493  1,691  56R  783  567  636  Lake Charles Fort AgenB  631  1JI81  Totals'^  Mobile:  Too Many Beefs Mar  Boston  Port  Payoffs  Shipping Tops Wiih  Similar Fulnre Seen  SIU Backs Conncil  In Bniiding Dispuie  Expeel Heavy Shipping  Load To End Of Year  Discussion  Over  New  Pert Building Here  H  Piek Vp 'Shot'  Card At Pay ait  .fi­i  y/  is::.':: nir  .J#  �i.  Fonrteoi  '4A  I;­'  [r  Deember 12,  1952  SEAFARERS  LOG  Camedy W Errors Rings Belli  Booki  And Ship^s Bailey Board  Seafarers In Action  Because the standby watch  on  the stern docking  station  of  the  Royal  Oak  couldn't  hear  Crewmembers  aboard  the  Brad  the  ring  of  the rusty  telephone  bell,  an  OS  and  a  messman  started  to  examine  the  tele­ ford  Island  (Cities  Service)  de­ cided  that  they  needed  some  fresh  phone,  resulting  in  a  comedy  of  errors  which  had  the  entire  ship  in  an  uproar.  reading  matter  as  well  as  repairs  That act in  itself  was a  dire*^  for  their  radio  recently,  so  they  violation  of  an  unwritten  law  that  they  thought  they  knew  the  blue smoke.  With no  parts to  work  delegated  Charlie  Rawlings,  OS  of  all  the  engineers,  pump­ source  —  the  messman's  foc'sle,  with  that  did  not  explode,  all  the  to  take  care  of  both  matters  with  said  that  he  did  better  than  aver*  age  considering  the  circumstances,  and  rated  a  commendation.  He has  been sailing  with the  SIU  for  a  little  over  a  year  now  and  makes  his  home  in  Rockaway  Beach,  NY,  where  he  can  see  the  men, machinists and  other advisors  which  had  been  transformed  to  a  messman  could  do  was seek  advice  money  from  the  ship's  fund.  That  ships  coming and  going  along  Am­ of  the  high  seas.  But  when  the  typical  radio  repair  shop.  Nobody  from  whatever crewmembers  knew  must  have  been  a  pretty  easy  as­ brose  channel  whenever  he's  pair  started  to  work  on  th^ tele­ knew  where  he  got  all  the  radios,  the  slightest  thing  about  radios  signment  for  Charlie,  for  when  ashore.  phone  bell,  the  act  became  ab­ unless  he  stole  parts  from  the  The  radio  operator  was  not  con  last  heard  from,  he  was  trying  his  4"  4  ship's  radio  operator  and  built  suited, for some  mysterious reason  hand  at  raising  a  litter  of  11  pups  Talking  about  solutely ­unpardonable.  ship's  fuhds  them.  Meanwhile,  in addition  to all  his  aboard  the  Hilton  (Bull  Line)  and  brings  to  the  fore  the  Del  Santos  The messman  stole (or borrowed)  For  more  than  three  weeks  he  regular  duties,  the  exasperated en  lining  them  up  for  pictures.  Raw­ (Mississippi),  whose  fund  totaled  ,  a  pair  of  pliers  from  the  machine  didn't  talk  to  anyone  unless  it  was  gineer still was watching  the Bailey  lings  is one  of  the  new  men  in  the  a  healthy  $102.50  at  last  reports.  shop; he removed the gong, cleaned  about  radios,  tubes,  wires,  short  Board,  vaguely  aware  of  the  mess­ SIU,  having  started  sailing  with  The fund's watch­ it,  adjusted  the  hammer  and  re­ circuits,  or  to  degrade  those  crazy  man's  exploits.  By  staying*  awake  the  Union  last  February.  He  was  dog  aboard  the  placed  the  gong.  By flicking  the  ship  is  W.  D.  spring,  the  hammer  snapped  back  imbeciles,  Marconi  and  DeFocest.  for  two  nights,  with  a  soldering  born  in  Maryland  lust  four  days  His  radio­phonograph  combination  Makln.  He's  been  ^_jmd  the  sound  became  louder.  The  failed  to  operate,  so  he  dissected  iron  borrowed from  the radio oper­ before  Christmas,  1923,  and  still  ator,  the  disturbance  was  tem  makes  his  home  in  Baltimore.  with  the  Union  OS  watched  wistfully,  then  an­ most  of  it  and  tried  to  put  it  for  over  eight  nounced  that  the  messman  had  together again.  The result was that  porarily allayed.  How?  By remem­ ^  bering  that  he  forget  to  replace  years  now,  join­ done  it  wrong,  and  that  he  would  neither  the  radio  nor  the  pimno­ one  of  the  tubes.  (The  other tubes  Two  more  members  of  the  stew­ ing  up  .in  May,  do the repairs himself.  He repeated  graph  worked.  Then  he  obtained  were  in  the  wrong  sockets  of  the  ards department, chief  cook Johnny  1944.  Makin  is  a  the  previous  procedure,  brushed  another  combo  job,  dismantled  it,  wrong  radios.)  Lopez,  and  Jerry  Proce,  messman,  native  of  Ala­ off  his  palms  and  grinned  tri­ and  transposed  the  tone  control  Which  only  goes  to  prove  that  won  the  applause  of  their  ship­ bama,  having  umphantly.  Makin  and other parts so  that the machine  no  matter  how  little  one  seems  to  mates  aboard  the  Bluestar  for  the  been  bom  there  At  this  stage,  neither  one  was  would fit  a  smaller  cabinet.  know  about  a  subject,  someone  way  they  handled  the  chow  on  the  in  1920.  He  sails  usually  as  cook  sure  that  the  bell  would  sound  Simmer  and  Smoke  will  come  along  to  prove  that  he  last  ti­ip  out.  Lopez  rung  the  bell,  and  baker.  Home  for  him  is  Ala­ right  if  someone  rang,  so  they  sat  for as  the  crew  put  it,  "really  put­ bama's  leading  city,  Birmingham.  The  result  was  a  sound  like  an  knows  even  less.  down  to  wait  for  the  bridge  to  ting  out  tasty  angry firecracker  and  a  wisp  of  William  Calefato  4  4  4>  call.  But  the  mate  on  watch  hap­ meals  and  going  The crew  of  the  Hastings (Water­ pened  to  be  a  good  sport,  so  there  out  of  his  way  to  man) "lost our  first class  messman"  was  a  chance  that  there  might, not  please."  Being  as  they  put  it, when  Bill  Oswinkle  be  a  call all night.  They meditated  that  a  well­fed  left  the  ship.  It  X  this  obstacle.  ship  is  a  happy  seems  that  Bill  "Repaired"  BeU  Rattles  ship,  Johnny  de­ Jr.  is  out  on  the  Not  for  long,  however.  The  OS  serves  a  lot  of  West  Coast  with  credit.  He's  an  the  US  Marines  stopped the  AB going on watch and  oldtimer with  the  and  Bill  Sr.  went  asked  him  to call  the  station,  solv­ SIU and  a Tampa  out  there  to have  ing  the  dilemma.  After  some  Lopez  man  all  the  way  a  ' reunion  with  anxious  moments,  there  was  a  having  been  bom  in  that  city  in  him.  (Dswinkle  is  rattle  from  the  bell—like  a  pair  1914,  joined  the  Union  there  in  a  native  of  Balti­ of  dice.  Now  they  knew  how  1943  and  still  living  there  today.  I  Alexander  Bell  felt.  more,  Irl v i n g  Oswinkle  Proce,  who  sails  regularly  as  been  born  there  More  time  passed  while  they  messman,  found  himself  promoted  in  1913.  He  still  lives  in  thai«^ity.  planned how to get a  response from  to  night  cook  and  baker  in  an  He's  been  a  member  of  the  Union  the  bell.  An  oiler  who  passed  by  emergency  situation,  a  job  he  had  ever  since  August,  1043,  when  he  was  interrogated, and  he  described  never handled before.  But the crew  joined  in  New  York.  the  entire  telephone  system  of  the  The  Young  America  (Waterman)  discharging  iron ore  at the  docks  ^ship.  This  oiler  happened  to  be  in  Muron,  Japan.  one  of  those  geniuses  who  knew  •   everything—most  of  it  wrong—so  .  he  referred  to  the  dial,  which  was  ". . . and  for  this some  child  gets a  new  lease on  life," be­ set  at  11,  and  said  that  was  the  gins  Seafarer  F. "W.  Walker,  ship's  delegate  aboard  the  Ala­ number  to  call.  Someone  had  to  volunteer  for  the  job  of  calling,  wai  (Waterman)  in  a  letter  to  the  LOG  concerning  the  and  the  mechanic­messman  was  leartwarming  generosity  of­*^'  elected.  of  the  added  draws  on  the  sched­ lis fellow  shipmates.  He  found  a  telephone  in  the  ule.  When  a  man  runs  short  and  According  to  Brother  needs  a  draw,  he  doesn't  miss  the  steering  engine  room,  set  the  dial,  Walker,  the  man  who  deserves  the  few  dollars.  Besides,  says  Walker  and  turned  the  crank,  as  if  it  were  lion's share of  the  in  a  lighter  vein,  after  a  couple  of  a  stubborn  Model  T.  Finally,  he  credit  for  raising  drinks  nobody  even  misses  the  heard a faint  voice and, his patience  funds  for  the  money  which  is  doing  more  good  .  exhausted," he called  the OS  on the  March  of  Dimes  elsewhere.  .  other  end  of  the  line  all  kinds  Of  campaign  aboard  ignominious  names,  like  bilge  rat  All  the  money  is  turned'  in  the  ship  is  the  through  the  Union  and  credited  and  similar  colorful  metaphors.  captain  himself,  to  the  SIU  membership's  support  There  was  no reply,  so he  went  up  Coffee  time  aboard  the  Young  America  brings  out  the  crew  in  a  Ben  Johnson.  .  to  the  messhall  to find  out  what  of  this  worthwhile  drive.  moment  of  relaxation  caught  by  the  camera.  Left  to  right  are:  Johnson,  it  caused  the  silence.  The  OS  said  Parks,  DM;  Schroeder,  AB;  Swinson,  DM;  Macapogal,  AB;  Liekas,  seems,  has  come  he  had  heard  nothing,  and  urged  AB;  Musselini  and  Crabtree,  OS;  Larsen,  bosun;  and  Grien,  AB.  Walker  "P  ^  the  messman  to  go  back  to  the  idea  to  "sweeten  engine room  and try  again—maybe  the  pot"  by  a  system  of  voluntai­y  another  number.  donations  which  needs  no  twinge,  At  the  foot  of  the  ladder  the  of  conscience  to  prod  it.  In  addi­ unexpected  stood  waiting,  in  the  tion  to  the  regular  di'aws,  which  person  of  the  third  assistant  en­ take place  on all ships, where  dona­ With  the  advent  of  fall  and  winter  sports,  crowded  into  ^neer  on  watch  whose  face  was  tions  are  strictly  voluntary,  the  ^ed  and  puffed  with  indignant  the final  days and  months of  every year as they are, the hot  captain  has  instituted  an  "anytime  anger.  Before  he  could  say  one  weather  pastimes take to  the mothballs for lack  of  space and  goes" draw  which happens  as often  IS  the*­ word, the  messman handed  him his  publicity.  Baseball  is  as  the  men  need  or  want  it  be­ name  to  the  letter, ..as  captain  of  tween  regular  draws.  .  borrowed  pliers  and  silently­^jtole  most prominent of  these.  away.  The  "Hot  Stove  League"  is  the  team,  has  her  father, to  thank  Fly  In  Ointment  Irish  Up  And  Down  under  a  full head  of  steam  at  the  for  the  origin  of  the  organization.  Ay,  but  here's  the rub.  In  order  Up in the messhall,  the messman  moment  as  the  major  leagues  are  The  elder  McWilliams,  Richard,  a  to  make  a­  naturally  generous  sea­ reported  the  incident  and  decided  meeting  in  Phoenix,  Ariz.,  as  this  BR  on  the Puerto  Rico  at  the  time  man  even more magnanimous, Capt.  to  desist  from  further  efforts.  7lut  is  written.  The  SIU,  however,  has  of  the outfit's birth, started the ball  Johnson  makes  a  donation  to  the  the  OS,  being  Irish,  said  his  Irish  more  than  a  passing  and  dormant  rolling  on  board  ship  last  June.  charity  a  "must"  on  the  irregular  was  up  and  he  went  below  to  the  interest  in  diamond  affairs.  It  is  The  crew  held  a  tarpaulin  muster  draws,  in  contrast  to the  voluntary  steering  engine  room.  When  he  not  with  the  majors,  though,  but  to  buy  equipment  for  the  squad  aspect  of  it  all  when  the  feeling  returned he was  no longer the  mad  with  something  which  is  closer  to  once  Seafarer McWilliams  told  the  moves  the  men.  Irishman.  ,  home  to  the  Union,  its  brothers,  idea  to his shipmates. Their  enthu­ siasm later spread  to the headquar­ The  crew  is  wholeheartedly  in  Meanwhile,  the  engineer  noticed  and  the  crew  of  the  Bull  Line's  ters  building  where  the  Chicks  favor  of  the  scheme,  and,  money  Puerto  Rico.  some  signals  on  that  marvel  of  were  given unofficial  status  as  the  shortages  being  what  they  are  The  SIU  Chicks,  and  all­girls  Union's  baseball  team  without  aboard  ship  on  a  foreign  run,  ir­ modern shipping,  the Bailey Board.  The  signals  indicated  that  some­ baseball  team  ranging  in  age  from  portfolio.  regular draws  are  the rule  more  so  Ship's  delegate  Dewey  V.  <  thing  unauthorized  was  going  on  12­15  years  and  hailing  from  the  In  her letter,  Rita  writes  that all  than regular ones.  And so  the "pot  Glass  displays  the  Alligator  above  deck;  Although  the  board  Jackson  Heights  section  of  Long  girls interested  in  joining the  team  is  sweetened"­  almost  every  day—  Gar  he  caught  off  the  Alcoa  showed  from  what  deck  the  dis­ Island,  has  written  a  letter  to  the  may  try  out  for  the  nine  by  get­ and. sometimes  more  often.  Polaris  while  the  ship  was  turbance  was  coming,  it  did  not  LOG  in  which  all  those, connected  ting in  touch  with  her next  spring.  'The  one  man  out  of  a  hundred  berthed  in  the  Mobile  River  with  the team  have expressed  their  Dial  IL  7­6515  and  ask  for  Rita  if  who  doesn't  want  to  contribute  to  at  Mobile,  Ala.  He  used  a  g^how  the  exact  location.  Naturally,  it  was  unethical  for  utmost appreciation for the Union's  you  have  an  interest  in  the  club.  the  worthy  •  cause,  says  Seafarer  hand  line,  and  a  piece  of  beef  the firOman  and  the  oiler  on  the  backing.  Don't, forget  to  wear  a  glove  and  Walker,  can  get  his  money  at  the  • for bait  in  landing  the  tough  third  engineer's  watch, to  tell  him­ Rita  McWilliams, who signed her  your  hitting  shoes,  skys  Rita.  'regular  dravCs  without  making  use  river  roamer.,  Young America In Old Japan  Seafarers Oive S  fo Get  S  'i  i  Glass Gets Gar  Chicks Active In Winter  K.  '  '  • ­• .• /• ­• CM  • .I,  M.'T­.'­..,  1  L'  .  t, V  : \  V­  I.  �<  • SE A  FA REUS  tOG  Bnrbank  That susar cane originally  conies  from the  East  Indies?  Some of  the  Cnisaders  brought  ' the  "sugar­ bearing  reed" from  the  Near  East  to  Europe  about  the  eleventh  or  twelfth  century  and  after  that  its  cultivation  became  common  in  Sicily  and  parts  of  Spain.  Colum­ bus  himself  introduced  sugar  cane  to  the  New  World  in  1494.  the  coins  were fittingly  called  moneta  in  honor  of  the  goddess.  iC'  it  That  a  weekly financial  report  on  SIU  operations  is  posted  at  all  Union  halls  for  easy  inspection  by  any  Seafarer?  As  a  Seafarer,  you  always  have  a  ready  opportimity  to  know  ju.st^here  your  Union  finances  are  golLg.  • Mm  Edges Pd Gls, 7­3  '•>1 1 •••"  if»V5  ­  i­;,  * Face  »'if teen  Glory  be  and  shades  of  the Edbm  Mowbray  and  Robin  Trent,  but  the  baseball  team  of  the Burbank  has  really  and  truly  pulled  an  Emil  (Ski)  Gretsky while  on  this voyage  to the  land of  the beautiful ladies  and into the rich valley  of  the River  Po.  One' of  the  teams  from  the"*  """  Army  base  stationed  here  new­found  friends,  and  I  am  sure  really  pulled  the  bone  out  of  a  that  I  speak  for  both  sides  when  turkey.  Did  you  mean  boner,  Sam­ challenged  us  to  a  baseball  I  say  it  would  be  great  to  meet  uel?  .­• ^1  :J> '  4>S.  game, and  though  Casey  Jones, the  again.  Our regards  to the  baseball teams  little  round  steward,  did  his  level  George  (Hash  and  Eggs)  Hash­ of  the  Robin  Wentley, Robin  Trent,  best  to get  out  of  making  up  sand­ agen,  saloon  messman  and  our  six­ Robin  Mowbray,  Robin  Hood,  Rob­ wiches for  the gang  by  saying  that  foot­three­inch first  sacker,  states  in  Adair,  Robin  Locksley  and  that  the  reason  that  the  fellows  4"  i  4*  4i>  it  we  had  no  paraphernalia,  the  GIs  on  the  opposing  team  gave  him  Goodfellow.  We  someday  hope  to  That  polar  bears  bom  and  rear­ have  the  pleasure  of  playing  each  That  infantry  as  a  designation  ed  in  warm  climates  are  liable  to  for  foot­soldiers  stems  from  the  readily  offered  to  furnish  same  if  three  or  four  extra  rounds  of  soft  of  these  teams,  as  Casey  the  stew­ suffer  more  from  cold  than  from  we  would  give  them  a  game;  they  drinks  was  to  keep  him  from  park­ ard  has  i­eally  been  press­agenting  hot  weather?  As a rule  polar bears  time  when  young  boys  called  in­ were  so anxious  to play  that  it was  ing  any  of  their  pitcher's  slants  the  Robin  Line  teams.  He  says  fantes  served  as  footmen  or  serv­ oyer  the  center field  wall.  (George  they  are  all  good  teams,  but  that  in  the  zoos  of  Western  Europe  and  ants  to  powerful  knights?  In  the  America  do  not  develop  the  thick  course  of  time the  unmounted men  agreed  that  they  would furnish  the  for  your  information  and  clarifica­ the  Robin  Ti­ent  was  the  best,  is  ­yi  liquid  refreshments  (Coca­Cola,  tion,  that  is  a  distance  of  518  feet.  the  best  and  always  will  be  the  coats  of  fur  or heavy  layers  of  fat  of  an  army,  those  too  inexperi­ orange  and  grape  soda,  etc.).  Do  you  want  to  change  your  best  team.  Ray  Sedowski  very  which  they,  customarily  grow  in  enced  or  low  in  rank  for  cavalry  story?)  the  polar  zone  in  wintertime  and  service,  were  called  infanteria  by  angrily  disagrees,  but  he  will  not  "a  :­  h  We  informed  the  gang  that  we  which  diminish  in  thickness  when  the  Italians,  and  that  term,  Real  Tricky  say  which  team  he  thinks the  best,  were  joing  to  play,  but  some  of  wartta  weather  comes.  as  he  will  probably  grab  a  Robin  Pedro  Esteban,  Eddie  (Aspara­ through  the French  infanterie, pro­ the  lads  were  busy  purchasing  4>  gus  King)  Miller  and  Sam  Ramos  liner as  soon as  he gets  back  to the  duced  the  present  word.  souvenirs,  Casanovaing  and  look­ Pogamus  played  the  last  two  in­ States.  That  the  SIU  disability  benefit  4;  4>  4^  is now $20  per  week  instead of  the  That  the  "laughing  jackass"  is  ing  over  the  fair  city  ofLovrana,  nings of  the game, and Pedro  really  From  the  writer's  viewpoint,  it  former  $15  weekly?  As  long ^s  he  not  an  animal  but  a  bird?  The  so  they  missed  a  good  game.  pulled  a  slim  edge  play.  Two  men  would  seem  that  we  have  adopted  is totally  unable  to  work,  any  Sea­ name  is  a  literal  translation of  the  were  out  and  a  man  on  third;  the  the  Notre  Dame system  of  platoon­ Real  Pros  farer who  has at  least  seven  years'  scientific  name  of  an  Australian  next  batter  hit  an  infield fly,  and  ing.  We  are  being called the  Fight­ HI  seatime  with  companies  partici­ bird  belonging  to  the  kingfisher  We  were,  in  a  kidding  manner,  Pete,  forgetting  baseball  rules  for  ing  Irish,  too,  due  to the  following  (.if  pating  in  the  SIU  Welfare  Plan  is  family, .which gives  out  with a note  accused of  laeing professionals.  The  a  moment,  dropped  the fly  inten­ names: ­Sedowski,  Bogucki,  Linsky,  eligible  for  this  benefit,  regardless  that  sounds  like  a  loud  peal  of  boys  did  play  like  the  said  pros  tionally,  as  he  says,  in  order  Celkos,  Pidulsky,  Trayinski,  Me­ of  age.  laughter.  It  is  about  the  size  of  after  three  or  four  drinks  of  the  to make  a  double play.  Hey, amigo,  sherfsky.  But  just  a  minute,  please  '  ^  .  4>  t  an  ordinary  crow  and  feeds  on  famous  "De  Popolo  Vino"  (that's  how  many  outs  do  they  allow  you  —we  also  have  Aloysius  Alderton  considered  a  soft  drink  in  Italian  in  one  inning  in  Barcelona?  His  as first  string catcher.  That  the first  "Bostonian"  left  reptiles, fish  and  insects.  • i  circles),  and  could  not  be  stopped.  side­kick,  Pogamus,  says  that  he  Boston  because  he  preferred  the  Anthony Mesherfdiy.  tit  company  of  Indians to  that  of  Bos­ That  the  annual  upkeep  on  a  The final  score  was  7­5  in  the  toni^ns?  There  was  no  love  lost  $2,500  life  insurance  policy  would  Burbank's  favor,  and  believe  it  or  between  the  Puritans  who  arrived  cost  you  more  than  your  SIU  Un­ not,  there  was  only  one  error  (the  later  and  clergyman  William  ion  dues?  The  survivors  of  any  Burbank  pitcher,  Pgdro  Estaban).  Blackstone,  who  was  the first  unlicensed  man  sailing  on  an  SIU­ All  kidding  aside,  it  actually  white  man  to  settle  on  the  land  eontracted  ship  are  eligible  for  took  a  running  circus  catch  by  where  Boston  now  stands,  so  this  benefit  under  the  SIU  Wel­ Handy  Andy,  the  deck  delegate,  to  Blackstone  soon  after  left  and  fare  Plan.  save  the  game  for  us  in  the  last  moved to  nearby  Pawtucket.  inning.  Eddie  Celkos  roamed  the  t  t  t  That  Virginia  actually  extends  left field  pasture  like  the  "Fall  t  4.  t  That  the  word  "money"  origi­ farther  west  than  West  Virginia?  River  Flash,"  Roger  La  Pointe.  nated  about  350  BC  when  the first  Although  West  Virginia  got  that  Ray  (Kid  Durbin)  Sedowski  cover­ Roman  coins  were  made  in  a  mint  name  because  the  greater  part  of  ed  his  acreage  just  like  a  veteran  near  to  a  tempfe  dedicated  to  the  it  lies  west  of  Virginia,  the  south­ fly  chaser,  and  made  an  uncon­ goddess  Juno  Moneta?  The  mint  western  tip  of  Virginia  extends  scious  catch  of  a  ball  hit  by  the  where  the  coins  were  struck  was  many  miles  farther  west  than  any  opposing  catcher  over  his  left  shoulder.  He  still  says  that  the  attached  right  to  the  temple  so  point  in  West  Virginia.  ball  caught  him,  and  after  the  catch  the  GIs  gave  hhn  a  mighty  nice  round  of  applause.  Yours  LOG­A­RHYTHM:  truly  did  not  do  as  well, as  Handy  Andy,  Gasey,  Celkos,  Bogucki  and  the  rest  of  the  gang  heckled  and  kept yelling "Hit  it—^it's a cabbage,  Cabbage  Head,"  and  furthemore,  By  Clarence "Buddy"  Cousing  that  GI  pitcher  threw  more  curves  at  us  than  Marilyn  Monroe  can  While  we  live  'til  we  die.  The  blacker  the  night,  .  show.  To  be  happy  we  try.  The  brighter  the  light.  Bill  (Turbine)  And  carry  on  with  life's  cross.  And  thus  it  seemed  to  me.  Hare,  the  second  There  is  no  magic.  That  you  led  the  way.  'lectro,  did  a  The  steward  department  is shown  during  a  break  on a  recent  run  To  change  tales  so  tragic.  So  my  steps  couldn't  stray.  sweet turbine  job  of  the Trojan  Trader.  Left to right,  with  the crew  messman miss­ Or  to  lessen  one  iota  my  loss.  From  your  sweet  ecstasy.  at  the  Hot  Cor­ ing, are,  Frank  Gimpaya,  chief  cook;  Peter  Notirs,  pantryman;  the  ner,  and  he  sort  chief  steward;  Nick  Pagonis,  BR;  Bill  Jones,  saloon  messman;  Since  we  christened  him  Bruce,  d!f  brought  back  The  greater  the  risk.  A.  R.  Baker, second  cook;  and  John  Pomiros, third  cook.  Let  our  son  be  our truce,  memories  of  the  The  bigger  the  win.  I'm  certain  none  could  be  fitter.  "01 d  Maestro,"  And  thus will  it  ever  be,  Cause  when  all's  said  and  done.  Ski  Gretsky.  Bill  And  so  I  won  you.  After  having  such  fun.  clouted  a  double,  Only  to  lose  you.  Hare  What's  the  sense  to be  bitter?  but  obesity  In  the  gamble  of  love,  you  see.  caught  up  with  him,  and  he  was  I  know  it  is  sod,^  thrown  out trying  to stretch  ij: into  (1)  If  you  were  traveling  by  car  and  came  to a signpost  with  arrows  But  to  say  it, I'm  glad.  i:';; il  When  you  cast  your  affection.  a triple.  Mike Cristaldi,  the  bosun,  reading:  Los  Angeles—327;  New  York—2580;  Seattle—687;  Chicago—  For  now  is  a  time  for  reflection.  In  my  direction,  may  be  the  big  serang  when  1856 and  Honolulu—2407,  would  you  be  near  (Dallas),  (San  Francisco),  Our  marriage  missed  frills.  I  tried,  oh,  I. tried  to  refuse  it.  working  oa a  paint  job,  and find­ (Holljwood)  or  (Denver)?  But  never ­  lacked  thrills.  But  wk^ one  so  fair.  ing  plenty  of  holidays,  but  no  And  I  hope  you  get  the  (2)  Sherlock  Holmes'  right­hand  man  was  (Father  Brown),  (Dr.  Liv­ Offers  o "ipvc,  so  rare.  matter how hard he  tried, he  could  ingston),  (Dr.  Watson),  (Philo  Vance)?  connection.  /  Who  anrijv td  abuse  it?  not find  a  hole  in  the  GI  infield  (3)  What  color is  the  topmost  light g«n  a  highway  traffic  signal?  Is it  Though  progress  be  slow.  for  even  a  holiday  hit.  (Scratch  green  or  red?  Without  your  bright  glow.  And  so  vie  were  wed,  ^  hit  to  a  good­field,  no­hit  guy.)  (4)  In  order  to get  to  work,  a  man  has  to  drive  six  miles  due  south,  Shared , the  same  nuptidl  bed.  To  help us  work  out  our  salvation,  Galleyman  Gets  Shiner  then  eight  more  due  west  to  his  place  of  \york.  How  much  driving  Hoping  you  think  of  me,  And  awaited  a bundle  of  joy,  I  have'  gone  back  to  sea,  Bob  (Irish)  Aldertbn,  the  300­ could  he  save  if  a  straight  road  were  built  connecting  his  home  to  his  Lp; and^  behold  our  surprise,  To  humbly  serve  Our  great  pound  galleyman  and  our  catcher,  destination?  Ai  the  doctor  looked; wise.  nation.  did his usual good  job of  not allow­ And  announced;  "Ip's  a  boy."  (5)  In  performing  his  work,  which  one  of  the  following  men  would  ing any  balls  to  get  past  him  (how  most  likely  use a  "two  by  four":  (electrician),  (carpenter),  (salesman),  Yes,  back  at  sea.  could  they?)  and  there  was  not  a  (teacher)?  But  fate's­deck­  was­stacked.  Is  perhaps  where  Fll  be.  stolen­base  against  him.  He  did  There' w^  something  that  (6)  In  the  book  and  the  movie  The  Virginian,  the  Virginian's  name  When  the  Grim  Reaper  strikes  end  up  with  ai  beautiful  shiner  on  lackedf'  '  is  (Shorty),  (Steve),  (Clint),  (not  revealed)?  me  down.  his  left  eye  by  refusing  to  wear  a  And  advexMiyi  on  us  wOs  fprced,  ;  (7)  A  man  has  twice  as  many  nickels  as  he  has  dimes,  or  a  total  of  Lowering  boats  and  painting.  mask,  and  is  now  singing,  "Brown  $5.70.  How  many  of  each  does  he  have?  Wei. parted, and  I  pine, .  From  floats.  eyes,  why are  you  black?"  For  you,  lover  of  mine.  While  the  serang  observes  xeifk  (8)  The  length  of  an  adult's  intestines  is  (12  inches),  (five  feet),  (ID­ Even  though  we're  divorced.  We  were certainly  treated  royal­ feet),  (20  feet)?  .  a  frown.  ly, and ft would indeed be an ljonor  (9)  The  first  letters  of  the  US  states  which  share  borders  with  But,  the  tie  that  binds.  For  the  same  sea  that  holds.  and  a  pleasure  to return  some  day  Mexico  spell  a  common  word  meaning  unable  or  not  permitted  to  do  And  remains  and  reminds.  In  its  depths  pirat*  gold.  in the  future and  meet  those same  And  made  us  mother  and  father.  And  ships  of  all  flags  unfurled.  soldiers  .again.  We  invited  them  something.  Which  states  are  they,  and  what  is  the  word?  (10)  Upon  one.  end  of  every  package  of  cigarettes  is  a  US  Govern­ IK  Is the  boy  iaf  age  five.  Even  though  it  is  salty.  to  dinner  on  boiard,  but  most  of  To  a  certain  degree.  Who  is  so  much  alive,"  '  them  had to  report  back  for  duty,  ment  excise  stamp  bearing  the. likeness  Of  (Walter  Raleigh),  (De  Witt  It  ­washes  aWay  the  sins  of  the  tarn sure that  w:e  left a  good SIU  Clintpn).  (John  Smith),  (Benjamin  Franklin).  To  prove  blood  runs  thicker  ,'  world.  if]  than  toater.  impression on  them.  We parted  as  Quiz  Answers  On  Page  25  Brief Break Brings Beams  To Ethel  t  V­'  Quiz Coriiei  •   :M  �'y­W:WSf^7 ­  ...  Pa(«  Sixteei  N  • i.  Week Suggested  December 12,'  1952  SEAFARERS  LOG  i,  E  T  T  R  S  Boyai Oak Sends  $S0 To Hospital  To  the  Editor:  To the  Editor:  For  the  benefit  of  a  stronger  very  much  to  receive  every  issue.  him  onto  the  deck.  Meanwhile,  The crew  of the  Royal Oak  voted  SIU  and  unions  in  general, 1  have  Also,  if  I'm  not  a.sking  too  much,  the  purser  was  busy  with  his  cam­ to  send  to  the  patients  at  the  Fort  a  suggestion  to  make.  .  What  era.  A  few  days  later  he  showed  Stanton  Hospital  the  sum  of  $50,  I  would  like  a  copy  of  "Seafarers  have  in mind  is this:  Why not  have  in  World  War  II."  Since  my  To  the  Editor:  me  a  set  of  pictures  of  the  whole  as  a  "Christmas  gift.  This  dona­ tion  from  the  ship's  fund  was  a  union  education  week  set  aside  brother  sailed  with  the  SIU  I  want  to  thank  my brother  Sea­ event.  every  year,  and  during  this  period  throughout  the  war  years,  I  am  farers  of  the  SIU  for  giving  blood  When  we  had  left  Pusan  I  went  mailed  from  Baton  Rouge,  La.,  on  discuss  nothing  but  unions  and  very  interested  in  this.  to me  when I  needed an  operation  up  to  see  the  old  man  on  ship's  November  20.  William  Calefato  what  they  stand  for  in  regard  to  R. M. WiUiams  My  life  might  have  been  forfeited  business  and  he  said,  "What  are  '  4)  4>  the  working  man.  (Ed.  note:  We  have  added  your  without  their help.  Although J had  you going  to do  about this  fellow?"  We  could  also  run  motion  pic­ name  to  our  mailing  list  to  re­ one  operation,  I  am  getting  three  I  told  him  that  was  his  business,  tures  showing  the  strikes  and  ceive  the  LOG.  A  copy  of  "Sea­ more  in  the  future.  as  the  man  was  not  a  Union  bloodshed  that  the  Seafarers  went  farers  in  World  War  11"  is  on  its  I have  been here  in St.  Vincent's  brother.  After  continual  perform­ through  to  get  the  hard­won  gains  way.)  Hospital  in  NY  ing  in  Korea  and  other  ports,  the  Xp  the Editor:  that  we  have  today.  These  movies  t  4)  t  since  last  month.  captain  decided  to  pay  him  off  in  "l  think  I have  an  A­1  beef  here.  On  the  North  Platte  Victory  (Mis­ could  begin  fi­om  the  time  of  the  I  expect  to  be  Yokohama.  sissippi)  and other  ships  which are  Union's  first  inception.  In  this  Cigarettes  Rationed  here  several  way  the  newcomers  will  know  more  months  as  Our  mosshall,  pantry,  recreation  chartered  by  the  MSTS  to  carry,  what  they  are  up  against  and  will  To  the  Editor:  things now  stand.  room  and galley  have  already  been  ammunition  there  is  a  great  deal  not  take  it  for  gmnted.  I  am  taking  the  painted, but  nothing has  been done  of  security  observed.  This  is  all  At  the  last meeting at  headquar­ Use  Psychologry  opportunity  the  about  repairs  since  we  left  Pedro.  well  and  good.  I  am  all  for  this  ters  we  stated  we  would  have  a  In  this  way  maybe  we  can  drive  LOG  has  offered  The  purser  had  orders  from  the  when  I  am  sitting  on  top  of  9,000  meal  unsurpassed  in  maritime  his­ home  the  importance  of  unions  to  tory  and  we  would  gladly  weleome  me  to  thank  my  captain  to  giye  only  one  carton  of  tons  of  ammo.  the  few  jokers  brothers  publicly  cigarettes to  each man  every  week.  But—the  crew  is  not  given  any  if  we  could  the  whole  membership  Pilutis  that  seem  to  to  join  with  us  on  board  the  Sea­ for  the  priceless  When  I  saw  the  captain  about  this  mailing  address.  The  captain  is  think  that  they  train  New  Jersey  (Seatrain).  gift  which  they  have  given  me.  he  promised  that  two  cartons  forbidden  to  give,  out  such  infor­ can  get  along  Any  Seafarers  on  the  beach  at  The  me.iu  enclosed  and  follow­ better  without  ing  was prepared  by  steward  Stan­ the  moment  who  wish  to  write  or  would  be  given  out  the  next  week,  m a,t i 0 n.  Now  but  not  to  men  who  don't  smoke.  comes  the  joker:  them—why,  I'll  ley  Johnson,  ehief  cook  I.  R.  call  on  me  will find  a  glad  hand  The  following  week,  only  one  car­ When  the  crew  never  know.  Llenos,  night  cook  and  baker  G.  and  a  warm  heart: awaiting  them]  ton  was  issued,  and  that  is  how  Even  today  in  tries  to  use  the  It  would  be  a  distinct  pleasure  to  the  yekr  1952  P.  Thlu,  and  third  cook  R.  PiadiUo,  hear  from  any  and  all  of  my  the  situation stands  now.  Once  in  MSTS  Fleet  Post  and,  of  course,  all  the  messmen  a  while,  when  we  stay  more  than  Office  as  an  ad­ you still have this  enjoyed  dishing  it  but.  brother  Seafarers.  a  week,  we  get two  cartoons.  type  of  person  in  dress,  the  Navy  McUlnden  Joseph Pilutis  Appetizers  included  shrimp  In  Kunsan,  the  chief  engineer  returns  the  let­ labor.  The  own­ cocktail,  vegetable  juice  cocktail,  put  a  gang  of  Koreans  to  work  ters  to  the  4 ft  4)  ers  and  operators  use  psychology  Kavitt  assorted  canapes,  and  stuffed  cel­ scraping­and  painting  the  steering  senders,  saying  to  make  finks,  so  why  not  use  the  ery.  Consomme  a  la  Royal  and  engine.  They  were  paid  with  sev­ same  psychology  to  bring  these  that  they  cannot  handle  civilian  chicken  a  la  Neopolitaine  com­ enteen  cartons  of  cigaret.es.  (The  mail.  Result?  The  poor  seaman  poor,  blind  unfortunates  around  to  prised  the  choice  in  the  soup  To the­Editor:  gangway  watch  stopped  one  of  the  our  way  and  show  them  the  true  course,  followed  by  the  entree  It  has  been  (quite;  some  time  Koreans  when  he  went  down  the  is  caught  in  the  middle  with  no  light  of  things?  mail.  Let  me  say  right  now  that  choice  of  roast  young  tom  turkey  since  I  have  written  to  the  LOG.  gangway  and  the  man  showed  a  James  McLindeh  with  oyster  dressing,  giblet  gravy  As  I  recall,  my  last  letter,  was  pass  for  a  package  of  cigarettes.)  it  is  very  hard  oil  the  morale  of  the  crew,  or  aren't  merchant  sea­ and  cranberry  sauce,  western  from  Liverpool,  England,  when  I  Crew  Helps  Orphans  men supposed  to have  any morale?  prime  ribs  of  beef  aujus,  baked  was  on  the  Sea Gull.  At  the  presT  I firmly  believe  something  One  of  the  Army  chaplains  in  Virginia  ham  champagne  sauce,  ent  time  I'm  on  the  Ocean  Lotte.  should  be  done  about  this.  Either  Kunsan  boarded  the  ship  to  ask  and  veal  scallopini.  We  sailed  from  New  York  last  Asparagus  pompadour,  green  .August  with  a  load  of  grain  for  for  a  contribution" of  food  for  a  we  should  have  a  company  agent's  peas  supreme,  julienne  carrots,  Korea  and  some  Army  cargo  for  Korean  orphanage.  With  the  ap­ address  or  the  MSTS  should  han­ dle  our mail.  candied  yams,  cauliflower,  corn  Japan.­  Our first  port  of  call,  was  proval  of  the  captain  and  crew,  Bill  Kaviit  some  food  was  given.  A  fe(v  days  Mexicali, dressed spinach and  snow  Yokohama;  then  we  left  for  Pusan  Ship's  Delegate  :  later  the  chaplain  came  on  board  flake  potatoes filled  out  the  main  and  Kunsan, finishing  the  unload­ (Ed  note:  Several  complaints  of  to  thank  the  crew.  He  Said  that  dish  orders.  ing  of  grain  in  the  last  port.  Here  We  had  lettuce and  tomato salad  in  Korea  there  was shore  leave for  different  institutions  back  home  this  kind  have  been  received  here  at  headquarters,  and  the  Union's  with  Russian  dressing,  stuffed  ships'  crews  until  a  few  months  were  contributing  to  the  support  Washington  representatives  are  of  these  war  orphans  in  Korea.  We  olives,  dill  pickle  chips,  and  ago.  Now/the crew  is restricted to  pickled  onions  for  those  with  a  the  ship  for  some  unknown  rea­ all  understood  what  he  meant  and  taking  up  the  matter  loith  the  authorities  there.)  tangy  taste.  Desserts  featured  son.  The last  port of  call in  Korea  in  short  order  $500  was  collected  to  help  build  another  orphanage,  i  4)  t  pumpkin  and  mince  meat  pies,  was  Masan,  where  we  loaded  with  as  the  present  one  is  sadly  over­ fruit  and  coconut  layer  cakes,  as­ scrap  for  Japan.  There  are  ru­ sorted  candies,  Kadota figs,  ice  mors that  we may  be here for some  crowded.  Our  deck  delegate  vis­ ited  the  orphanage  with  the  chap­ cream,  Arabian  dates,  fresh  fruit,  months  to  come.  lain  and  saw fifty  small  children  To  the  Editor:  Stewart  Kautsch  fruit.' compote,  and  mixed  nuts.  Here  on  this  scow  we  have  a  Since  I  have finished  my  elec­ All  of  this  was  topped  off  by  a  pretty  good  gang,  ,  with,  no  one  crowded  into  one small  room.  To the  Editor:  Will  sign  off  now  and  wish  all  trical  course  successfully,  will  you  Just  a  few  lines  to  tell  you  I'm  choice  of  sweet, butter,  and  choc(^  fouling up  so far.  The captain  had  our  brothers  at  sea  the  best  of  please  take  me  off  your  mailing  late  milk,  coffee  and  tea.  a  pretty  tough  time, with  a  fellow  luck.  awful  glad  my  daddy  belongs  to  list.  I really appreciate  your send­ such  a  wonderful  union  as  the  No  need  to  say  the  entire  crew  he  picked  up from  the  dock  at  San  Evarlsto  Rose  ing  me  the  LOG  as  it  surely  is  a  had  the  repast  of  their  gastric  Pedro  just  a  little  while  before  SIU.  I  also  want  4^  4<  4)  good  way  to  be  in contact  with  the  lives.  Sorry  that  more  of  our  we  sailed  to replace  a missing  man  to  thank  you  for  sea,  and  I  see  that  our  Union  has  brothers  .were  not  there  to  join  who,  as  far  as  we  know,  went  to  my  $25  bond  and  gotten  us. more  gains  and  a  bet­ us" at  the  Thanksgiving  Day  table.  the hospital  with  the ship's  purser,.  the $200 Materni­ ter  way  of  living.  "Sir  CharlM."  The  mate  didn't  have  an  oppor­ ty  Benefit  which  I  can't  say  that  I  would  recom­ To  the ^itor:  tunity  to  call  the  hall  as  it  was  4^  4  4.  helped  dad  and  mend  this  school  as  far  as  the  A sliprt  note to  say  I  am  staying  after  hours.  mom  when  they  home  for a  while,  just  to  see  what  Union  is  concerned  as  they  have  The  new  fellow  rode  with  us  it  seems  like.  really  needed it.  all  the  principles  which  the  Union  to  Yokohama,  where  the  old  man  "I  was  out  to  the  house  of. some  has  been fighting  against,  and  if  ;  My  dad  is  took  him  to  the 'consul  to  sign  on  friends  last  night  and  took  the  other brothers  come here  to Coyne  To the  Editor:  Tommy  Kautsch,  the  articles.  In  Yokohama  we  and  mom's  name  Although  I  am  a  member  of  the  Kautsch  LOG  along.  vThe  outcome  of  . it  Electrical,  make  sure  they  don't  is  Eva.  We  live  SUP,  I  believe  I  appreciate  the  stayed for three  days,  and  it seems  is  that, they  want  to  receive  the  sign  any  paper,  othenvise they  are  in  Canton,  Ohio,  and  dad  usually  SIU  Vacation  Plan  just  as  much  the  new  man  forgot  to  come  back  LOG  too. ­ hooked.  until  a  few  minutes  before  sail­ sails as. AB.  My  picture is  enclosed  as  the  Seafarers  do.  I'm  leaving  now  to  ship  again  Well,  I  guess  this  is  about  all,  if  you  want  to  use  it.  On my  last ship, the  Robin Gray,  ing  time.  The  gang had  the  gangr  except  hello to  everybody.  from down  yonder in  New Orleans.  Stewart  Allen  Kautsch  I lost all my  papers, discharges and  way  already  secured,  so  they  had  M.  Oschisa  Charlie  Carlson  Union  book.  The  ship  laid  up  in  to  secure  him  with  a  line and  pull 4,  t  4)  4)  4^  Baltimore  and  paid  everyone  off.  I came  to New  York and  have been  in  the  Staten  Island  Marine  Hos­ pital  for  six'' weeks,  and  have  a  To the  Editor:  To the  Editor:'  I  have  obtained  occasional  good  two  more  months  to  go.  I  would  like  to  take  this  oppor­ copies  of  the  LOG  through  a  The  SIU  representative  listened  tunity  to  express  my  sincere  ap­ friend  of  mine,  and  cannot  praise  to  my  sad  story  and  though  I  had  preciation  to  Mr.  McKenna  of  your  newspaper  enough.  Maybe  no  proof,  traced  back  the  records  Trans­Fuel  and  to  the  organization  you  would  permit  me  to  call  it  and  found  and  collected  for  me  as  a  whole  for  the  efforts.which  "our" newspaper,  as I  sailed under  about  seven  months'  vacation  pay,  they  took  to  see  that  the  men  of  the  SIU  banner  for  two  years  which  really  came  in  handy  to  the  Frederic  C.  Collin  received  (1945­1947)  and  am  very  much  in­ square up my  bank and get  in good  their  mail  on  a  recent  run.  terested  in  Union  activities.  Al­ standing  again.  Many shipping  companies do  not  though  I  was  not  a  bookmember,  Although  I  can't  ship  at  present  go  to  such  great  lengths  to  please  I  partieipated  in  these activities, as  or for some  time  to  come,  it's nice  the.  men  in  the  matter  of  mail dis­ much  as possible  and  have  a  clear  to  have  the  v/orry  of  the  book, off  tribution.  I  would  appi­eciate  it  record  for  all  beefs,  including  the  my  mind  while  I'm  here.  Crewmembers of  the Ocean  Lotte (Ocean  Trans) gave  a hearty  wel­ if  this  letter' were  printed  in  the  1946  general  strike.­  At  that  time  It's  things  like  this  that  make  come  to  Staff  Sergeant  Edgar  Nelsqn,  top CroW,­fourth  from  left,  LOG  for  all  my brpthets  to  see.  I  was  on  Waterman's  Azalea  City  a  fellow.jwtilize  and  appreciate  the  when  they  met  him  recently, in  Kunsap,  Korea..  Thf  former  SIU  When  a  company  does a  good  turn  on  the ­  Far  East  run.  I  hold  vali­ gains  enjoyed  by  your  District.  brother  is shown  with  (top  row,  Iqft  to  right): deck delegate  John  I  believe  it  should  receive  praise  dated  FOW  papers.  Thank  you  all  for  your. help.  In­ Paeres,  AB Albert, chief  steward Max  Lipton, wiper .Pederson; and  from  the men  of  the  SIU,  ­There­ Getting  back  to  the  LOG,  I  be­ cidentally,  my  regards  to  Eddie  AB  Dutch  Jasper.'  Botton  row:  AB  Bush,  deck  maintenance  Slim  fore,  t am  writing  this ­oh  behalf  lieve  it  is  the  most  informative  Polise,.  Fulcher,  wiper Swede Evangi OS  Teddy, and  Earl Foe, bosuh; com­ of'the  Gollin  crew.  '  ­ |>a{>er  of  its  kind  and  I  wouid  like  fidward. Shepbard  plete  the luppy .gmup.  v  V  r'A'&v'c  ­iV  Thanks SIU Men  For Blood Gift  Ammo Carriers  Getting No 3Iail  Bill Of  Fare Is  Tops On Holiday  No Korea Leave  For Ocean Lotte  Tot Thanks SiU  Tor Maternity $  ts  Warns Shipmates  Against School  friends Want To  GetlAHitoo  Appreciates SIU  Vacation Plan  former SIV  Stm Heads tJMi  *.• '• •y    .  f'.'  "  4­  .  ^ ^  ^ m  a­ ; r­'­V"  Praises Company  For Mail Calls  �DeceiBl^ 1». 19>»  Page  Seventeen  SlEAFARlSRS  Lde  New Freight Scale  Si U  Signs  Freight Pact  Old  Scale  $333.73  299.50  307.00  276.20  262.89  262.89  226.25  New  Scale  $378.00  353.85  373.85  330.75  302,32  302.32  239.40  (Continued  from  page  3)  fire  or  otherwise,  and  up  to  $500  when  a  ship  is  lost.  Before  this,  ­  a  man  could  collect  only  when  the  ship was  lost, even  though he could  have  lost  all  his  effects  when  the  ship  was  damaged  by fire.  A  provision  calling  for  draws  in  American  currency  in  foreign  ports  will mean  in effect additional  418.72  470.^9  money for  every crewmember.  The  374.02  438.76  transportation  clause  has  been  332.81  380.97  strengthened  so  that  men  signing  299.50  340.74  on  in  Seattle  and  paying  off  in  342.13  390.96  California  ports, or  vice  versa,  will  299.50  359.32  be  able  to  get  transportation.  299.50  345.96  Holiday  pay  is  now  provided  on  279.52  321.46  Mondays,  where  holidays  fall  on  262.89  302.32  Saturdays,  making  sure  that  crew­ 286.53  327.13  members get  the full  benefit of  the  262.89  302.32  holiday  clause.  The  contract  has  262.88  302.32  strengthened  the  clauses  calling  249.56  286.99  for  launch  service  and  contains  a  ­259.55  "  288.53  new  provision  covering  crossing  of  385.42  438.76  the  international  dateline.  Overtime  Payments  385.42  404.69  A  considerable  number  of  the  342.80  359.94  changes  affect' payment  of  over­ ' .'Second Asst. 317.48 333.37 time  for  certain  types  of  work.  These  improvements  have  been  Steward Department . . ... Chie£  Steward  325.63  368.16  made  in  clauses  covering  standby  Chief  Cook  299.50  340.74  woiik,  longshore  work  by  the crew  Night Cook  and  Baker  ...,;  299.50  340.74  and  shifting  of  the  ship;  payment  Second Cook  272.87  312.76  of  overtime  for  security  Watches;  a  stricter  clause  on  rest  periods;  Assistant  Cook  259.55  •   298.49  a  provision  calling  for a  full  crew  Messman  226.25  237.57  complement  at  all  times  when  Utilityman  226.25  237.57  working cargo;  an  increase  in  pay­ The  overtime  rates  for  unlicensed  personnel  are  $1.48  and  $1.87  per  ments  for  cleaning  cargo  holds,  hour.  The  dividing  line,  which  determines  who  will  get  what  rate  is  bilges,  oil spills  and  tanks,  and for  still  the  subject  of  negotiations.  Whatever  is  agreed  upon  will  be  re­ working  with  carbon  tetrachloride;  troactive  to  November  18,  1952.  additional  wages  ^or  the  galley  gang where  passengers are carried,  or  where  the  gang  is shorthanded;  and  many  others.  All  of  these  changes  are  taken  Deck  Department  Bosun  •  •   Carpenter  Carpenter with  own tools  AB  Maintenance  Quartermaster  Able  Seaman  Ordinary  Seaman  Bnarine  Department  Chief  Electrician  2nd  Electrician  Unlicensed  Jr.  Engineer—Day  Unlicensed  Jr.  Engineer—Watch  Plumber­Machinist  Deck  Engineer  Engine  Utility  Evaporator Maintenance  . '. ...  ­Oiler  Oiler­Diesel  Watertender  Fireman­Watertender  Fireman  Wiper  Beefer.EnS.  (when  1  carried)  Reefer  Eng.  Iwhen' 3  carried)  Chief  I  .  First  Asst.  up  in  detail  in  the  negotiating  Construction  Aggregates.  The  Ore  .Steamship  Company  is  in  agree­ committee's report.  The  new  contract  will  take  ef­ ment  with  the  Union,  but  some  fect  as  of  November  18.  Money  slight  changes  have  to  be  nego­ provisions  of  the  agreement  have  tiated  to  cover  its  specialized  op­ to  be  acted  on  by  the  WSB  before  erations.  Tanker  Talks  Proceed  they  can  be  applied.  At present,  the committee  is also  Three  contracted  freight  com­ continuing  negotiations  with  SIU­ panies do  not come  under  the  new  contracted  tanker  companies  on,  agreement.  The  Southern  Trading  the  provisions of  a standard  tanker  Company  has  a  contract  which  ex­ contract.  With  the­  terms  of  the  pire's  at  a  later  date.  Negotiations  dry  cargo  contract  already  agreed  are  still  going  on  covering  the  on,  the  committee  hopes  to  spee'd  specialized  sandboat  operations  of  up  completion  of  the  tanker  talks.  "SEAFARERS*  SEA  CHEST  Slopchests To Ships  (Continued  from  page  3)  theirs  exclusively.  However,  the  Union  has  received  assurances  from  these  companies  that  they  SlU To Hit  UiHon  Bias  (Continued from  page  2)  that, he  had  a  bad  eye  condition  and needed  the  glasses  badly.  .  In some  cases, the  men were  giv­ en  no  reason  at  all,  and  in  one  case,  the  brass  told  the  man  they  "were forced"  to  fire him  "because  the  crew  doesn't  like  you."  In still another case, a  man asked  for  time  off  because  his  wife  was  very  sick.  Even  though  he  had  some  vacation  time  that  he  had  earned,  the company  forced  him  to  quit rather  thah  give  him  time~off.  "The same  sort of  flimsy excuses  keep showing up ­all  the time," said  the  committee,  "and  more  new  cases  are  piling  up  faster  every  day.  If  Atlantic  tankermen  want  to  know  the  kind  of  job  security  they  have,  they  only  have  to  look  at.  the  company  itself  to  get  the  proof. The company  and the  AMEU  have supplied this  ptoof  for them."  Bnrty  have  no  Intention  of  discontinuing  their  business  with  the  SIU,  as  they  regard  it  a  legitimate,  com­ petitive  enterprise  which  may  well  help to  wipe out  dishonest manipu­ lators  in  the  industry.  Demand  For  Candy  Meanwhile,  an  SIU  Sea  Chest  representative  noted  that  on  the  basis  of  the  ships  supplied  so  far,  it  is expected  that the  candy, gums  and chocolates requested in advance  orders  from  various  ships  will  be­ come  a  major  slopchest  item,  al­ though  at  the  present  time  some  companies  have  hesitated  to  stock  it  for  fear  it  was  "perishable."  "Sbamen  aboard  ship  have  a  yearning  for  candy  and  gum  dur­ ing  work  hours  just  like  anyone  else.  There's  no  reason  why  they  should  be  denied  the  chance  to  have  it  available,"  he  asserted.  '  In addition, ne  voiced assurances  that  the  Union  intends  to  continue  its  policy  of  meeting  ships  paying  off  in  the  metropolitan  New  York  area  with  dress  clothes,  gift  items,  radios,  watches  and  other  sundries  not carried  in  the slopchest  to per­ mit  crewmembets  with  limited  time ashore  the opportunity  to pur­ chase  the­  same  high  quality,  low  price gear  on sale  in the  Sea  Chest  at  headquarters.  This  service  has  been .met  with  the full  approval  of  the  membership  affected.  Durkin New  Labor  Sec'y  (Continued  from  page  2)  together on  making changes  in  the  law.  Most  Republican  Senators  have  indicated  that  despite  Taft's  blast,  they  will go  along with  Eisenhower  and  ratify  Dujkih's  appointment.  The  feeling  was­ that,  the  Taft  out­ burst  was  only  partly  the  result  of  the  Durkin  appointment.  It  was  believed  that  Senator Taft  was an­ gry  because  Presidbnt­elect  Eisen­ hower  had  not  appointed  any  of  Taft's  choices  for  the  Cabinet.  Dewey  men,  on  the  other  hand,  seemed  firmly  in  the  saddle,  with  John  Foster  Dulles as  Secretary of  State,  Herbert  Brownell,  Dewey's  chief  advisor,  as Attorney  General,  and, James  Hagerty,  Dewey's  press  secretary,  as  Eisenhower's  press  secretary.  Durkin has  been president  of  the  Plumbers  Union  ever since  George  Meany  left  that  post  to  become  secretary­treasurer  of  the  AFL.  Both  AFL  and  CIO  unions  have  pledged  their  full  support  to  Dur­ kin,  with  the  CIO  executive  board  wiring him their "warm congratula­ tions" on  his choice.  The Chrisimae  Spirit  ..  '­i ^  i­ ' "i  • :• • A.  ••  Seafarers  Sia  Chest  675  4th  Ave,  Bklyn,  NY  Please  send  me  Neck  Name  Address  City....  CPO shirts  at $13.95  each.  sleeve  • .  ti'  i'  State  Make check  or money  order payable  to Seafarers Sea  Chest  '• 'S  By  Bernard  Seaman  �i f  11­ Pare Eigrhteen  December 12, 1952  SEAFARERS  LOG  ...DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... CHOCTAW  (Waterman),  no  data—Chair­ man,  botun;  Sacratary,  Norman  Smykow­ skl.  There  is  $10  in  the  ship's  fund,  Election  ot  delegates  was  held;  C.  E  Wallick,  ship's  delegate:  F.  Gammons,  deck  delegate: 'E.  Engelson,  engine  dele  gate: J.  Vujtech,  ste ward  delegate.  Wash  ing  machine  shoul>!  be  taken  better  care  of.  Messroom  deck  should  be  painted.  Members  are  complaining  about  eggs  not  being  fried  properly  for  breakfast.  Mess­ tnan  should  start  s.ettlng  up  earlier.  Ship's  delegate  will  see  the  captain about  getting  draws  in  US  currency  in  Japan.  October  12­i­Chairman,  Edward  Cole;  Secretary,  Norman  Smykowskl.  Letter  was  sent  to  the  SUP  in  explanation  of  the  disappearance  at  sea  of  George  SteVbnson.  Chief  engineer  maintains  that  foc'sles do  not  need  painting at  this time.  Chief  steward  will  make  sure  that  lower  passageway  is  kept  clear  of  meat  and  vegetable  boxes.  Deck  department  pas­ sageway  should  be  sougeed.  Crew's mess­ room  deck  should  be  painted,  but  not  before  the  vessel  is  returned  to  the  States.  ALCOA  RANGER  (Alcoa),  November  15  —Chairman,  John  Kelly;  Sccratary,  W.  J.  —Chairman,  L.  B.  Brown;  Sacrotary,  John  W.  Young.  L.  B.  Brown  was  elect­ ed  ship's delegate.  Everyone  should  clean  the  laundry  room  after  using  it.  Crew  should  return  cups  to  the  pantry.  Vote  of  thanks  went  to  the  baker  and  the  rest  of  the  stewards  department.  WILLIAM  BURDEN  (Western  Tankers),  November  11—Chairman,  Philip  Atkins;  Secrelary,  P.  A.  Mitchell.  No  ice  cream  came  aboard.  Chief  engineer will  be  con­ tacted  about  heads,  showers  and  scup­ pers  in  the  black  gang  head.  MesshaU  should  be  kept  clean, at  aU  times.  ^Can­Shahers^  Have No OK  €  OCEAN  ULLA  (Ocean  Trans.),  Novem­ ber  V—Chairman,  W.  J.  Meehan;  Secre­ tary,  William  P.  Barth.  Most  repairs  have  been  taken  care  of.  Eeach  department  should  have  a  chance  to  handle  the  ship's  delegate  job  on  alternating  trips.  LOGANS  FORT  (Cities  Service),  Octo­ ber  U—Chairman,  Thompson,  Secretary,  Osborne.  AU  repairs  are  being  made.  Barnes.  One  man  missed  shi{i  in  Mobile.  Repairs  will  be  brought  to  the  attention  of  the  patrolman.  Wastebasket  is needed  in  the  recreation  room  as  well  as  the  chairs  which  have  been  taken  away.  Del­ egate  will  contact  the  patrolman  about  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  Mattresses,  shore  workers  in  Trinidad,  as  the  ice  springs,  new  lockers  and  foc'sle  painting  box  was  broken  into  and  the  ice  cream  are  needed.  Slopchest  should  be  checked.­ stolen.  Stewards  department  got  a  vote  of  thanks  for  the  chow  this  trip.  FAIRLAND  (Watermen),  November Si­ Chairman,  Manuel  De'Barros;  Secretary,  NORTH  PLATTE  ­VICTORY  (Missis­ Martiniano  Agevedo,  Jr.  Two men  fouled  sippi),  October  7—Chairman, Smythe;  Sec­ up  and  were  logged.  Delegates  will  each  retary,  Kavitt.  Ship's  delegate  will  see  write  up  a  repair  Ust.  ChiU  box  should  the  captain  about  the  mail  service,  which  be  kept  clean  as  weU  aa  dry  stores  is  very  poor.  Steward  promised  to  get  room.  All  hands  stay  out  of  the  pantry  all  possible  stores at  the next  port.  Baker  during  meals.  Care  should  be  taken  of  got  a  vote  of  thanks  for  his  excellent  the  washing  machine.  Pantry  should  be  work.  Crew  agreed  to  hold  down on  the  kept  clean.  The  membership  is  again  cautioned to  beware of  persons  soliciting funds on  ships in  be­ half  of  memorials or any other  so­called  "worthy  causes."  No  "can­shakers"  or  solici­ tors  have  received  authoriza­ tion  from  SIU  headquarters to  collect  funds.  The  National  Foundation  for  Infantile  Pa­ ralysis  is  the  only  charitable  organization  which  has  re­ ceived  membership  endorse­ ment.  Funds  for  this  cause  are  collected  through  normal  Union  channels at  the  pay­ofif.  Receipts are issued on the spot.  gestion  was  made  to find  out  why  the  cooperation  in  keeping  the  messroom  ship  was  not  properly  stored  in  New  clean  at  night.  Discussion  was  held  on  the  poor  quaUty  of  mattresses,  the  re­ York.  pairing  of  bedsprlngs,  and  a  new  Ubrary.  November  23—Chairman,  Lefty  Rey­ NORTHWESTERN  VICTORY  (Victory),  Chairman,  A.  W.  Keane;  Sacratary,  Ed  nolds;  Secretary,  j.  Griffith.  Ship's  del­ Rushton.  Better  assortment  of  night  egate  reported  that  the  captain  has  lunch  should  be  put  out.  Departments  agreed  to ­ paint  the  crew  messrooms  and  WiU  make  up  repair  Usts  for  the  ship's  quarters.  Company  will  be  contacted  tn  see  if  It  is  possible  to  convert  the  store­ delegate.  room  on  the  port  main  deck  to  a  room  CATHERINE  (Dry  Trans.),  no  date­ for  the  chief  cook  and  second  cook,  since  Chairman,  Melvin  Collins;  Secretary,  their  present  room  is  too  smaU  and  too  Frank  Noxlukl.  Men  getting  off  should  hot.  Transportation  situation  should  be  brought  to  the  patrolman's  attention.  turn  in  keys.  ROBIN  KETTERING  (Seas  Shipping),  October  25—Chairman,  B.  Gary;  Secre­.  tary,  Bing  Miliar.  Two  men  left  the  ship  to  go  to  the  hospital.  Two  men  were  signed  on  in  Durban.  Discussion  was  held  on  food  and  cold  drinks.  There  was  no  mUk  avaUable  in  Capetown.  NORTH  PLATTE  VICTORY  (Missis­ sippi),  November  23—Chairman,  Bud  Maars;  Secretary,  Bill  Kavitt.  Crew  was  instructed  to  leave  the  ship  in  clean  SIU . style,  with  everybody  sober  at  the  payoff.  Delegate  wiU  see  the  patrolman  about  getting  sufficient  stores  for  the  next  trip.  (Last  trip,  90  days'  stores  CITRUS  PACKER  (Waterman),  Novem­ were  put  aboard  and  the  trip  lasted  120  ber  16—Chairman,  Blackie  Fleishman;  days).  Patrolman  wUl  be  contacted  about  the  mail  service.  DEL  SANTOS  (Mississippi),  November  23—Chairman,  E.  L.  Odem;  Secretary,  W,  D.  Makln.  There  ia  a  balance  of  $102.50  In  the  ship's  fund.  AU  brothers  were  asked  to  cooperate  in  taking  care  of  the  washing  machine  and  other  ship's  prop­ erty.  fund  for flowers  for  the  funeral  of  the  radio operator's  wife.  Crewmembers  who  need  new  mattresses  should  notify  the  ship's  delegate.  Laundry  should  be  kept  clean.  Secretary,  Carl  Barellas.  Steward  should  WAR  HAWK  (Waterman),  November  not  be  allowed  to  sail  in  that  capacity  for  a  year.  Food  is  the  same,  day  after  16—Chairman,  Harvey  Hill;  Secretary.  George  Mandzak.  Repairs  should  be  day,  and  steward  is  very  uncooperative  made  in  the first  US  port  if  possible:  STRATHCAPE  (Strathmore),  August  23  about  getting  stores.  ship  should  not  saU  'tU  these  have  be'bn  —Chairman,  J.  Baldwin;  Secretary,  M.  taken  eare  of.  Laundry  and  washing  ma­ Stensapir.  Captain  told  the  ship's  del^  ANN  MARIE  (Bull),  November  23—  chine  should  be  kept  clean.  Doors  on  gate  the  steward  gave  the  chief  cook  Chairman,  J.  Wagner;  Secretary,  George  deck  should  be  kept  closed  in  bad  weath­ H.  Suberger.  Motion  was  passed  to  buy  orders  not  to  cook  any  special  dishes  er,  and'secured  to  keep  out  unnecessary  for  him  to  substitute  for  food  he  comd  radio  tubes  from  the  ship's  fund.  Vote  noise.  the,  future,  baseballs  should  be  not  eat.  Captain  pointed  out  that  he  of  thanks  went  to  the  steward  and  his  bought In  by  individuals  who  want  them  would  overlook  fouling  up  in  port,  but  gang  for fine  feeding  and  good  service  and  kept  ar  personal  property.  if  the  crew  wanted  to go  strict, he  would  rendered.  do  the  same.  POTRERO  KILLS  (Mar­Trade),  Novem­ ALCOA  CAVALIER  (Alcoa),  November  SEATRAIN  SAVANNAH  (Seafrain),  Oc­ ber  3—Chairman,  Jack  K.  Olsen;  Secre­ tary,  Carl  Johnson.  Ship's  fund  wlU  be  1«—Chairman,  Brother  Tocho;  Sister  Cer­ tober  30—Chairman,  Charlie  Lea;  Secr^  vantes.  Money  wiU  be  taken  from  the  tary,  T.  B.  Lawson.  One  man  missed  started  at  completion  of  the  voyage  with  movie  fund  to  have  the  microphone  re­ ship  in  Savannah.  There  is  $44.50  in  the  a  doUar  donation  from  each  member.  paired.  Repairs  should  be  done  before  ship's  fund.  Discussion  was  held  on  the  Decision  not  to  buy  radio  for  the  crew  the  ship  leaves  MobUe.  Brother  Lynch  purchase  of  a  TV  set.  Each  man  will  messhaU  was made.  Crewmembers  should  Michael  Masek  was  elected  ship's  delegate.  Since  the  throw  $2  into  the  ship's  fund:  two  men  keep  foul  weather­gear  out  of  the  mess­ Please  get  in  touch  with  your  first  assistant  won't  turn  the  chief  elec­ wiU  make  the  purchase  in  New  York.  haU.  There  should  be  more  pitchers  in  noise  so  that  men  on  watch  below  will  trician  to  on  Saturday  and  Sunday  OT,  Needed  new  mattresses  were  ordered.  the  messhaU  (they  are  coming  aboard  on  mother  immediately  at  2819  Doris  Baytown  requisition).  not  have  their  rest  disturbed.  No  one  is  no  crewmember  is to  put  any  light  bulbs  November  11—Chairman,  Carl  Johnson;  Avenue,  Jacksonville,  Fla.  to come  into  the  pantry or  messhall  with­ in.  SEATRAIN  NEW  JERSEY  (Seatrain),  out  proper  clothing.  November  17—Chairman,  B.  M.  Davis;  Secretary,  Ray  Harris.  MesshaU  should  4  4  4>  ROBERT  KETTERING  (Scat  Shipping),  Secretary,  Stanley  U.  Johnson.  One  man  be  kept  clean  in  the  future.  Repair  Ust  Jimmy  Morriib  SALEM  MARITIME  (Cities  Service),  Ne­ November  2—Chairman,  NIcolo  Battlo;  missed  ship.  There is  $32.93  in  the  ship's  should  be  made  out  and  given  to' the  vember  11—Chairman,. Willis  Thompsen;  Seeretary,  Bing  Miller.  Motion  waa  passed  fund.  New  lockers  are  needed  in  the  delegates.  Contact  Vernon  Anderson,  149  Secretary,  Egeb  Manuel.  Willis  Thomp­ to  donate  $20  to  the  chief  electrician  for  12­4  foc'sle.  Soiled  linen  should  be  THE  CABiNS  (Mathiasen),  November  22  Logwood  St.,  Providence,  R. I.  son  was  elected  ship's  delegate.  Steward  running the  movies  for  the  crew.  Purser  turned  in.  New  medicine  cabinet  wUl  be  —Chairman,  B.  Scholar;  Secretary,  Mi­ was  asked  for  milk  twice  a  day  and  a  refused  to  issue  hospital  sUps  and  give  placed  in  8­12  foc'sle.  4  4  4  chael  Delany.  Report  of  two­pot  system  change  of  night  lunch.  Chief  steward  peniciUin  shots:  he  didn't  want  to  give  Herman  Airead  was  asked  to  attend  all  meetings.  Radio  aspirins  to  a  member  either,  until  pres­ in  the  stewards  department  was  found  STEEL  VOYAGER  (isthmian),  Septem­ Please  write  to  Roy  E.  Stern,  will  be  taken  ashore  for  reflalrs.  Col­ sure  was  put  on  him.  Chief  steward  is  ber  9—Chairman,  Gay;  Secretary,  Broch.  to  be  an  error  in  the  make­up  of  the  lection  will  be  taken  up  to  pay  for  this.  getting  off  after  the  coastwise run.  Baker  Gay  was  elected  ship's  delegate.  Doctor  menu.  Wiper  missed  ship  in  Port  New­ PC  Box  2066,  25  South  St.,  New  Messhall  should  be  kept  a  little  cleaner.  got  a  vote  of  thanks  for  good  baking  aU  should  examine  the  messman  in  Port  ark.  Chief  cook  had  to  leave  the  ship  Nevtmbar  II—Chairman,  Willis Thomp­ trip.  One  man  missed  ship  in "Port  Eliz­ Said.  Captain  says  he  must  turn  to  to­ after  the  sign­on  as  he  was  an  aUen  and  York,  NY.  *  son;  Secretary,  Egeb  Manuel.  Captain  abeth.  morrow.  Delegates  wiU  see  that  the  above  the  complement  of  same  carried.  will be  asked to  arrange  the  sailing board  Patrolman  wiU  be  informed  abput  the  cleaning  schedule  is  adhered  to.  George  Maslarov  more  accurately.  Motion  was  passed  to  captain's  laxness  in  giving  medical  care  ANGELINA  (Bull),  October  4—Chairr  take  a  $1.90  donation from  each  member  man,  Carl  BIscup; Secretary,  J.  Kelly.  Re­ MOBILIAN  (Waterman),  November  9—  to  crewmembers.  Medical  supplies  are  Please  contact  your  draft  board.  for  the  ship's  fund.  Second  pumpmen  pair  lists  will  be  turned  over  to  depart­ Chairman,  W.  B.  Anderson;  Secretary,  very  scanty,  and  slopchest  supplies  are  was  elected  treasurer.  Members  should  ment  heads  and  patrolman.  Laundry  Albert  G.  Ependa.  Overtime  wiii  be  re­ also  inadequate.  Ship's  delegate  and  be  properly  dressed  in the  messhall.  should  be  kept  clean.  Ship's  fund  dona­ ferred  to  the  patrolman,  as  well  as  the  crew  paid  tribute  to  the  stewards  de­ Charles  A.  Case  tions  should  be  given  to  the  steward.  matter  of  the  captain  and  chfef  engineer  partment  on  the  exceUent  preparation  of  Get  in  touch  at  once  with  your  LEWIE  EMERY,  Jr.  (Victory),  Novem­ November  15—Chairman,  R.  Hernan­ scraping  and  painting  their  rooms.  Mess­ food  and  the  way  it  was  served.  ber  15—rChairman,  Leo  Movaii;  Secretary,  dez;  Secretary,  E.  W.  Westmoreland.  De­ haU  should  be  kept  clean.  Crew  mess  draft  board  or your  mother at Mc­ Ricky  Motika.  Chief  mate  wants  a  list  partment  delegates  wiU  make  up  repair  WiU  sougee  messhall  and  chairs.  Depart­ MICHAEL  (Carres),  November  S—Chair­ of  the  repairs  which  can  be  none  at  sea  ists.  There  is $32 in  the  ship's  fund, and  ment  delegates  wUl  make  out  repair  man,  Troy  Thomas;  Secretary,  Jerry  Call  Creek,  Miss.  as  soon  as  possible.  R.  M.  Guild  was  voluntary  donations  are  caUed  for.  Griffith.  Ship's  delegate  wiU  see  the  cap­ lists.  4  4  4  elected  ship's  delegate.  Stewards' depart­ November  20—Chairman,  C.  Hoene­ tain  about  painting  messrooms  and  Frederick Farthing  ment  will  clean  the  recreation  room:  CATHERINE  (Trans­Fuel),  September  mann;  Secretary,  F.  Throp.  Brother  Hoe­ crew's  quarters.  Steward  asked  for  more  deck  and  engine  departments  will  clean  25—Chairman,  Collins;  Secretary,  Carroll.  nemann  was  elected  ship's  delegate  by  Your  mother  is  very  anxious  to  the  laundry.  New  mattresses  are  needed.  New  wash­ acclamation.  Brother  Hayes  was  elected  hear  from  you.  ing  machine  is  on  board.  Steward  will  steward  delegate.  Food,  /steward  and  STEEL  CHEMIST  (Isthmian),  October  see  that  fuU  stores  are  on  board  at  sail­ chief  cook  missing  ship  wiU  be  turned  S—Chairman,  Nick  Swakia;  Secretary,  S.  ing  time,  Crewmembers  will  clean  up  over  to  the  patrolman.  Temperature  of  Charles  HaU  A.  Fescaias.  All  three  departments  will  after  eating  night  lunch.  chiU  boxes  should  be  checked.  take  turns  cleaning  the  laundry.  Engi­ October  15—Chairman,  Melvin  Collins;  Get  in  touch  with  your  mother  neer  will  be  consulted  on  pump  repairs  Secretary,  Frank  Nahiich.  Everyone  is  SEATRAIN  GEORGIA  (Seatrain),  No­ James  E.  Worth  at  321  South  Pearl  St.,  Youngs­ and  washing  machine  repairs.  Water  tray  to  come  to the  messhall properly dressed.  vember  22—Chairman,  Roliand  R.  Teets;  Sant  H. Persand  is needed  for  the  refrigerator  to  prevent  towh,  Ohio.  Secretary,  Harry  L.  Franklin.  Many  new  water  from  running  all  over  the  night  ROBIN  KETTERING  (Seas  Shipping),  improvements  for  the  comfort  of  the  James E. Worthy  lunch.  Chief  electrician  has  reported  August  30—Chairman,  E.  Westiake;  Sec­ crew  have  been  effected  in  the  past  G. Martinez  the  faulty  ice  cooling  system  before,  but  retary,  Bing  Miller.  Discussion  was  held  month.  Harmony  predominates  through­ Kenneth H, Kristenseil  to  no  avail.  on  the  food  and  menus,  which  seem  to  out  the  ship.  Delegates  reported  no  Your  March,  June,  and  July  va­ Please  contact  William  Schwartz,  be  poor.  Discussion  was  held  on  cold  beefs.  Motion  was  passed  to  lift  the  re­ DEL  CAMPO  (Mississippi),  November  f  drinks  and  the  washing  machine.  Dirty  striction  on  the  amount  of  money  that  cation  checks  hied  in San  Francis­ 3  Ridge  Road,  North  Arlington,  linen  should  be  turned  in.  There  ir  the  ship's  fund  could  contain  and  that  co,  are  being  held  for  you  At  the  NJ,  regarding  your  wife.  $36.67  in  the  ship's  fund.  voluntary  contributions  will  be  accepted.  New  York  headquarters.  Quiz  Answers  Ship's  delegate  thanked  the  chief  engi­ Alphonse Monahan  FAIRPORT  (Waterman),  October  19—  neer  and  the  engineering  department  for  it  (1)  San  Francisco.  Chairman, .Lipari; ­..Secretary,  no  name.  the  unusual  promptness  and  manner  in  Please get  in touch  with  Thomas  Ben  Hitchen  (2)  Dr.  Watson.  Two  men  were  left  behind  in  Miami.  which repairs  and requests  i^ere  attended  Cardplayers  should  let  the  messman  do  to.  Your  cash  receipts  have  been  M.  Breen,  220  Broadway,  NYC.  (3)  Red.  his  job.  Cots,  mattresses and linen should  found  and  are  being  held  at  the  (4)  Four  miles.  be  replaced  where  they  belong.  Vote  of  STEEL  VOYAGER  (fsthmlan),  Novem­ Jack Simmons  thanks  went  to  the  baker  for  his baking.  LOG  office  in  headquarters.  ber  7—Chairman,  James  Ward; Secretary,  ,  (5)  Carpenter.  Discussion  was  held  on  the  man  arrested  James Meeks  wants to  hear from  (6)  Not  revealed.  in  Miami.  you.  PERSONAtt  4  4  4  4  4  4  i"  J­ NOTICES  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  Ex­Westem Farmer  Crew  4  4  4  Urgent  that  survivors  of  the  Cyrii  Scott  Western  Farmer  sign  vouchers  for  Please  contact  ship's  delegate  subsistence  money  due  being  sent  aboard  the  Alcoa  Runner  and  to their home addresses.  If  address  S.  B.  Thomas.  Presn  water  tanks  should  has  changed,  contact  'Western  notify  him  as  to  the  whereabouts  of  the  ship's  fund.  be  checked  on  arrival.  Patrolman  should  see  the  chief  engineer  on  water  coolers.  Navigation  Co.,  NYC.  4  4  4  New  chairs  are  need  for  the  messhaU.  W, L. Ashford  Ship  shotUd  be  fumigated.  Hot  plate  and  One  days  wages  and one  meal's  heavy  duty  cots  wUl  be  requested  by  Dad  ill,  mother  worried.  Please  not  be  painted  because  the  ship  is going  the  captain.  Better  steaks  and  eggs  subsistence  can  be  collected  on  contact  immediately  at  2602  N.  to  the  shipyard;  they  should  be  sougeed  should  be  served.  Puzzte  Answer  now  and  painted  later.  Captain  should  No  data—Chairman,  Gay;  Secretary,  the tenth floor  of  the Bull  Co., 115  Fla.,  Joplin,  Mo.  be  contacted  about  the  painting.  Water  Broch.  One  bucket  is  missing  from  the  Broad  St.,  NYC,  by  the  following  4  4  tanks  should  be  cleaned  while  the  ship  chief  reefer.  Washing  machine  is  kept  men  in  the following  amounts:  Cyril  M.  D'Andrade  is  in  drydock.  running  too  long.  There  arp  cockroaches  Edmund  Abualy,  $11.02;  George  Important  to  you  that  you  get  in  the  messhaU  and  gaUey.  Beer  wiU  be  AZALEA  CITY  (Waterman),  November  given  out  in  the  Persian  Gulf.  There  is  Sneeden,  $9.11;  Joseph  Townsend,  in  touch  with  Coy  L.  Kihsaul  at  aSIllIiQSB  s  9—Chairman,  Duke  Livingston;  Secretary,  too  much  lamb  on  the  menu.  $7.41;  'Philip  Carpovich,  $7.06;  3526  Forty­eighth  St.,  Metairie  David  B.  Sacher.  Patrolman  will  see  the  O  QBDID  ESBOD  port  steward  about  the  quality  of  the  PUERTO  RICO  (Bull),  November  15—  Arthur  Brunell,  $8.01;  Antonio  Branch,  New  Orleans,  La.  night  lunch.  Crew  was  asked  to  keep  Chairman,  Steve  Carr;  Secretary,  Jim  BBS  QSIB  the  midship  head  clean.  Murphy.  Jim  Murphy  was  elected  ship's  Cruz,  $9.80;  Frederick  Tonucie,  4  4  4  IHa­SBDBaB  H  Secretary,  November  23—Chairman,  E.  P.  Doyle;  delegate  by  acclamation.  New  ship's  $7.41;  John  Merkel,  $7.06;  Oscar  Walter  Lee  Pritchett  David  B.  Sacher.  Ship's  del­ fund,  not  to  exceed  $125,  wUl  be  started,  QBGQQ  DBISI  B  egate  should  see  the  captain  about  the  with  a  SI  donation  from  every  man.'*'AU  Raynor,  $8.31;  Julio  Solis,  $8.41;  Please  communicate  with  Samuel  who  is  in  continuous  conUct  with  hands  wUl  turn  in  repair  suggestions  to  Cecil  DeCastro,  $9.42;  Ciriaco  Ca­ Segal, 11  Broadway,  NYC.  aDBBSBQQB  BD  mate,  the  crew.  Night  lunch  beef  was not  set­ their  delegates.  Volunteers  agreed  to run  4  4  4  QBB  BSB  tied  satisfactorily.  Deck  in  crew  mess­ the  ship's  paper,  the  Puerto  Rico  Ad­ hilig,  $9.02.  room  should  be  painted.  Lockers  aft  vocate.  E.  O,  Conrad  it  4"  t  should  be fixed.  William  Hoheycutt  "Tippy"  STEEL  SCIENTIST  (Isthmian),  Novem­ Bsias]  QQaBGoan  CANTIGNY  Cities  Service),  November  ber  If—Chairman,  Ralph  Stahl;  Secre­ Write  or  pick  up  your  overtime  Want  to  get  In  touch  with  you.  IS—Chairman,  M.  Reese;  Secretary,  S.  tary,  R.  Hunt.  Fresh  provisions  should  money  at  Mar­Trade,  44  Whitehall  Write  me  c/o  the  Baltimore  SIU  ESHS  003  BgOi  Currane.  Chief  cook  was  elected  ship's  be  picked  up  in  Hai' ­ex.  WasIUng  ma­ B@C30  000  ®C?@0  • delegate. $10  waa  spent  Srbm  the  ship's  chine  shou'r!  hs turned  «S  sziti Use.  SiiS'  St, NYC,  ,  halL  Mont  "Fingers"  McNabb,  Jr.  •i    (7)  58  nickels,  29  dimes.  (Ore),  October  25—Chairman,  (8)  20  feet  is  the  closest  figure,  C. OREMAR  Ray;  Secretary,  A.  Reasko.  Delegates  reported  no  Sinks  in  the  washing  but  they  often  run  as much  as  25­,  room  should beefs.  be  kept  clean.  Poker  play­ 30  feet  long.  ers  should  keep  the  recreation  room  Crew  pantry  should  be  kept  (9)  California,  Arizona,  New  cleaner.  Mexico  and  Texas,  reading  from  cleaner.  west  to  east,'  spell  the  word  can't  SEAMAR  (Calmer),  October  25—Chair­ man/  J.  Marshall;  Secretary,  Black.  Beef  (cannot).  about  the  engine  department  heads  not  (10)  De  Witt  Clinton.  being  properly  cleaned.  Quarters  wUI  QBQ  mmm  s  �'  I  December  12,  1952"  "  •  Pace  Nineteea  SEAFARERS  LOG  SIU  BROTHERS  in the HOSPITALS  SEEIN*  THE  SEAFARERS  Wifh  WALTER  SIEKMANN  I­ '• !>  {News  about  men in  the  hospitals  and  Seafarets  receiving  SW  We^  fare  Benefits  will  be  carried  in  this  column.  It  is  written  by  Seafarer  The  following  list  contains  the  names  of  hospitalized  Seafarers  who  are  being  taken  care  of  by  cash  Walter  Siekmann  based  on items  of  interest  turned  up while  he  makes  benefits  from  the  SIU  Welfare  Plan.  While  the  Plan  aids  them  financially, all  of  these  men  would  wel­ his  rounds  in  his  post  as  Director  of  Welfare  Services.)  come  mail  and  visits  from  friends  and  shipmates  to  pass  away  the  long  days  and  weeks  in  a  hospital  August  Valentine,  who  was  steward  on  the  Massraar,  is  doing  real  bed.  USPHS  hospitals  allow  plenty  of  time  for  visitors.  If  you're  ashore  and  you  see  a  friend's  name  well over in Greenpoint Hospital  now.  He sends  his regards and  ^hanks  on  the  list,  drop  in  for  a  visit.  It  will  be  most  welcome.  to the  crew of  the Massmar.  The  guys oh  the  ship went  up to  the hos­ VETERANS  HOSPITAL  USPHS  HOSPITAL  USPHS  HOSPITAL  BRONX,  NY  bALTIMGRE,  MD.  NORFOLK,  VA.  pital  and  donated  a  big  batch  of  blood  for  him,  and  he  says  that  it's  Salvador Legayada  A.  Bink  Lloyd  G.  Linthicum  Harold  J.  Gillan  Arthur  Running  thanks to  them that  he's alive  and getting  well.  Valentine said,  "That's  Earl  Dagoberto . Borges "  John  G.  Macchia  Garland  A.  Haga  ShirleyE. Roundtree  USPHS  HOSPITAL  really  brotherhood  and  true  Unionism,  when  everyone  pulls  together  Henry  K.  Callan  Clarence  G.  Murray  Marinus Hansen  WilUam  A.  Rowe  STATEN  ISLAND,  NY  Roger W. Horton  H.R. Whisnant  Roinle  W.  CastellowMichaelJ. Murray  and  takes  care  of  their  own."  He'd  like  to  get  a  few  letters  from  his  Thomas  J.  Connell  James Oehlenslager  LesUeM. Jackson  David  C.  Arehia  James  R.  Lewis  Edgar  WiUis  old  friends,  even  though  his  wife  visits  him  every  day.  Ignatius McCormick  Victor Arevalo  Luis  Lopez  Robert  L.  Wroton  Thomas  Downie  Finn Ostergaard  Geo. Athanasourelis  Erling  Melle  C.  L.  Massey  Oscar  Garcia  Joseph Perreira  Tim  McCarthy,  of  the  Boston  McCarthy's,  just  got  in  from  the  West  Gorman  T.  Glaze  Ramon  Ramirez  Thorns E. Bach  Alfred  MueUer  Joseph Beary  U.SPHS  HOSPITAL  Herbert  Muncie  Alfred B. Seeberger  Indies.  Tim  had  to  get  off  the  Seamagic  down  there  and  spend  some  Jose  A.  Griffith  Julio C. Bernard  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL.  John  R.  Murdock  Peter  Gvozdich  time  in  the  hospital.  He  just  made  a flying  trip  Stamatios  Kazakos  Lawr. G. Sheehan  William Blumen  .  Kurt  A.  Nagel  Abdon  Sylvesa  Murray R. Chapman  Lloyd D.  Olson  L. S. Bugajewski  Max  Olson  through  here  on  his  way  back  to  bean  town,  where,  John  G.  Kelly  Clarence  Tingle  George W. Crosby  Peter  Smith  WiUiam E. Pepper  Maurice Burnstine  Clifford  E.  Kilgus  Michael Toth  Andrew  Franklin  D. K. T. Sorensen  he figures  he'll have to  eat a  lot of  beans to  get back  Benedict  Robert  E.  Quinn  Canning  George  Klakowitz  John C. Whittington  Louis M. Henriquey  Robert  Hennekens  Leon Reynolds  his  weight.  Wilson  O.  Cara  Anthony  Klavins  Robert  R.  Wingert  Eddie  Ho  Fred  O.  Thorp  Oliver W. Richard  John Dicovitsky  It seems  as though we've  been getting  a  lot of  cor­ Marvin  F.  Kramer  Virgil  Sandberg  Ola Ekeland  USPHS  HOSPITAL  USPHS  HOSPITAL  respondence  from  guys  in  foreign  hospitals,  asking  Frank  Soriano  J.  Friend  AUen  SEATTLE,  WASH.  SAN  JUAN,  PR  August  Steinman  John  Galvin  for  advice  about  what  procedures  to  follow.  As  Jimmy  Jordan  James  Adams  Marcel J. Jette  '  Fred. Goldborough  Frank  J.  Taggart  Thomas  D.  Dailey  J.  B.  Mainella  usual,  we've  been  able  to  straighten  out  these  cases  WiUiara F.  Vaughan  Robert F.  Bribben  Anafrio DeFillippie  Lawrence W.  Reed  USPHS  HOSPITAL  A.  W.  Watson  Howard L. Hailey  orice they  have contacted  the Union.  It doesn't  take  Fred W.  Henderson  NEW  ORLEANS,  LA.  Ogul  C.  Harris  Charles  Wysoeki  very  long  to  get  an  airmail  letter  over  there,  and  James  Andrews  Benno  Zielinski  Aubrey  E.  Lee  William  Herman  SEASIDE  GENERAL  HOSPITAL  Thomas L. Ankerson  Floyd  F.  LUes  Carl  Ernst  Ludwig Kristiansen  we've  been  able  to  give  them full  information  about  Eustace D. Ball  SEATTLE,  WASH.  Valentine  Joseph  T.  Bennett  S.  Marinello'  Florian Kubicki  what to do  and  who  to  contact.  Norman M. Armiger  S.  W.  Martin  f.  BlackweU  Thomas  J.  Kustas  PhUip  F.  Korol  W.  L.  McLeUan  J.  Bozec  James  J.  Lawlor  For  that  matter,  it  would  be  a  good  idea  if  every  Seafarer  made  it  G.  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Bernard  P.  Burke  J.  W.  Mixon  USPHS  HOSPITAL  CHICAGO,  ILL.  standard  practice to check  in with  the Union  as soon  as he  gets  in any  N.  R.  Cartwright  H.  J.  Moran  MANHATTAN  BEACH,  BROOKLYN,  NY  Oliver Celestine  James  H.  Naylor  Philip N. O'Conner  sort  of  a  jam,  or  has  a  problem,  or  has  to  go  into  a  hospital.  The  aessie  A.  Clark  John  B.  Haas  J.  H.  Ashurst  George  R.  Nichols  ST.  AGNES  John  W.  Keenan  Carl  S.  Barre  chances are  that, in  most cases; we'll  be able  to help him  out and  make  Rogelio Cruz  John  H.  Parsons  PHILADELPHIA,  PA.  Frederiek Landry  Rupert  A.  Blake  L.  Dugan  George  Pease  things a lot  easier for hira than  if he just  went ahead and tried to handle  Thomas  Claude  F.  Blanks  Martin  Linsky  Alex. G. Dumas  Edward  Poe  Charles Heppdlng  Francis  F.  Lynch  everything himself.  After all, that's  why  the SIU organized its  Welfare  B.  D.  Foster  Edmund C. Blosser  Karl  Raana  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Harry F. McDonald  Walter  Chalk  Joseph  FuliUer  Abram A. Sampson  Services  Department  in  the first  place.  It's  our  business  to have  the  M.  FORT  STANTON,  NM  Charles M. Davison  Claude A. MarkeU  W.  Gardiner  WUbur  H.  Scott  right answers  and to  be able  to help  out Seafarers  when they  have  any  Charlie  Givens  Clifford Middleton  Bruno Barthel  Emilio  Delgado  William  J.  Smith  Vic Miiazzo  duiin  J.  Driscon  Walter  P.  Guidry  Yace Smira  problems.  .  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Pedro O. Peralto  Jose G. Espinoza  Sam  Henry  L.  G.  T» "• >• • •   SAVANNAH,  GA.  Geo. E. Shumaker  Enrique Ferrer  Steve  Deri  just  got  in  from  Panama.  He  had  to  get  off  an  Isthmian  Thomas  W.  Jones  A.  P.  TL,  Robert  Sizemore  Warner W. Allred  J.  T.  Moore  Leonard Franks  W.  R.  WaL.  Paul  M.  Hebert  ship down  there  to go  into  the  hospital.  It seemk  that  Steve Just  can't  W.  Henry  E.  Smith  James  E.  Garrett  Jack  D.  Morrison  E.  Gilbert  Robert  J.  E.  Wark  LaNasa  *.  M.  Hall  Fred  D.  Peterson  Bart  E.  Guraniek  Albert D. Thompsen  get  very far  from  New  Jersey  without  having  some­ Leo  H.  Lang  Joseph  S.  Hilton  Louis  C.  Miller  thing  go  wrong.  Well,  he's  back  home  now,  and  USPHS  HOSPITAL  FIRLAND  SANITORIUM  USPHS  HOSPITAL  GALVESTON,  TEX.  SEATTLE,  WASH.  taking it  easy for a  while before he'll  be able to ship  BOSTON,  MASS.  Carey  E.  Purvis  John  E.  Brady  Emil  Austad  again.  Richard P. Bowman  John  M.  Pinkus  Warren  W.  Currier  Jim  F.  Roberts  VETERANS  HOSPITAL  J.  Preshong  Herbert G. Shartzer  John  P.  Fifer  John  B.  Fruge  Max  Olson  stopped  into  the  hall  up  in  New  York  NEW  ORLEANS,  LA.  Edward  Wilisch  John J. Flaherty  Donald  S.  White  Patrick  J.  Green  for  a  while.  He's  pretty  well  known  to  the  boys  J.  E.  Markopolo  William Girardeau  Zachariah WilUams  Ray  L.  Ellison  down  in  Baltimore,  where  he  usually  ships.  Max  just  got  out  of  Staten  Island  USPHS  Hospital  after  a  sh()rt  stretch,  and  is  convalescing  right  now.  He  had  to get  off  an Ore  ship  to go  to  the hospital,  and  figures  he'll  grab  another  one  pretty  soon,  because  iSisSSiiSJS  he  hears  that  the  Ore  ships  are  really  going  to  be  Marshall  All  of  the  following  SIU  families  Charles  Lawrence  Bagley,  bom  and  Mrs.  Robert  E.  Murphy,  186  feeders  how.  will  collect  the  $200  maternity  November  15,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  Cleveland  Avenue,  Stuart,  Fla.  Louis  Marshall  from  New  Orleans  is another  of  the  guys  up  in  New  and  Mrs.  Albert  J.  Bagley,  61­38  4  4  4  York  just  now.  ,  He  says  he  don't  know  why  he's  up  here  during  the  benefit  plus  a  $25  bond  from  the  148th  Place,  Flushing,  LI,  NY.  Carl  Alexander Pulles, bom  July  cold  weather, lut  that's the  way  things  worked  out.  He  sends his  best  Union  in  the  baby's  name,  22,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  4  4  4  regards  to  the  boys  down  in  sunny  New  Orleans,  especially  the  guys  Richard  Heffiey,  born  October  Linda  Ernestine  Lambeth,  born  Aleksander  Pulles,  505  South  Clin­*  who hang around the  Third.  Meanwhile, he got  set for the cold weather  26,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  November  12,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  ton  Street,  Baltimore,  Md.  by buying a  new jacket  in the Sea  Chest.  One with  a fur collar  no less.  Richard  Heffiey,  Sr.,  2531  North  and  Mrs.  Johnie  D.  Lambeth,  684  4  ­4  4  Andrew  Stark  Hassell,  born  No­ Joe  Palutas  is  over  in  St.  Vincent's  Hospital  in  Brooklyn  right  now.  Hancock  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Donald  Street,  Mobile,  Ala.,  vember  17,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  He's  having  some  trouble  with  swelling  feet,  and  the  doctors  aren't  4­  4«  3^  4  4  4  Wanda  Fay  Harding,  born  No­ Mrs.  James  Richard  Hassell,  Jr.,  sure  about  what  is causing  the  trouble.  He's  having  plenty of  doctors  Elena  Escobar,  born  November  looking him  over, though,  and  getting  just about  the best  care  possible.  13,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  vember  2,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  1026  Colonial  Court,  Mobile,  Ala.  4  4  4  He figures  that  he'll  probably  be  there  for  a  while,  and  would  appre­ Victor  Manuel  Escobar,  128  Wy­ Mrs.  Virgil  L.  Harding,  206  South  Daisy  Mae  McBride,  born  Oc­ Conception  Street,  Mobile,  Ala.  ciate  hearing  from  some  of  his  old  shipmates.  koff  Street.  Brooklyn,  NY.  tober  20,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  4  4  4  3»  4"  4"  Another of  the  oldtimers  who  is  getting  better  is  William  E.  Pepper  Brenda  Joyce  Hackle,  born  Oc­ Mrs.  Hosea  N.  McBride,  1624  West  Frank  Spina, bom  September 10,  over  in  Staten  Island  hospital.  Bill  had  to  get  off  the  Robin  Locksley  tober  30,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  Fayette  Street,  Baltimore  23,  Md.  some  time  ago,  and  was  in  pretty  bad  shape. ­ However,  he  now  seems  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jpse  Mrs.  Billy  L.  Hackle,  115  South  4  4  4  A.  Spina,  928  ­ Burgundy  Street,  to  be  pulling  out  of  it  okay.  Bamey  S. Spivack,  born  October  Drive,  Savannah,  Ga.  New  Orleans,  La.  28,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  4  4  4  4  4*  4i  Earl Robert  Raines, born  Novem­ Irwin  Spivack,  20'70  ­  20th  Lane,  Catherine  Roxanne  Collins,  born  October  30,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  ber  17,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  Brooklyn,  NY.  4  4  4  Mrs.  Frank  W.  Collins,  104  Con­ Mrs.  Norman  Raines,  1141  Baronne  Michael  Francis  Strohschein,  Street,  New  Orleans,  La.  gress Street,  Portland, Me.  bom  October  31,  1952.  Parents,  4  4  4  The  deaths  of  the  following  Mobile.  Administrator of  the estate  4<  4.  4>  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Strohschein,  Robert  Michael  Murphy,  born  Margaret  Cecilia  Berger,  bom  Seafarers  have  been  reported  to  is  The  First  National  Bank  of  October  29,  1952.  Parents, Mr.  and  November  14,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  496  ­  10th  Street,  Brooklyn,  NY.  the  Seafarers  Welfare  Plan  and  Mobile.  Mrs.  Sidney  Z.  Berger,  628  N. Ful­ $2,500  death  benefits  are  being  *  ton  Avenue,  Baltimore  17,  Md.  paid  to  beneficiaries.  Carl  Sigfried  Carlson,  56:  On  4  4  4*  Christopher  Dacey,;  47^  Brother  November  7  Brother  Carlson  died  Carol  Marie  Manchester,  born  Following  are  the  requirements  for  two  of  the  benefits  under  Dacey's death on September 27  was  of  coronary  thrombosis  in  the  city  November  14,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  the  Seafarers  Welfare  Plan:  caused by  a heart  ailment. A  mem­ of  Jamestown,  NY.  He  held  the  and Mrs.  Henry A.  Manchester, 938  ber  of  the  stewards  department,  rating  of  QM  in  the  deck  depart­ North  Calvert  Street,  Baltimore  2,  Maternity;  he  had  been  in  the  SIU  since  the  ment  and  had  been  a  member  of  Md.  Any  eligible  Seafarer  becoming  a  father  after  April  1,  1952,  early  part  of  1951,  when he  joined  this  Union  for  over  a  year.  Burial  4  4  4  will  receive the  $200  maternity  benefit  payment,  plus  the  Union's  in  New  York.  Burial  took  place  at  took  place  at  the  Busti  Cemetery,  Tolanda  Maria  Garcia,  born  gift  of  a  $25  US  Treasury  Bond  for  the  child.  Needed  is  a  copy  Belmont  Cemete^,  Belmont, Mass.  Busti,  NY.  Brother  Carlson  leaves  November  21,  1952.  Parents,~­Mr.  of  the  marriage  certificate  and  birth  certificate.  If  possible,  a  Surviving  is  his  brother,  Edward  a  brother,  Harold,  of  RFD  No.  3,  and Mrs.  Trinidad Garcia,  Jr., 1528  discharge  from  his  last  ship  should  be  enclosed.  Duplicate  pay­ Broadway,  Galveston,  Tex.  C.  Dacey,  47  Channing  Road,  Bel­ Jamestown,  NY.  ments  and  bonds  will  be  given  in  cases  of  multiple  births.  mont, Mass.  4  4  4  ^  Linda Lou MoiAell,  bom October  Pisobility:  ^  i.  ^  ,  John  6. Robinson,  S2:  An  AB  in  16,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Any  totally  disabled  Seafarer,  regardless  of  age,  who  has  seven  Francis  James  Richardson,  37:  the  deck  department  since  1949,  Robert  Edward  Moshell,  1708 ­  4th  years  sea  time  with  companies  participating  in  the  Welfare  Plan,  An  automobile  accident  near  his  Brother  Robinson  died  in  the  Avenue  North,  Jacksonville  Beach,  is  eligible  for  the  weekly  disability  benefit  for  as  long  as  he  is  home  in  Coden,  Ala.,  resulted  in  USPHS Hospital  in  Baltimore, Md.,  Fla.  totally  unable  to  work.  ­Brother  Richardson's  death  on  on  October  23.  He  was  buried  in  4  4  4  Applications  and  queries  on  unusual  situations  should  be  sent  September  11,.  He  was  buried  in  Belforest  Cemetery,  Daphne,  Ala.  Verna  Carol  Barfieid,  born  No­ to the  Union  Welfare  Trustees, c/o  SIU  Headquarters,  675  Fourth  the  Coden  Catholic  Cemetery.  He  le­aves  a  sister,  Mrs.  A.  B.  vember  2,  1952.  Parents,  Mr.  «nd  Ave.,  Brooklyn  32,  NY.  Since  1945. he  had  been  an  OS  in  Schermer,  9245  Westvlew  Drive,  Mrs.  Vernon  L.  Barfieid,  3A  San­ ders  Road,  Prichard,  Ala.  the  diKk  de^^men^joinin^  in  Houston,  Tc*.;  li  FINAL  0ISPATCH  1  Who Gets SIV  HenctUs?  .Ji  .w?.­!''.  '  .iu;:tai4r  ­.>»)•   • .v..  Ai,  liA,'  i­ 'i..  ^1­:  ""'.i  \  �SEAFARERS  •  OFFICIAL  ORGAN  OF  THE  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  *  ATLANTIC  AND  GUIF  DISTRICT  *  AFL  •   i  §• ­ •  • '  C.  f  \fv  t  .  .;  i'  I'.  .  N  f  fif­.  I  V(  t"  ttr.  i.'­6­  •  The  proposed  new  SlU dry cargo  contract is  the product  of  all hands  working  together  for  their  common  good.  The  agreement  repre­ sents a combination  of  the ideas  submitted by  working  Seafarers  to  headquarters,  and  the  proposals  drafted  by  headquarters  on  the  basis of  these  suggestions.  L^r­ 'i:'.  I' P­'.­'.  Ti  ­ [f  V­ i,'  In a sense too, all Seafarers took  part in the'  negotiations  with  the  operators  that  preceded  the  signing  of  the  contract.  The  Union  com­ mittee,  and  the  shipowners,  knew  that  the  Union could count on 10d percent support  from  the men on  the ships.  This fact made the path  a  lot  smoother  for  the  negotiating  committee  than it would have been otherwise.  • f" •  • .V­r­...;  .  •   r  ­t.'­  .  '  ^  •  \.v­:  • • • • • '  i.  •   •*­ '  Now that the agreement is up for ratification  by membership  meetings  in  all ports,  it is  im­ portant  for  every Seafarer  to acquaint  himself  with  the  various  general  rules  and  working­ rules in the contract.  Many of these rules have  been  completely  rewritten,  while  others.did  not exist in previous Union  contracts.  As d re­ sult,  there  is  much  that  is  brand  new  in  this  agreement.  If ratified, the new contract will be the docu­ ment  under  which  Seafarers  on  the  freight  ships  will work in the  coming year.  That's all  the more reason for all hands to get to know it  thoroughly  from  top  to  bottom.  By  knowing  the agreement, the Seafarers can  see to it that  it is enforced properly on the ships.  The  contract,  and  the  negotiating  commit­ tee's  report,  are  printed  in  full in  a  separate  section  in  this  issue  of  the  SEAFARERS  LOG.  Every  Seafarer  owes  it to  himself, to keep this  supplement  for  future  reference.  And,  of  course,  additional  copies  will  be  made  avail­  :able in all  halls for those who may  need them.: •  '  V  •   ^  yi.  .  'J  Vy  •   :  *:  \  .  ..  'If i­J  .  r  '  • m  •  I  • ' Z'^'  .  ­  ;  ­ �CONTRACT  SUPPLtMCNT  SEAFARERS « LOG  Vol.  XIV, No. 2S  Doe.  12,  IfS2  I?...  .  ifi':''  te  .<  '  NEW  FREIGHTER  m  im  Between  Seafarers International Union •  Atiantic & Guif District  •  AFL  and  •   •   '.. i'  Actium  shipping  Corp.  Alcoa  Steamship  Company  Amer. MM Steamship  Corp.  Bfackchester Lines,  Inc.  Bournemouth SS  Corp.  Bull Steamship  Corp.  Calmar  Steamship  Corp.  Compass  Steamship  Co.  Coral  Steamship  Company  Dolphin SS  Corp. (Triton)  Dolphin  Steamship Corp,  Dry­Trans  Corporation  Eagle Ocean Transport Corp.  Eastern Steamship  Lines  Elam Shipping  Corporation  Excelsior  Steamship  Corp.  Gulf  Cargo Carriers  Corp.;  Int'l. Navigation Co.,  Inc.  Intercontinental SS  Corp.  ­ Isthmian  Steamship  Co.  ...  Kea  Steamship Co.  Liberty Navigation, Inc.  Maine Steamship  Corp.  Mortis  Shipping  Corp.  Mercador  Trading Co.  Metro  Steamship  Corp.  Mississippi  Shipping  Co.  National Seas  Corp.  National  Waterways Corp.  North Seas Navig. Corp.  Ocean  Transportation  Co.  Ocean  Carriers,  Inc.  Omega  Waterways  Corp.  Oro  Navigation Co.  Pacific  Waterways Corp.  Pan­Oceanic Navigation Co.  Peninsular Navigation Corp.  Puerto Rico  Marine Corp.  Seas Shipping  Co., Inc.  Seatrode Corp.  Seatraders, Inc.  Seatrain  Lines,  Inc.  Seatransport Corp.  Shipenter Lines,  Inc.  South Atlantic  SS Line  Standard  Steamship  Co.  Stratford Steamship  Co.  Strathmore  Shipping  Co.  Tini Steamship Co.  Traders Steamship  Corp.  Tramp Cargo Carriers, Corp.  Trans­Fuel Corp.  Trojan  Steamship  Corp.  Troy  Steamship  Company  Veritas Steamship  Waterman  Steamship  Corp.  Victory Carriers, Inc.  Western  Navigation Corp.  KEPORl:  OF  Sty  MIGOTIATfNG  COMMITTEE  ...  ,  J  • J  'ii:.  S' .  'T sii'd  On  page  11  of  this  supplement  begins  the  com­ plete report  of  the  SlU  negotiating  committee.  In its  report,  the  committee  discusses  all  the  brand­new  clauses  in  the  contract  as  well as  the  changes  made  in existing  clauses.  These changes  are taken up  sec­ tion by section,  and thr  reasons for  making them  are  explained by  the committee,  so  that all Seafarers can  see  just  what  was done  in  writing  the  new  contract.  In all,  as  the  report  shows,  the  committee  negoti­ ated 26 changes  in the general  rules, and  another  16  changes  in  the  working  rules  for  the  three  depart­ ments,  with  the  object,  as  the  committee  puts  it,  of  giving  the  Seafarers  "the  finest  working  agreement  possible ... with the  best  wages,  working  rules,  job  conditions,  security  and  benefits  anywhere  in  the  maritime  industry."  As  the  committee  points  out,  a  very  large  number  of  these  changes  and  new  provisions  are  based  on  the  many  suggestions  and  recommendations  made  by  crewmembers,  . . where  it  was  possible  and  reasonable to  do so,"  the committee  states, "we have  made  the crews'  requests  a part  of  this  agreement."  The committee expresses  its thanks to  all those who  helped them  shape this contract,  and for  the way  the  Seafarers  backed  up  the  Union  by  conducting  them­ selves  as  responsible  trade  unionists  should.'  Th*  committee recommends  to  the  membership the  adop>  tion of  the contract  and  its report  in  their  entirety.  r  . ­I  . J""  Im  �.'• r  »« I  ft 9 • »  .  '• s   f  »  >•   Supptementary­ ­Pace Tw»  liStei'  Ifci­'­ If: ^  k  3:  If*,  Proposed  Freight  Agreement  Table  Of  Contents  ARTICLE II  General Rules  1^7  mt'  %• • •  »>  • »  if  SEAFAHJERS  £06  Title  Section  Authority  of  Master  and  Obedience  of  Crew  6  Calendar  Day  65  Carrying of  Cadets, etc.,  in  Lieu  of  Crew  17  Cleanliness  of  Quarters  48  Coffee  Time  • • • • !• •   46  Copies of  Agreements  to  be  Furnished  67  Crew  Equipment  49  Crew's  Quarters  47  Customary  Duties  10  Division  of  Wages  of  Absent  Member^  ...........; 7. .27  JClectric  Refrigerator and  Electric Washing  Machine... .55  .emergency  Duties  and  Drills  18  employment.  Commencement  of  7  . Employment,  Termination  of  8  ]Explosives  ....!  ..29  I'resh Provisions  42  Cull  Complement  While  Cargo  Is  Being  Worked.  61  Tolidays  20  'nternational  Date  Line  63  • Tury Toilets  7......... 56  Launch  Service  ;  40  Cockers  E  E  53  r.ongshore  Work  by  Crew  32  ­Coss of  Clothing  ;.....  15  r iaintenance and  Cure  E..".  13  . Manning  Scale  62  Meal  Hour&^Relieving for  Meals  44  • Medical Relief  12  r less'Room  ...51  Midnight  Lunch  45  Money  Draws  in  Foreign  Ports  28  Mew  Equipment  Not  Carried  at  Pre.sent  64  Overtime,  Checldng  25  Overtime,  Commencement  of  ...22  Overtime,  Computation  of  ..../  24  Overtime,  Continuous  23  Overtime,  Payment  of  i. 26  Overtime  Rate  21  Passes  1.  Penalty  Cargoes  f  30  Port  Committee  .*  3  Port  Time  •  '.  ..­  34  Repatriation,  Upkeep' and  Transportation  14  Rest  Periods  • :41  Restriction  to  Ship  .*  36  Return  to  Port  of  Engagement.  .58  Room  and  Meal  Allowance  ....43  Safe Working  Conditions  19  Sailing  Board  Time  .'  38  .'iecuring  Vessel for Sea  E  39  : Eecurity  Watches  37  Elhifting  Ship  E  35  ; hips  Chartered  by  Company  '  5  rhip's  Delegate  2  Ctandby  Work  31  tatement  of  Earnings  9  toppage  of  Work  4  • ' ransportation  and  Paying off  Procedure. %  57  Vi.*aveling  59  Uniforms  ....:  54  C'antilation  50  7 ossel  Aground  11  \"essels  in  Idle  Status  60  '' .'^ar  Zone  66  .'ashrooms  52  '.7ork  Performed  by  Other  Than  Members  of  the  Unlicensed  Personnel  16  Working  Ballast  33  ARTICLE  III  Deck Department  Additional  Work  E  aggage.  Handling  Mail  or  Lilges  and  Oil  Spills  :  ooms. Topping  or  Lowering  <*argo.  Cleaning  Holds  * Eargo,  Laying  Dunnage  ' 'argo.  Securing  I Carpenter's  Duties  t.Chain  Locker  Day  Workers  .Docking  and  Undocking..  * larbage.  Dumping  Vetches,  Handling  Mauling  or  Shifting  Vessel,  Call­back  For  * ines.  Going  Ashore  to  Take.. ..  Juvestock,  Tending  .'tooring  Lines,  Handling  Overtime,  Division  of  Paint  Spray  Guns.  Using  Quarters,  Cleaning  .'lelieving  Helm.sman  Uauitary  Work  E  Soioke  Stack,  Removing  Soot  from.....  "Steering  Engine,  Cleaning  EStoreSj,  Vessel's  .  .  .'.y.  34  23  31  15  22  21  19  12  35  11  14  29  20  17  18  28  13  2  25  27  8  26  ......30  33  i ..24  Title  Section  Tank  Cleaning  32  Wages  :  1  Watches,  Boatswain  or  Carpenter Standing.....  4  Watches,  Brq^king  and  Work  in  Port  6  Watches,  Division  of  3  Watches,  Gangway..  10  Watches, ­ Sea—In  Port  9  Watches,  Sea—Men  Standing  7  Watches,  Setting  5  Working  Conditions,  Unsafe  . .16  ARTICLE IV  Engine Department  Carbon  Tetra­Chloride  1  ;  32  Deck  Engineer  ...E......  15  Electricians  ..... 9  Equipment,  New,  Not  Carried  at  Present .  35  Evaporator  Maintenance  Men  13  Firemen­Watertender  i  23  Fireroom­Engine  Room  Boundaries  "  34  Fire­tube  Firemen  in  Port  '  E....27  Fire­tube  Firemen  on  Sea  Watches  .;..26  Hours  of  Work  ;  ,  3  Oilers­Diesel  ;  17  Oilers  on  Day.  Work—Steam  7.........19  Oilers  on  Sea  Watches—Steam..........  ,...18  Overtime,  Equalization  of  2  Paint  Spray  Guns,  Usingi  (.31  Plumber­Machinist  12  Refrigerating  Engineers  ...11  Storekeeper  14  Supper  Relief  8  Tank  Cleaning  . 30  Unlicensed  Junior  Engineer's...  ........10  Utility  Man  •  i...l6  Wages  1  Watches,  Breaking  7  Watches,  Setting  ,  jg  Watertenders in  Port  ,21  Watertenders  on  Sea  IVatches  .20  Watertenders  &  Firemen.  Ve.ssels  Having  Both......22  Water­tube  Firemen  on  Day  Work  ........25  Water­tube  Firemen  on  Sea  Watches  .......24  Wipers  28  Work  Out  of  Engine  Spaces  5  Work  on  Saturdays,  Sunda.vs  an^  Holidaj'S.  !...  4  Work  When  Plant  Is  Shut •   Down. ... .7.  .33  Working  Cargo  29  Contract Goes Into Effect.. a  1.  The  proposed  agreement  provides  that  all  wage,  overtime  and  other money  provisions of  the new  con­ tract shall  be  retroactive to  November 18. Actual  pay­ ment  will  begin  following  Wage  Stabilization  Board  approval.  2.  Aboard  all  sliips  on  articles—either  foreign  or  coastwise—the  worl^g  rules  of  the  new  agreement  will  go  into effect  three days  after receipt  of  the  new  agreement.  3.  On  ships  that  cannot  be  reached  by  mail,  the^  working  rules  will  go  into  effect  the  day  after  the  articles  n/e  terminated.  4.  In  any  case,  the  working  rules  must  be  in  effect  on  all  freight  ships  by  January  1.  in  the  wage  scale  or  any  monetary  matters  at  any  time  during  the  life  of  this  agreement  shall  not  be  deemed  cause  for  termination  of  this  Agreement.'  Monetary  mat­ ters Tfbr  the  purpose  of  this section  shall be  the following;  Overtime,  Standby  Rate,  Longshore  Rate,  Tank  Cleaning  Rate,  Explosives  Handling  Rate,  Extra  Meals  Rate,  Sub­ sistence  and  Room  Allowance.  ARTICLE  I  Employment  Section  1.  The  Union  agrees  to  furnish  the  Company  with  capable,  competent  and  physically fit  persons  when  and  where  they  are  required  and  of  the  ratings  needed  to fill  vacancies  necessitating  the  employment  of  Unli­ censed  Personnel  in  ample  time  to  prevent  any  delay  in  the  scheduled  departure  of  any  vessel  covered  by  this  agreement.  To  assure  maximum  harmonious  relatidnst  and  in  order  to  obtain  the  best  qualified  employees  with  the least  risk of  a  delay in  the scheduled  departure of  any  vessel  covered  by  this  agreement,  the  Company  agrees  to  secure all  Unlicensed  Personnel  through  the  Hiring  Halls  of  the  Union.  The .Company  recognizes  the  Union's  Andrew  Furuseth  Training  School  as a  bonafide  training school  for  seamen  and  the  Company  prefers  that  any  new  unlicensed  men  coming  into  the  Industry  be  graduates  of  that  school.  Section  2.  If  for  any  reason  the  Union  does  not  fur­ nish  the Company, as  provided  in Section  1,  with  capable,  competent  and  physically fit  persons  when  and  where  they  are  required  and  of  the  ratings  needed  to fill  such  vacancies  in  ample  time  to  prevent  any  delay  in  the  scheduled  departure  of  any  vessel  covered  by  this  agree­ ment,  the  Company  may  then  obtain  members  of  the  Aprons and  Uniforms  29  Unlicensed  Personnel  from  any  available  source.  Butchering,  Overtime  for.  E....20  Section  3.  The  Company  recognizes  the  Union  as  the  Bread.  Shore  .21  sole  collective  bargaining  representative  of  all  members  Cleaning  Meat  &  Chill  Boxes  17  of  the  Unlicensed  Personnel.  It  is  specifically  under­ Chipping,  Scaling  &  Painting..  24  stood  and  agreed  that  membership  in  the  Union  shall  not  Day  Work  27  a  condition  of  employment  of  any  member  of  the  Un­ Entering  Engineroom  and  Fireroom  . .30  licensed  Personnel  furnished  or  obtained  in  the  manners  Extra  Persons  Sleeping  Aboard.  14  specified  in  this  agreement.  It  is  further  agreed  that  Full Complement  6  there  shall  be  no  discrimination  against  any  member  of  Food,  Handling  22  the  Unlicensed  Personnel  because  of  non­membership  or  Galley  Gear  28  membership  in  the  Union.  Garbage,  Dumping  25  Section  4.  (a)  The  Union  agrees  that  the  Company  has  Ice  Cream,  Making  l8  the  right  to  reject  (by  written  notation  on  the  job  as­ Ice,  Making  .19  signment  slip)  any  applicant  for  employment  who  the  Manning  Scales  5  Company  considers  unsatisfactory  or  unsuitable  for  the  Meals,  Late  11  vacancy,  or  to ..discharge  any  member  of  the  Unlicensed  Meals  in  Port  E  13  Personnel,  who,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Company­is  not  Meals,  Shifting  12  Meals,  Served  Outside  of  Messi'ooms  15  satisfactory.  If  the  Union  considers  the  rejection  of  any  applicant  for  employment  or  the  discharge  of  any  mem­ Midnight  Meals  and  Night  Lunches  16  Overtime,  Minimum  E.  2  ber  of  the  Unlicensed  Personnel  of  being  discriminatory  such  actions  by  the  Company  shall  be  dealt  with  under  Stores,  Handling  ./.  10  the  grievance  procedure,  and  the  Union  agrees  that  any  Stoves,  Oil  ..26  Stores,  Receiving  9  such  rejection  or  discharge  shall ­not  cause  any  vessel  Wages  1  to  be  delayed  on  her scheduled  departure.  (b)  In  the event  any  decision  of  the  Company  physician  Work,  Hours  of  3  is challenged  by  the  Union,  as to  the  physical fitness  of  a  Work,  Not  Specified.  .31  Work,  Routine  8  Union  member,  said  member  shall  be  re­examined  by  a  Working  Hours  4  Public Health  physician  and  his decision  shall  be  binding.  Section  5.  The  Company  agrees  not  to  discriminate  This agreement  is entered  into  this 18th  day  of  Novem­ against  any  member  of  the  Unlicensed  Personnel  for  ber,  1952,  by  and  between  the  Seafarers  international  legitimate  Union  activities,  and  the  Company  further  Union  of  North  America,  Atlantic  and  Gulf  District,  af­ agrees  that  no  man,  referred  in  accordance  with  Section  hliated  with  the^  American  Federation  of  Labor,  herein­ 1 of  this  Article,  shall  be  discriminated  against  because  after  referred  to  as  the  Union  and  the  undersigned  com­ of  race,  creed,  color,  national  or  geographic  origin.  pany,  and  any  of  its subsidiary  companies,  which  may  be  Section  6.  The  term  Unlicensed  Personnel  as  used  in  formed  to  operate  ships  in  the  off­shore,  coastwise,  or  this  agreement  shall  not  include  super­cargoes,  cadets,  intercoastal  trade, hereinafter  referred  to as  the Company  pui'sers  and  livestock  tenders.  and  remains  in  effect  until  September  30,  1953,  and  shall  Section  7.  The  Union  shall  have  the  right,  upon  writ­ continue from  year  to  year  thereafter,  unless either  party  ten  notification  to  the  Compau  /  showing  proper  reasons  hereto  shall  give  written  notice  to  the  other  of  its  desire  for  such'action,  to  re­negotiate  any  part  or  all  of  Article  to  amend  or  terminate  same,  which  notice  shall  be  given  1.  Upon  receipt  of  such  notification  by  the  Company,  at  least  60  days  prior  to  the  expiration  date.  After  such  the  parties  to  this  agreement  shall  meet  ­.vithin  7  days  notice  lias  been  given,  specific  proposals  must  thfti  be  for  negotiations  on  this  issue.  submitted  within  10  days  and  negotiations  commenced  at  a  time  which  is  mutually  agreed  upon.  If,  during  the  60  day  period,  the  piu'ties  fail  to  agree  with  reference  to  such  proposals,  the  parties  may,  by  mutual­consent,  ex­ tend  this agreement  for a  specific  period  beyond  such  ex­ piration  date  for  the  continuance  of  negotiations.  Ap­ Section 1.  Passes.  The Company  agrees to issue  passes  plicationa by  either  party to open  negotiations for changes  to­ the Union  representatives for tho  purposes  of  contact­ ARTICLE  V  Steward Department  ARTICLE  II  General Rules  �OeeMftber  HE* 09^  SSAFjiMEttS  Jng  Its  members  aitoard  ressels  ef the  Company  covered  because of illness or injury iiKurred in the service of  such  veseel  sriiile  in  a  location  within  the  continental  United  by this AgFeemem.  Representatives ot the ­UnioB shall  be allowed  on board  States,  and  such  Illness  or injury  is known  prior  to  his  at  any  i^ime  but  shall  not  Interfere  with  men  at  wbslc  leaving,  he  shall  be  entitled  to  first  class  transportation  unless said  men are  properly relieved.  (The relief  gets no  by  rail  to  bis original  Port of  Engagement  in  accordance  V. Ith  Article II, Section  59.  .  extra  compensation.)  (c)  While awaiting repatriation under section  (a) and  (b)  Section  2,  Ship's  Delegate.  One  man  in  each  depart­ ment  on  each vessel shall  act as  delegate  for such  depart­ herein,  the  seaman  shall  be  entitled  to  repatriation  up­ ment.  Such  delegates  are  privileged.to  present  to  their  keep in  the  sum  of  $8.00  per  day  until afforded  transpor­ superior  offlcers,  on  behalf  of  the  members  in  their  de­ tation  as  outlined  in  said  subsections.  Such  upkeep  shall  partment,  facts  and  opinions  concerning  any  matter  be  paid  up  to  and  inclusive of  the  day  he  is afforded  the  wherein  adjustment  or  improvement  is  thought  proper.  «  means  of  transportation  by  which  he  is to  be  repatriated.  Any  matter  so  presented  which  is  not  adjusted  satis­ The  Company  or  its  Agents  may  make  arrangements  for  factorily  to  all  concerned  shall  be  referred  to  the  Union  meals and  lodgings while the seaman  is awaiting repatria­ and  Company  officials  upon  vessel's  arrival  in  the first  tion  transportation,  but  in  no  event  shall  these  arrange­ U. S.  A.  port  where the Union  and the Company  have offi­ ments  be  at  a  cost of  less than  $8.00  per day.  cials  for  adjustment  as  provided  under  Article  IT,  Sec­ In trases  where  regular  meals  are  not  included  in  the  tion  3 of  this agreement.  transportation  herein  provided  for,  the  repatriated  sea­ Section  3.  Port  Committee.  For  the  adjustment  of  man shall  be paid the sum of  $6.00 per day  for food during  any  grievances  arising  in  connection  with  performance  the transportation  period.  of  this  agreement  which  cannot  be  satisfactorily  adjusted  (d)  Where  a  seaman  leaves  the  vessel  due  to  illness  or  on  board  the  vessel  there  shall  be  established  a  Port  injury  and  such illness  or injury  has been known  prior to  Committee  at  the  port  where  articles  .are  terminated.  his leaving, he  shall receive a full statement  of  his account  The  Port  Committee  shall  consist  of  3  representatives  showing  wages  due him.  Where  time  does  not  permit  the  from  the  Union  and  3  representatives from  the  Company,  statement  being  given  to  the  man  before  he  leaves  the  ­ and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Port  Committee  to  meet  vessel  or  before  the  vessel's  departure,  the  Master  shall  within : 24  hours,  Saturdays,  Sundays  and  Holidays  ex­ promptly  advise  the  Company's  Agent  and  the  home  of­ cluded.  In  the  event  the  Port  Committee  cannot  agree  fice of  the status  of  the man's  account  at  the  time he  left  thgy  shall  select  an  impartial  arbitrator  whose  decision '  the vessel.  sball  be final  and  binding.  In  the  event  the  Port  Com­ Thereafter,  when  the  seaman  presents  himself  to  the  mittee  cannot  agree, on  the  selection  of  an  impartial  ar­ Agent at  the  Port  where  he left  the  vessel,  the maximum  bitrator,  then  a  judge  of  the  District  Federal  Court  shall  allowable  payment shall  be  made to him  by  that  Agent.  appoint  an  impartial  arbitrator  whose  decision  shall  be  When  the  seaman  presents his  claim  for  wages  to  the  final, and  binding.  Expenses  of  the  arbitrator  shall  be  Agent or  office of  the Company  at the  port of  engagement  paid  by  the  party  whom  the  arbitrator  rules  against  in  or to the home office of  the company, he shall receive  pay­ the  decision.  ment  as  promptly  as possible.  Section  4.  Stoppage' ­of  Work.  There  shall  be  no  Failure  to  pay  me  seaman  wages  within  72  hours  ex­ strikes,  lockouts,  or  stoppages  of  work  while  the  pro­ clusive of  Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays after  presenta­ visions  of  this  agreement  are  in  effect.  tion of  his claim  shall  entitle the seaman to  $8.00  per day  Section  5.  Ships  Chartered .by  Copipany.  This  agree­ until  the  full  wages  due  the man  at  the  time  he  left  the  ment  is .binding  with  respept  to  American  Flag  Ships  vessel are  paid.  chartered  by  the  company  (if  charterer furnishes  crew.)  Section  15.  Loss  of  Clothing,  (a)  In the  event  a  ship  .'.Section  Authority of  Master and Obedience of  Crew,  of  the Company  is lost, the  crew shall  be recompensed  for  frothing  in  this agreement  is intended  to or  shall  be con­ the  loss of  clothing  in the  amount  of  $500.00  and  shall  be  strued  to. limit  in any  way  the  authority  of  the  Master­or  repatriated  to  the  port  of  engagement  with  subsistence,  other  officers,  or  lessen  the  obedience  of  any  member  of  room and  wages as per  Section  59  of  tliis  Article.  (b)  In the  event that  personal effects of  Unlicensed Per­ the  crew  to  any  lawful  order.  sonnel  are  damaged  due  to  a  marine  casualty,  or  an  ac­ ' Section  7.  Commencement  of  Employment.  Pay  for  seaman  ordered  by the Company  shall start  when the'man  cident to  the vessel or  its equipment, they  shall be  recom­ is required  to  pass  the  Doctor,  go  to  the  Company  office  pensed  for the  loss  in  the amount of  such  loss  but  not  to  or> report  aboard  the  ship  with  his  gear  and  ready  for  exceed  $300.00.  Section  16.  Work  Performed  by  Other  Than  Members  work,  whichever  occurs  first.  Section 8.  Termination of  Employment.  Any man  leav­ of  the  Unlicensed  Personnel.  Any  Work  performed  by  ing  a  vessel  shall,  upon  request,  be  given  a  slip  showing  cadets,  workaways,  passengers,  prisoners  of  war,  staff  of­ ficers,  or  any  member  of  the  crew  other  than  the  Un­ reason  for  his termination  of  employment.  licensed  Personnel  that  is routine  work  of  the  Unlicensed  Section  9.  Statement  of  Earnings.  Unlicensed  crew  Personnel  shall  be  paid  for  at  the  regular  overtime  rate.  members  shall  be  given a  complete record  of  all  earnings  Such  payment  to  be  divided  among  the  Unlicensed  Per­ sftW  deductions  for  the  voyage  not  later  than  at  the  time  sonnel  ordinarily  required  to  perform  such  work.  of'payoff.  Section  17.  ' Carrying  of  Cadets,  etc.  in  Lieu  of  Crew.  Section  10.  Customary  Duties.  Members  of  all  depart­ No  cadets,  workaways,  or  passengers  shall  be  carried  in  ments  shall  perform  the  necessary  and  customary  duties  lieu of  the crew.  of  that department.  Each member  of  all departments  shall  Section  18.  Emergency  Duties  and  Drills,  (a)  Any  perform  only  the  recognized  and  customary  duties  of  his  work  necessary  for  the  safety  of  the  vessel,  passengers,  particular rating.  When  it  is  necessary  to  shift  a  man  to  fill  a  vacancy,  crew  or  cargo  or  for  the  saving  of  other  vessels  in  jeop­ the  man  so shifted  shall  perform  the  duties  of  the  rating  ardy  and  the  lives  thereon,  shall  be  performed  at  any  time  and  such  work  shall  not  be  considered  overtime.  to which  he  is assigned.  (b)  Whenever  practicable, lifeboat  and  other emergency  Section  11.  Vessels  Aground.  In  the  event  the  vessel  drills shall  be  held on  weekdays,  Monday  through  Friday,  runs aground,  this  agreement  shall  be  lived  up  to  by  the  between the  hours of  8 a.m.  and 4:30  p.m.  Preparation for  Company  regardless  of  whether  the  Company  or  the  In­ drills, such  as stretching fire hose and  hoisting and  swing­ surance  Company  is paying  the  wages  and overtime,  until  ing  out  boats,  shall  not  be  done  prior  to  signal  for  such  such  time  as  articles  are  terminated.  drills,  and  after  drill  is  over,  all  hands  shall  secure  boat  Section  12.  Medical  Relief,  (a)  Full  medical  attention  and gear.  In no event shall overtime  be paid for work  per­ as  required  by  law  shall  be  given  to  all  imlicensed  per­ formed  with such drills, except  as herein  provided.  sonnel.  Except  where  it is assumed by  the U.  S. Consul  or  (c)  Overtime  shall  be  paid  for  lifeboat  and  other  drills  the  U.  S.  Public  Health  Service,  such  medical  attention  held  on  Saturdays,  Sundays  and  holidays,  except  in  in­ shall  be  furnished  by  the  Company  at  the  expense of  the  stances  where  departure  time  and  date  do  not  permit  re­ Company.  quired  drills  being  held before the first  Saturday,  Sunday  (b)  The  Company agrees,  when stocking  medicine chest,  or  holiday  after  departure.  (d)  In  port  when  such  drills  are  held  on  Saturdays,  to  include  penicillin  which  shall  be  furnished  free  of  charge  to seamen  in need  of  same.  The rules of  the  U. S.  Sundays  or  Holidays,  overtime  shall  be  paid,  except  Public  Health  Service  shall  be  observed  with  respect  to  where  such  drills  are  held  on  days  of  departure.  dosage  and  administration.  Section  19.  Safe  Working  Conditions.  The  employer  Section  13.  Malntenaime  and  Cure.  When  a  member  shall  furnish  safe  working  gear  and  equipment  when  in  of  the Unlicensed Personnel is entitled to maintenance and  any  harbor,  roadstead,  or  port.  No  man  shall  be  re­ cure under  Maritime Law.  he shall be paid  maintenance at  quired  to  work  under  unsafe  conditions.  Ordinary  haz­ the  rate of  $8.d0  per  day  for  each  day or  part  thereof,  of  ards  of  the  sea  shall  not  be  considered  unsafe  conditions  entitlement.  The  payment  due.  hereunder  shall  be  paid  in  applying  this  section.  io  the  man  wOekly.  This  payment  shall  be  made  regard­ Section  20.  Holidays.  The  Company  agrees  to  recog­ less  of  whether  he  has  or  has  not  retained  an  attorney,  nize  the  following  as  holidays:  filed a  claim for  damages, or  taken any  other steps to that  .1.  New  Year's Day  6.  Labor  Day  end  and  irrespective  of  any  insurance  arrangements  in  2.  Washington's  Birthday  7.  Thanksgiving  Day  effect" between  the  Company  and  any  insurer.  8.  Christmas  Day  3.  Memorial  Day  9.  Independence  Day  Section  14.  Repatriation,  Upkeep  and  Transportation.  4.  Armistice  Day  5.  Lincoln's  Birthday  '  (a)  Where  crew  members  must  leave  a  vessel  because  In  the  event,  V.E.  or  V.J.  days  are  observed  as  Na­ of  illness or  injury  in any  location outside  the  continental  United States,  he shall  be repatriated  at company  expense  tional  Holidays,  they  shall  be  included  in  the  list.  Saturdays, Sundays  and  Holidays, at  sea  or in  port shall  as set  forth herein, at  the  eai'liest  date  possible.  <  If  repatriated  on  a  vessel  of  the  company,  he  shall  be  bo  considered  holidays  for  the  Unlicensed  Personnel  not  signed on  as a  non­working workaway.  If  repatriated on  a  on  watch.­  Men  on  watch  shall  perform  only  the  routine  vessel  of  another company,  he shall  be  given not  less than  duties  necessary  for  the  safe  navigation  of  the  vessel  on  second  class  passage.  In  the  event  he  is  given  less  than  these  days.  Overtime  pay  shall  be  paid  for  all  work  performed  by  second  class  passage  on  a  vessel  of  another  company,  he  shall  be  given  the  cash  difference  between  the  passage  the  Unlicensed  Personnel  on  any  of  the nine  holidays  de­ afforded  and  second class passage.  The seaman  shall have  scribed  in  this  agreement  at  sea  or  in  port.  In  the  event  any  of  the  above­named  holidays  fall  on  the option  of accepting repatriation  by plane  if  such trans­ portiOn  is  offered.  Repatriation  under  this  section  shall  Saturday  or Sunday  while  in port  or  at  sea,  the  Monday  following  shall  be  observed  as  such  holiday.  Any  day  be l^ck to the Pert of  Engagement.  .i.<.(b)..­Xn  the,'.ei{ent, n crew  member...must  leave, a  ivesstel  .<%t 'is a; recognized  jiolida:^  for the; longshoremen <in . con*  S«nl«BM«tarr­­Pare IteM ^  tinental  U.  S.  ports  shall' also  be  a  recognized  holiday  for  the  crew  while  in  that  particular  port.  Sectftm  21.  Overtime Rate.  The  overtime rate for un­ licensed  personnel  shall  be  $1.48  per  hour and  $1.87  per  hour.  (The  dividing  line  which  will  determine  which  ratings  will  receive  the  $1.48  per  hour  overtime  rate  and  those  who  will  receive  the  $1.87  hourly  overtime  rate  ik  being negotiated. This item is discussed fully in the conclu­ sion  of  the  negotiating  committee's  report  on  page  12  of  this  supplement.)  Section  22.  Commencement  of  Overtime.  Overtime  shall  commence  at  the  time  any  employee  shall  be  called  to  report  for  work  outside  of  his  regular  schedule,  pro­ vided  such  member  reports  for  duty  within  15  minutes.  Otherwise,  overtime  shall  commence  at  the  actual  time  such  employee  reports  for  duty  and  such  overtime  shall  continue  until  the  employee  is  released.  Section 23.  Continuous Overtime.  When  working over­ time and  crei# is knocked  off for 2 hours  or less,  the over­ time  shall  be  paid  straight  through.  Time  allowed  for  meals  shall  not  be  considered  as  overtime  in  this  clause.  Section  24.  Computation  (ff  Overtime.  When  over­ time  worked  is  less  than  1  hour,  overtime  for  1  full  hour  shall  be  paid.  When  overtime  worked  exceeds  1  hour,  the  overtime  work  performed  shall  be  paid  for  in  one­ half  hour  periods,  and  any  fractional  part  of  such  period  shall  count  as  one­half  hour.  Section  25.  Checking  Overtime.  No  work  specified  in  this  agreement  as  overtime  work  shall  be  performed  un­ less authorized  by  the  head  of  the  particular  department.  After  airthorized  overtime  has  been  worked,  the  senior  officer  of  the  department  on  board  will  present  to  each  employee  who  has  worked  overtime  a  slip  stating  hours  of  overtime  and  nature  of  work  performed.  An  overtime  book  ^111  be  kept  to  conform  with  individual  slips  for  settlement  of  overtime.  Officers  arid  men  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  disputed  overtime.  No  claim  for  overtime  shall  be  valid  unless  such  claim  is  presented  to  the  head  of  the  department  within  72  hours  after  completion  of  the  work.  When  work  has  been  performed  and  an  over­ time  claim  is  disputed,  the  head  of  the  department  shall  acknowledge  in  writing'that  the  work  was  performed.  Section  26.  Payment  of  overtime.  All  money  due­for  crew  overtime 'Shall  be  paid  at  the  signing  off,  In  the  event  payment  of  overtime  is  delayed  by  the  Company  beyond  the  24  hours  after  signing  off  articles,  additional  compensation  shall  be  paid  at  the  rate  of  $10.00  a  day  for  each  calendar  day  or  fraction  thereof  aforesaid  pay­ ment  of  overtime  wages  is  delayed.  This  shall  not  in­ clude  disputed  overtime  being  settled  between  the  Union  Representatives  and  the  Company.  Section  27.  Division  of  Wages  of  Absent  Members.  (a)  When  members  of  the  unlicensed  personnel  are  re­ quired  to  do  extra  work  because  the  vessel  sailed  with­ out  the  full  complement  as  required  by  vessel's  certifi­ cate,  under  circumstances  where  the  law  permits  such  soling, the  wages  of  the  absent  members  shall  be  divided  among  the  men  who  perform  their  work,  but  no overtime  shall  be  included  in  such  payments.  (b)  At  sea,  when  day  men  are  switched  to  sea  watches  and  promoted, for  the  purpose  of  replacing  men  vvho  are  injured  or  sick  they  shall  receive  the  differential  iri  pay.  (c) ,When  men  standing  sea  watches  are  promoted  for  the  pui­pose  of  replacing  men  who  are  injured  or  sick  they  shall  receive  the  differential  in  pay  only.  (d)  In  no  event  shall  any  member  of  the  Unlicensed  Personnel  work  more  than  8  hours  in  any  one  day  with­ out the  payment  of  overtime.  Section  28.  Money  Draws  in  Foreign  Ports.  Monies  tendered  for  draws­ in  foreign  ports  shall  be  in  U.  S.  Currency,  or  equivalent  at  official  rates  of  exchange  where  the  issuance  of  U.  S.  Currency  conflicts  with  ex­ isting  laws.  When  American  money  is  aboard,  crew  advances  shall  be  put  out  the  day  before  arrival  in  port.  Upon  request  the  Unlicensed  Personnel  shall  be  granted  advances  at  least  once  every five  days,  except  on  Saturdays.  Sundays  and  Holidays,  while  the  vessel  is  in  port.  Such  advances  shall  be made  available  to  the  crew  not  later  than  4  p.m.  Section 29.  Explosives.  On  vessels  carrying  explosives  in  excess  of  50  long  tons  as  permitted  by  law,  the  Com­ pany  agrees  to  pay  each  member  of  the  Unlicensed  Per­ sonnel,  in  addition  to  their  regular  monthly  wage,  10%  per  month  of., such  wages  while  such  cargo  is  on  board  the  vessel  or  is  being  loaded  or  discharged.  When  the  Unlicensed  Personnel  is  required  to  work  exxplosives  at  any  time,  they  shall  be  paid  for  such  work  in  addition  to  their  regular  monthly  wages  at  the  rate  of  $5.00  per  hour.  For  the  purpose  of  this  agreement,  explosives  shall  consist  of  the  following  items:  Nitro­Glycerine  Loaded  Bombs  T.N T.  Dynamite  Poison  Gases  Loaded  shells  of  one  Black  Powder  pound  or  over  but  not  Blasting  Caps  small  arms  ammunition.  Detonating  Caps  Section  30.  Penalty  Cargoes,  (a)  When  members  of,  the  Unlicensed  Personnel  are  required  to  clean  holds  in  which  lead  concentrates,  coal,  coke  or  penalty  cargoes,  as  specified  herein,  have  been  carried  they  shall  be  paid  straight  overtime for  the  watch  on  deck  and overtime  and  one­half  for  the  watch  below.  (b)  For the  purpose  of  this agreement  the  following art  classed  as  penalty  cargo:  In Bulk  Bones  Caustic  Soda  Green  Hides  Soda  Ash  ^  Manure  _  _ .  fireosoted Lumbw^,^,3;;,;  ^  j  _  jfi  J|  !  • :  \ I  ­ul  ''­I  •  '"'^1  t"!  vi;!  �• •   r  Snpplemeniaty—Page  F^or  In Bacs  nr Bulk  Bone  Meal  Superphosphate  Chloride  of  Lime  Cyanide  <  Lampblack  Cement  Carbonblack  Gasoline  carried in  any  Sulphur  manner  •   Copra  (3000  tons)  Greave  Cakes  Saltcake  (c)  On  vessels  carrying  penalty  cargoes  in  bulk  in  the  combined  weight  of  lOOO  long  tons  or  over,  unless  other­ wise specified, the Company agrees to  pay each  member of  the  Unlicensed  Personnel,  in  addition  to  the  regular  monthly wages,  10% of  such wages from the time  the load­ ing of  the  penalty cargo  is started  until  the  penalty  cargo  is completely discharged.  Section  31.  Standby  Work.  When  men  are hired  by  the  Company  for  standby  work  in  port,  by  the  day,  and  board  and  lodging  are  not  furnished  them  on  the  ship,  they  shall  be  paid  at  the  rate  of  $1.87  per  hour.  Their  regular  hours  of  work  shall  be  from  8  a.m.  to  12  noon  and  from  1  p.m.  to  5  p.m.,  Monday  through  Friday.  Any  'work  performed  by  them  outside  their  regular  hours  of  work  shall  be  paid  for at  the rate  of  $2.81  per hour.  Men  hired  to  perform  standby  work  shall  perform  any  work  that  shall  be  assigned  to  them  by  their  superior  officer,  and  they  shall  not  be  subject  to  any  working  rules  set  :  forth  in  this agreement  unless  they  shall  be  required  to  keep  steam  in  the  boilers  or  oil  winches.  When  standby  :  work  in any  particular  department  is to  be performed,  an  effort  shall  be  made  to  obtain  men  with  ratings  in  such  department  if  they  are  available  and  are  competent  to  perform  such  work.  Any  man  so  hired  for  standby  work  who  reports  when  ordered shall  be paid a minimum  of  one  full day's pay  for  the  first  day  and a  minimum  of  one­half  day's  pay  there­ after.  (This  change  shall  not  be  interpreted  to  conflict  with  any understanding  that the  Union might  have  with a Com­ pany  whose  practice  is to  hire relief  crews  while  the ves­ sel  is  in  Fort.)  Section  32.  Longshore  Work  by  Crew.  In  those  ports  where  there  are  no  longshoremen  available,  members  of  the  crew  may  be  required  to  do  longshore  work  or  drive  winches for the  purpose  of  handling cargo.  For such  work  performed  they  shall  be  paid  in  addition  to  their regular  monthly  wages,  $1.87  per  hour  for  their  watch  on  deck  and  $2.81  per  hour  for  their  watch  below  between  the  hours  of  8  a.m.  and  5  p.m.  weekdays.  After  5  p.m.  and  before  8  a.m.  on  Saturdays,  Sun­ days,  or holidays,  the  rate  shall  be  $3.74  per  hour  for  all  hands  so  engaged.  This  section shall  not apply  wheii  longshoremen  are  not  available due to  labor trouble.  .^Section  33.  Working  Ballast,  (a)  When  members  of  the  crew  are  required  to  discharge  ballast,  other  than  waterballast,  out  of  holds  or  handle  or  discharge  ballast  on deck  including washing  sand ballast  off  decks with hose,  the  watch  on  deck  shall  receive  their  straight  overtime  rate  for  such  work.  The  watch  below  shall  receive  time  and  one­half  their  overtime  rate  for  such  work.  (b)  Day  men  shall  receive  their  straight  overtime  rate  between  the  hours  of  8  a.m.  and  12  noon  and  1  p.m.  and  6  p.m.  Weekdays.  After  5  p.m.  and  before  8  a.m.  and  on  Saturdays,  Sundays  and  holidays,  day  men  shall  re­ ceive  time  and  one­half  their  overtime  rate.  If  watches  are  broken, day  men's scale  shall apply  to the  entire crew.  Section  34.  Port  Time.  For  the  purpose  of  applying  port  overtime  provisions  of  this  agreement,  "port  time"  or  the  words  "in  port"  shall  be  defined  to  mean  the  fol­ lowing:  Commencement  of  Port  Time.  (a)  From the  time a vessel  is properly secured to a  dock,  buoy,  or  dolphins  for  the  purpose  of  loading  and/or  dis­ charging  cargo,  ballast,  passengers  or  mail;  undergoing  repairs;  taking  on  fuel,  water  or  stores;  fumigation,  lay­ up;  awaiting  orders  or  berth.  (b)  From  the  time  the  vessel  is  properly  moored  or  anchored  for  the  purpose  of  loading  and/or  discharging  cargo,  ballast,  passengers,  or  mail;  undergoing  repairs;  taking  on fuel,  water  or  stores; fumigation,  lay­up;  await­  .  ing orders or berth.  (c)  Port  overtime  provisions  shall  not  apply  to  vessels  entering  a  port  and  anchoring  for  the  sole  purpose  of  avoiding  Inclement  weather.  (d)  Port  time  shall  not  commence  until  the  vessel  has  shifted from  quarantine anchorage  to a  berth  or  other an­ chorage for the  purposes as provided for  in subsections (a)  and  (b)  of  this  section.  (e)  Vessels lying  at  the  same  anchorage  after  obtaining  quarantine  clearance  shall  be  considered  awaiting  berth  and  port  overtime  provisions  shall  apply  except  in  cases  where  vessel  cannot  move  due  to  weather conditions.  (f)  Port  overtime  provisions  shall  not  apply  to­ vessels  mooring  or  anchoring  for  the  sole  purpose  of  awaiting  transit  of  canals  such  as  the  Panama  Canal.  (g)  Port  overtime shall not  apply  when taking  on water,  fuel or stores while  in the  process of  awaiting an  assigned  turn  for transit  of  the  Suez  Canal.  (b)  Port  overtime  provisions  shall  not  apply  to  vessels  mooring or  anchoring, for the  sole  purpose  of  landing sick  or injured  persons.  However,  a  vessel  taking  on  fresh  fruits,  vegetables,  or  milk while transiting  the canals  shall not  be considered  to  be in port under subsection  (b) of  this section.  Terminatton  of  Port  Time.  Port  time  shall  terminate  when  the  first  ahead  or  astern  bell  is  rung  the  day  the  vessel  leaves  the  harbor  limits,  however,  this  paragraph  shall  not  apply  in  the  cases  where  the  vessel  is  being  shifted  as  provided  for  in  Article  II  Section  35.  SccMoa  85.  Shifting  l^lp.  (a)  After  the  vessel's  ar­ DcMnber  12, 1952  SteAFAHBHS  LOG  rival  in  port  as outlined  in  Article  II,  Sect.  84,  any  sub­ working  rules  and  sea  watches  have  not  been  set  and  sequent  move  in  Inland  waters,  bays,  rivers,  and  sounds  members  of  the  unlicensed  deck  and  engine  personnel  shall  be  regarded  as  shifting  ship  and  overtime  shall  be  off  duty  are  required  to  work  overtime  between  mid­ paid  for  men  on  duty  while  such  moves  are  performed  night  and  8  a.m.,  they  shall  be  entitled  to  one  hour  of  on Saturdays,  Sundays  and  Holidays and  after  8  p.m.  and  rest  for  each  hour  actually  worked.  Such  rest  period  shall  be  given  at  any  time  during  the  same  working  day.  before 8 a.m.,  weekdays,  with the following  exceptions:  The  rest  period  shall  be  in  addition  to  cash  overtime  Port  Alfred  to  Montreal, or vice  versa  allowed  for  such  work.  If  such  rest  period  is  not  given,  .  Port  Alfred  to  Quebec  or  vice  versa  men  shall  be  entitled  to  overtime  at  the regular  overtime  Montreal  to  Quebec  or  vice  versa  All  moves  from  American  Ports  to  British  Columbia  rate  in  lieu  thereof.  This  shall  not  apply  when  sea  watches  are  set  the  same  day  and  before  the  test  period  ports  or  vice  versa  •   Montevideo  to  Buenos  Aires  to  Rosario  or points  above  is  completed.  This  section  shall  not  apply  to men  turning  to  on  over­ or  vice  versa  Boston  to New  York  or "vice  versa  time  at  6  a.m.  or  after.  (b)  On  days  of  arrival,  if  members  of  the  unlicensed  NevTOrleans to  Baton Rouge or vice versa  deck  or  engine  personnel  off  duty  are  required  to  per­ Norfolk  to  Baltimore  or  vice  versa.  (b)  Moves  from  Baltimore  through  the  Chesapeake  and  form  work  between  midnight  and  8  a.m.,  thCy  shall  be  Delaware  Canal  to  Delaware  River  Ports  or  vice  versa,  entitled  to  1  hour  of  rest  for  each  hour  worked.  If  such  shall  be  considered  a  move  of  the  ship  and  such  work  period  of  rest  is not  completed  at 5  p.m.  of  the  same day,  after  5  p.m.  and  before  8 a.m.  or  on  Saturdays,  Sundays,  overtime  shall  be  allowed  for  the  incompleted  portion  or holidays,  shall  be  paid for  at  the  overtime  rate.  of  such  rest  period.  (c)  On  days  of  departure,  the  rest  period  nrovision  Section  36.  Restriction  to  Ship.  When  a  vessel  has  been  in  a  foreign  port  where  the  crew  was  restricted  to  herein  shall  apply  to  day  workers  only.  Section  42.  "Fresh  Provisions,  (a)  An  adequate  supply  the  ship and  the Company  claims that  this restriction  was  enforced  by  the government  of  the Port  visited,  the  Com­ of  fruit  juices  shall  be  provided  for  the  unlicensed  per­ pany  will  produce  a  copy  of  the  government  restriction  • ­ sonnel.  Fresh  milk,  fruit  and  vegetables  will  be  fur­ order  when  the  crew  is  paid  off.  A  letter from  the  Com­ nished  at  every  port  touched  where available,  and  if  sup­ pany's Agents  will  not be  sufficient  proof  of  the  existence  ply  is  possible,  a  sufficient  amount  to  last  until  the  next  of  such  an  order.  If  the  Company  is  unable  to  produce  port  or  to  last  until  the  food  would  ordinarily,  with  good  such an  official order  from the government of  the country  care,  spoil.  Shore  bread  shall  be  furnished  at  all  U.  S.  "  ,  involved  and  is unable  to satisfy  the  Union of  ^he  validity  ports  when  available.  Frozen  foods  shall  be  considered  the  equivalent  of  and  of  such  restriction,  the  crew  shall  be  compensated  for  having  been  restricted  to  the  ship  by  the  payment  of  serve  the  same  purpose  as  fresh  foods.  (b)  Milk  shall  be  served  three  times  daily  in  port.  overtime  for  the  period  of  the  restriction.  Section 37.  Security Watches.  If  unlicensed crew  mem­ Forty  gallbns  of  milk  shall  be  on  board  on  sailing  day  bers  are  required  to  stand  security  watches  in  port  by  when  the  ship  sails  from  a  port  where  pasteurized  milk  order  of  Federal,  Military  or  Naval  authorities  in  United  is  readily  available.  Section  43.  Room  and  Meal  Allowance.  When  board  States controlled  ports,  or  by  foreign  government  author­ ities  in  other  ports,  they  shall  be  paid  overtime  for  all  '^is  not  furnished  unlicensed  members  of  the  crew,  they  such  watches  stood  between  the  hours  of  5  p.m.  and  8  shall  receive  a  meal  allowance  of  $1.00  for  breakfast,  $1.50  for  dinner,  ^nd  $1.50  for  supper.  When  men  are  a.m.,  Monday  through  Friday.  required  to  sleep  ashore,  they  .shall  be  allowed  $4.00  per  Section  38.  Sailing  Board  Time,  (a)  The  sailing  time  night.  shall  be  posted at  the gangway  on arrival  when  the  vessel  Section  44.  Meal  Hours.  Relieving  for,Meals.  The  is  scheduled  to  stay  in  port  12  hours  or  less.  When  the  meal  hours  for  the  Unlicensed  Personnel  employed  in  stay  is  scheduled  to  exceed  12  hours  the  sailing  time  the  Deck  and  Engine  Departments  shall  be  as  follows:  shall  be  posted  8  hours  prior  to  scheduled  sailing,  if  Breakfast  7:30  a.m.  to  8:30  a.m.  before  midnight.  If  scheduled  between  midnight  and  Dinner  11:30  a.m^ to  12:30  p.m.  8  a.m.,  sailing  time  should  be  posted  by  4:30  p.m.,  but  Supper  5:00  p.m.  to  6:00  p.ni.  not  later  than  5:00  p.m.  (a)  At sea the 4 to  8 watch shall  relieve itself  for supper.  (b)  All  members  of  the  Unlicensed  Personnel  shall  be  (b)  The  12  to  4  watch  on  sailing  day  is  to  be  knocked  aboard  the  vessel  and  ready  for  sea  at  least  1  hour  be­ fore  the  scheduled  sailing  time.  In  the  event  any  mem­ off  at 11  a.m.  in order to  eat at  11:30 a.m.  and  to  be ready  ber  of  the  Unlicensed  Personnel  fails  to  comply  with  to go  on  watch  at  12  noon.  (c)  These hours  may  be  varied, but  such  variations shall  this  provision,  the  Company  shall  call  the  Union  and  the  Union  shall  furnish  a  replacement.  If  the  original  mem­ not  exceed  one  hour  either  way,  provided  that  one  un­ ber  reports  after  the  Company  has  called  for  a  replace­ broken  hour  shall  be  allowed  at all  times  for  dinner  and  ment,  the  man  sent  by  the  Union  as  such  replacement  supper  when  vessel  is in  port.  When  watches  are  broken,  shall  receive  2  days'  pay,  which  2  days'  pay  shall  be  if  one  unbroken  hour is not  given, the  man  involved  shall  paid  by  the  member  who  was  late  in  reporting  for  duty.  receive  one  hour's  overtime  in  lieu  thereof.  This  penalty  (c)  When  the  Company  has  ordered  a  replacement  for  hour  shall  be  in  addition  to  the  actual  overtime  worked  which  there  is  no  vacancy  on  a  ship,  the  Company  shall  during  the  meal  hours.  ,  (d)  When crew  is called  to work  overtime  before  break­ reimburse  the  seamen  the  equivalent  of  2  days'  pay  plus  fast  and  work  continues  after  7:30  a.m.,  a  full  hour  shall  transportation  charges.  (d)  If  the  vessel's  departure  is  delayed  and  the  delay  be allowed  for  breakfast, and  if  breakfast  is not  served by  is  due  to  the  loading  or  discharging  of  cargo,  the  new  8  a.m.,  overtime  shall  continue  straight  through  until  time  of. departure  shall  immediately  be  posted  on  the  breakfast  is  served.  (e)  if  one unbroken  hour is  not given,  the men  involved  board  and  if  such  del^ exceeds 2 hours  the  watch  below  may  be  dismissed  and  shall  receive  2 hours'  overtime  for  shall  receive  one  hour's  overtime  in  lieu thereof.  (f)  When  the  watch  below  or  men  off  duty  are  working  such  reporting.  (e)  In  the  event,  after  cargo  is  aboard  or  discharged  on  overtime  at  sea  or  in  port,  they  shall  be  allowed  one  and  ship  is ready  to  proceed,  the  full  complement 6t  Un­ unbroken  meal  hour.  If  one  unbroken  meal  hour  is  not  licensed  Personnel  is  not  on  board,  no  overtime  shall  be  given, the  men  involved  shall  receive one hour's  overtime  in  lieu  thereof.  This  penalty  hour  shall  be  in addition  to  paid.  (f)  The  overtime prescribed above  shall  not  apply  when  the  actual  overtime!  worked  during  the  meM  hour.  The  sailing  is  delayed  on  account  of  weather,  such  as  rain,  provisions  in  this  section  shall  be  applicable  at  all  times  at  sea  or in  port  to men  on  day  work.  fog,  or any  other  condition  beyond  the  vessel's  control.  Section 45.  Midnight Lunch,  If  crew works  continuous  Section  39.  Securing  Vessel  for. Sea.  All  vessels  of  the  Coinpany  must  be  safely  secured  before  leaving  the  overtime  until  midnight,  men  shall  be  provided  with  hot  lunch  at  midnight,  one  hour  to be allowed  for  such  meal,  harbor  limits  for  any  voyage.  Vessels  sailing  in  the  daytime  must  be  safely  secured  if  the  work  continues.  If  this  full  hour  is  not  allowed,  before, leaving  the  harbor  limits.  In  the  event the  vcss^  an  additional  hour  overtime  shall  be  paid.  If  the  crew  is  not  safely  secured  before  reatihing  the  harbor  limits,  works as late as 9  p.m., coffee and  lunch shall  be provided.  the  vessel  shall  proceed  to  a  safe  anchorage  and  be  se;  Fifteen minutes  shall  be  allowed and  be included  in  over­ cured . before  proceeding  to  sea.  Vessels  sailing  after  time  if  work  continues,  If  the  crew  works  as  late  as  3  dark  shall  be  safely  secured  before  leaving  the  dock  or  a.m.,  coffee  and  lunch  shall  be  provided.  If  crew  works  ­ may  proceed  to  a  safe  anchorage  to. secure  vessel  before  as late  as 6 a.m.,  coffee shall  be provided.  Fifteen minutes  proceeding  to  sea.  When  lights  can  be  miaintained  on  shall  be allowed  and  be  included in overtime  if  work  con­ the  after  deck,  gear  and  hatches  may  be  secured  on  this  tinues.  deck  enroute  to  anchorage.  Section  46.  Coffee  Time,  (a)  All  hands  shall  be  al­ Where  the  vessel  is secured  for  sea  with  the  exception  lowed  fifteen  minutes  for coffee  at  10 a.m.  and  3 p.m.,  or  of  the  after  deck  where  lights  may  be  maintained  and  at a  convenient time  near those hours.  this  job  of  securing  can  be  accomplished  before  the  (b)  When  crew  is  called  to  work  overtime,  coffee  shall  vessel  leaves  the  harbor  boundaries,  then  the  vessel  may  be  made  by  the  watch  or  watchman  and  be  ready  at  the  secure  enroute  and  proceed  directly  to  sea,  after  leaving  time  of  calling,  and  allowed  during  fifteen  minutes  of  the  dock.  readiness  period.  .  Section  40.  Launch  Service.  When  a  ship  is anchored  Section  47.  Crew's  Quarters.  _A11  quarters  assigned  or tied  up to  a  buoy  for  8 hours  or over,  for the  purpose  ­ for the use of  the unlicensed  personnel are  to be  kept free  outlined  in  Article  II,  Section  34,  each  member  of  the  from vermin insofar as possible. This is to be accomplished  '  Unlicensed  Personnel  while  on  his  watch  below  shall  be  through  the  use  of  extermination  facilities  provided  by  allowed  one  round  trip  to  shore  at  the  Company's  ex­ the Company,  or fumigating the  quarters every six  months •   pense  every  24 hours.  with  gas.  When  launch  service  is  arranged  for  by  the  Company,  Room  allowance  as  provided  in  Section  43  shall  be  the  schedule  shall  be  such  that  each  and  every  member  allowed  when vessel  is in  port and:  shall  be  given  opportunity  for  a  rotmd  trip  as  called  1.  Heat is not  furnisheid in  cold weather.  for  herein  on  his  watch  below.  2.  Hot  water  is not  available  in  crew's  washrooms for  a  In  Port  where  regular  boat  service  is  not  available  period  of  12  or  more  consecutive  hours.  .members  of  the  crew  may  make  their  own  arrangements  3.  Crew's  quarters  have  been  painted  and  paint  is  not  for  transportation  and  the  company  agrees  to  reimburse  absolutely  dry  and  oth^r  suitable  quarters  are  not  either  the  crew  member  or  the  owner  of  the  boat  up  to  furnished  aboard.  '  $2.00 per  round  trip per  man carried once  every 24 houn.  4.  At  all times  when  vessel  Is  on  dry  dock  overnight.  Section  41.  Rest Periods,  (a)  When  ship is under  port  8.  Linen  Is  hot  issued  upph  pnen's  request  prior, to  8  i  I,  >1  in  >1'  >iji"  �v't  f .fri.t;pv'*.*!y''  December  It,  195%  ru Ifv.  V|  <>  r,'»  jy»  i,,  >»  SEAVARERS  LOG  iSmfgAemeaiary—Pve  Pirc  ;P.m.  09,the. day ;tbe • Baman JoiTO  the.vesseL  ...  ticles shall  terminate at first  port of  arrival in  accordance  ­is less..than  a  full  cmpplement  aboard  due  to  a  condition  9.  Ye^seLis .b^g  lumigated  and  is not  cleared  before'  with  voyage  description­set  forth  in  the  articles,  except  arising  as  the  result  of  a  marine  casualty.  ,  g,pjn,  Section  62.  Manning  Scale.  It  is  agreed  and  under­ that  when  the  arrival  at  the first  port  is for  the  purpose  .  7i  Mep  standing midnight  to. 8  a.m.  watch  DO  the  same  of  securing  additional  bunkers,  stores,  or  making  emer­ stood  that  the  present  Manning  Scale  carried  on  the  ,day  the  vessel is fumigated  shall  be  entitled  to room  gency  repairs  of  not  more  than  "7  days  duration,  articles  Company's  vessels  shall  not  be  changed  unless  such  allowaqee  regardless of  when the  vessel  is cleared.  shall  continue  until  the ,  vessel  can  proceed  to  another  changes are  mutually agreed  to by  both ^e Union  and the  8.  In  the shipyard  and  when  repair  work  such  as  chip­ continental  United  States  port.  Company.  It  is  agreed  that  this  section  applies , to  the  ping,.  welding,  riveting,  hammering,. or  other  work  (f)  It  is further agreed  that ..if  within  30 days  of  signing  Deck and  Engine  Departments.  The  Stewards  Departmen.  :  of*a.similar.nature  is  being  performed  in  or  about  clear  of  the  articles  a  seaman  who  accepted first­class  will  be' manned for  the  life of  this  contract  in  accordance  the,crew's  qparters  between  8  p.m.,and  6  a.m.  railroad  transportation  in  cash,  presents  himself  in  the  with  manning  scales  in  Article  V.  This  section  also  doe­ 9.  When  such  work  as  outlined  in  eight  above  is  being  Company's  or  Agent's  office  at  the  port  of  engagement,  nof  apply  to  ships  that  are  not  On  articles,  or  to  rating­ ,  ,  .  performed  in or  around  the  quarters  of  ,the  men  who  he  shall  be  paid  an  amount  equal  jto  wages  and  sub­ that  might  be  carried  for  a  particular  purpose,  as  for ex  stand  donkey  watches,  such  men  will  be  provided  sistence  for  the  number  of  days, ordinarily  required  to  ample  Reefer  Engineers,  etc.  with  other  quarters  or  room  allowances  will  be  al­ travel  from  port  of  signing  off  back  to  the .port  of  en­ Section 63.  International  Date Line.  If  a vessel  crosse ­ ,lowed.  gagement.  the  International  Date  Line  from  east  to  west,  and  a  Sat­ Section  48.  Cleanliness  of  Quarters.  The  Unlicensed  .  2.  (a)  Ves.sels making  a  voyage, or  voyages to  Bermuda,  urday,  Sunday  or  Holiday  is  lost,  all  day  workers  sha'  Personnel  shall  cooperate  to  the  fullest  in order  to  keep  Mexico,  West  Indies,  including  Cuba,  Canada,  Newfound­ observe the  following Monday  or the day  following a Hoi  ­ .  their respective  living quarters  clean and  tidy at, all times.  .  land.  and/or  coastwise. in  any  order,. either  direct  or  via  day.  Watch  standers  will  be  paid  overtime  in  accordanc  Section.  49.  Crew  fkiulpment.  The  following  items  ports,  shall  be  signed  on  for  one  or  more  continuous  voy­ with  the  principle  of  Saturday  and  Sunday  overtime  i  shall  be  supplied  the  Unlicensed  Personnel  employed  on  ages on  the above­described route  or any  part  thereof  and  sea.  If  the  Sunday  which  is  lost  is  also  a  Holiday,  or  i  board  vessels  of  the  Company:  back  to  a final  port  of  discharge  on  the  Atlantic  or  Gulf  the  following  Monday  is  a  Holiday,  then  the  followin  ­.  Coast  of  the  continental  United  States for  a  term  of  time  Monday  and  Tuesday  shall  be observed.  1.  A  suitable  number  of  blankets.  However,  in  crossing  the Jntemational  Date  Line  fror  2.  Bedding  consisting  of  two  white  sheets,  one  spread,  not  exceeding  6  calendar  months.  (b)  When  a  vessel  is  on  domestic  articles  or  Harbor  west  to  east,  if  an  extra  Saturday.  Sunday  or  Holiday  t  two white  pillow slips, which shall  be changed weekly.  3.  One  face  towel  and  one  bath  towel  which  shall  be  payroll  prior  to  proceeding  on  a  foreign  voyage  a  mem­ picked  up,  only  one  of  such  Saturdays,  Sundays  or  Hoi  .  her  of  the  Unlicensed  Personnel  shall  not  be  entitled  to  days  shall  be  observed  and  all  crew  members  will  be  n  changed  twice weekly.  ,4:  One  cake  of  standard  face  soap  such  as.  Lux,  Life­ transportation  to  the  port  of  engagement  if  he  fails  to  quired  to  work  without  overtime  on  the  so­called  sefcor  make  the  foreign  voyage,  unless  the  company  terminates  Saturday,  Sunday  or  Holiday,  provided  that  if  Sunday  ;  .  .  ,  .  :  . buoy  or  Palmolive  soap  with  each  towel  change.  also a  Holiday the  Sunday  which  is  picked  up shall  be  o!  his  employment  through  no  fault  of  his  own.  .5.  One  box  of  matches  each  day.  .  (c)  If  the  port  where  the  articles  are finally  terminated  served as  such  Holiday.  6.  Suitable  mattresses  and  pillows  shall  be  furnished  Section  64.  New  Equipment  Not  Carried  At  Preset  is located  in  an  area  other  than  the  area  in  the  continen­ but  hair,  stfaw, or  excelsior  shall not  be  suitable.  7.  All  dishes  provided  for  the  use  of . the  Unlicensed  tal  United  States  in  which  is located  the  port  of  engage­ In  the  event  the  Company  secures  a  vessel  of  a  type di  ment, first­class  transportation  shall  be  provided  to  those  ferent from those  now operated and  covered by  this Agret  •   Personnel  shall  be  of  crockery.  8.  One  cake  of  laundry  soap,  one  cake of  lava  soap,  one  men  only  wj|o  leave  the  vessel,  plus  wages  and  sub­ ment, the  Company and the  Union shall  meet  immediatel  sistence  to  port  of  engagement  in  continental  United  to  negotiate  working  rules  to  cover such  vessel.  box  of  washing powder  weekly.  .  i  Section  65.  Calendar  Day.  For  the  purpose  of  th  9.  Sanitubes  shall  be  available  for  the  Unlicensed  Per­ States.  At  the  seaman's  option,  cash  equivalent  of  the  actual  cost  of first­class  rail  transportation  shall  be  paid.  agreement,  the  calendar  day  shall  be  from  midnigb'!:  i  sonnel  at  all  times.  (d)  If  the  vessel  departs  from  the final  port  of  dis­ midnight.  10.  Cots  shall  be  supplied  to  the  crew  while  in  the  Section  66.  War  Zone.  In  case  any  vessel  of  the cor­ charge  within  10  days  after  arrival  to  return  to  the  area  tropics  except  on  the  new  type  passenger  vessels.  Any  member wilfully  damaging or destroying  linen­shall  wherein  is  located  the  port  of  engagement,  the  above  pany  traverses  waters ­adjacent  to  or  in  the  proximity  •   a  declared  or  undeclared  war  or  state  of  hostilities  it  be  held  accountable  for  same.  When  linen  is  not  issued,  shall  not  apply.  (e)  For  the  purpose  of  this  Section,  the  continental  hereby agreed  that  a  petition  on  the  part  of  the Union  f­ men  shall  receive  $2.00  each  week  for  washing  their  owii  linen.  The  Steward  shall  not  issue  clean  linen  to  any  United  States  shall  be  divided  into five  areas;  Pacific  the  opening  of  negotiations  for  added  remuneratio  :  individual  crew  member  until  such  member  has  turned  Northwest:  California;  Atlantic  Coast  area.  North  of  Cape  bonuses,  and/or  insurances,  shall  in  no  way  be  deem­ Hatteras;  Atlantic  Coast  Area,  South  of  Cape  Hatteras;  cause  for  the  termination  of  this  agreement.  In  his  soiled  linen.  Section  50.  .  Ventilation.  All  quarters  assigned  to  the  and  the  Gulf  Coast  area.  Section  67.  Copies  of  Agreements  to  be  Furnishe  Unlicensed  Personnel  and  all  messrooms  provided  for  '  (f)  It is  further agreed  that  if  within  30  days of  signing  Copies of  this agreement  shall  be furnished  to the  Mastc  their  use shall  be adequately  screened and  ventilated  and  clear of  the articles,  a  seaman  who accepted first­class rail­ Chief  Engineer and  Chief  Steward,  who  in  turn shall'su  a sufficient  number  of  fans  to  secure  ventilation  shall  be  road  transportation  in  cash,  presents  himself  in  the  Com­ ply  each  departmental  delegate  with  a  copy  at  the  coi  pany's  or  Agent's office  at  the  port of engagement, he shall  mencement  of  each  voyage.  provided.  '  Section 51.  Mess Room.  Each  vessel  shall  be furnished  be  paid an  amount  equal  to wages  and  subsistence for  the  with  a  messroom  for  the  accomodation  of  the  crew,  such  number of  days ordinarily  required  to  travel  from  port  of  messroom  or messrooms  to  be  in  each case  so  constructed  signing  off  back  to  the  port  of  engagement.  (g)  It  is  also  agreed .that  the  transportation  provisions  as  to  afford  sitting  room  for  all  and  to  be  so  situated  as  to  afford  full  protection  from  the  weather  and  from  heat  contained  herein  shall  not  Apply  until  the  articles  are  and  odors arising from  the vessel's  engine room,  fireroom,  finally  terminated.  Section  1.  Wages.  The  monthly  rate  of  pay  for  t  3.  Any  member  of  the  Unlicensed  Personnel  will  be  Unlicensed  Personnel  in  the  Deck  Department  when  t  hold  and  toilet,  i.  Section  52.  Washrooms.  Adequate  vVashrooms  and  allowed  to  pay  off  the  vessel  in  any  port  in  continental  respective  ratings  are  carried  shali  be  as follows:  .  lavatories shall  be made  available for  the  Unlicensed  Per­ United  States  or  Puerto  Rico  upon  24 hours  notice  to  the  Rating  Montiily  Rate  sonnel  of  each  department,  washrooms­  to  be  equipped  Master,  prior  to  the  scheduled  sailing  of  the  vessel.  In  of  Pay  like manner,  the Master  shall  be allowed  to  discharge  any  ;  with  a  sufTicient  number  of  hot  and  cold  fresh  water  Boatswain  $378.00  .  ,  member  of  the  Unlicensed  Personnel  upon  24  hoiu­s  aho>yers.  Carpenter  353.85  notice.  If  the  seaman  exercises  his  rights  to  be  paid  off, ­ '  Section  53.  Lockers.  A  sufhcient  number  of  lockers  as  provided  for  in  this  paragraph,­ transportation  provi­ A.B.  Maintenance  330.75  shall  be  provided  so  that  each  employee  shall  have  one  sions  shall  not  be  applicable.  If  the  Master  exercises  his  Quartermaster  302.32  locker  of  full  length  whenever  space  permits,'  ivith  suffi­ light  to  discharge  a  seaman  as  provided  for  in  this  para­ Abie  Seaman  302.32  cient  space  to  stow  a  reasonable  amount  of  gear  and  per­ graph,  transportation  provisiuiis  siiall  be  applicable.  How­,  Ordinary  Seaman  239.40  sonal  effects.  ever, a  member may  be discharged  in Puerto  Rico  for  just  When  the  Carpenter  is  required  in  writing  by  tlie Co  Section  54.  Uniforms.  In  the  event  a  man  is required  cause  and  shall  not  be  entitled  to  transportation.  Should  pany  to furnish  his own  tools,  he  shall  be  p;nd  $20.00 |  to  wear  a  uniform,  other  than  provided  for  in  Article  V,  the  Union  object  to  the  discharge,  the  matter  shall  be  month  in addition  to  his base  wage.  Section  29, he  shall furnish  his  own  uniform  and  shall  be  bandied  in  accordance  with  grievance  procedure.  Section  2.  Division  of  Overtime.  Ail  overtime  sl^  paid  an  additional  $12.50  per  month  for  same.  4.  Applicable  Operations  Regulations  shall  be  effective  be  divided  as  equally  as  possible  among  the  members  Section  55.  Electric  Refrigerator  and  Electric  Washing  on GAA  vessels.  the  deck  crew.  In  any  event,  the  Boatswain  shall  be  .  Machine.  An  electric  refrigerator  and  an  electric  wash­ Section  58.  Return  to  Port  of  Engagement.  In  the  ing  machine  shall  be  furnished  for  the  use  of  the  un­ event a  ship' of  the  Company  is sOld,  interned, lost  or  laid  lowed  to  make  as  many  hours  overtime  as  the  high  ma  licensed  crew  on  each  vessel.  The  location  of  this  refrig­ up,  the  crew  shall  be  giveh  transportation  back  to  the  overtime  houi­s  in  the  Deck  Department,  except  wh  erator  and  washing  machine  shall  be  determined  by  the  port  of  engagement  with  subsistence,  room  and  wages,  as  such  overtime  has  been  paid  for routine  sea  watchesj. •   If  the Boatswain  is required  to work  with  and superv  Company.  Should  either  the  refrigerator  or  washing  ma­ per  Article  II,  Section  59 of  this  agreement.  When  room  chine  break  down,  it  is  understood  and  agreed  that  the  and  subsistence  is  not  furnished  aboard  the  vessel,  room  the  watch  on  deck  on  Saturdays,  Sundays,  or  Holidays  Company  will  not  be  expected  to  make  repairs  until  the  and  meal  allowance  will  be  paid  as  prescribed  in  Article  sea  for  which  the  watch on  deck  receives  additional  ,o\  vessel/arrives  at  a  Port  where  the  manufacturer  has  a  II, Section  43 until  crew is  furnished repatriation  by train,  time,  he  shall  receive  the  same  amount  of  overtime |  hour as  paid  to .a  member  of  the  watch .on  deck,  in  lieu  ,  service  representative  available.  plane  or  vessel.  his  regular  overtime rate.  Section  56.  Jury  Toilets.  When  and  wherever  neces­ Section  59.  Traveling.  Members  of  the  Union,  when  sary  for  sanitary  reasons,  jury  toilets  shall  be  rigged  on  When  the  Boatswain  is  w orking  alone,  or  w ith  men  transported  by  tiie  Company  during  the  course  of  their  watch  below  only,  on Saturdays,  Sundays,  or  Holidays,  the  poop  deck.  Section  57.  Transportation  and  Paying  Off  Procedure.  employment,  shall  be  provided  with  first­class  transpor­,  shali  receive  the  regular  overtime  rate  prescribed.  1­  1.  (a)  Vessels  in  the  Bauxite  trade  or  on­foreign  voy­ tation  by  rail;  when  travel  at  night  is  involved,  a  lower  :  Section  3.  Division  of  Watches,  (a)  The  Sailop  wi  ages shall  be signed  on  for one  voyage for  a term  of  time  berth  shall  be  provided  or  the  cash  equivalent  thereof,  at  sea  shall  be  divided  into  three  watches  w hich 'shall  not  exceeding 9  calendar months.  Vessels.in  the  Far  East  and  with  subsistence  at  the  rate  of  $6,00  per  day  in  addi­ kept  on  duty  successively for  the performance  of  ordin  trade  shall  be  signed  on  as  herein  stated  except  that­the  tion  to  their  regular  monthly  wages.  When  traveling  by  work  incident  to  the  sailing  and  maintenance  of  the  \  ship  is  involved,  men  shall  be  provided  with  secoqd­class  term  of  time  may  be  12  calendar  months.  sel.  transportation  or  the  cash  equivalent  thereof.  (b). It  is  also  agreed  that  the  Articles  shall  terminate  (b)  Not  less  than  3  seamen  shall  constitute  a  comp:  Section  60.  Vessels  in  Idle  Status.  When  a  vessel  is  at  the final  port  of  discharge  in  the  continental  United  sea  watch  at  all  times.  When  any  of  these  3  ratings  .  inactive in a  United States port  for any reason for  a period  States  of  Amei­ica.  If  the final  port of  discharge  is located  missing  and  the  watch  is  not  complete,  the  wages  eqi  in  an  area  other  than  the  area  in  the  continental  United  of  10  days  or less,  the  Unlicensed  Personnel  shall  be  kept  alent  to  the  rating  that  is  missing  from  the  watch  si  on  board  at  the  regular  monthly  rate  of  pay.  However,  States  in  which  is  located  the  port  of  engagement, flrat­ be  paid  to  the  other  member  or  members  making  up  >  class  transportation  shall  be  provided  to  only  those  men  when  it  is  expected  that  said  vessel  will  be  idle  for  a  remainder  of  the  watch.  period  in excess  of  10 days,  the Unlicensed  Personnel may  who  leave  the  vessel,  plus  wages  and  subsistence  to  port  (c)  When  the  watch  below  Is  called  out  to  work  ti  of  engagement  fa, continental  United  States.  At  the  sea­ be  reduced  on  arrival.  Should  the  vessel  resume  service  shall  be  paid  overtime  for  work  performed  during  tl  within  10 days,  the  vessel's  Unlicensed  Personnel  who are  men's  optiqn,  cash  equivalent  of  the. actual  cost  of first  watch  below,  e.xcept  for  such  work  as  defined  in  Art­ entitled  to  return  to  the  vessel,  shall  receive  wages  and  class  rail  transportation  shall  be  paid.  (c)  If  the vessel  departs from the final  port, of  discharge  subsistence  for  the  period  for  which  they  were  laid  off.  H,  Section  18.  Section  4.  Boatswain  or  Carpenter  Standing  Wa  within  10 days  after arrival  to return  to the  afca  wherein  SMtion  61.  FuH  Complement  While  Cargo  is  Being  (a)  If  the  Boatswain  or  Carpenrer  Is  icquU­ed  to at;  is  located  the  port  of  engagement,  the  above  shail  not  Worked.  A full  complement  of  Unlicensed Personnel  shall  apply.  be  maintained  aboard  vessel  at  all  times  cargo  is  being  watch  due  to  a  shortage  of  men,  such  watches  stood  'ween  the  hours  of  5  p.m.  and  8 a.m.,  Monday  throi  (d)  For  the  purpose  of  this  Section,  the  Continental  worked.  United  States,  shall  be  divided,  into five  areas—^Pacific  The  Company ­shall  be  in  compliance  with  this ­section  Fridays,  and  from  midnight  to  midnight  on  Saturd;  Northwest; California;  Atlantic Coast  Area,  North  of  Cape  when  there  is  less  than  a  full  complement,  Saturdays,  Sundays,  or  Holidays  sliall  be  paid  for  at  their  regu  Hatteras;  Atlantic  Coast  Area,  Soufh  of  Cape  Hattera^;  Sundays , and  on  Holidays,,  due  to  voluntary  termination,  overtime rate.  However,  all  such  watches shall  be iajic  '  and  the  Gulf  Cogsf  area.  .  .to.  discharge  for  cause  or  absence  of  meml^rs  of  the  tion to  their regular  duties­as  Boatswain  or  Carpenter,  t .,  (e)  It  is fu:[the;r >«^ireed thgt  in^ thli eyani;a,ship returng ,.,  yi}iiceiiae<4  ]^rspnnel.wl>d.should.have  normally  been  on  such 4jases,  there  shall  be no di.vision  of  wagea^..  (b)  An  AB Maintenance  may  be required  to reidaee  light'or  in  baliaift  to  the  edntinental  United  States,­ar­ ffuty.  IJOtewlse, comi^anee  shall  be  in ­effect  when  tliei­e  .• A  fiV  •  ­ • • '/J  ­if i  'W  ARTICLE  III  Deck Departmeiit  •   '>  "m  •  i •   �Supplementary—Page  Six  If  r  SEAFARERS  LOG  December 12,  1952  Section 13.  Handling  Mooring  Lines.  All  hands,  when  Monday  through .Friday, they  shall receive $.50  per  hour.  unlicensed  member  of  the  Deck­ Department  when  said  (c)  When  this  work  is  performed  by  men  off  watch  at  member is  sick  or  missing  without  the  payment  of  over­ available,  shall  be  used for  breaking' out  or  stowing  away  mooring  lines.  The  men  who  perform  this  work  shall  sea  or  in  port  between  5  p.m.  and  8  a.m.  weekdays  or  on  time,  Monday  through  Friday.  Section  5.  Setting  Watcbes.  Sea  watches  shall  be  set  be paid at their regular overtime rate between  the hours of  Saturdays,  Sundays,  or  Holidays,  they  shall  receive  over­ not  later  than  noon  on  sailing  day.  When  the  vessel  sails  5  p.m.  and .8  a.m.,  weeksdays,  or  on  Saturdays,  Sundays  time plus  $.50 per  hour.  (d)  The  rate  for  cleaning  cargo  holds  which  have  car­ before  noon,  watches  shall  be  set  when  all  lines  are  on  or  Holidays.  ried  penalty  cargo  shall  be  that  shown  in  Article  II,  Section  14.  Docking  and  Undocking.  The  watch  on  board  and  vessel  is  all  clear  of  the  dock.  Section  30.  deck  shall  receive  overtime  for  docking  or  undocking  af­ Section  6.  Breaking  Watches  and  Work  in Port,  (a)  In  Section  23.  Handling­Mall  or  Baggage.  Wlfbn  sailors  all  ports,  watches  shall  be  broken  except  in  those  ports  ter  5  p.m.  and  before  8  a.m.,  Monday  through  Friday.  are  required  to  handle  mail  or  baggage,  they  shall  be  All  hands,  when  available,  shall  be  used  to  perform  this  where  stay  of  vessel  will  not  exceed  24  hours,  then  paid  the  rates  specified  in  Article  II,  Section  32.  work.  watches  shall  run  consecutively.  Section  24.  Vessel's  Stores.'  (a)  Sailors  may  be  re­ Section 15.  Topping  or  Lowering  Booms,  (a)  When  all  Any  part  of  a  sea  watch  from  midnight  until  8  a.m.,  on  quired  to handle  Deck  stores either  on  the  dock  or aboard  hatches  are  to  be  rigged  or  unrigged,  all  hands  available  day  of  arrival,  shall  constitute  a  coihplete  watch.  This  shall not  apply to  men required  for gangway  watch.  When  are  to  be  used  in  topping  or  lowering  booms.  If  the  ship  during  their  regular  hours  without  payment  of  arrival occurs  on a  Saturday, Sunday  or Holiday,  overtime  booms  of  only  one  hatch  are  to  be  topped  or  lowered,  overtime.  Regular  hours  shall  be  from  8  a.m.  to  12  noon  and  from  1  p.m.  to  5  p.m.,  Monday  through  Friday.  shall  only  be  paid  for  hours  actually  worked  on  such  not  less than  two full  watches are  to be  used.  (b)  When  sailors  are  required  to  handle  Stewards  or  (b)  The  watch  on  deck  may  stretch  guys,  handle  top­ watch.  Engine  Room  stores,  either  on  the  dock  or  aboard  ship,  ping  lifts  and  generally  make  ready  cargo  gear  for  top­ (b)  In  port  when  sea  watches  are  broken,  the  hours  of  they shall  be paid  overtime  at their  regular overtime  rates  ping  booms.  labor shall  be from  8 a.m.  to 12 noon  and 1  p.m.  to 5  p.m.,  during  straight­time  hours  and  the  rate  of  time  and  one­ (c)  When  booms  are  lowered  and  properly  secured,  Monday  through  Friday.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  half  their  overtime  rate  during  overtime  hours  herein,  any  work  outside  of  these  hours  or  on  Saturdays,  the  watch  on  deck  may  clear  the  deck  and  secure  guys.  (c)  Daily  supplies  of  povisions  to  be  used  for  port  con­ (d)  The  watch  on  deck  shall  perform  this  work  without  Sundays  and  Holidays  shall  be  paid  for  at  the  regular  sumption  shall  be  brought  aboa[rd  by  the  sailors  during  the  payment  of  overtime  during  straight  time  hours.  overtime  rate  for  the respective  ratings.  (e)  When  members  of  the  Deck  Department  are  re­ regular  hours ^when  required  to  do  so,  without  payment  Section  7.  Men  Standing  Sea  Watches,  (a)  Men  stand­ quired  to  spot  booms  for  longshoremen,  they  shall  be  of  overtime'.  ing  sea  watches shall  be  paid  overtime  for Saturday,  Sun­ compensated  at  the  longshore  rate  as  specified  in  Ar­ (d)  The  Officer­in­Charge  shall  determine  the  number  day,  and  Holiday  watches  and  for  all  work  in  excess  of  of  sailors  required  for  handling  ship's  stores.  ticle  II,  Section  32.  This  shall  only  apply  when  this  8  hours  between  midnight  and  midnight  each  day.  No  (e)  The  Company  reserves  the  right  at  any  time  to  use  work  is  done  for  the  longshoremen ­in  connection  with  work  except  for  the  safe  navigation  of  the  vessel  is  to  be  the  loading  or  unloading  of  cargo.  shoregangs  to  handle  ship's  stores.  done  after  5  p.m.  and  before  8  a.m.,  Monday  through  Section  25.  Using  Paint  Spray  Guns.  When  members  Section  16.  Unsafe  Working  Conditions.  Working  in  Friday,  and  on  Saturdays,  Sundays,  and  Holidays  without  of  the  crew  are  required  to  paint  with  spray  guns  they  holds into  which  cargo  is. being loaded  or discharged  shall  payment  of  overtime.  be  considered  unsafe  working  conditions.  (Men  working  shall  be  paid  at  the  regular  overtime  rate  during  straight  (b)  If  a  man  standing  regular  watch  at  sea  or  in  port  time  hours  and  overtime  and  one­half  during  overtime  or  watching  Cargo  shall  not  be  included  in  this  clause.)  on Saturdays,  Sundays and  Holidays for  which he  receives  hours.  Section  17.  Call­back  to  Shift  or  Haul  Vessel,  (a)  overtime is  required  to  work,  he shall  be  paid  overtime  in  When  spray  guns,  other  than  small  hand  type,  are  be­ addition  to  the overtime  he receives  for  standing  the  reg­ When  vessel  is  in  port  and  watches  are  broken  and  men  ing  used  for  painting,  two  men  shall  operate  same  and  are  called  back  for  shifting  ship,  after  5  p.m.  and  be­ ular  sea  watch  on  Saturdays,  Sundays,  or  Holidays  with  fore  8  a.m.,  Monday  through  Friday,  they  shall  receive  a  both  men  shall  receive  overtime.  the  following  exceptions:  Section  26.  Sanitary  Work.  Sanitary  ­vork  shall  be  two­hour  minimum  for  such  call­back.  Ir  Routine  work  for  the  safe  navigation  of  the  vessel.  In  the  event  the  shift  exceeds  2  hours,  the  men  shall  done  on  weekdays  between  6  a.m. and  8  a.m.,  without  the  2.  Cleaning  quarters.  payment  of  overtime.  Sanitary  work  in  this  section  shall  .  receive  overtime  for  the  hours  actually  worked.  .  3.  Docking  ­  Undocking.  On  Saturdays,  Sundays,  and  Holidays,  the  men  shall  mean  cleaning  the  wheelhouse,  chartroom,  cleaning  win­ (c). If  a  man  standing  sea  watches  on  Saturdays,"  Sun­ receive  a  minimum  of  4  hours  for  such  call­back.  In  dows  and  mopping  out  wheelhouse.  days,  or  Holidays  is  required  to  do  longshore  work,  tank  the  event  the  shift  exceeds  4  hours,  they  shall  receive  Section  27.  Cleaning  Quarters.  One  Ordinary  Seaman  cleaning  or  handle  explosives  during  his  watch,  he  shall  overtime  for  hours  actually  worked.  on  duty  shall  be  assigned  to  clean  quarters  and  toilets  of  not  receive  the  regular  overtime  but  he  shall  be  paid  the  (b)  When  men  are  called  out  to  haul  ship,  after  5  p.m.  the  Unlicensed  Personnel  of  the  Deck  Department.  Two  overtime  rate  as  specified  in  this  agreement  for  that  type  and  before  8  a.m.,  Monday  through  Friday,  they  shall  hours  shall  be  allowed  for  this  work  between  the  hours  of  work  in  lieu  of  the  regfilar  overtime  rate.  receive  a  2­hour  minimum  for  such  call­back.  of  8  a.m.  and  12  noon  daily  both  at  sea  and  in  port,  as  Section  8.  Relieving  Helmsman.  No  Mate  shall  re­ In  the  event  the  haul  exceeds  2  hours,  the  men  shall  designated  by  the  Officer­in­Charge.  lieve  Helmsman except  in an  emergency.  Sougeeing, chip­ receive  overtime  for  the  hours  actually  worked.  Section  28.  Tending  Livestock.  When  livestock  is car­ ping,  painting,  etc.,  shall  not  be  considered  an  emergency.  On  Saturdays,  Sundays  and  Holidays,  the  men  shall  ried,  the  sailors  may  be  required  to  tend  and  feed  the  Section  9,  Sea  Watches  In  Port.  When  sea  watches  receive  the  minimum  of  4  hours  for  such  call­back.  In  livestock  and  clean­up  stalls  or  cages.  During  straight­ are  in  effect  all  members  of  each  respective  watch  shall  the  event  the  haul  exceeds  4  hours,  they  .shall  receive  time hours,  they shall  receive  the  overtime  rate  and  over­ be  on  duty  and  shall  be  paid  overtime  on  Saturdays,  Sun­ overtime  for  hours  actually  worked.  time  and  a  half  during  overtime  hours.  When  hauling  ship,  if  men  are  knocked  off  for  less  days,  and  Holidays.  Section  29.  Dumping  Garbage.  When  members  of  the  Deck  Department are  required  to handle  garbage  by  hand  Section  10.  Gangway  Watches.  In  all  ports  when  than  1  hour  overtime  shall  be  continuous.  (c)  The  duty  of  men  called  for  the  specific  purpose  of  or  shovel,  the  watch  on  deck  shall  be  paid  at  the  regular  watches  are  broken  a  gangway  watch  shall  be  maintained  shifting  ship  shall  be  limited  to  work.necessary  for  shift­ overtime  rate,  and  the  watch  below  shall  be  paid  at  the  at  all  times.  A  sailor  shall  be  assigned  to  maintain  this  rate  of  overtime  and  one­half.  watch  and  8  hours  shall  constitute  a  watch.  No  overtime  ing,  and  shall  not  include  maintenance  or  repair  work.  Section  30.,  Removing  Soot  From  Smoke  Stack.  When  Section  18.  Going  Ashore  to  Take  Lines.  The  prac­ shall  be  paid  for  these  watches  on  weekdays  between  the  hours  of  5  p.m.  and  8  a.m.  Overtime  shall  be  paid  for  tice  of  putting  sailors  ashore  to  handle  lines  when  dock­ members  of  the  Deck  Department  are  required  to  remove  watches  stood  from  midnight  to  midnight  on  Saturdays,  ing  or  undocking  is  to  be  avoided  as  far  as  possible.  If,  accumulated  soot  from  inside  of  the  smoke  stack,  they  Sundays  and  Holidays.  Sailors  standing  gangway  watches  however,  no  other  means  for  handling  lines  is  available  shall  receive  overtime  during  regular  working  hours  and  shall  not  be  required  to care  for cargo  lights without  pay­ and  sailors  are  required  to  catch  the  lines  or  let  them  overtime  and  one­half  during  overtime  hours.  Section  31.  Bilges  and  Oil  Spills,  (a)  When  men  are,  ment  of  overtime.  Sailoris standing  gangway  watches shall  go,  the  sailors  actually  handling  lines  shall  receive  $1.00  not  be  required  to  do  any  other  work,  except  raise  or  each  in  each  case.  This  is  to  be  in  addition  to  overtime,  required  to  clean  bilges,  they  shall  be  paid  straight  over­ lower  gangway,  tend  gangway  lights,  and  gangway  ropes,  if  they  are  working  on  overtime  at  that  particular  time  for  their  watch  on  deck  and  overtime  and  one­half  for  their  watch  below.  call  the  deck  watches  and  Steward's  Department  and  moment.  (b)  When  men  are­ required  to  clean  up  oil  spills  on  After  the  ship  is  properly  moored  and  members  of  the  turn  off  and  on  deck  light  and  anchor  light  switches.  (b)  Gangway  watches  shall  not  be  maintained  while  Deck  Department  are  required  to  put  out  additional  lines  deck  or oil  spills  on  houses  and  masts  as  a  result  of  fuel­ or  single  up  lines  during  regular  working  hours,  no  ing  or  overflow  from  tanks,  they  shall  be  paid  at  the  ship  is  underway  during  the  shifting  of  the  vessel.  additional  money  shall  be  paid.  straight  overtime  rate  for  their  watch  on  deck  and  over­ Section  11.  Day  Workers,  (a)  The  following'ratings  Section  19.  Securing  Cargo,  (a)  If  cargo  is  not  prop­ time and  one­half  for  their  watch  below.  shall  be  classified  as  day  workers:  Boatswain,  Carpenter,  (c)  There  shall  be  only  one  payment  for  cleaning  up  erly  secured  before  going  to  sea  and  the  watch  below  is  Storekeeper,  AB  Maintenance.  after  each  spill.  required  to  secure  such  cargo,  they  shall  be  paid  at  the  (b)  The  working  hours  at  sea  and  in  port  for  all  men  Section  32.  Tank  Cleaning,  (a)  When  members  of  the  classified  as  day  workers shall  be  from  8 a.m.  to 12  noon,  rate  of  overtime  and  one­half  for  such  work  performed.  and  1  p.m.  to  5  p.m.,  Monday  through  Friday,  Any  work  If  the  watch  on  deck  is  required  to  perform  such  work,  crew  are  required  to  enter  any  tank  in  which  water  is  regularly  carried,  for  the  purpose  of  cleaning  or  making  performed  by  day  men  outside  of  these  hours  shall  be  they  shall  be  paid  at  the  overtime  rate.  repairs  therein,  they  shall  be  paid  straight  overtime  for "  (b)  Routine  tightening  up  of  cargo  lashings  and  re­ paid  for  at  their  regular  overtime  rate,  except  for  such  straight  time  hours  and  overtime  and  one­half  between  lashing  of  cargo  which dias  come  adrift  shall  not  consti­ work  as  defined  in  Article  II,  Section  18.  the  hours  of  5  p.m.  and  8  a.m.,  weekdays,  or  on  Satur­ Section  12.  Carpenter's  Duties,  (q)  Routine  duties  of  tute  overtime.  days,  Sundays,  and  Holidays.  Section  20.  Handling  Hatches,  (a)  When  the  sailors  the  Carpenter  shall  include  the  following:  (b)  When  members  of  the  crew  are  required  to  enter  are  used  to  remove  hatches,  strong  backs,  and  tank  tops  1.  Painting,  chipping  and  cleaning  the  windlass.  tanks that have  contained  animal,  vegetable,  petroleum oil  for  the  purpose  of  loading  or  unloading  cargo,  or  to  2.  Sounding  bilges, fresh  water  and  ballast  tanks  daily.  or  creosotes  including  bunkers  or  molasses,  including  cover  up  hatches  when  cargo  is  in  the  vessel,  they  shall  3.  Shoring­up cargo.  •   receive  overtime  as  per  Article  II,  Section  32,  of  this  use  of  Butterworth  System  for  the  purpose  of  cleaning  4.  Standing  by  the  windlass  when  necessary.  or  making  repairs  therein,  the  watch  on  deck  during  agreement.  5.' Maintenance  work  such  as  repairing  locks,  install­ straight  time  hours  shall  be  paid  at  the  rate  of  $1.87  per  (b)  No  overtime  shall  be  paid  to  day  men  or  the  watch  ing  port­hole  gaskets, fixing  and  fastening  steeP lockers,  hour.  On  Saturdays,  Sundays,  and  Holidays  or  between  on  deck  between  the  hours  of  8  a.m.  and  5  p.m.,  Monday  etc.  the  hours  of  5  p.m.  and  8  a.m.,  weekdays,  the  rate  for  6.  Such  other  work  as  is  customary  for  Carpenters  to  through  Friday,  for  covering  up  when  no  cargo  is  in  the  such  work  shall  be  $3.74  per hour;  Three  hours  overtime  ship  or  taking  off  hatches  for  any  purpose  other  than  perform.  at  the  rate  of  $1.87  per  hour  shall  be  paid  for  this  work  (b)  No  overtime  shall  be  paid  to  members  of  the  Deck  actual  cargo  operations.  (c)  No  member  of  the  Unlicensed  Personnel  shall  be  in  addition  to  the  overtime  actually  worked,  provided,  Department  who are  required  to  assist  the  Carpenter  dur­ required  to  perform  this  work  where  it  conflicts  with  however, that  this three  hours overtime  shall  be  paid  only  ing  their  regular  hours.  once  when  tanks  are  being  cleaned.on  consecutive  work­ (c)  When  members  of  the  Deck  Department  are  re­ the  longshoremen  and  the  longshoremen  have  contracts  ing  days.  ,  covering  such  work.  quired  by  the  Officer­in­charge  to  perform  regular  car­ Section  33.  Cleaning  Steering  Engine.  When  sailors  Section  21.  Laying  Dunnage  for  Cargo.  When  the  penter  work  they  shall  be  paid  straight  overtime  for  are  required  to  clean  steering  engine  or  steering  engine  their  watch  on  deck  and  overtime  and  one­half  for  their  crew  is  required  to  actually  lay  dunnage  in  preparation  bed,  they  shall  be  paid  overtime  for  such  work.  How­ for  cargo,  they  shall  be  paid  at ­the  regular  overtime  rate  ever,  sailors  may  be  required  to  clean  and  paint  steering  watch  below.  (d)  Except  in  an  emergency,  only  members  of  the  Un­ for  the  watch  on  deck  and  overtime  and  one­half  for  the  engine  room  and  grease  tiller  chains  while  on  watch  dur­ licensed  Deck  Department  shall  take  soundings  in  the ab­ watch  below.  This  does  not  mean  handling  of  dunnage  ing  straight­time  hours  without  the  payment  of  overtime.  sence  of  the  Carpenter  and  Boatswain.  After  5  p.m.  and  in  order  fo  clean  holds,  but  only  refers  to  actual flooring  Section  34.  Additional  Work.  (a)  In  all  ports,  mem­ before  8 a.m.,  weekdays and  on  Saturday, Sunday  or Holi­ off  with  dunnage  for  cargo.  When  crew  is  required  to  bers  of  the  Deck  Department  may  be  required  to  chip,  install  grain fittings  .or  otherwise  prepare  holds  for  grain  sougee,  scale,  prime  and  paint  the  vessel  over  the  sides.  days,  they  shall  be  paid  at  their  regular  overtime  rate.  (e)  When  no  Carpenter  is  carried,  the  Boatswain  shall  cargo,  they  shall  be  paid  at  the  overtime  rate  for  such  (b)  Overtime  shall  be  paid  when  sailors  are  required,  stand  by  the  windlass  and  shall  take  soundings.  An  Able  work.  either  in  port  or  at  sea,  to  chip,  sougee,  scale,  prime  or  Section  22.  Cleaning  Cargo  Holds,  (a)  Members  of  paint  galley,  pantry,  saloon,  living  quarters,  forecastles,  Seaman  may  be  required  to  relieve  the  Boatswain  at  the  the  unlicensed  Deck  Department  may  be  required  to  lavatories  and  w.ashrooms,  which  are not  used  by  the  Un­ windlass  during  regular  working  hours.  (f)  When  no  Carpenter  is  carried,  driving  wedges  and  clean  and  sweep  cargo  holds.  licensed  Deck  Department.  This  shall  also  apply  to  all  chipping,  painting  or  cleaning  the  windlass  shall  not  be  (b)  When  this  work  is  performed  by  men  on  watch  enclosed  passageways  with  doors  or  bulkheads  at  both  considered  Carpenter  work.  '  " '  '  at sea  or in  port,  between  the  hours of  8 a.m.  and  5  p.m.,.  ends.  • r  l­f'  A­ I'fe'­­ i  A  �December  12,  1952  SEAFARERS  LOG  Engineer  aboard;  all  other  Electricians  to  be  directly,  responsible  to  the  Chief  Electrician.  In  the  absence  of  the  Chief  Electrician,  the  other  Electricians  to  take  or­,  ders  from  the  Senior  Engineer  aboard.  In  the  case  of,  lyatch  Electricians,  Electricians  are  responsible  to  the  Senior  Watch  Engineer.  (3)  Eiectricianc  shall  do  no  work  other  than  electrical  work  and  shall  not  be  required  to  maintain  or  repair, oil  or  greasb  any  part  of  mechanical  machinery  on  beard  vessel,  except  the  oiling  or  greasing  of  the  mechanical  Section  1.  Wages.  The  monthly  rate  of  pay  for  Un­ parts  of  the  elevators,  cargo  winches  or  electric  con­ licensed  Person)­el  in  the  Engine  Department  when  re­ veyors,  without  the  payment  of  overtime.  (This  shall  spective  ratings  are  carried  shall  be  as  follows:  not  apply  to  Si­porters  or  similar  equipment).  Overtime  shall  be  paid  for  all  electrical  or  mechanical  Monthly  work  performed  on  any  of  the following  equipment: Gyro  •   ».  Rating  ,  Compass,  Gyro  Repeaters,  Gyro  Batteries,  and  Gyro  M.G.  Rating  of  Fay  Sets,  Radio  Communication  Receiver,  Transmitter,  Radio  Chief  Electrician  ^470.99  Combiunication  Batteries,  and  Motor  Generator  Sets,  Ra­,  2nd  Electrician  i  438.76  dio  Direction  Finder  equipment.  Fathometer  equipment.  Unlicensed  Jr.  Eng.—Day  380.97  Radar  equipment  and  Loran  System  equipment.  •  Unlicensed  Jr.  Eng.—Watch  340.74  Plumber­Machinist  ;..  390.96  (4)  Electrician's  refusal  to  do  electrical  work,  when  Deck  Engineer  359.32  such  work  renders  Electricians  liable  to  electrocution,  or  Engine  Utility  f.  345.96  where  hazardous  conditions  exist,  shall  not  be  deemed  Evaporator  Maintenance  • ...  321.46  refusal  of  duty.  Oiler  302.32  (5)  When  cargo  is  being  worked  with  vessel's  electric  Oiler­Diesel  ...:  .  327.13  cargo­handling  machinery  after  5  p.m.  and  before  8  a.m.  Watertender  .................. i,.....  302.32  week  days  or  on  Saturdays,  Sundays  and  Holidays,  the  Fireman­Watertender  (FM­WT)  ..  ..  302.32  Electrician  shall  do  any  work  necessary  to  keep  electric  Fireman  286.99  cargo  handling  machinery  in  operation.  Wiper  ....  288.53  Overtime  shall  be  paid  straight  through  for  such  pe­ Ref.  Eng.  (when  only  1 carried).;.. j.,  438.76  riods  including  time  of  standing  by,  preparation  of  gear  Ref.  Eng.  (when  3  carried)—  •   ­ to  work  cargo  and  securing  of  such  gear  thereafter. How­ Chief  •  404.69  ,  ever, overtime shall  cease if  cargo  work ceases for  periods  First  Assistant  359.94  in  excess of  2  hours.  If  no  cargo  is  being  worked  during  Second  Assistant  ;  333.37  the  noon  hour  on  Saturdays,  Sundays  and  Holidays  and  Section  2.  Equalization  of  Overtime.  Overtime  for  he  is  given  his full  meal  hour,  no  overtime  shall  be  paid  men  of  same  ratings  shall  be  equalised  as  nearly  as  for  that  hour.  possible.  (6)  Electricians  shall  not  be  required  to  do  any  paint­ Section  3.  Hours of  Work,  (a)  Working  hours  in  port  ing  or  cleaning  of  electrical  machinery  spaces  and  the  and  at  sea  for  all  men  classified  as  day  workers  shall  be  outside  of  electrical  equipment,  such  as  motors,  genera­ from  8  a.m.  to  12  noon  and  1  p.m.  to  5  p.m.  Monday  tors,  panel  boxes,  fans,  vent filters,  electrical fixtures  and  through  Friday.  Any  work  outside  these  hours  oj  on  glassware.  This  does  not  mean  that  the  Electricians  will  Saturdays,  Sundays,  or  Holidays,  to  be  paid  for  at  the  not  be  required  to  clean  up  any  oil  or  grease  spilled  In  applicable  overtime  rate,  except  as  provided  in  Article  connection  with  their regular  duties.  II,  Section  18.  (7)  Electricians  shall  be  required  to  maintain  the  in­ (b)  Working  hours  in  port  or  at  sea  for  all  men  classi­ side  of  motors,  generators,  panel  boxes,  fans  and  the  fied  as  watchscanders shall  be  forty  hours  per  week,  Mon­ face  of  switch  panels.  They  shall  also  maintain  cargo  day  through  Friday.  Any  work  performed  on  Saturdays,  and  cluster  lights  and  do  all  sweeping  and  cleaning  in  Sundays  or  Holidays  shall .be  paid  for  at  their  regular '  resistor  houses  and  fan  rooms.  overtime  rate.  (8)  When  Electricians  are  required  to  install  any  heavy  Section  4.  Work  on  Saturdays,  Sundays  and  Holidays  equipment,  whether  new  or  additional,  they  shall  be  paid  at  Sea.  (a)  If  a  man  standing  regular  watch  at  sea  on  for  such  work  at  the  regular  overtime  rate.  This  shall  Saturdays,  Sundays  or  Holidays  for  which  he  receives  not  apply,  however,  to  removals  or  replacements  or  re­ overtime  is  required  to  do  work  other  than  routine  work  pairs  to  worn  out  equipment,  nor  to  installation  of  new  for  the safe  navigation  of  the  vessel,  he  shall  be  paid  for  or  light  equipment  such  as  wiring  and  small  electrical  such  work  at  the  regular  overtime  rate  in  addition  to  the  fixtures  and  equipment.  overtime  received  fcr  standing  the  Saturday,  Sunday  or  (9)  On  vessels  carrying  Electricians,  a  properly  Holiday  watch.  equipped  workshop,  when  available  and  convenient,  will  (b)  If  a  man  standing sea  watch  on  Saturdays, Sunddys  be  assigned  the  Electricians  for  use  as  a  storeroom  for  or  Holidays  is  required  to  actually  do  longshore  work,  supplies  and  tools  and  for  overhauling  electrical  tank  cleaning,  or  handle .explosives  during  his  watch  he  equipment.  ^  shall  be  paid  at  the  overtime  rate  as  specified  in  this  Electricians  shall  keep  this  workshop  clean,  but  shall  agreement  for  that  type  of  work  in  lieu  of  the  regular  not  be  required  to  paint  or  sougee.  overtime  rate.  (10)  In  port,  when  an  Electrician  is  recalled  to  the  Section  5.  Work  out  of  Engine  Spaces.  No'unlicensed  ship  for  the  purpose  of  operating  or  repairing, any  elec­ member  of  the  Engine  Department  other  than  the  Deck  trical  equipment,  between  the  hours  of  5  p.m. and  8 a.m.,  Engineer,  Engine  Utility,  Storekeeper,  U4},^pensed  Junior  weekdays, or  on  Saturdays, Sundays  and  Holidays, a  mini­ Engineer,  Electrician,  Wiper,  Plumber  and  Machinist,  mum  of  3 hours overtime  shall  be  paid.  This clause  shall  shall  be  required  to  work  outside  the  engine  spaces  with­ not  apply  when  he  is  recalled  to  stand  by  for  the  pur­ out  the  payment  of  overtime.  Engine  spaces  shall  conr  pose  of  assisting  in  getting  the  vessel  under  way.  sist  of fireroom,  engine  room,  ice  machine  room  and  (11)  When  Electricians  on  day  work  are  called  out  to  shaft  alley.  For  the  purpose  of  routine  watch  duties  do  any  repair  work  after  midnight  and  before  8  a.m.,  a  the  engine  spaces  shall  consist  of fireroom,  engine  room,  minimum  of  2  hours  overtime  shall  be  paid.  ice  machine  room,  steering  engine  room,  and  shaft  alley.  (12)  When  the  Electrician  is  requested  in  writing  by  Section  6.  Setting  Watches.  Sea  watches  shall  be  set  the  Company  to  furnish  his  own  tools  he  shall  receive  not  later  than  noon  on  the  day  of  departure,  except  that  $20.00  per  month  in  addition  to  his  basic  wage.  when  vessel  sails  before  noon,  sea  watches  shall  be  set  (13)  The  Chief  Electrician  shall  keep  Meiger  readings  not  later  than  one  hour  before  scheduled  departure.  of  electrical  equipment  up  to  date  during  his  regular  Sea  watches  for  men  standing  "donkey  watches"  shall  working  hours.  be set  at  midnight  prior to  scheduled  sailing  time.  (14)  Electricians  shall  not  be  required  to  rewind  coils  Section  7.  Breaking  Watches.  When,  a  vessel  is  in  or  armatures  except  in  cases  of  emergency.  port  as defined  in  Article  II, Section  34,  and  is scheduled  (15)  The  Electrician,  when  available,  should  be  as­ to remain  in  port twenty­four  hours or  longer, sea  watches  signed  to  operate  electrical  controls  on  life­boat  winches  shall  be  broken.  When  scheduled  stay  of  vessel  is  less  when  they  are  being  used.  than  twenty­four  hours,  se^  watches  shall  be  maintained.  (16)  Except  in  emergencies,  all  electrical  work  nor­ If  sea  watches  are  to  be  broken,  they  shall  be  broken  mally  assigned  to  Electricians  as  their  regular  duties  when  "Finished  with  Engine"  beU  is  rung.  Seo  watches  should  be  performed  by  the  Electricians,  when  they  are  for  men  who  are  to  stand  "donkey  watches"  shall  be  aboard.  . broken  at  midnight  on  day  of  arrival  when  stay  of  vessel  (17)  He  will  not  be  required  to reline  brakes on  electric  is  to  exceed  twenty­four  hours.  winches,  anchor  windlasses  or  capstan.  On  day  of  arrival  any  part  of  a  sea  watch  from  mid­ (18)  The  Chief  Electrician  shall  keep  an  inventory  of  night  until 8 a.m.  shall constitute  a  complete watch.  This  all  supplies  and  equipment  on  hand  and  he  shall  make  shall  not  apply  to  men  who  are  to  stand  donkey  watch.  requisitions  for  all  needed  electrical  supplies  and  tools,  When  such  arrival  occurs  on  a  Saturday, Sunday  or  Holi­ subject  to  approval'of  the  Chief  Engineer.  Taking  voy­ day, overtime  shall onlyjje  paid for  hours actually  worked  age  inventories,  however,  shall  be  confined  to  straight  on  such  watch.  time  hours.  Section  8.  Supper  Relief,  (a)  At  sea  the  four  to  eight  (19)  Where  less  than  three  electricians  are  cai^­ied,  watch  shall  relieve  itself  for  supper.  they  shall  be  classified  as  day  workers.  (b)  In  port  the  man  detailed  to  oil  winches  shail  re­ (20)  When  three  electricians  are  carried,  they  shall  lieve  the fireroom  watch  for  supper  when  cargo  is  being  be  put  on  regular  sea  watch  at  sea  of  four  hours  on  and  worked,  except  when  two  or  more  men  are  standing fire­ eight  hours off.  In  port, these  electricians shall  be classi­ room  and/or  engine  room  donkey  watches  together.  fied  as  day  workers.  (21)  Electricians  shall  make  any  needed  repairs  to  Section  9.  Electricians.  (1)  The  hours  of  the  Elec­ trician  while  on  day  work  shall  be from  8 a.m.  to 12  noon  maintain  electric  refrigerators  and  maintain  electric  and from 1 p.m. to  5 p.m.,  Monday  through  Friday.  When  washing  machines.  Section  10.  Unlicensed  Junior  Engineers,  (a)  On  ves­ the  Electrician  is  requested  to  make  a  routine  daily  in­ spection  on  Saturdays,  Sundays  and  Holidays,  he  shall  sels  carrying  only  three  unlicensed  Junior  Engineers,  they  shall  be  classed  as  watch  standers  and  while  at  be  paid  at  his  regular  rate  of  overtime.  (2)  The  Chief  Electrician  shall  be  responsible  to  and  sea, shall  be  put  on  regular  sea  watches  of  four  hours  on  take  orders  from  the  Chief  Engineer,  or,  in  absence  of  and  eight  hours  off.  In  port  the  unlicensed  Junior  En­ the  Chief  Engineer,  he shall  take  orders from  the  Senior  gineers  may >  be  put  on­day work.  Section  35.  Chain  Locker.  Able  Seamen  only  shall  be sent  into  the chain  locker  to stow  chain.^  In the  event  the  chain  locker  is  located  lower'than  one  deck  below  the  windlass, a  two­way  bell  or  buzzer  or  voice  tube  shall  be  installed  for signalling  purpose.  ARTKLE  IV  Engine Department  Sappl^mentary—Paise  Seven  (b)  Duties  at  Sea.  They  shall,  assist  in  the  operation  of  the  plant  and  shall  be required  to do  maintenance and  repair  work  as  directed  by  the  Watch  Engineer  between  the  hours  of  8  a.m.  and  5  p.m.,  Monday  through  Friday  without  the  payment  of  overtime. .  Such  maintenance  and  repair  work  shall  be  confined  to  engine  room, fireroom,  machine  shop,  storeroom  in  or  adjacent  to  engine  room,  shaft  alley,  and  ice  machine  room.  They  shall  not  bo  required  to  do  general cleaning,  painting,  cleaning  paint,  polishing  work,  wirebrushing,  chipping,  or  scaling,  with­ out  the  payment  of  overtime.  (c)  Duties in  Fort.  They  shall  be  required  to  do  main­ tenance  and  repair  work  between  the  hours of  8 a.m.  and  12  noon, 1 p.m. and  5 p.m.,  Monday  through  Friday. Such  mainten^ce  and  repair  work  shall  be  confined  to  en­ gine  room, fireroom,  machine  shop,  storeroom  in  or  ad­ jacent  to  engine  room,  shaft  alley.  Ice  machine  room,  and  steering  engine  room.  (d)  If  required  ta replace  another  member,  of  the  Un­ licensed  Personnel,  they  shall  be  governed  by  the  work­r  ing  rules  covering  that  particular  rating.  (e)  On  vessels  carrying  day  Unlicensed  Junior  En­ gineers in  addition­to watch  Unlicensed  Junior  Engineers,  their  duties  shall  be  as  follows:  At  sea  and  in  port  they  shall  be  required  to  do  mainte­ nance and  repair  work  as outlined  in  subsection  (c)  above  under  the  direction  of  the  Engineer  in  charge.  They  may  assist  in  taking  on  Engine  Department  stores  includ­ ing  water  and  fuel.  (f)  On  these  vessels  where  three  Unlicensed  Junior  Engineers  are  carried,  they  shall  be  classed  as  Watch  Standers  and  they  shall  be  paid  at  the  $340.74  monthly ,  rate.  On  those  vessels  where  less  than  three  Unlicensed  Junior  Engineers  are  carried,  they  shall  be  classed  as  day  workers  and  they  shall  be. paid  at  the $380.97  month­ ly  rate.  (g)  On  those  vessels  where  more  than  three  Unlicensed  Junior  Engineers  are  carried,  three  Uniicensed  Junior  Engineers  shall  be  classed  as  watch  standers  and  the  ad­ ditional  Unlicensed  Junior  Engineers  shall  be  classed  as  day  workers.  Section  11.  Refrigerating. Engineers,  (a)  While  re­ frigerating  plant  is  being  operated  at  sea,  refrigerating  engineers  shall  be  assigned  to  watches  of  four  hours  on  and  eight  hours  off.  (b)  When  refrigerating  plant  is  operating  continuously  in  port,  the  refrigerating  engineer  may  be  required  to  stand  donkey  watch  of  eight  hours  on  and  sixteen  hours  off.  (c)  When  refrigerating  plant  is  not  being  operated  and  no  refrigerated  cargo  is  on  board,  they  shall  be  assigned  to day  work  in  the  engine  room  in  accordance  with  work­ ing  rules  for  oilers  on  day  work.  (d)  Refrigerating  Engineers  may  be  requii'ed  to super­ vise  the stowing  of  reefer cargo  in  which  event  they shall  be  paid  overtime  while  the  reefer  cargo  is  being  worked  between  the  hours  of  5  p.m.  and  8 a.m.  weekdays  or  on  Saturdays,  Sundays  and  Holidays.  (e)  At  sea,  while on  watch,  no  overhauling  work,  break­ ing calcium, shifting  or  moving  CO­2  bottles shall  be done  between  the  hours  of  5  p.m.  and  8  a.m.  weekdays  or  on  Saturdays,  Sundays  and  Holidays,  without  the  payment  of  overtime.  In  case of  emergency, such  ai  excessive  gas  leakage  or  loss  of  brine,  the  refrigeratin,  engineer  on  watch  shall  correct  this  condition  as  part  of  his  regular  duties  without  the  payment  of  overtime.  (f)  While  on  watch  duty,  refrigerating  engineer  shall  be  required  to  leave  safe  working  conditions,  keeping  the  spaces  around  the  ice  machines  and  their  auxiliaries  clean  of  oil,  water, and  refuse  accumulated  during  his  watch,  but  he  shall  not  be  required  to  do  any  painting,  cleaning.paint,  chipping,  scaling,  or  shining  bright  work.  They shall  maintain  and  operate all  refrigeration  and  air­ conditioning  machinery  and  take  temperatures  at  re­ frigeration  machinery,  fan  rooms  and  boxes.  (g)  On  day  work,  refrigerating  engineers  shall  work  under  the  direction  of  the  Chief  Engineer  or  licensed  en­ gineer  in  charge  of  refrigerating  plant.  Their  duties  shall  consist  of  overhauling  and  repair, work  necessary  in  connection  with  the  upkeep  and  maintenance  of  refrig­ erating  machinery,  its  auxiliaries,  and  equipment.  They  shall  not  be  required  to , paint,  sougee,  chip,  scale,  shine  bright  work,  or  do  cleaning  work  unless  overtime  is  al­ lowed  for  such  work.  (h)  At  no  time  shall  they  pull  or  shift  ice.  Section  12.  Plumber­Machinist,  (a)  The  Plumber­Ma­ "hinist  shall  be  classified  as  a  Day  Worker.  tb  ^lumber­Machinists  shall  be  required  to  do  repair  work  on  fresh  and  salt  water  lines  and  small  steam  lines  connected  with  the  domestic  department  of  the  vessel,  bathroom fixtures,  radiators,  galley  fuel  oil  lines,  steam  cookers  and  coffee  urns  and  shall  do  general  machine  shop  work.  They  may  be  required  to  take  on  water  dur­ ing  regular  working  hours  without  the  payment  of  overtime.  (c)  They  shall  not  be  required  to  do  any  chipping,  scalr  ing,  painting  or  sougeeing,  cleaning  or  polishing  work  at  any  time  without  the  payment  of  overtime.  Section  13.  Evaporator  Maintenance  Men.  (a)  They  shall stand  two  watches  of  four  hours each  per  day, while  evaporators  are  in  use  at  sea.  When  evaporators  are  used  in  port,  watches  shall  be  changed  to  eight  hours  on  and  sixteen  hours  off.  (b)  When  evaporators  are  in  use,  they  shall  tend  evap­ orators  and  other  auxiliaries  in  the  evaporator  spaces.  "  (c)  When  evaporators  are  not  in  use,  they  shall  be  classed  as  Day  Workers.  (d)  While  on  day  work,  they  may  be  required  to  pep­'  form  general  maintenance  and  repair  work  in  the  En­ gine  Department,  and  they  may  be  required  to  assist  in  taking  on  water,  fuel  oil  and  Engine  Department  stores.  I  ­.J  ma  ."i:  I  :,:i  • >  1­ ...I  �'"• /flW  Supplementary—Pai^e  Eieht  ( f­r'  ft; •  a"  '?n  •  • >.,  Tt .  f  <S>  C­ ^  i.  • • f»  SEAFARERS  LOG  December 12, 1952  "  but  they  shall  not  be  required  to  clean  boilers,; tanks  or  ilaries clean of any excess oil. Their routine duties shall In­ .  Section  25,  Water­tube  Firemen on  Day  Woik,  (a)  in  port, they  shall  be required  to do general cleaning, polish­ tank  tops,  or  do  any  cleaning,  sougeeing,  scaling  or  clude  cleaning  lube  oil  strainers  and  purifier.  (c)  On  vessels  with  small  cargo  refrigeration  plants,  ing and painting  work in the fireroom, sponging and  blow­ painting  without  the  payment  of  overtime.  They may  be  required,  however,  to  do  minor  sougeeing  or  spotting  up  oilers  shall  oil  plant,  but  shall  not  be  required  to  take  ing tubes  and shall  assist  the engineers  in making  repairs  in  the  evaporator  room.  They  may  also  be  required  to  temperatures.  On  vessels  carrying  watch  freezers,  oilers,  to boiler mountings,  etc.  (b)  They  may  alsof  be  required  to  wash  down  steam  replace oilers,  watertenders,  liremen­watertenders  or fire­ shall  not  handle  refrigeration  plant.  (d)  If  required  to  start  or  blow  down  evaporator,  he  drums  of  water­tube  boilers.  men  who  are  sick,  injured  or  missing.  (c)  When  required  .to  do  any  cleaning  of  boilers  and  Section  14.  Storekeeper,  (a)  They  shall  be  classified  shall  be  paid  one  hour  overtime  for  each  operation.  How­ fireboxes  other  than  the  above,  they  shall  be  paid  over­ ever,  when  such  equipment  is  placed  in  opei'ation,  oilers  as  Day  Woijcers.  (b)  They  shall  supervise  the  work  of  the  wipers  under  may  be  required  to  check  the  equipment  at  regular  in­ .  time.  Section  26.  Fire­tube  Firemen  on  Sea  Watches.  instructions  from  the  First  Assistant  Engineer  and  they  tervals,  make  necessary  adjustments  to insure  proper and  shall  have  charge  of  storeroom  and  stores,  and  maintain  even fibw of  condensate  and  salt  water  and  oil  and  tend  (a)  They  shall  perform  routine  duties,  clean  . burners,  any  pumps  operated  in  connection  with  such  equipment  strainers  and  drip pans,  punch  carbon, keep  steam,  watch  inventories.  fuel  oil  pressure  and  temperature.­ (c)  They  shall  not  be  required  to  do  any  painting,  without  payment  of  overtime.  (b)  The^ shall  clean up  excq^s  oil  occasioned  by  chang­ (e)  On  turbine  propelled  vessels  which  are  certified  as  cleaning  paint,  wirebrushing,  chipping,  scaling  or  polish­ ing  burners  and  strainers  without  payment  of  overtime  passenger  vessels  and  are  carrying  passengers,  the  oiler  ing  work  without  the  payment  of  overtime,  except  in  the  on  the midnight  to 4 a.m.  watch may  be  required to  assist  and  shall  leave  the  fireroom  in  a  safe  condition  when  Engine  Department  storerooms.  relieved.  Section  15.  Deck  Engineer,  (a)  It  shall  be  the  duty  in blowing  tubes, where  automatic soot  blowers arb in  use.  (c)  They shall  not be  required to  do  any painting,  clean­,  (f)  Oilers shall not be required to do  any painting, clean­ of  the  Deck  Engineer  to  oil  and  maintain  winches  and  ing  paint,  wire­brushing,  chipping,  scaling  or  polishing  ing  paint,  wirebrushing,  chipping,  scaling  or  polishing  do  maintenance  and  repair  work  to  deck  machinery  and  work  without  the  payment  of  overtime.  without  the  payment  of  overtime".  deck  piping,  and  when  no  Electrician  is  carried  he  may  work  (d)  If  the  ship arrives  in  port, between 5  p.m.  and  mid­ Section  19.  Oilers  on  Day  Work—Steam.  They  shall  be  required  to  care  for  lights, fuses and  overhaul  electric  night,  they  shall  continue  on  sea  watches  until  midnight  assist  the  migineers  in  maintenance  and  repair  work  in  fans.  Lifeboat  motors  are  not  to  be  considered  as  deck  engine  room,  machine  shop,  shaft  alley  and  storeroom  and  shall  maintain  steam  and  tend  auxiliaries  including  machinery.  The  Deck  Engineer  shall  not  be  required  when  located  in,  or  adjacent  to,  engine  room.  They  shall  ice  machines.  Overtime shall  be  paid  for  this  work  until  to  work  on  any  electric  motors  such  as  refrigerator  mo­ not  be  required  to  do  any  cleaning  of  boilers,  painting,  midnight.  This shall  not apply  when  the oilers  remain on  tors,  etc.,  without  the  payment  of  overtime.  cleaning  paint,  polishing  work,  wirebrushing,  chipping  or  sea  watches  until  midnight  on  day  of  arrival.  (b)  The  Deck  Engineer  shall  not  be  required  to  do any  scaling  without  the payment  of  overtime.  Section  27.  Fire­tube Firemen  in'Port.  (a)  They  shall  cleaning  or  repair  work  in  the  engine  room, fireroom or  keep Jiumers, strainers  and  drip, pans  clean  at  all  times.  Section  20.  Watertenders  on  Sea  Watches,  (a)  They  shaft  alley,  without  the  payment  of  overtime.  They  shall  also  clean  up  excess  oil  occasioned  by  chang­ shall  perform  their  routine  duties,  tend  water  and  boiler  (c)  The  Deck  Engineer  shall  not  be  required  to  do  any  ing  burners  and  strainers  without  payment  of  overtime  additional  work  while  oiling  deck  machinery,  except  for  auxiliaries,  oil  temperatures,  stack  draft  and  supervise  and  shall  leave  the  fireroom  in  a  safe  condition  when  firing. They  shall  handle  any  valves  in  connection  with  running  or  breakdown  repairs.  relieved.  They  shall  do  no  boiler  work.  They  shall keep  (d)  The  Deck  Enginer  shall  oil  and  maintain  winches  the  operation  of  the  boilers  as  directed  by  the  engineers.  steam  for  the  auxiliaries  and  safety  of  the  ship  and'take  (b)  They  shall  not  be  required  to  crack  any  main  or  until  midnight  on  days  of  arrival  and  departure.  An  care  of  the  entire  plant.  Whyi  cargo  is  being  worked  auxiliary  steam  stop  valves.  However,  when  stops Jiave  oiler  or  engine  utility  shall  be  assigned  to  those  duties  with  the  ship's  winches  they  shall  receive  overtime  after  been  cracked,  they  may  open  them  wide.  on all  other days  after 5  p.m.  and  before  8 a.m.,  however,  5  p.m.  and  before  8  a.m.  Monday  through  Friday.  (c)  They shall  not  be required  to do any painting, clean­ the  oiler  or  engine  utility  assigned  to  oil  winches  from  (b)  They shall not  be required to do any  painting, clean­ ing  paint,  wirebrushing,  chipping,  scaling  or  polishing  5  p.m.  until  midnight  shall  be  knocked  off  from  4  p.m.  ing  paint,  wire­brushing,  chipping,  scaling  or  polishing  work  without  the  payment  of  overtime.  to  5  p.m.  for^supper.  work  without  the  payment  of  overtime.  Section  21.  Watertenders  in  Port,  (a)  They  shall  (e)  The Deck  Engineer shall  turn  steam on and off  deck  Section  28.  Wipers,  (a)  They  shall  be  classed  as  Day  machinery  and  warm  up  same' when  deck  machinery  is  maintain  a  regular  donkey  watch.  When  cargo  is  being  needed  to  handle  ship's  lines,  except  when  cargo  is  be­ worked  after  5  p.m.  and  before  8  a.m.  Monday  through  Workers.  (b)' It  shall  be  routine  duties for  the  Wipers  to  do gen­ ing  worked  and  an  oiler  or  an  engine  utility  has  been  Friday,  the  watertender on  donkey  watch  shall  be paid  at  the  regular  overtime  rate.  On  Saturdays,  Sundays  and  eral  cleaning, including  oil spills on deck,  painting, clean­ assigned  to  oil  winches.  (f)  The  Deck  Engineer  or  another  competent  member  Holidays  they  shall  receive  the  regular  overtime rate  and  ing  paint,  wirebrushing,  chipping,  scaling,  sougeeing,  of  the  Unlicensed  Personnel  shall  stand  by  when  deck  no  additional  overtime  shall  be  paid  if  cargo  is  being  polishing  work  in  the  Engine  Department,  including  re­ sistor houses and  fanrooms,  cleaning and painting steering  worked  on  these  days.  machinery is  being  turned over  to  prevent freezing.  engine and  steering engine  bed, and to take  on stores  and  (b)  If  the  ship  arrives  in  port  between  5  p.m.  and  mid­ (g)  The  Deck  Engineer  shall  not  be  required  to  do  any  general  painting,  cleaning  paint,  wirebrushing,  chipping,  night,  the. watertender shall  continue  on sea  watches until  standing  by  on  water  and  fuel  oil  lines.  (c)  They  shall  not  be  required  to  paint,  chip,  sougee  scaling  or  polishing  work  without  the  payment  of  over­ midnight  and  shall  maintain  steam  and  tend  auxiliaries  including  ice  machines.  Overtime  shall  be  paid  for  this  or  polish  bright  work  in fireroom  fidley  except, in port.  time.  (d)  One  Wiper  shall  be  assigned  to  clean  quarters  and  (h)  The  Deck  Engineer  may  be  required  to  clear  out  work  until  midnight. This shall  not  apply  when  the  oilers  toilets,  scuppers  or  drains  when  they  are  stopped  up,  but  remain  on  sea  watches  until  midnight  on  day  of  arrival.  toilets of  the  Unlicensed  Personnel of  the  Engine  Depart­ (c)  Watertenders  shall  not  be  required to do  any  paint­ ment  daily.  Two  hours  shall  be  allowed  for  this  work  he shall  not do  any maintenance, repair or  plumbing  work  on  domestic  lines,  toilets,  sinks,  radiators,  and  etc.  with­ ing,  cleaning  paint,  wirebrushing,  chipping,  scaling,  or  between  the hours  of  8 a.m.  and  12 noon  daily  both at sea  and  in  port  as  designated  by  the  engineer in  charge.  polishing  work  without  the  payment  of  overtime.  out  the  payment  of  overtime.  (e)  They  may  be  required  to  paint  unlicensed  Engine  (i)  If  the  Deck  Engineer  is  required  to  stand  watches  .  Section  22.  Vessels  Having  Both  Watertenders  and  due  to  the  shortage  of  men,  such  watches  stood  between  Firemen.  In  port,  as  defined  in  Article  II,  Section  34,  Department  quarters  without  payment  of  overtime  during  the  hours of  5  p.m.  and 8  a.m.  weekdays shall  be  paid  for  and  sea  watches  are  broken,  watertenders  shall  stand  all  their  regular  working  hours.  (f)  They  shall  be  paid  overtime  for  cleaning  in  fire­ at  the  regular overtime  rate.  However,  all  watches  stood  donkey  watches  and firemen  shall  be  put  on  day  work.  sides and  steam  drums  of  boilers.  They  may  be  required  shall  be  in  addition  to  his  regular  duties  as  Deck  En­ When  sea  watches  are  set  or  lyive  not  been  broken  the  gineer.  In  this  case,  there  shall  be  no  division  of  wages.  watertender  only shall  receive overtime  for working  cargo  to  wash  out  steam  drums  with  hose  without  payment  o^  overtime.  Section  16.  Utility  Man.  (a)  The  Utility  Men  shall  be  between the hours of  5  p.m. and 8  a.m.  weekdays.  (g)  They  shall  be  paid overtime  when  required  to  dean  classed  as  Day  Workers.  Section  23.  Fireman­Watertender.  (a)  They  shall  be  tank  tops or  bilges  by  hand  or  when required  to  paint  in  (b)  They  shall  be  required  to  assist  engineers  or  deck  required  to  tend  water,  clean  burners,  strainers  and  drip  bilges.  However,  cleaning  bilge  strainers,  cleaning  away  •   engineers,  etc.,  in  all  engine  department  work.  pans,  punch  carbon,  keep  steam,  tend  fuel  oil  pressure  (c)  They  shall  be  required  to  have  qualifications  as  oil­ and  temperatures  and  oil  fuel  circulation  pumps  which  sticks or rags  shall  be considered  part  of  their duties  and  shall  be  ddtie  without  the  payment of  overtime.  ers,  watertenders  and firemen.  are  located  in  the fireroom only,  except  as  in  Article  IV,  (h)  They  shall  assist  the  Engineers  in  blowing  tubes  (d)  They  shall  not  replace  any  member  of  the  Un­ Section  34.  and  they  shall  also  assist  the  Engineer  in  putting  XZIT  licensed  Personnel  except  when  such  member  is  missing  (b)  They  shall  clean  up  excess oil  occasioned  by chang­ or  unable  to  perform  his reguiar  duties,  due  to  illness or  ing  burners  and  strainers  and  shall  leave  the fireroom in  and  similar  preparations  and  boiler  compounds  In  the  boiler.  injury.  a  safe condition  when relieved.  (i)  They  may  be  required  to  assist  in  repair  work  but  (e)  All  work  that  is  overtime  for  wipers  during  their  (c)  They shall not  be required  to do any  painting, clean­ they  shall  not  be  assigned  to  a  repair  job  by  themselves  regular  working hours,  with the exception  of  repair work,  ing  paint,  wirebrushing,  chipping,  scaling,  or  polishing  without  the  payment  of  overtime.  This  is not  to. include  shall  be  overtime  for  the  Utility  Men  when  performing  work  without  the  payment  of  overtime.  dismantling  equipment  in  connection  with  cleaning,  such  the  same  type  of  work.  (d)  When  on  donkey  watch,  they  shall  be  required  to  as  grease  extractors,  bilge  strainers  and  evaporators,  etc.  Section 17.  Oilers­Diesel,  (a)  While  on  sea  watch  they  keep steam,  tend  auxiliaries and  take  care of  entire plant,  (j)  They  shall  be  required  to  pump  up galley  fuel  tank  shall  make  regular  rounds  on  main  engines  and  auxila­ without  payment  of  overtime  Monday  through  Friday.  during  straight  time  hours  without  the  payment  of  over­ ries,  pump  bilges,  clean  strainers  and  centrifuges,  watch  (e)  If  the  ship arrives  in  port  between  5  p.m.  and  mid­ time.  oil  temperatures  and  pressures.  If  required,  they  shall  night,  the  Fireman­Watertender  shall  continue  on  sea  .(k)  While  vessels  are  transiting  the  Panama  or  Suez  drain  oil from  piston  oil  tanks every  hour  and  shall  pump  watches  until  midnight  and  shall  maintain  steam  and  Canal,, one  wiper  shall  be  assigned  to  trim  ventilators  to  up  water  for  gravity.  They  shall  be  required  to  tend  tend  auxiliaries  including  ice  machines.  Overtime  shall  insure  breeze  for  men  below  regardless  of  whether  it  is  small  donkey  boiler  for  heating  purposes  without  pay­ be paid  for  this "work  until­Tnidnight.  This shall  not apply  outside  of  their  regular  working  hours  or  not.  When  he  ment  of  overtime.  However,  when  boiler  is  being  used  when  the  oilers  remain  on  sea  watches  until  midnight  on  performs  this  work  outside  of  his  regular  working  hours,  for  heating  cm­go  til,  an  overtime  allowance  of  2  hours  day  of  arrival.  overtime  will  be  allowed.  per watch  shall  be ailowed  the oilers.  Section  24.  Water­tube  Firemen  on  Sea  Watches,  (a)  (1)  Skihtiniing  hot  wells  and  cleaning  grease  extractors  (b)  They  shall  do  no  cleaning  or  station  work  but  shall  They shall  do routine duties  of  the  watch such  as keeping  shall be  done by  the  Wipers as part  of their  regular duties  be  required  to  leave  safe  working  conditions  for  their  burners clean,  cleaning strainers  and  drip pans  and  punch  without  the  payment  of  overtime.  relief, provided such  work  shall  n*ot  be  done  when  Wipers  carbon.  They  shall  not  be required  to  leave  the  confines  (m)  They  shall  pull  ice  on  freight  ships  and  deliver  Jir»  on  duty.  of  the  fireroom  at  any  time  to  do  any  work  outside  of  it  to  the  ice  box  without  the"  payment  of  overtime  and  (e)  In  port,  oilers  shall  maintain  a  regular  donkey  the  fireroom,  except  as  provided  for  in  Article  IV,  Sec­  .  they  shall  also  remove  ice  cubes  from  ice  cube  machines  watch.  They  shall  oil  auxiliaries,  tend small  donkey  boil­ tion  34.  where  such  machines  are  located  in  Engine room  spaces.  er,  and  look  after  entire  plant.  Between  the  hours  of  5  (b)  They  shall  be  required  to  keep  their  respective  Section  29.  Working  Cargo,  (a)  The  Watertender,  p.m.  and  8 a.m.  Monday  through  Friday  no overtime  shall  stations  cleaned  and  painted  between  the  lowest  grating  Fireman­Watertender,  or  Fire­tube  Fireman  detailed  to  be  paid,  except  when  cargo  is  being  worked.  On  Satur­ and  the  floor  plates.  On  vessels  with  irregular  gratings,  look  after  the  plant  shall  receive  overtime  while  cargo  is  days,  Sundays  and  holidays,  the  oilers  on  watch  shall  re­ 10  feet from  the  floor  plates shall  be  considered  the fire­ being  worked  with  ship's  winches  between  the  hours  of  ceive  their  regular  overtime  rate  and  no  additional  over­ man's  station  limit.  5 p.tn:  and  before  8 a.m.  Monday  through  Friday.  time shall  be  paid  if  cargo  is being  worked  on  these  days.  (c)  Overtime  shall  be  paid  for  any  cleaning  work  they  (b)  When  cranes  or other  shore  equipment  is employed  (d)  Oilers  shall  not  be  required  to  do  any  painting,  are  required  to  do  outside  the  hours  of  8  a.m.  to  5  p.m.  exclusively  in  the  handling  of  cargo,  and  if  slap's  gear  cleaning paint,  wirebrushing, chipping, scaling  or polishing  weekdays.  However,  they  shall  clean  up  any  excess  oil  and  deck  machinery  is  hot  being  used,  no  overtime  will  work  without  the  payment  of  overtime.  occasioned  by  changing  burners  and  strainers  without  be  paid  to  men  on  watch  Monday through  Friday.  Section  18.  Oilers  on  Sea  Watches—Steam,  (a)  They  the  payment  of  overtime,  and  shall  leave  the  fireroom  (c)  When  cranes  or  other  shore  equipment  is employed  shall, perform  routine  duties,  oil  main  engine  (if  recipro­ in  a  safe condition  when relieved.  for  the  handling  of  cargo  and  the  ship's  gear  and  deck  cating),  watch  temperatures  and  oil  circulation  (if  tur­ (d)  Fanning  tubes  and  the  use  of  XZIT  and  similar  machinery is used to trim cargo,  conveyors, etc.,  and ship's  bine),  oil  auxiliaries,  steering  engine  and  ice  machine.  preparations  shall  be  classified  as  general  cleaning, work  steam furnishes  the power for  such operations, the  Water­ They  shall  pump  bilges  and  they  shall  also  tend  water  and  shall  be  confined  to  regular  cleaning  hours.  tender,  Fireman­Watertender  or  Fire­tube  Fireman  on  where  gauges  and  checks  are  in  the  engine  room  and  no  (e)  They  shall  not  be  required  to  blow  tubes  by  hand.  watch shall receive overtime after 5 p.m. and  before 8 a.m.  watertenders  are  carried.  However,  the fireman  on watch  may  be required to assist  Monday  through  Friday.  (b>  They  shajl  do  no cleaning or  station  work  but  shall  in  opening  and  closing  breeching  doors  and  in  turning  Section SO.  Tank  Cleaning,  (a)  When members of  the  ,be  required, to  jei)ye  safe  working  conditions  for  their  steam on  and  automatic soot, blowem are used  crew  are  required  to  enter ;nny .tank'ihywhich, water  is  reliefs,'keeping  the  Spaces  around  maiA  engine and  aux­ fireman  ;will  handle  valves oennecting  with Jmraai.'  regularly  carried" for  the  jpiurpose  of  cleaning  or­midcing  �December  12,  1952  SEAFARERS  LOG  Sni^lementary—^Page  Nine  •  repairi  therein,  they  ahall  be  paid  atraight  overtime  for  straight  time  hours  and  overtime  and  ohe­half  between  5 p.m.  and 8  a.m. weekdays or on  Saturdays. Sundays  and  Holidays.  (b)'When  members  of  the  crew  are  required  to  enter  tanks  or  bilges  that  have  contained  animal,  vegetable,  pe­ troleum  oil  or  creosotes,  including  bunkers  or  molasses.  Including  use  of  Butterworth  System  for  the  purpose  of  cleaning  or  making  repairs  therein,  the  watch  on  duty  during  straight  time  hours  shall  be  paid  at  the  rate  of  $1.87  per  hour.  (c)  On  Saturdays,  Sundays and  Holidays  or  between  the  hours  of  5  p.m.  and  8  a.m.  weekdays,  the  rate  for  such  work  shall  be $3.74  per hour.  Three hours  overtime  at the  rate  of  $1.87  per hour  shall  be  paid  for  this  work  in  addi­ tion  to  the  overtime  actually  worked,  provided  however,  that  this  three  hours  overtime  sRall  be  paid  only  once  when tanks are  being cleaned  on consecutive working  days.  Section  31.  Using  Paint  Spray  Guns.  When  members  of  the  crew  are  required  to  use  paint  spray  guns,  they  shall  be  paid  at the  straight  overtime  rate  during  straight  time  hours,  and  overtime  and  one­half  during  overtime  hours.  Section  32.  Carbon  Tetra­Chloride.  Whenever  carbon  ,  tetra­chloride  is  required  to  be  used  by  any  unlicensed  member  of  the  Engine  Department  for  cleaning  purposes,  he  shall  be  paid  at  the  overtime  rate  on  watch  and  over­ time  and  one­half  while  off  watch.  Section  33.  WOrk  When  Plant  is  Shut  Down.  When  vessel  is  in  port  and  the  entire  plant  is  shut  down,  the  Watertenders,  Fireman­Watertenders,  or Firetube  Firemen  may  be  placed  on  day  work." Their  work  shall  then  con­ sist  of  repair  and  maintenance  Work  on  all  boiler  mounts  and  boiler  auxiliaries  which  are  located  in  the  lireroom,  above  and  below  the floor  plates.  Section  34.  Fireroom­Engine  Room  Boundaries.  On  vessels  having  no  bulkheads  separating  engine  room  and  fireroom,  an  imaginary  line  is  to­ be  drawn  at  after  or  forward  end  of  boilers,  depending  on  location  of  boilers,  for  the  purpose  of  defining  engine  room  or fireroom  boundaries.  This  imaginary  line  shall  not  exclude  from  the  duties  of  the  Firemen,  Fireman­Watertender,  Water­ tender, and  Oilers any  work  as outlined  in their  respective  working  rules.  Section  35.  New  Equipment  Not  Carried  at  Present.  In  the  event  the  Company  should  install  new  or  different  equipment  than  that  presently  in  use  and  covered  by  this  Agreement,  the  Company  and  Union  shall  meet  immedi­ ately  to  negotiate  working  rules  to  cover  such  vessel  or  equipment.  .  On  C­1­2­3  and  Victory  type  vessels,  there  shall  be  ineahr.  They shall also  clean and maintain,  iricluding spot  carried:  sougeeing  and .polishing  bright  work,  the  quarters  of  the  • l  icensed  personnel,  the  Radio  Officers,  the  Pursers,  Pas­ I  Steward  1 Third  Cook  1  Chief. Cook  4  Messmen  sengers and  the ship's  office, all  dining rooms,  messrooms,  1  Night Cook  and Baker  1. Stewards  Utilityman  washrooms,  galley  and  pantry.  They  shall  sort  and  cull  .  1  Galley  Utilityman  fruit  and  vcj^etables.  Unless  otherwise  specified  in  this  On  C­1­2­3  and  Victory  type  vessels  carrying  from  1 up  agreement  no overtime  applies to  the above  routine  work.  (b)  The Steward  Department shall  not be  required  to do  to  and  including  6  passengers,  there  shall  be  carried:  any  work  in  the  Radio  Shack  without  the  payment  of  1  Steward  1  Galley  Utilityman  overtimfl.  1  Chief  Cook  ,  4  Messmen  (c)  It  shall  be  routine  duties  for  the  Stewards  Utility  1  Night Cook  and Baker  1  Stewards  Utilityman  to count  and  bag  linen,  work  in  storerooms,  linen  lockers,  1  Second  Cook  T  Passenger  Utilityman  Two  dollars  and fifty  cents  per  day,  for  each  passenger  toilets  and  Steward's  Department  passageways  and  do  over  6  passengers  shall  be  paid  on  these  vessels  when  general  cleaning  within  his  8  hours  as  directed  by  the  '  %  from  7  to  12  are  carried.  These  monies  shall  be  divided  Steward.  Section  9.  Receiving  Stores.  The  Steward' shall  be  re­ among  the  members  of  the  Steward's  Department  who  perform  the  work  or,  at  the  Company's  option  an  addi­ quired to  go on  dock  to check  stores or  linen  without  pay­ ment  of  overtime,  during his  working  hours.  tional  Passenger  Utilityman  may  be  carried.  Section 10.  Handiing Stores.  Members of  the Stewards  When  the  vessel  commences  a  voyage  without  pas­ sengers,  and  without  a  Passenger  Utilityman  and  is  Department  shall  not  be  required  to  carry  any  stores  or  manned  in  accordance  with  this  Section  and  passengers  linen  to  or  from  the  dock  but  when  these  items  are  de­ are  taken  aboard  at a  foreign  port, $2.50  per  day  per  pas­ livered  at  the  store  room,  meat  or  chill  box  doors,  the  senger  shall  be  paid  and  divided  among  members  of  the  Stewards  Department  shall  place  them  in  their'respective  places  and  overtime  shall  be  paid  to  all  men  required  ,  Steward's  Department  who  perform  this  work.  When $2:50  per day  per passenger  is being paid  to mem­ to  handle  the  linen  or  stores.  Hpwever,  daily  supplies  bers  of  the  Steward's  Department,  there  shall  be  no  divi­ of  provisions • f  or  port  consumption  when  placed  aboard  sion  of  wages  as  outlined  in  Article  V, Section  7,  because  shall  be  stored  by  Messmen  and/or  Utilitymen  without  of  the  absence  of  this  member  in  the  Steward's  Depart­ the  payment  of  overtime  provided  such  work  is  done  within  their  prescribed  8  hours.  ment.  '  '  When  passengers are  carried,  the Third  Cook  will be  re­ Section  11.  Late  Meals.  When  members  of  the  classified as Second  Cook.  Stewards Department  are required  to serve  late meals due  If  the  $2.50  per  passenger  per  day  is being  paid  in  lieu  to the  failure  of  officers to  eat  within the  pres­oribed  time,  of  increasing  the  Steward  Department  personnel  and  a  the  members  of  the  Stewards  Department  actually  re­ passenger  boards  or  leaves  a  vessel  before  the  serving  of  quired  to  stand  by  to  prepare  and  serve  the  late  meals  any  of  the  three meals,  at  the beginning  or  termination  of  shall  be  paid  at  the  regular 'overtime  rate.  such  passenger's  voyage, the rate of $2.50 prescribed herein­ Section  12.  Shifting  Meals.  When  meal  hours  are  shall  be  reduced  in  the  amount  of  $.84  for  each  meal  extended  for  any  reason  and  all  of  the  unlicensed  per­ mis.sed.  sonnel  are  unable  to  eat  within  the  regular  prescribed  On  Victory, C­1­2­3  and Victory­type  vessels carrying ex­ time,  all  members  of  the  Stewards  Department  required  tra  men  from  one  up  to  and  including  12  who  are  served  to  stand  by  to  prepare  and  serve  the  meals  shall  be  paid  as  crew,  such  as  stocktenders,  etc.,  there  shall  be  carried:  at  the  regular  overtime  rate  for  the  time  the  meal  is  ex­ 1  Steward  1  Second  Cook  tended.  As  much  notice  as  possible  shall  be  given  the  1  Chief  Cook  1  Galley  Utility  Steward  Department  when  meal  hours  are  to  be  shifted,  1  Night Cook  and Baker  5  Messmen  and  in  no  event  shall  this  notice  be  less  than  two  hours  1  Steward  Utility  in  advance.  On  C­1­2­3  and  Victory­type  vessels  carrying  from  13  Section  13.  Meals in  Fort,  (a)  When meals  are served  to  20  inclusive  served  as  crew  such  as  stocktenders,  etc.,  in  port  to  other  than  regular  members  of  the  crew,  pas­ there  shall  be  carried:  sengers  and/or  Pilot,  $.50  per  meal  shall  be  paid  and,  1  Steward  1  Second  Cook  divided  among  the  members  of  the  Stewards  Department  1  Chief  Cook  .  1  Galley  Utility  actually  engaged  in  preparing  and  serving  meals.  1  Night Cook  and Baker  5  Messmen  '  (b)  When  food  is  prepared  for  persons  who  do  not  re­ 2  Steward  Utilities  quire  the  service  of  messroo.m,  2  hours  overtime  per  On  C­1­2­3  and  Victory­type  vessels  that  carry  over  meal  shall  be  paid  for  the  first  group  of ^6  persons  and  twenty  men  such  as  stocktenders,  etc.,  there  shall  be  fractions  thereof,  and  one  hour  overtime  for  each  four  carried;  additional  persons  or  fraction  thereof.  This  money  is  Section  1.  Wages.  The  monthly  rates  of  pay  of  Un­ 1  Steward  1  Second  Cook  to  be  divided  equally  among  the  galley  force.  licensed  Personnel  in  the  Steward's  Department  when  1  Chief  Cook  1  Third  Cook  (c)  No  extra  meals  are  to  be  served  without  the  au­ respective  ratings  are  carried  shall  be  as  follows:  1  Night Cook  and Baker  4  Messmen  thority  of  the  Master  or  officer  in  charge  of  the  vesseL  4  Steward  Utilities  Monthly  Rate  Section  14.  Extra  Persons  Sleeping  Aboard.  When  Rating  of  Fay  On  Liberty  and  other  type  cargo  ships  that  are  not  two  or  more  persons,  other  than  regular  crew  members  Chief  Steward  $368.16  specified  in  this  agreement  that  carry  extra  men  up  to  and passengers,  sleep aboard,  the member  of  the.,Stewards  Chief  Cook  340.74  twelve  that  are  served  as  crew  such  as  stocktenders,  etc.,  Department  who  takes  care  of  the  room  shall  be  paid  Night  Cook  and  Baker  340.74  there  shall  be  carried:  1  hour's  overtime  per  day.  This  does  not  apply  when  Second  Cook  312.76  1  Steward  1  Third  Cook  a  ship  carries  the  required  complement  to  accommodate  Third  Cook  298.49  1  Chief  Cook  2  Steward  Utilities  passengers  and  the  number  of  extra  persons  aboard  does  Messman  23'7.57  1  Night Cook and  Baker  3  Messmen  not  exceed  the  full  complement  of  passengers  allowed.  Utilityman  237.57  On  Liberty  and  other  type  cargo  ships  that  are  not  Section  15.  Serving  Meals  Outside  of  Messrooms.  Section  2.  Minimum  Overtime.  When  any  member  of  Specified  in  this agreement  that  carry  extra  men  from  13  ­ When  any  member  of  the  Stewards  Department  is  re­ the  Steward's  Department  is  called  out  to  work  between  to  20  inclusive  that  are  served  as  crew,  such  as  stock­ quired  to  serve  anyone  outside  of  their  respective  mess­ rooms  for  any  reason,  he  shall  be  paid  at  the  regular  ' the  hours  of  7:30  p.m.  and  5:30  a.m.,  a  minimum  of  2  tenders,  etc.,  there  shall  be  carried:  1  Steward  1  Second  Cook  overtime  rate  for  time  required.  However,  meals  may  hours  overtime  shall  be  paid.  1  Chief  Cook  4 Messmen  be served  on the  bridge to  the Master and/or Pilot  without  Section  3.  Hours  of  Work.  (a)  No  member  of  the  1  Night Cook  and Baker  2  Steward  Utilities  the  payment  of  overtime  whenever  it  is  necessary  for  Steward's  Department shall  be  required  to.work  in excess  On  Liberty  and  other  type  cargo  vessels  that  are  not  them  to  be  on  the  bridge  for  the safety  of  the  ship.  The  of  8  hours  in  any  one  day  without  the  payment  of  over­ specified  in  this  agreement  that  carry  over  twenty  men,  Captain's  office  or  stateroom  shall  not  be  classified  as  time.  the  bridge  of  the  ship.  This  section  shall  not  be  con­ <b)  Any  work  required  to  be  performed  outside  his  such  as  stocktenders,  etc.,  there  shall  be  carried:  strued  to  apply  to  passengers  or  ship's  personnel  served  1  Steward  1  Second  Cook  regular  hours,  or  on  Saturdays,  Sundays  and  Holidays,  during  regular  working  hours  on  account  of  illness.  1  Chief  Cook  1  Third  Cook  shall  be  paid  for  at  the  regular  overtime  rate.  1  Night Cook  and Baker  4  Messmen  <c)  In port  of  payoff, all work  performed by  the Steward  Section 16.  Midnight Meals  and Night  Lunches.  Mem­ 2  Steward  Utilities  Department  between  the  hours of  5  p.m.  and  8  a.m.,  Mon­ bers  of  the  Stewards  Department  actually  engaged  in  day  through  Friday  shall  be  paid for  at  the  overtime  rate.  Section  6.  Full  Complement,  (a)  The  full  comple­ serving  Hot  lunches  at  9:00  p.m.  or  midnight  or  3:00  a.m.  The  spread  of  hours  shall  be  as  provided  in  this  agree­ ment  of  the  Steward's  Department  shall  be  maintained  are  to  be  allowed  3  hours  overtime  for  preparing  and  ment.  when  the  vessel  is  feeding.  This  shall  not  apply  when  a  serving  same.  skeleton crew  is aboard.  Section  4.  Working  Hours.  Section  17.  Cleaning Meat  and  Chill  Boxes,  (a)  Mem­ '  (b)  When a  skeleton crew  is aboard and  the ship is feed­ hers  of  the Stewards  Department shall  be  assigned  by  the  Steward,  8  hours  between  6:30  a.m.  and  6:30  p.m.  ing, a  minimum of  5 men  shall be  maintained in  the Stew­ Steward  to  clean  meat  and  chill  boxes  and  shall  be  paid  Chief  Cook,  8  r..m.  to  1  p.m.—3  p.m.  to  6  p.m.  ard's  Department.  at  the regular overtime  rate for  actual time  worked.  Boxes  Night  Cook  and  Baker,  2  a.m.  to  10  a.m.  Section  7.  Working  Due  to  Absent  Members.  When  a  shall  not  be  cleaned  without  the  express  authorization  Second  Cook,  7  a.m.  to  1  p.m.—4  p.m.  to  6  p.m.  vessel  is'in  a  continental  United  States  port  and  a  mem­ of  the  Chief  Steward.  Third  Cook,  7  a.m.  to  1  p.m.—4  p.m.  to  6  p.m.  (b)  Keeping  the  meat  and  chill  boxes  neat  and  orderly  Messman,  6:30 a.m.  to  9:30  a.m.—10:30  a.m.  to  1  p.m.—  ber  of  the  Steward  Department  is  missing,  the  men  who  do  the  missing  man's  work  shall  be  paid  overtime  for  ac­ at  all  times  such  as  cleaning  out  paper  wrapping,  crates,  •   4 p.m.  to  6:30  p.m.  etc.,  within regular  working  hours is  not  to be  considered  tual  time  worked  over  their  normal  eight  hours.  Steward  Utilityman,  7  a.m.  to 1  p.m.—4  p.m.  to  6  p.m.  overtime.  Galley  Utility,  6:30  a.m.  to  10 a.m.—11  a.m.  to 1  p.m.—  (b)  If  a  vessel  sails  without  the  full  complement  in  the  Section  18.  Making  Ice  Cream.  When  a  member  of  4  p.m.  to  6:30  p.m.  Steward  Department  as  required  by  this  agreement,  then  When  passengers  are  on  board,  the  passenger  utility's  the  men  who  do  the  missing  men's  work  will  receive,  in  the  Stewards  Department  is  required  to  make  ice  cream  working  hours  shall  be  the  same  as  the  messmen.  addition  to  a  division  of  wages  of  the  missing  men,  the  he shall  be  paid  at  the regular  overtime  rate  for the  time  In  American  ports,  the  Night  Cook  and  Baker  shall  overtime  that  the  missing men  would normally  have  made  required  to  make  the  ice  cream.  work on  a  schedule between  6 a.m.  and  6 p.m.  as set  forth  on  a  Saturday,  Sunday  or  holiday.  Section  19.  Making  ice.  On  ships where  ice  machines  ,  by  the  Steward  except  on  days  of  arrival.  (c)  While  on  a  voyage  and  a  member  of  the  Steward  are  carried,  members  of  the  Stewards  Department  will  Section 5.  Manning Scales.  On  Hog  Island  types.  Lib­ Department  becomes  ill or  is injured,  and  remains aboard  not  be  required  to make  ice or  pull  ice,  but  they  will  dis­ erties,  Lak(^ and  other  types  not  specified  in  this  agree­ the  vessel,  the  men  who  do  his  work  will  receive  a  divi­ tribute  the  ice  once  it  is  pulled.  On  ships  where  iCe  ma­ ment,  there  shall  be  carried:  sion  of  wages  but  they  shall  not  receive  any  overtime  for  chines  are  not  carried,  and  members  of  the  Stewards  Department  are  required  to  make  ice,  overtime  shall  be  doing  this  work.  1  Steward  1  Third  Cook  1  Chief  Cook  1  Stewards  Utility  Section  8.  Routine  Work,  (a)  The  regular  routine  paid  for  such  work  performed.  This  does  not  apply  to  1  Night Cook  and Baker  3  Messmen  duties  laid  out  below  shall  be  carded  out  within  the  ,  making  ice,  cubes  in  small  refrigerators  or  ice  cube  .  On  Liberties and  MAV­I's  when  passengers  are  carried,  scheduled  working  hours  as  specified  above  and  it  shall  machines,  which  are  located  In  messrooms,  pantries  or  •   \  "  •  $2.50  per  passenger  per  day  shall  be  paid  and  divided  be  the  duty  of  the  Steward's Department  to organize  their  galleys  Section  20.  Overtime  for  Butchering.  When  carcasa  among  members  of  the  Stewaird's  Department  who  per­ work  so  that  it  is  accomplished  within  their  8  hours  per  form  the  work,  or  a  Steward's  Utility  shall  be  added  at  day as scheduled In  this agreement.  Routine duties  of  the  '  beef,  in  eighths  or  larger,  is  carried,  the  man  required  Steward's  Department  shall  be  to  prepare  and  serve  the  to  butcher  this  beef  shall  be  paid .$ minimqm  of  6  hours  '  the  option  of .the Company.  •  uHt.  •   ii  i  '  vi  1  ARTICLE  V  Steward Department  .  .ft', i­i  s,.'.  • • .t  ill  ­­m  •w   ..• W'  '­i  �S&l^plementary—^Pacie Tikt""  ?f.  \iy  .<:  U­'.  1  >  '  t.  • I  lu  overtime  weekly  for  1)iitche>rliig.  lliiB  shall  not' apply  when, a  butcher  is carried.  Section  Bl.  Shore Bread,  (a)  The  Company  shall fur­ nish  bread  from  ashore  in  all  continental  U.  S.  portsi  When  bread  is  not  furnished  in  continental  U.  S.  ports  within  24  hours,  after  arrival,  excluding  .Sundays  and  Holidays,  the  Night  Cook  and  Baker  shall  be  required  to  make  the  bread  and  will  be  paid  3  hours overtime  for  each batch  of  bread baked.  ^  (b)  When  a  new  Baker  is employed  he  may  be  required  to  bake  a  batch  of  bread  during  regular  working  hours,  without  the payment  of  overtime.  Sectioh  22.  Handling  Food.  When  a  Stewards  Utility  is  aboard,  no  member  of  the  Stewards  Department  who  ,is required to handle  food shall be  required to clean toilets  or  bathrootiis.  '  Section  23.  Sougeeing.  When  members  of  the  Stew­ ards  Department  are  required  to  sougee,  overtime  shall  be  paid  for the  actual number  of  hours  worked,  except  as  provided  in  Article  Y,  Section  27.  Wiping  off finger­ prints, grease spots,  etc., shall not  be considered sougeeing.  Section  24.  Chipping,  Scaling  and  Painting.  Members  of  the Stewards  Department shall  not  be  required to chip,  scale  or  paint.  Section  25.  Dumping  Garbage.  No  member  of  the  Stewards  Department  shaU  be  required  to  go  on  dock  for  the  purpose  of  dumping  garbage,  without  the  pay­ ment  of  overtime.  Section 26.  Oil  Stoves.  Members  of  the  Stewards De­ partment  shall  not  be  required  to  pump  oil for  the galley  range.  Section  27.  Day  Work,  (a)  W'hen  the  ship is  not  feed­ •   ing  and members  of  the  Stewards  Department  are  on  day  work  the  hours  shall  be. 8:00  a.m.  to  12:00  noon  and  l.OO  p.m.  to  5:00 p.m.  (b)  When  members  of  the  Stewards  Department  are  on  day  work,  they  may  be  required  to  work  in  storerooms,  linen  lockers,  toiletsi  passengers  and  officers  quarters,  messrooms,  galley.  Steward  Department  passageways,  handle kores  and linen  placed aboard  ship, and  do general  cleaning  without  the  payment  of  overtime.  (c)  When  members  of  the  Stewards  Department  are  on  day  work,  they  shall  be  alldwed fifteen  minutes for  coffee  at  10:00  a.m.  and  3:00  p.m.  or  at  a  convenient  time  near  these  hours.  (d)  When  members  of  the  Stewards  Department  are  on  day  work,  they  shaH  receive  one  full  hour  from  12  noon  until  1:00  p.m.  for  lunch.  This, hour  may  be  varied  but  such  variation  shall  not  exceed  one  hour  either  way,  provided  that  one  unbroken  hour  shall  be  allowed  at  all  times  for  dinner or  supper  when  men  are  on  day  work.  If  one unbroken  hour is  not given,  the  men  involved  shall  receive  one  hbur's  overtime  in  lieu  thereof.  (e)  Extra members  of the  Stewards Department who are  carried  to  take  care  of  passengers may  be  assigned to day  work  when passengers  leave  the  vessel and  such  members  shall  work  as  directed  by  the  Chief  Steward.  In  addition  to the  work  outlined in  subsection  (b)  of  this section,  such  members  may  be  required to  sougee  in  passengers'  quar­ ters,  including  toilets,  washrooms,  and  alleyWays,  during  their  regular hours  of  work  without  the  payment of  over­ time.  Passenger utility  men who  are on  day  work  when no  passengers  are  aboard,' shall  be  allowed  to  work  weekend  and  Holiday  overtime.  Section  28.  Galley  Gear.  The  Company  shall  furnish  all  tools  for  the  galley  including  knives  for  the  cooks.  Section 29.  Aprons and  Uniforms.  White caps,  aprons,  and  coats  worn  by  the  Stewards  Department  shall  be  furnished  and  laundered  by  the  Company  and  white  trou­ sers  worn  by  the  galley  force  shall  be  laundered  by  the  Company.  Section 39.  Entering Engineroom and Fireroom.  Mem­ bers  of  the  Stewards  Department  shall  not  be  required  to enter  the engine or fireroom,  except as  may  be required  by  Article  II,  Section  IS.  Section  31.  Work  Not  Specified.  Any  work  performed  by  the  Stewards  Department  that  is  not  specifically, de­ fined  in  this  agreement  shall  be  paid  for  at  the  regular  overtime  rate.  Passenger  Ship Rates of  Pay  When  the  respective  ratings  are  carried  their  rates  of  pay  shall  be  as  follows:  DECK  DEPARTMENT  Boatswain­  >  $444.12  ­Bosun's  Mate  349.50  ,  Carpenter  372.17  Carpenter  (Bull  Line)  .............  353.85  Deck  Storekeeper •  .  .... 1. ...'. .i...  337.05  Watchman  302.32  ENGINE  DEPARTMENT  Chief  Electrician  (Dsl­Mar)  ..  $508.01  Chief  Electrician  (Alcoa)  ...  470.99  Second .  Electrician  (Del­Mar)  ­.. .  438.76  Second  Electrician  (Alcoa)  438.76  Third  Electrician  (Del­Mar)  394.22  Engine  Maintenance  (SS  Puerto  Rico).  .  340.74  STEWARD  DEPARTMENT  Chief  Steward  ..., ..... 7  $508.57  2nd  Steward  .......................... 357.53  Head  Waiter  325.04  ­  Smoking  Rooni  Steward  237.57  ­• Bartender  ;.......  272.53  Deck  Steward  ........'  237.57  Linen­keeper  .........................  244.57  Storekeeper  i  326.75  Chief  Stewardess  272.53  Stewardess  237.57  438.64  Chief  Cook  375.00  2nd  Cook  347.72.  3rd Cook  :.  305.77  4th  Cook  .,  i  te'  ls. USB  SlS^FAnERS' 15 de­ ;  Larder  Cook  Crew  Cook  . i  Butcher  ...:  Chief  Baker  ,  2nd  Baker  . . .  Chief  Pantryman  2nd  Pantryman  Night  Pantryman  .........  Night  Steward  ...........  Bedroom  Steward  Bath  Steward  Officers'  Bedroom  Steward  Waiter  Saloon  Porter  ........ ....  Night  Porter  Messman  Steward  Utility  ;  Assistant  Cook  Dishwasher  Potwasher  Assistant  Pantrynoan  Assistant  Baker  Bellman  Gloryhoie  Steward  Night  Cook  Galley  Utility  ^  Saloon  Steward  ..........  Printer­Porter  ...........  Porter  Laundryman  *  • •  « •   t •   •  •  ­«  I • • • • I • 375;00  357.53  386.55  428.15  370.46  340.74  298.49  251.56  237.57  237.57  237.57  237.57  237.57  241.77  241.77  237.57  237.57  298.49  237.57  237.57  258.55  237.57  237.57  237.57  357.53  237.57  251.56  :;^41.77  241.77  258.55  • «  ARTICLE  Ratification and Effective Date  This  agreement  is  being  signed  subject  to  the  ratifica­ tion of  the membership of  the Union  and in case no notice  is given  the  Company  within  60  days  from  November  18,  1952,  it shall  be deemed  ratified  by  the  Union  and  binding  on  both  parties  hereto.  It  is  agreed  that  all  monetary  matters  in  this  agree­ ment  shall  be  effective  as  of  12:01  A.M.,  November  18,'  1952.  Changes  in  the  working  rules  shall  take  effect  on  the  day  following  the  next  termination  of  Articles,  either  domestic  or  foreign,  provided  however,  that  in  ilie  case  of  vessels  already  on  Articles  such  changes  shall  take  effect on  the third  day after receipt  of  copies of  this agree­ ment  by  the  Master  of  the  vessel,  but  in  any  event  not'  later  than  January  1,  1953.  It  is  imder.stood  that  all  increased  monetary  matters  in  this  agreement  are  subject  to  approval  by  the  Wage  Stabilization  Board.  DATED:  NOVEMBER  18,  1952  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  OF  NORTH  AMERICA,  ATLANTIC  &  GULF  DISTRICT  Paul  Hall  Secretary­Treasurer  The  following  clauses  and  Wage  Scales  are  applicable  aboard  vessels  of  Seatrain  Lines, Inc.  ARTICLE  II  General Rules  Section  67.  Time  Off.  Upon  each  vessel's  arrival  at  an  American  port,  one­half  of  the  unlicensed  personnel  shall  be  knocked  off  as  soon  as  the  vessel  is  properly  secured  to  the  dock and.Government  formalities are  com­ pleted  and  shall  be  required  to  report  back  for  duty  as  prescribed  below.  (b)  Day ­workers,  members  of  the  8  to  12  watch  and  Stewards  Department  entitled  to  time  off  under  this  Sec­ tion  shall  be  required  to  report  on  board  and  be  ready  to  resume  their  regular  duties  at  8:00 .a.m.  the  following  day.  If,  however,  a  vessel  is. not, secured  to  the  dock  until  11:00  a.m.  or  after  and  is scheduled  to  sail  the fol­ lowing  day,  day  workers  and  members  of  the  Stewards  Department  shall  not  be  required  to  report  on  board  for duty  until  12  noon  the  following  day,  in  like ,manner,  members  of  the  8  to  12  watch  shall  not  be  required  to  report  for  duty,  until  their  regular  watch  begins  the  fol­ lowing  day,  or,  one  (I)  hour  before  posted  scheduled sail­ ing  time,  whichever  happens  first.  If  the  vessel  is  not  scheduled  to  sail  the  following  day,  members  of  the  8  to  12  watch  shall  be  required  to  report  on  board  and  be  ready  for  regular  day  work  at  1:00  p.m.  the  following  day  or  if  assigned  to  gangway  or  donkey  watches  they  shall  report  on  board  in  sufficient  time so  as to  be  ready  to  relieve  such  watches  on  schedule.  (c)  Members  of  the  12 to  4 and  4 to 8  watches  entitled  to time  off  under  this Section  shall  be required  to  report  on board  and  be ready to resume their regular sea watches  the  following  day  at  No<m  and  4:00  p.m.  or,  one  (1)  hour  before  posted  scheduled  sailing  time,  whichever  happens  first.  However,  if  the  vessel  is  not  scheduled  to  sail  the  following  day,  members of  the  12  to 4  and .4  to 8  watches  shall  be  required  to  report  on  board  and  be  ready  ior  regular  day  work  at  1:00  p.m.  the  following  day  or,  if  assigned  to gangway  or donkey  watches,  they  shall  report  on  board  in  sufficient  time  so  as to'he  ready  to  relieve  such  watches  on schedule.  .  .  t  y,  (d)  When  a  vessel  is  scheduled to  arrive  and  to ^  the  same  day, the  men  who receive  time  off  shall report  back  to  the  vessel  one  <1)  hour  before, posted  scheduled  sailing time.  (e)  Quartermasters,  Cardeckmen, AB  Maintenance Men,  or  other  competent  members  of  the  Deck  Department^  shall divide  the  gangway  watches.  However,  no  Ordinary  Seaman shall  be assigned a  gangway watch.  Watertenders, .  Oilers,  Firemen  or  Engine  Utility­men  shall  alternate the  donkey  watches  provided,  however,  that .no  person  shall  be  assigned  a  donkey  watch  on  any  vessel  having  water  tube  boilers  unless  such  person  has  a  Watertender  or  Firemen­Watertender  endorsement  on. his  certificate  of  Service or  Merchant  Mariners  Document. Deck  Engineers,  Electricians,  Oilers  or  Engine  Utility­men  shall  perform  the  Deck  Engineers'  and/or  Electricians'  duties.  (f)  No  overtime  sh^l  be  paid  to  the  members  of  the  unlicensed  personnel  remaining  on  board  for  performing '  the  duties  of  those  members  who  are  receiving  time  off  xmder  the  terms  of  this  section.  (g)  It  is  understood  that  the  members  of  the  Stewards  Department  remaining  on  board  shall  perform  the  cus­ tomary  departmental duties  without  the  payment  of  over­ time.  Customary  duties  to consist  of  preparing  and serv­ ing meals, maintenance  of  galley, messrdoms and  quarters.  .  (h)  The  members  of  the  unlicensed  personnel  shall  settle  among  themselves  the  subject  to  the  approval;of  the Senior  Officer of  the Department  as to which  individ­ uals  are  to  get  time  off  at  the different  ports,  and  shall  so  arrange  that  no  member  works  more  than  eight  (8)  hours  on  arrival  day  except  under  voluntary  basis.  The  department  delegate  shall  submit  to  the  Senior  Officer  of  the  Department  prior to  the  vessel's arrival,  a list  con­ taining  the  names  of  all  men  knocking  off  and  all  men  remaining,  and  their  assigned  watches.  ARTICLE  III  Deck Department  Section  1.  Wages.  The  monthly  rate^ of  pay  for  the  Unlicensed  Personnel  in  the  Deck  Department  when  the  respective  ratings  are carried  Shall  be= as  follows:  Monthly  Rate*'  Rating  of  Pay  Boatswain  ^. $385.50  • • • Carpenter  361.35  AB  Maintenance  338.25  Quartermaster  309.82  AB  Cardeckman  309:82  Able  Seaman  .............. 309.82  Ordinary  Seaman  246.90  • • • when  carried  When  a  Carpenter  is  required  in  writing  by  the  Com­ pany' to furnish  his  o\i'n  tools,  he shall  be paid  $20.00 per  month  in  addition  to his  base  wage.  ,  Section  33.  Diffuser  Units.  Deck  Maintenance  men  and  the  watch  on  deck  shall  be  required  to  handle  cold  diffuser  units  from  storeroom  to  cradle  space  and  from  cradle  space  to  storeroom  without  the  payment  of  over­ time,  except  after 5. p.m. and  before  8  a.m.  and  on  Satur­ days,  Sundays,  and  Holidays  when  they  shall  be  paid  at  the regular  overtime rate.  Provided,  however,  that  when  members  of  the  ­unlicensed  personnel  are  required  to  handle  diffuser  units  to  and  from  cradle  space  when  all  forward  positions  on  the  superstructure  deck  are  full,  overtime  shall  be  paid;  Whenever members  of  the  unlicensed  personnel  are  re­ quired  to  handle  diffuser  units  to  and  from  the  ship,  or  on  the  dock,  they  shall  be  paid,  in  addition  to  their regu­ lar wages  $1.87  per hour  for the  watch  on deck'and  $2.81  for  the  watch  below.  After  5  p.m.  and  before  8 a.m.  and  on  Saturdays,  Sundays  and  Holidays,  the  rate  shall ­  be  $3.14  per  hour  for  all  men  so  engaged.  This  section  shall  not  be  construed  as to  he  applicable  to  any  work  where  longshoremen  are  not  available  due  to  labor  trouble,  ­  Section  34.  Car  Doors.  Opening  and  closing  of  car  doors  for  tjie  purpose  of  ventilating  cargo  shall  not  be  considered  overtime,  provided,  hov­ever,  that  when  it be­ comes  necessary  to  enter  car  and  shift  cargo  to  permit  the  opening  and  closing  of  doors  overtime  shall  be  paid  at  the  regular  overtime  rate  during  regular  hours  and  one and  one­half  the overtime  rate  during overtime  hours.  Section  35.  Drawheads.  Members  of  the  imlicensed  personnel  may  be  required  to  remove  and/or  replace  drawheads,  and  when  required  to  perform  this  work  they  shall  be  paid  in  addition  to  their regular  monthly  wages,  the  rates  specified  in  Article  II,  Section  30.  Section  36.  Duties  of  Cardeckmen  In  Port,  (a)  Dur­ ing  the  hours  of  8  a.m.  to  12  Noon  and  from  1  p.m.  ,to  5  p.m.  Monday  through  Friday,  Cardeckmen  shall  be  re­ quired to  perform maintenance  work  without the  payment  of  overtime.  Such  maintenance  work  shall  be  confined  to  the  upkeep  and  repair  of  all  equipment  used  in  con­ nection  with  the  handling  and  securing  of  cargo.  They  shall  not  be  required  to  sougee  or  scrape  paint.  (b)  When  cars  are  being  loaded  Cardeckmen  on  duty  shall  see  that  all  gear  is  properly  installed  and  secured.  He shall  report to  the Mate  on watch  immediately, all  cars  not properly  secured.  No  overtime  shall  be  paid  for such  work  during  the  hours  of  8  a.m;  and;  5  p.m.  Monday  through  Friday.  During  all  other  hours  and  on  Satur­ days,  Sundays  and  Holidays  they  shall  receive  the  regu­ lar  overtime  rate.  (c)  On  arrival  day  Cardeckmen  may  be  assigned  to  gangway  watches  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  Arti­ cle  II,  Section 67.  ;  "  r(d)  The  pumping  of  ballast  shall, not  be  considered  Cardeckmen's  duties.  .  ,  '  .  J.. Section. 27i  Dudies  of  CafdaejEomLinn  iSea  Wateluto.  �December  lltr 198lf  (a)  Cardeckmen shall be regular  watch members and  shall  relieve the  Quartermaster and Lookout  at sea during  their  rest  periods  without  the  payment  of  overtime.  (b)  Between  the  hours  of  8  a.m.  and  5  p.m.  Monday  through  Friday  they shall  be required  to  perform  mainte­ nance  work  without  the payment  of  overtime.  Such  work  shall  be  confined  to  the  upkeep  and  repair  of  all  equip­ ment  usiEid  in  connection  with  the  handling  and  securing  of  cargo  on  their  respective  stations.  They  shall  not  be  required  to  sougee  or  scrape  paint.  Provided,  however,  that  such  maintenance  work  shall  not  interfere  with  the  practice  of  keeping  cars  secured  at  all  times.  (c)  On  all  watches,  Cardeckmen  shall  make  routine  in­ spections  of  all  cardecks  and  shall  secure  gear  that  has  become slack  without the  payment of  overtime.  (d)  When  a  vessel  is  in  port and  sea  watches have  been  set or  have not  been  broken  the terms  of  Section 36  para­ graph  (b)  above  shall  also  apply.  Section  38.  Cardeckmen's Station.  For  the  purpose  of  applying  the  terms  of  this  agreement  the  following  shall  be  considered  Cardeckmen's  stations:  4  to  8  watch—Main  Deck  and  forward  superstructure  deck:  12  to  4  watch—  'Tween  Deck  "A"  and  "B"  tracks  after  superstructure  SE^FARER^ZOG^  deckf  12  to  4  watch—Lower  Hold  "C"  and  "D" teacka  after  superstructure  deck.  On  the  SS  Seatrain  New  Orleans  where no  cars are  carried  on  the  forward  super­ structure  deck,  the  after  superstructure  deck  shall  be  equally  divided  between  the  three  Cardeckmen  and  shall  be  in  addition  to  their  regular  decks.  ARTICLE  IV  Engine Department  Section  1.  Wages.  The  monthly  rate  of  pay  for  Un­ licensed  Personnel  Jn  the  Engine  Department  when  re­ spective  ratings .are  carried  .shall  be  as  follows:  Monthly  Rate  Rating  of  Pay  Electrician  ......  $483.49  Deck  Engineer  398.44  Engine  Utility  353.46  Oiler  ...•   ....  309­82  Watertender  '..309.82  Fireman  294.49  Wiper...  ..296.03  Supplementary—^Fage  Eievca­ ARTICLE  V  Stewards Department  Section  1.  Wages.  The  monthly  rates  of  pay  of  Un­ licensed  Personnel  in  the  Stewards  Department  when  re­ spective  ratings  are  carried  shall  be  as  follows:  Monthly  Rate  Rating  of  Pay  Chief  Steward  $380.66  Chief  Cook  348.24  Night  Cook  and  Baker  348.24  Second  Cook  320.26  Third Cook  305.99  •   ,  Messman  245.07  Utilityman  245.07  DATED;  NOVEMBER  18,  1952  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  OF  NORTH  AMERICA,  ATLANTIC  &  GULF  DISTRICT  ­  Paul  Hall  Secretary­Treasurer  Negotiating Committee's Report  Your  Union  negotiating  committee  submits  this  report,  with  its  recommendations,  to  accompany  the  full  text  of  the  proposed standard  freight agAement  published in  the  December  12,  1952,  issue  of  the  SEAFARERlS  LOG.  Acting  on  the  instructions  of  the  membership  and  in  conformance  with  the  procedure  established  in  the  SIU  constitution  and  through  past  practice,  your  committee  had  numerous  meetings  with  the  representatives  of  the  various  freight  companies  contracted  to  the  Union  in  ad­ vance  of  the  expiration  date  of  the  old  agreement  on  September 30,  1952.  It presented  periodic  reports at  reg­ ular  and  special  meetings  and  through  the  SEAFARERS  LOG  on  the  progress  of  these  negotiations  keeping  the  membership  fully  informed  on  its  discussions  with  the  operators.  The  committee's  recommendation  to  extend  the  expira­ tion  date  of  the  agreement  beyond  September  30,  1952,  was  presented  to  the  membership  and  approved  in  all  branches  when  it  was  pointed  out  that  these  negotiations  were  for  a  hrst­time  standard  freight  agreement  to  cover  all  operations,  even  the  specialized  operations,  and  much  effort  was  necessary  to  combine  the  provisions  of  the  various  agreements formerly  negotiated  into  one  standard  document.  Your  committee  feels  that  this  extension  of  time  was  worthwhile  as  it  enabled  work  to continue  in  such a  fash­ ion  as  to  produce  for  the  first  time  in  the  SIU  a  single  agreement to  cover,all types of  freight operations  by com­ panies  under  contract  to  the  Union.  .  For  the  purposes  of  this  report,  the  committee  will  deal  only  with  provisions  entirely  new  to  the  agreement  plus  those  improved,  clarified  and  strengthened  in  the  proposed  contract  to  give  the  members  of  the  SIU  the  finest  working  agreement  possible  and  to  continue  the  Union's  role  of  providing  its  membership  with  the  best  w«iges,  working  rules,  job  conditions,  security  and  bene­ fits  anywhere  in  the  maritime  industry.  One­Year Contract  The  prologue  of  this  proposed  contract  provides  that  the  contract  shall  remain  in  force  until  September  30,  1953,  but  may  continue  in  effect  from  year  to  year  there­ after,  unless  either  party  gives  the  other  written  notice  60  days  prior  to  that  date  of  a  desire  to  amend  or  ter­ minate  same.  After  this  notice  has  been  given,  specific  proposals  must  then  be  submitted  within  ten  daj's  and  negotiations  begun  at  a  time  mutually  agreed  upon.  It  may  be  reopened  at  any  time  for  negotiations  on  wages  or  other  monetary  matters.  Your  committee  feels that  because  of  the  extremely  un­ settled  conditions  of  the  industry,  it  was .necessary to  in­ sist  on  a  one­year  agreement  as  security  for  the  Union  membership  against  any  sudden  changes  in  the  economic  picture.  Article I — Employment  Existing  hiring  practices  are  continued  with, a  guaran­ tee  not  only  against  discrimination  in  hiring  because  of  Union  activities,  but  also  because  of  race,  creed,  color,  national  or  geographic  origin.  Since  the  SIU  is  a  Union  whose  membership  is made  up of  sl^illed  seamen  of  many  origins,  your  committee  felt  that  this  protection  should  be  inserted  into  the  agreement.  Article 11—General Rules  Commencement of  Employment  Section  7.  This  new  section  sets  forth  when  a  man  reporting  for work  shall  be  put oh  the  payroll.  It merely  clarifies  and  sets  down  in  black  and  white  a  rule  which  has  been  the  practice  for  years  under  SIU  contracts.  Termination of Employment  show  that  they  had  left the  ship  through  no  fault of  their  own.  It  has  been  a  practice  for  some  time  for  the  com­ panies to automatically stamp  these slips to indicate  a man  "quit",  rather than  with  the  actual  reason.  The  inclusion  of  this  provision  in  the  proposed  agreement  should  serve  to  end  this  abuse.  ' Statement of  Earnings  Section 9.  It  was felt  that  the  insertion  of  this  section  providing that  each man  shall  be  given  a statement  of  his  earnings and  deductions at  the  time  of  payoff  would serve  to  continue  an  existing  practice  of  a  member  or  operator  and  would  expedite  adjustments  on  disputed  hours.  Maintenance and Cure  ' Section  13.  The  Union  has  included  this  new  section  in  the  proposed  agreement  to  provide  that  daily  main­ tenance and  cure  payments of  $8 must  be made  regardless  of  whether  a  man  has  retained  an  attorney, filed  a  claim  for  damages,  or  taken  any  other  steps  to  that  end.  Past  experience  has  shown  some  of  the  companies  refusing  to  make  these  payments,  despite  US  maritime  law,  when  a  man  started  legal  action  for  damages  resulting  from  a  sickness  or  injury  suffered  on  the  ship.  The  inclusion  of  this  section  means  that  the  man  must  be  paid  his  maintenance  and  cure  money  despite  any  action  against  the  company  for  other  monies  in  damages  he  may  feel  is due  him.  Repatriation, Upkeep  and Transportation  Section  14.  The  Union  has  received  many  beefs  on  this issue  because  of  the actions  of  unscrupulous company  agents  in  foreign  ports  in  denying  men  proper  accommo­ dations, lodging,  food and  transportation plus  their earned  wages  when  they  had  to  leave  a  ship  because  of  illness  or  injury.  Many  such  cases  have  been  reported  in  the  SEAFARERS  LOG  during  1952  showing  abuses  of  the  repatriation  procedure  which  left  sick  or  injured  men  stranded on  the  beach in  foreign countries  without  proper  care  or  attention  to  the  minimum  necessities  of  food  and  lodging  and  personal  expenses,  and  of  unfit  and  inade­ quate  transportation  provided  for  their  use.  With  this  in  mind,  your  committee  has  negotiated  a  complete  clari­ fication  of  this  procedure  outlining  the  exact  steps  to  be  followed  to  guarantee  that  these  abuses  will  not  be  repeated. The  section makes  plain  that  it is  the company's  responsibility,  through  its  agents,  to  assure  repatriation  upkeep  is  provided  at  a  cost  of  no  less  than  $8  a  day  until  proper  transportation  is  provided  and  that  where  regular  meals  are  not  included  in  this  transportation,  the  repatriated  seamen  shall  be  paid  $6  a  day  for  food  during  the  transportation  period.  In  addition,  where  the  seaman's  illness  or  injury  is  made  known  before  he  leaves  the  ship,  he  must  be  given  a  full  statement  of  his  account  showing  wages  due.  When  this  is  not  possible,  the  master  shall  notify  the  company's  agent  and  the  home  office  of  the  man's  account  at  the  time  he  left  the  ship,  so  that  when  the  man  presents  himself  to the agent,  he shall  be paid the  maximum amount  allowable  as  soon  as  possible.  When  the  seaman  presents  his  claim  for  wages  to  the  agent  or office  of  the  company  at  the  port  of  engagement  or  to  the  home  office  of  the  company,  he  shall  receive  payment  as  promptly  as  possible.  In  the  event  he  is  not  paid  this  amount  within  72  hours,  exclusive  of  Saturdays,  Sundays  or holidays,  he  shall  be  entitled  to  an  additional  $8  daily  until  the  full  wages  due  at  the  time  he  left  the  vessel  are  paid.  • I  Loss of Clothing  Section  8.  This  new  section  requires  that  any  man  Section  15.  Compensation  for  the  loss  of  clothing  leaving a  vessel  shall,  upon  request,  be  given a  slip show­ when  a  ship  is  lost  has  been  increased  from  $300  to $500  ing  the  reason  for  his  leaving.  Your  committee  felt  that  .and  crewmembers  of  ships  not  completely  lost  shall  re­ the  experiences  of  the  past  several  years  showed  many  ceive  up  to  $300  compensation  for  damages  to  personal  abuses  by  the  companies  of  this  existing  practice  which  effects.  denied­members  the right  to apply  for and  receive  unera­ .ploynftent  insurance  they  should  rightfully  have  received.  Section  18.  The  negotiating  committee  has  clarified  More  often  than  not,  men  applying  for  unemployment  in­ • aurance were  denied  this  benefit  because  they  could  not  the  procedure  and  overtime  rules  for  these  emergency  Emergency Duties and Drills  duties  and  drills  in  cases  of  drills  held  on  Saturdays,  Sundays  and  holidays.  Under  this  section,  overtime  shall  be  paid  for  lifeboat  and other  drills on  weekends and  holidays  except  in cases  where  the  departure  time  and  the  date  do  not  permit  the  required  drills  being  held  before  the first  Saturday,  Sunday  or  holiday  after  the  departure  of  the  vessel.  Overtime  is  also  payable  when  these  drills  are  held  on  weekends  or  holidays  in  port,  except  where  these  drills  are  held  on  the  days  of  departure.  Holidays  Section  20.  Your  negotiating  committee  amended  the  holiday  rule  to  provide  that  when a  specified  paid  holiday  occurs  on  a  Saturday,  the  Monday  following  is  to  be  observed  as  that  holiday.  This  means  holiday  pay  is  due  the  following  Monday  when  a  holiday  fails  on  either  Saturday  or  Sunday.  'ii  Overtime Rate  Section  21.  As  a  result  of  these  negotiations,  the  Union  has  secured  a  considerable  increase  in  the  over­ time  rate  for  men  in  all  departments  which  will  mean  much  additional  earning  power  for  all  members.  Over­ time  rates  in  the  new  agreement  shall  be  $1.48  per  hour  and  $1.87  per  hour.  The  dividing  line  for  these  rates  is  under  negotiation.  The  old  rates  were  respectively  $1.29  and  $1.63  per  hour.  4  I  ^  Money Draws in Foreign Ports  Section 28.  In  recognition of  the  many  beefs regarding  abuse  of  the  rules  on  draws,  the  Union  secured  addition  of  a  subsection  providing  for  advances  on  pay  at  least  once  every five  days  in  port  except  for  weekends  and  holidays.  In  addition,  when  US  money  is  aboard,  draws  shall  be  made  the  day  before  arrival  in  port  where  local  law  bars  the  issuance  of  US  currency  in  port.  In  con­ sidering  this  provision,  the  committee  had  before  it  a  long  list  of  instances  where  crewmembers  had  suffered  heavy  losses  from  changeable  rates  of  exchanges  in  these  ports  which  left  them  at  the  mercy  of  local  officials.  An  added  provision  in  this  section  calls  for  advances  in  port  to  be  made  available  to  crews  not  later  than  4  PM  so  that  crewmembers  need'not  lose  out  on  time  ashore  because  draws  are  paid  at  a  time  later  than  promised.  Explosives  Section  29.  This  section  is  a  clarification  of  the  old  section  on  explosives.  Included  in  this  section  is  a  clari­ fication regarding  the amount  of  explosives  which  a  vessel  may  carry  without  paying  the  penalty  rate  specially  stipulated  for  these  cargoes.  The  new  section  means  these  rates  shall  be  paid  the  crew  when  the  amounts  of  cargoes  defined  as  explosives  in  this  section  exceed  50  long  tons.  Penalty Cargoes  Section  30.  Your  committee  believes  this  rewritten  section  will clarify  the  old definition  of  penalty  cargoes to  mean  items  carried  either  in  bags  or  bulk  in  the  com­ bined  weight  of  1,000  long  tons or  over.  Difficulty  in  in­ terpreting  the  old  section  arose  from  the  reference  to  penalty  cargo  as  cargo  in  bulk  in  lots  of  1,000  tons  or  over.  Standby Work  Section  31.  The  committee  has  been  able  to  bring  about  much  improvement in  the old  working rules  govern­ ing  standby  work,  including  increases  in  the  rates  and  a  higher guaranteed  pay for such  work. Men  hired for stand­ by  work  shall  now  receive  $1.87  per  hour  during  the  reg­ ular  working  hours  Monday  through  Friday,  and  $2.81  per hour  for  work  outside  their regular  hours.  The  rates  were  formerly  $1.64  and  $2.46  per  hour,  respectively.  In  addition,  the  Union  has  secured  the  guarantee  that  men  hired  for  standby  work  shall  be  paid  a  full  day's  pay  for  the first  day  and  a  minimum  of  a  half  day's  pay  thereafter.  Under  the  old  agreement,  the  only  money  guarantees  for men  doing  this  work  was  a  half  day's  pay  the first  day.  I  I  �Sqpgleme^^taryl—^Page  Twelve  SEAFAJtERS  LOG  December 12, 1952  plement  will  be  aboaM  at  all  times  when  cargo  is being  aiid  at  bvcjtime  and  one­half  while  off  watch. The  Union  worked.  It  has  sometimes  been  the  practice  of  various  believes  this  a  necessary  provision  to  discourage  the  use  Section  32.  Rates for  men  who  may  be required  to  do  companies  not  to  maintain  a  full  crew  when  a  vessel  of  this  dangerous  material  aboard  ship  at  any  time.  longshore  work  or  drive winches for the  purpose  of  han­ arrived  in  port  late  in  the  week.  This  had  resulted  in  dling  cargo  in  ports  where  there  are  no  longshoreman  much  loss of  worktime  to  the  membership.  The  new  pro­ Article V­Stewards Departinent  available shall  be paid,  in addition  to their  regular month­ vision  ends  this  condition.  ly  wages,  $1.87  per  hour  for  their  watch  on  deck,  $2.81  Wages  for  their  watch  below  between 8 AM  and  5 PM  weekdays  international Date Line  Section  1.  The  Union  has  secured  an  increase  and  $3.74  after  5  PM  and  before  8  AM  and  on  weekends  for  all  ratings  in  the  department  ranging  fi'om  $11.32  Section  63.  The  committee  feels  the  SIU  agreement  and  holidays.  has  long  needed  a  clarification  on  this  issue  to  lay  at  for  messmen  and  utilitymen  to $42.53  for  chief  stewards.  The negotiating committee  believes this is  a  more equi­ rest  question  of  days  gained  or  lost  going  east  or  The  base  monthly  wage  for  third  cooks  is  now  $298.49,  table  rate  of  pay  for  men  doing  this  work  outside  their  west. the  Inclusion  new  section  in  the  proposed  agree­ up  from  the  former  level  of  $259.55.  regular  duties,  in  comparison  with  the  old  rates  of  $1.59,  ment  will  serve of to this  minimize  beefs  and  questions  qn  this  $2.38!i  and  $3.18,  respectively.  Manning Scales  issue.  ,  ­  „  Longshore Work by Crew  Shifting Ship  Section  5.  Your'Committee  has  secured  a  payment  of  $2.50  per  day  for  each  passenger  over  six  carried  whe;n  Section  35.  Your committee, in  an  effort  to secure  im­ from  seven  to  12  passengers  are  carried.  These  monies  provements  in  the  former  overtime  provision  for  call­ backs,  has  won  provision  for  four  hours  overtime  for  Section  64.  This  is  a  new  section  stating  that,  in  the  shall  be  divided  among  the  members  of  the  steward  de­ shifting on  Saturdays. Sundays  or  holidays.  The  old  con­ event  a  company secures a  vessel  of  a  different  type than  partment  who  perform  the  work  or,  at  the  company's  tract  provided  for  only  two  hours.  operated  and  covered  by  the  proposed  contract,  the  com­ option, an  additional  passenger utilityman  may  be carried.  pany  and  the  Union  shall  meet  immediately  to  negotiate  Working Due to Absent  Security Watches  working  rules  to  cOver  the  new  vessel.  The  Union  be­ Section  37.  In  answer  to  the  many  beefs  oh  this issue,  lieves  if  must  protect  its  right  in  the  event  of  the  con­ Members  where  unlicensed  crewmembers  are  required  to  stand  se­ struction  of  a  new  class of  vessel  or start  of  a specialized  Section  7.  The negotiating committee has  re­negotiated­ curity  watches  after 5  PM  and  before 8  AM  weekdays  by  operation  not  covered  by  these  rules,  to  negotiate  new  this  section  so  as  to  enable  the  men  who  do  the  missing  order"bf  Federal,  military  or  naval  authorities in  US­con­ rules  for  the  respective  new  vessel  or  type  of  operation.  trolled ports or by foreign government  authorities in  other  This  assures  that  vessels  which  need  a  different: manning  men's  work  to  receive,' in  addition  to  a  division  of  the  ports  without  the payment  of  overtime,  the  Union  has se­ scale,  for  example,  would  not  be  automatically  covered  wages  of  the  missing  men,  the  overtime  the  missing  men  cured  provision  for  the  payment  of  this  OT  for  all  such  by  the  existing  manning  scale  and  thereby  protects  the  would  normally  have  made  on  a  weekend  or  holiday.  In  addition,  if  a  member  of  the  department  becomes  watches  stood.  rights  of  the  members  to  those  additional  jobs  at  any  ill or is injured  during  the  trip, the  men  who do his work  time  they  might  arise.  Launch Service  shall  receive  a  division  of  his  wages.  Section  40.  A  new  paragraph  in  this section  states that  Article III—Deck  Department  when  launch  service  is  arranged  for  by  the  company,  the  Wages  Section 8.  Under this  agreement  members of  thq stew­ schedule  shall  be  arranged  so  that .every  crewmember  shall  be  given  an  opportunity  for  a  round  trip  to  shore  Section  1.  The  increases  in  the  deck  depart­ ard  department  shall  not  be  required  to  do  any  work  in  every  24  hours.  ment  range  from  $13.15  monthly  for  an  ordinary  seaman  the  radio  shack  without  the  payment  of  overtime.  The  committee  felt  that  it  was  needless  to  set  forth  a  to $44.27  per  month  for  the  boatswain. The  base  monthly  Shifting Meals  detailed  procedure  for  launch  service  for  the  crew  if  the  wage  of  an  AB  is .now $302.32,  up from  the  former  level  schedule for  such  service  arranged  by  the  company failed  of  $262.89.  When  the  carpenter  is  required  in  writing  by  Section 12.  Your committee added to  the old provision  to  provide  all  members  of  the  crew  an  opportunity  to  go  the  company  to  furnish  his  own  tools,  he  shall  be  paid  on this item  a requirement  that as much  notice as possible  ashore.  The  new  section  will  serve to  remedy  this condi­ $20  per  month  in  addition  to  his  base  wage.  Under  the  shall  be  given  the  steward  department  when  meal  hours  tion.  are to be  shifted, and  that  in  no event  should  this  notice  old  agreement,  this  allowance  was  $7.50  per  month.  be  less  than  two  hours  in  advance.  This  added  feature  Rest Periods  Section  41.  If  members  of  the  unlicensed  deck  or  en­ Call­back to Shift or Haul Vessel  would  enable  members  of  the  department  to  more  ade­ Section  17.  The  Union  has  long  felt  that  this  was.  quately  prepare for  the shift  and at the  same time assure  gine  departments  who  are  off  duty  are  required  to  per­ form  work  between  midnight, and  8  AM  on  days  of  ar­ sailors  work  and  has  tried  to  discourage  the  practice  that  the  crewmembers  involved  would  be  fed  with  the  rival,  they  shall  be  entitled  to  one  hour  of  rest  for  each  of  using  natives  to  haul  ship  on  the  bauxite  run  where  least inconvenience.  hour worke'S.  If  this rest period  is not  completed at 5 PM  it resulted in  a loss of  considerable overtime  for members  Making Ice  of  the  same  day,  overtime  shall  be  allowed  for  the  in­ of  the  deck  department. Your  committee  has  now  secured  Section  19.  On  ships  where  ice  machines  are  carried,  completed  portion  of  the  rest period.  On  days  of  depart­ a  clause  in  the  proposed  agreement  calling  for  a  revised  ure, the  rest period  provision  applies to  day  workers only.  schedule  of  two  hours'  overtime for  a  call­back  on  week­ members of  the department  will  not  be  required  to  make  Your  committee  feels  this  is  a  considerable  improve­ ends  and  four  hours  on  weekends  and  holidays,  instead  Ice or  pull Ice,  but will  distribute the  ice once it is  pulled.  On ships where ice machines are not carried, and  members  ment  over the old  contract  provision  which  permitted  the  of  the former  two  hours at  all times.  of  the  department  are  required  to  make  ice,  overtime  rest  period  provision  only  when  watches  were  broken  Cleaning Cargo Holds  shall be  paid for  this work.  This does  not apply  to making  while  the ship  was  in  port.  Section  22.  Where  members  of  the  deck  department  ice  cubes,  however.  Th^  Upion  believes  that  if  making  ice,  which  is  not  are  required  to  clean  and  sweep  cargo  holds,  the  men  Fresh Provisions  Section  42.  The  Union  believes, that  the  use  of  frozen  on  watch  at  sea  or  in  port  weekdays  shall  receive  $.50  routine  work,  ­s  required  of  members of  the  steward  de­ foods  aboard  ship  should  be  encouraged  as  it  has  been  per  hour  over  their  base  wage.  When  this  work  is  per­ partment, then they should  be paid overtime for this work.  found  that  these  have  the  same  or  better  quality  than  formed  by  men  off  watch  or  on  weekends  or  holidays,  Overtime for Butchering  many  items  of  fresh  provisions  and  retain  freshness  bet­ the  men  shall  receive  regular  overtime  plus  the  $.50  Section  20.  When  carcass  beef,  in  eighths  or  larger,  ter on  extended voyages.  As a  result, your committee  has  hourly  payment  for  this  work.  The  committee  feels  this­ included a  clean provision  providing that frozen foods shall  provision  represents  a  much­needed  increase  for  various  is  carried,  the  man  required  to  butcher  this  beef  shall  ratings  in  the  deck  department.  be  paid  a  minimum  of  six  hours  overtime  weekly  for  be  considered  the  equivalent  of  fresh  foods.  butchering.  However,  this  does  not  apply  when  a  butcher  The  subsection  (b)  regarding  fresh  milk  is  amended  to  Using Paint Spray Guns  is  can­led.  provide  for  fresh  milk  to  be  served  three  times  daily  in  Section  25.  Due  to  the  natui­e  of  this  work,  the  com­ port.  The  old  contract  had  called  for  milk  to  be  served  Conclusion  mittee  believed  that  both  men  who  handle  spray  guns  only  twice  daily.  The  negotiating  committee  wishes  to  thank  the  mem­ other  than  the  small  hand  type  should  receive  overtime,  bership  of  the  Seafarers  International  Union,  Atlantic  not  just  the  man  who  handles  the  gun.  This  provision  Transportation and Paying  &  Gulf  District,  for  the  manner  in  which  they  have  con­ was  negotiated  and  is included  in  the  new  agreement.  Off Procedure  ducted  themselves  aboard  vessels during  the  life of  these  Section  57.  The  negotiating  committee  has  amended  negotiations.  Bilges and Oil Spills  this  section  to  remedy  an  injikstice  which  has  arisen  as  a  We  feel  that  the  crews,  by  conducting  themselves  as  Section  31.  The  negotiating  committee  believes  this  result  of  the  Korean  War  and  increased  shipping  to  and  section  has  been  improved  by  a  clarification  which  does  good,  responsible  trade  unionists,  have  made  our  job  of  from the Pacific  Coast.  The Union  has set  up two  Pacific  not  limit  overtime  only  to  cleaning  bilges  or  roseboxes  negotiations  considerably  easier  and,  consequently,  the  areas  for  transportation  purposes  so  that  members  sign­ where  the residue  of  grain  or organic  fertilizer Is  present,  membership has  gained  more  than  they would  have other­ ing  on  at  the  lower  end  of  the  Coast  and  paying  off  up  but  makes  it  payable  when  any  foreign  matter  is  present  wise.  '  noi­th  shall  receive  transportatiorf  back  to  the  port  of  in  these  spaces.  Your  negotiating  committee  also  wishes  to  thank  the  sign­on  located  in  the  south.  Your  committee  believes  many  interested  crewmembers  from  the  SlU­contracted  that  to  retain  the  entire  Pacific  Coast  as  one  area  has  Tank Cleaning  fleet  who,  as  the  records  will  show,  wrote  in  by  the  hun­ worked  hardship  on  many  members  and  feels  that  the  Section  32.  For  this  work,  the  rate  of  $1.87  per  hour  dreds  with  their  suggestions  and  recommendations  which  new  set­up  of  a  Pacific  Northwest  and  a  separate  Cali­ for  the  watch  on  deck  during  straight  time  hours,  and  they  wished  to  have  incorporated  into  this  new  agree­ fornia  area  is a  more equitable  arrangement  and  will  put  the  rate  of  $3.74  per  hour  for  this  work  on  weekends,  ment.  The  record  of  those  recommendations  as  compared  an  end  to the  loss of  thousands of  dollars to  the member­ holidays  or  between  5  PM  and  8  AM  weekdays  shall  with  the  newly­written  agreement  will  cleariy  show  that  ship  shipping  from  the  Pacific  Coast.  be  paid. The  old  rates for  this work  were $1.59  and $3.18.  a great  part of  this newly negotiated  contract was  adopted  recommendations  which  we  received from  our  mem­ Article VI — Engine Department  from  bership  aboard  vessels.  Section  60.  When  a  vessel  is inactive  in  a  US  port for  Your committee  wishes  to  point  out  that,  in  every  case!  Wages  any reason for a  period  of  ten  days or  lessi the crew  shall  where  it  was  possible  and  reasonable  to  do  so,  we  have  Section  1.  Your  committee  felt  that  on  the  be kept aboard at  the regular  monthly  rate of  pay.  How­ made  the  crews'  requests  a  part  of  this  agreement.  By  ever,  when  it is expected  that the vessel  will  be idle  for a  matter  of  wages  an  across  the  board  increase  would  have  following  the  recommendations  so  made  by  our  crews,  period  of  more  than  ten  days,  the  crew  may  be  reduced  been  unfair  to  all  ratings and  consequently  made  adjust­ on  arrival.  Should  the  vessel  resume  service  within  ten  ments for each  rating individually. The engine department  the Committee  feels  that  we  were  greatly  benefited.  The  days,  the  crewmembers  entitled  to  return  to  the  vessel  increases  range  from  $28.98  monthly for  wipers  to $52.27  negotiating  committee  recommends  the  adoption  of  this  shall  receive  wages  and  subsistence  for  the  period  for  for chief  electricians. The base  monthly wage of  a fireman­ report  and  contract,  attached  hereto, in  their  entirety.  Only  one  point  remains  to  be  decided  in  this  contract,  which  they  were  laid  off.  watertender  is  now  $302.32,  up  from  the  former  level  of  dealing  with  the  dividing  line  on  overtime  pay.  The  The  above  is  a  hew  section  which  your  committee  $262.89.  dividing  line  which  will  4ctermine  which  ratings  believes  will  clarify  the  existing  rules  regarding  vessels  Eiectricians  will  receive $1.48  per hour  and  which  ratings will  receive  in  idle  status  and  the  disposition  of  those  crewmembers  Section  9.  The  proposed  new  agreement  contains  a  $1.87  per hour for  overtime,work is being  negotiated with  entitled, to  return  to  the  vessel  and  collect  wages  and  complete,  clarified  set  of  working  rules  for  electricians  the operators.  The fact  that final agreement  has not  been  subsistence.  ,  which  defines  the  duties  and  overtime  rules  for  elec­ reached  on  this  dividing  line  in  no  way  affects  the  re­ tricians.  In  addition,  when  the  electrician  is  requested  mainder of  the agreement.  Final agreement  on  the divid­ Full Complemenf  While  in  writing  by  the  company  to  furnish  his  own  tools  he  ing line  will  be submitted  to  the  membership for  ratifica­ Cargo is Being Worked  shall  receive $20  per  month  in  addition  to his  basic  wage.  tion  and  must  be  approved  by  the  Wage  Stabilization  Section  61.  A  full  complement  shall  be  maintained  Board.  However,  this  involves  no  loss  of  money  to  the  Carbon Tetra­Chlpride  aboard  ship  at  all  times  cargo  is  being  worked  except  Seafarers  inasmuch  as  whatever  line  is  established,  the  that  there  may  be  less  than  a  full  complement  aboard  Section'^  32.  Any  member  of  the  engine  department  overtime  rate,  like  the  wages,  is  retroactive  to  Novem­ on  weekends  and  holidays.  Your  negotiating  committee  who  is  required  to  use x:arbbn  tetra­chloride  for cleaning  ber  18.  '  Insisted  on  this  provision  to assure  that  a  full crew  com­ purposes  shall  be  paid  at  the  overtime  rate  on  watch  SIU  Negotiating  Committee  New Euipment Not Carried  At Present  Routine Work  Vessels In  idle Status  � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource December 12, 1952 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XIV, No. 25 Description An account of the resource Headlines: FREIGHT CO'S SIGN WAGES UP 5-15% UNION READY TO HIT ATLANTIC WITH 'UNFAIR LABOR' CHARGES NEW AFL, CIO CHIEFS RENEW BIDS FOR UNITY APPOINT CREASEY WELFARE HEAD NEW OUTFIT SIGNS PACT WITH UNION SIU SLOPCHEST ON SHIPS CALMAR SIGNS, AVOIDS STRIKE FIVE EDUCATORS NAMED AS SCHOLARSHIP PANEL MTD UNIONS WIN VOTING IN TUGBOATS NY'S NAVESINK LIGHT DOUSED YORKMAR DRIVEN AGROUND DURING GALE; CREW SAFE $25 CHRISTMAS BONUS VOTED SICK SEAFARERS DON'T PUT OFF COLLECTING ON HOSPITAL PAY WAR SAFETY RIG URGED BY SEAFARER SISTER SHIP MARKS SINKING OF SO. ISLES SUP UNVEILS NEW BRANCH EXPENSIVE HOBBY ON TOP AGAIN UNION SLOPCHESTS CHRISTMAS BENEFIT MASTS COMEDY OF ERRORS RINGS BELL, BOOK, AND SHIP'S BAILEY BOARD CHICKS ACTIVE IN WINTER SEAFARERS GIVE $ TO GET $ Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/12/1952 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1952 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/9c6f4e4f39352d584d9bf38ecdc0e39a.PDF 43c1c5ed8e653e90bca4e2b4e68875d9 PDF Text Text f^'AK;'f:,'-"^-" •'-:fe?SiS?f>BWR?^.-::7" •"-"V;'5;»^ ; • • ' ••^'.'.•.•5*^-'.. ••*•-••-•'' wr •.iTy-aS.-'' • •'- _i 'K'i>"i TS .. Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America NEW YORK. N. Y., FRIDAY. DECEMBER 13. 1948 Vol. VIII. AFLTugboatmen Will Ballot On Strike Action BACK TO NORMAL, AGAIN! For the first lime in quite a few weeks the LOG is back to its normal sise of sixteen pages. We won't attempt to blast the big-shots who bought up all the paper, but we know that many other labor papers suffered and few daily papers which accepted advertising suffered in the slightest degree. It's too early to crow, but we can hope that the newsprint shortage is over for good, and we will be able to continue our sixteen pages for the future. During the entire course of the shortage, the coverage of news important to seamen was not short-changed. Some features were not carried regularly, but all the hot waterfront news ap­ peared in great detail in the pages of the LOG. This week we celebrate our return to normalcy with a special four-page supplement -devoted to a condensation of the Organizing Director's report of the Isthmian campaign. This report covers finances, publicity, number of Isthmian men who joined the SIU. and many other subjects. It has been printed on the middle section so that it can be lifted out and kept for future reference. The article starts on page seven. No. 50 SIU Moves Closer To Isthmian Victory In NLRB Vote Count NEW YORK, Dec. 13—AFL tugboat workers will begin bal­ loting next week on the strike referendum authorized at last Isthmian seamen came one step closer to representation Sunday's meeting of Local 333, as the result of the hearing held on Friday, December 6, in United Marine Division of the In­ ternational Longshoremen's As­ the New York offices of the National Labor Relations sociation. Board. At this hearing three of the votes challenged by Ballots will be sent out through the NMU were thrown out by mutual consent, and the the mails, and length of the vot­ ing period will be about 10 days, remaining 499 votes are being investigated by the Field it was stated at Union headquar­ Examiner. ters. Appearing for the SIU at the informal hearing were Negotiations between represenPaul Hall, Director of Organiza-t— atives of the union and the tug­ tion; Morris Wei.sberger, SUP boat operators broke off on Mon­ New York Port Agent; Earl Shep-, day, when the union rejected the pard, in charge of the Isthmian' operators latest offer—a meager Campaign; Harold Banks, in 8 percent wage increase—which charge of SIU Organizing on the was upped from the original of­ West Coast; and Ben Sterling, fer of a 4 per cent raise. attorney for the SIU. Capt. William V. Bradley, president of the local, and head The principal charge being OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 5—• of the union negotiating commit­ made by the NMU, as a basis for With dramatic suddenness, from walking out of the mines. Gaining a decisive victory against tee, told the Log that his organi­ The miners quit work five days challenging the votes which rep­ John L. Lewis ordered the 400,000 zation was standing fast in its soft coal miners back to the pits after Lewis' notice of cancella­ resent the entire votes of twelve the use of professional strike­ demand for i-eduction- of the last Saturday, ending the 17-day tion. It was then that the Federal ships, is collusion. This charge breakers and interference by the present 48-hour work week to 40 strike which resulted in contempt Judge imposed the heavy pen­ has no foundation in fact and is i police of Oakland, California, the hours, a dollar-a-day increase in an attempt by the NMU to cover I fines of $3,500,000 imposed on the alty. wages, time and a half for Satur­ up its own failure to organize leaders of 142 AFL locals called United Mine Workers and $10, Under terms of the agreement off a general strike which had day and double time for Sunday. the Isthmian seamen. 000 on Lewis personally. carried over when the govern­ AFL COUNCIL paralyzed all activity in that city The only thing that the delay­ Meanwhile, the Supreme Court ment seized the mines last spring, Captain Bradley said also that either side could give five days ing tactics of the NMU is accom­ for two days. he and Joseph Ryan, ILA Presi­ has agreed to hear an appeal of plishing is to deprive the Isth­ Reaching an agreement with notice of cancellation. dent, planned to call a meeting the case on Jan. 14. mian men of strong Union repre­ John F. Hassler, Oakland's City In calling off the strike, the . Organized labor immediately of the local AFL Maritime Trades sentation for a while longer. Manager, the strike steering com­ Department to discuss strategy Mine Workers' president said announced support of the mine mittee in ending the two day At the completion of the in­ that the union's agreement with workers' stand, with denuncia­ in the present situation. walkout, announced that the City tions of the anti-labor verdict vestigation being made by Mr. Meanwhile, conciliators of the the government, which is operat­ administration had agreed not Sidney Levy, the Field Examin­ Federal Department of Labor, ing the mines under seizure,, coming from all sections of the to use police to escort strike­ confronted with a strike possibil­ would run to midnight March 31. AFL, CIO and Railroad Brother­ er, a report will be submitted to breakers through picketlines, and hoods. Mr. Howard LeBarron, Regional Lewis and the union were cited ity when the present contract ex­ that they would refrain from Chief defense attorney Welly Director of the NLRB in this area. in contempt by Federal District pires on Dec. 31, worked fever­ taking sides in all disputes be­ He in turn will issue findings and ishly to effect a peaceful settle­ Court Justice Goldsborough on Hopkins summed up labor's view tween labor and management. Nov. 18, following Lewis' notice of the court order with his dec­ recommendations to all interest­ ment. ed parties. PICKETLINES SMASHED Captain Bradley said that of cancellation of the agreement laration that the Justice Depart­ In the event that any of the union representatives would meet' '''Sned by Secretary of the Inter- ment's recommendations for the The general strike, which ef­ with the operators at 10 o'clock^rug and Lewis. The miners' fines were designed "to break the parties, SIU, NMU, or Company, fectively shut down that city of defendants politically, morally object to any part of the findings, 1,000,000 people for two days, this morning in a conference without any word from their and financially." {Contimied on Page 11) was precipitated when a scab called by the government concili­ chief, quit work under their policy of "no contract, no work." ators. outfit called "The Veterans Justice Goldsborough i-espondTrucking Company," escorted by Last spring. Local 333's mem­ ed to a motion of Justice depart­ armed city police, carried six bership of 3,000 staged 9 crip­ pling 10-day strike when they ment attorneys and issued an in­ t r u c k 1 o a d s of merchandise through picketlines set up by em­ walked off some 350 craft oper­ junction restraining the miners ployees of Kahn's Department ating in New York harbor. While the buying power of the For the 11 months of 1946 they Store. Refusal by the operators to of­ fer an acceptable wage rise to the worker's dollar continues to skid have already received greater Harry Lundeberg, SIU presi­ tugboat workers, who are feeling down, corporation profits are dividends than were handed out dent was a member of the com­ the pinch of zooming prices, for all of 1945. And in December, mittee which planned the gen­ Don't feel bad when voting skyrocketing to unprecedented corporations will set oc a land­ eral strike, and pledged 100 per­ might mean repetition of the has ended because you failed peaks. For 1946, the , first full slide of "extra" dividends. strike earlier in the year. At that cent support of the SIU in the to vote. Once each year SIU year of postwar business, the time,. New York was virtually walkout. "When the strike took Against this background of members elect the officers profit figure will be at least 12 isolated from all supplies. zooming profits the nation's place SIU seamen in Oakland who will lead them for the billion dollars. The ILA is a member of the workers are struggling to make knocked off their ships and join­ ensuing year. This is your This is almost 25 percent moi-e ends meet. A Department of La­ ed the demonstration against the AFL Maritime Trades Depart­ chance, so make the most of than the nine and a half billion bor estimate shows that the real union-smashing tactics of the city ment and any aid that the tugit. From the way reports dollars a year average profits weekly wages of industrial work­ administration. boatmen need in fighting their have been coming in it is ap­ during the lush war yeai-s, and ers have dropped 17 per cent be­ case will be given to them by the parent that all SIU men are With the announcement of the more than 200 per cent better low the wartime level as of other unions which hold mem­ interested in having their say. settlement of the walkout, union than the average profits for the March 1945. In other words, with bership in the Department. At That is why more voles are leaders said the next step would pre-war years of 1936-39. the time of the SIU General being cast in this election profits still soaring, buying pow­ be the arbitration of the dispute Strike, the tugboatmen tied up Stockholders are juicily anti­ er of the dollar is dropping. The between AFL Department Store than were ever cast before. their vessels until the action cipating the slicing of the largest working man doesn't fit into the Clerks and the Merchants Asso­ Have you voted yet? was over. lushest melon in business history. picture at all. ciation. Miners Return To Work; Case Before Supreme Court Profit And Dividends Soar High While Real Wages Keep Dropping Voted Yet? Oakland AFL Victorious In General Strike !- �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, December 13, 1946 SEAFARERS LOG Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American federation of Labor At n Beaver Street, New York, 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 X X ^ ^ HARRY LUNDEBERG ------- President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. 267 Propaganda—NMU Style l~> During the recently concluded war, the propaganda mills o£ Hitler ground out the greatest amount of unadul­ terated lies and hog swill that the world had ever seen. Hitler's basic theory was to tell as big a lie as possible with .the thought in mind being that the bigger the lie the more chance there was of people believing that there was some truth in it. Today we have a counterpart to the Hitlerian propa­ ganda in the lies, wild charges, protests and challenges of the National Maritime Union in trying to stall off the final reckoning of the Seafarers' Isthmian victory and deny SIU representation to the Isthmian seamen. These red fascists who have a stranglehold on the 4S1MU must think that the Isthmian seamen, their own members, and the entire waterfront are made up of a bunch of dumb clucks who will swallow any baloney they •put out. How else can they possibly imagine that their lies are going to be accepted and that their shipowners' stooge role will possibly go unnoticed? Here's the real Isthmian story. These are the facts. Read them and make up your own mind as to whom is telling the truth. You be the judge and jury. After only five months of organizational effort, the Seafarers had collected more than enough pledge cards from the Isthmian seamen to petition the National Labor Relations Board for an election to determine the union bargaining agent for the unlicensed personnel of that com­ pany. The SIU petition date was November, 1945. Contrast with this the fact that the NMU tried to organize the Isthmian Fleet over a period of five years, and couldn't get enough pledges to petition! The NMU intervened in the Isthmian election after the SIU had pe­ titioned, and they were granted a place on the Isthmian ballot solely due to the SIU's organizational .efforts in securing pledge cards from more than 50 percent of the Isthmian seamen. ISTHMIAN SCOREBOARD SIU - - - - . NMU . - . . NO UNION CHALLENGED • - = - - 957 " 724 - 64 - 502 TOTAL VALID VOTES - - 2247 I J n It's very significant to note that the SIU reecived- ap­ proximately 5 5 percent of the counted ballots, and that .the 502 votes which were challenged on various phony charges by the NMU came from ships which were all strong for the Seafarers. It is estimated that the SIU's total will be around 60 percent when these 502 challenged ballots are finally counted as most of them are SIU votes. Why are the Isthmian seamen being denied SIU rep­ resentation? Why doesn't the NMU realize that Isthmian men want no part of their communist-dominated outfit? Why doesn't the NMU give up on Isthmian when they are soundly licked? No, the NMU wants to keep their perfect record of company stooging and finky sell-outs! Now the day of reckoning is close. Isthmian seamen will soon have an SIU contract and conditions. They, too, can then join the SIU in a common front against the finks, stooges and sell-out artists of the labor movement. Hospital Patients When entering the hospital notify the delegate by post­ card, giving your name and the number of your ward. Staten Island Hospital Men Now In The Marine Hospitals These are Ihe Union Brol>hers currently in the marine hospitals, as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by writ­ ing to them. STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL M. TROCHA C. OLIVER T. WADSWORTH C. KUPLICKI G. A. LUETH E. F. SPEAR R. G. MOSSELLER W. G. H. BAUSE W. B. MUIR L. L. MOODY H. BELCHER C. RASMUSSEN L. A. CORNWALL E. N. DuPONT C. KOLSTE C. R. POTTER E. J. BONNER XXX NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL NORMAN PALLME DALE BARNES W. QUARLES J. W. DENNIS W. BROCE JR. H. G. DARNELL "SCOTTY" ATKINS R. E. FRINK EDWARD CUSTER K. PETTERSSEN WM. COUNCIL BARGONE JACINTO NAVARRO MAX SEIDEL CENTRAL MASON R. M. NOLAN W." LEWIS XXX BALTIMORE HOSPITAL MELVIN MERCER ROBERT KUNTZ RAYMOND GERHARD ROBERT CAVENDER CARL SCHULTZ PETER LOPEZ MAX FINGERHUT FRANCIS O'BRIEN BUCK SHERWIN RALPH FREY XXX GALVESTON HOSPITAL LONGKEMPT PAURGASON—SUP ALDERHOLDS KING MITCHELL DOWELL DEETRECH SWENSON CASTAGNERE—B.C. MULKE You can contact your Hos­ pital delegate at the Staten Island Hospital at the follow­ ing times: Tuesday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m. (on 5th and 6th floors) Thursday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m. (on 3rd and 4th floors.) Saturday—1:30 to 3:30 p. xn, (on 1st and 2nd floors.) NEPONSIT HOSPITAL LINDER CLARK J. FIGUEROA L. L. LEWIS H. SELBY H. BURKE J. S. COMPBELL B. ISRYDER B. LUFLIN G. F. McCOMB E. FERRER R. BLAKE J. R. HENCHEY XXX SAN JUAN HOSPITAL N. R. E. A. P. F. HAMMER SAUNDERS LARKIN ACEVEDO FELECIANO APUNTE XXX ELLIS ISLAND HOSPITAL D. MCDONALD J. KOSLUSKY �Friday. December 13, 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG AFL Staff Officers Association Is Only Certified Pursers' Union Steamship Corporation, General By THOMAS B. HILL AMMSOA N. Y, Represenlative , Steamship Corporation, James Griffith, Hammond Shipping, The Staff Officers Association, Interocean Steamship Corpora­ AFI., is not interested in carry­ tion, Luckenbach Steamship ing on a smear campaign Company, Olympic Steamship against the National Maritime Company, O. J. Olson & Com­ Union in regards to the coming pany, Poper & Talbot Inc., Mcelections and the organization of Cormick Steamship Company, Pursers. However, a recent openj Pacific Atlantic Steamship Com­ letter from the NMU to their pany, Sudden & Christenson, ships' committees has made sev­ Matson Navigation, Shepard eral misstatements which must Steamship Company, Wirehaeuser be. clarified for the benefit of all .Steamship Company, Union Sul­ Pursers. phur Company, Alaska Transpor­ By this time the letter has been tation, Northland Transportation, widely circulated and all Pursers [ American Pacific Steamship Com­ are pretty familiar with it. The pany, and Pacific Tankers. AMMSOA has pointed out on AFL SUPPORT many occasions that Pursers and Assistant Pursers should join an The open letter advises organization that represents only that you could expect no support the Staff Officers. We still main­ becaiuse the unlicensed crew is tain that that is whei'e they be­ NMU. I would like to call to your long. attention that the Masters, Mates Wo have now been accused of! and Pilots is an AFL organization, failing to tell our membership | and you are pledged the full sup­ that we are part of the Seafarers port of all AFL maritime unions Intel-national Union, AFL, but through the powerful AFL Mari­ time Trades Department which that is not strictly true. consists of every AFL maritime We have our separate organi­ union. zation although we are proud to The NMU is of the understand­ be associated with a Union which ing that some steamship com­ has done so much to benefit the, panies have granted the unlicensed seamen in the past years. In fact, it was the immense gains made by the SIU recently which made it possible for the NMU and the other CIO mari­ time unions to be granted in­ creases. Now the NMU has the nerve to scream that it is the union that has benefited sea­ men. Their record speaks for it­ self. SCUTTLED BY NMU The open letter is correct in stating that at one time the Pur­ sers did belong to the NMU back in 1939. But having paid dues for a long period of time, their re­ quest for support was turned down by none other than the writer of the open letter, Joseph Curran, president of the NMU. If the requested support had been forthcoming, as promised, the Pursers wouldn't have had to worry about discrimination and victimization by the companies. The letter goes on to say that the NMU has been attempting to organize Pursers for the past six years. They have certainly built up quite a record in that time, having exactly NO collective bar­ gaining contracts covering Pur­ sers. Tlie true reason why the NMU is interested in organizing is be­ cause their own membership is decreasing. This causes a loss of revenue, and they would like to make this up by taking in Pur­ sers. Evidence of this is seen in the fact that they want four months dues in advance, but they will give away a free book, which is the only way they could pos­ sibly induce Staff Officers to join. ENTIRE WEST COAST I I |l The AMMSOA was listed as having about ten West Coast companies under contract. This Association has collective bar­ gaining agreements with every West Coast company, some of which are listed here: AmericanHawaiian Steamship Company, Alaska Packers, American Presi­ dent Lines, American Mail, Burns Steamship, Chamberlain Steamship. Coastwise PFE line. Pacific Far East Line, De La Rama Page Three FOR SIU IN A BIG WAY mm AMMSOA desk space in their offices for the purpose of organiz­ ing the pursers. What imagina­ tion! But of course, someone must be blamed for the failure of the NMU to do so. The SS Washington is used as an incident where the NMU claims to have benefited the pur­ sers. The true facts are that the AMMSOA negotiated the first overtime for pursers at the li­ censed officers rates several months prior to the time the War Shipping Administration saw fit to grant overtime to pursers not covered by collective bargaining contracts. Again the NMU was ready to step forward and claim that they alone had obtained Above is pictured part of the crew of Isthmian's SS .nnovertime for pursers. niston "Victory, a ship that voted for the Seafarers by an over­ The AMMSOA is the only AFL whelming majority. Most of the Isthmian fleet did the same. Pursers association, and is the For more pictures of Isthmian crews, and for a condensed de­ only bona fide organization ever port on the campaign, turn to the middle section. certified by the National Labor Relations Board as the bargain­ ing agent for the purpose. It is apparent in summarizing the open letter that the NMU not. only has done nothing to benefit the pursers, but knows From the ballyhoo that blares ships in the far-flung corners of nothing in regards to the pursers department of the Merchant forth every time a mink-coated the earth. For the steady, well-done job. lady donates a couple of dough­ Marine. Seafarers join Joe Burns in being nuts to some seamen's service it proud of Mrs. Burns and her would appear that nobody else supporting co-workers. ever makes a contribution toward making a seamen's life a bit more pleasant. But the quiet, unas­ suming efforts of Mrs. Ruth Burns knocks that assumption into a cocked hat. Seafarers' Wife Is Still On The Job Supplying Magazines For Seamen Special Board To Rid Govt. Of Communists Since 1943, Mrs. Burns who, by the way, is the able wife of an WASHINGTON—Under an Ex­ able Bosun, Seafarer Joe Burns, ecutive Order, signed by Presi­ has been busy collecting books dent Truman, a new board has and current magazines by the By JOE VOLPIAN been set up to study the Govern­ hundi'eds for Seafarers to read ment's methods of testing the in their off work moments. The Admiralty Court of the to come to the trial, he himself loyalty of its employees, and de­ United States has adopted the • would be chai-ged with criminal Mrs. Burns' project is no small- signed to purge the Government's rule that "Seamen are wards of negligence and would be thrown fry effort. When she began her' payrolls of communists and fas­ in jail for years. That it was just the Admiralty Court". Congress a question of saving his own skin, book and magazine roundup, she cists. enlisted the support of her co­ This action follows pressure by has passed certain laws safe­ so he had to testify against the workers at H. L. Green and Com­ the American Federation of La­ guarding the rights of seamen seaman. pany, in New York City. bor that such a commission be and the judges usually have in­ Mrs. Burns' fellow-workers — established to remove any per­ UNLAWFUL terpreted the laws liberally and 250 of them— eagerly and reg­ sons proven to be subversive It is our opinion that the meth­ fairly. ularly responded to her requests Unfortunately, the companies ods used to induce the witness to for reading material for Seafarers. agents. The commission is to be made that run the ships have adopted, testify was, to put it mildly, just up of one representative each BUSY GALS to say the least, a quite contrary a bit too strong. He was forced from the Justice, State, Treasury, to tell a story that would prove Daily they would come to work view. and War Departments and of the Recently a young seaman was that it was the man's own fault carrying books and magazines. Civil Service Commission. The Every month or so when Mrs. j hurt so badly while in the service foi' being hurt. Burns had garnered about. 200 Justice Department representa­ If the witness testified that it of his ship, that he was given up tive will serve as chairman. The for dead. He had to have day was his negligence that caused volumes, she'd package them up group is expected to report to and night nurses to attend him the accident, he thought that he for distribution to Seafarers in the President by January 1, 1947, 24 hours a day. Fortunately, he would be arrested; so being hu­ the Union Halls, aboard their, after which it will go out of ex­ will eventually pull through: but man he had to testify against the ships, and to seamen's hangouts. istence. Then the process would start all he will never be the same again. man. A similar body was proposed over again. ' Legally, the witness could not He will be crippled for the rest last year in the House of Reprebe prosecuted for criminal neg­ Df his life. The work of Mrs. Burns and sentaives by the House Civil ligence in an accident case unless her co-workers in behalf of Sea­ Service subcommittee. In public SURPRISE WITNESS he intended to hurt the other farers was no patriotic stunt de­ hearings this group was particu­ Feeling that he was incapable man. The witness could not be signed for the period of the war larly critical of "communist ten­ of protecting his interests, he re­ forced to come from the west alone. The magazine and book dencies" of some members of the tained a lawyer to prosecute his to New York to testify because collecting has continued unabated State Department, and urged a claim. Eventually, the case came ho was not within the jurisdiction right through the war's end. special commission to unify se­ up for trial and, lo and behold, of the court when the trial was Last Monday, Seafarer Burns, ^ curity, and to allocate funds to the company produced a witness being held. grunting under the burden of permit fingei-printing of all Gov­ who testified against his fellow Lastly, Congress has passed a some 200 periodicals and books ernment jobholders. worker. law dealing directly with ship­ which his wife had commissioned This new commission is an out­ This testimony, as we have ping casualities. The section di­ him to deliver to his Union bro­ growth of the group's urging, and heard, is very damai.Vng and rects that any person attempting thers, staggered into the Hall on its recommendations have been might caus'e the man to lose his to coerce a witness or to induce passed along to the new commis­ Beaver Street. case. We don't know yet because them to testify falsely in connec­ sion to be considered. He turned the mass of reading the judge reversed his decision. tion with a shipping casuality No power has been given to the matter over to Jimmy Steward, new board to fire employes. They After the trial, the witness ap­ shall be fined $5,000 or imprison­ in charge of the recreation room, are supposed only to determine proached the injured seaman and ^ ed for one year or both. and Seafarers are already delving standards for judging the loyalty apologized for testifying against • Don't let anybody force you to into the fruits of the Buims' col­ of the employes and applicants him. He said he did not want to testify against your will or to lection. come to New York to appear at testify falsely, because if you for Federal employment, and to the trial from out west, but was don't tell the truth- on the stand Moreover, some of this material study means of removing or dis­ forced to do so. | you are then really guilty, and will soon be providing an even­ qualifying from employment any ing's reading for Seafarers aboard disloyal or subversive person. He was told that if he refused can be prosecuted for perjury. •f • 'ill ••4 •I �THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Four Friday, December 13, 1948 NMU Losing Out With Unorganized Because Of Its Staiiing Tactics By EARL SHEPPARD QUESTION.-—How has the cost of living affected you? This question was suggested a few weeks ago. We think that it is interesting enough to the membership to devote several columns to the subject. HEMSLEY M. GUINIER, Stew.: From day to day the situation gets worse. Prices are going up from hour to hour, food and other commodities are scarce, and no matter what happens, the wages stay at a low level. I have very little to do with the buying, but my wife tells me plenty. She says that a dollar isn't worth very much now, and that shopping is like a treasure hunt. Attempts to blame this situation on the re­ cent strikes is silly. The strikes lhat labor has participated in have been for the purpose of equaliz­ ing wages with high prices. No decision has yet been hand­ ed down by the NLRB as a result of the informal hearing held last Friday, December 6, on the Isth­ mian case. HowQyer, the decision should be announced very shortly and we'll know then how. long it will be before the Seafarers is certified as the collective bargain­ ing agent for the Isthmian sea­ men. That's what all the Isth­ mian crewmembers are most in­ terested in, "How long will it be before we're working under an SIU contract and SIU conditions?" Our only answer to these many questions is, "Boys, just as soon as the NLRB certifies the SIU to represent you, then we'll begin at once to negotiate the kind of an SIU contract you've fought for so hard." ROGER FONTAINE, Deck Eng. My name isn't Rockefeller, so havent been able to buy anything new for a long time. No seaman can afford to pay the exorbitant prices that are being asked for food and clothing today. I can't afford to go out on a date because every place in town wants an arm or a leg in settlement of the check. Until I strike gold some­ place I'm just going to wear the clothes I have on right now. Be­ One main result of the phony sides that I will have to do with­ stand taken by the commie NMU out decent food and entertain­ misleaders in holding up the final ment. It's a dirty shame that Isthmian election results is to prices are so much out of line. make their outfit the most un­ popular on the entire waterfront. Isthmian seamen are burned up over the company stooge role played by the NMU, and right­ fully blame them for the entire delay. They know that if it hadn't been for the NMU's delaying tac­ tics they would now have an SIU contract covering Isth­ mian ships. ; It's a tough job to talk to these ; Isthmian .seamen, and try to calm J' them down. They're mad — damn mad — at still being left without SIU representation on their beefs and demands. These boys have reached the stage where they are talking direct act­ ion, where they want to strike the Isthmian ships in order to gain an SIU contract, and where they want immediate action or they're going to know the reason why. HOLD TIGHT iiiis ifcis HOY WHITE, Oiler: The restaurant where I usually eat now charges 90c for the same meal that cost only 5Qc a few months ago. That's quite a jump in price. Beer has remained at 10c per glass, but the glass is getling mightly small nowadays. It's getting so that a man just can't live ashore anymore, and there are not enough jobs around on ships. I'm single, so I guess I cLon't feel the pinch as much as the married men, but even so I have plenty of trouble making ends meet. I couldn't get married now if I wanted to. JAMES RONALDSON, OS: The high cost of living has af­ fected me so much that I haven't been able to buy anything for a long time. I need plenty of things, but I have to spend practically all my money for food and shel­ ter. If I want to go to a movie I have to plan for it and budget for it. That's no way to have to live. A man who works should at least be able to buy a suit of clothes every now and then, go to the movies occasionally, and not have to worry about eating. I can't understand why prices should be so far ahead of wages. ii® All SIU organizers and repre­ sentatives are urging the Isth­ mian seamen to sit tight for a little while longer. This matter has gone this far now, and in spite of the finky part played by the NMU in playing the com­ pany's stooge, it won't be much longer before the entire situation is cleared up. The NMU is running the most colossal bluff of their entire crook­ ed career. They have been hoping that it would kid their members, the general public, and the entire waterfront, into beleiving that they had a chance to win Isth­ mian so that they could be ex­ cused for throwing away all of the NMU's cabbage that they have. Yes, we said a mouthful when we stated that the NMU was fast becoming the most unpopular out­ fit on the waterfront. As a result of the tactics played by the "Rule or Ruin" boys in the NMU, that outfit has thoroughly lost what little reputation that they might have had left after their ten year span of life. SMOOTH SAILING By holding tight on the Isth­ mian ships, the unorganized sea­ men are making sure that they are in a position to back up any play by the Seafarers when we begin to negotiate a contract with that Gompony. If the Isthmian Company proves the least bit tough in bargaining negotiations with the SIU, these crews are ready and willing to job action the ships or do anything else necessary to the winning of the contract. ^ We're not being rosy-glassed optimists when we say that it should be smooth sailing ahead for Isthmian unlicensed person­ nel once they have an SIU con­ tract. The actual negotiation should not be a difficult job. We don't expect to get anything on a platter from Isthmian, but when our union has the solid backing that we have today from the Isth­ mian crews, nothing is ^ too hard for us. OTHER ORGANIZING Well leaving Isthmian for a while until we get some more news on it, a little time and space should be devoted to a report of other organizing activities. No date has as yet been set for the start of the Cities Service elec­ tion but news on this should be forthcoming from the NLRB very shortly. As far as the organizing drive within the Cities Service Fleet, this is running vei-y smo­ othly with the SIU gaining strength. Several other outfits are in the process of being organized, but no report on the progress will be made at this time. However, we are very confident that the SIU is going to take over a number of these unorganized tanker out­ fits as well as some dry cargo companies. As fast as these companies reach the stage where we have a majority of the unlicensed per­ sonnel signed up on pledge cards, the SIU will immediately petition for an election. The SIU is mov­ ing forward, and will continue to move forward until all of the un­ organized seamen are organized. That's the Seafarers' goal. Carl Lawson It's a far cry from the Aus­ tralian Navy to sailing SlU-contracted ships, and if you don't believe that statement ask Carl Lawson, Bosun. Carl started his life at sea as a sailor in the Aus­ tralian Navy, but as he puts it, "I never was a lover of the Navy. Too much red tape. I like mer­ chant ships better." Carl comes by his seafaring life naturally; His father was a sailor, and although his mother wanted to apprentice him to an engineer­ ing company, Carl had listened to his father's stories too long to be persuaded. Until 1932 it was the Navy for Carl, but that year he decided against re-enlisting, and instead made his way to the United States. Shipping was at a low ebb that year, and so the only ships that Lawson could get jobs on were those belonging to foreign countries. After a few years of this, he went back to New Zea­ land where shipping was a little easier. For four hours the Awatea was. continually attacked >by torpedo planes. Three of the enemy air­ ships were brought down in flames by the accurate fire of the gun crew, but the odds were too much, and finally one tin fish found its mark. NEW ZEALAND SHIPS All the troops were gotten off First thing he did there was safely, but nine crewmembers to join the New Zealand Sea­ lost their lives while supervising men's Union. Besides joining the the debarking procedure. organization he became very ac­ tive, and was often elected Union TO THE U. S. Delegate to various meetings and After this, Carl was sent to conventions. England for a rest, and then was For the next few years he supposed to return to New Zea­ lived a quiet life on the NZ to land. He refused to do this, and California run. But this phase prevailed on the American Con­ was soon over, and 1939 saw the sul to get him a ship for the start of the war in Europe. NZ, United States. He did so, and with the other parts of the Brit­ Carl started on his way aboard ish Empire, went right ' i bat­ the John Marshall. tle, and instead of tran„,, jrting "Maybe I was a jinx," he says freight, ships started carrying!, in recollection, "but the first troops. night out of Liverpool we hit a From 1939 until the invasion of rock and had to stay there three Africa, Lawson served on the days before we were -pulled off Awatea, a troop transport that and towed to Scotland." made a glorious name for itself. He couldn't have been too bad Thousands of men were carried a jinx since the ship was loaded on this vessel without one loss with high explosives but still of life. The invasion of North Africa there was no explosion. Finally he made to these shores, was an epic in itself. The Awatea was in the first line of ships go­ and through the recommenda­ ing into the beach. The sky was tion of five full book members, . full of planes, and many of them he was admitted to membership were enemy ships. (Continued on Page 6) �THE SEAFARERS LOG Fziday, December 1^, 1948 Page Five Seatrains May Cease Operation If Cubans Withdraw Subsidy By C. J. (BUCK) STEPHENS Philadelphia Shipping Is Good, Except For The Backdoor Artists NO NEWS?? By J. TRUESDALE are Johnny Bannon, Otto Holpner. Red Healey and Frankie Polando. Quite a few of the men who were on the beach here have shipped out on vessels bound for distant shores. We're wishing all these men the very best of luck on their voyages. With the deadline approaching in the balloting for Union rep­ resentatives for 1947, all indica­ tions point to a new high vote. Voting is going on every day, and so far we have already sur­ passed the total of last year's vote. We hope that the other ports are doing as well on this score. If they are, the final tally PHILADELPHIA — Shipping has been good in Philadelphia, and we are expecting it to be even better within the next few days. There was a very good turnout for the Dec. 4 membership meet­ ing with about 300 members present. It was a good meeting, too, with many oldtimers, quite a few of whom are still around here, in attendance. Among them Seafarers Wins Atlantic Towing In Savannah By ARTHUR THOMPSON 'MT ?•) As a result, they have sched­ Local 1418 recently had their uled two more trips, each of election. This one was recorded as the quietest they have ever had. It was held on December 1, and was conducted in such a way as to give all hands a chance to express their opinions by voting. As the situation regarding ship­ ping improves we will report in the pages of the Log. Right now it is getting better, but no mir­ acles can be expected, so stay where you are and ship from that port. For President Mr. Chittenden was unopposed, but for Vice-Pres­ ident there were eight candidates in the running. Joseph Doane was elected by a count of 497 votes, and the remainder t)f the votes were divided in the follow­ ing manner; Royal Ballinger 17, Later on we may have open Peter S. Gabriel 26, Rudolph Lejobs in New York,, and when that granne 51, Charles Macaluse 127, happens you will see it in print. Tilman Stephens 33, Alonzo Switzer 161, and John Vollmers 54. Corpus Christi Is Different, Needs Seamen By J. S. WILLIAMS CORPUS CHRISTI — For the first time in many weeks we are able to report excellent shipping in this Gulf port. There are very few men on the beach, and, there are jobs for any man in the mood What adds to the general mis­ to take one. ery is that sometimes they take Thfe situation here is much dif­ papers away from a guy after he ferent from what it is in the has been fined by a civil court. larger ports, as we are having That means that a seaman has no difficulty in getting ships for been tried twice for an infrac­ the men. And in the past few tion of the rules, whereas other days we have had to send to Gal­ people have only to defend them­ veston to man the ships that are selves once. It all adds up to calling for crews, which is the more discrimination against mer­ way we like to see things run­ chant seamen. ning. SHIPPING NEWS EXPECT MORE shop contract with the NMU. This maneuver constitutes an unfair labor practice and certain­ ly smacks of a backdoor deal be­ tween the company and the NMU. ^ We feel that if this company wishes to operate it must do so above board, and allow the crews to choose the union of their own choice. We don't believe in these backdoor deals which the NMU is specialist in^ and we are doing Shipping in this port seems to something about it. Other than this beef every­ be on the up-grade. Now that thing is going along pretty well. doesn't mean that you fellows We hope to see the Seatrain out­ in other ports can come to New fit start moving next week, and York and pick up a ship one-twoif it does it will keep us busy three. for awhile. But for the first time in many We'd like to take this oppor­ months, we have jobs listed on tunity, even though we are beat­ the board for all departments, ing the gun somewhat, to wish and a man has a little more pick everyone a Merry Christmas and than he had previously. a Happy New Year, since many After the first of the year, the of the Brothers who are on the situation ought to be even better. beach now may be on their way Ivfany companies are dickering to other points when the holidays for ships which they will place roll around. in operation sometime in the be­ 100 PER CENT AFL The MM&P also won its elec­ tion in that same outfit a short time ago, so the company is now 100 per cent AFL. Their full co­ operation during the recent strike led us to believe we would win and the ballots proved us correct. Business in Savannah is very slow. We shipped four men to the SS Thomas Reed which is now in the boneyard, and four more are taking the SS Laura Keene to the same place today. This leaves us with no ships in port at the present writing. We have 30 full book members oni the beach and 14 trip card mem-,bers. We hope to get them all out before Christmas, but we're not sure of anything coming in. May­ be next week will tell a different story. Let's hope so anyway. This will sure be a tough break because Seatrain Lines would have all five of their vessels in operation by the end of the year,': and anyone who has ever sailed on a Seatrain knows what swell Recently when the Seatrain jobs they are. New Orleans was tied up in Cuba Let's hope that the Cuban due to labor trouble, the Cuban Government and the Company Govt, gave the longshoremen a can get together before it is too subsidy to offset the demands late. No one wants to see those made by them on the Seatrain ships out of operation. Lines. This subsidy is going to N. O. ILA ELECTION be withdrawn, and the Company says that it cannot meet the de­ While the SIU is in the midst mands of the longshoremen. of its annual election, the ILA Approximately a thousand men voted, and the slate endorsed and By JOE ALGINA headed by Alfred Chittenden, in­ NEW YORK —If possible, the run, and that is welcome news to cumbent President, was put into office by a large majority. Coast Guard overseas is more our members. 1 guess that is because they have so little to do, they want to keep busy and justify the faet that they are spending plenty of the taxpayers money for no good will show that a tremendous reason. Whatever they have in number of Seafarers have taken the backs of their minds, one advantage of their democratic thing sure and that is that the privilege. seamen are getting a dirty break. BACKDOOR DEAL From the stories we have been getting, from guys who have been We have the Benjamin Schlessinger, in here, and she is frozen sailing for a long time and are not given to spreading idle rumors, to the dock. Tugboat men and the CG has adopted the practice longshoremen refuse to touch her. of pulling men's papers for the The reason is that the Ponchelet slightest violation. They have be­ Marine Corporation, her owners, come so trigger-happy that they recently started in business on go drumming up business and the East Coast, and approximate­ pick up innocent guys just so as ly one month before they obtain­ to have something to do. ed a ship they signed a closed V which is only to pick up the equipment they have in. Cuba. After that they will close shop. Coast Guard Even More Stringent Now That The Shooting Is Over vicious than ever. During the war we figured that the hooligafis had reached the height, or maybe the depth, of dictatorship over the lives of merchant seamen, but now that the war is over, they have been showing us new tricks. SAVANNAH—The SIU of N. A. came out on top again. The At­ lantic Towing Company, the only towboat company in Savannah, is now under the Seafarers ban­ ner. The results were 56 V2 per cent for the SIU and 43 V2 per cent for the NMU. The opposition was very strong against us. We had to contend with the NMU's known policy of giving paid-up books to poten­ tial members and their propa­ ganda that the NMU is the only maritime union which does not discriminate against any member. The company also gave us a tough time by showing NMU or­ ganizers preference, and advising the men not to join an AFL union. The majority of the men, however, could see by past per­ formance that the SIU doesn't brag much but spends its time in getting results. Silence this we^k fxmn the Branch Agents of the follow­ ing ports: CHARLESTON PORT ARTHUR HOUSTON NORFOLK JACKSONVILLE MOBILE BOSTON BALTIMORE GALVESTON NEW ORLEANS—The old SB Seatrain New Orleans is once again in the news, but this time it is really bad news for the SIU and the men who like to ride this vessel.. And it is going to stay that way unless the Cuban Gov­ ernment changes its mind. ginning of 1947. Of course they are buying the ships for next to nothing, but at least they will be in operation and will' provide jobs for our men. The Robin Liife is making plans to run a C-4 on the South African Aside from running around for men to place aboard ships, we have had a few payoffs which were more than welcome. We expect more ships in next week to payoff. The Newburg, Fort Clatsop, and Midway Hills, all AmericanPacific ships, were in last week with no major beefs. All three ships had fine SIU crews aboard them. We also had the Cape May, Bull Lines', in port, but she was with us only a few hours. Shinping promises to keep rolling at the present high rate for quite some time, and no one down here is sorry about that. Here's hoping that the other SIU ports will soon be able to report the good shipping we are enjoy­ ing in Corpus Christi at the present. In the election for SecretaryTreasurer, Ivy P. Boudreaux was the successful candidate with 586 votes. Arthur Donnelly received 47, Norman Gauthreaux 126, and Elmore Maysonave 185. The top three vote-getters in the running were elected to the I Finance Committee. These are Stanley Bordeleon 646, Albert Brown 638, and Albert Gough 463. The other candidates votes were as follows: Clarence Fabregas 242, Henry Helm 208, Wallace Kelly 243, Andrew Lopez 70, and Louis Seage 115. MORE OFFICERS In the election for the Board of Directors, Richard Hoffman 682, Paul Lanzetta 557, and Lloyd Seruntine 640, were elected. The unsuccessful candidates were Jo­ seph Grisaffi 228, Vincent Libert 177, and Joseph Mire 309. Alvin P. Pier was elected Mar­ shall with 453 votes, while Salvatore Garde with 59 votes, Zachary Daughdrill with 94 votes, Anthony Namias with 151 votes, and Hanry Patterson with 184 votes, were the unsuccessful can­ didates. This was a real election with both sides making use of sound trucks, and real politicking going on all day. After the election was over, they all partook of refresh­ ments in fine old longshoreman fashion. Good luck for the coming term . to Brother Chittenden and his entire staff of officers. We know that the Seafarers International Union will be able to work in.:, close harmony with the long­ shoremen in the future as we • have in the past. �THE SEAFARERS Page Six It's A Cat's Life—Standard's Puss Gets Pay Boost And Pension Plan Friday, December 13. 1946 LOG CARRYING THE MAIL By BLACKIE CARDULLO • MARCUS HOOK —We see . where John Lewis has called off the coal strike. From the heat that was put on him from every angle, it looked as if it was a test case to smash labor. But this is only a forerunner of what labor can expect in the next year. It seems funny that every time a union goes on strike, the cry is raised that it is a strike against government. Actually, who is the government? We were always under the impression that, ac­ cording to the Constitution, the people were the government. To hear four or five men in Washing-" ton you'd think they wei-e the whole show. The United Mine Workers were not on strike against the govern­ ment. They were striking against the dictates of a few men em­ ployed by the government. PENSIONS FOR CATS Further proof that the cost of living has gone up comes from an oil plant owned by the Stan­ dard Oil Company in Bayonne, N. J. The plant had to raise the stole some equipment from a nearby firehouse. They grabbed up hats, axes and parts of trucks that could not be replaced. They poured gasoline on the trolley tracks and set it afire. They were good-naturedly asked to return che equipment and all would be forgiven. By HERBERT JANSEN CHICAGO — As can be expect­ ed at this time of year, shipping is very slow and getting slower all the time. There are quite a few men registered, but no jobs are available. CAN'T BE RAH-RAH We hesitate to think of what would happen if SIU boys did the same thing. Oh boy, would the jails be jammed. Just a couple of seamen go on a bender some place, and it hits the front pages. Pinochle Tops Shipping News In Chicago Everything is up to date in Marcus Hook. When Ihey^ want to deliver Logs, pamphlets, or .other literature, they just round up the motorcycle squad and away they go. They've gone a long way from the days of the horse and buggy in Marcus Hook. Next thing you know they will be using jet propelled airplanes to deliver the Union's propaganda. About the only ship in action around here is the SS Gilbert and she is doing her sailing in the newspapers. What I mean by that is the Gilbert was recently the subject of a full page feature stqry in a Chicago paper. There were pictures of her in operation, also part of her crew. The only thing they neglected to mention was the fact that the Gilbert was a solid SIU ship. They wouldn't have been so anxious to print the pictures of the ship if she was all beat up, and the fact We won't forget it, Joe. And that she was clean from top to By C. SIMMONS we're glad to see a romance be­ bottom i.s to be credited to the tween Sis and Johnnie running an effort to use some pressure. fine SIU crew. TAMPA—We're getting plenty smoothly and hope it continues So far they haven't sold any STILL JOINING UP chat way. They're two fine kids. of ships in this port now and stores, and if the SIU has any­ we're shipping a few replace­ We also wish to extend the On the organizing front around thing to say about it they aren't same thanks to Mary Blanka as ments on most of them. Chicago there is some activity going to sell any. she has been more than coopera­ with the seamen sailing on the American Pacific lines has the Later, Joe Wheeler of Water­ tive in helping us in every pos­ SS James Smith in port. If ever Lake Carriers' ships coming in man called and said that he sible way. Many personal thanks and joining up with the SIU. a three dollar bill sailed as Skip­ couldn't see where the chandlers to you Mary. This movement has been steady per, the guy on this ship, it it. had any legitimate beef. We told him there was no beef, that we for the last three months and He has had trouble on SIU ships loved everybody, that if the ships there is every reason to expect before, and from all indications didn't require any stores it wasn't these seamen to keep coming in will continue to have trouble on oui" fault. In fact, the Stewards during the winter months to get {Continued from Page 4) any ship he sails. He should go should be commended for hold­ acquainted with the SIU and join in the SIU. During the remaind­ up. back where he came from and ing down expenses, er of the war he continued sail­ jump into a deep hole. With winter a reality now, ing, mostly on the run through NOTE TO STEWARDS We notified the Stewards on tables and chairs are being ar­ the Mediterranean to the Persian Again, we want to impress up­ ranged in the Hall for the com­ Gulf. There was still plenty of ships touching this port not to on Stewards whose ships will ing winter pinochle tournament. buy stores here as the shipchand­ trouble on that run, but outside make this port to buy enough Decks of pinochle cards have lers broke our picketlines with of bombings, Lawson says the stores elsewhere to eliminate the been coming in at a steady stream police protection. trips were "uneventful." chance of having to buy from marked "only to be used in the The chandlers stood on the Of supreme importance to Lawthese Tampa shipchandlers. These tournament". son is his citizenship. He still has sidelines and had a big laugh finks aren't even worthy of com­ 12 months to go before he re­ when their trucks went through. Later on, when the snow is ing aboard an SIU ship. If it is Now they are laughing out of the ceives his final papers, but he whirling around outside the Hall, has carried out the duties of a other side of their mouths, for necessary to buy bread and milk, the boys will be sitting around citizen since the first days he hit these finks are beginning to feel get in touch with some dairy or the tables playing pinochle and the pinch. The action of our bakery. these shores. swapping experiences of the past We're having about a dozen season, and telling their plans for Carl Lawson has a good Union Stewards is being felt in the characters a day coming in here the new season when it opens in record. He is a militant fighter pocket book. now and getting in our hair. the spring. for a seamen's rights, and his TABLES TURNED They are all from three to five shipmates have confidence in WORD TO CHAMP years in arrears, and they have A delegation of the shipchand­ him. This is proven by the fact Last year the championship that ho is usually elected Ship's lers called on us this morning. no strike clearance. went to the SS Rockwood with delegate on whatever ship he They pleaded and promised of­ All they have is the urge to fering to do most anything to become good Union men. Too Mike Hughes copping the glory sails on. The SIU can be justly proud of square themselves. We returned bad they didn't think of this be­ as the highest bidder. Just a Lawson and members like him. the laugh. We told them we fore. We want to warn these word to Mike as defending They are the backbone of the wished they could sell all their boys who sailed during the war champ: there is a newcomer who Union, and they are the men who stoi-es but that our membership not to get these vessels now. They claims he will take the top honor have been in the forefront of the wouldn't stand for any fink out­ might slip by for one trip, but as this winter, so you'd better sharp­ fight to advance the cause of fits putting stores aboard their soon as she is settled, off they en your pencil and your wits for the coming clash. seamen. The Seafarers Interna­ vessels. come. We're taking the "do not tional Union, with men like those Then the finks paraded down ship list" aboard and we're And so with the pinochle tourn­ in its ranks, can never be beaten to the Chamber of Commerce checking, every book and no finks ament the biggest news of the or stopped. and the Waterman Agent here in will be allowed. week, that's all from Chicago. At this point we wish to thank Joe Williams, the owner of one of our local pubs, who has helped us in our organizational drive by putting all our literature on his billboard, and making sure the Sun Oil seamen got it. Finky Shipchandlers Find Out They Can't Tamper With Tampa Meet The Seafarers allowance of a cat who was of­ ficially on their payroll from $4.40a month to $5.50. Thej' also raised the cat's pen­ sion for the days when she gets too old to catch mice. We won­ der if the Standard's employees get the same break. We paid off and signed on the Tonto with our friend Captdin "Rowboat" Wilson, who has a new role. He's a rassler. He comes aboard the ship and wants to rassle with the crew everytime he has a load on. The Marcus Hook Agent, thinking he could . afford to lose a few pounds in a friendly tussle offered to take Wilson on for a short heat, but old "Rowboat" refused when he spotted the agent's hand full of vaseline. We see where the students of a Philadelphia college staged a row-bottom the other night and tore up everything in sight and SOME OF THE BLACK GANG PART OF THE DECK CREW Here are some of the crewmembers of the SS Brazil Vic­ tory. Left, standing from left to right, Juan Lera, A. Quinnes, H. Crawford, Floyd Smith, A. Clement, James Larson, and A. Bailey. Kneeling, Pat Calla­ han and E. Messana. I m r ' « '' Right, from left to right in the back row, Charles Carr, N. Martinez, Rudy Rice, Lou Caudle, and Lucino Toribio, Bosun. Front row, John Stan­ ford, Dutch Jongsma, and Alex Goki. Carr is the Third Mate and is a former SIU book mem­ ber. �• ••:'-^-''^.^::^^--^',Y- .1- Friday, December 13, 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Seven Report On Isthmian Campaign And Other Organizing Drives raaiOGUE-THE BEGIIINING ABOUT THE REPORT ISTHMIAN MEN IN THE SIU At the beginning of 1945, with Director be paid the same wages On Ihese four pages is the condensation of the report render­ the end Of World War II in sight,' and travel as the New York Agent ed to the membership by Paul Hall. Director of Organization, the Atlantic and Gulf District of and that the Area Organizers be detailing the work done by the Organizing Staff during the past the Seafarers International Union paid the same travel and wages A great obstacle encountered year. of North America realized the as the other Branch Agents, ex­ in the Isthmian Organizing Work Special emphasis is placed on the Isthmian Organizing necessity for the expansion of cept New York, and that the was the fact that it cost $68.00 to Drive, which was the most important single undertaking, but join the SIU and $17.00 to join this Union and instituted an ex­ Assistant Organizers be paid the other points of organizational activity are also covered. tensive organizational program. same wages and travel as the the NMU. Because of this teriffic The expenditure of money for the drive has been aeeouiiled organizational handicap, the fol­ The proposition of organizing regular Branch Patrolmen. for, and the use of propaganda by means of leaflets and LOG lowing resolution was presented the unorganized was placed high "MOTION BY MICHELET. that publicity has also been carefully evaluated. to the membership for action at on the Agenda in the year 1945 all Organizers' wages and Or­ A committee will be elected by the membership to examine the New York regular meeting of at the Annual Agents' Conference ganization expenditures be taken the entire report, and to bring back recommendations and find­ Januai-y 30, 1946, and adopted and as a result of the action taken from the Organizational Fund. ings lo the membership for their action. That will take place at unanimously: at that conference, the following SECONDED BY THOMPSON. the next regular meeting. program quoted below was adopt­ QUESTION CALLED FOR. "WHEREAS: The unlicensed At the present time, the SIU has not yet been designated as ed. This program was reaffirmed (CARRIED) seamen of the Deck, Engine and the bargaining agent for the Isthmian seamen due to the stalling by the 1946 Agents' Conference Stewards Departments now "Chairman Hawk entertained tactics of the NMU. and concurred in unanimously MOTION to recess at 1:00 P.M. working aboard Isthmian Line Although the SIU has a large majority of the votes already both years by the membership of ships are bona fide seamen striv­ "AFTERNOON SESSION, counted, and has been conceded the majority of the votes chal­ our Union. ing to bring Union wages, work­ TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1945. lenged by the NMU, nevertheless the NMU is fighting the case - Present at the meeting were: ing and living conditions aboard "Conference reconvened at 2:00 through all the levels of the NLRB in the hopes of somehow Isthmian ships, and John Hawk, Secretary-Treas­ P. M. salvaging part of its tarnished reputation. urer, Louis GolTin, Assistant Secy. "WHEREAS: These Isthmian Stories and reports of the progress of the case will be' carried "ROLL CALL —All officials Treas., Arthur Thompson, Savan­ seamen are doing a good job in in the pages of the LOG, and reports will be rendered the mem­ and Agents present. nah Agent, James Tucker, establishing the SIU as their Bar­ bership at the regular meetings. "Chairman Hawk stated that Charleston Agent, Wm. McKay. gaining Agent which insures Baltimore Agent, George Bales, the first order of business is to those conditions, and Mobile Agent, Paul Hall, New outline the duties of the Organ­ York Agent, Dolar Stone, Galve.s- izational Director, Area Organ"WHEREAS: By their efforts, ton Agent, Ray White, Norfolk' izers and Assistant Organizers. they are bringing the Isthmian Line under the banner of the Agent, John Mogan, Boston Aftei' considerable discussion, it Monies expended by and ac­ reference at any lime. Such SIU and are entitled to be con­ Agent, D. L. Parker, Tampa was MOVED BY TUCKER. counted for by the Director of clerical work as is deemed nec­ sidered in the same category as Agent, Robt. A. Matthews, Jack­ SECONDED BY RAY WHITE Organization as per rules laid essary shall be assigned him on the original organizers and found­ sonville Agent, A. Michelet, New "That the duties of the Organ­ down by the 1945 Agents' Con­ either a temporary or perman­ ers of the SIU of the AF of L, Orleans Agent, H. J. Collins, izational Director be as follows: ference and concurred in by the ent basis by the SecretaryPhila. Agent. "1. The Organizational Direct­ membership, to wit: "THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL­ Treasurer. All funds expended Present as observers were: or is Lo work in direct contact VED: That in the case of the by him or by the Area Organ­ "The Organizational Director Matthew Dushane, then Wash­ with the Secretary-Treasurer, Isthmian Line seamen, that they izers shall be requisitioned by is to work in direct contact ington Representative, and Floyd Assistant Secretary-Treasurer be permitted to join the SIU upon him and paid by check directly with the Secretary-Treasurer, Miller, then Editor of the Sea­ and the New York Agent to payment of the original charter from the Office of the Secre­ Assistant Secretary-Treasurer farers Log. discuss all matters with them. member fee of $17.00, and tary-Treasurer." and the New York Agent to ORGANIZATIONAL PROGRAM He is to issue mimeographed "BE IT FURTHER RESOLV­ discuss all matters with them. A detailed report of money ad-' ED: That these new members bulletins for all Branches and "Considerable discussion was He is to issue mimeographed vanced for organizational work to from the Isthmian Line become shall .answer all Organizational had on the subject of setting up bulletins for all Branches and the Director of Organization and members with all of the rights i n q u i f i e s from all Branch a Central Organizational Office shall answer all Organizational the disbursement of these funds and privileges of Union member­ Agents. He is to assign specific and a single Director of all Atlan­ inquiries from all Branch were compiled on a daily basis ship." Organizational tasks to the tic and Gulf organizational work. Agents. He is to assign specific and accounted for in weekly re­ Area Organizers under his It was pointed out that in order Organizational tasks to the The adoption of the above ports to the Secretary-Treas­ to be effective in organizing, these direction and to Agents in such Area Organizers under his di­ resolution by the membership urer., Although other monies ports where routine duties per­ two steps must be taken plus rection and to Agents in such and the carrying out of the policy than those contained in the selecting our objectives and con­ mit. He is empowered to re­ ports where routine duties per­ contained therein, has proven a report have been spent from move any organizer who fails centrating all forces on them in­ mit. He is empowered to re­ .great gain to the organizational the Organizing fund.s of the stead of playing the field. to conduct himself properly or move any Organizer who fails work in this fleet. It removed Union by the various Branches perform the tasks assigned "MOTION BY MATTHEWS, to conduct himself properly or 1 our opposition's main argument, and Headquarters Offices of the hin; by the director. He shall SECONDED BY PARKER: perform the tasks assigned him 'to wit: "that it costs more dough Union, the reports in no way maintain 'active files for im(1) "That a Central Organiza­ by the Director. He shall main­ to join the SIU than it does to represent these other expendit­ tional Office be set up in the Port tain active files for immediate join the NMU" and helped great­ (Contimicd on Page 10) ures. The.se Organizing Funds of New York to direct Organiza­ ly in swinging more men to go spent by others than the Director tional work and that an Organiza­ SIU, which was an important of Organization are accountable tional Director be appointed at factor in our organizing cam­ to those persons expending same. this Conference to direct all Or­ paign. The report deals almost ex­ ganizational activities in the Under this policy 683 Isthmian Because of the fact that many be given'full publicity and dis­ clusively with the work done in Atlantic & Gulf District. seamen joined the Seafarers. play in the Seafarers Log." SIU men were taking a financial the Isthmian fleet. However, it Some of these men have left the (2) "That the Organizational beating to organize for the SIU, As a result of putting this writ­ must be noted that the organizing Director shall be required to sub­ together with having to work ten motion into effect, it assisted expenses incurred by the Director sea, but the rest are still with mit a monthly report in triplicate under adverse conditions, low Isthmian awaiting the day when summarizing all activities and wages, practically no overtime, the Organizing Work greatly be­ of Organization which are ac­ the company will be tied down results together with a complete and being forced to work with cause of giving recognition in counted for completely in the re­ to a Seafarers contract. In addi­ financial report to Headquarters. bucko Captains, Mates, and En­ permanent form to SIU men as port also covers work in various tion, many of our older members (3) "That Area Organizers and gineers, not to mention the com­ volunteer organizers. The Organ­ fields, such as the tankers and have remained with the fleet. izing Staff found that the average other unorganized dry cargo assistant Organizers be appoint­ pany stiffs, the following motion The men who came into the ed as needed by the Organiza­ was passed at the New York member of this Union was very ships. SIU through this policy are still proud to have this record of Vol­ tional Director who must submit Regular Meeting February 13, Previous reports have been shipping Isthmian, and are not unteer Organizer stamped per­ a weekly report of their activities 1946: manently into his SIU book. This made from time to time to the shipping through our Halls on and a financial report to the Or­ system also makes known for any membership on the activities of SlU-contracted ships. Our books "Written Motion by Callahan, ganizational Director. SIU Organizer, that inasmuch as future organizing work all SIU the Organizing Staff in the vari­ had been closed just before this QUESTION CALLED FOR. hundreds of SIU men are sailing members with organizing exper­ ous other fields, although the total policy was inaugurated so as to (CARRIED) expenditures in these other fields permit us to take into the Union for less than Union wages and ience. " It was MOVED BY McKAY. conditions in the Isthmian fleet, The report lists the names and are included in the Isthmian the unorganized men of the fleets SECONDED BY COLLINS: where we undertake an organiz­ that we go on record to remit to numbers of the members of this Financial Report. ing program without overload­ "That we throw the floor open them the amount of dues they Union who have received 1109 On the reverse side of each ing our Union. for a general discussiofi on the would normally pay in the form Dues Months' credit as Volunteer financial report, will be found a Organizational Director, Duties, of putting a stamp into their Organizers. In it there are oc­ complete break-down, of expenses During the past year some few salaries, per diem, etc. books month for month for the casional tripcard men who have in the field of organizing for each men were allowed membership who were not Isthmian men, but "After a very lengthy discus­ number of months they were in been credited for dues. These current week. men were selected Isthmian Line the unorganized ships. Such a this was done only in the case sion on this matter, it was finally It is to be noted that in the of men who were active in our men who were acting as Volun­ stamp to read, "Organizer, Isth­ MOVED BY COLLINS. SEC­ beginning of 1946, we had to inmian Steamship Company". Also, teer Ships Organizers. Therefore, organizing campaigns and served ONDED BY BALES: the reason for this remittance. the SIU cause. that this particular thing should (Conthined on Page 8) "That the Organisational FINANCIAL REPORT DUES REMITTING PROGRAM �THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eight ORGANIZERS' ACTIVITIES PICTURE Friday, December 13, 1946 RECORD This report is a condensed No Union; 0; Void: 0; Challenged: summary of the various contacts 0; Number Eligible: 28. EIU Observers' Estimate: SIU: made by shore-side and ship-side 26; NMU: 0; No Union: 0; Void: organizers. The complete reports 0; In doubt: 0; Number Eligible: are on file in the Headquarters 27. Office of the Director of Organi­ zation. SUMMARY This report also carries the final 1/14/46 N.Y. lists 4 pledges. voting score of each individual 2/11/46 Lykke N.Y. claims vessel, with the exception of O'Connor and Jacobs state crew ships whose votes have been is pro-SIU with 3 men being com­ challenged. pany stiffs. 2/13/46 N.Y. Calla­ The report does not carry all han contacted O'Conner and he ships operated by the Isthmian stated ship will vote 70% SIU. He Steamship Company; only those turned in 6 pledges. He claims ships that were actually involved the steward the worst yet. in determining the collective bar2/19/46 Callahan N.Y. reports . gaining representative, The Or­ ganizing work on ships other than crew in good shape about 90% those voted has been carried on pro-SIU. Took several pictures and the reports as to the work of ships crew. Filippino Steward and contacting is on file in the wants to change NMU book for Organizer's file in Headquarters. SIU book. Told him to contact Cal Tanner when ship arrived in The vast job of contacting this New Orleans. large fleet of ships, working in the various ports to get men SS JOHN S. MOSBY ; aboard the ships and lining up Port Voted: New York. the loyal employees and non­ Dated Voted: April 6, 1946. union men aboard this fleet was SIU Observers: Udiljak. by no means easy considering the, Actual Vote: SIU 28; NMU: 0. anti-union program of this com­ SIU Observers' Estimate: SIU: pany and the opposition of the ui iaAUmian crews decorate one Pulkhead of the Organizers Room. Here Isth­ 27; NMU: 1; No Union: 0; Void: NMU. 0; In Doubt: 0; Number Eligible: mian seamen were interviewed when they came to the New York Hall to join the SIU. Although the shore-side Or­ 28. This is a record of the many Isthmian ships that were contacted by SIU Organizers during ganizers had the job of contacting the course of the drive, and it is a fitting memento of one of the most full-scale organizing the men, the ships and the coor­ SUMMARY dination of the port activities in campaigns ever attempted on the waterfront. Tannehill reports Ch. Steward this drive to organize Isthmian, a lot of credit must be given to the and Ch. Cook do not appear to members and trip card men who be pro-SIU in ship. Appears 12 rode these ships and who were men definitely going SIU. Letter greatly instrumental in swinging from Tannehill 2/11/46 claims a large percentage of the Isth­ crew needs education to swing The first constitutional conven­ the MM&P Strike, cannot be Although the concentration solid SIU. 2/20/46 Benson Nor­ mian men into the SIU. was on the Isthmian Drive, other tion of the Maritime Trades De­ overestimated. folk states he will keep in touch Also credit must be given to with Tannehill and get pictures organizational tasks were under­ partment will bo held early in Through the efforts of the SIU the various regularly elected Of­ of crew before she sails. 2/26/46 taken. At no time did the Or­ 1947, and permanent plans will the commies were thwarted in ficials in the various ports who Tannehill ships organizer in let­ ganizing Staff get so wound up be laid to guarantee the solidar­ their attempts to take over the ILA and the MM&P, and it was devoted a good part of their time ter encloses petition from ship with the Isthmian campaign that ity of this new organization. they v/ere unable to do other im­ through the assistance of the Or­ in the Isthmian Drive. Members of the Atlantic and states as being in favor of SIU. Gulf District's Organizing Staff ganizing Staff that the MM&P . It is pointed out that complete 2/23/46 Benson Norfolk boarded portant work that came up. Probably the most important also participated in the drive on was able to carry on their fight weekly written reports have been j ship, took pictures of crew and submitted to the Secretary-Trea­ got story for Log. 2/26/46 Benson single job which was done in the the Midland Steamship Company, to victory. In the Philadelphia Tugboat surer dealing with the organiza­ Norfolk states Ch. Cook, 2nd past year was the formation of which came under the jurisdic­ tional activities. Copies of these Cook, ex-NMU members signed the AFL Maritime Trades De­ tion of the Great Lakes District, Beef, in the latter part of 1945, reports may be found either in SIU pledges. Letters 3/7/46 partment and the AFL Maritime and in the drive on the American SIU activity stopped the NMU Pacific SS Company, part of the from scabbing on District 50, the Secretary-Treasurer's Office Tannehill, crew member states Port Councils. or in the Headquarters Office of union meeting held aboard ship The Staff participated in the Pacific District. Both companies UMW, who were striking the the Organizing Staff. delegates were elected. 3/13/46 eaidy work to create the Trades later signed agreements with the tugs at that time. Intensive work Here are two examples of the A. Williams crew member states Department, and this later de­ Union, and both constitute major brought the matter to a head within three days, and as a re­ type of report rendered by the 2 Cooks are NMU, Steward, non­ veloped into Port Councils. It victories. The work of the Organizing sult, the NMU was kept out of Organizers, the estimated voting union plans to join SIU. 4/1/46 was the support of these Councils data, the final voting score, dates munutes meeting held aboard which made possible the winning Staff in the ILA Beef, in New the field. The above listed beefs in no and places visited, report of pro­ ship indicate this is good SIU of the SIU 1946 General Strike in York in the last part of 1945, the Philadelphia Tugboat Beef, and way constitute the full amount gress, an estimation of the vote ships crew. so short a time. of work done by the Organizing and the final vote: Staff on problems other than the SS WILLIAM WHIPPLE Isthmian Campaign. Port Voted: New York. The Organizers, wherever they Date Voted: April 30, 1946. were located, always cooperated SIU Observer: Sheppard and with the Port Agents and other Arabasz. officials, and at times assisted in "Actual Vote: SIU: 27; NMU: 0; Branch work such as paying off vessels, representing men in Coast Guard cases, etc. In some of the Ports, such as the Port of New York, the use of Organizers during peak pe­ riods made it possible to econo­ mize. (Continued from Page 7) Our three key Field Organiz­ crease by a considerable percent­ ers, Earl Sheppard, Assistant Di­ age our Organizers and expen­ rector of Organization in direct ditures due to our getting into charge of the organizing work of the crucial stages of the Isth­ the Union, Cal Tanner and Lindmian Campaign and to counter­ sey Williams, Area Organizers, act the strong activities of the did a bang-up job on whatever lOitU in this feild, who were des­ job they were assigned to. perately trying every trick of the Their work, and their coopera­ game, financially and otherwise, tion with the Port Agents in the to swing the Isthmian election. areas they were assigned to, re­ All told, it cost the SIU, At­ sulted in some of the outstanding lantic and Gulf District, approxi­ recent victories of the Union. mately $96,000 to organize the The Organizing Staff is now Isthmian fleet, a fleet that every­ operating in six freighter and body said couldn't be organized. 'ihe 'Wmxnrop L. Marvin rolled up a Vvj-e oi m io 1 in favor of the SIU. Not bad since the The expenses for the SUP tanker companies other than Is­ ship started out with the NMU on even terms. The crewmembers listened to the SIU Organi­ in the campaign are not known thmian, with the thought in mind zers and that made the difference. As contact after contact was made with the crew, and as the since the Pacific District took of securing SIU contracts with reports started to flow back, it became apparent the vessel would go SIU by a comfortable mar­ care of its own part in the those operators. gin. And it did. drive. OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES HEAVY VOTE FOR THE SIU FINANCIAL REPORT .T !• �Page Nine THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, December 13, 1946 Representative Isthmian Crews this page are some pictures of Isthmian Screws that voted for SIU representation. These are just a small portion of the total num­ ber of crews that showed their preference for the Seafarers. In the weeks to come, we hope to print all the pictures of Isthmian crews that we have, plus the pictures of the organizers, both ship and shoreside, who made Isthmian SIU, too. Upper left we have the crew of the Sea Hawk, SIU by a score of 22 to 7. Not much for the NMU to be happy about on this one. Upper right we have the crew of the John Mosby. This crew cast 28 votes for the SIU while giving the NMU 0. The NMU was shut out on eight ships, but the SIU picked up votes on every ship that balloted. On the right is the crew of the William Whip­ ple. Tliis was another solid Seafarers crew, and 27 more votes went into the SIU column. Noth­ ing for the NMU from the WiUiam Whipple. Lower right are some members of the Nica­ ragua Victory crew, a gang that went SIU 17 to 7. SIU Organizers did a swell job on this vessel. Below, the crew of the Mobile City. W^e did better than three to one on this ship. 19 votes for the SIU and only 6 for the NMU. The way the crews of Isthmian ships voted for the SIU in a big way sure proves that follow­ ing the communist party line doesn't pay off. The SIU organized strictly on trade union prin­ ciples, while the NMU organizers toed the Mos­ cow line. Isthmian seamen want to be repre­ sented by a Union, not a part of the communist political party. • I^ • .1- :-.0_ L "L �THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Ten PROLOGUE-THE BEGINNING OF THE DRIVES The Ships' Organizers {Continued from Page 7) mediate reference at any time. Such clerical work as is deem­ ed necessary shall be assigned him on either a temporary or permanent basis by the Sec­ retary-Treasurer. All funds ex­ pended by him or by the Area Organizers shall be requistioned by him and paid by check directly from the Office of the Secretary-Treasurer. "2. DUTIES OF AREA OR­ GANIZERS: < "The Area Organizers ap­ pointed by the Organizational Director shall be directly I'esponsible to the Organizational Director and shall not under any conditions embark on any private campaign or schemes of their own choosing. They shall be field men and shall be expected to be at the point of organizational work directly among the unorganized. They shall enter into no agreements or arbitration unless specifically directed to do so. Such clerical work as is entailed by their activities shall be done at the most convenient Branch Hall of the SIU. In the event a Hall is not convenient to their scene of activity, they shall nevertheless make a summarized weekly re­ port in letter form to the Director and at the first oppor­ tunity make a complete rcpoi't. They shall be responsible for the work of the assistant organ­ izers and shall report any fail­ ures of the assistants to per­ form their duties to the Direct­ or immediately. They shall in­ cur no indebtedness and spend no money over and above act­ ual authorized expenses unless same is authorized in writing by the Director. MIKE HOOK RICHARD COMSTOCK »-J ipi ED BENDER WHITEY TANNEHILL The report presented in these pages by the Director of Or­ ganization gives as good a picture as any series of printed words can give. We all know that the Isthmian Campaign was not a single handed job, but an activity in which* all Seafarers had a hand. Some men, of course, did more than others. Some men sailed on Isthmian ships, suffered through the bad conditions, received less pay than they could have collected on SlU-contracted vessels, just to make sure that Isthmian seamen would get the right score on unionism and the difference between the SIU and the NMU. It is obvious that they all did a fine job. The results of the bargaining election show that Isthmian seamen cast the large majority of their ballots for the SIU. And a great deal of the credit goes to the volunteers who sailed Isthmian. Pictured above are four men who did outstanding jobs during the drive. There are many more, and those pictures will be printed from week to week. Above are Richard Comstock, who bought the Aimiston City in with a big vote for the SIU; Mike Hook, veteran of more than one Isthmian ship; Eddie Bender, hero of Bataan and a volunteer organizer as soon as he joined the Seafarers; and Whitey Tannehill, who sailed on three Isthmian ships and brought the John Mosby in solid for the SIU. THE SEAFARERS LOG One great organizational aid in the Isthmian Organizing Cam­ paign, according to the reports •submitted by our Organizers, both shore-side, as well as shipside, was the Union paper, the Seafarers Log. The Isthmian Sea­ men readily preferred the Log to the NMU Pilot and read it, according to their own admission, for the latest waterfront news. The Organizers received full cooperation from the Editorial Staff of the Log, and from the very first day that the Drive started, at least one Isthmian story, and very often more, was carried in each issue. In addition to the regular Log Staff, at intervals Organizers Wil­ liam McCuistion and Jacques Greenhaw were assigned to pre­ paring large volumes of prop­ Friday, December 13, 1946 "3. ASSISTANT ZERS ORGANI­ "The Assistant Organizers shall work on a week to week basis under the direct super­ vision of the Area Organizer to whom they must submit reg­ ular detailed reports. "MOTION CARRIED UNAN­ IMOUSLY "If was MOVED BY MOGAN, SECONDED BY STONE: "That the floor be opened for discussion on POINTS OF CON­ CENTRATION AND POLICY to be followed to operate efficiently. it "After considerable discussion, was MOVED BY GOFFIN, SECONDED BY McKAY "That the following policy be adopted: organized group among the em­ ployees of the selected com­ pany. This group then becomes itself a part of the organiza­ tional structure facilitating ex­ pansion of the program at a minimum organizational cost. "(c) To properly train the or­ ganizers in, field work. "(d) To obtain results which will serve as^ an example to other unorganized sections of the industry. "MOTION CARRIED "MOTION BY TUCKER, SEC­ ONDED BY MOGAN: "That we extend the meeting to 7:00 P.M. to finish the business on hand. (CARRIED) "The chairman declared nom­ inations are now in order for an Organizational Director. "There being no nominations, it was MOVED BY MICHELET, SECONDED BY MATTHEWS "That the Secretary-Treasui-er, John Hawk, appoint Paul Hall as Director of Organization. QUES­ TION CALLED FOR. (CARRI­ ED UNANIMOUSLY) "Brother Hall took the floor and stated that he would accept the responsibility of Director of Or­ ganization under the following outlined conditions: "In accepting the ro.sponsibility of directing the organizational campaign of the Union, it is nece.ssary that certain conditions be established. "We now have a business setup in the Port of New York which can be used to add impetus to our organizational activities. As business activities. As business agent of the New York Branch, I will be in a position to utilize the fullest resources of the Branch apparatus. Therefore, I will con­ tinue as Branch Agent without any active leave of absence. "Due to the fact, however, that frequently I will be called into other areas for varied periods of lime to make surveys, etc. of or­ ganizing possibilities, I recom­ mend that New York Patrolman, J. P. Shuler stand as Agent ProTem. during these temporary ab­ sences. By doing this now, we can thus streamline the entire set­ up, so that neither the business of the Branch or the conduct of the organizational activities will suf­ fer. The confusion of turning the Branch over to someone and then reassuming the office will be elim­ inated through having a qualified man ready to act as Agent ProTem. "1. POINTS OF CONCENTRA­ "At the commencement of this TION Organizational Campaign, no ad­ "In each area certain specific ditional help will be needed in­ companies shall be assigned as asmuch as the apparatus of the prime objectives with the pur­ Branch will be used. In New pose in view of developing suf­ York, we have at this time suf­ ficient strength within that ficient clerical help to handle the company to insure the' selection first stages of the drive. Also, we of the SIU as bargaining agent have in the Port of New York at in the event of elections. Under this time an organizer who no circumstances should the should develop into a very good companies involved or any of man for the job. the officials of the company be "It is not my intention to hire contacted except by persons any extra men until we have specifically assigned that pur­ trained the men now on payroll pose by the Director. as organizer and have developed aganda of all types for distribu­ tion to the Isthmian Seamen. The West Coast Sailor aided greatly in this drive by devoting quite a bit of space to Isthmian news. The West Coast Sailor also aided greatly in con­ verting old line Isthmian Sea­ men, by appealing to them in the name of the SUP to go for the SIU. This was especially effective in answering NMU charges at the inception of the Drive that the SUP was not supporting this or­ "Every care should be taken to ganizational work. avoid the covering of too wide a We believe that the material carried through the Seafarers field in the beginning for the fol­ Log, West Coast Sailor and other lowing reasons: "(a) To keep organizational literature and pamphlets was in­ expenditures within the Union's strumental in showing the Isth­ financial ability and thus avoid mian Seamen the basic differenc­ having to drop any campaign es between the SIU and the NMU, in the middle of the stream. politically, economically, and otherwise. "(b) To establish a definite ' . .1.. .1 •• capable forces. "Once we have the organiza­ tional setup firmly established, and our organizer trained, then I shall meet with the SecretaryTreasurer and Assistant Secre­ tary-Treasurer as well as the Branch Agents and after making a through survey of the possible fields, we can tnake a selection of our organizational objectives. "Inasmuch as the responsibility of organizing this campaign has been delegated to me, I would like to make it clear for the rec­ ord that I should be the judge of a man's ability and competency and empowered to employ or dis­ charge organizei-s as I sec fit, in this way we shall have the entire structure and progress of the drive at our finger tips at all times. "At such time, as I feel, that one of the men in any part of the organizational setup is able to handle the duties of Director, I shall recommend that he be plac­ ed on the job and I shall resume my duties as full tin^e business Agent of the New York Branch." "After considerable discussion it was MOVED, SECONDED AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY "That we accept the conditions as outlined above and that Paul Hall take over the duties of Or­ ganizational Director of the Sea­ farers International Union of North America, Atlantic & Gulf District. "MOTION BY COLLINS, SEC­ ONDED BY BALES to recess. Meeting recessed at 7:15 P.M." After accepting the position of Director of Organization, Brother Hall waived the salary voted for that post. A tremendous amount of work has been done since the inception of this program. Contained under this report is a complete break­ down of all organized efforts and the results of same made under the rules of the Union as laid out by the 1945 Agents' Conferenc. For the amount of money ex­ pended by the Director of Organ­ ization's Office in fulfilling this program, the expenses have been well worth the effort. At the writ­ ing of this report, the SIU, as a result of this intensive didve, is now recognized as one of the leading Unions in the Maritime Industry. The concrete results of these efforts, both financially and otherwise, are contained herein with a complete break­ down of all organizational expen­ ditures and organizational efforts made to date. The . Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf District, at the begin­ ning of this Drive, was faced not only with the proposition of try­ ing to organize the unorganized on this coast, but also were faced with the problem of trying to meet other problems of the Union itself. These problems were in the form of making stronger bonds between ourselves and other af­ filiated Unions, such as the ILA, MMP, Radio Operators, Team­ sters, Pursers, and other Unions. We were faced with the prob­ lem of bringing not only to the unorganized seamen, but to the public's (jye as well as dual unions, that the SIU could and would be a potent factor in this industry. The Organizing Staff of this Union would like to take this op­ portunity in submitting this re­ port to the membership and offic­ ials to express their sincere apE«-eciation for the assistance given us by the membership as well as the officials "of this Union to this date. We also would like to ^ank the officials and members of the Sailors Unioji of the Pacific for the wonderful cooperation they have shown "us. �Friday, December 13. 1948 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven Commies Infiltrating In Gulf CMU Unions By STEELY WHITE NEW ORLEANS—The Gulf in general, New Orleans in parti­ cular, has been the focal point of communist attention for sev­ eral weeks. They have been con­ ducting an extensive expansion and infiltration program in which they have thrown lots of money, some of their own in ad­ dition to the funds of the labor unions which they control. Their initial program is to gain control of marine transportation. This is easier said than done, be­ cause the maritime industry is di­ vided into several powerful un­ ions of which some are anti-po­ litical and .straight economic trade unions. To successfully execute a pro­ gram of this nature and magni­ tude a number of years are re­ quired. They are well aware of this, and they have been diligent­ ly working with a small degree of success. In some of the waterfront un­ ions they are in complete con­ trol insofar as policy making, pro- Isthmian Case Moves Closer To Decision gram, and officialdom are con­ cerned; in others they are in partial control, enough to confuse the policy and neutralize that par­ ticular union's influence when it conflicts, with the commie pro­ gram. The most important unions in this category are the Internation­ al Longshore Workers Union; the Marine Cooks and Stewards; the National Maritime Union; the Canadian Seamen's Union; and some locals of the Marine En­ gineers Beneficial Association; the Masters, Mates and Pilots; and the International Longshore­ men's Association on the Missis­ sippi River. STRANGLEHOLD In some of these unions such as the NMU, MC&S, ILWU, MEBA and CSU they have such a stranglehold on the officialdom, particularly in the branch offices, that the officials who happen to get into office who are not com­ mie party members are made to join or are hardtimed and kangarooed out of office. They can then be replaced by party mem­ bers or stooges who can be pres­ sured into joining the party. Then they have to answer tot no one when they steal the mem­ bership's money and sell the workers out to management, as they have done many times in the past. CONSPIRATORS MEET PARTY LINE OFFICIALS In the New Orleans branches of the NMU, MFOWW, MC&S, ILWU, and MEBA, the commies are in almost 100 per cent control. Every official must belong to the party or stooge for those that are; otherwise, he's not an offi­ cial for very long. They have to attend the regu­ larly held commie business meet­ ings. In the MC&S, the member­ ship is forced to attend daily forums or meetings where com­ mie propaganda is preached to them by admitted commies and State commie officials, or lose their shipping card and be cut off from strike relief. If the memberships of these unions have any desire to .sal­ vage their funds and working conditions from a political clique, they had best sweep the commie rubble out of their house. '•'A I Here are some of the leaders of the New Orleans CIO Water­ front unions attending a secret communist party meeting. It it impossible for them to deny any further that they are fol­ lowers of the CP line. The arrows point, left to right, to Robert McCarthy, head of MC&S Strike Committee; Earl Hinds, MC&S official; Eugene Markey, MC&S New Orleans Port .^gent; and Walter Jones, member of the MC&S Strike Committee. In the national offices it is al­ most as bad. Malone, in the Firemen's Union; is gradually but surely being surrounded. Curran, in the NMU, is under fire while Stack, who has more (Continued from Page 1) muscles than brains, but who is then those objections must be a faithful party member, is be­ submitted to Washington within ing groomed for his job. five days. At this point the Other national officials are NLRB Headquarters will step in cither admitted or recognized to make the final decision under commie members. They also the terms and rules of the Wag­ faithfully follow the commie line ner Act. and sabotage union conditions There is one other possible so­ and policy when it conflicts with lution and that is for the NLRB commie program. to validate a sufficient number The current commie maneuver of votes, without objection from revolves around the Committee any of the interested parties, to for Maritime Unity that they are give the SIU the majority. If advertising so hard. Bridges is this happens, the election will publicly sparkplugging the deal then be completed without any as Chairman, and Curran has need to tally the rest of the chal­ been forced to take co-Chairman lenged ships. to keep himself from being com­ From the way the NMU rep­ pletely engulfed and stripped of resentatives have been acting | power by Bridges and Company, since the start of the Isthmian PROGRAM OF CMU vote count, there is little reason to believe that they will cease Tlie original program was to their stalling at this time. There­ link what waterfront unions they fore the Isthmian men can look could to the executive commit­ forwai'd to a few more months of tee of the CMU, whereby nation­ It looks like CMU strike strategy, especially in New Orleans, is planned in the communist sailing under poor conditions and al policy for all unions would be party offices, not by the membership in the Union Hall. At the height of the strike, these CMU low wages until the last NMU formulated by this committee. local officials reported for secret meetings to plan waterfront strategy. Left to right, back row. flimsy objection has been swept Naturally, they have taken Means, MEBA; Hinds, MC&S; McCartney, MC&S; Jones, MC&S; and Manuel, NMU. In the away. great care to be sure that there is forefront is Manuel Dubowsky, NMU official, and half hidden by Dubowsky's head is Leonard The entire responsibility for enough commie influence on this Fijer, MFOWW New Orleans Agent. proving its case now rests with committee to control all its ac­ R. D, \>lez, $1.00; E, Comparetto, the NMU. The votes were chal­ tion, otherwise they would have $1.00; G. \'idal, Sl.OO; D. L. Hilton, lenged by the NMU, and that no use for the CMU and would $1.00; W. Young, $1.00: O. K. Bird. '9 union also hurled the vicious plot its destruction. $1.0(1; V. .M. Carvello, $1.00; F. Aiello. charge of "collusion." Now it is $1.00; D. C. Reynolds, $1.00; E. Lee Step number two has not been Frazee, $1.00; R. J. Griwsold. $1.00; a question of put up or shut up. attempted yet. This step is to J. C. Powell, $1.00; D. O. Heron, $1,00; Unless the NMU can prove that combine the different unions af­ S. Bnutists, Sl.OO; E. H. He.ncox, $1.00;^ the SIU and the Isthmian Steam­ filiated to the CMU and merge E. E. Stewart, $1.00; S. .A. Milecki, $1.00; F. .A. Donovan, $1.00. ship Company were in league to them into one industrial union. throw the fleet to the SIU, the SS COASTAL STEVEDORE How soon this will be attempt­ case will be decided in favor of Quinones, $1.00; T. Luama, $2.00; ed will depend on (1) How much By', '" the Seafarers. F. Jarobo, $1.00; Finneborg. $3,00, opposition they will get from the SS GOLDEN FLEECE When that happens. Isthmian rank and file membership of the j. Colon, $1.00; 11. J. Prancipe, $1.00. men will get the representation Burns, $1,00; J, W, Caslon, $1.00; L. PHILADELPHIA different unions; (2) how long it •SS FOLANSBEE they voted for, and which they B. Lott, $1.00; C. \'. Mickler, $2.00; Oew of SS Follansbee—$7.00. will take them to beat this oppo­ W. E. .Aplin, $1.00; R. C. Webber, $2.00; E. E. King, $2.00; R. Riley, $2,00, richly deserve. INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS sition down; (3) and how fast 'W. H. ,\llen, $5.00; C. R. Simmons, INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS S. J. Bradley, $2.00; U. S. Dirham, $2.00. they can replace rank and file P, Domicn, $1.00; J. Flynii, 50c; J. $1.00; Casirr.ir Bogucki, $1.00. men with party members in of­ Livano, $1.00; B. D. Elliott, $1,00; E. NEW YORK GALVESTON .A, Greaux, $1,00; j. B, Molini, $1.00; ficial positions in the unions. SS MADAKET INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS Jose R. Gonzalez, $1.00; J. P. Floyd, If you don't find linen In the event they are able to J. Sanlonzans, $2.00; E. T. Better- $1.00; J. Piorkowski, $1.00; P. Lohse, C. Tillman, $1,00; F. T, Kerr, $1.00; when you go aboard your advance this program to this R, E, Ayres, $2,00; 11, Starkey, $1.00; son. $1,00; Raymond B. Long, $1.00; $1.00; L, L. Gaubreau, $1.00; R. J. ship, notify the Hall at once. degree, and if the CIO (to which Wright, $2,00; B, L. Backland, $2.00; Philip Bazaar, $1.00; James P. Rowan, Delaney, $1.00; 1. R. Wohlstein, $1.00; A telegram from Le Havre or most of these unions are now af­ R, M, Ferguson. $1.00; T. A. Wain- $1,00; Pedro Cruz, $1,00; S, P. Gondzar, ! Juan S. Rueda, $1.00. $1,00; Felipe Neri, $1.00; A. F, LangH.. A. Thomsen, $1.00; Osker UusSingapore won't do you any filiated) takes steps to purge the S, J. Rubery, $2.00; W. McBride, $1.00; ley, $1.00; A. T. Arnold, $1.00, F, Berthol'd, $1.00; E, O. G. Ohman, mann, $1.00; W. Kehrwieder, $1,00; F.^ good. It's your bed and you commies from official capacities, $1.00; J. E. Senneville, $1.00, SS W. FALCON Schumacher. $1,00; C. Fleischer, $1,00;. have to lie in it. R, C, Oden, $1,00; j, Forden, $1.00; Jose Vilasis, $1.00; M. J, Balah. $1,00. their intention is to set the CMU J, L, Murrell, $5,00; F. D, , Burroughs, $5,00; Floyd Walker, $1,00; B, V, j, Kwasnaza, $1.00; E. M. Wolfe, $1,00; S, Gartman, $1.00; C. E, Kull, $5,00. ' > up on an independent basis. ATTENTION! 11 m -a J �Page Twelve THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday' Deceafli»er 13, 1848 1. mimi. u. . ... II I , SHIPS'MIMVTES AND NEWS I SIU'S NEW SHELLBACK SCROLL Bauxite Run Has Its 'Queen', Too There's been a lot of tooting and whistling over the "mightyQueens of the seas" lately with the press devoting columns of space to so-called "super" vessels again making regular Atlantic crossings. But other "Queens," just as stately and proud, though not attended by publicity and press clamor, are plying the waters performing jobs mportant in the shipping scheme. One such quiet "Queen" is the MV Manrope Knot of the Alcoa bauxite fleet, crewed up by as proud '3 bunch of Seafarers as ever filled a fo'cslo. The Manrope Knot's crew rev­ erently refer to their ship as the "Queen of the Bauxite Trail," ac­ cording to crew member Casey Jones in a letter received by the Log this week. .. Brother Jones, writing from Trinidad, says' that the entire crew is already either "bauxite conscious" or in the process of becoming so. All age g^roups have representation in the crew, with the young, middle-aged, and old aU solidly SIU. Besides bestowing a title on their ship, the lads have affixed affectionate handles on most of their shipmates, says Casey, and just as a sample he cites a few. Inspirations for the monickers generally is supplied by the type of work the bearer does. "Take a gander at these, "sug­ gests Casey: "Catfish" Lawrence, the Night Cook and Baker; "Slow Motion" Hendrick, Bedroom Utility; "Lonesome" Yarborough, 3rd Cook; "Salad" Thompson, Pantry­ man; "Hot Stuff" Burden, Chief Cook; "Happy" Cornell, Bosun; "Sleepy" Tolbert, Steward; "Hip Boots" Finch, OS; "Rodeo" Tay­ lor, Saloon Messman; "Beef" Deal, Electrician. And then there are "Whiskers" Van Vliet, AB; "Sirloin" Smith, Wiper; "Killarney" Conners, AB; "Skinny" Drozak and "Ty Cobb" Drozak, the twins on deck; and Rocky Malone, AB. "It looks like this tub is going to put on the shuttle act for the next four to six months, "writes Crew Assails Company's Inadequate Launch Service Xhe Alcoa Steamship Company "violated" provisions of its contract with the Union by its "failure to provide an adequate launch service" for the crew of the SS Alcoa Voyager, it was charged at a special meeting called at sea aboard the vessel Sept. 26. tirom mantis hencct^Ah enlMe^^him by ll)e ffofitjlw oml ttjt Ofittu i9_ ALL GOOD SIU MEN m • Seafarers who henceforth cross the Equator in SIU vessels and who participate in the merry ceremonies ruled over by old King Neptune will have something pretty slick to show for it. The Union is making available certificates for presentation to the men who are initiated into the proud ranks of "the Order of Neptune." The "shell-back" certificates are being forwarded to all Atlantic and Gulf District ports. Port Patrolmen will distribute them to the Ship's Delegate aboard those vessels only which will cross the Equator. Casey, obviously referring to the "Queen of the Bauxite Trail." The shuttle run will be made be­ tween Mongo, Paramaribo ahd Trinidad. Some of the lads should re­ turn home, "pretty fat", accord­ ing to Casey, and he "doesn't mean physically." It seems the crew are participants in an allout war on insects and from Casey's battlefront observations, the human species are coming out second best at the moment. "The bugs and mosquitoes," he says, "call the guys who made the last few trips on this rust bucket by their first names. But newcomers are still called 'ChoCho'." Casey says that the crew of the Manrope Knot, or rather the "Queen of the Bauxite Trail," wish all members of the SIUSUP "a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, and smooth sailing." What service was provided was termed "irregular." In some in­ stances service was "non-exist­ ent," the crew members declared. In a statement prepared at the meeting, the crew cited four ports where the service was either "ir­ regular" or "non-existent." At La Guira, Venezuela, where the Voyager arrived Aug. 16, the c o m p a n y provided only two launches. The ship was on the hook 42 hours, in which were in­ cluded two evenings. The first launch came to the vessel at 9 a.m. Saturday, the second three hours later. "Other than this there was no service," the state­ ment said. The Voyager moved in alongside at 5:45 a.m. Sunday noon. In the three other ports cited, there was "no launch service whatsoever." Arriving in Port La Cruz Aug. 19, the Voyager lay in the stream 60 hours, including three evenings without a launch coming out to, the vesel. She pulled in alongside Aug. 22. In Orangestadt, Aruba, the ship was on the hook eighteen and a half hours after it was dropped Aug. 31. Watches were broken at 1 p.m., and the ship moved alongside the next morning. In Port of Spain, Trinidad, the Voyager arrived Sept. 17, with watches being broken at 5 p.m. Men were on standby until 10:30 p.m. The shift alongside Shagaramus was completed at 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The men were refused exit through the Alum­ inium plant. Watches were set I noon Wednesday, the shift to MINUTES OF SIU SNIP MEETINGS DIGESTED FOR EASIER READING JOHN GALLUP. Sept. 29 — Chairman W. Gorman; Secre­ tary (not given). Motions: that all men refrain from using wash bowls in wash rooms for wash­ ing clothes and sock£; that all forecastles be painted on the way back; that delegates go to Captain. Chief Mate, and 1st Engineer to see when painting can be done; that all men be fined 25 cents for leaving cups and messgear on tables and side board, throwing butts on deck and putting feet on chairs. t GEORGE WASHINGTON. Nov. 6—Engine and Deck dele­ gates reported everything in order. Subject of change of cof­ fee and percolator for black gang to be given to Patrolman to straighten out. Motions car­ ried: that if ship made voyage for more than a week that a slop chest be placed aboard; to check and see if it's possible to get rid of wormy cereal, alw more of a variety of good cereal. Suggestion that better drain be installed in deck departments shower and washrooms, also have clock fixed in Deck de­ partment messhall. Bosun sug­ gested that crew refrain from mingling with passengers and stay off decks except while on duty. Motion carried that ref­ erence be made to Hall in re­ gard to placing MA and Fire Watch on duty between the hours of 6 a. m. and 4 p. m. Deck delegate suggested that anyone intending to quit the ship give him ample notice. t 8 » ELOY ALFARO. July 4.— Chairman Hershel Hjolloway; Secretary J. Palmer. New Business: Steward Delegate re­ ported that in regards to sev­ eral cases of overtime and working rules which were dis­ cussed with the Captain, the Captain could not seem to understand what was written in the agreement and that he has proceeded to run the Stew-' anchorage was completed at 6 p.m. and the men were knocked off at 9 p.m. The Voyager put out to sea Thursday. No launch service was provided at all during this period at Trinidad. DRAW BEEF It was further charged at the • meeting that the "master of the vessel has failed to provide sys­ tematic draws in accordance with U. S. Navigation Laws." Di'aws were refused in Wilhelmstadt, Curacao, and in Trinidad. In Georgetown, British Columbia, a draw was granted after 30 min­ utes of protest by the delegates. There was difficulty over draws in two Candadian ports, also. At Port Alfred, Que., a draw was "postphoned" more than 24 hours after watches were broken. A request for American money was tui-ned down by the master in Bay Como, Que, which, the crew charges, was also a violation of the Union-company agreement. Insufficient stores in the slopchest was attributed by the crew to mis-management by the of­ ficers. Shortages were apparent, "especially after Aug. 25, in the , feTHATAi-W 6t€,fJ0 so/Memgi J Trim ABOifT IRLS... supply of work clothes, shoes, cigarettes and candy. The members present at the meeting voiced approval of the statement, the purpose of which was to press for company fulfill­ ment of its contracted obligations. ards department over the Stew­ ards decisions. Furthermore, that the contents of the recent order "To all Masters and Stew­ ards" issued by the WSA is a direct effort to override our present working agreement and dictate their own. Deck Dele­ gate reported that he was keep­ ing a detailed record of all disputed overtime to hand to the Patrolman. Because of the repairs and food stores which have been fouled up. a plan of action was drawn up to get re­ sults. Motion was carried to ac­ cept the plan of action. 4, 4, it DEL ALBA. Sept. 8 — Chair­ man J. Tucker; Secretary Love­ lace. New Business: Motions Carried: more night lunch in both messhalls; a steam line to be installed in one of the wash(Continued on Page 13) �• •V Friday, Decnnber 13, 1346/ THE SEAFARERS LOC Page Thirteen Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings (Cnnthiucd From Page 12) rooms so that the men can boil their own clbthes; that in the future we sign articles with one Captain only and not with who­ ever shall go as master, and the agent see that these words are struck out of the articles; to give Patrolman Red Gibbs in New Orleans a vote of thanks for having the repair list at­ tached to the articles at the time of sign-on. t X X MV HAUSER EYE, Sept. 22 — Chairman John Murphy; Sec­ retary A, Mayhew. Motions carried: to do something about weavils in flour; to obtain perculator in next port if possible; to reimburse money spent by delegates for launch service; to leave overtime sheets for new crew; that anyone leaving cups on mess tables be fined $1.00 and money collected to be do­ nated to Marine Hospital. XXX Sour Grapefruits And Oranges, Too SIDNEY H. SHORT, Nov. 17 — Chairman Cecil D. Morash; Secretary Wilbur E. Constant. Motions carried: that ship sail from Halifax with Union men •aboard otherwise sail with pres­ ent shorthanded crew; to have toilets repaired or replaced; that the last standby on each watch clean messhall or be fin­ ed $1.00; that anyone found putting feet on messhall chairs or cluttering up messhall fe fin­ ed $1.00, also anyone leaving clothes soaking in laundry more than twelve hours be fined with money collected to be donated to the Marine Hospital; that anyone found selling ship's gear will be tried by special called meeting. brother who missed the vessel though no fault of his own; to have Patrolmen remedy situa­ tion wherein soot is flying all over the ship 24 hours a day; to have Patrolmen instruct the Captain to put up sailing no­ tice 24 hours before sailing time; to have pantryman dump the garbage after every meal, and that Steward bring his re­ quisition book down to messhail to be checked by department delegates. XXX CAPE NOME. Sept. 18 — Chairman G. Chandler; Sec­ retary Pagan. Motions carried: to place locks on all doors in crew's heads and quarters and to install a jury toilet for long­ shoremen; to repair cool water pipe lines from which water is too hot; to have all showers and heads used by unlicensed personnel painted; to open sky­ light as in peacetime and to install ventilator fans in all port holes. XXX XXX GEORGE WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 — Chairman Shorty Whoever is responsible for the Geautreau; Secretary Whitey I purchase of food aboard the SS— Olson. Rocky Benson's report (the name was not given in the accepted. Engine Delegate's re­ I minutes) must think the vessel port accepted. Motions carried: is crewed by a pack of pygmies. to see Patrolman in regard to The grapefruits served to the obtaining similar scuttlebutt to men are the "size of small or­ the one aft in the Stewards anges" and the oranges have the Department; to see Patrolman dimensions of walnuts. And the in regard to the clock that was walnuts—well, if they had any to be installed in the crew's I you probably couldn't see them. messroom. The man who was Besides the puny proportions signed on as day man at $172.50 of the undernourished citrus has had his base pay put in the I fruits, the crew says they are all AB maintance scale of $187.50. too sour. Even the table apples The exact amount due will be made known in the Log as soon I are crabby. as possible. All members stood What else could the crew do in silence for one minute in re­ but pass a motion calling for betspect to our brothers lost at sea. I ter fruit to be brought aboard. 'Brother William Jenkins dryly recorded the sour episode. XXX JOSHUA HENDY, Aug. 18— Chairman A. H. Anderson; Sec­ XXX retary N. T. Wade. All books JOHN MOSBY, Aug. 5— collected and checked. Motions Chairman Wallace; (Secretary carried: that coffee urn be clean­ not listed). Deck Delegate re­ ed inside and out; that the Stew­ ported a dispute over a few ard Delegate locate missing new hours and that the Bosun has electric coffee pot; that Pricks asked the men not to take 20 be ship's delegate and attend to minutes for coffee time. Dis­ the use of a spare head for the cussion on matters of last stand­ cattle men; that the Steward by of each watch cleaning Department use the Engine De­ messhall and rinsing the cups. partment's head and assist in Members were requested to re­ keeping it clean; that a member turn books to library in decent from each department find out manner after finished with why the wash room isn't being them. kept clean. Same, committee to XXX investigate noises in mess hall DAVIDSON VICTORY, Sept. and companionway. 8—Chairman Whitey Lewis; XXX Secretary Lefty Parks. Mo­ WILLIAM MACCLAY, Nov, tions carried: to find out what 3 — Chairman Carl Pedersen; can be done to benefit the Secretary John Heacox; Meet­ ing called for the purpose of determining the immediate needs of the crew. The follow­ ing suggestions were made by various crewmembers and adopted as a suggestion resol­ ution: New mattresses, pillows, The SS Blue Island Victory, a bed springs, new library, etc.. Suggestions for keeping ship 7,607-ton Waterman Steamship clean: all dishes, cups, etc., not Corporation vessel, ran into the to be left on mess tables. No Drogden Lighthouse in the Oere­ cigarette butts, matches, or sund, south of Copenhagen, early trash of any kind to be thrown last week, it has been reported. on midship deck; all refuse and The vessel's bow was severely garbage to be disposed of. All damaged in the collision with the departments are to rotate in concrete base of the lighthouse. After being freed, the Blue Isl­ keeping recreation zoom clean. \ emYOUR BAuor! \' 'Water, Water Everywhere . . you MAVE UAiril.1>6C.3l To VOTE fonyai/fi 0PPiC:AtSR)R 1947. ioo OAKl^TEATANVoMFOF-mC AT(Al^ncAND€<;U=HALlS. VoU'T •oeiAV. vore Now!! 5 CUT and RUN By HANK First of all we sincerely thank the Secretary-Treasurer's staff and the Log staff for their swell wedding gifts. More than words can say, we'll always remember and appreciate, indeed . . . Now to our weekly cutting and drying all the various items we've col­ lected . . . Brother Charles Cofield, the electrician, might still be in town. We saw him about two weeks ago ... It looks like those guys with September and October shipping cards are disappearing fast. You won't hear any more moans and groans and, whistles on the second floor, at least . . . Marvin Rickittes is waiting to ship out . . . Dec. 9 was Benny Gonzalez's birthday. Happy birthday, Benny ... In a certain poolroom not far from the Union Hall, Joe Presto and Steve Carr keep beating the pants oc Buddy Callahan and Jimmy McCuIlough. They must be pool sharks. X X X X Broiher Joe Coslello is in town right now. waiting to ship out . . . Bosun Carl Lawson says that he is in the doghouse right now with his wife—and that he's even residing in the "Doghouse" until he grabs a ship . . . Electrician Robert B. Burns seems to be a humorous character. He's always full of XXX fun, you know. The latest trick he's pulling on his pals is the BERTRAM GOODHUE. Aug. one with the two corks. That trick is a corker, no kidding . . . 25—Chairman W. J. Brantley; Brother Teddy Fyhn is shipping out again after being a waiter. Secretary E. B. McAuley. Mo­ Last week he showed the Union Hall to his little daughter, Betty tions carried: to have the dele­ Ann, who has a million dollar pretty face. gates see the Skipper about the ^ ^ ^ ^ cigarette situation; to have the Thomas "Rebel" Melton, -who paid off from a long trip in New crew create a satisfactory sys­ Orleans, just blew in from Baltimore. "Rebel," who hasn't grown tem of keeping the laundry another beautiful beard since that Delaires voyage, says that his clean and in working condition. shipmate. Bill Story, an oldtimer and ex-Baltimore pie card, called The crew messman thanked the him up from New York. Have you met him yet, "Rebel," for an­ 4-8 watch for cleaning up the messhall each morning. The other trip? . . . Brother Salvatore Frank just blew into town. How Steward assured the Oiler that was the trip Frank and why no letters? . . . Here are a few of the the condition around the meat brothers we notice still in town; Baker Oscar Grimm, who may block would be remedied. Crew bake some cigar pies some day; Earl De Angelo, who may be wish­ was warned about putting their ing to hit the West Coast again; Bosun Robert Hillman, famous for feet on messhall chairs and his words, "Do the best you can," and Steward Drew "Hoss" Mcthat the scuttlebutt was not a Kinney, who may hit a lucky ship yet. X X X X washing basin. Brother Brant­ Here's a letfer from Broiher Sieve Di Girolmo. aboard Ihe ley cautioned the men about SS Maiden Viclory: "Just dropping a line lo say hello and leaving cups in various places lhal everylhing is going fine. We gol a good crew and a good around the vessel and request­ engine gang, including Ihe officers. We got a few oldlimers, ed the membership to return one in parlicular, G. Nunez. I sailed wilh him before. Here's a all utensils to their proper places. One minute of silence few of Ihe names of Ihe boys in Ihe Black Gang: R. Price, was observed for departed Eleclrician; R. Ingraham, who's always sleeping and A. Blain, Oiler, who's also always sleeping. We got one Wiper by the Brothers. name of S. Smocynski and all he thinks of is coffee lime and overlime. I guess lhal's all for now. We sail lomorrow but I'll write from Germany. So long. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" . . . And the same to you Steve . . . Broiher Pete Gonzalesz just shipped on his last day wilh his 90-day-old card. Whcd a Christmas present to yourself, Pete . . . Frenchy Michelet, cook, writer and canner of crabs or something down in the Gulf, just blew into town. Planning any canning party, Frenchy? and Victory proceeded to Copen­ hagen Roads with her cargo of 750 horses and United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Admin­ istration foodstuffs which are destined for Gydnia, Poland. The report indicates that the vessel win have to undergo extensive repairs before putting to sea. Drinking water on the SS Edith is getting pretty hard, says the minutes of a recent shipboard meeting. In fact, even if you don't drink it its pretty hard. It's okay for a salt water gargle but that's all. Thirsting for action, the SS Edith lads passed a motion in­ structing the three delegates to visit the Chief Engineer with a view to quenching the whole af­ fair. They want the evaporators turned on in the drinking water tanks to cut the salt away. "The water ... is too hard to be drunk," they said. SS Blue Island Victory Rams Lighthouse In Danish Waters �Page Fourleen li m THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. Decembar 13, 1946 SPEAKS THE O, Capital Is Consolidating For Drive On Labor Unions MUDDY FOOTING Waiting is Brother "Hands" Jones (back to camera) while Seafarers "Top n' Lift" Fowler, followed by A Seaman's Prayer " C h i s e 1e r" Wolch. makes his By Jesse A. Miller uneasy way through bad road in Guanla. Vene­ zuela. Men are Oh, I don't wanna go to heaven, off the SB Wil­ 'Cause they ain't got whiskey liam Brewster. up there. I don't wanna go to heaven. There's no dames with golden hair. fcnse and saj- that no greedy capitalist parasites and their polit­ The 400,000 men who dig soft ical agents in Congress can attack coal, finding that rapidly rising us with impunity it will drive the prices wiped out their wage in­ labor haters back into their holes. creases and that they have no LABOR-HATERS SHOUT contract, have stopped digging Our enemies arc calling for an coal. This has bought about a na­ opening of Congress to "deal with tional attack by the Government labor". At present we aj-e help­ against the miners. If bayonets less in Congress. In Congress we could dig coal you can be sui-e|arc at their tender mercies. Our there would be bayonets in the, problem is to demonstrate the mines. As it is the Government strength and unity of labor has to find other means to break' against its enemies. the miners strike and also to What better way can wc do crush the union, although bay­ this than to call a Congress of Dear Editor: I am referring to Isthmian Voy- Leave me here on Mother Earth, With its wickedness and sin, onets may yet enter the picture. Labor? Not a Congress of big • the tu New ^T 1. The Belle ,,of , the Sea Ir am now m Orleans ' age No. „ I'll hang around til I'm a hundred . „ .. , suffering a „ from; t I left.. San Francisco on that You can't pick up a newspaper shots from the top offices of the •, Marine Hospital __ ^ voyage ° and one. , . dysentery , . t 4. a ' or* May 27, ly4o and returned to without finding a vicious attack AFL and CIO but a Congress amoebic contracted Then go to hell carrying a bot­ upon the miners and labor as a made up of rank and file working from drinking contaminated wa- Los Angeles eSpt. 20, 1946. tle of gin. men delegates from factories, I believe that such a warning whole. They all stand together — ter in the Phillipines while there the whole caboodle of parasites shops, .ships, docks, mills and as a crew member aboard the SS may prevent some of my ship­ The wails of the wretched and and capitalist politicians—in there mines. You will then get a true Belle of the Sea. (See Log of Nov. mates—SIU and SUP—from com­ the damned spitting hatred for the labor expression of American labor's 1. 1946, page 3 article on Isth­ ing down with a worse case than Will linger loud and long. I have. Believe me, mine is no movement. The only difference strength and sentiments. Such a mian). But the things I'll always remem­ joy ride. Congress will be a demonstration among them is that some are ber There were approximately of the labor movement's power James "Scofly" Atkins smoother than others. Will be Earth's wine, women as has never before been seen. It eight- members of the licensed Ward F-2 and song. WAR ON LABOR will .serve notices to the big cap­ and unlicensed personnel of the U.S. Marine Hospital ship with the same disease as I I'll get the devil to put in vents. New Orleans, LaBut the most ominous develop­ italists of the country that they caught. These men are probably cannot drive down our standard And to change from oil to coal. ment of all, which is an alarm running around, like I was, Then the devil and I will play signal to the entire labor move­ of living in order to increase thinking they have a bad stom­ MINISTER LAUDS some stud. ment, is the open preparation of their wealth, it will serve notice ach ache. And the stake will be my soul. to the Go\'ernment that we will ALL HANDS ABOARD the Government to pass a series I suggest that the Special Ser­ not tolerate war upon the labor of laws, and change others, to leg­ If I win the devil will give me vices department run a small ar­ ALCEE FORTIER ally disarm and break the labor moVement. This Congress of A barroom that'll be all my ticle notifying the crew who sail­ (Editor's Note: The following movement. All the capitalist poli­ Labor will organize our great own. ed on that particular trip of the letter was received by the ticians are joined together in this power for our defense and pre­ With a whiskey jug that never SS Belle of the Sea, and who crewmembers of the Alcee unholy alliance against labor. pare the road for our advance­ runs dry. were taken ill during the trip to Fortier from Rev. Samuel Liv­ They think that the time has ment. For A Congress of Labor And Satan's dancing girls I'll go immediately to the nearest. ingstone when he left the ship come to sharpen their knives andj^^"^*''' loan. Haymond Sparrow Marine Hospital for a checkup of after an UNRRA trip to use them on our hides. Democrat the stomach and liver. Greece. At the time of his de­ If I lose (Oh never fear M. V. Farallon or Republican, whatever their parture the crew and the cat­ For I've already marked the label — they are revealing them­ tlemen aboard contributed deck). selves as our enemies. Must the $22.00 to the Seamen's Bethel He'll put me cleaning bilges. labor movement quietly lay its Collection after Rev. Living­ In the NMU's oldest wreck. head upon the block? stone had told all men aboard We can stop them! The organ­ of the fine work this organiza­ So, you can see why I never ized labor movement, when it Want to climb that golden kind of a Cook that the SIU can tion is doing for seamen). stands shoulder to shoulder, is Dear Editor: stair; be rightfully proud of. His chow the power in the land. Once we If the late crew of the SS Wil­ Gentlemen: Cause they ain't got whiskey up is such that even the loneliest join together in our common de- liam Seaton have yet been able to in heaven. I have been requested to write first-tripper will forget to be excavate themselves from their Or dames with golden hair. homesick. As for the oldtimers. a few words about my interest one-piece plaster casts ^made well, they didn't even notice how i in the work of UNRRA. This is exclusively of bauxite), they will miserable the bauxite diist was. a great pleasure and I hope it be able to see that their humble have passed since the Alcee For­ They spend all the time between ' may do some one a bit of good, servant, the ex-bull Wiper Dele­ tier left Newport News, Va. Our meals contemplating the next. Ships are again on the roll, My church graciously gave me destination was Greece, and now gate has faithfully discharged his plying the seas fo ihe four MORE ORCHIDS time off as a "cattleman," but we are within sight of America. duty to them by entering these corners of ihe earth. You more particularly as an ambassa­ It would be easy to write a book few words in the Log. Steward E. E. Foster did Seafarers who man these dor of good will. The church I on the new thrills of sea and Of course, there may be those bang-up job, seeing to it that vessels will be popping into represent, the Washington Park land, but space is limited. How­ everyone was happy arid well unfortunates who are still con­ ports of call in Africa, Asia, Methodist Community Church of ever, I might be pardoned for supplied with grub. We can use fined to their beds waiting for Australia. You'll be hitting Providence, Rhode Island, gave expressing a very sincere word more Stewards like E.E. their clothes to come back from the Near East, Middle East in cash and goods the approxim­ concerning the brave men who Now a word for the guy who the cleaners, and unable to get and the Orient, and you'll be ate sum of $4500.00 and donated man our ships. v/as responsible for slinging the around to the Hall to pick up making the high spots and their favorite paper. However, chow. Crew's Messman Vic Man- $150.00 for the purchase of a the low in the islands, and STOUT HEARTS it's amazing just how the Log salto keeps the cleanest mess- heifer. down South America way. This has been delivered to This preacher sees them as gets around, and, no doubt, they room and sets the nicest table Your experiences in these any hungry SIU sailor can wish Greece to relieve the suffering of men with strong muscles and will see it anyway. Who knows, places, the characters you the peoples of that country. All stout hearts. Brave, fearless, and Junior might even bring one to sit down to. meet both ashore and aboard of us are attempting to accomp­ calm in every emergency. No, A pretty fair trip was had by home from school next Sunday. ship as you v/end your way, all. In too many past issues we lish this relief work for the sake they are not of the saintly type, make interesting stories. DOWN TO BUSINESS have seen a lot of blasts right­ of Him who said, "Inasmuch as their ordinary conversations Surely, you'll run into strange Anyway, let's get down to the fully directed at phony skippers, ye did ' it with one of the least would not pass in my church gals and guys, clip-joints, business at hand and follow the but in this case we have an hon­ of these my brethren, ye have school, yet at six services of di­ "dives, and points of historical instructions given at a recent orable m.ention for Capt. George done it with me." vine worship which I '. old, I be­ interest. Maybe you'll have shipboard meeting: "That a few R. Stanton. He's a good Joe who lieve every man not on duty was a beef on the way, or a tip NOBLE SHIP words of praise for llie Steward doesn't like to see the front pages present. to pass along to your Broth­ and his department be entered in of his log book all cluttered up The scripture declares, "They This noble ship on which we ers that might save them the Log." with a bunch of stuff that count­ sail has carried the food which that go down to the sea in ships some trouble. Well, fellows, it is a hell of a erbalances the OT sheets at the was given by interested people. shall see the glory of the Lord." We want to hear about any job to impose on a guy when he payoff. It was our answer to that devil- In addition to that, this Minister and all of these. Just jot them has gotten so fat that he has a Let's hope we can see more arid ish spirit- that meant to crush saw a fine brotherly spirit mani­ down and mail them to the hell of a job to see out of his more of these reports of close co-; humanity. Good will, and not fested- among the men who sail Seafarers Log, 51 Beaver eyes. But I'll try my best to con-, operation on shipboard that will hate shall rule the world. There- the seven seas. Street, New York 4, N. Y. vey to the membership just what help keep her Steady as she fore, from our Captain to the So here is a hearty, God bless Enclose pictures if you have kind of Steward department we'goes." most humble Cattleman we have you all. any, v/e'll return them. had. Gene Maxkey, engaged in a Holy mission. Samuel A. Livingstone, Chief Cook Ed Seeley is .the Engine Delegate More than fifty days and nights Minister Deai* Editor; Log -A- Rhythms Warns SS Belle Of Sea Men Seaton Men Get Plastered But Good Chow Eases Pain Wanted: Tips �TEE SEAFARERS LOG Friday^ December 13, 1846 Page Fifleen 4-Watch System Is Recommended To Stem Tide Of Unemployment Dear Cdilor: Jobs in the seafaring industry are becoming scarcer every day with ships being laid up in the boneyard or sold to foreign in­ terests. This is the result of the reconversion program of Mr. Shipowner who is cutting down expenses as the ships are grad­ ually being put back into the hands of private ownership. We must remember the SIU mem­ bership of 60,000, with perhaps 10,000 or 12,000 jobs to go around for employment aboard the ships now under contract. We find that the centering of the management of industries in­ to fewer and fewer hands makes the trade unions unable to cope with the ever growing power of the employing cla.ss. The trade unions foster a state of affairs which allows one set of workers to be pitted against another in the same industry, thereby help­ ing to defeat one another in wage wars. Morever the trade unions aid the employing class to mislead the workers into the ened workday means for the em­ ployer one hour's less profits from every man employed—one hour less oportunity to exploit. This accounts for the fact that the worker's demand for shorter hdurs have always been contest­ ed more vigorously than demands for better conditions or even wage increases. The reason is obvious. The dif­ ference between the six hour day and the eight hour day is the dif­ ference between three hours and five given to the employer in which to sweat profits from the hides of his help, each hour of reduction being made at the ex­ pense of the exploiter. The dif­ ference between the six hour day and, say the three hour day, is the difference between three hours of profit-sweating and none at all. Therefore, if the employer wishes to continue to live off the labor of his "wage-slaves" he must (and he does) guard jealous­ ly the length of the toiler's work day. Upon it depends not only the amount of his unearned in­ come but also the continuation of his privileges to live without pro­ ducing. Any workday longer than that required to do the ac­ tual necessary work of the world simply serves to fatten the al­ ready "hog-fat" parasites of in­ dustry. CAPITAL HAS POWER The capitalist system, rotten as it is, has resources which cannot be overlooked. The armed forces of the state are not nearly as belief that the workers Have in­ terests" in common with their employers. 4-WATCH SYSTEM To cut down the surplus of la­ bor that now confronts the union is to demand the four-watch sys­ tem on all ships. On the basis of an eight hour day, less than three hours are all that is necessary for the worker to earn his wage. The rest of the day he is employed in producing surplus value for the boss. E ach hour of the short- BROTHER LUTTRELL, IN CHI HOSPITAL ASKS FOR LETTERS MEMBER'S DAD APPRECIATES SIU'S MILITANCY Dear Editor: Enclosed please find poem I wrote when I was in New Or­ leans. You are welcome to print it in the Log if you care to. I want to thank you for send­ ing the Seafarers Log to my home address in Heavener, Okla. My dad writes me that it is com­ ing regularly and he enjoys it very much. As a long-time rail­ road man, he appreciates mili­ tant unionism such as we showed in our recent strike. I stood my picket duty in San Francisco and I am proud of my picket card. I'd sure like to see old New York now, but I guess I'll go to Honolulu as soon as the strike there is over. Thurston Lewis San Francisco (Editor's note: Brother Lewis' poem. "Song of the Open Sea," written in New Orleans in 1943. appears in the Log-A-RJhi^hjn column on page 14. Dear Editor: Well, here I am again in the Marine Hospital in Chicago. I paid off in New Orleans in May, and came to Chicago for a cou­ ple of weeks to visit my family. I was here a week or so, when my right leg started bothering me. I didn't pay much attention to it and let it go. It goi worse and I went to a private doctor. He didn't do me any good so I went BROTHER EXPECTS to another one. Also I kept put­ ARMY DISCHARGE ting hot packs on it myself. I finally had to come here. Both NEXT MONTH of my knees are swollen and stiff Dear Editor: and my elbows are also stiff. The This is just a line to express doctors aren't yet sure exactly my appreciation to the member­ what the trouble is. I hope that ship and the officials of our UnI won't be here too long. ;ion who have won for us the Missed out on the strike but great new contracts. They .are my thoughts were always of you the best ever attained on the boys. You did a wonderful job, waterfront by any Union. I re­ and it should make you all proud­ gret that I was not able to par­ er to say "I belong to the SIU." ticipate in the winning of them. Keep up the good work and The Army wouldn't allow that smooth sailing to all of you. as an excuse for a furlough. Thanks- for the latest issue of If any of my old shipmates are around, tell them to drop me a the Log. which I received this morning. few lines. I expect to be seeing many of C. E. LuttreU formidable as the venal press and other avenues of publicity and class mis-education. The capita­ list press and class-controlled ra­ dio are perhaps the very strong­ est bulwarks for the established order. By means of these, labor hatred and mob frenzy can be lashed to a fever heat at any time and against any individual or group which dares to challenge the capitalist system. It will be recalled, however, tliat news­ paper workers have at times re­ fused to set-up or print slander­ ous and inflammatory anti-labor editorial matter. So here as well as in the manufacture and trans­ portation of industrial material, the economic power of the work­ ers can be used to an advantage. The every day struggle is that of the class struggle, not of tradeunions or obedience to political parasites who create laws to benefit the few and exploit the many. We must as a class unite under one union by the use of the General Strike at the point of production. The ultimate aim of the Gen­ eral Strike is not to substitute for the yoke of capitalism, the yoke of the red republicans, the fascist, the militarist—or any other yoke. The general strike can just as well be used by the workers to institute real indus­ trial freedom and democracy and do away with all yokes save that of necessary social labor which is the common obligation of everybody born into the world. Joseph S. Buckley the Brothers around the first of the year as I hope to be dis­ charged by then. Glad to see that some effort is being made to get the men work­ ing on the Texas tankers to join our ranks. They have some good ships and some good men. I sailed on them in '44, and I know that a great number of the boys want our Union to represent them. They are damn tired of the NMU finks who claim to rep­ resent them now. Good luck to our Union and all our Brothers everywhere. Eldon "Bill" Ray TRIPCARDER PLEADS DESIRE FOR REINSTATEMENT I was an active, paid up tripcarder until Aug. 28, 1946. I was in New York almost two months trying to catch a ship until I was Hat broke and had to .sneak home. As a veteran I started in school here at home, since it was the only job around. Then the Union went on strike and I didn't even have the dough to hit for a seaport to carry a sign on the picket line. So I stayed in school. I'll be out in January and would like to return to the sea and the .SIU, because it was always fair to me even when things were tough. What I would like to know now is how I stand, or would stand, as a permit man. Should I try to enter an SIU hall any place? I missed out on the strike, but I think enough of the SIU to suffer whatever consequences there may be. I just got careless at the wrong time but, I really was flat broke. There are a few of the boys in the hall who will remember me if I could come down there and plead my case when I get out of school in January. I would gladly pay my dues and whatever fine may be established to give me strike clearance and be restored as a permit man. • I'd dearly appreciate any information you could send me. Could the Buffalo Hall help me to find out where I stand? Norman Maffei Franklinsville, N. Y. ANSWER:—Your letter has been turned over to the Strike Clearance Committee, which wil advise you by mail as to the possibilities for reinstatement, and how you may proceed in the matter. Open Discussions In Log Healthy Sign, Says Member Dear Editor: panding to include all depart­ I have heard much discussion ments, instead of only the deck on Brother Joseph Buckley's re­ department as it had remained cent letter to the Log on today's for half a century. union problems. The first im­ Our new AFL Maritime Trades pression one gets from his letter Department also shows this. Un­ is pride that one can disagree ions are finding it vitally neces­ openly in the Log with our offi­ sary to stand together against cial policies. Can you picture their common enemies the bosses, a leter of this kind appearing in and their political stooges. United the Pilot? In fact, the Pile-it we survive, divided we are de­ used to say at the head of its stroyed. letter column that no letter dis­ DECIDE FOR ONE'S SELF agreeing with official NMU Brother Buckley says, "We,( EWELL DECK MEN policy would be printed. Truly, the rank and file, must unite in SCORE MATE, the SIU is a democratic union. one big union under an indus­ When Brother Buckley warns trial democracy." This is a mat­ LAUD SKIPPER against a witch-hunt for reds he ter of individual political belief Dear Editor: is dead right. We have seen how with which many will disagree. The deck department of the the commies keep themselves in Many workers still think they good ship Richard S. Ewell would power in the NMU by calling all can do best under the system of their opponents "fascists." It is so-called "free enterprise." Per­ like to have the following state­ easy to put a tag like this on sonally, I think Buckley is right, ments published in the Log for anyone who disagrees with you, but this is some thing every man the benefit of any deck gang that and through this type of baiting must decide for himself. might run into a Mate named all honest opposition, is smoth­ Most of the disagreement with Nelson Elsapp. He has been play­ ered. Buckley seems to be with his WITCH HUNT WRONG ing fink from way back. attack on. the AFL and CIO as A witch-hunt is a witch-hunt. being "closed corporations bene­ He maintains that in his coun­ It makes no diffei'ence what ficial only to Green and Murray." try he was treated rough and names you give the witches, "red" Perhaps he exaggerates some­ hence we were in for the same. or "fascist." Both are wrong. Both what, but it is surely true that He thinks we are lucky to be can be cloaks for destroying* the anti-union forces rejoice to eating the same food as him. freedom and independence. We see American labor divided into We are sure glad that the Cap­ see how the kept press calls "com­ two sections, fighting each other tain is a swell fellow. If any of munist" and "red" all who dare instead of the bosses. U. S. Steel the sailors run into Capt. .Will defend the rights of labor—it is a and DuPont are united against Cleasby they shouldn't pass up convenient smear. labor—can't we workers learn the chance to sail with him. He Many of us will also agree something from them? has surely got the backing of this with Brother Buckley that the Anyway, whatever you think Deck department. As for the craft union is obsolete. Separate of Brother Buckley's views, it is Mate, thumbs down as far as we unions for longshoremen and sea­ certainly a healthy thing to have are concerned. men make no more sense than discussion pro and con on such We are bound for Okinawa and separate unions for cooks and things as these. As the Editor of it looks like a long trip. Will let firemen. the Log says, "that's what makes you know how things come out. Today's trend is, as Buckley for democracy." Why don't those M. E. Blosser. Deck Del." says, toward industrial unionism. who disagree with Buckley send, Gus Kay. ^ Bosun Our mother union, the SUP, re­ in their ideas? R. L. Yeager cently demonstrated this by ex­ "Steamboat" O'Doyle �J".' - •' Page Sixieen THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, December 13. 1S46 m Wi •x-x- V!X'XvX!X!X»X»X: I'XX'XvXWXW mmmrnmrn mi S:wi; •:W ^5 ...... XvXvXvi ¥;¥:::::¥x::::%?;>¥:.. K'l'X'j'X'X-X'X'X^rv:*:':-; > .'X'..... v.^^.'.x.:.X'X'XvX'l .%v.-X*X«X WHO - led-Hie-f -for war risk, bonuses ? ^HO •" bccrt*doujn*H've W8A medical program? WHO - de-feorrad 4be WSA Gompetence cavd«proi^mim ? WHO-won-Hne hioKest uiaoes in4fe indusrrii ? WHO — hos-fhe besluiorkin^ aoi^ditionsf 'X«>X*Xv iSVi :?SSp" 1® :-:v:i X'XvIvX'X'X'X'X x<«XvXvX<'X*X'>: * x-x-r-.-^x-x-x^' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource December 13, 1946 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VIII, No. 50 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: AFL TUGBOATMEN WILL BALLOT ON STRIKE ACTION SIU MOVES CLOSER TO ISTHMIAN VICTORY IN NLRB VOTE COUNT MINERS RETURN TO WORK; CASE BEFORE SUPREME COURT OAKLAND AFL VICTORIOUS IN GENERAL STRIKE PROFIT AND DIVIDENDS SOAR HIGH WHILE REAL WAGES KEEP DROPPING PROPAGANDA--NMU STYLE AFL STAFF OFFICERS ASSOCIATION IS ONLY CERTIFIED PURSERS' UNION SEAFARERS' WIFE IS STILL ON THE JOB SUPPLYING MAGAZINES FOR SEAMEN SPECIAL BOARD TO RID GOVT. OF COMMUNISTS NMU LOSING OUT WITH UNORGANIZED BECAUSE OF ITS STALLING TACTICS PHILADELPHIA SHIPPING IS GOOD, EXCEPT FOR THE BACKDOOR ARTISTS SEAFARERS WIN ATLANTIC TOWING IN SAVANNAH SEATRAINS MAY CEASE OPERATION IF CUBANS WITHDRAW SUBSIDY COAST GUARD EVEN MORE STRINGENT NOW THAT THE SHOOTING IS OVER CORPUS CHRISTI IS DIFFERENT, NEEDS SEAMEN IT'S A CAT'S LIFE--STANDARD;S PUSS GETS PAY BOOST AND PENSION PLAN FINKY SHIPCHANDLERS FIND OUT THEY CAN'T TAMPER WITH TAMPA PINOCHLE TOPS SHIPPING NEWS IN CHICAGO ISTHMIAN MEN IN THE SIU FINANCIAL REPORT DUES REMITTING PROGRAM ORGANIZERS' ACTIVITY OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES REPRESENTATIVE ISTHMIAN CREWS THE SEAFARERS LOG COMMIES INFILTRATING IN GULF CMU UNIONS BAUXITE RUN HAS ITS 'QUEEN' TOO CREW ASSAILS COMPANY'S INADEQUATE LAUNCH SERVICE SS BLUE ISLAND VICTORY RAMS LIGHTHOUSE IN DANISH WATERS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/13/1946 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1946 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/d7e6a97004c0672843d24a2647fa5bcd.PDF 9c7453324cf18f889cf52fd45f7adb8a PDF Text Text \ SEAFARERS LOG D«C0mbar IS 1963 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNjON • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO In Canada -'4 Will Tomorrow Bring The Goosestep? If doubt existed in anyone's mind on the dangers of government trusteeship in unions, it must hove been erased last week when the Canadian government trustees imposed censorship over the publications of the five Canadian maritime unions un­ der their jurisdiction. On December 4, the Canadian govern­ ment trustees issued a decree to the effect that henceforth no union publication of any kind could be issued or distributed without the trustees' stomp of approval. The SiU stated, at the outset, that the trusteeship was not only inimical to the concept of democracy, but that it came about because anti-union elements in Canada utilized a purely contractual dis­ pute between the SiU of Canada and Up­ per Lakes Shipping Ltd., as an excuse to pass punitive anti-union legislation un­ paralleled in the history of the trade union movement. Besides its gag on free speech, the cen­ sorship decree provides further evidence of the real motives behind the creation of this trusteeship. (Story on Page 2.) Injunction Halts MTD Picketing Of Foreign Ship In Wheat Deal Story on Page 3 Senate Action Expands Hole In Jones Act Seafarers Get New Service in SiU Ciinics Story on Page 3 Story on Page 3 - ;•" .y^. , �Pace Two SEAFARERS LOG December IS, 1963 MONTREAL—Rigid rules imposing full censorship over all informational literature "published by a maritime union or some other person, body, or institution on its behalf were issued here last week by the three-man board of government trustees controlling the affairs of all maritime unions in Can­ ada, including the Seafarers International Union of Canada and four other organizations. The regulations require trustee approval before publicatioi',^7~ ——— It has indicted Hal C. Banks, or distribution of all maritime union publications. the SIU that the whole purpose out of a contractual dispute be­ According fo news reports in Toronto, the one-man censor­ behind the trusteeship legislation tween the SIU of Canada and president of the SIU of Canada, was to destroy the SIU of Canada. Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd., which and two other SIU men, on an old ship will be bandied by Clay-*^ While the censorship order con­ in 1962 arbitrarily broke its con­ 1957 charge not connected with ton Sinclair, whose name ap­ government takeover of unions. The censorship ordered by the veniently muffles the SIU, it does tract with the SIU and signed a the present dispute, and is re­ pears on a circular containing trustees is all-inclusive, covering not affect non-maritime unions "sweetheart" agreement with the portedly planning a criminal the censorship order. Sinclair "all further publications of any which are outside the trustees' Canadian Maritime Union estab­ prosecution of SIU officials and reportedly is a newsman with kinjl, whether newspapers, maga­ jurisdiction and apparently are lished by the Canadian Labor members, under a law going all the "Montreal Gazette" who zines, bulletins, circulars or other­ free to continue their attacks Congress. Some 300 Canadian Sea­ the way back to. Victorian times, is now working for the trustees. against the SIU without opposition. farers were then locked out of for peacefully protesting the wise." The constitutionality of the The Canadian trusteeship arose their Jobs and replaced with crews trusteeship law in a demonstration It bears out the contention by before Parliament. recruited through the CMU. government trusteeship placed on In a separate development, the Canadian maritime unions has The censorship order is one of been challenged in legal action many developments in the sys­ trustees have forbidden the SIU begun by the SIU of Canada last tematic harassment by -the Cana­ of Canada "under any circum­ The following is the text at the specific censorship rules imposed month. The trusteeship was estab­ dian government of the SIU of stances" to picket the vessel by the government trustees on all maritime unions in Canada: lished under legislation passed by Canada, in what AFL-CIO Presi­ Canuck Trader, without the (I.) All further publications of any kind, whether newspapers, Parliament in October. dent George Meany has called trustees' permission. magazines, bulletins, circulars or otherwise, and whether published The Canuck Trader is a vessel The censorship order covering "the destruction of free trade by a maritime union or some other person, body, or institution on the maritime unions was dated unionism in the Canadian mari­ formerly manned by the SIU of its behalf, will require trusfee approval before publication or Canada, which sailed for Japan December 4, apparently following time industry." distribution. You are to bear in mind that distribution includes publication of the November 30 In other moves, the government some time ago, allegedly to be the delivery of such publications to members or other persons or issue of the "Canadian Sailor," has seized union records and scrapped. But as soon as the SIU making them available to members or other persons by placing which is the official organ of the property here, and in Toronto and crew was off the ship and flown them in union halls or other places where they may be picked up SIU of Canada.' The November Thorold, and Royal Canadian home, she took on a Japanese by such members or other persons. issue dealt with the Canadian Mounted Police have also seized crew and sailed for Hong Kong. (2.) Publication, whether newspapers, magazines, bulletins, cir­ trusteeship situation in detail. personal records and belongings in There she shipped a Chinese crew, culars, or otherwise, that contain defamatory references to other, It related the SIU position with raids upon SIU officials' homes. sailed to Nassau, raised the Bahatrade union leaders or members, particularly officers and members respect to the trusteeship, as The government has also taken man ensign and re-entered the of the maritime unions under trusteeship, cannot be approved. stated in the legal action instituted over operation of the vacation pay­ Canadian trade under contract to by the union, and the reaction of (3.) All publications must show date of issue, or in the case of ments plan for Canadian Seafarers the Canadian government. Under the contract, the runaway labor in general to the Canadian publications by other persons, bodies or institutions, date of receipt. and has frozen all union assets. ship was designated as one of the vessels to haul strategic defense material to Canada's defense bases in the Arctic. The SIU set up in­ formational picketlines when the ship arrived in Canada during the sununer of 1962, in efforts to make the Canadian public aware of what was being done with its tax money. An attempt to picket the vessel WASHINGTON—Three days of hearings before the Sen­ when she reached here again last month was frustrated by restric­ ate Subcommittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries ended tions on picketing ordered by the last week, as the lawmakers decided to put off further public trustees on November 14. As a re­ sessions until late January on sult, the SIU was unable to picket the vessel and she recently sailed a proposal for compulsory ar­ tee to date have only covered testi­ home to China. bitration in maritime labor mony by management representa­ disputes. The bill was introduced tives and witnesses for the Marine two months ago by Sen. Frank J. Engineers Beneficial Association including President Jesse M. CalLausche (D-Ohio). At the time the hearings were hoon, who testified on the circum­ put off a week ago last Friday, stances involving the America and December 6, SIU Vice-President other recent shipping disputes. Robert A. Matthews was one of As expected, the management several labor opponents to the witnesses backed the proposal. measure whose testimony was They took a position similar to scheduled but not given. The death of President John F. that expressed on the Bonner bill The Subcommittee had expected Kennedy has deeply affected inany that three days of hearings would (HR 1897), which the House people the world over, and practi­ be adequate to explore the many Merchant Marine and Fisheries cally everyone has felt his loss .as issues involved in the controver­ Committee tabled several weeks a personal shock. ago. The hearings put off last Class No. 96 in the training program for SIU lifeboatmen sial arbitration proposal. One of the first expressions of week in the Senate Subcomm.ittec takes its turn before the camera at headquarters. The grad­ condolence to the SIU membership Binding Decision were recessed due to the iminence ates (front, l-rl are Ronald Egan, Waiter O. Wilson: middle, on the loss of the President came Sen. Lausche's proposal (S. 2222) of other hearings that are still on Louis W. Murelli, John Myers, Robert Bruno, Jim Gardner, from George Munroe, secretary would send an unsettled shipping the Subcommittee's schedule and general of the Seamen's and Wa­ Edward Strusinski; rear, George Garcia, John Pitt, Jr., Mike dispute to an arbitrator or mari­ the expected early recess of the terfront Workers' Trade Union, in Congress for the holidays. Moguire and Bruce Frickey, with instructor Ami Bjornsson*. time disputes board for a final and Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. His let­ binding decision. The bill provides ter, sent to SlUNA President Paul that such an arbitration decision Hall, follows: would not be subject to review or "Please accept my sincere and reexamination by any agency dur­ deepest synipathy on the sad occa­ ing the term of the contract or sion of the untimely death of your contracts under which it was beloved and respected John F. rendered. With each passing day, the volume of legislative and political activity affecting Seafar­ Kennedy, late President of the Hearings before the Subcommit­ ers and their families increases. This is true not only in Washington, but also in every one United States of America. He was truly a leader with stalwart qual­ of the 50 states and the hundreds of municipalities in which Seafarers and their families ities. live and work. "I share with you, the entire have their own programs. compulsory arbitration on Dec. 13, 1963 Vol. XXV, No. 25 The continuing programs SPAD is concerned with educa- impose membership of our Internationa^ labor-management disputes in and activities necessary to tional, political and legislative maritime, and against other legis­ and the American people as a meet the problems posed by this efforts to win the passage of lation which would restrict the whole, the dismay and sorrow over increasingly complex volume of legislation that would be beneficial rights of unions and their mem­ this shocking and atrocious event PAUL HALL. President activity are sustained by the to Seafarers and their families as bers to bargain freely or strike in which has caused a regretable loss HERBERT BRAND, Editor, IRWIN SPIVACK. voluntary contributions made by well as to workers generally. to the American nation and the pursuit of their objectives. Mnnaying Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art Seafarers to SPAD — the Sea­ In the political area, SPAD is It is increasingly evident that whole world. Editor; MIKE POLLACK, NATHAN SKYER, "He was truly a great man. May ALEXANDER LESLIE, THOMAS LAUCHLIN, farers Political Activity Donation. concerned with supporting candi­ the activities in the political and Staff Writers. Other sections of the trade dates who have a favorable voting legislative spheres are. as impor­ his soul rest in peace. union movement are engaged in record and defeating those op­ tant to the welfare and well-being . "Please have my condolences PuWMied bfwcRkly at the headquarteri similar activities. The AFL-CIO posed to labor gains and objectives of Seafarers and other workers as expressed to the membership of of the Seafarers International Union, At­ lantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters has programs of legislative and —regardless of the candidate's activities in their immediate the SlUNA." District, AFL-CIO. 475 Fourth Avenue. political activity concerned with This is only one of many letters economic areaf. The voluntary coffpolitical affiliations. Brooklyn 31. NY fel HYacioth 9-MOO. Secofsd class postage paid at the IPost the problems affecting workers which have been received and are tributions" to SPAD help Seafarers Typical of the type of battle Omee In Brooklyn. NY under the Act generally, which it impiemenls on •which the Union must wage ua- to assure that their interests in, still coming Jn from a world 0f AAIS. 24, 1912. the national, state and local levels. tionally 'i^ 1^, battle .agaihSt; the these important political and legis- shocked by the cvente of last Various AFL-CIO unions also ef<qrta[ fCqiyehtly: ibpirig ' * to r kitiw'sreBs ivlll be is«^^uarded.. ; month. Text Of Censorship Rules Anti-Strike Biii Put Off To '64 Graduation For SIU Lifeboatmen Trinidad SIU Marks Death, Kennedy Loss SPAD—On The Job For Seafarers SEAFARERS LOG �Deeember It, »6S SEAF ARERS Page Three LOG Court Order Blocks MTD Pickets; 5IU Hits 50-50 Sellout German motorship Poseidon is pictured at grain dock in Albany, NY, last Monday, shortly after a state court injunc­ tion was issued barring picketing of the vessel. MTD had protested use of the German ship rather than available USiFlag vessels to move American grain to Hungary. The ship left Albany early Tuesday, after loading 9,000 tons of grain. ALBANY, New York—Picketing by the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Depart­ ment of a West German ship loading American wheat for Hungary was halted by a state court injunction here on Monday, December 9, but has apparently produced a tightening of Government procedures for the grain movement to Communist bloc nations. The court order barred the protest demonstration less than three hours after it went up early Monday. The vessel, the motorthe Federal Government have en­ merce Franklin D. Roosevdt, Jr., ship Poseidon, was then abled foreign ships to grab up later this week, were assured that able to load and sail early 91,000 tons of the first 100,000 tons a revised procedure had been developed to tighten up the Govemmrat's export licensing to protect US shipping. Although details of the proposed wheat sale dbrect to the Soviet Meanwhile, waiver policies of Union are stiU not completed, Soviet satellites are purchasing a volume of grain on their own. An Expanded Service Starts This Week export license for a sale to East Germany was reportedly issued December 10, and additional sales are pending. SIUNA President Paul HaU sent an urgent protest to Robert E. The SIU network of free medical centers has again expanded its service to Seafarers. Giles, acting maritime administra­ tor, on November 27, based on re­ The clinics in all ports will be open on Saturday mornings from now on, to service Seafar­ ports that Cargill, Inc., a major ers who find Saturdays mor.e convenient for seeing to their medical needs. The extended grain exporter, was seeking special hours apply to all six main--*waivers allowing it to use foreign land clinics as well as the between job calls. The shipping dependent children. Later, serv­ ships for almost all of the grain center in San Juan, Puerto rules under the agreement be­ ices were extended to dependent going to Hungary. Rico. tween the Union and its contracted parents of Seafarers as well. SIU Hall wired Giles that the bids of Arrangements are being made to operators provide for regular job Pacific District affiliates are cur­ two US-flag shipping companies have ail SIU clinics open to service calls on Saturday in addition to rently working out final arrange­ had reportedly been refused by ments for a similar program on the Seafarers' needs between the hours those on weekdays. Cargill "even though their bids are The SIU's system or cilnics has West Coast. of 8 AM and noon each Saturday, within the rates prescribed by the beginning tomorrow, December 14. passed many milestones since the Maritime Administration . . ." The new Saturday service is in­ opening of the Pete Larsen Memo­ Cargill received the waivers any­ way, on the ground that it wanted tended for the use of Seafarers rial Clinic in Brooklyn, one block to use larger vessels than the only at the present time. Free from SIU headquarters. First to be American shiiw available. Since diagnostic services in the fuiiy- opened by a seamen's union, the the cargo rate structure favors equipped clinics remain available headquarters clinic was originally larger vessels and the grain ex­ to SIU men and their families dedicated in April, 1957. porters were given the right to Additional medical centers during the regular clinic hours on make shipping arrangements, this weekdays, Monday through Friday. opened in New Orleans and Mo­ meant an added profit margin for There is no change in the usual bile several months after the WASHINGTON—The Senate passed a bill lata last week the US grain concern. Brooklyn clinic, followed later by procedures for these examinations. which extended for two more years the waiver of the Jones In granting the waivers, the Due to the increase In the hours expansion of the service to Balti­ during which the clinics will be more, Houston, San Juan and Act allowing lumber shippers to transport their product to Government approved this proce­ dure, and allowed the company to open, Seafarers who normally Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Puerto Rico on foreign-flag come In to register or ship on clinic shares the facilities of the vessels. The waiver of the ports, including trade to and from bypass American ships almost Saturday will have the advantage International Ladies Garment 1920 law was first enacted In Puerto Rico, is restricted to completely. American-fiag ships manned by 1962 on a one-year trial basis. of being able to get a clinic exam Workers Union. The chief function of the clinics Last year's amendment to the American seamen and built in the is to provide health protection for Jones Act originally expired on US. The sponsor of the 1962 amend­ Seafarers and their families by de­ October 23, 1963. Full Senate ac­ ment was Sen. Maurine Neuberger tecting illness or disease in the tion on the measure (S.2100) fol­ early stages of development, while lowed approval of a pending biU (D-Ore.), acting on behalf of US they may still respond to treat­ by the Senate Commerce Commit­ Pacific Northwest lumber shippers tee. The bill still has to pass the who complained about Canadian ment. lumber traffic. Sen. Neuberger's Though at first limited to Sea­ House of Representatives. bill was adopted without a hearing farers, the service was expanded SAN JUAN—A two-day confer­ Under the 1920 Jones Act, par­ late in last year's Congressional ence on Automation, Education within a year to include wives and ticipation on runs between US session. and Collective Bargaining was BALTIMORE—The SlU-manned Cut By Committee held here last week, co-sponsored cable-laying ship Long Lines is The present bill was introduced by the American Foundation on slated to leave here in the last by Sen. Warren Q. Magnuson (D- Automation & Employment and week of December, bound for the Wash.). It had called for a perma­ the Latin-American Institute of Pacific with a full 2,000 miles of nent exemption that would allow Labor-Management Relations head­ cable aboard. lumber shipments in the domestic ed by Keith Terpe, president of The Long Lines is currently trade to move on foreign ships the SIU of Puerto Rico. here taking on the armorless cable without restriction. However, in Many representatives of labor, and repeaters it will use to lay a approving the measure for Senate management and Government ad­ link between Hawaii and Guam. It action, the Commerce Committee dressed the conference on Decem­ recently completed laying a new limited the exemption to a two- ber 5-6, including SIUNA Presi­ 3,000-miie, $47 million transyear-'period. dent Paul Hall. Atiantic cable between TuckerThis was the time limit urged by Among other speakers at the ton, NJ, and Cornwall, England. • the US Commerce Department and conference, which was held here The armorless cable, manufac­ also backed by the American at the Ponce de Leon Hotel, were tured at the Western Electric Com­ Merchant Marine Institute. Puerto Rico's Governor Luis pany's Point Breeze plant here, At hearings here in September Miinoz Marin; Donna Felisa Rincan carry 128 two-way conversa­ on the Magnuson bill, a spokesman con de Gautier, Mayoress of San tions simultaneously. for the American Maritime As­ Juan; New York's Mayor Robert F. The $19 million German-built sociation called the benefit gained Wagner; Harry Van Arsdale, presi­ vessel is owned by Transoceanic by the lumber men from the dent of the New York City Central Cable Ship Company, a subsidiary original waiver law "microscopic." Labor Council AFL-CIO; Anthony of the American Telephone & The 5.6 million board feet of Scotto, vice-president of the Inter­ Telegraph Company. Isthmian lumber shipped to the Caribbean national Longshoremen's Associa­ Lines operates the ship for AT&T. from the Northwest amounted to tion, and Juan Perez Roa, presi­ Construction of the v e s s e 1, less than half of one-percent dent of the Union de Trabajadores largest of its kind in the world, (0.46%) of total US lumber pro­ de Muelles and an ILA vicewas completed in Hamburg last duction. The SIU opposed the bill. president. spring. Tuesday morning for Trieste. A hearing on the temporary ban is scheduled for next week. SlU CLINICS ADD SATURDAY HOURS of grain being shipped to Hun­ gary. At least half of the grain movement was to be reserved for American-fiag ships. MTD pickets hit the Poseidon when she docked here about 7 AM on Monday. AU loading was halted as grain trimmers, members of the International Longshoremen's As­ sociation, observed the picketlines. The pickets carried signs protest­ ing use of the foreign ship while American vessels were available. Among the American ships passed up was one that was ordered into the GuH to load grain for Hungary at New Orleans. On ar­ rival, the company was advised that the cargo was here in Albany instead. Similar procedures made it possible to ship only 9,000 tons of the 100,000-ton order on US-flag vessels. However, SIU officials meet­ ing with Under Secretary of Com- Senate OKs Lumber Bill To Aid Foreign Shipping SIU Sparks Puerto Rico Job Confab SIU Cable Ship Loads For Pacific Guest Speaker At SIU Forum �ItMf Four SEAFARERS p—Mfccg IM, IMI LOG (Figures On This Page Cover. Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SW Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.) November 23 - December 6, 1963 SIU shipping was marked by a solid increase this period, as the dispatch total for all ports climbed to 1,642 jobs shipped. This figure is the highest for shipping since the end of July and is almost 600 jobs higher than the total of 1,070 reported just one month ago. • The shipping boost was scored with only a smaU rise in the registration totals for the past two weeks, up to 1,408 men registered, from 1,353. The big turnover helped reduce the number of men registered on the beach at the end of the period to 3,487. All but three SIU ports showed more jobs shipped this period than the last time. The only exceptions coast to coast were Baltimore, Jacksonville and Tampa. New Orleans, Houston and the West Coast ports generally listed the biggest gains. New York was only slightly busier than in the previous two weeks. Slow for many weeks. Mobile held its own by staying over the 100-job mark for the second period in a row. The ship activity chart (see right) shows several more ships in port during the past two weeks in both the signon and in-transit columns. According to the reports, many of the sign-ons seem to have involved almost en­ tirely new crews. This is the usual situation at this time of year, due to the job turnover in advance of the yearend holidays. One result of the shipping rise, since class A job takers were at a premium in some ports, was that the "A" seniority men split the total number of jobs available right down the middle with "B" and "C" men. Class A filled 50 percent of all the jobs, class B 35 percent and class C the remainder. Ship Activity Pay OA leitM NawYorfc .... PUIodalplila.. laltiaMra .... Norfolk JockMHvni# .. ToMpa Mobilo « 10 4 4 2 0 1 4 Si«a la Oat Troo*. TOTAL 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 4 11 0 U 4 0 9 11 22 17 21 t 0 10 5 5 14 NowOrlooos.. 13 Hoottoa S WHnia«toa ..1 Soa FrwKlaco. 2 Soottlo S 11 0 2 2 4 19 20 -.2 0 1 43 41 5 12 10 TOTALS 40 123 224 41 DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 1 2 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 2 10 1 13 0 2 1 3 4 2 4 0 6 0 2 3 1 67 7 30 32 5 18 18 43 15 45 7 67 2 36 19 15 8 6 15 0 1 1 3 i 5 13 6 24/ 0 2 6 8 25 6 3 34 0 5 13 18 0 16 2 27 4 7 11 22 2' 1 3 3 6 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 ' 0 7 0 1 3 3 3 4 7 1 3 0 4 0 5 4 1 0 3 0 3 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 8 14 7 29 10 3 7 20 5 19 2 26 1 10 3 6 51 95 5 35 9 20 35 60 20 48 4 72 4 58 21 33 51 1 26 10 15 21 12 34 14 29 11 54 2 46 21 23 3 1 6 0 2 1 0 7 1 5 3 15 0 4 8 4 16 4 28 2 8 9 5 16 8 19 5 32 0 4 10 6 3 6 4 13 1 1 2 4 6 13 2 21 1 5 10 4 126 195 46 1 367 90 219 42 I 351 15 91 112 1 218 Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS GROUP 1 2 0 0 0 8 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 18 0 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 TOTAL Shipped CLASS 2 ALL A B. 0 0 6 3 6 14 67 36 3 6 24 8 0 1 27 22 2 2 3 0 7 4 4 5 0 1 - 0. 2 1 3 26 10 18 72 0 58 6 37 54 46 0 1 15 8 1 1 32 10 0 ^0 21 10 28 1r 51 351 218 61 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP C AI.I. 1 3 ALL 2 1 2 2 ALL 0 9 4 19 4 11 0 6 2 4 14 117 100 115 31 246 6 37 50 93 38 12 6 31 16 3 0 0 0 0 50 39 1 74 8 121 0 13 52 65 2 5 19 22 43 2 0 3 11 14 7 16 9 13 . 3 25 1 20 5 14 3 3 1 8 13 2 1 0 4 5 3 39 33 26 6 65 0 2 16 18 18 148 79 76 16 171 2 31 81 114 37 137 47 56 19 122 1 27 24 52 1 24 9 25 14 2 0 5 6 11 1 43 25 30 59 4 5 22 18 45 0 31 16 36 14 6 1 14 8 23 91 !1 660 395 475 106] 976 17 161 288 1 466 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Registered Shipped CLASS B CLASS A GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 2 6 0 3 3 0 19 18 46 15 39 60 2 5 8 2 1 13 7 2 6 14 1 11 8 0 3 4 0 11 9 0 1 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 9 15 3 13 17 3 29 30 62 9 43 54 4 24 16 37 44 7 27 1 5 1 7 3 8 14 2 3 -7 12 3 15 23 0 1 4 5 2 14 18 Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C Port Boston New York... Philadelphia.. Baltimore. Norfolk Jacksonville.. Tampa Mobile New Orleans. Houston Wilmington... Sm Francisco Seattle GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 4 3 1 57 13 41 15 0 13 19 6 11 0 3 3 0 3 3 0 5 5 17 2 15 7 31 41 38 8 28 6 11 4 19 2 15 0 11 12 TOTALS 43 185 16 I 2441 25 105 98|228 46 189 30 I 265 23 113 81|217 11 GROUP 123 ALL 0 1 1 2 4 14 11 29 5 4 0 9 2 10 13 5 0 6 3 0 5 0 0 0 3 10 22 8 30 24 62 47 2 29 16 1 3 2 6 1 2 3 6 2 1 7 10 TOTAL Shipped GROUP CLASS 1 2 3 ALL A B 0 1 3 1 2 7 4 14 60 29 6 0 8 13 9 1 1 3 11 13 0 1 11 1 6 0 3 4 2 5 3 0 0 1 0 3 7 17 22 1 14 54 62 2 12 7 0 13 37 47 0 3 5 14 6 1 1 23 0 6 5 18 10 2 1 C ALL Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 12 3 ALL 12 3 ALL 0 5 1 5 0 4 5 16 49 86 10 145 18 46 51 115 2 25 2 29 3 6 3 12 12 65 9 86 2 42 26 70 3 14 3 7 4 11 26 0 8 0 8 2 0 2 5 9 10 0 3 2 0 10 0 5 26 0 13 5 18 5 18 3 28 63 11 102 3 40 67 110 17 47 4 68 4 29 35 68 21 22 2 12 7 5 14 3 41 3 8 30 3 8 12 23 34 1 6 5 5 25 4 12 6 1 14 103 8 30 3 27 1 18 3 12 3 3 7 46 14 130 13 97 5 25 1 30 5 33 45 22 I ,78i265 217 78|560 134 410 52 { 596 39 218 227|484 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Registered CLASS B Wil SF Sea 1-s 0 6 0 5 1 1 1 2 3 4 1 3 3 GROUP 1 3 ALL 2 1 0 2 1 13 7 23 49 0 2 6 4 8 1 5 19 1 6 2 2 0 3 1 1 4 1 0 2 4 2 3 11 40 10 8 19 37 14 5 14 2 0 3 0 3 19 4 9 6 21 8 4 TOTALS 30 67 Port Bos NY Phil Bal Nor Jac Tam Mob NO...... Hou 35 Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B GROUP tiROVP GROUP 1 3 ALL 1-8 2 1 2 3 ALI. 1 3 ALL 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 3 2 2 23 27 5 8 24 12 49 2 0 9 11 1 1 1 3 0 4 2 3 9 1 4 0 5 0 1 9 10 2 1 1 13 1 9 0 9 10 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 3 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 13 1 5 0 7 13 1 8 0 7 3 0 36 39 5 11 7 21 44 3 3 53 59 1 1 20 22 3 7 4 12 26 6 2 18 26 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 8 0 0 3 3 0 1 4 5 1 5 2 8 16 0 0 7 7 0 0 5 5 2 6 1 8 17 2 2 10 6 88 1 220 11 11 113 1 135 20 57 29 95 1 201 18 11 118 1 147 Shipped CLASS C TOTAL Shipped 1 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP 1 3 ALL 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 11 13 0 0 5 5 0 0 1' 1 0 0 3 3 0 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 2 8 1 5 1 0 11 12 1 0 5 6 0 0 5 5 0 5 1 4 6 3 65 1 CLASS GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 3 ALL C ALL 1-8 1 2 2 A B 0 7 1 4 0 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 3 52 7 37 73 25 54 24 81 184 8 49 11 13 15 0 10 18 8 3 5 19 5 4 9 5 3 77 4 3 35 42 13 24 18 16 13 30 10 1 18 12 8 1 1 2 9 1 3 9 4 4 4 6 2 3 3 8 6 10 1 3 1 1 3 1 13 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 9 1 1 2 0 8 19 47 0 15 16 1 13 8 29 5 15 8 80 3 1 76 44 59 8 111 21 29 17 64 131 71 1 23 26 64 12 2 26 26 12 24 11 24 0 0 2 14 4 8 17 6 2 4 4 3 6 57 2 10 13 14 9 24 1 78 10 16 7 5 22> 7 29 2 3 17 8 6 10 32 8 5 17 32 178 26 238 1 296 116 98 277 1 669 74{ 201 147 *74 1 422 SUMMARY Registered CLASS A DECK ENGINE Sr^ARD GRAND fOIAIS GROUP 1 2 3 126 105 46 43 185 i6 97 35 88 1266 415 150 ALL I 367 1 244 I 220 I 831 Registered CLASS B SHIPPED CLASS A GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 26 85 103 I 25 105 08 I 11 11 113 1 62 201 314 1 GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 214 90 219 42 351 228 46 189 30 265 135 77 29 95 "201 577 213 437 167 817 Registered On The Beach TOTAL SHIPPED SHIPPED CLASS A CLASS B SHIPPED CLASS B CLASS C GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP GROUP 2 3 ^L 2 3 ALL _1 1 2 3 ALL 12 3 ALL ABC ALL 1 91 351 218 91 I 660 395 475 106|976 17 161 *288 I 466 15 91 112 I 218 61 23 23 113 81 I 217 11 45 22 I 78 265 217 78 | 560 134 410 52"I 596 30 218 227 I 484 3 65 I 74 201 147 74 I 422 294 98 277 1 669 32 26 238 I 296 18 11 118 J47 6 "56 215 311" 582 U 109 110 1 243 817 582 243 11642 823 983 435 |2241 88 405 753 11246 �PesmAer 13. IMS SEAFARERS YULE FETES COMING UP With the Thanksgiving celebra­ tions over. Seafarers and their families can look forward to an­ other traditional SIU Christmas. This means holiday meals for those ashore in all ports, special $29 cash bonuses for hospitalized men and pensioned oldtimers and the usual deluxe spread in holiday dinners aboard the ships at sea. A vast array of tempting vic­ tuals has been stocked long in advance by SIU stewards for ves­ sels that will be away from home ports on December 25, in order to have on hand the finest in holiday meal trimmings. On shore, planning for the holi­ day festivities has been going for­ ward under a full head of steam to provide Christmas dinners with all the fixings for Seafarers and their families in all SIU ports. The Thanksgiving dinners ar­ ranged in all ports on November 28 hosted an estimated 4,000 Sea­ farers and guests for the holiday. Complete figures on the number of dinners served are not yet available. Maintaining a traditional prac­ tice, trustees of the SIU Welfare Plan have approved the payment to all SIU men in any authorized Stateside hospital for one or more days during the period from De­ cember 23 to December 25 of a special $25 Christmas bonus pay­ ment plus a carton of cigarettes (or cigars if they prefer), besides the normal hospital benefit they may be receiving. For hospitalized men, this in­ volves all those with at least one day of employment during the immediately - preceding 12 - month period. SIU pensioners on the pension roster as of December 1 will also receive the extra $25 payment in addition to their regular benefits of $150 monthly. Pat9 rtn LOG Port Meetings Okay Serret Ballot Vote On Dues Increase NEW YORK—Seafarers at regular meetings in all ports have overwhelmingly voted support of a resolution proposing an increase in SIU membership dues. The proposal was ratified at the December meet-*.., and Mobile, ings in all constitutional ports, was the final one this week. and now is to be submitted to In proposing an increase of $10 a constitutional amendment com­ mittee of six rank-and-file mem­ bers to be elected at the head­ quarters port in accordance with the constitution. The committee will study the proposed amend­ ment and prepare a report embody­ ing its recommendations, including voting procedures for a secret referendum ballot by the SIU membership. The committee's re­ port will then be submitted to the membership for its action. Under the terms of the resolu­ tion, the referendutn balloting can­ not begin before January 2, 1964. The proposal was originally sub­ mitted and adopted at the head­ quarters meeting here on Decem­ ber 2, and then carried at subse­ quent meetings in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Houston, New Orleans per quarter from the present $20 to $30 per quarter, effective Janu­ ary 1, 1964, the resolution notes among other things, the Increased cost of Union operations and serv­ ices to provide the maximum job security and protection for SIU members. It cites the fact that the prob­ lems of pursuing membership ob­ jectives "grow ever more complex each day because of the state of the industry and the complexities of present-day union operations in every area." The proposal carries the names of 80 Seafarers who added their names as signers ot the resolution at headquarters. A special membership meeting is to be held here at 10 AM today, to elect the six-man constitutional amendment committee. Resolution On Dues fncreose Thanksgiving dinners in all ports featured moments like these in Houston (top) and New York. At top, Seafarer Herman Palmer and his family pause for a photo during festive holi­ day meal. Above, Seafarer Jerry Graf, his wife Constance, daughter Mary Ann, 7, and mother-in-law, Mrs. Vickie Dalton, are pictured at headquarters. Mary Ann is polishing off a turkey leg. SIU CONTRACT DEPARTMENT By Robert A. Matthews. SIU Vice-President, Contracts & Contract Enforcement (This column unit be a regular jeature of the SEAFARERS LOG to deal with contract matters and job issues in the SIU and maritime that develop from time to time. Seafarers are urged to write directly to the SIU Contract Department at headquarters regarding any comments or sug­ gestions on these issues.) Recently, headquarters received a letter from Brother Jtdm W. Butler, delegate on the SS Penn Trader, who, posed the following contractual question: QUESTION: "The BR, or the department member concerned is entitled to overtime for putting linen in the linen locker after it has been+ : placed at the door. Now, is he not The cmnpany disputed the weekend rect In this case. REFERENCE: Standard Freightalso entitled to overtime for un- overtime as contained in Section bagging it and placing it on the 27 (b), which states that the pas­ ship Agreement, Article V, Section shelves which, according to Article senger utility who is on day work 27 (e), last sentence, which reads V, Section 10, is 'placing them in shall be allowed to work weekend as follows: ". . . Passenger utilityand holiday overtime except when men who are on day work when no their respective places'?" ANSWER: Yes, he is entitled to the vessel is sailing between the passengers are aboard shall be al­ Continental US ports. But this lowed to work weekend and holi­ overtime. REFERENCE: Standard Freight- ship did not sail between United day overtime except when the ves­ ship Agreement, Article V, Section States ports before this payoff." sel is sailing betwen continental 10, HANDLING STORES: "Mem­ ANSWER: The company is cor- United States ports. bers of ^the steward department EXPLANATION: The intent of shall not be required to carry any this section of the contract is that stores or linens to or from the whenever a vessel is in a conti­ dock. When these items are de­ nental US port, the passenger livered at the storeroom, meat or utilitymen shall not be required to Approval of the resolution chill box doors, the steward depart­ work unless, of course, requested concerning the proposed ment shall place them in their re­ to do so by the steward. spective places and overtime shall change in membership dues is be paid to all men required to the first step in a procedure As you know, our contracts are handle the linens or stores . . ." which provides for a secret, due to be renegotiated in the A letter from Brother Roque P. coming year." At this time I referendum ballot of the mem­ Ramos on the SS Aloca Ranger re­ would like to suggest to those bership "to commence no ear­ quested information in reference members who are on the beach lier than January 2, 1964." A to day work for passenger utilityand also to the members and six-man constitutional amend­ men. He posed the following ques­ delegates on all SlU-contracted ment committee of SIU mem­ tion; ships that if they have any requests bers is scheduled to be elected or questions in reference to work­ at a headquarters meeting to­ QUESTION: "The SS Alcoa ing rules, repairs, living quarters, day, December 13, to make Ranger arrived In Mobile Friday, etc., they should forward them to November 8. The passengers recommendations with regard the Contract Department so that leave the vessel on the same day. to voting procedures and the proper study can be made. Then came Saturday, the 9th, Sun­ otherwise carrying out the This will put us in a position to day, the 10th, and Monday, the 11th purpose of the resolution. The present them to the shipowners' which was a holiday. The vessel committee's findings will then negotiating committee when nego­ was on foreign articles and was to be acted upon in all ports. pay off on Tuesday, November 12. tiations do begin. SIU Referendum Ballot Slated "WHEREAS, the Seafarers International Union of North Ameri­ ca-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, has traditionally maintained a position of leadership in the mari­ time industry in the establishment of benefits, services and security for its membership and "WHEREAS, the SIU has consistently maintained an effective organizing program that has resulted in the maximum job security protection for its members, and effective Union operation, with the best job to member ratio of any Union in maritime and "WHEREAS, the Union is continually striving to develop new programs and activities to maintain its members' job security and "WHEREAS, in order to achieve these objectives, the Union has been most active in organizing and has maintained a program in order to safeguard the membership's interest and security, and has pursued its objectives before legislative bodies and agencies throughout the Government and "WHEREAS, these problems grow ever more complex each day because of the state of the industry and the complexities of pre­ sent-day union operations in every area and "WHEREAS, every member recognizes that it is essential to the well-being of the Union and the entire membership to maintain and expand the Union's services and activities in every area affecting our job security and "WHEREAS, the cost of all materials and services, legal and otherwise, has been steadily mounting in the industry and "WHEREAS, the members of all other maritime unions have recognized and dealt with these problems of rising costs by provid­ ing increased income for Union operations and "WHEREAS, it now becomes imperative that we do likewise in the interest of maintaining job security and full protection for the membership of this Union and continued effective Union function­ ing, NOW THEREFORE BE IT "RESOLVED that the dues of the Seafarers International Union of North America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Dis­ trict, AFL-CIO, be increased by ten dollars ($10.00) per quarter from the present twenty dollars ($20.00) to thirty dollars ($30.00) per quarter effective January 1, 1964 and BE IT FURTHER "RESOLVED that if the membership approves this Resolution, it shall be submitted to the membership for a secret, referendum ballot in accordance with the provisions of the constitution, AND BE IT FINALLY "RESOLVED that if the membership approves this resolution, the secret vote shall commence no earlier than January 2, 1964. Submitted by: A1 Kerr, Book K-7 The followinsr members in good standing also signed the resolution: Lionel Abramson, Daniel M. Alvino, Otto Babb, Lionel Barnes, Louis Basta, B.C. Bautista, J. Bazarra, Ernest C. Bell, V.L. Beverly, H. Bonitto, G.H. Bryan, G.T. Busciglio, Daniel Butts, R. Carey, A. Carmoega, Herman Christensen, S. Clurman, Francis Coiro, An­ tonio Cospito, Rafael E. Cuevas. Michael A. Culucci. > C.R. Dammeyer, Daniel Dean, Louis G. Dennis, Joseph DiGeorgio, V. Douglas, N.W. Dubois, Pedro Erazo, Max Fingerhut, George B. Forrest, Paul J. Franco, John Francutt, Ramon Galarza, Vincent T. Garvey, Daniel Gemeiner, Dewey Gillikin, J.W. Givens, Marino Gordils, J.M. Granado, Howard Guinier, William Hall, F.P. Hartshorn, Joseph S. Hilton, Merrill F. Hummel, Luigi lovino, R. Lara, J. Lynch, Carlo Mansi, Robert Matthews, Robert McCulloch, H.N. Milton, Edward X. Mooney, Joseph M. Nelson, James Oehlenslager, P. Padro, A.J. Palino, Louis Pinilla, John Poluchovich, Wade B. Prichett, C. Ramos, J.N. Raymond, F.R. Ryder, Patrick Santoro. Earl Shepard, C. Slanina, John F. Smith, Juan M. Soto, M. Spalluto, Freddie Stewart, James W. Sumpter, Angel Suares, Julius J. Swykert, Frank Teti, Marion R. Tila, Modesto Velez, Ramon Vila, A.R. Volkerts, Richard J. Weir, H,H, WUliams, C.A. Yow. �Itace Sis SEAFARERS Agricultural DepL 'Union' Rapped As 'Compauy Rig' December 13» 1968 LOG What Cold Weather? SlU Vessel Home With New *First' WASHINGTON—The Agriculture Department, which has been getting further and further into the realm of private enterprise in the ferry and marketing service business, has reached a new peak, of sorts. It has been named in the first trative officials ... In fact, its "unfair labor practice" charge present officers Include many ex­ of its kind brought against the United States Government. The American Federation of Government Employees, an AFLCIO union, has, in effect, accused the Agriculture Department of running a company union. AFGE has fUed a formal com­ plaint with Agriculture Secretary Orville L. Freeman, demanding the withdrawal of recognition to another group, the Organization of Professional Employees of the Department of Agriculture. The AFGE accuses OPEDA of being "sponsored, controlled and as­ sisted by the agency management." In 1962, the AFGE won exclu­ sive bargaining rights for the Agriculture Department's 1,500 meat inspectors, following an or­ ganizing drive among these em­ ployees. The union has about 120,000 members nationally. The Agriculture Department also gave formal recognition to OPEDA, an association of profes­ sional employees and workers. The president of OPEDA, Gordon Fox, has a managerial role at the Department as associate deputy chief in charge of' administration —"the second man"—at the Forest Service. Fox was listed along with eight other OPEDA members in the AFGE complaint, which described them as "directors of divisions and assistants to administrators." The complaint continued that the professional group was "organized by and habitually has drawn its officers and leaders from super­ visory personnel and top adminis­ ecutives in policy-setting posi­ tions." AFGE urged immediate with­ drawal of the recognition as "the only fair and equitable manner of disposing of this unfair labor prac­ tice." Meanwhile, the Department has taken delivery on the second of two new ferries ordered to provide service for passengers between Orient Point on Long Island, NY, and its Animal Disease Laboratory on Plum Island. The Department's new ferry, the Plum Isle, was built at Warren, Rhode Island and cost $80,000. -V •• t Folks up north don't need any reminder about the cold weather, but, for the record, here's the latest in deck gang haberdashery aboard the supertanker Orion Planet (Col­ onial), at the southern end of the Persian Gulf-Far East shuttle. The sun-drenched group here (l-r) includes J. Soto, bosun; W. Sander, J. Porter, ABs; J Fisher, DM; S. Potoros, AS. All but Porter favor shorts for the heat. RR Unions Nix Job Slash WASHINGTON—Four railroad unions filed suit last week against a Government arbitration board's decision in the railroad work rules dispute which would eliminate 90 percent of the firemen's jobs in freight and yard service on some 200 railroads. The four rail unions also challenged the arbitration The Federal arbitration panel, allowing them to eliminate thou­ ruling on the size of train whose ruling they are challenging, sands of,jobs. They then opened crews. The panel provided for local negotiations on the subject, managed by the National Media­ tion Board, with binding decisions to be made by a neutral third party in case agreement was not reached between rail labor and management. The suits were filed by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi­ neers, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen, Brother­ hood of Railroad Trainmen, and the Switchmen's Union of North America. Joseph B. Logue, MD, Medical Director Arm Exercises May Cause injury There has recently been considerable emphasis on isometric exercise, as a means of maintaining fitness and increasing strength for those who hdve a minimum of time for exercise. These systems have become so popular that the United States Navy has advocated their use. Investigations of effects of these exercises on isometric strength have led to some contradictory results, according to a recent article in the "Navy News Letter." The investigators reported that some subjects regressed in strength a^ a result of their practice. They also observed an association between complaints of arm pain and regression of isometric strength scores. The purpose of the study was to determine the incidence of injury and changes in muscular strength resulting from a program of twice-daily maximal isometric exercises for the elbow flexor muscles. The investigtors, according to W. R. Pierson, Ph. D., and P. J. Rasch, Ph. D., writing in the "Journal of American Physical Theraphy Associ­ ation," used students at the University of California for testing iso­ metric strength of the forearm flexor muscles by means of a short bar attached to a strain gauge. The subjects exerted a maximum pull against the bar twice a day, five days a week for two weeks. The exercises resulted in severe arm and forearm pains in 11 out of 15 students. These pains were described as resembling "shinsplints" in the ulnar part of the forearm by ten subjects, and as a "sharp" pain in the muscles of the posterior region of the elbow by one. The injury wa» noticed immediately following the maximum recorded exertion. Those not injured showed an increase in the mean isometric strength as a result of the exercises. The injured did not show any increase in isometric strength. Careful Investigation revealed that in the majority of the injured subjects, the injury was of the flexor carpi ulnaris (one of the main flexor group of muscles of the wrist). This is apparently due to stress created in the wrist flexors as the powerful elbow flexors sought to produce a concentric contraction of the forearms. The strain resulted in physical damage to some of the weaker fibers of the flexor carpi ulnaris. As a result of these findings, caution should be used in performing the maximal biometric flexion exercises now being practiced by many in all walks of life, including men aboard ships at sea. (Comments and suggestions are invited by this Department and can submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) was created under special legisla­ tion adopted by Congress on Au­ gust 28. It marks the first time that a ruling based on compulsory arbitration has been handed down in peacetime. Four-Year Dispute Negotiations are continuing sep­ arately between the rail unions and management on the issues re­ maining in the four-year-old work rules dispute, which are proce­ dures and pay structure. Pay for railroad operating employees is computed on a formula involving the number of hours worked and the number of miles traveled. The arbitration board decision, which the rail unions are chal­ lenging in Federal District Court here, contends that 90 percent of the approximately 40,000 diesel locomotive firemen's jobs in freight and yard service are un­ necessary and could eventually be eliminated. However, the arbitration board drew a sharp distinction between the jobs it considers subject to elimination and the men who oc­ cupy the jobs. It decided that most of the 40,000 men involved must be retained until they quit, die, retire, are dismissed for cause, or are offered a comparable rail­ road job. In the long run, how­ ever, the jobs would be wiped out. Unless it is set aside by the courts, the arbitration board rul­ ing will become effective on Jan­ uary 25 and will continue in effect for two years unless some other agreement is reached. Meanwhile, the strike, ban voted by Congress on the "secondary" issues in the dispute—^pay rates, seniority and other work rules— expires on February 24. No agree­ ment has yet been reached on these issues. The present rail dispute began back in 1959, when the railroads made it known that they wanted sweeping changes in work rules a national publicity campaign to enlist public support of the jobcutting demands. NEW ORLEANS — The SIUmanned Dei Oro (Delta) became the first American-flag vessel to use the new Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet inbound to this port when it docked at the Galvez Street wharf last week. The 8,800-ton vessel arrived with a cargo of West African cof­ fee and rubber to be discharged before ioading cargo for an out­ bound trip to West Africa. The Del Oro is the second Delta Line ship to take "firsts" honors on "MR-GO." The channel was inaugurated last July by the Del Sud, a Delta Line passenger ship on her way to the Caribbean and the East Coast of South America. Special ceremonies were held to mark the start of commercial transport through the new Gulf waterway and give the Del Sud a proper sendoff. The 76-mile inland waterway is a shortcut to the sea, completely bypassing the Mississippi. It cuts 40 miles and several hours* steam­ ing from the normal run to the Gulf. The tidewater channel begins at the New Orleans Industrial Canal, follows the route of the Intracoastal Waterway for a few miles and then cujs through miles of newly-dredged marshland to reach open water at Breton Sound in the Gulf of Mexico. The channel is still only partially completed. -#.• SlU Welfare, Vacation Plans Cash Benefits Paid — September 1963 Hospital Benefits . . Death Benefits . . . . Pension-Disability Benefits Maternity Benefits . • ••••••••• Dependent Benefits Optical Benefits . .. • Out-Patient Benefits Vacation Benefits . . TOTAL WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD. .. CLAIMS 5,627 19 481 33 347 411 4,075 1,298 AMOUNT PAID $ 61,623.84 55,438.23 72,150.00 6,600.00 46,356.31 5,528.92 32,600.00 446,649.74 $726,947.04 12,291 SlU Clinic Exams—All Ports September, 1963 Seamen Port Baltimore Houston .... 53 Mobile Ne>v Orleans • • • • New York Philadelphia • • • • Wives 43 9 4 14 39 60 TOTAL 169 Children 50 9 21 26 22 21 TOTAL 193 133 78 290 485 173 149 1,352 SlU Blood Bank Inventory Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk If a crewmember quits while Jacksonville a ship is in port, delegates' Tampa are asked to contact the hall Mobile immediately for a replace­ New Orleans ment. Fast action on their part Houston wiii keep all jobs aboard ship Wilmington filled at all times and elimi­ San Francisco nate the chance of the ship Seattle sailing shorthanded. Totals . September, 1963 Previous Balance ... 60 Shorthanded? . . 4... 24 383 Pints . Credited 0 2nii 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 1 0 Pints Used 0 18 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 TOTAL ON HAND 5 29i4 23 asm . 31 60 17 22 4 19 56V6 4V^! 3 6 1.5 �-V -.VS ^tl^ee^berit.'lNt SEAFARERS Pace Serc^ LOG New Pensioners Top 100 This Yearl NEW YORK—^The number of SIU oldtimers retired on $150 monthly pensions in 1963 has grown to 103, topping the 100mark in a single year for the first time since the Union's retirement program went into effect. The addition of five more| names to the current roster of pensioners produced the record figure. Last year's total reached the-*^ ^^ QUESTION: If you had the previous high of 83 for the Westchester (Southern States), end­ chance to do it all over again, number of Seafarers retired ing 22 years of steady sailing with would you go to sea for a living? Joseph Sweeney: Yes, I like to ship. I haven't worked ashore very much, but when I did, I didn't like It. Here you work when you want to. I like the idea of being able to take a vacation when I want and for as long as I want. It's nice not to have to work all the time for a few weeks off. on pension benefits within a single year. The program began in 1952. At the time, benefits were $15 per week based on disability only. In several steps that began that same year, benefits were boosted to the current amount of $150 per month, and the retirement program was expanded to include a "nor­ mal pension" at age 65 or older. The seatime requirements are dif­ ferent for the two types of pen­ sions. All five of the latest additions to the pension list are now re­ ceiving a disabil­ ity pension be­ 4. 4. cause they are no Michael Lubas: Yes, although I longer able to sail would do it a little differently. at their chosen profession. The I've been ship­ newcomers to the ping since 1952 list are: William with the SIU, Jordan. 67; and I wish that I George Pllaras, had studied a lit­ 48; Ernest G. tle more and got­ Jordan Anderson, 69; ten a higher rat­ Thomas M. Barracllff, 68, and Sam­ ing. But I do uel A. Bayne, 68. think shipping is a better life. The only jobs I held ashore were as a dishwasher and things like that. 3; t 3> ^ Martin Lynch: I've been shipping since 1943, and before that I worked ashore. I've never worked ashore since my first job at sea, and I never will. As a seaman, you can afford to take longer vacations, and you can take them when you want. I think the life at sea is better all around. t- i- Carmelo Martinez: I can't stay away from shipping. Since I started 30 years ago it's gotten into my blood. I think it is a great life, and I wouldn't trade it. I'd do it over and over; I'd always go to sea. Be­ sides, I've worked ashore, and I know the difference. I just want to continue shipping out. 4- 4" Anderson Shipping in the deck department, Jordan has been sailing with the SIU for 17 years since he joined up at New Orleans in 1946. A na­ tive of New York City, he will make his home in Brooklyn during re­ tirement. His last ship was the Santore (Marven). Pilaras, who sailed in the steward department as a baker, is a native of Greece. He started sailing with the SIU in 1945 out of New York. Pilaras has his home in Baltimore. His last ship was the Emilia (Bull). A native of Sweden, Anderson has sailed with the SIU since 1947 in the deck department and has US seatime back to 1922. He retires 4. Anthony Scaturro: I'm sure I would. The sea gets into your blood, and it be­ comes a way of life with you. I've never worked on the beach and 1 don't think I ever would. I have it figured so that I can take about a threeand-a-haif month vacation every year. Where coiild you get that kind of a deal on the beach? 3. Pilaras 4 Wesley Milton: I quit shipping for ten years so I can judge both lives. I would rather ship. The main thing is the travel. I thinks it is a great oppor­ tunity for a man to broaden his perspectives. The Union benefits are good, too. I wish' I had never stopped shipping. I would be that much-'further ahead." Joseph Volpian, Social Security Director Senate Study Boosts 'Medicare' Case A study of the Kerr-Mills Act's first three years of operations has produced a strongly critical report from a Senate subcommittee. It charges that the present Medical Assistance for the Aged program is "at best an ineffective and piecemeal approach to the health problems of the nation's 18 million older citizens." The subcommittee on Health of the Elderly cited seven "major defects" in Kerr-Mills operations, ranging from lack of wide participa­ tion to high administrative costs. -It declared that its findings "confirm the conclusions of earlier studies that the MAA program did not, and could not by itself, constitute an effective national solution to the press­ ing health problems of older citizens. Subcommittee Chairman Pat McNamara commented that the report "confirms my long standing belief that only through the universal ap­ proach of a Social Security-financed F<"ogram, can the basic health needs of our senior citizens be effectively met." The American Medical Association and other opponents of social security financing have in­ sisted that Kerr-Mills, supplemented by private insurance, fully meets the needs of the aged. The subcommittee report concluding that, on the contrary; KerrMills has been an Ineffective substitute, was signed by all eight Demo­ cratic members. Republican mem-f— bers dissented sharply, charging MAA grants thrpugh last Decem­ that the report represented "a pre­ ber. mature judgment based on Inade­ • Congressional intent has been quate evidence." The report drew the praise of the National (Council "frustrated" by some states which of Senior Citizens for its "honesty have transferred nearly 100,000 elderly persons already on other and thoroughness." welfare programs to the KerrThe chief findings of the Senate Mills program to reap the advan­ subcommittee were: tage of higher Federal grants • After three years, Kerf-Mills without increasing caseloads. "is still not a national program" • The "welfare" aspects of and is not likely to become one. Kerr-Mills, including cumbersome Only 28 states and four other juris­ eligibility investigations, have dis­ dictions have the program in couraged many aged persons in operation. need of aid from seeking it. The conclusions continue to bear • Stringent eligibility tests and "lien-type", recovery provisions out the campaign for a health in­ have severely limited participation. surance program for the elderly Last July only 148,000 persons—1 financed on a "pay as you go" basis percent of all Americans over 65— through the existing Social Secu­ rity System that has been operat­ received MAA benefits. ing nationally since 1935. • Benefits vary widely from (Comments and suggestions are state to state and with few excep­ tions are "nominal, nonexistent or invited by this Department and can he submitted to this column Inadequate." ' in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) 7 • Administrative costs remain too high, exceeding 25 percent of benefits in four states and ranging up to 59 percent of benefits in Tennessee. • Distribution of Federal funds has been "grossly disproportion­ ate," with a few wealthy states^etting "the lion's share." Five states having 32 percent of the aged re­ ceived 88 percent «*• the Federal Borrocliff Boyne with a rating of bosun and last signed off the Del Valle (Delta). Anderson's home port is New Or­ leans, where he lives with his wife, Gladys. Barrencliff's last ship was the the SIU. He shipped in the engine department, after joining the Union I in Norfolk. Barracllff makes his I home in Philadelphia, where a sis­ ter, Mrs. M. Dodelin, is listed as| next of kin. Bayne, a native of British Gui-| ana, has been shipping with the SIU since the Union's beginnings in 1938. A member of the steward department, Bayne last shipped on the Orion Hunter (Colonial Tank­ er). He will live with his wife, I Celestine, in Roxbury, Mass., end-! ing a seagoing career on US ships f dating back to 1921. Senate Hearings Starting On Domestic Shipping Aid WASHINGTON—Hearings were scheduled to begin late this week on two legislative proposals that could lead to Gov­ ernment aid for the US domestic shipping fleet. The hear-1 ings were originally set for November 25-26 before the would be provided in a range from Senate Merchant Marine and 33V& to 55 percent. In the case of Fisheries Subcommittee, but were postponed due to the death of President Kennedy. Sponsored by Sen. E. L. (Bob) Bartlett (D-Alaska), they would provide US subsidy aid for new construction either here or abroad for the domestic trades. One of the bills (S. 1773) calls for a direct subsidy on construc­ tion of new vessels for domestic operations. Under the terms of this proposal, construction subsidy Expanded US Subsidy Asked By Waterman WASHINGTON—SlU-contracted Waterman Steamship has filed an application for subsidy with the Maritime Administration covering outbound service on Trade Route 12 from the US Atlantic Coast to the Far East. Waterman already has an appli­ cation in for subsidy covering in­ bound service on Trade Route 12. The inbound service would be part of its Trade Route 22, US GulfFar East service. The company has requested, however, that the two applications not be consoli­ dated. In its application for the out­ bound subsidy. Waterman points out that no additional vessels will be needed to sustain 18 to 30 sub­ sidized sailings per year outbound on TR 12. In addition to applications for subsidy on TR 12, inbound, and 22, US Gulf-Far East, Waterman also has applications pending before the MA at the present time for sub­ sidy on TRs 5-7-8-9, US North At­ lantic-United Kingdom & Contin­ ent; No. 21, US Gulf-United King­ dom & Continent; No. 29, US Paci­ fic-Far East; and No. 32, US Great Lakes-Western Europe. A recent exchange of correspon­ dence between Waterman and US shipping officials has raised hopes that the operating-differential sub­ sidy the company has been seeking since 1957 on TR 22' may be con­ tracted with the MA within the next few months. reconstruction or conversion, the subsidy could go as high as 60 [ percent. The second proposed measure I (S. 1774), would allow construction in foreign yards, if common car­ riers in the domestic trades are denied direct subsidy or if no ac­ tion is taken by the Secretary of Commerce on such applications { within six months. Both bills would extend the con-1 struction subsidy to vessels to be operated on the Great Lakes, and I in the coastwise and the inter-1 coastal trades. Under present laws, [ ships in the domestic trades must be built in the US and manned [ by American seamen. An added provision of S. 17741 is that for a period of three years after date of the enactment of the bill, vessels constructed in US yards since September 3, 1939, may be rebuilt foreign without losing coastwise privileges. This provi­ sion, however, would require the owner of a foreign rebuilt vessel to commit "himself to expend in the United States an amount equal to that spent in a foreign yard, with work in the US yards to begin not later than five years after date of redelivery of the vessel rebuilt| in a foreign yard. Funeral Costs in Price index WASHINGTON — The high cost of dying will be tabulated by the Federal Government in its Consumer Price Index cov­ ering changes in average fig­ ures for the US cost of living. The Bureau of Labor Statis­ tics said the average cost of burial at which they would arrive is aimed at reflecting costs of a specified type of fu­ neral most often used by the "wage earner and clerical pop­ ulation" on whose tastes the price index is based. This cov­ ers, the Bureau said, about 60 million Americans. "There's a lot of interest in this," a spokesman for the Bureau said. He declared that "average" funeral costs would be added to food, rent, clothing and other selected items to make up the index starting in Jan­ uary. �Page Eli^t SEAFARERS December 18, 1M8 LOG 'Drift Theory' May Explain It Next Time You Land On Reef Joe Alfflna, Safety Director Ever since the first ship took to the sea, there have been occasions when vessels have unaccountably piled onto a reef, despite up-to-date charts and navigational equipment of all types. At such times the only explanation often sounds something like this; "We don't know Electrical Safety Aboard Ship what happened; the reef must Electrical safety aboard an all-metal vessel Is a big Job. Prevention have drifted in front of us." leaving them high and dry as the uring minute changes in water of accidents due to faulty electrical connections falls into three basic pressure. Such units would be categories—^prevention of shock, fire prevention, and preventing the While the Coast Guard un­ water recedes. derstandably takes a dim view of such explanations, according to a noted geophysicist this sequence of events is not as impossible as it may seem. Dr. J. T. Wilson proposed a theory of "continental drift" to ex­ plain this phenomenon at a recent meeting of the International Union of Geodesy & Geophysics. He breathed new life into an old theory that the Earth's continents were all one big land mass which has been drifting apart for billions of years and may still be on the move. Dr. Wilson suggested that ac­ ceptance of this theory might ex­ plain many puzzles about the Earth, -its past, present and fu­ ture. He noted that if you could shove the continents together like pieces in a jig-saw puzzle, they'd fit pretty neatly together. Topo­ graphically and geologically the continents look as if they had once been joined. Similar mineral deposits have been found on different continents but at points which would fit to­ gether nicely if they were shoved together. He said this theory might produce better answers to many questions about mountain building, volcanic activity, formation of ores and other puzzles. Some other advances in geophys­ ics were also brought out at the Berkeley meeting. Dr. Doak Cox, a professor of geology, told the group of the first steps being taken this year to establish a network of midocean pressure gauges to warn of tidal wave movements across the Pacific. Tidal waves are caused by earth­ quake activity on the bed of the ocean. In midocean, they develop from low, extremely-broad waves sometimes running 100 miles from crest to crest and only a foot high. They move at speeds of up to 500 miles an hour. The volume of water is so great, however, that it piles up when it reaches shallow water, as near a coast,. forming an immense wave sometimes 60 feet high which smashes into the land and has been known to completely destroy whole towns. As recently as 1960, 60 peo­ ple were killed when such a wave struck Hilo, Hawaii. The same wave killed 130 people when it struck Japan. Waves of this size are powerful enough to pick up vessels in a har­ bor and throw them far inland. SIU MEMBERSHIP ^MEETINGS NEW ORLEANS, October 15—Chairman, Lindsey Williams; Secretary, Buck Stephens; Reading Clerk, Bill Moody. Accepted minutes of previous port meet­ ings. Port Agent reported on shipping, ILA sugar workers beef, Louisiana AFLCIO convention and local and state elec­ tions. Report accepted. Reports of the President and Secretary-Treasurer for September were accepted. Quarterly financial committee's report was ac­ cepted. Meeting exouses referred to dis­ patcher. Auditor's reports presented and carried. Total pre.sent: 380. MOBILE, October 16—Chairman, Lind­ say Williams; Secretary, Louis Neira; Reading Clerk, Robert Jordan. Minutes of previous meeting ..accepted. Port Agent's report on shipping outlook, new Jobs and blood bank was accepted. President's report and Secretary-Treas­ urer's report for September were ac­ cepted. Quarterly financial committee's, report accepted. Auditor's reports pre leated and carried. Total present: 147. hooked up to unused and aban­ danger of panic among the crew or passengers Should the lights go out doned undersea communication ca­ suddenly below deck or on deck at night. bles which still criss-cross the Shock due to Improper grounding of either permanent or portable ocean floor. machinery Is probably the mbst difficult electrical hazard to prevent aboard ship and therefore requires the most careful attention. In a steel-hulled vessel, every man is walking on or touching "ground" wherever he goes. Hands and other parts of the body are nearly always within reach of power cables or electrical equipment containing lethal voltages. For this reason, the cable armor, enclosures of lighting fixtures and other electrical equipment should all be grounded to the hull of the vessel, so a seaman's body will not be the quickest escape route for "loose" electricity. The best way to prevent such accidents is to have ali machinery or tools connected directly to ground (the vessel's steel hull is the best ground) through a third conductor in the supply cable. This requires ground-type plugs and receptacles—and they should always be used. Unfortunately, this precaution is not always followed. A typical death was reported not long ago-f when a shoreside worker's body presence of explosive vapors is was In contact with a metal hull suspected. while his hands held a "hot" elec­ Much of electrical safety is just tric Sander. A jury-rig extension plain common sense. Care must cord had been used which did not always be taken to prevent fusing contain a grounding conductor to circuits; not to place electrical ground the tool housing. equipment in spaces where flam­ On larger machinery, disconnect- mable vapors or gases may norm­ switches which open all supply ally accumulate; using equipment conductors are necessary, in order with less than minimal electrical to service equipment without ex­ clearances; overheating, particu­ Delegation of trade union visitors from Peru looks over dis­ posure to shock. larly of lighting fixtures near com­ play of some of the awards won by the SEAFARERS LOG, . Fires aboard ship are sometimes bustibles. caused by faulty electrical wiring during a tour of SIU headquarters facilities. The group was On any occasion of electrical or equipment. A point to keep in difficulty aboard ship, the loss of here on a US-sponsored tour and included representatives mind is that even the normal power which may suddenly plunge of maritime and dock workers unions. Pictured ll-r) are sparking of contacts or motor com­ the ves.sel into darkness must be Isidore Chamache, Ricardo Dioses, Manuel Matos, San­ mutators can ignite explosive anticipated and dealt with. Prob­ tiago Vega, Jose Pineda, Faustino Rosario, Carlos Guevara vapors. Electrical apparatus should lems are much more likely if there of the US State Dept. and Elias Costillo. never be used in an area where the is no ernergency lighting system to take over when normal power fails. Panic almost certainly re­ sults in needless death or injuries, and many examples of panic in­ duced by darkness can be cited. However, in the Andrea Doria disaster a few years back, the Cliff Wilson, Food and Ship Sanitation Director emergency lights kept burning even while the ship was over at a 45° list and sinking. It's anybody's guess how many of the 1,700 sur­ A new twist in self-service facilities dreamed up by a Swiss company SAN FRANCISCO—Despite de­ vivors would have been killed had for use in European hotels is not likely to make any drastic changes in shipboard life or feeding for a long, long while, but it may produce nials by the company. Indications the lights failed completely. The some innovations someday in the work of stewards aboard passenger are mounting on this coast that emergency lighting system aboard SlU-contracted Sea-Land Service every ship should be checked regu­ vessels. may enter the Alaskan service by- larly and kept in good working The idea, to be tried soon at hotels in Western Europe, is a self- extending its Intercoastal opera­ order at all times. service bar, to be installed in every room. tion from Oakland to the Alaska {Comments and suggestions are Under the plan, several German beverage companies will jointly railbelt. Invited by this Department and buy and retain ownership of small refrigerated units or "bars." The Rumors have been persisting firms will then lease or rent the equipment to hotels offering the service. that Sea-Land Is negotiating to can be submitted to this column Each unit installed in a hotel guestrdom will be stocked with an buy Alaska Freight Lines and, if in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) assortment of 19 bottles," according to reports, including, naturally, the successful, would assign its idle brands of the beverage companies who are backing the plan. The only C-2s to the service. The nin would additional beverages to be allowed are wine and beer. be between Oakland, Seattle and Keeping track of consumption and necessary accounting are to be Alaska. Sea-Land now has a towed accomplished by marking the bottles to keep track of changes. Hotels barge operating with trailers be­ providing the service will be charged a nominal fee, reportedly as little tween Oakland and Portland. > as a nickel a day per unit. Sea-Land has denied the ru­ From the hotel operators' point of view, the scheme offers several mored purchase, reported several advantages over the normal system of room service, the most important times in the "Pacific Shipper," a advantage being that the new service requires no additional hotel staff. trade publication. A spokesman WASHINGTON — Plans for a Tests have shown that guests having such facilities at their fingertips declared that the company is "in­ maritime training center in Guay­ may consume over twice as much as they would if they had to ring terested in many new markets, and aquil, Ecuador, are being strongly analyzing these markets is a con­ supported by the AFL-CIO Mari­ for room service each time they wanted to order. It is also hoped that the individual refrigerated bars will provide a stant program in order that we time Trades Department. The project received MTD en­ might make the proper decisions novel "extra service" for promotional purposes. Some^ officials have said they will limit their operations to first-class . . . Our interest in Alaska at the dorsement after William C. Doherhotels, which must agree to install their units in at least 15 percent present time is no more, than our ty, Jr., social projects director of the AFL-CIO American. Institute interest in several other areas." of available guestrooms. It has been reported that Sea- for Free Labor Development, re­ it i The last few months have been a sort of "silly season-" for new food Land assisted Alaska Freight quested MTD aid in getting the ideas, with the pressure of stiff competition forcing food companies to Lines recently in paying off a school set up and operating effec­ push harder and harder for new gimmicks. One of the latest is a poly­ $300,000 claim by a stevedoring tively. The school is being under­ unsaturated egg, for weight-watchers. Chief stewards may want to keep concern against AFL. Sea-Land is taken by the AIFLD as a regional the new egg in mind in case the next sign-on brings a few overweight said to have put up $150,000, in training center for training Latinreturn for which the company re­ American seamen. hands on board. AIFLD was founded by the Said to look like any other egg, and taste like any other egg, the ceived an option for the purchase AFL-CIO in 1960 to assist the of AFL's vessels and operating poly-unsaturated egg contains equal parts of saturated and poly-unsat"Alliance for Progress" program rights, effective March 1. urated fats. A normal egg contains two to four times as much saturated The SIU company has been by strengthening democratic trade fats as unsaturated. Saturated fats are suspected of raising the choles­ operating regularly-scheduled in­ unions and as a means of com­ terol level in blood, and have therefore been taboo for many serious tercoastal service with specialized bating Communism. weight-watchers. The MTD is assigning three rep­ jumbo containerships since Sep­ To produce the low fat eggs, hens are fed a special diet which changes tember, 1982, when the first of resentatives to assist in develop­ the fat content but not the flavor of the egg. The cost is slightly higher four such ships was brought out. ing the school as part of a program than that of normal eggs. Previously, the company hid to raise the standards of maritime (Oomments and suggestions are invited by this Department and can maintained an interim service with workers throughout Latin Amer­ ica. modified C-2s. be submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) The new warning system will em­ ploy a pressure detection device known as a vibratron adapted for oceanic use and capable of meas­ Labor Visitors From Peru Seif-Service Bars; 'Non-Fat' Eggs Rumors Hint Sea-Land On Alaska Route MTD Backs New Latin Sea School �3«'Yj?,-;- DteendMr It. !•<! p-/ ^•"' "•- ^SEAFARERS lOG T»ge NIM _ -H:V'5 - '.Vf.. !>(• 'i-li- ' V' r' • '• •'• • •tJi',: On deck, Charlie Burns, AB, bears down on cargo line. Ship was loading general cargo. -•'. '.i/ Keeping a watchful eye on the englneroom gauges (l-r) are J. S. Skidmore. 3rd engineer; Paul Cavoit, oiler, and J. Gilbeit. After loading in Baltimore, theTopoTopo (Waterman) headed for Greece. SS TOPA TOPA AT BALTIMORE Lunchtlme must have been a hit. Steward Emiliano Ducusin shows what's left of the roast beef. J.' ..| Ship's 'P delegate Tom Tucker (left) and SlU patrolman Paul Gonsorchik used noon break as an opportunity to discuss ship's business. A group of chowhounds takes time out from lunch for a picture in messhall. Shown (l-r) are Peter Piascik, Joe Savoy, Tom Tucker, Cor! Pierce and, in the foreground, D. B. Fitzpotrick. Close-up shows Seafarer H. Schmidt, dayman, getting his , roast beef cut up and ready for action after a busy morning's work. Get-together after lunch, in foc'sle of bosun D. B. Fitzpotrick (left), pro­ duces a few good laughs as Pete Piascik unfolds a tale. Topa Topa itinerary includes Piraeus, Greece; Karachi, Pakistan, and Bombay. m �Pase Tn SEArdRERS Ikeeembeir IS, iMs LOG Private Eye Agency Still Growing Today NEW YORK—"The eye that never sleeps" will be staring down wrong-doers at the 1964-65 World's Fair here. Pinkerton's National Detective Agency, reported to be the world's o1 d e s t—about 100 years—and largest private eye, the days of th^ Civil War to run security and protection organ­ a spy ring behind Confederate ization, will staff the Fair with over 3,000 hand-picked employees. They will do everything from tak­ ing tickets to protecting VIPs. For the job, Pinkerton's will pocket a cool $25 million, the larg­ est security contract in history. Pinkerton's was founded back in lines by Allen Plnkerton, a sixshooter-packing roughy of the old school. Since those days, the com­ pany has had a checkered history ranging from sordid forays into Some of the nearly 75 workers from Colonna Shipyard who urged pro-SIU vote at Old Doinrough-house strikebreaking to training foreign agents for eyeball inioR Marina Railway in Norfolk are pictured before the successful balloting. The mass de­ operations abroad. monstration helped spur a 46-21 tally in favor of the SlU United Industrial Workers. It is generally acknowledged to have had a key role in breaking Norfolk Plant Drive Gains up strikes and in stirring up labor unrest during railroad and indus­ trial strikes of the late 19th cen­ tury. Events in the Homestead strike of 1892 at the Homestead NORFOLK—The SIU United Industrial Workers racked up another National Labor (Pa.) iplant of the Carnegie Steel Company led to a major industrial Relations Board election win in this area last month by a better than 2 to 1 margin in voting flare-up when Plnkerton detectives held at the Old Dominion Marine Railway. The final score put the SIU-UIW on top by a 46were employed by the company as 21 margin. strikebreakers. All but one of the 19 chal­ tion of the solid support they could pany. in addition to recent wins Today, the company uses an ar­ expect as part of the union and in Baltimore and Philadelphia. ray of modem electronic gear to lenged votes involved UIW to urge them to join the victorious First-time contracts have been sleuth industrial plants, investi­ supporters whom the company team. signed at all these Norfolk com­ gate for insurance companies and omitted from the voting eligibility The SIU-UIW had earlier won panies with the exception of Dixie — still — train agents for other list. Negotiations for a first-time NLRB election victories at Colon­ Jute Bagging, where contract nego­ nations. contract at Old Dominion Marine tiations are proceeding. The SIUThe newest boss of the 13,000- Railway are scheduled to begin na, McAllister Brothers, Curtis UIW won a vote at the company Bay Shipyard, Moon Shipyard and member organization Is Edward shortly. at the Dixie Jute Bagging Com­ by an 89-37 count. Bednarz, an ex-Naval Investigator The NLRB election runs the and skipper who saw service in the Pacific during World War II. Al­ string of recent SIU-UIW victories though Robert A. Plnkerton, Al­ at previously-unorganized compa­ lan's grandson, is the president, nies in this area to six in- a row, Now that the cold weather is here, Seafarers are reminded that Bednarz runs the show as general with the campaign to organize the area's unorganized continuing. Five heating and lodging beefs in the shipyard can be easily handled if manager. He had joined Pinker­ the ship's delegate promptly notifies the captain or chief engineer ton's shortly after the war as a of the six wins involve ship repair yards. and shows them the temperature reading at the time. Crewmemracetrack security agent. bers who beef to themselves about the lack of heating but wait three The Old Dominion victory was He came to the main office here or four days before making the problem known to a responsible in 1955 and soon was head of se­ highlighted by a mass demonstra­ ship's officer are only making things tougher for themselves. The curity. Eight years later, Bednarz tion of SIU-UIW members from same applies when shipyard workers are busy around living quar­ takes over operating control of a another local shipyard, Colonna ters. Make sure you know where and when the work was done so company which is expected to do Shipyard. They turned out in force that the SIU patrolman has the facts available in order to make a $43 million worth of business this prior to the balloting to give the determination. year. Old Dominion men a demonstra­ SlU Wins 6th Straight Ballot Action in the marketplace offers a method for trade unionists to as­ sist each other in their campaign for decent wag^ and better con­ ditions. Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO imions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) Eastern Air Lines (Flight Engineers) i t 3) 3^ 4. i H. I. Siegel "HIS" brand men's clothes (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) i t "Judy Bond" Blouses (Int'l Ladies Garment Workers) i> if if Ssars, Roebuck Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) Stitzel-Weller Distilleries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" Cabin Still," "W. L, Weller" Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) 3> 3> t J. R. Simplot Potato Co. Frozen potato products (Grain Millers) 3» t Si Kingsport Press "World Book," "Childcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) NY Harbor Study OK'd WASHINGTON — The House Committee on Appropriations ap­ proved the sum of $95,000 last month for a study of the dangers to navigation in New York harbor caused by floating debris from old and unused piers and sunken, abandoned hulks. Approval was announced by Congressmen John J. Rooney and John M. Murphy, both Democrats from New York. Rooney repre­ sents the entire Brooklyn water­ front area, while Murphy's district includes the entire Staten Island waterfront. The study will make it possible for the Army Corps of Engineers to determine the procedure neces­ sary for carrying out a clearingout project throughout the New York-New Jersey harbor area and its tributary waters. Don't Delay On Heat Beefs .i By Sidney Margolius Tips On Choosing Some Useful Gifts This is a sober Christmas season, one in which many families will torn to the more practical gifts. Few people this year will be able to stomach the so-called "fun gifts" or pretenses of luxury. Here are suggestions on selecting a number of gift items that are high in value this year, and lasting in usefulness: SWEATERS: We put sweaters on the top of the list this year because they are reasonable in price, universally useful, and several techno­ logical developments have produced notable improvement. As you know, the introduction several years ago of sweaters knitted of nylon or acrylic fiber like Orion, eliminated the need for reblocking after washing. But synthetic-fiber sweaters have their own vice of forming fiber pills. Too, they still require hand washing. The problem of pilling now has been minimized by two different types of sweaters. One is the crimped nylon and crimped acrylic type (like Orion Sayelle). The crimped construction resists pilling and also is machine-washable. Another modern construction blends wool and polyester fiber like Dacron or Kodel. A blend of 65 percent wool and 35 percent polyester has the appearance and feel of wool but is machine-washable. Lessexpensive sweaters have a smaller percentage of wool and a higher percentage of synthetic fiber; for example, 20 percent wool and 80 percent Orion. These are usually machine washable but not as warm as sweaters with more wool than synthetics. We do not recommend sweaters of cashmere and similar soft fibers, whether teen-agers adore them or not. They cost twice as much as the other types (about $10 compared to $5 or less), and are very fragile. DEFROSTERS: Refrigerator defrosters this year have become one of the nriost widely-sold kitchen appliances. Modern plug-in de­ frosters heat up quickly and can defrost a typical refrigerator in 15 minutes or less. They are available for $5-$7. But be sure any you buy is UL-approved (checked by Underwriters Laboratories for safety). TOASTER-BROILERS: These are another widely-bought appliance group this year. Toaster-broilers are versatile. However, many buyers have been diisappointed in the cheaper models. These can do little more than toast bread, sandwiches or hamburgers, and are too shallow to take a steak. Too, some models cannot supply the high heat needed for broiling. The more-satisfactory models have at least a lOOO-watt heating ele­ ment with thermostatic control, and a two-position broil rack to provide enough depth for a steak or even a smalF roast: Interestingly, there is only about :a $2 difference between the limited-models (selling for about $10-$1L) and some higher-capacity ones. , . KSsisiSis ELECTRIC FRY PANS, COOKERS: If the intended recipient already has a satisfactory toaster, your gift money might be better invested in a more general type of cooking appliance, such as an electric fry pan or cooker. Fry pans, too. are available in the $10 to $15 bracket. The better ones have higher sides, to provide more cooking capacity, and are made of heavier-gauge aluminum than the less-expensive ones. Be sure any electric fry pan or cooker is designed so the heating ele­ ment is removable, enabling the user to immerse the pan for washing. POWER TOOLS: This is the big season for electric drills, saws and other power tools. Such tools have been reduced sharply in price in recent years. Light duty quarter-inch drills suitable for ordinary house­ hold and hobby purposes are available this year for less than $10. But be sure any electric drill you buy is UL-approved. Some cheap ones are not. Also, drills constructed with a three-wire cord provide, additional precaution against shock hazard. Make sure the drill has a key chuck or other convenient device for loosening the drill bit. Those with merely hand-tightened chucks sometimes cause problems in use. Be warned that merchants this year are trying to get more money for power tools by offering kits with a large number of small extra accessories. Such kits and ensembles often are promoted by credit stores to make it hard for the buyer to compare prices, A kit of "30 pieces" at $14 sounds like more value than just a drill for $10. But the kit actually may be more expensive than buying a few extra accessories you really may need. RADIOS, RECORD PLAYERS: Lower prices are available this year on the better-quality US-made transistor radios. They now are more competitive with the Japanese imports. Price reductions of 10 to 20 percent have been instituted by leading US manufacturers so that the so-called "shirt-pocket portables" are available currently for $10-$11. Prices of table-model AM-FM sets also have been reduced shatply this year, some as much as $10. In buying any table model, it is advis­ able to get one with FM as well as AM. Quality of FM reception is superior, and the number of stations broadcasting in FM is' steadily increasing. Similarly, prices of monaural record players, stereo players and com­ ponents have been reduced this year, aiid quality of equipment is steadily improving. The most efficient new players are considered To be the transistorized type. The transistorized' record players are, however, still new and very expensive. For most modferate-lncome families, tube-type portable record players, available in fair quality for under $100, or monaural record players for children,-available for under $35, are still the best. �December M. IStt SEAFARERS Pace Blerea LO€ 'Bon Voyage' "— i Political Activity' MEDICS BUILD THE KITTY. Medical associations in Tennesseeand undoubtedly elsewhere—are honing their scalpels for major poli­ tical surgery. They hope, with the help of a huge sluSh fund, to remove from the body politic candidates and incumbents who support health insurance for the elderly, and elect instead candidates who go for ''private enterprise medicine." The Tennessee medical political arm recently solicited every doctor in the state—3,600 of them—for $25, describing $25 as only "minimal." If all respond, a kitty of $90,000 will result. Commenting on the fund drive, the "Daily Nashville Tennessean" asserted, "The AMA places the country's revered methods of selecting office-holders on a yery narrow and self-centered basis." It charged the AMA acts like ". . . the rest of the country can go along so long as Congressmen are sent to Washington to oppose 'medicare'." 3^ 4" THE JOHN BIRCH STYLE IN POLITICS. Democrats are "thieves, crooks, liars and trash." President Eisenhower "destroyed the Repub­ lican Party." Sen. Thomas Kuchel (R.-Calif.) "sh'ould be removed from the party." This outburst came from Robert Gaston, extreme right-winger who, with his followers, captured control of the California Young Republicans several months ago through tactics straight out of the John Birch Society "Blue Book." The solution in 1964 to GOP and the nation's problems, according to Gaston, "is Goldwater." He exhorts GOP workers to launch a neighbor-to-neighbor program for the Arizona Senator. "If he (your neighbor) doesn't like it," Gaston says, "cram It down his throat." This sounds just about right coming from a guy who enthusiastically backs an organization—the Birch Society—which proclaims "democracy is a fraud." 3^ 4" 4" IT'S NO LAUGHING MATTER. The John Birch Society is so proud of its progres^ out where the buffalo roam, it's going around boasting about it. JBS organizer Victor Overcash announced"publicly his mem­ bership drive in Montana ^nd Wyoming is rounding up lots of political strays who feel right at home in the society. He said he's real happy. He ought to be. In recent years, the Wyoming state legislature, at least, seems to be following the JBS lead right down the line. It has called for abolition of the Federal income tax, urged Congress to kiil foreign aid, demanded the US get out of the UN and vice versa, enacted a phony "right-to-work" law, and approved three rightist pcoposals to clamp curbs on the US Supreme Court and alter the procedure to amend the US Constitution. Its success in Wyoming and other mountain states proves the Birch Society and its right-wing allies can't be laughed off as ineffectual crackpots. 35" 4" 3J' RESULTS AT THE BALLOT BOX. Whatever else can be said for last month's off-year elections, the right-wing continued, to show that in certain areas it has political muscle and is ready to flex it. In the 10th Congressional District of Texas, a former employee of ultra-right Life Lines Foundation, running on the Republican ticket, n.ade the'grade for a run-off. In Salt Lake City, old-line rightist J. Bracken Lee, a leader of the John Birch Society and other major rightwing groups, was returned to office as mayor. In Arlington County, Va., just across the Potomac from Washington, an avowed Bircher came within a whisker of election to the county board. In Cleveland, right-wingers were instrumental in the defeat of a liberal school board member. One expert on right-wing activity viewed the November elections as a warm-up for 1964 and predicted next year the reactionaries would pull out all the stops for political victory. A union's right to information used by an aerospace firm in ex­ cluding "administrative" employees from the union bargaining unit has been upheld by the National Labor Relations Board. The board said Auto Workers Local 300 was entitled to names, job descriptions and wage data used in classifying certain jobs as "administrative," and therefore not covered by its contract with 'a division of CurtissWright at Woodridge, NJ. Such information bears a "reasonable relation" to the union's role as bargaining agent, the NLRB said, -4' 4" 4" Trolley and bus drivers in the Pittsburgh, Pa., area have called off a threatened pre-Christmas strike after ratifying a new con­ tract with the county port. au­ thority. Some 1,300 drivers are in­ volved in the agreement, which is an unusual one because the transit facilities currently are operated by a private company. Dlvlsi w 85 of the Railway & Motor Coach Em­ ployees had threatened to strike when the private concern, Pitts­ burgh Railways, refused to bargain under a wage reopener in its pres­ ent contract, because the authority is soon to take over the transit line. The new wage pact will take effect when the authority takes over the transit operation. 4> 4" 4" The last bill signed by the late President Kennedy was one au­ thorizing the striking of medals to commemorate the founding in 1914 of the first union-operated health center in the United States. The center was established by the In­ ternational Ladies Garment Work­ ers Union in New York City. The bill was signed into law on No­ vember 20, two days before the President's assassination in Dallas. It authorizes the striking of silver medals and bronze copies marking the 5Gth anniversary of ILGWU centers now serving 135,000 indi­ viduals a year. Only six weeks ago, in this space, the SEA­ FARERS LOG commented on the potential for American shipping in the proposed wheat sales to the Soviet bloc. The US Government had given its assurances, and a 50-50 split on such cargoes between US and foreign ships was to be the guideline. Now the first 100,000 tons of grain for Hun­ gary has been committed, and American ships and seamen are truly left "holding the bag." Some 91,000 tons of the first 100,000ton shipment of American grain, in a deal arranged by the US Government and an American grain exporter, goes by foreignflag transportation. US seamen know only too well that there is a big gap between the promise and the performance when it comes to maritime mat­ ters, so this instance was no different from many others. This industry has always been the victim of neglect and indifference with­ in the Government, which has created the "chaos" that US officials are so fond of de­ ploring. But this is only part of the cynical joke that has been played out in the wheat move­ ment to Hungary. With the rest of the world looking on, friends and foe alike, the dispute over ship­ ping rates and whose ships shall carry the wheat is more than a mockery of Washing­ ton's pledges and assurances to US maritime unions and American shipowners. It also puts this country in the position of providing grain to the Communists at a lower price—in cargo rates—than we charge for the same shipments to friendly nations. Since Washington supported the grain ex­ porter, who pockets the difference in rates by waiving the 50-50 cargo requirement, our posture to the Communists provides the classic example of American free enterprise capitalism that the Reds constantly proclaim to the world. Even in providing food grains for the So­ viet bloc, an American "capitalist" has free rein to exploit American workers for his own profit with official Government approval. Domestic Rhubarb Several items in the news involving domes­ tic shipping add up to a confusing picture for that segment of US maritime. On one hand, the Senate has just okayed a bill that would allow foreign ships to haul US lumber to Puerto Rico for two more years. The original one-year "trial" waiver expired two months ago. It obviously provided no help at all for US-flag domestic shipowners and, according to one report, only "microscopic" aid for the lumber men. But it will now get another two-year "trial." In another area, a Senate committee began hearings this week on two bills designed to produce a shipbuilding program for the domestic shipping industry. The author of the bills has admitted he is not especially partial to the shipbuilding approach in either measure but feels some program has to de­ veloped on a vital maritime problem. Congress will apparently have to decide the issue of a domestic shipping fleet some­ how, though we wonder where the drift in US shipping policy is leading. If we are to have a domestic fleet, and the need for one has repeatedly been demonstrated, how does anyone justify legislation breaching existing law that bars foreign ships from the trade— whether in lumber or any other commodity? Furthermore,- what purpose is there in building new ships for the domestic trade, when seamen as well as shipowners see their jobs being whittled away? Next year it may be steel—or gumdrops—that can move on foreign ships between US ports. Until the Government develops a coordi­ nated approach to the problems of domestic shipping and all other segments of maritime, we can't get anywhere. The wheat deal in­ volving offshore ships is one example. The situation in domestic shipping clearly is an­ other. �SEAFARERS Deecnber IS, l»tS LOG New Pensioner Says 'Thank You' All of the following SIU families have received maternity benefits from the Seafar­ ers Welfare Plan, plus a $25 Imnd from the Union in jthe baby's name: Karen Lynn Killips, born August 30, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. 1063, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ronald 25, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Camel Breedlove, Philadelphia, D. Byers, Alpena, Mich. Joseph B. Killips, Ecourse, Mich. Miss. XXX ^ X. ^ XXX Francine Knkeas, bora August Mark A. Brecdlove, born June Ingrld Brown, born September 11, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. 22, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Demosthenes Kukeas, Bronx, New The deaths of the fol­ Isaac Brown, Playa Ponce, Puerto York. lowing Seafarers have Rico. XXX been reported to the Sea­ XXX Tod Mare Oliver Elowsky, bora Jacqnelyn Elizabeth Williams, September 13, 1963, to Seafarer farers Welfare Plan (any born June 24, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Alvin A. Elowsky, Rosen, apparent delay in pay­ and Mrs. Robert Williams, Mobile, Mich. ment of claims is norAla. XXX ally due to late filing, lack Candaee and Marion Joseph XXX of beneficiary card or Eva Jo Holsenbeck, born June Raley, born October 17, 1963, to necessary litigation for 10, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. J. Seafarer and Mrs. Marion Raley, the disposition of estates): B. Holsenbeck, Townsend, Ga. Mobile, Ala. Jose Alonao, Jr., 41: Brother XXX X X• Par Wong Byrd, born August 16, Vance Battle, born September Aionzo died in the Mobile (Ala.) General Hospital 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. John T. 24, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Winston .E. Battle, Sr., Compton, following bums Byrd, New Orleans, La. Calif. received in a fire XXX Elizabeth Ann Imholf, born May ashore on May 4, it i" 4" Cleveland Anton Singleton, born 1962. He had 15, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. September 13, 1963, to Seafarer sailed with SIU Edwin L. Imhoff, Baltimore, Md. and Mrs. William C. Singleton, since 1952 in the XXX David Byers, bom October 2, Mobile, Ala. steward department. The.re were no sur­ vivors listed Burial was at the Colon Cemetery, Tampa, Fla. XXX Charles L. Starling, 35: Brother Starling died of a cerebral hemor­ rhage aboard the USNS Patch at sea on March 10, 1963. He had sailed in the steward depart­ ment since 1947 with the SIU. Surviving is his mother, Mrs. R o s i a Starling, of New York, NY. Burial was in New York. XXX Kim Soon Wong, 62: Brother Wong died of drowning at Oakland, Calif., on April 27,1963. Shipping in the steward department, he had been sailing with the SIU since 1947. There are no survivors listed. Burial was in the Olivet Memorial Park Cemetary, Oakland. XXX Gebrge Brazil, 50: A heart failure took the life of Brother Brazil on October 24, 1963 in New Bedford, Mass. He had shipped since 1939 with the SIU in the deck de­ partment. S u rviving is a broth­ er, Joseph Brazil, of Falrhaven, Mass. Burial was at SL John's Cemetery, New Bed­ ford. All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mail and visits whenever possible. The following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospital: USPHS HOSPITAI. STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK John Aba Sulo Leplsto Arturo Aldereta BJom Lerwick Pedro AreUano Paul Liotta Denlls Lloyd WiUlam Cameron Thomas Clark John MerriU Chas. Dougherty Jose Morales Harold Ducloux WUliam Morris Call Ernest Louis PlnUla Charles Fertal Floro Regaldo Theodore Gerber Jacques Rion. Jr. Ventura Gllabert Mohamed Said Edward Glazder Joseph Scully Richard Green James Shlber Ralph Hayes Julius Swykert Ward Hoskins Ernest Tatro Walter Karlak Clarence Tobias Anastasios Koukeas Julian Vista USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT. MICHIGAN Lester Beeal Edw. Koszohinskl George Bryant Paul Lacy Charles Campbell Clarence Lenhart A. Chewoweth John Lessnaa Fred Cihak Paul Murray James Finnegan Peter Ozlmek John Fletcher Ned Roush James Galloway Orrin Stack Jack Wiley Dezso Gazsi Robert Gentry Roliert Wooley Walter Karsmarskl USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VIRGINIA Jesse Brinkley James Marks Glenn Bruhl Jesse Viliva AUred Etheridge Hildred White Joseph Feak George Williams Talmadge Johnson USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASHINGTON Thomas ConneU Fox Lewis. Jr. Henry Davis, Jr. Frederick Lillard John Kennedy Richard Smith USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON, MASS. Alfred Duggan Joseph Thomas USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GEORGIA Edward Bate D. W. Rose Gerald Perdomo J. M. Watkina L. Middlebrook USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS George Arnold Raul De Los Santos Oswald Bradley Leslie Dean Leahman Denton Joseph LaCorte Joseph Fruge A. M. Massoudy Rune Gustafson Knute Olson George Howard Roy Peebles Roy Justice Johnnie Salinas Nicholas Korsak Pete Vasquex Charles Kimball USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Ruel Barr Fedll Lagrimas Charles Bush W. Schoenbom Robert Byrnes Henry Schorr Sixto Escobar Thomas Trollinger Robert Galas Welden WaUace Charlie Gedra USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MARYLAND Larry Jones James Archie Louis Baxter WUliam Long Gorham Bowdre Joseph Mrozeh Leo Broussard Donald Murphy Tom Danzey Roy Newbury Delaware Eldmlre Ends Ott Julius Fikete Joseph Roberts Freldol Fondlla Harry Rochkind Gorman Glaze William Spoole Thomas Gutierrez Miguel Viera Melvin Hamilton Bruce Webb John Hannay Hubert Wolveton MOUNT WILSON STATE HOSPITAL MOUNT WILSON. MARYLAND Charles Ackerman Hector Durats VA HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Charles Adams USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Richard Barnes . Leon Morgan Ray MUler John Burchinal Wllbert Burke Charles Moni-" Byrd Buzbee Clinton Newcomb PhUip M. Cajiao Frederick Noblea Steve Crawford Alfred Norman John Dovak Cllncy Ordonyne Julius Ekman Charles Parmar Ramose Elliott George Perez Anton Evenson Ralph Peihet James Finley Julius Quinn, Jr. George Flint Richard Rackley Nolan Flowers William Roberts Eugene Gallaspy Harold Robison Sanford Gregory Charles Smith Mark Hairelson John Smith Seifert 'namilton Aristldes Soriano Herbert Hart Raymond Steele Ned Hin.son Adolph Swenson Charles Hooper RuSin Thomas Robert Hubbs Raymond Vaughn Ramon Irizarry James Walker Walter Johnson Leon Webb Foster Juneau Robert White L. Laffargue William Wooeley Oiaude Lomers David Wright Cornelius Martin Herbert Young USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS Gerald Algernon Thomas Lehay Benjamin Deibler BiUy Lynn Adrian Duracher Max Olson Abe Gordon WUlle Young SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK Daniel Gorman Thomas Isaksen Alberto Gutierrez William Kenny VA HOSPITAL WEST ROXBURY. MASS. Raymond Arsenault MONTGOMERY TB SANITARIUM MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA Herman Hickman VA HOSPITAL JACKSON. MISSISSIPPI Harry Luzader USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE James McGee US SOLDIERS' HOME WASHINGTON, DC William Thomson T* the EditM't I received your letter and the copy of the LOO (Sept. 6) which carried the article and photograph about my first SIU pension check. As you can see. I am now in the marine hospital at Staten Island, but I want to take this time to thank everyone at the Union for the tremendous Job they are doing. When I was an Inpatient and then an outpa- All letters to the Editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names trill be withheld upon request. tlent from this hospital before, I collected my 39 weeks of ben­ efits. Then, after that I started to get my disability pension checks. But I can remember back to 1924, when I first started sailing on American ships, that we had nothing like these benefits. We bad nothing at all. Today I am very proud of my union and thankful to all the brothers and ofiiciala for the work they have been doing for all of us. I showed your letter to an NMU member and told him to look at it and see how a union is interested in its members, even when he is retired. He told me the NMU has too many members, and Curran doesn't have time for such things. Luis Saiazar Urges 50-Year Pension Limit To the Editor: We need more members like the crew of the Azalea City (LOG, Oct. 18), who, suggest a 12-year pension regardless of age, or a 50-year age limit. For one thing, this would create more jobs. Let's say the company gives us a $6 raise next time. We can take $5 in pay and get a dollar more for welfare, or a total of $2 for welfare-pensions. Tito average seaman will never miuy a dollar or two o month, when he's on a ship. In that way, maybe we could increase the retirement amount from 6190 to $250, or maybe $300. The majority of us who are in the late 30s with maybe 9-10 years of seatime—we're spoiled. We couldn't make the wages ashore that we do on a ship, if we quit and start from the bot­ tom on a shore Job. Yet you hear guys during coffeetlme talk about making $4 an hour, $200 a week, and they still ride the ships. 1 hope others will read this and voice an opinion. As far as I'm concerned, let's increase the retirement amount and cut the eligibility down to 50 years. Let some of the new men take over. M. L. Olvera 4 X X- Cites Contrast On Water Woes To the Editor: In regard to Mayor Wagner's plea for the conservation of water in New York City, it seems to me that rationing is still the patriotic duty only of the working stiff and the under­ privileged. At 2:30 this morning, from my 12th floor room at the Sea­ man's Church Institute, 1 saw the city's Sanitation Depart­ ment washing down and sweep­ ing the financial district gutters. In other words, let's keep the city clean for the millionaires, but the hell with the working stiff. John T. Bowman XXX Wife Praises Funeral Assist To the Editor: It is with a deep sense of gratitude that 1 wish to thank the members of the SIU in New Orleans for the kind assistance extended to me during the re­ cent death of my mother, Mrs. Ruth Monistere. 1 especially wish to thank the gentlemen from the Union hall who were kind enough to serve as pallbearers for my mother. This kindness was doubly ap­ preciated, since my husband, Charles Dowling, was at sea during my hour of need, and I know his feeling of gratitude Is as deep as mine. Mrs. Charles Dowling Home Again Family reunion at SIU headquarters, after Seafarer Bernard Mace returned home from trip on the Robin Locksley (Robin), pictures Mace with daughter Patricia Jamieson, and grandchildren. The youngsters (l-r) are Shawn, 3'/> months, and Sterling, 2 '/z. Mace ships in the steward den. partment. �Dcflmbcr IS. IftS LOG-A-RHYTHM: SEAFARERS Bound For India From the Ships at Sea Galveston, My Girl >— By JoM M. Melendes > Seafarers on the Louisiana (Seatrain) have doped out a way to beat high interest rates on the crew's purchase of a new television set. Each crewmember has agreed to loan $2 to the ship's fund so they can' • pay off the TV prior to the 90-day deadline when a note The maids of France are fond and free. And English lips are willing, O, chic the girls of Italy, And Cuban eyes are thrilling. Though oft I've basked beneath their smile. Their charms, they fail to bind me. My heart goes back to Galvez Isle, To the girl left behind me. The maids of Greece are bold and gay. And Polish dames are loving. Oh, hot the girls of Uruguay, And Zealand ones are darling. Though oft I've basked beneath their smile. Their charms, they fail to hind me. My heart goes back to Galvez Isle, To the girl left behind me. The maids of Spain do love to lark. And Irish?—M'heart ia runninp. Oh, svelte the girls of small Den­ mark, And Belgian shapes are stun­ ning. Though oft I've basked beneath their smile. Their charms they fail to bind me. My heart goes back to Galvez Isle. To the girl left behind me. The maids of Indie are very fine. And Swedish dames are pleasing. Oh, proud the girls of Argentine, And Javan ones are teasing. Though oft I've basked beneath their smile, Their charms, they fail to bind me. My heart goes back to Galvez Isle, To the girl left behind me. The maids of Wales?- Like honey. And Scottish arms are clinging. Oh, fast the girls of Germany, And Boers set you singing. Though oft I've basked beneath their smile. Their charms, they fail to bind me. My heart goes back to Galvez Isle, To the girl left behind me. ALCOA POLARIS (Alcoa), Oct. 2t— Chairman, R. Prasto; Sacrotary, J. Maytum. Captain advised crew to be cautious of Customs shakedown In all US ports. $31.50 in safety fund. No beefs were reported by depart­ ment delegates. DZL SOL (Delta), Sept. 28—Chair­ man, Charlie Mazur; Secretary, Ro­ land Hebert. $20 In ship's fund. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Engineer asked to check dryer In crew laundry. SUMMIT (Sea-Land), Nov. l-rXhalrman, J. Bernard; Secretary, A. Ro­ mero. Few hours disputed OT In Pare IMrtcca LOG falls due. The $2 per man won't cripple anyone's bankroll, and of­ fers a chance to save quite a bit of cash on the balance owed the fi­ nance company. 4" On fheir way out to Calcutta, India, where they'll be spend­ ing the year-end holidays. Seafarers on the Hudson (Victory Transport) pose for an informal Xmas greeting to all hands. Pictured (l-r) are W. Reck, AB; J. Douglos. OS; H. Davis, AB; C. Hirsch, DM; T. Aidridge, baker, and L Thompson, wiper. Engine delegate L. Porodeou, who sent in the photo, says the trip has been a good one so far, with a good crew. CG Pilot Draws Praise In Fast 'Copter Rescue Seafarer William Rutkowski took a bad fall some time ago aboard the Seatrain Georgia but, with a quick assist from his shipmates and a Coast Guard helicopter, the mishap didn't turn out too badly in the end.> tion, but could Bosun Rutkowski was work­ not release his ing on the top super deck at the time he lost his balance and fell • to the main deck, becoming wedged by the fall between the cradle and the forward leader to track C. Fortunately, Philip Sarkus, QM. who was on his way to the wheelhouse, heard Rutkowski call for help and immediately went to see what had happened. Quickly sizing up the situation, Sarkus realized he couldn't help Rutkowski out of his situation alone and called the radio operator, captain and chief mate to help. The three men managed to free Rutkowski from his cramped posiARIZPA' (Waterman), Oct. 21 — Chairman, John Ward; Secretary, Cleveland R. Wolfe. Three men had to be taken off ship due to Ulness. Otherwise all Is running smoothly. Tanks need to be cleaned and ce­ mented so the water will not be rusty. Ship should be fumigated for roaches. ALCOA MARKETER (Alcoa), Oct. 27—Chairman, Roy Pappan; Secre­ tary, T. J. Lewis. Ship's delegate reported two sick members were flown home from Sicily. All men re­ quested to be sober at payoff. Dis­ cussion on reshlpping class B and C men. Some disputed OT. Biggest item Is delayed sailing. Suggestion made that men with 20 years' good standing In Union should be able to retire with pension. Some men will­ ing to pay special assessments toward reUrement fund. Vote of thanks given to steward department. leg which was wedged tightly and giving ex­ treme pain.. Again Sarkus went for help, returning shortly with four messRutkowski men and a stretcher to fa­ cilitate moving the bo&un. The eight crewmembers then carefully releas^ Rutkowski and carried him to the ship's hospital on the stretcher. The Coast Guard was called for assistance, and soon a helicopter sped to the scene to remove the injured man in a stretcher basket. He was first taken to Albemarle hospital at Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and was later removed to the USPHS hospital at Baltimore to complete treatment. To show their appreciation for getting aid to their injured ship­ mate speedily at sea, the crew of the Georgia got together to send a radiogram to the Coast Guard, expressing their thanks to the pilot and all involved in the successful evacuation. Rutkowski can also thank all involved, for their quick and efficient efforts in a time of need. 'Sea-Views' 4" 4" Everything is running well for all hands on the York (Ship Operators), now heading for Port Said, except for one item that ship's delegate G. H. Atcherson figures they can easily overcome. There are no overtime sheets on board, but "there is a fine crew, everyone is cooperating and things look like the beginning of a fine trip." ( A supply of OT sheets is on its way, too.—Ed.) i 4 i Joe Fried on the Steel ExecntiTe (Isthmian) was right on the scene about 30 miles from Hilo, Hawaii, when Aiae Crater erupted and be­ gan shooting volcanic ash, fire and smoke into the sky during a tour he made of the island. Alae spout­ ed for over a day and a half from its depths 390 feet below Fried's vantage point. The eruption he witnessed apparently was one of a series. Craters in the Kilaueau volcano range erupted a few weeks ago for the first time since 1840. 4 4 4 Perry Dombrowski in an exchange at the last ship's meeting. There was a general vote of thanks by all hands to the steward and his department fra" good feeding, after which the gal­ ley gang came-up with orchids of its own. They lauded the men on the 4-8 watch for the effort taken to clean up the messrooms while the watch was on duty. 4 4 The Eagle Traveler (Sea Trans­ port) reports an exchange of cor­ respondence between the home of­ fice and authorities in Sasebo, Japan, after the US Navy medicos issued a ruling that the base hospi­ tal in Sasebo was closed to mer­ chant seamen except for emerg­ ency cases. Delegate E. Perry notes that the shutdown order de­ veloped after a hassle involving crewmembers off a non-SIU ship in the harbor. It's not known right now if the shutdown order is still in effect. 4 4 4 On the Transglobe, (Hudson Waterways), thanks went out to Aboard the Pennmar (Calmar), one member of the steward depart­ ship's delegate Richard J. Brown ment who took over as chief cook and did what was called an "ex­ cellent job in an emergency." A motion by Frank Caspar, seconded by the new ship's delegate, H. Dombrowski, recorded the crew's satisfaction with the vast improve­ ment in the cooking and feeding aboard. 4 4 4 The Penn Challenger (Penn Tanker) had its problems for 12 days in Bombay when the ship's rotor broke down and they had to send to the States for a replace­ ment. A dozen days in Bombay at anchor offers limited induce­ ments, reports ship's delegate J. Petrusewicx and meeting chairman Eddie Caudill, because local pro­ hibition laws meant no beer — nothing. "We nearly all dropped dead from the heat," they added. Brown THE CABINS (Texas City Refining), Oct. 27—Chairman, Fata Blalack; Sacratary, W. J. Barnas. Beef on lodg­ ing and meals In shipyard not set­ tled. Barnes resigned as ship's dele­ gate and was given a vote of thanks for a good Job. Pete Blalack was elected to serve In bis place. Two men missed ship In Texas City. Ship's fund In the red for $5.43. Various complaints regarding repairs. Re­ quest contact by Union representa­ tives. —By Joseph L. Tremblay SUMMIT (Sea-Land), Oct. 14—Chair­ man, F. T. DiCarlo; Secretary, M. J. Lynch. C. Haymond was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Ship not expected to lay up at present. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. GLOBE PROGRESS (Maritime Oversaai), Oct. 27—Chairman, JIggs Jeffars; Secretary, N. Hatglmlslos. Ship's delegate, reported everything okay. Each department requested to turn in- repair list. Crew gave the steward a vote of thanks for going through the trouble to show movies during the trip. Entire steward department was given a vote of thanks. SEAMAR (Calmar), Nov. IS—Chair­ man, T. Drawlckl; Secretary, nana. Meeting called to discuss work of steward. Motion made to draw peti­ tion to have steward removed for not performing duties satisfactorily. Ship's delegate to contact hall In Seattle in regard to this situation. Miles warmly praised his shipmates at a recent meeting for making the voyage a smooth one. "You have made it a pleasure to be your dele­ gate this trip," he declared, "There were no serious beefs in any department." He also ex­ pressed the thanks of the crew to the steward department for its co­ operative efforts in preparing the Thanksgiving dinner. A number of ships drew similar raves, such as 4 4 4 the Monticello Victory iMonticello Crewmembers on the Erna Eliza­ Tankers) where W. J. Miles holds beth (Albatross) traded thank-yous forth as ship's delegate. STEEL EXECUTIVE (Isthmian), Oct. 17—Chairman, C. Lawson; Secretary, Bill Stark. Ship's delegate reported ship is in good condition. Captain Is very cooperative. $23.05 in ship's fund. •ngine department to be taken up with boarding patrolman. Motion made that negotiating committee be notified about negotiating for same . time off for unlicensed personnel for Sea-Land ships as on Seatrain ships. Discussion about having patrolman contact company about putting some covering on crane Jack handle and to see about having safety meetings^ . Various unsafe conditions and dirty drinking water and washing water aboard. Vote of thanks extended to steward department. 4 "At first ! thought it was a mirage, and I almost left her out there .• �Pnge Fonrteen I- SEAFARERS DeMndfer IS, l»tt LOO Rickshaws Still 'Pedal' Trade -Life And Times On Formosa By Seafarer William C. Calefato, Book C-936 The new seamen's club In Keelung, Taiwan (Formosa), was one of the many attractions for Seafarers off the Robin Kirk (Robin) on a recent voyage. It was also the arena for a lively debate between the rickshaw-boys, or "rickies," and the club director. It seems the rickies don't want motorized taxicabs gave his own version of the trouble be exorbitant, leading to an argu­ ment. Suddenly the rickie could parked in front of the club at the seamen's club. |H' W "We do not care If the taxi ibecause they feel It would jeop­ ardize their livelihood. Besides comes to bring people," he told this, it Just isn't practical or easy Seafarers outside the club, "but taxi shouldn't stay here unless to start something some passenger ask taxi to wait. new where some Here it was for rickshaw, and will ways of life have always be." been unchanged for centuries. The Tommy feels it is a matter of same staid atti­ principle that nothing should upset tude is seen in traditions in the rickshaw trade. many areas in this Who and what is a rickie any­ city and on the way? This question was partially waterfront as answered for one Seafarer who got lost in Keelung. well. Calefato There were He was told how to reach the bus probably rickies around even be­ station by walking and boarding fore Genghis Khan was born, a certain bus to Taybor Village. He when coolies carried royalty in a followed instructions all right, but cab that was mounted on two long never found the bus depot. All he poles that served as handles. Later, could see were rickshaws, every­ everything came with wheels—the where. In desperation he asked a wildbuggy, the bicycle, the motorcycle, and alas, the taxicab. But still eyed driver where he could find a taxicab. This was hopeless, espe­ there are ricksaw-boys. How much longer the rickies will cially when the man pointed to the be in business is anybody's guess. rickshaw seat and said, "Gna-gna." "I want to go to the bus—^to the Judging from the opinion of one grain elevator — to ship. Under­ of them called Tommy, who was friendly with some of the Seafarers stand?" he asked the driver. The off the Robin Kirk, they are a man nodded as if his neck was a determined lot and will be around coiled spring and kept saying for a long time to come. Tommy "Gna-gna." For a half hour the Seafarer was pedalled all over town, with stops at bars and other places. When­ Get Certificate ever he declined td enter one, he driven to the next. All the Before Leaving was rickie could do was to move his Seafarers are advised to se­ finger in a circle, indicating that cure a master's certificate at he was showing him the town. all times when they become ill Finally spotting some buses, the or injured aboard ship. The Seafarer had the rickie trail them right to demand«a master's cer­ to the depot, but could find no bus tificate verifying illness or in­ to the village nor anyone who jury aboard a vessel is guaran­ knew what he was talking about. teed by law. Then the time came to pay the rickie, and the fare turned out to SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), Oct. 12—Chairman, Sokol; Secretary, J. L. Siniard. Ship's delegate reported everything running smoothly. Vote of thanks to ship's delegate. S21.60 In ship's fund. Motion made to ask headquarters for clarification on having oniy English spoken in messroom. Vote of thanks to steward and his department for good menus, great food and fine service. Crew re­ quested to turn in aU excess linen and to remove cots from deck when in port. HURRICANE (Waterman), Sept. 29 —Chairman, MIchele Ventresca; Sec­ retary, Eugene R. Ray. $1.30 in ship's fund. Motion that aU members with 15 years seatime be pensioned at any age. This motion to be referred to Negotiating Committee. Vote of thanks to the steward department for job well done. Suggestion that all patrolmen go to sea for two years out of each four years. Oct. 5—Chairman, Pat Marlnelll; Secretary, Charlie Scofield. Motion that all patrolmen go to sea for two years out of each four years. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. STEEL ROVER (Isthmian), Oct. *— Chairman, Ray H. Casanova; Secre­ tary, C. Y. Kane. $29 in ship's fund turned over to steward. No major ¥' I!."; beefa reported. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. Request made for painting of steward department rooms and heads. PENN TRANSPORTER (Pann Navf. gaton), Oct. 7—Chairman, J. K. Pat­ terson; Secretary, M. N. Etchenko. Some disputed OX in deck and stew­ ard departments. Deck department wants clarification on disputed OT for next voyage. Crew wants to know why fresh fruits and vegetables were not purchased in Calcutta and other ports when they were avaUabla. No fans or spare parts on board. JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), Oct. 6—Chairman Paul B. Gladdeni Secretary, Wllllam O. RInehart.. Brother Robert F. Kennedy was elect­ ed to serve as ship's delegate. He gave a comprehensive picture of ship­ ping conditions and suggested that the membership perform their duties SIU style. Steward picked up some stores and reported that topside is giving good cooperation in effecting repairs. No beefs were reported. OVERSEAS EVA (Maritime Over­ seas), Sept. 2—Chairman, R. Hodges; Secretary, P. L. Whitlow. Ship's dele­ gate asked that passageway doors on the main deck be kept locked and closed while ship is in foreign ports. speak pretty fair English to get across his points. Just then, another rickie hurried over and said he knew where the Seafarer wanted to go. "Come on, get in,"'he urged. "Oh yeah? How much," the nowcautious Seafarer asked. "Two yen," said the other rickie, meaning about 50 cents. It was better than being stranded and it made little difference if this rickie was also giving him a bum steer, so he got in. Ten minutes later, though, the village was in sight and the rickie was sweating and panting, but'smiling. "Me good rickshaw," he said, probably implying that there were bad ones too. Cleaning of slop sink room and laun­ dry to be cleaned by rotation of each department weekly. Abuse of ship's linen discussed and better care of same requested. Whistling inside the house to be - eliminated and be done out on deck if men must whis­ tle. Spare parts for fans very limited. Crew requested to cooperate and turn fans off when they are not being used. Hot water situation in the showers has been corrected by re­ newal of valve. Ice machine is work­ ing properly to make enough ice for meals. If necessary, ice can be pulled twice dally. TOPA TOPA (Waterman), Sept. 21— Chairman, Tommy Tucker; Secretary, Pete Plasclk. Brother Norman Power was elected to serve as ship's dele- You SOYS A(&AINP IR-; CANTCHA S60 I'M gUS/?' DRATJTJI YQUTvtfc)- iO The rickshaw man, or "rickie," is still an important figure on the Formosan scene in spite of the continuing'progress of mechanization. The rickie pictured above is called "Jimmy," says Seafarer Wllllam Calefato, who reports that all rickies take American names like Joe, Charlie, etc. Another con­ stant on the Far East scene are the children. Calefato's camera caught shipmate Duke Samson making friends with the little girl below. He reports she stopped crying and was all smiles shortly after photo was taken. gate. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Some discussion re­ garding a smaller coffee percolator. Steward will supply same. HASTINOS (Waterman), Oct. • — Chairman, Benedict Broderlck; Secre­ tary, John Wells. Ship's delegate re­ ported everything has been running smoothly. Few hours disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Men asked to remove dry clothes from fidley. Matter of American money in foreign ports will be brought to attention of patrolman. Vote of thanks to the steward department. STEEL APPRENTICE (Isthmian), Oct. <—Chairman, Al Isaac; Secre­ tary, L. Edstrom. Jose Fidalgo was elected to serve as ship's delegate. $3.31 in ship's fund. No beefa re­ ported by department delegates. Vote of thanks to the steward department for job well done. STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), Oct. <—Chairman, E. Tlrrelll; Secretary, J. Barges. New chairs and table top needed for messhall. Two men missed ship In Syria due to the captain sailing early in foreign port. Sug­ gestion was made that patrolman see captain about early sailing. Vote of thanks to steward department for Job well done. DRlVeMEA/DTB'i WtVAM/i YVl/M hlASrl BAMcn BIENVILI.R (Sea-Land), Oct. 7 — Chairman, Van Whitney; Secretary, Steve Karlak. Discussion on sour milk. It was recommended that tho steward order half amount in Eliza­ beth and the other half in Houston. It was also recommended that canned milk be put into a cooler storeroom. Everything running smoothly. Most of the repairs have been squared away. $11.66 in ship's fund. ELIZABETHPORT (Sea-Lsnd), Oct. 13—Chairman, none; Secretary, W. W. BIckford. Company purchased new ice machine for ship this trip. $14 In ship's fund was left with M. Cross. Suggestion made that each crewmember donate 50 cents to ship's fund. R. Rainwater was elected to seive as ship's delegate. No general alarm up forward, and this matter should be brought to Captain's attention. Ship's fans to be cleaned. Six new chairs bought this trip for crew messhall. DETROIT (Sea-Land), Oct. 6—Chair­ man, Walter Kushner; Secretary, Al Whitmer. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. Chief cook left ship in Puerto Rico. T. Heggarty was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. Some type of urn or heater for hot water is needed for lea, cocoa, etc. Men would like crew messroom air-conditioned. TV wanted for recreation room. CA?M - we WANNA WISH fYouAMEBRY, CHRISTwIAS. �'s^ ' DcMBiber 13, 1963 SEAFARERS Page Fifteen LOG Schedule Of SIU Meetings SIU membership meetings are held regularly once a month on days Indicated .by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM in the Usted SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. Those who wish to be excused should request permission by telegram (be sure to include registration number). The next SIU meetings will be: lijiSSgSitti-jKifiilaWSSSSjiftslaiiiipi a..;-; — .-ir,.,,, , -.f.,., 'FINAMCIAL REPOFITS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the Deinhership's money and/ union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Uhion records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. Should any member, for any reason, be refused his constitutional rijiht .to inspect these records, notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested. TRUST FUMDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agree­ ments. ' All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only iqpon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. If, at any time, you are denied informa­ tion about any SIU trust fund, notify SIU President Paul Hall at SIU headqviarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by tue contracts between the Union and the' snipowners. Get to knoy your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union hulls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, first notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is; ^ Max Harrison, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place,Suite 1930, New York k, N.Y. Also notify SIU President Paul Hall at Uhion headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Uhion or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. These con­ tracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolmEun or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect yoiir contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. 'In addition, notify SIU President Paul Hall by ili certified mail, return receipt requested. yT' -.K - ' ' ' \ EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, i960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its I ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. | PAYMENT OF MONIES. Ho monies are to be paid to anyone in any. official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money for any reason vmless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and ^ given an official re­ ceipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be called to the attention of SIU President Paul Hall by cer­ tified mail, return receipt requested. ' — •" Detroit Houston New Orleans January 15 January 10 January 13 January 14 West Coast SIU Meetings SIU headquarters has issued the following schedule through January, 1064 for the monthly informational meetings to be held in West Coast ports for the benefit of Seafarers shipping from Wil­ mington, San Francisco and Seattle, or who are due to return from the Far East. All Seafarers are expected to attend these meetings, in accord with an Executive Board resolution adopted in December, 1961. Meetings in Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. The schedule is as follows: Wilmington baa Francisco Seattie January 20 January 22 January 24 Pa., or call 461-2361. Anyone Oiiie R. Bianton The above-named or anyone knowing Elliott's whereabouts is knowing his whereabouts is asked also asked to write. t 3. to contact Thomas A. Bianton, PO Ex-SS Rye Box 371, Bowling Green, "Va. Checks for Philip J. Lombis and 3. 4. Peter Preas are being held at the Gene Copeiand Anyone knowing the where­ Contract Department in head­ abouts of the above-named is asked quarters. Send a forwarding to get in touch with his wife, Mrs. address. 3^ 3> 3. E. M. Copeiand, PO Box 111, SimLuther Rutherford mesport. La. Urgent. Your wife, Mrs. Lucille Ruther­ 4. 3> 3ford, asks you to contact her as Eugene Stark soon as possible at PO Box 437, Anyone in the Seattle, Wash., Rainier, Oregon. area who knows the whereabouts 3> 3- 3" of the above-named, who sails as" Paul B. Morgan 3rd cook, is asked to contact Edgar You are asked to contact your N. Quillin, attorney, 7011 St. sister, Mrs. Corene Overstreet, at Claude Ave., Arabi, La., or call him Rt. 3, Box 522, Mobile, Ala., im­ at 271-4771 in Arabi. Important. mediately. 3JI 3< 3> 3> 4 Grover C. Maddox John Taylor Seaton Get in touch with your wife, Your mother, Mrs. Helen Seaton, Janet Maddox, in care of E. Vin­ at 2102 E. Cholla Road, Phoenix, cent, 212 Karnani Mansion, Park Ariz., asks you to contact her as St., Calcutta 16, India. Urgent. soon as possible. ^ 3!' 4 4 3' 4 3" 4 Anderson J. Johnes Get in touch with Roger L. Hall, 382 4th St., Beaver, Pa. The phone is 775-3455. Very important. SIU Atlantic, Gulf Lakes & Inland Waters District RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension benefits have * always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including, attendance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these. Uhion meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing Itliem to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. 7 EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Uhion has negotiated with.the employers. Consequently, no Sea­ farer may be discriminated against because of race," creed, color, national or geo­ graphic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he siii is entitled, he should notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve"the best in­ terests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely volimtary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. January 6 January 7 January 8 Mobile .... James Bruce Elliott Neut Williams Your mother is very anxious to Contact your wife, Mrs. Marguer­ hear from you. Write or call her at 229 Roberts St., West Mifflin, ite M. Williams, at 323 South Columbus St., Alexandria, Va. Urgent. -— COWSTITUTIOHAL RKHCTS AMD OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of.its constitution. In addition, copies are avail­ able in all Uhion halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive,you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges,.trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested. ^ m New York Philadelphia Baltimore ill if PRESIDENT Paul HaU EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Gal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindsey Williams A1 Tanner Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER A1 Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES Bill Hall Ed Hooney Fred Stewart aAEi'uvlURE 1216 £. Baiumure M. Rex Dickey, Agent EAstern 7-49tK) BOSTON 276 State St. John Pay, Agent Richmond 2-0140 DETROIT 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. VInewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS ...675 4tn Ave.. Bklyn HYacinth 9-660ii HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. Paul Drozak, Agent WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St.. SE., Jax William Morris. Agent ELgin 3-09R7 MIAMI 744 W. Flaglei St Ben Gonzales, Agent FRanklin 7-3564 .MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St Louis Neira Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Buck Stephens. Agent ... Tel 529-7546 NEW YORK . 676 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth n-6finr NORFOLK 115 3rd St. Gordon Spencer,' Acting Agent 622-1892 PUILADELPUIA 2604 S 4th St Frank Drozak. Agent DEwey 6-391? KAN FRANCISCO .... 450 Harrison St Frank Boyne, Agent DOuglas 2-4401 E B McAuIey. West Coast Rep. SANTURCE, PR 1313 rernandez Juncos Stop 20 Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep. Phone 724-2848 SKAITLB 2505 1st Ave red Babkowskl, Agent MAin 3-4334 FAMPA 312 Harrison St. 1»0 nillctte,. Agent 229-2788 WILMINGTON. Calif 505 N. Marine Ave George McCartney, Agent TErmlnal 4.2523 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Drew C. Gay Get in touch with your daughter, Brenda Gay, PO Box 90, Point Pleasant, West Va. She is anxious to hear from you. James Prosper Contact your wife. Dawn Pros­ per, at 451 N. Milton Ave., Balti­ more 21, Md. Income Tax Refunds Checks for the following men are being held by Jack Lynch, Room 201, SUP Building, 450 Har­ rison St., San Francisco 5, Cal.f.: Joseph A. Alves, MargarHo Borja, John Misakian, Waldo M. Oliver (2), Arthur D. Payton, Jnrgen G. Pedersen, William Saltarez, Henry R. Smith. m ^1 'vsl �SEAFARERS LOG 1%.' I •4'- .^ •. , J 1 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. 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INJUNCTION HALTS MTD PICKETING OF FOREIGN SHIP IN WHEAT DEAL SENATE ACTION EXPANDS HOLE IN JINES ACT SEAFARERS GET NEW SERVICE IN SIU CLINICS CANADA GOV’T TRUSTEES INVOKE NEWS CENSORSHIP ANTI-STRIKW BILL PUT OFF TO ‘64 SENATE OKS LUMBER BILL TO AID FOREIGN SHIPPING PORT MEETINGS OKAY SECRET BALLOT VOTE ON DUES INCREASE AGRICULTURAL DEPT. ‘UNION’ RAPPED AS ‘COMPANY RIG’ SS TOPA TOPA AT BALTIMORE PRIVATE EYE AGENCY STILL GROWING TODAY HOLIDAY GREETINGS Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/13/1963 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXV, No. 25 1963 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/7623a5b06f2f9146d6cd1bbf1b226140.PDF 0dffb2c21edb1b2a03bb6b6aeec1354e PDF Text Text ) Official Organ of the Atiantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America Vol. VII. NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 14. 1945 No. 50 Seafarers Cendemns Truman And Cengress For Anti-Union Stand M: Vigorous protests against the anti-labor proposal made'tions, the following telegram was by President Truman and the union-busting bills dispatched to President Truman: "The Seafarers International now before Congress were made by the Atlantic and Gulf VABo« Union of North America, Atlantic District of the Seafarers International Union in telegrams and Gulf District, affiliated with sent to the President and to the* the AFL, and representing more members of the House and Sen­ wholeheartedlly condemn its an­ than thirty-thousand seamen on ti-union provisions." the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, ate Labor and Military Affairs NOTIFICATION went on record as being unani­ Committees. An amendment, passed at the mously opposed to your proposedMeanwhile, Secretary-Treasurer same time, asked that the Union plan for the regulation and con­ John Hawk charged that the na­ "notify the President of the trol of Labor-Management dis­ tion's industrialists, directly aided United States, chairmen and putes through enabling legisla­ and comforted by the President members of the House and Sen­ tion, and strongly disapprove of and some of the national legisla­ ate Military Affairs Committees, such apparently anti-labor action. tors, had opened an offensive to and chairmen and members of the "We also went on record con­ negate existing collective-bar­ House and Senate Labor Com­ demning stringent labor laws now mittees of our position on this pending in both House and Sen­ gaining contracts. A motion passed on a coast­ vital issue." ate, and urge that you carefully In concurrence with the mo- consider the fact that under our wise basis at Port meetings stated "That we, members of the Sea­ democratic form of government, farers International Union of Labor's right to strike should Ndrth America (Atlantic and. Gulf not be restricted in any manner whatsoever." District), affiliated with the AFL, go on record as being unanimous­ (signed) John Hawk, ly opposed to the Truman pro­ Secretary-Treasurer posal on labor legislation, and Atlantic and Gulf New York Branch meetings . District, Seafarers are held every other Wednes­ International Union day evening. 7 P. M. at Web­ of North America." ster Hall, 119 East 11th Street, The telegram to the House and WASHINGTON — Organized to rush through a resolution board within five days after the between 3rd and 4th Avenues. Senate committees followed the labor split definitely with Presi- creating a Congressional commit- certification. The board would dent Truman last week following tee to consider the legislation. In have complete subpoena powers. To get there take the 3rd Ave» same note, and shduld, along with his message to Congress asking the House Rep. Mary Norton (D., (3) Within 20 days the board Elevated and get off at 9th Stu the protests that have come with­ legislation for the power to ap- N. J.) introduced a bill to author- must make its report unless both or the East Side IRT Subway out exception from all parts of the Labor movement, convince point fact-finding bodies in union ize the President to appoint the groups, with presidential okay and get off at Astor Place. Congress that Labor will not tole­ disputes. fact finding boards. obtain an extension. (4) Neither No cards will be stamped rate any abrogation whatsoever AFL and CIO leaders throughThe President's plan provides the union nor the company would of any of its hard-won rights. out the country denounced the (1) If a strike is threatened in a be legally bound to accept the after 7:30 P. M. SMASH LABOR idea and charged that it would major industry the Sec'y of Labor findings or abide by them. NEXT MEETING WILL BE Brother Hawk pointed out that play into the hands of union- would certify the dispute to the NO STRIKES ON DECEMBER 19th. the shipowners under contract busting employers. Truman's President. (2) The President No strike or lockout would be to the Seafarers had apparently suggestion c-\lls for a 30-day com­ would appoint a fact-finding (Continued on 'Page 9) joined the anti-union drive. Their pulsory cooling-off period, sup­ method, he said, was to violate posedly patterned after the Rail­ the existing contracts as written, way Labor Act. The cooling-off no matter how clear the pro­ idea was the basis of the Smithvisions are. Then, when the SIU Connally Act which proved so ousting the WSA medics from The failure of other maritime subservience to government bu­ disagrees with their interpreta­ futile that even the authors of the soft jobs which the latter tion, they ask for a Port Com­ reaus, the MFOW and the MCS, the bill have asked for its repeal, unions to follow up the Seafarers' were hoping to establish on a per­ mittee meeting, to which they have failed to cash in on the r AFL President William Green victory over the WSA Medical manent basis. go with a closed mind, making militant victory won by the SIU, declared that, "In my judgment, program and do something for and continue to allow their sea­ any sort of settlement impossible. the recommendation of the Pres­ Instead, hog-tied by their gov­ ident will be unacceptable to la­ their membership was clearly men to present themselves to this ernment - subservient leadership, These moves are maneuvers bor." CIO President Philip Mur­ demonstrated this week on the government fink agency before the members of these outfits were to give the operators reason to ray charged that the government Zachary Taylor when the SUP shipping. forced to continue participation say that, since the contracts are had given in with "abject cowar­ deck crew refused to appear before in the potential black-ball sys­ ambiguous, the dispute should go When the Seafarers went after dice" to industry. President R. a War Shipping Administration the time-wasting, money-consum­ tem of being examined by men to arbitration for "clarification" J. Thomas, of the United Auto doctor for pre-shipping examina­ ing WSA Medical Division, sea­ who are practically committed to —an obvious move to change ex­ Workers-CIO, said, "I am won­ tion. In sharp contrast to the men all over the country, regard­ a program of eliminating the old- isting conditions. dering what is happening to de­ SUP sailors' action, members of less of union affiliation, cheered time (and/or more militant) sea­ Thus far, says Brother Hawk, mocracy. The right to strike is the Marine Firemen, Oilers and the move as a fight for re-estab­ men from the maritime industry. they have gotten no place with a democratic principle." The Watertenders and the Marine lishing thejr liberty. If these unions really had a this strategy and, he adds, "they, N. Y. State Federation of Labor, Cooks and Stewards who have Later, when victory was rank and file movement which won't. They won't be able to representing 1,500,000 AFL mem­ contracts with this company (Pa­ achieved (See Log. Nov. 9) and could make itself heard, there is arbitrate themselves out of agree­ bers, blasted the proposal. cific and Atlantic SS Co.) in the SIU contracted ships sailed with no doubt that the SIU action ments already signed." RUSH BILL engine and stewards departments crews examined only by a com­ would have been followed by Whatever the outcome of the While Truman's proposal was respectively, submitted meekly pany doctor as per the agree­ them. However, manipulated as present situation is, SIU officials being denounced by . union lead? to the WSA medics for examina­ ments, these seamen had good they are by their own leader­ say, the trend is unmistakenable: ers and pro-labor Congressmen, tion. reason to expect their own organ­ ship, they can do nothing to It is an all-out attempt to smash Rep. Howard Smith. (D., Va.) tried By following the old line of izations to follow the program of change the policy. the trade unions of America. \T N.Y. Meetings In Webster Hall Labor Unites Against President They Still Support WSA Medical Program • ,U • •. 1i �Page Two THE SEAEAREHS lOG Friday, December 14,' 1945 SEAI'ARERS LOG Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 i a, % X HARRY LUNDEBERG - - - - - - - President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Ptecy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. 2<7 Congress Acts The editorial cartoon you see on this page, like all art work in a weekly paper, was ordered a week in advance. At that time. Congress was turning its usual deaf ear to those who thought that the workingmen of this country —who have gone without so much during these war years >vhile the industrialists were working under the "profits as usual" basis—reserved and actually needed legislation to provide the essentials of decent living. And at that time Congress was on a lay-down strike, doing nothing but engaging in its favorite pastime of growling at Labor and contemplating the bills,, which'it will introduce at some near future date, that will give themselves a mere 100/( salary rise. Well, times have changed. Congress is no longer laying-down. Our sterling legislators have leaped to action, and both chambers are in a great dither trying to force through some "labor legislation,-" But this time it is not legislation brought up at the request of the lower income groups, but under the pressure of the industrialists; and it is not legislation calculated to aid the workingmen, but to oppress him. To be sure, the cartoon is still correct; those bills are istill being ignored. But the lay-down is over. The stand-up period and the stomping-of-labor time is beginning. In contrast to the delaying tactics used against the Labor-approved bills, Congress is falling all over itself to bring to the floor and swift passage the following bills, which, if passed, spell the doom of a free, independent trade unionism in America. 1. The Hobbs Bill, which would cripple the AFL TeamUnless something is done by are too impoverished to care for • sters in their efforts to establish conditions for their mem­ those countries which are for­ them. tunate enough to be able to go The Netherlands: The country bers in large cities. to the aid of them, the conquered has conie a long distance toward 2. The Norton Bill, which would make strikes illegal nations of Europe face a disas­ recovery since the last terrible when certified to the President by the Secretary of Labor trous winter. According tb the winter. Then the Germans had U. S. Department of Labor these flooded a considerable part of for consideration by fact-finding boards. are conditions to be found today the country and practically all 3. The Amendments to the Smith-Connally Act, which in the liberated countries: civilian transport was at a stand­ Poland: It is reported that a still as a result of a strike of rail­ would penalize unions for strikes by depriving them of their collective bargaining privileges for a year and mak­ million people are homeless, half way personnel undertaken at the of them in Warsaw. Some 300,000 request of the Allied High Com­ ing them liable to damage suits. peasants are facing a bitter win­ mand. Families last winter, it To be added to these moves, which are backed by the ter living in holes dug in the was reported, lived on a few po­ usual "get-Labor" gang, is the fact that President Truman, ground. Some are without shoes, tatoes with now and then a piece many are without clothing; food, of bread, but mostly on sugar who had been considered in some naive quarters as not of course, is scarce. unfriendly to Labor, is apparently heading the anti-union One in every 9 of Poland's 7,- beets. "The housing shortage is still acute and the country is still drive* 000,000 children under 14 years very short of food, and of cloth­ old has lost both parents. (In We had a say last week about the President's proposal the United States less than one ing, including shoes and other and shall, no doubt, have much more on this topic in the in 10 of those under 21 years old necessaries. Infant niortality is said to be nearly four times the inext few weeks. What we are trying to do now is to find is a full orphan.) Another mil­ normal figure. a lesson in all this—something about Congress being elect­ lion Polish children have only Belgium: One-sixth of the ed by the votes of the workingmen, an.d now do you see one parent living, and 300,000. are working population had been de­ children separated from their .whar. happens? parents who were placed in con­ ported to Germany or in some But search our mind as we would, we can find no centration camps or sent to Ger­ cases to occupied France, for iiioral, except perhaps to reflect on that fascinating char­ many as forced labor. Of the forced labor. Under-feeding, children with their parents, 2,-. forced labor, tuberculosis and acteristic of ihum^h nature—that, if you act as though 000,000 must be clothed and par­ other conditions associated with yop enjoy a beating, someone, sure as hell, will oblige you. tially fed because their parents war and occupation have had 1- serious effects on children and young persons. In this country, marked progress is being made in reconstruction. The Government taking young people them­ selves into consultation in plan­ ning for the future. Gfeece: The three occupations —Italian, German, and Bulgarian —created tremehdouS havoc. Out of 6,500 towns and villages, 1,339 have been destroyed, 879 of that number being wholly wiped out; an'd 1,200,000 people are home­ less. Power stations have been destroyed and from 70 to 100 per­ cent of railways, ships, and air­ craft are lost. Among the coun­ try's 7,500,000 inhabitants there are 400,000 cases of tuberculosis. One-third of the population is suffering from malaria. Hungary: Prospects for the winter are gloomy, especially as regards heating and food. Seven­ ty-five percent of the country's livestock has disappeared. Italy: Many towns, large and small, are practically ruined; 8,500,000 people are homeless. De­ struction of agricultural land in Ihe war and this summer's drought have resulted in a great shortage of wheat. There is said to be practically no fuel. Austria, Czechoslovakia, Jugo^'avia and Albania; the record would be similar to that of th6 aforementioned cOuhtriOs. �THE Friday. December 14, 1945 SEAFARERS LOG $50fi00 PAY RAISE "CLEARING THE DECK" "Clearing The Deck," by Paul HaU, which usually appears in the LOG each week, is absent this issue, since Brother Hall is touring SIU ports in connection with the Isthmian drive. As well as being New York Agent. Brother Hall is Director of Organizing, and as the Isthmian campaign swings into high gear with the voting commencing very shortly, it is necessary for him to coordinate activities in the various ports, so that all SIU efforts are concentrated on this important Isthmian election. Draft Will Mean Army Caste Page Three Chiseling Shipowners Discover Men Refuse To Sail Their Ships By J. P. SHULER r/ i WASHINGTON — Peacetime them . . . However, to expand conscription, especially as pro­ the functions of the military as Emil Schram, President of the posed in the May Bill, is un­ proposed by this bill would be New York Stock Exchange, has democratic and not in .keeping extending their control over the just had his salary raised from with the American tradition. civilian economy by reason of the $50,000 to an even $100,000 a year. These were the central points fact that the procurement and made by spokesmen for the AFL, production needs of the military as well as powerful international would continue during peace. We unions, before the House Mili­ have heard enough about the in­ tary Affairs Committee this week. flexible military mind and the Seafarers usually love a fight, In some of the most sharply waste of abilities and skill in the" and when it's a union fight in worded testimony presented by armed forces during the war just the common cause — then, they • labor spokesmen in recent ended, not to want to continue months, the Congressmen were military dominance over our come arunnin' — as witness the told off by AFL legislative rep­ civilian pursuits. We have also case of Brother Ralph Garret, resentative Lewis G. Hines. learned considerable from our re­ book number 7159, who is an SIU Harvey M. Brown, president of turning servicemen about the oldtimer in point of membership, the Intl. Assn. of Machinists, and caste system that prevails in and has taken part in many strug­ Martin H. Miller, natl. legisla­ both the Army and Navy; a sys­ gles during the birth and building tive representative of the Broth­ tem that is repugnant to all of of our Union. erhood of Railroad Trainmen the ideals of American fair play After hearing about the recent have also opposed the measure. and equality." trouble on the New York waterAll spokesmen insisted that peacetime conscription would in­ evitably lead to military inter­ ference in the civilian life of the nation. Quoting President Tru­ man's message urging the peace­ time draft. Brown said, "In our considered opinion this would SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 10 — 1886 aboard an Australian bai-k. mean nothing short of military Today, as it must to all men, In that same year he joined the .direction of labor, in addition to death came to Peter Blix Gill, 82-. old Coast Seamen's Union at Port control over the fighting forces, year-old veteran of the seas and Townsend. Such a plan is against the ideals for many years the "stormy of our democratic freedom, and PLENTY OF OPPOSITION petrel" of the waterfront. in the light of the splendid rec­ In March 1944 when the SUP Gill, who retired in 1939 after ord of American labor in the published its sixtieth anniversary past war, we sharply disagree serving for forty-five years as edition of the West Coast Sailors, that legislation should be enacted Business Agent for the Sailors Gill wrote an article in which he supporting such a program, which Union of the Pacific in this port, retraced the history of American would destroy the workers' op­ was second to none in knowledge seamen's unions. portunity to exercise their free­ of the seasmen's life and often He recalled that in those days, related stirring tales of the iron dom of occupational choice." as •today, they faced opposition The lAM head pointed out that men who sailed the wooden ships from not only the shipowners compulsory peacetime military of yesteryear. "but also at the hands of the As the man who championed training of young men of Italy, American Government." Germany and Japan in the past the rights of seamen over many Included among his many 20 years "and the defeated state years and who was credited with of those nations today, is a liv­ being the "father of overtime for friends and colleagues in those ing example" of the fallacy of the men who go down to the struggling days, was the man who thinking that such a program sea in ships," Gill, took an in­ became famous as the "Abraham terest in their affairs almost to Lincoln of the Sea," Andrew means military preparedness. "We urge," AFL representa­ his dying day. Following his re­ Furuseth. In the fight to better the wages tives Hines told the Congress­ tirement, he continued his visits and working conditions of the men, "that a decision on peace­ to the Union hall to "see how the seamen, they engaged in many time universal military training boys are doing." bitter struggles—"most of them should await results of final OVERTIME PRINCIPLE ending in defeats," wrote Gill. As treaties and international comThe story is told of how, back a result of these defeats the men 'mitments and the outcome of ef­ in 1889, as a member of the crew decided to work for changes in forts to insure world peace." aboard the four-masted schooner the Maritime laws. In the early "The adoption of a compulsory Carrier Dove, Gill advised his 1890s, they organized an Interna­ military training law in this coun­ shipmates that they were entitled tional Union of Seamen in order try," he said, "may have farto overtime pay of $3 each for to take in the U. S. and Canada. reaching effects of an undesir­ certain work. When the owners A legislative committee composed able nature. During the recent refused to pay the^men, he hired of Furuseth,"MacArthur, Jortall, war for the worthy purpose of a lawyer and took the case to Olander and Flynn was elected national defense, we saw nearly court where they obtained a rul­ to push for the legative reforms. our whole civilian economy ing favoring the seamen. brought under military control "DON'T MOURN" The total amount involved was which made civilian needs and It took twenty years of "ham­ welfare subordinate to the mili­ $18, and the elated men gave the money to their lawyer as a bonus. mering at the doors of Congress" tary instead of coordinate with Thus was established the prin­ before the Wilson-LaFollette Act ciple of overtime pay for seamen, was passed. Together with the the first case of its kind in the Jones amendment, this Act made We Win Again ! United States. the shipowners liable for injuries John Hawk, Secretary Born in Fredrikstad, Norway, sustained by seamen. Seafarers International Union on October 1, J863, he left school With the passing of Brother of-North America at 15 and became an apprentice in Brother Peter Blix Gill goes an­ 51 Beaver St., NYC the Norwegian Navy. Later he other of the long line of de­ Won the election of Florida became a merchant seamen at mocracy's solders. Brother Gill Power Corp. Tugboats 90 percent pay equalling $2.50 a month. might well approve that great |n favor SIU. After sailing to Quebec, Pensa- last statement of another union D. L. Parker. Agent cola, Portland and Australia, man: Gill arrived in Port Gamble in; "Don't mourn for me, organiie.' The Port of New York had a fair week with 31 ships paying off and 29 signing on. There were several ships still on articles that had beefs pending from the week before, and they paid off with all beefs settled to the satis­ faction of the crews. We have one beef pending in this port at this time on the SS John Davis, an Alcoa ship. But since this beef came up Alcoa company officials have had plenty of time to give it con­ sideration, as they are not being bothered with having to take care Shows That Old SiU Spirit front when the commies tried to muscle in on the longshoreman's strike. Brother Garret immediate­ ly hustled train fare from Bal­ timore to New York, so that he could join with his union broth­ ers in the common struggle to protect decent unions from the various raiding attempts of the comrats. Peter Blix Gill, Pioneer Union Seaman, Passes Away •r^-' *> What Ralph likes about the Seafarers is the fact that it is an aggressive outfit—not only be­ cause he has a militant spirit— but because he knows that the only way you can have a real or­ ganization is to fight for it. As this goes to press, Ralph is on the beach at Baltimore wait­ ing for an unorganized vessel to ship on, as he feels he can best serve his Union by helping or­ ganize the unorganized. of transportation and loading troubles etc., since none of their ships have been leaving port. Alcoa officials along with WSA authorities appealed to the Union yesterday to man their ships and take this beef to arbitration. It was pointed out to them that the dispatchers were making every effort to get the Alcoa ships crewed, but the membership just didn't seem interested in sailing for a company that would dispute legitimate overtime. The end of this week should find this beef settled to the satisfaction of the crew. FULL COMPLEMENT It seems that every time an MAY ship gets into port that you have to follow the same pro­ cedure in getting a complement in the stewards dept. These ships only carry 34 men and it gives the company a good argument that 7 men. should be able to per­ form the routine duties in the stewards dept. in a period, of 8 hours. But, the companies fail to take into consideration the fact that these ships give dumbwaiter service to the officers mess, be­ sides having as many alleyways and bulkheads to take care of as does a Liberty. The ships' minutes are coming in fast now, which shows that the membership is interested in the Union affairs and they are mak­ ing up lost time for the period when there were no meetings be­ ing held aboard ships. There are a lot of things ironed out in these meetings and taken care of aboard ship that used to be brought ashore. This makes it easier for a Patrolman who pays off a ship, and also gets the new membership interested in the Union's problems and solutions. SAIL ISTHMIAN There is still a shortage of sea­ men up and down the coast and especially in this port. There are 300 jobs on the board for rated men now, and it takes a shanghai artist to get a crew on a ship before she sails. However, the Isthmian organizers are doing a fair job of keeping men going to the Isthmian offices for jobs. The membership is also cooperating in this Isthmian drive and if this keeps up, it shouldn't be long be­ fore the Isthmian ships are sail­ ing under an SIU agreement. SIU Sends Condolences To SUP The following telegram was sent to the Sailors Union of the Pacific by the Atlantic and Gulf District , of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union offering its condolences upon the death of Brother Peter Blix Gill, militant trade unionist and one of the founders of the SUP. Harry Lundeberg, Sec. Treas. Sailors Union of the Pacific 86 Seneca St. Seattle, Wash. The Atlantic and Gulf District of the Seafarers International Union joins with the rest of the Seafarers International Union in mourning the loss of Peter Blix Gill. Brother Gill was one of the men who, behind the leadership of Andrew Furuseth, helped raise the seaman out of the serfdom into which the profithungry operators had placed him and fought to keep him. Al­ though retired from active work by reasog of age. Brother Gill still maintained to the last an unflagging interest in the Union which he helped to build. Although Brother Gill has made his final voyage, he is still an inspiration and an active leader to the seamen who still continue their—and his—struggle. He is gone, but his work and teachings still remain as an inspiring mumorial. John Hawk, Secretary-Treasurer Atlantic 8E Gulf District ¥• �r •' "'•. >•"• ' Pago Four '• u[''' • ••"• THE ' •'' • SEAFARERS '••'•• '• '. ' " ".' LOG The Patrolmen Say— Friday.'December 14, 1945 Koloa Victory Gets Peacetime Passenger Trade—One By One By JACK E. SMITH The SS Koloa Victory left New York for Baltimore to obtain car­ go and passengers. Much to the surprise of her crew, passengers came traipsing in — one, two, three swaggering up the gang­ way; a female and her. two chil­ .QUESTION:—The Baltimore Hall has just dren. Sailing for Rio De Janiero, had several improvements made in order to bet­ loaded to the limit in early Octo­ ber, 1945 with a woman and two ter service the membership. What do you think children for passengers, was as of these improvements, and what else should be different as night from day, from done to make a better hall? the sailing most of us have been used to. If a crew of a merchant ship had ever reformed, this was ed, the Royal Committee was the one. Every sailor's vocabul­ elected, and the ceremony finally WALTER HAAS—Due to im ary was minus a dozen words or began. provements already made, we more. NEPTUNE HIMSELF should be able to receive much The weather was just about the Tops on the list were our three better representation, and the only thing that sympathized with passengers who quivered and shipping floor can now give bet­ us by being as calm as possible. shook as they approached King *, ter service. It was a good idea to We put in to Trinidad for a day Neptune (Micky Moran). He laybring the leather easy chairs for fuel and did a little fishing, as ed down the law, but, being adown from the third to the sec­ there was no shore leave. Days gentle seaman, did not have the ond deck, and it should have been went on and the question of what heart to send them through the done sooner. My idea concerning would happen to our old tradition torturous procedure we had so further changes is that a door­ of initiating pollywogs on cross­ cold-heartedly figged. As I said man should be employed to keep ing the Equator arose with great­ once before, we certainly were a out the geis-hounds and kids hunt­ er concern. When the day arriv- Teformed crew. ing papers; the clock should be The after part of the boat deck placed in a more visible spot; and was a ringside seat where the a part time dispatcher should be Captain and Mates gazed in^ placed to help on the job. amazement at how this blood­ thirsty initiation had been revo­ lutionized to suit the eyes and WOODROW LAWTON—I have By BUNKER ears of the opposite sex. been sailing from Baltimore for Rio was not far by now and all twelve years, and I think the hall hands slept on the thought of ly see, is unusual generosity for Among many of the older SIU is belter equipped to handle what would be in store for them a waterfront haybag. men who are now going back to membership beefs then ever bethere. On arrival we were very sea after making use of their 4 4 4 for. It is now much more use­ much at ease after seeing our Brother Louis Goffin is always skills in shipyards during the war able and comfortable, and the passengers delivered to the happy full of questions about ships and Ed Ryan, Tampa Bosun, who boys will stay there while on the arms of the awaiting husband. things maritime, so we have a has been sailing blue water off beach. In addition to the fluores­ •We lay in Rio for 21 days, and couple here for him. We think and on for the past thirty years. cent lights, other changes for the a good time was had by all— you might be interested in the Since starting to sea in 1916, better would be to put a linoleum and how—without a single log. Ed has been on all kinds of ships, answers, too. or tiling on the floor, add an as­ The Koloa victory sailed once Do you know why they paint but the toughest of them all, he sistant dispatcher to the staff, more. She hit Santos, Bahia and ships grey? says, was the old America where and secure some recreation equip­ then Recife (Pernambuco) where Aside from blending well with he swung a banjo under hardment for the boys, such as pool our own ill-fated crew met up the horizon and the sky, grey boiled Paddy Brennan, famous tables, ping-pong tables, and with another female passenger, paint creates the illusion of a Fireman of theNorth Atlantic. more tables for writing and card who had her husband, an army ship being bigger than she ac­ playing. Ed picked a hard one for his tually is. Grain ships were once sergent, with her. first trip out after the war, sign­ New York bound once more, ing on as Bosun with a flock of painted grey in the belief that we neared an almost perfect trip the color would kep the cargoes newcomers on the little William LEONARD LAYTON—It looks Nott, a laker-type job out of the cooler. Grey paint was manda­ ekcept for the thought • of those ' . • tory for all Allied ships at the icy winds and snowstorms we as though the SIU in Baltimore McCloskey yards in Tampa. outbreak of the war, and many would soon be bucking. The is finally waking up. The hall not 4 4 4 shipowners believe the color thought of coming home for the,, only looks good, but it's giving Nick Grosius, an AB who has should be retained in peace time. first peacetime Christmas in a better service than it ever did be­ fore. The boys can now see where been shipping out of Gulf ports And that wouldn't offend the hell of a long time made us all the $10 building assessment is go­ since he left Baltic square-rig­ deck gang one bit. Think of the feel pretty cheerful about the whole thing after all. ing—and it's going for a good gers "quite a few years aga," is sujee-woojee you'd save! one of Parker's faithful in the cause. We must keep the gashounds out, and move the scuttle­ Tampa Hall, taking almost any butt to a more convenient loca­ of the rustbuckets that the first tion. If a well-designed neon tripper won't touch. Nick pre­ sign is placed in the window, out­ fers the rust buckets to the new • Crew members of the SS Josua In his opinion, the Seafarers side of the building or on the ships and has spent six months Leach of the Bull Line paid off should practice this policy of di­ front door, it would really show on the Brandywine, which is sup­ one of their "buddies" with a rect and forceful action at all up the hall so people can know posed to be a tough one to crew up, and fourteen months on the flock of Italian dough while in how proud of it we are. little Pan Orleans, grandpappy of Italy, and the Brother in ques­ the Waterman fleet. Says Nick: tion, Lloyd Short, was forced to "The trouble with the young fel­ leave the shores of sunny Italy lows is that they expect a ship to without being able to exchange it. LOUIS VAN EVERA — The Short paid off in Philly, and be spotless and all fixed up for changes already made are very went to his., home port of Bal­ their personal comfort. They good, and should have been made timore to try and change the un­ won't even look at a rustbucket." sooner. The new fluorescent usable lires into good old U. S. lights make it possible for the 4 4 4 currency. But, no dice—there members to see each other now, About a year ago we mentioned he found out that he must be a where formerly the hall was en­ Dynamite Nell and other water­ naval officer in uniform in order tirely too dark, and when the front characters well known to to exchange his mazuma. Short walls get their new coat of paint sailormen. Some lads on the Cape is really cussing the boys who —you'll hardly recognize the old Faro recently suggested that we pulled this quickie on him, and place then. I think a permanent add Rio de Janeiro's "Beach­ thinks the union should do some­ suggestion box should be in­ comber" to the list. The Beach­ thing to help him recover his stalled, so that members can pass comber, they say, hasn't had dough. on good ideas to the union for much in the way of good looks Seriously, though Brother future improvements, and where for many a year, but she knows delegates who are just in can more than any one else 'n Rio. Short, who ships from Baltimore place their beefs, "fhen, when She's a panhandler supreme, but all the time, has seen the SIU Isthmian goes SIU, we can show she puts the bum on one sailor growing by leaps and bounds in times. "That's the only way," our new brothers the best hall and gives the touch away to an­ that port, and develop a policy says Short, "that we continue ^o on any coast. other which, as any one can plain­ of hard hitting aggressiveness. progress as we have in the past." If you don't find linen when you go aboard your ship, notify the Hall at once. A telegram from Le Havre or Singapore won't do you any good. 4. 4. It is up to the oldtimers to teach the newcomers the Union way—their rights, their priviliges . . . and their duties. Cooperation aboard ship is essential, but most cases of lack of cooperation stem from a lack of knowledge, and not from malice. A little coop­ eration will go a long way. 3^ 4 4" Ship delegates must not only cooperate with the boarding Pa­ trolman—which they have been doing—^but must also, since they know the crew best, help in lin­ ing up the trip carders for the Patrolmen. 4^4. WARNING: Men within draft age who have been overstaying their leaves are being reclassified into lA by the WSA. There are no Patrolmen in the Army. FORE 'N AFT Short Shorted By His Pals �saa l^riday. D.ecem^r 14, 194.$ THE S,E APARERS LOG Page Fivet SPEAKS URGES MEN TO COLLECT MONEY DUE PROMPTLY The Editor, Many members of the Union don't realize the Rouble they are causing the organization: by not looking over the Money Due notices and not claiming their dough after the Union has won it for them. Lots of guys would be as hap­ py as I was during this year when I discovered that I had $425 in overtime and transpor­ tation coming to me because of SIU winning beefs in Smith and Johnson, Mississippi and Water­ man lines. The other day one of the boys I know asked for a loan of a buckr I was willing to lend it to him but suggested first that ed away through the efforts of Martin, Doui? GofEin ^d ^9!^ Volpian. (Asst.-Sec.-Treas. Goffin uud N-Y. Engine Patrolman Volpiun)Martin has.my vote as dele­ gate in advance for the next trip we make as shipmates. Patrick John McCann HIS POP'S A UNION MAN FROM "WAY BACK" The Editor, Because I miss quite a few copies of the Log while on trips I would like you to mail a copy to my home. My father is a union man from way back and also enjoys reading about the activities of the Seafarers. James McClain COMMEND SHIP DELEGATE ON PARKERSBURG V we check the Money Due lists. To his surprise he found $100 of his own money collectable at one of the operator's offices. With notices printed in the Log and carried on several bul­ letin boards around the hall there's no reason for money to be left lying at company offices. Another thing, it makes the official who settled the beef look a little foolish when, after a tough battle for the dough, the members don't act as though they need it. So fellers, before you ask for the loan of a buck just check the lists and maybe you can lend someone some money yourself. George M. Thayer WANTS PARENTS TO KNOW GREAT WORK OF SIU Seafarers Log, I'm a member of the SIU and I would appreciate an additional copy of the Log mailed to my parents in Virginia. The Log will aquaint them with the things the SIU is doing for the seamen and just what the benefits are in belonging to a great Union such as ours. Thanks, in advance. Leroy McDowell ROBIN LOCKSLEY DELEGATE DID "GOOD UNION JOB^ F Seafarers Log: Merle G. "Pepper" Martin the stewards department dele­ gate on the SS Robin Locksley did a good Union job for the men in his department. When we hit New York we had a number of beefs in the dept. which were quickly squar­ if they said we were right^ we'd still have to job action the out­ fits because they wouldn't be bound by the committee's find­ ings. Montgomery-Ward is still blocking War Labor Board de­ cisions. The workers there had The Log: As a member of the SIU I want to inform the membership that we have a ship's delegate who is doing a grand job aboard the Parkersburg Victory. His name is Bill Thompson and he's done a lot for the crew. Just tonight (Nov. 29) I over­ heard the Chief Engineer say, "What am I going to do?" after a little session he had had with Bill. The Chief had never been on an organized ship before and now knows about Union rights. Things have been pretty swell and will continue to be with brothers like Thompson to steer us. We have 10 book members aboard and have weeded out the phonies. The members of the crew would like this published in the Log. T. J. Luoma to job action to back up the WLB. Even then they lost the beef because the government moved the army into the outfit and the workers didn't get any­ thing. We workers have only one way of fighting these anti-labor bosses. That's the right to strike and nobody ever heard of a general giving his enemies thirty days notice before he started "job action." We musn't fall for these softly worded anti-labor measures. A. Marco HOSPITALIZED BROTHERS AT FORT STANTON lawful for any union to use its only real weapon, the strike weapon. The bill doesn't state so openly but it has the same effect. It prevents the actual strike for approximately 30 days dur­ ing which a Truman appointed "fact" finding committee "lays the case before the public." La­ bor doesn't participate in the committee and has no voice in its deliberation. It can only sit back helplessly and take it on the chin. This bill should be fought tooth and nail. The SIU should join with aU of Labor in the most rigorous protests against Truman's slave labor attempts. This bill is only one of many that are now being pushed be­ fore Congress and if Labor doesn't fight back with all its power, other bills will be passed that are even more vicious. The executive committee of big business that rules the coun­ try in fact, should be shown in no uncertain manner that Labor intends to resist any and all at­ tempts to take away its only real weapon and its democratic right—the right to strike. B. Goodman Dear Brothers, Here is a list of the SIU broth­ ers who are at the U. S. Marine Hospital here at Fort Stanton, New Mexico. N. Gamanin (Bk No. 8), H. Tottle (Bk No. 86812), Archhibald McGoigan (Bk No. 22934), TIP THEIR HATS E. T. Hardeman (Bk No. 23852), TO SKIPPER OF and myself John R. Sartor (Bk WINFIELD SCOTT No. 36084). I have shown this letter to Seafarers Log: TRUMAN PLAN IS Brothers Gemanin and McGoi­ The crew of the Winfield Scott gan who ask me to have any tip their hats to one of the ANTI-LABOR benefits sent to me and for me to greatest skippers sailing. LEGISLATION pass it out to the brothers here. On our last trip in the MediIf you send it to me, please teranean, Captain Purnell show­ Dear Brothers, ed plenty of guts by dodging make out a paper with each At the New York meeting the mines that broke loose due to a brothers amount on so that he other night, the Seafarers went stei-m and again when one of can sign it when I give him the on record against the President's our engines broke down during money. idea that we should have antia storm when we were danger­ McGoigan tells me that he strike laws, and fact finding ously close to the beach where gets the Log okay. committees. We are all able to eat so far reefs were piled high. I don't think the motion and get around some but I guess On the return trip we again passed by the mepibership went we'll be here for some time yet. encountered a storm but the far enough in condemning this The doctor told me that I should Skipper brought the ship, the idea of putting working people stay a year but I'm trying to ci'ew and the troops aboard, in shackles by passing laws get well fast so that I can go back safely and well within which are undemocratic and back to sea in the next six schedule. sound like they come out of Take a tip from us fellers. It's months.. Naziland instead of America. In the meantime all of us not the ship that counts, it's the If they get such a law passed here would like to hear from man who runs it. it will mean that the smallest the brothers as often as possible. Bart Misuraco beef would never be settled be­ John R. Sartor cause the company wouldn't STEWARD BLAMED fear any kind of job action. FLAYS TRUMAN They'd have thirty days or more FOR BAD FEEDING to stall and by that time the SLAVE LABOR ON JULIUS OLSEN men would be shipped put be­ PROPOSALS Dear Editor, cause of the struggle to earn a The Log, living. We feel it should be brought It would only be a really ma­ This new attempt to put a to the attention of the member­ jor beef that affected the en­ straight jacket on labor, known ship that conditions aboard the tire maritime industry that as the Truman Labor Bill, is an SS Julius Olsen are far from would be worth fighting. By open declaration of war against satisfactory because of steward the time the fact-finding com­ the working people. department difficulties. mittee got through with us, even This bill would make it un­ Full blame cannot be placed entirely on the Steward, but he is generally responsible for the lack of efficiency on the part of his department. It may be true that there are several misfits in the dept. but the Steward has made no attempt to offset their ineptitude by making more bal­ anced menus. We believe that a perfect sample of his disregard for the crew's welfare is illustrated by the Thanksgiving dinner we had. It was served minus, a tablecloth, minus celery, fruit, pickles, salads, nuts or cran­ berry sauce. This, in spite of the fact that the ship received stores two days previously. Everytime he's called to ac­ count he shifts the blame to his department members or the WSA. His favorite answer is "That's all they gimmee." The saving soul served us purple turkey on Labor Day which had been put aboard on the previous trip in May or June. Another thing is that he came aboard as a cook last year and wiggled himself up to the Stew­ ard position. N. W. Regan (Dk Del) FINE HAND OF STALIN SEEN BEHIND CURRAN The Editor, It is obvious that the NI.IU cry to have our troops returned home as soon as possible is more than a grab for publicity. Any­ one who knows the workings of that outfit will see the "fine" hand of Joe Stalin giving orders dii'ect to his commissar "no-coffee-time" Joe Curran. The idea being to get Ameri­ can soldiers out of the countries over there so that the commun­ ists can have a" free hand in turning the entire continent in­ to a commie stronghold. To this end, Curran and com­ pany are using the rank and file members of the NMU as pawns in Stalin's international game. If the NMU rank and file would stop and realize that Cur­ ran and his gang are stopping them from acting as good Am­ ericans in the interest of Amei'ica, they would soon put a stop to their carrying out the work of the communist party of Moscow. This is not the first time they have grabbed a popular slogan in order to confuse the think­ ing of the NMU rank and file as well as^the American people. All of us want the boys home and the sooner the better but that's no reason for us to play right into the communists' hands. Completely discredited as the communists are, we can expect lots of militant words from them as they try to capture American workers who are inexperienced in the ways of the comrats. Pat Ryan �THE Page Six SEAFARERS LOG Friday, December 14, 1945 SHIPS' MIMUTES AND NEWS NAZI DEATH CAR IT"® lliwiiiii iiiiiiiiP®' Aboard Ihe Winfield Scott (Bull Liberty) Bosun Antonio Gon­ zalez perches on whiit is belieyed to be the first gas chamber rail­ road car brought to this country for examination. As far as we know this is the first picture of the Nazi death machine to appear in any jpaper. Weighing 92 ions, the railroad car was brought to New York from Naples. BLUE ISLAND VICTORY MEN HOLD TWO SHIPS MEETINGS AT SEA, Nov. 18 —With 17 book members present, Chair­ man Williams called the meet­ ing to order aboard the Blue Isl­ and Victory. Brother Rosato was elected rec-secretary. Brother Chenevert brought up the question of passageways and insufficient ash trays in the messhalls. This beef was set­ tled immediately after the mem­ ber who was assigned to clean passageways , explained that he had been too ill but was doing his best and the Chief Electri­ cian agreed to turn out some ash trays on a lathe. Questioned about late meals, the Chef and Chief Steward said this was caused by the galley fuel tank running empty. Engine Delegate Rosato under­ took to get the matter straight­ ened cut with the 1st Engineer. The Steward agreed to provide more glasses and cups. Trip card men in the Stew­ ards department who failed to perform their assigned duties were warned to either "work or be made candidates for the NMU." The Chef asked for coopera­ tion on keeping the messrooms clean. He said there was an awful mess when the Messmen come on duty. He promised co­ operation in varying the menus. Other motions dealt with, , laundry being too small, deck .dept. head repairs, steam lines in deck bathrooms, heater in stewards focst'le and deck main­ tenance being given their ov/n focst'le. The meeting adjourned at 3:00 p.m. after a one hour ses­ sion. ) Second Meeting AT SEA, Dec. 2 — Brother Williams was again elected as chairman and Brother Thibeau was acting rec.-secretary. The deck delegates reported that the ash trays had been made and were in use. He also said that he had 8 fuU books in his dept., all in good standing. The black gang delegate report­ ed 7 full books all in good stand­ ing and that the galley fuel tank pump had been repaired by the 1st As^'t Engineer. The stewards department delegate said he had 7 full books, the rest of the men be­ ing trip cards and probationary books. The delegates' reports were accepted. Under New Business the Steward then declared that "stealing was being done" and implied that this might be the result of "Gls floating around quarters." A motion to stop this was amended by Brother Dimitriadis to "a search be made to find a stolen watch." The Steward then reported that he had five men turned to to clean the laundry but that it was filthy again. A motion ma­ king the three department dele­ gates responsible for the laun­ dry cleanliness was carried. Other motions at this meeting included pipe repairs, poor quality of eggs, cheap meats, soap, preparation of a repairs lijft, .slop chest prices and messroom cleanliness. The meeting also adopted a motion to refuse the payoff until all beefs are settled. The meet­ ing then adjourned. SS Alcoa Pointer Crew Shows Real Union Spirit NOVEMBER 10. — The mem­ bership aboard the SS Alcoa Pointer met today under the pro-tern chairmanship of Mar­ vin A. Hauf (Ut-Mess) who was later nominated as permanent chairman and elected by accla­ mation. Nominations for re­ cording-secretary were opened and Oiler W. W. Bain was un­ animously chosen for the post. Reported absent from the meeting were Edward H. Going (Oiler) and John A. W. Orman (FWT), both on watch and James C. Mitchell (AB) who, the deck delegate reported, was unwilling to attend. The stew­ ards department was fully rep­ resented. Under New Business the meeting then took up beefs con­ cerning towels, messhalls and outgoing mail. Also decided at the New Business session was the question of playing pingpong in the messhalls. A mo­ tion was passed demanding either fresh fruit or fruit juices be served each morning for breakfast. At this point the chairman re­ ceived word that Oiler Going and FWT Orman would like to be relieved in order to attend the balance of the meeting. A vote of thanks was extended by the meeting to Oiler Grim and FWT Barber who volunteered as reliefs. Under Good and Welfare the membership adopted a motion calling , upon OS Charles Robert Shatzer to apply for a proba­ tionary book or be placed on the "no shipping" list. Another mo­ tion concerning charges made by Shatzer against Pete DeCatte, the SUP Agent in Baltimore^ called upon the OS to sign a statement substantiating his aUegations. A Motion was adopted in­ structing Wiper Gilbert P. Hampton and Utility Messman Darrel J. Sundquist to contact Union officials upon arrival in port and get their union affilia­ tion status clarifed. The issue involved SlU or SUP member­ ship. The question of AB James Mitchell's absence from the meeting was then taken up and a motion was carried that he be reported to shoreside officials for further action. The meeting adjourned after adopting a motion that no mem­ ber accept the payoff until all .beefs are squared away and the question of transportation money straightened out by the Patrolmen. STRICKEN FROM RECORD NOVEMBER 17. — Chairman Hauf called the meeting to or­ der at 2.00 p. m. and opened the floor for nominations. He was again elected by acclamation after William Barber was nominated and declined. Bain was re-elected to the recordingsecretary post aqd the minutes of the previous meeting were read. A motion was introduced to strike the reference to James Mitchell's absence from the Nov. 10 meeting from the record. It was explained that he had been ill at the time. The motion car­ ried and the minutes were adopted after the amendment was made. Department delegates report­ ed entire deck and stewards de­ partments present. Edward Go­ ing and John Orman of the black gang were on watch and so recorded. A motion was adopted de­ claring that Messman Charles Barrett not be allowed to ship again in the stewards depart­ ment but that he ship in deck or engine departments if he gets the proper endorsemnts. Under new business the meet­ ing adopted motions on life sav­ ing equipment, third cook, and claims against the shipowner for injuries sustained by two deck crew members due to the company negligence. A motion of protest against the chief mate for charging Wiper James P. Feeley eight dollars and fifty cents because . life preserver strap had been broken. A general discussion of the mess followed under Good and Welfare. Iced drinks and chang­ ing of menus demands were taken up with the Steward who appeared for the purpose of hearing the beef. He explained that his department was shorthanded but was striving to have the mess as good as possible. Asked about poor cooking of potatoes, the second cook stated that he just doesn't have time to do the baking and the cook­ ing of vegetables efficiently and that on baking days the vege­ tables suffer and visa versa. He assured the crew that he was even working 12 to 15 hours some days in order that the crew is decently fed. No further dis­ cussion of the subject followed his remarks. At this point the chair called for volunteers to relieve Oiler Going and FWT Orman so that they might attend the rest of the meeting. Clarence Grim and FWT Beri Howard volunteered and received a vote of thanks. The disclosure that some members were going top-side to beef and that Wipers were taking orders from personnel other than the 1st assistant en­ gineer brought instructions from the chair that Wipers take or­ ders only from the 1st assistant and warned all members, in­ cluding delegates against going top-side on their own initiative. His position was supported. On a motion from the floor, the chair appoint a committee for the purpose of listing neces­ sary repairs. Ihe list to be in triplicate with one copy going to the Patrolman, one to the master and one to any member of the crew who elected to re­ main aboard for the next trip. Committee consists of James Mitchell (deck), William Bar- ON SMITH VICTORY Alfzed J. Rascik, AB. just com­ pleted a trip on the SS Smith Victory—New York to Le Havre and return to Boston. 1,500 Gls plus two stowaways, about whom the Log carried two stories, were aboard. He's now waiting to ship out. ber (engine) . and Gus Kline (stewards). The engine department dele­ gate then read excerpts from his report to the boarding Pati-olman reli.tive to the general con­ ditions aboard ship and the .meeting adjourned following one minutes silence in memory of departed brothers. Demand Fresh Fruit Abeard SS W. D. Ferris OCT. 28 — Blaming any fail­ ure to provide fresh fruits and vegetables aboard the SS Woodbridge N. Ferris when she ar, rived in Australia upon the WSA, the Steward told the meeting of SlU men on Oct. 28 that all he could do "is give his requisition for food and they send whatever they think is necessary." After some discus­ sion it was decided that after provisions were sent aboard the Steward was to notify the dele­ gates if his requisition was not filled and the delegates would "find out why." ' Chairman of the meeting was P. Truehart and the rec.-secre­ tary, H. Stirzel. Delegates were: James H. Selway (deck), Ernest Chlssen (engine) and Seldon Clark (stewards). Chief Cook Lovett proposed that the crew should vote on action if the provision requisi­ tion was not filled and with one exception the crew agreed that they would refuse to sail the ship if the delegates reported back unfavorably. The exception was Brother Olson who stated that he thought the action too drastic inasmuch as the ship would be in a foreign port. Brother S. Scott asked the • chair to ascertain whether the Purser was going to get some clothes in the slop chest. He was told "no" but that they could be purchased in Australia. �• ,U Friday, Dsceniber 14. 1945 DIGEST OF MINUTES FROM VARIOUS SlU SHIP MEETINGS SS John Milledge THE SEAFARERS TUFTS SAILOR LOG Page Seven Joliet Crew Keeps Smiling Despite Their Cap'n Bligh ed by the meeting was the ques­ In spite of the Cap'n Bligh tactics of Skipper Evans, the crew October 26—Meeting called to tion of secui'ity watches in LeHavre, overtime for "All Saints of the SS Louis Joliet (Robin Liberty) were highly commended by ord^r with Melvin Hall in the. Day," painting focs'les and chair and H. H. Krenz as rec.18 GIs who were passengers on their return from the Phillippines. sec. First order of business, the messrooms, checking of food At least five members of the crew were in need of medical at­ election of department dele­ stores and installation of new tention by the time the ship hit Colon, Panama but they were gates. J. Mendel, H. Krenz and lockers in the focs'les. denied ueaiment lor treatment for six days. The meeting adjourned after M. Sterne were elected for deck They had about 2000 hours of these men who sail the seven adopting a motion not to payoff engine and stewards depart­ until all beefs were prgperly disputed overtime in the deck seas. ments respectively. "Our conversations, actions settled and that the Purser is­ It was moved, seconded and and engine department alone. and war experiences changed sue vouchers before that time. carried that a recommendation Cigarettes sold for 60 cents as the routine of the crew. Like­ S. to invite the skipper and chief far as Panama ,and then the wise we listened intently to life engineer to attend the meeting Seatrain New Orleans price went up to 88 cents. aboard a merchant ship. Our be held in abeyance until larger AT SEA, Nov. 4—^The meet­ pleasant evening hours with quarters could be found for ship ing, chaired by W. E. Boyd who This ship was so cheap that them over a cup of steaming meetings. Another motion ex­ was elected by acclaim, took up they had the place looking like coffee will long live in our cused two first trippers from at­ the matter of the crew's demand a safe deposit vault with locks memories. tending the meeting on account for time off until noon the fol­ on everything. Rags were ra­ "This has been a long, long Heme Sarra, AB, sailed of seasickness. lowing day if the ship landed in voyage for a little group of ser­ The crew adopted a motion port after 11 a.m. The motion aboard Ihe SS Tuffs Viclory tioned out two at a time. vice men who have dreamed of instructing all hands that crew's was made by Brother Kutsche. which jusl completed a round In spite of the poor conditions home and loved ones, but now messhalls, showers, etc., are for who pointed out that this pracNew York fo Le Havre, resulting from Skipper Evans' it's almost at an end. the crew's use and no other per­ tice had been followed in the and returned with a load of actions the crew apparently "It's been a v/onderful trip, 2,000 GIs, Trip's highlight was turned smiling faces towards sons use them except at the ex­ past aboard this ship. thanks to the crew. press invitation of the crew The crew then went on record the birth of nine pups to a GI the Pacific veterans as is testi­ "Why? Because the smiling dog aboard ship. members. opposing sailing the ship on ar­ fied to in the following state­ faces of the crew kept us smil­ Opinion was divided as to rival at New Orleans unless this ment: ing and cheerful too. It's a fine whether painting messhalls and was agreed to in writing. It also formerly used by the gun crew "When we came aboai-d the showers was deck gang work or instructed Brother Spires to and used by the stewards dept. SS Louis Juliet on the afternoon crew. Our very best to each of stewards. It was pointed out wire Eddie Higdon the New Or­ on the last trip. The matter was of October 13^ we were met by its members." The statement carries the sig­ that this work presented, in leans Agent so that Union rep­ settled with the black gang get­ the smiling faces of most of the natures of 18 GIs. most cases, an opportunity for resentation was available upon ting the use of the head. crew. Not until several days la­ Deck delegate was J. Kirby overtime for stewards dept. arrival there. A wait of ten days at Antwerp ter did any of us realize what and Engine delegate, Monroe members which some held they (Recording-Secretary Adolph for cigarettes and the fact that our coming aboard meant to Lessans. were entitled to. The opposition Capofe notes that "As a result no ice cream was served during brought out that many of the of this action the New Orleans the entire trip was ordered re­ stewards dept. men are inexperi­ Agent met the ship at Belle ported to the boarding Patrol­ GOOD TRIP — GOOD CREW enced in this work but all hands Chase at 11 a.m. and won the men together with a list of were unanimous in referring the crew's demands." They got the needed repairs and improve­ question to shoreside officials time off plus a new electric ice­ ments aboard the vessel. for a decision which would box and promise of a repair job Deck delegate was Frank Hos­ avoid recurrence of this issue when the ship hit drydock at kins, William Wildridge for the aboard ships. the end of the month.) black gang and Norman DeAnother discussion concerned 4. 4. 4, Laurie for the stewards. the location of the crew's radio. Seatrain New Orleans 4 4 4 Excessive and loud playing of (Second Meeting) SS John Stevens the radio, it was said, interferBoyd and Capote were again AT SEA, Oct. 21 — Meeting red with the Firemen's rest in­ elected chairman and rec.-sec., asmuch as the speaker which is respectively and the delegates opened with Warren Wyman in in the crew's mess is close to the proceeded to make their reports. the chair and Frank Hoskins as rec.-sec., both of whom were Firemen's focs'le. A motion was Deck delegate Hanson stated re-elected. Minutes of previous adopted to have it relocated andthat the chief mate had cleaned meeting were accepted and un­ that all card playing take place out the rose box and that this der "New Business" the crew in the mess located furthest was overtime for Brothers Hart away from the Firemen's focs'le. and Britten who were on watch adopted a motion for the deck and engine departments to use It was moved, seconded and at the time. heads and showers on the star­ carried that all hands take their Brother Muzio, the engine beefs to their respective depart­ delegate, reported his depart­ board side of the ship. A motion was adopted to ment delegates and the latter be ment o.k. with no beefs. have the Purser cease the sale authorize ' to call ship meetings Capote reported no beefs for whenever they judge them to be the stewards dept. and that the of cigarettes to the army on the way home because of rationing of benefit to the crew. The dele­ ship was short of a messman. to the crew. Another motion gates were instructed to con­ A motion was adopted de­ tact army officers and request manding overtime for all hands called upon the Steward to ex­ "A good Irip and a good crew" say ABs Bob High and Norman use of No. 3 hold for further for late sailings. It was pointed plain the shortage of plates, cups Provan of the SS Oils E. Hall which paid off in Charleston. and glasses in the messroom. ship meetings. out that the company was aware Meeting adjourned at 3:30 t X that the ship couldn't sail on after a 1^2 hour session. time because of a bad boiler. SS John Milledge 4 4 4 A list of suggested agi'eement November 12—Meeting call­ SS Reinhold Richter ed to order at 1.30 p.m. with M. changes was read by Brother AT SEA, Nov. 4—Members of Hall in the chair and J. Werner Kufsche and the crew approved as rec.-sec. The purpose of the them being turned over to the SIU aboard the SS Reinhold Because "the New Orleans cepted. No beefs and every­ meeting was announced as "ship shoreside officials for consider­ Richter today voted that any crew member who relieves the Patrolman gave us very good thing in good shape. The crew sanitation and welfare." Broth­ ation in future negotiations. In a special message from the watch late shall be fined one cooperation" in getting every­ then discussed the question of ers McKenzie and Nelson were crew, submitted by the rec.-sec., dollar which will be turned over thing squared away before they cigarettes which, reported the made "Master at Arms." sailed, the meeting aboard the chairman, had been taken up The deck delegate declared the men stated that changes are as a Log donation. Other motions adopted by the Francis M. Smith on Dec. 2 was in New Orleans with the Cap­ that no beefs existed in his de­ needed in shipboard working partment except overtime dis­ rules inasmuch as seamen now crew penalized members who short and to the point. tain who had guaranteed 2 car­ putes. He stated that this will work far more hours than work­ fail to put their cups and dishes Several of the old timers took tons a week for the voyage. be left to the boarding Patrol­ ers in other industries and "now away after eating and to give the floor to give a talk on Union Main also reported that the is the time for each member to the Steward a vote of thanks for activities especially for the new­ man at the payoff. Skipper had agreed to change Engine delegate reported he start action leading towards a his cooperation during the .trip. er men and the cTew went on the quarters as soon as the pas­ expected a clean payoff with no 40 hour week for seamen." The latter motion was opposed record extending best wisiie.; for sengers had disembarked at beefs but complained about the by one member. 4. 4. 4 the holiday season to "all the Trinidad. messroom untidiness. Members of the crew wanted brothers on the beach and at SS John Stevens The delegate for the stewards AT SEA, Oct. 14 — Meeting to know if comoensation would sea." Blackie Gardner made a mo­ told the meeting that his depart­ aboard the SS John Stevens be paid because of the lack of Chairman Mack Main opened tion that the crew give a vote ment was in good shape except with Warren Wyman elected bedspreads but it was proposed the meeting with a talk on co­ of thanks to New York Agent for green and inexperienced first chairman and Frank Hoskins that this be left to the Boarding operation between the thiee de­ Paul Hall for the "hard work trippers. elected rec.-sec., both by ac­ Patrolman for settlement. partments and stressed the need he is doing in the Isthmian or­ An open discussion was then clamation. Delegates aboard the Richter for keeping the ship and quar­ ganizing drive." The motion car­ held for the crew in general and Under "New Business" the are John Rothery (E n gi n e ), ters clean both during the trip ried unanimously, the new men in particular. membership discussed the ques­ Charles Wobeser (Deck) and and for the payoff. Neal Smith was the record­ Among other matters discuss­ tion of who was to use the head Curtis J. Band (Stewards). Delegates reports were ac­ ing-secretary. mammmMmrnm ALL BEEFS SETTLED BEFORE SAILING ON FRANCIS SMITH 111 If !i •u . f I �Page Eight THE SE4tl4E^R& laG Friday. Dj^qemb^r 14« 1945 Mobile, Too, Wants A New Hall By JAMES L. TUCKER MOBILE — Shipping has slow­ ed down, but we expect it to pick up this coming week with four ships due in for the Alcoa Com­ pany and two for Waterman. We particularly need ABs at the pres­ ent time and Cooks. We will have three more C-2s out here— the Median Creek on or about Dec. 21st; the Fairport around Jan. 10th, and the J^hn B. Water­ man around the 1st of Feb. Voting has been fair here with about four times as many voting this year as did last year. It shows an increasing interest is being taken in the Union by some of the younger Union mem­ bers. The Hall was broken into last week, and so far all that we find missing is the radio, which was still in working condition even if it was six years old. We are still looking for a new Hall, and we hope that we do not have to look as long as the Port of Norfolk did. They had to look for two years, and if we have to look that long the one we are in will fall down before that time. (Edi­ tor's note: But take a gander at the Norfolk story.) SHORT RUN Quite a few of the Tankers are beginning to run coastwise out of here, so any one wanting a short a-un come on down, as the weather iis just starting to turn cool. For the past week we did not have a • ship to payoff, but had eight to sign on with plenty of beefs about signing on. All of these ships signed on with no WSA Rider No. 64. They signed on to payoff in the Gulf area, and we hope in the future to be having them to sign on to payoff in the Port in which they sign on. • We are having a good many ships in transit from the Pacific 'Coast with every one wanting to pile off—^when the ships leave the coast they expect to go in the iboneyard, and some of them are coming in with just enough food for one more meal and a skimpy one at that. Some of our members must The Patrolmen SayCarry your gear with you when •you report to your ship. You might want to change your shirt ,when you met those senoritas or those mademoiselles. Each member should con­ sider himself a one-man organiz­ ing squad. Always carry some of the Union organizing material with you, and give to the unor­ ganized seamen you meet. Re­ member: Isthmian, too, must be SIU. i . Not only good Unionism, but ordinary courtesy and regard for your friends: Clean your quar­ ters thoroughly before signing off. have read the old ad^e that two can live as cheaply as one, for several have just tied the knot, one of them being James (Hambone) Watler. The Andrew Jack­ son bunch hit town and only lasted a few days, most of them having already shipped. Jughead Chandler has deserted the Pan-Orleans and is making a trip across. Brother (Von Steigle) Horn is back after mak­ ing a nine day trip on our train­ ing ship, the Pan-Orle«uis. Quite a lot of the oldtimers are sitting around waiting for a standby job to last over the Holidays. We understand that Brother Bob Matthews is expected in town for a few days, we hope he doesn't have to stand up aU the way from Frisco. i] NO NEWS?? SIU Takes Over WSA-Literally By LEON JOHNSON NORFOLK — Brothers, if you the doors are open and you are want to. see a nice hall, of which always welcome. With business like it is you the membership is proud, just breeze down to Norfolk, the Port won't only get a chance to view R|R1J^>ELPHIA our fair city but, also to get a that always needs a seaman. For TAMPA job. This Wednesday, December a long time the membership has 5th, we planned our first meeting GALVESTON JACKSONVIU'E been in need of a larger build­ in the new building, but due to ing; and now that they have it. the fact that this is an extremely busy port, and SIU men can't linger long, we had to get along without our hall warming affair. This building was bought out pecially in the matter of food work until the Army comes from under the War Shipping shipments for Europe. It 4;akes aboard on the other side. considerable time to take care of Administration, showing you that PAID GUESTS things up there; yet we've got Reading the riot act doesn't the SIU is on the ball. We now to have representation there for seem to have much weight, for have a building in which SIU our ships, particularly since there when the ship pays off the over­ is an NMU hall operating in Port­ time can be terrifically high for members can be proud to meet land. The situation in Providence a department carrying the regu­ in, and to acknowledge as their may prove to be similar in the lar complement cl Messmen. Most Norfolk Branch. very near future, as the commies of the time the Steward says they THE SIU WAY have a spot there ^so. didn't even earn their regular wages, much less the overtime. As in the past, we will see to BAKED BEEFS All beefs in this port have been Well, one cheerful thought is that it, personally, that any beef or squared away in the usual Boston the troops will all be home some­ differences can be settled in the style. A Port Committee meet­ day, soon. good old SIU way. If a Brother We've still got a major gripe up ing here with Eastern SS officials who has ever been in the port of finally resulted in an agreement here, in which every member regarding the ever-recurring lin­ that comes into the Boston hall Norfolk remembers 25 Commer­ en beef that should settle it for concurs—the same old one about cial Place, it will be with a feel­ all time. Eastern has agreed the Hall. It's getting worse all ing of indignation at the old to pay $2.00 per week linen the time, with not even enough crummy place. The new SIU money. Members of the SS Galen room for desk space for the Pa­ Hall here is reaUy something. It Stone, who started this thing trolmen and Dispatcher. In order is located in the heart of Norfolk. rolling, can collect their money to get into the office, someone It offers plenty of room for the has got to run interference for membership to conduct its meet­ by writing Eastern. . But there is one sort of beef you; and there is nothing that ings, instead of rentl T an extra that we have plenty of trouble can be done to remedy the crowd­ building as in the past. It has with: namely, the type of Mess- ing, because there is no way to ample space for a recreation men we are getting for the stew­ change the present set-up. So room, which we hope to have ard department of the troopships. here's hoping the returns on the ready soon as plans, now under These kids don't seem to know referendum will give us the go- way, are completed where the they are supposed to do 8 hours' ah'^ad sign. membership can lounge around Still plenty of jobs in this port and take it easy. work like anyone else. Some of them will tell the Steward that for any of those boys who want "OUR HALL" they've signed on as Army Util­ to duck out on the girl friend ity, and that they don't have to for Christmas. The membership in Norfolk is very cooperative. They ship for a living. They are proud to drive past 127 Bank Street and say to their families, "This is our new building. It belongs to us." By BOB HIGH In a few days, the painters will BALTIMORE—Shipping in the waste in answering questions have a sign ready to hang in Oriole City continues to be the which are very clearly answered front of the building. You won't best in its history and, from all in the . shipping rules, we could indications, it will continue this crew thousands of ships. So, what IF IT HMS way. The need for qualified men do you say? The next time you're is acute, and -we can ship any on the beach, get yourselves I'P BUST/ qualified man on damn near any copies of the shipping rules, and look them over—and then you type of job he wants. Because of this shortage we are can aU be as smart as any piecard. The Baltimore Hall has just suffering from, we have been forced to call the Port of New had some changes made in its York frequently during the past layout, which the members should week, and tapping them for men. find to their best interests. We have an idea that New York Thanks to those members on the is having its own troubles (How beach, who put in a lot of hard about it, Paul Gonsorchik and work on it, we have completely Red Truesdale?), and we hope changed the shipping set-up here. that in the future we will be able You'll find it har(i to recognize be able to miss it even if you v/hen you see it the next time. to handle our own local jobs. wanted to. Come down and make Monkey wrench corner here is It would be a good thing—to yourself known. Baltimore, just change the subject gracefully— still the same—no changes made you be careful, for though we are if the membership, in its spare there except in money, as the old a small town port we're booming. time, would study up on their established firms do business at In signing off, I now say. Bro­ shipping rules. If they did, it the same old stands. For a quick job, for a quick ther Seamen, we settle beef, set­ would sure save shipping dis­ patchers in general (and me in trip, or for a quick good time tle hash, settle stew and settle particular) a hell of a lot of when you come back in, come cash. Give us a try and you will trouble. During the. time we down here to Baltimore—quickly. be satisfied. BUonea this WMk from lha Hxaocfa Agents of tb» follow- Ships In Transit Should Settle Beefs At Payoff By JOHN MOGAN BOSTON — This is the first op­ portunity I've had for some time to get around to writing a few paragraphs for the Log. It has been exceptionally busy up this way—all kinds of ships in port, including three troopships at one time, paying off and signing on. Crew replacements have been hard to find, but it is gratifying to say that no SIU vessel was delayed. However, a payoff is getting to be a soft touch. It is these in transit and loading ships that cause the real headaches The crews on these have all kinds of beefs, necessitating more run­ ning around than do the average overtime disputes, etc. Then, too, the stuff in transit, due to payoff in some other port, stops here to discharge cargo, and we have the delegates up trying to settle their beefs here. TWICE OVER This, of course, is wrong, becuse in some other port the Pa­ trolman will have to go over the same ground. Moreover, it will be his decision that will decide the issue, not ours. And there is always the possibility that some dispute will arise in which the boarding Patrolman will be told by some guy short on brains and memory that "the guy up in Boston said such-and-such." We don't want this sort of thing to happen; consequently, we try to explain to the man that their disputes rightfully should be handled by the patrol­ men in the payoff port. REMOTE PICKETING The NMU pulled its phony 24hour work stoppage in Boston. The whole thing had about as much effect on waterfront acti­ vities up here as the cat usually has on the marble floor. Tlie longshoremen worked every ship in the port, and business was carried on as usual in all depart­ ments. In fact, I don't know where the pickets did their pick­ eting, but 1 understand they de­ serted the waterfront and repair­ ed to the Boston Common to listen to the commie harangues from Parkman Bandstand. It really is farcical the way those guys can mess up their own pub­ licity angles. Still getting ships up in Port­ land, so it looks as though this port wiU make a comeback, es­ Urges Study Of Shipping Rules �m Friday, December 14, 1945 THE Old Times Return To Puerto Rico SEAFARERS LOG INNOVATOR able to see and remember. But I think it would be a good idea to have service flags made up, each branch to have one for par­ ades and occasions — with a gold star and the number of men of our organization who paid the su­ preme sacrifice. Well, this is about all for this time; but if you really are out to enjoy some fine fishing—for fish weighing from 10 pounds and up—and you like to catch Baltimore old timer, in mem­ lobsters of the same weight, and bership—not years—Sam D. Wat­ you Love The Lovely Senoritas son, FWT, stands for the Sea­ and the best Rum and the finest farers progressive action, and climate in the world—^then we introduced at Baltimore a motion Replacements have been slow will be seing you soon. The calling for a new SIU program on on these ship, but there have been papers state that the weather is education, publicity, and business a good number of the old Carioca on the chilly side up North. coordination. Boys on them. They looked the 'situation over, so we expect some of them to pile off the next time they come down and enjoy the tropical weather we always have By LOUIS COFFIN here in the Enchanted Isle. We note, with considerable like us, who have struggled for It is getting easier to tell what satisfaction, that more and more years to raise our pay and who Company is operating the ships, members are registering their re­ eVen now have to fight daily now that they are all getting the sentment against existing slop against chiseling operators, chest conditions by proposing should let these conditions re­ stack markings on. that this vital part of shipboard duce our earnings through over­ life come under the Union's con­ charging and inferior products. HAVE YOU VOTED? CAN BE DONE Voting has been slow in this trol. With overcharging the general There is no reason in the world port. So far we have voted only habit, and the quality of sup­ why seamen can't operate their 28 men and those that don't vote plies growing steadily worse, SIU own slop chest through their will be on the ones who beef men are demanding that the Union. We have numerous able about the men who get elected. Union undertake the handling of and reliable Stewards who have Fellows, you have a democratic slop chests aboad all contracted plenty of experience in purchas­ union, and the membership con­ ships. ing and distribution. These men trols all business that is doing. So Apparantly working under the are closer to the crew and under­ as Union men who belong to the theory that "seamen are a bunch stand their needs much better only democratic union on the of dopes who don't know the dif­ than " the present people who waterfront, it is your duty to ference anyway" many ship handle the slop chests. vote. Let us get together and chandlers are selling the Pursers, They could buy supplies with make this a banner year at the some of them inexperienced, all Union funds and sell them to the ballot box. their obsolete, outmoded and sur­ seamen either at cost or at regu­ The idea of a Memorial Plaque plus stocks at prices considerably lar, legitimate prices and leave for each branch is a fine thing higher than a reasonaWe profit the profits for division among to have in the Hall, and every demands. SIU members in the same manner It seems ridiculous that men one who enters the hall will be as the cooperatives do. (The co­ ops pay dividends to their mem­ bers after charging regular prices to everyone who buys. This plan would give every member of the SIU a share in the slop chest By ROBERT MATTHEWS Time To End Slop Chest Racket Frisco Presses Isthmian Drive SAN FRANCISCO — Business , in this Port is just about at standstill, due mostly to the ma­ chinists' strike. The operators are not . bringing the ships in here for fear of having them be­ come strikebound. However, the Port of Wilmington is booming. Most of the ships are being di­ verted to Wilmington, Portland and Seattle. At this writing, there are eight Isthmian ships in the San Fran­ cisco Bay Area. Most of these ships are 100% SIU. The Beaver Victory, which just came around from the East Coast, is very good shape. If the members continue sailing these ships as they are now, this election is in the bag— on this Coast the whole machin­ ery is in this campaign whole­ heartedly. Red Simmons and Matt Short have been covering the Isthmian Ships here every day, and they report very definite progress. They have come in contact lately With one of the top drawer or. ganizers for the NMU. This guy's hame is Terry Garabedian, and Simmons concludes that this guy would be a pretty good salesman if he had any product worthy of selling. The Isthmian men have repeat­ edly asked Garabedian for copies of the NMU contracts, but Gara­ bedian so far has failed to pro­ duce them. The Isthmian men can't understand this attitude, in­ asmuch as the SIU contracts have been put on every Isthmian ship for the men to read. Can it be that the NMU is ashamed of their contracts? I asked Red if he thought Gar­ abedian was a commie, and he said he didn't think Garabedian had enough sense to be a com­ mie — "He is probably just a commie stooge"—but he has de­ finitely been through the commie "leadership school." If You Want To Ship In A HurryBy ARTHUR THOMPSON By BUD HAY SAN JUAN — In the last two weeks shipping has been coming in like old times. With the shickshinny and the Cape Pillar in for South Atlantic, one to Bull and the Cape Pillar for A. H. direct from the West Coast; Cape Faro and Cape Flacon for Waterman, Geo. Washington from New York and the Alcoa Pegasus direct from the West Coast for McCormack. Cape Texas, Cape Nome Coastal Mariner and Jean for Bull. Page Nina SAVANNAH—Last week start­ ed off with a payoff on the SS Wm. Bevan in Charleston. There were no beefs and the payoff was made in record time. The old man is an old SUP man, and so is the mate. The first assistant engineer is a retired member of the SIU. Captain Bromberg and the crew threw a party aboard last Wednesday and from all re­ ports a good time was had by all. During the payoff, which start­ ed while the ship was in dry dock, we moved to the oil dock and I couldn't get ashore until about 5:30. Then I had to taxi across town to get to my car. After checking with the company agents to see what replacements were needed, I started back to Savannah. After about 50 miles the car went dead. I pulled off the road and checked and dis­ covered my oil pump was adrift. It, took me hours to get a lift, and then I v/as taken to a town which was quite a bit out of the way, but the only place near by where I might be able to get some help. I had to wait until morning before I could get towed in and get fixed up again. It only cost four bucks towing and labor which was quite a break. I man­ aged to get back to Savannah a bit later for breakfast. CANADIAN VISITORS We managed to get the Loring out but about 10 days late. Now we need replacements for the Point Vicente, the Wm. Bevan, the Del Ouro and the Follansbee, all in Charleston. A Gulf Tanker, the Chisholm Trail called for some replacements and I man­ aged tc get a Wiper for her, but she was late and sailed shorthanded. The Warren T. Marks, an SUP ship, has a few men on who want replacements so they can get off, but I don't know of anyone who'll take over. We have a Canadian ship in port, the Griffco, with a crew of BCSU men aboard. Some of them came over for the meeting last Wednesday, but we couldn't get a quorum and they were disap­ pointed. They have been hitting the meetings in every port they touched, and only missed out this one time. Dick Deely is aboard her, and any of you who may have been to Vancouver might know him. We have two Isth­ mian ships in, and one has a crew composed almost entirely of SIU men. Those who don't belong already have signed pledge cards. Most of these boys were shipped from Galveston and would like to get off for the holidays, but the articles call for a trip to a load­ ing port, which should be Bal­ timore. The other Isthmian ship I mentioned last week. We have one man in the hospi­ tal in Savannah and quite a few are laid up with colds. The weather down here hasn't been too good lately. Shipping is still very good and promises to keep up for some time. If you want to ship out in a hurry come to Savannah. Labor Unites Against Reaction (Continued from Page 1) permissible during the 30 days; the first five days would be the president's margin for appoint­ ment of the fact-finding board; the 20 days for investigation; the next five days for publication. In a fighting speech, AFL Pres­ ident William Green denounced this and the other union-busting bills being pushed before Con­ gress. These bills, he said, had done one good thing—"they have served to cement and unite or­ ganized labor." "There is no di­ vision among us on this vicious legislation," he said. "The performance of workers during the war has been widely hailed as a miracle," he declared. "And now, after we have made that contribution, ai'e we as a reward to be reduced to slavery and servitude?" AS IN RUSSIA? "Sponsors of these bills extol the virtues of free enterprise. But how can we maintain the free enterprise system if workers are deprived of their rights and lib­ erties?" he asked. Green bluntly warned that if Congressmen continue to push anti-union legislation and to shackle workers, labor will be "driven to desperation" and "move to the left, just as did the workers of Britain." Lashing at the hysteria that has been stirred up over strikes. Green added: "There are no strikes in totalitarian Russia. Do we want that kind of strikeless nation?" the goods.) It's high time we put a. stop to all those peddlers and chiselers who have been making a good living out of the sweat of the sea­ men. Reducing the cost of goods is the same as increasing our wages. We should be for it. GOOD BYE, SOON We are waiting patiently for the Coast Guard to announce their retirement from the mer­ chant marine scene. Although various sources have told us that they are to get out at the end of 1945, we'll believe it when we see it. So far we've had no of­ ficial announcement, but we are awaiting the opportunity of send­ ing condolences to all those un­ iformed lawyers who will have to leave their gold braid and re­ turn to civilian clothes. We will then express our deep sympathy in past statements, that bringing for their enforced return to work. the servicemen back to America We wonder how the GIs, who is first on the agenda of the LORRIMER TUCKER are waiting patiently to get home, Seafarers International Union, Book No. 26556 enjoy their new, self-proclaimed and we don't find it necessary to Died in Boston August 8th. friends in the commie unions who pull phony stoppages to get that pulled the recent phony work Joined sfu in July 1943. stoppage. While the commies job done or to convince the pub­ were using their usual Moscow lic of our aims. L. W. CULLISON propaganda, we were busily en­ We've got to get our boys back Book No. 974 gaged bringing the boys home, for their benefit and not for the Died in New York August 24th. which is what the GIs really political motives of the com­ want. munist party and their Moscow Joined SIU in December 1938. We hat^e made it very plain. commissars. Fina I Dispatch i ; i- JJ I �:f^!r';.-T7?;r--;^'-M'"i=''?r#--7>:;o»-;,%'*fr:7:/>'v/?'- Page Ten THE SEAFARERS LOG •, Filda^t December 14, 1B45 THE WEEK'S NEWS IN BEVIEW A Sports And News Roundup For The Benefit Of Our Union Members In Foreign Ports. CURRENT EVENTS.. SPOBTS. REDSKINS BLANK GIANTS In the season closer at Wash*ington, the Giants took it on the chin from Washington—Redskins 17, Giants 0. This win places Washington in undisputed pos­ session of the Eastern crown, and they will now battle it out with Cleveland's Rams for the Na­ tional Football League champion­ ship on December 16. Bothered with line trouble all season, Coach Steve Owen was minus the services of vet linemen Mel Hein and Jim Poole for most of the game due to twisted legs, and Frank Cope for the entire game on account of illness. Poor Steve just sat on the bench, holding his head in anguish, as the 'Skins scored their two markers in the second half. for Sunday games or as a coach. The battle over night games highlighted the Chicago confer­ ence of the major league ball teams. Baseball Czar Happy Chandler is also coming in for some strong criticism as part of the annual game of "shooting the commissioner" . . . Villanova is really looking for trouble during the next three years. Why? Oh, merely because the boys sche­ duled openers with the Army football juggernaut for three sea­ sons . . . Ice and snow facilities for skiing, skating, bobsledding. AT HOME and all winter sports are being readied for a record winter sea­ son at popular Bear Mountain, N. Y. . . . The National AAU has awarded the national boxing championship tourney to Boston after considerable bitter debate. GM STRIKERS WARM UP ALL-TIME GRID GREATS Search of the All-Time records reveals that only one player was ever chosen by all selectors—Heffelfinger, guard, of Yale. Stories of his prowess while at Yale and in later life show that he was a fast thinker on the field who knew how to seize upon situa­ tions and take immediate ad­ vantage of them. The power­ ful Pudge was equally adept at tearing holes in the opponent's line, diagnosing their plays, and breaking up mass plays and wedges. Many players have been men­ tioned as potential All-Time standouts or stars, but only this grid immortal stands alone on his pinnacle as the expert's choice as the game's greatest player. When­ ever football oldtimers, bugs, coaches, or what have you, gather to talk over the grid immortals, Plckeiing in December is cold work, so these General Motors the name of Heffelfirger crops strikers in Detroit are quick to take advantage of their mobile coffee up as the greatest of the great. kitchen. While officials of United Auto Workers (CIO), resume ne­ gotiations with GM (Dec. 6), they continue their fight for UAW's HOT STOVE LEAGUE 30% wage demand on the picketline. (Federated Pictures) Madison Square Garden cele­ brates it's 20th birthday on Sat­ urday, Dec. 15th — 20 years of AFL LENDS A HAND colorful, panoramic existence for the house that Tex Rickard built ... New York's baseball Giants hired Tom Sheehan to help Man­ ager Mel Ott on the coaching staff . . . Detroit Tigers rejected trade proposed by the N. Y. Yank­ ees — George Stirnweiss for Homer Hank Greenberg . . . 'Tis rumored that veteran football Giant Ken Strong is retiring from the grid wars. Steve Van Buren, flashy back of the Philly Eagles, established a new season's high-point score with a total of 110 points for the '45 season . . . Ailing Henry Picard, who came to Florida "to help my neuritis," breezed home in front of the field in the Miami ' Open Golf tournament, and cop­ ped $2,250 in prize money . . . Right hander Ted Lyons of the Chi White Sox has been released from the marines, and the 45Labor moved to lessen juvenile delinquency in Biridgeport, Conn., year-old hurler wants his old job when it gave $35,494 to wipe out a Boys Club deficit. Here, AFLer back. Sox " manager Jimmy Joseph Cleary enjoys a checker game with a Boys Club member Dykes said he would use Lyons while his union brothers crowd around to kibits. The annual wage demands of many parts of organized labor looked more hopeful this week as Ford intimated that a guarantee may be offered by the company . . . January 14 is the date set for the general steel strike unless the $2 daily wage increase is granted, or a compromise is reached . . . Union leaders in the electrical in­ dustry demanded an immediate investigation, charging that re­ frigerators, radios and other appliances are being withheld from the public "until the excess profits tax goes off at the end of this month and OPA grants price increases." This is not the first charge that industry is engaged in a sit-down strike against the American people in an attempt to grab additional profits or else. Secretary of State Byrnes declared that the welfare of the liberated countries comes before that of Germany. On Wednesday he left by plane for Moscow and the meeting of Foreign Minister^. Among discussions there, atom bomb control will have top priority . . . The Senate Foreign Relations Committee dropped the matter of ex-Ambassador Hurley's charges that "career diplomats had wrecked America's policy in Iran and China" . . . The Congressional Committee investigating Pearl Harbor was told that, four days before the attack, the Navy had intercepted a Tokyo message in­ forming Jap diplomats that war was about to break out against Britain, the U. S. and the Netherlands . . . The House narrowly defeated a proposal for immediate consideration of repeal of the Smith-Connally act. The anti-strike law was not working out for %9i| the labor haters and new controls on labor and more stringent measures are being proposed instead. 4 General Motors announced the cancellation of collective bargain­ ing agreement with the United Automobile Workers, demandinjg "provisions requiring union responsibility and assurance of unin­ terrupted production" in any new agreement . . . Some 20,000 pickets were in front of the company's headquarters on the twentieth day of the strike . . . Meanwhile the UAW, in the person of Ford Director Dick Leonard, offered Ford an agreement which would give the company the right to fire "leaders of unauthorized walk­ outs." Militant UAW rank and filers immediately declared that Leonard "would be back in the shop" as soon as they could arrange matters at the coming UAW convention where he will have to stand for re-election. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach attributed industrial unrest to a "fear complex worse than that after Pearl Harbor" and urged that industry and labor get together "before disastrous results set in" . . , Joint tests of atomic bombs against naval vessels was an­ nounced by the Army and Navy. This was seen as an Army assuf- * ance that the Navy would not be able to minimize the effects of the bombs on surface craft in an attempt to safeguard their traditional importance to national defense. INTERNATIONAL Iran looked, toward the Moscow meeting of Foreign Ministers for a satisfactory solution to its internal problems. The Red Army has been accused of hampering the government's attempts to defeat the revolutionaries in Azerbaijan Province, and that whole area appeared to be in the hands of the autonomous forces . . . The Chinese National Government, assured of Russian assistance for its forces, moved to take over control of Manchuria . . . Indepen­ dence leaders in Java threatened to use poison as well as guris and expressed themselves ready to fight American, Russian and Chinese troops if they were brought in to aid the British and Dutch. Cartel Agreements with American industries provided the Nazis with vital war materials and I. G. Farbenindustrie was enabled to produce the "deadliest poison gas in the world" which they tested on human beings, according to evidence now available . . . General "Blood and Guts" Patton was in critical condition at the Heidelberg Hospital following an automobile accident. His wife was flown to his side . . . The all-party Palestine Arab Council rejected the right of the Anglo-American committee to inquire into the Holy Land situation. General De Gaule, President of France, declared that his country stood as a balancing factor between Russia and the U. S. and for the sake of peace, must retain the friendship of both . . . Mus­ solini's son-in-law; Count Ciano, kept a diary which was introduced at the Nuremberg trials to show how the Nazis tried to speed the , Japs into the war ... In China 120,000 communist troops were re- " ported attacking the town of Lincheng in southern Shantung .... Venezuela opposes outright intervention, but favors "hemispheric repudiation" of all non-democratic American governments, not only that of Argentina. �I TBE SEAFARERS Friday, Dec6mber 14, 1945 SS THOMAS HYDE C. J. Collins $ .77 William F. Ketcher 2.69 M. Renvaro 2.69 Frank Silva 16.12 Frank Woznik 19.47 L. E. Oliver 67 John M. Ferguson F. Kenner 22.63 John Pabarcus C. Jackowski 23.38 R. J. Winter A. Fletcher 14.73 E. Cocking J. Egan 17.33 J. Dufort P. Clendeming 8.01 J. Billings N. Cline 6.57 F. Hill H. Morris 10.84 W. Kozane W. L. McCarthy 20.63 E. DeCelles •F. D. Crowell 23.38 F. DeSantis A> Rousseau 28.06 C. White Brienze 11.26 C. Vanderhoff John Kenny 4.89 J. Albright George Jones 4.32 William Stosek '. Robert Willets ' 29.73 James Reeves James Reeves W. R. Garrett 7.61 John J. Hayden 8.03 George M. Gibson Orlando Gpngoldes 7.19 George M. Gibson j. M. Thomas 4.89 Elvin J. Morrison Charles E. Denvers 7.19 John A. McCloud Gus A. Opolus 2.69 Max J. Baer John F. Ferguson 18.08 James Reeves R. R. Ederquist 1.00 Ira G. Pearson Cornelius Collins 1.22 Wilfred T. Luce J. A. Kirby 22r37 Maynard Blosser G. S. Lucas 40.86 Michael Hanley Milton Nelson 7.76 Augustine Gallegos W. A. Shiller 5.69 Anthony Moshak , A. Tanimiston 7.58 Paul E. Grinim LOG Phge Eleven —Unclaimed Wages— Calmar Steamship Company 1.00 2.88 1.42 .67 •'1.34 .67 .67 .67 1.34 .67 1.34 3.36 1.34 6.80 8.22 7.70 8.22 9.07 3.15 5.89 3.37 15.99 3.14 2.11 7.57 2.11 5.77 4.82 3.37 Volley R. Collins Georgos Kosmas Hugh T. Martin James T. Whitehouse Holger Hansen Anthony Moshak Jose DeJesus James R. Brenizer Richard W. Adamczyk Joseph Binowski Robert A. Snieder Bertram Agol Teodor Skrypel Josef S. Czaplak Charles W. Miller Juan Santos Torres George Jonah Denis C. Metaxes Robert Moore Harry L. Rogers Richard J. Creel 16.83 84 1.68 1.68 84 84 28.41 19.96 10.97 2.52 5.70 3.79 12.45 3.37 20.54 7.87 59.22 37.81 20.46 89 44.89 J. T. Gallenstine I. Rosyold Edward Bostwick G. Prudencio A. E. Jelken .R. B. Hughes David Schwartz Milton Raible John Rentalow Harry Wilke Jr Jack R. Shaver Joseph Sussman Richard Prickney Teime Loakkenow Arthur A. Volors John Gajdirewicz Robert R. Lonzon Frank Seriano Harold W. Simmonds Edward A. Hampson Leslie H. Johnson Frank Seriano Augustin J. Disano 11.41 4.70 4.70 13.09 4.70 .92 40.42 3.46 8.06 8.06 6.81 75 2.52 2.52 2.52 5.05 10.10 3.37 3.37 3.37 9.90 4.05 21.08 SS FREDERICK L. DAU Sam Green $ 12.03 William J. Ackerman 1.47 SS WILLIAM PEPPERELL Aubrey Thorp 12.53 D. Marchant $ 2.11 R. H. McLaurin 6.71 L. Langelier 84 James Starr 21.12 W. Troy 18.51 T. Mullarkey 4.12 B. Osmond 5.94 D. W. Purvis 4.12 W. Wardznski 10.94 W. Hasty W. E. Goodwin B. Hund R. Johnson James Sanders Clement Tennant Joseph Wallace David Kendrick James Wallace David Kendrick Benjamin Richardson Robert Johnson H. Kolter H. A. Stofel G. Troser John R. Hutchinson George B. Gabriel Ronald B. Barnes Bernard Kliminsky George B. Gabriel James H, Brandon David Gibson Michael Greco John Moko Richard Vance Joseph R. Masek Carl T. Trontmann Augastino Dorazio Edward B. Nichols Ronald B. Barnes Martin J. McDonnell Albert J. Wedlake Robert A. Baer Nickalas Koralchuck Joseph Caldwell Joseph Kirrec Armand R. Thibodeau 10.94 6.32 25.24 1.68 4.15 4.15 4.15 4.15 8.39 ^ 14.38 80 1.59 16.78 6.39 8.09 97.06 2.52 2.52 2.52 20.29 9.15 2.58 3.22 4.46 3.22 3.52 4.61 3.47 3.57 84 1.68 1.68 1.68 1.68 1.68 7.89 3.37 MONEY DUE ALCOA MASTER SS OREMAR Will the black gang members (Paid off in Philadelphia) of the SS Alcoa Master who had Turk, 15 hrs.; Mazert, 18 hrs.; overtime disputes on voyage and Gunnerson, 17 hrs. Collect which paid off in Mobile early in at Calmar, 44 Whitehall St., NewOctober, see Louis Goffin, Asst. York City. Secretary-Treasurer, for further 4' 4" 4information on these beefs. JACK ALLEN Notice! SS ROBERT LOCKSLEY (Paid off in New York) E. C. Kochanowski, $1.00 Henry Detje, $5.00; E. G. Stock­ ton, $3.00; J. Wents, $2.00; L. P Diliac, $2.00; J. Sharp, $2.00; P. J. McCann, $2.00; A. Pirigeji, $1.00; N. Zeveicis, $2.00; G. Cos­ mos, $2.00; I. F. Walsh, Jr., $2.00; 6. L. Lanque, $2.00; S. Meadow, $2.00; M. G. Martin, $2.00; W. J. Trux, $1.00; G. S. Wilson, $2.00; J. F..Byrne, $2.00; E. A. Johnston, $1.00; A. L. Nese, $2.00; R. John­ ston, $1.00; F. A. Ulanoski, $2.00; R. F. Leamy, $2.00; J. Jarvie, $2.00; R. E. McNally, $2.00. Total —$47.00. SS BELL RINGER (Paid off in iTew York) D. Albright, $2.00; L. F. John­ son, $2.00. Total—$4.00. SS THOMAS McDONAUGH • (Paid off iti New York) F. E. Davis, $3.00; B. M. Maye, $3.00; G. H. Ellebracht, $2.00; ..B. H. Richarson, $2.00; H. N. Jackson, $3.00; C. L. Capps, $2.00; O. G. Brown, $2.00; C. P. Neugeht, If $9.00; J. Prestridge, $3.00; M. C. Cooper, $3.00; L. E. Dees, $2.00; W. M. Ward, $2.00; E. Wilkes, $2.00; L. W. White, $2.00; J. W. Wade, $3.00; O. D. Ryals, $3.00. Total—$40.00. SS RODMAN (Paid off in New York) R. M. Granthan, $2.00; S. Pines, $2.00; A. K. Torp, $2.00; J. R. Trawick, $2.00; C. Dowling, $2.00. Total—$10.00. SS HOMPTON SIDNEY VICTORY (Paid off in New York) George R. Kaski, $1.00; Mike Caruso, $2.00; G. K. Grimes, $2.00; T. .Tackson, $2.00; V. E. Joyce, $2.00. Total—$9.00. SS FRANCIS WALKER (Paid off in New York) H. Noohari, $2.00; A. H. Rauseo, $1.00; R. M. Heavey, $1.00; R. L. Geiger, $2.00; Z. M. Touhlasakis, $3.00; D. McNelly, $2.00; C. May, $2.00; C. Codoluto, $3.00; L. DeSouse, $2.00; J. H. Pinkard, $2.00; L. Smith, $2.00; E. M. Cullinan, $1.00; L. iDehnis, $1.00; Ji D. Powell, $1.00; S. Greehdridgte, $1.00. Total—$26^00^ Li>...Jiii'iifM". •j--2 Your 16 hours overtime pay from Sept. 24/27 aboard the MS GEORGE M. MEDLICOTT Cape Pillar is waiting at the All assessments and dues are South Atlantic office in New paid according to the record. Your York. Book (No. 37157) is mailed to SS FRELINGHAUSEN your St. Paul address. Seaman's (Paid off in New York) passport must be picked up by R. E. Williams, $2.00; C. L. you personally. Your name has Wickers, $2.00; J. D. Dolan, $2.00; NEW YORK 51 Beaver St been placed on Log mailing list. HAnover 2-2784 Wm. A. Wilson, $2.00. Total— 330 Atlantic Ave. All this message from A. J. "Ski" BOSTON 8.0Q. Liberty 40S7 Janowski. BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. SS J. B. BRADY Calvert 4539 PHILADELPHIA S North 6th St (Paid off in New York) Lombard 76S1 L. IVazier, $1.00; W. Paris, NORFOLK 127-129 Bank Street 4-1083 $2.00; H. D. McWilliams, $1.00; NEW ORLEANS 339 Chartres St. K. W. Miur, $2.00; C. B. Garig, Canal 3336 AAGE JENSEN SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St $1.0O; O. Lehman, $2.00; R. Schaf3-1728 ' Contact Joe Algina, New York fius, $2.00; N. Larsen, $2.00; B. MOBILE 7 St. Michael St. Jones, $1.00; R. B. Hughes, $1.00; Deck Patrolman, for $40 (Forty 2-1754 45 Ponce de Lec.n G. Hayes, Jr., $2.00; E. Thorpe, dollars) left here for you by Bob SAN JUAN, P. R San Juan 1885 $2.00; C. Clark, $2.00; C. G. Rich, Roales following the SS John Da­ GALVESTON 305>4 22nd St 2-8043 $2.00; S. E. Tillman, $2.00; N. M. vis payoff. RICHMOND, Calif. 257 5th St. Bjorgum, $2.00; R. G. Vance, i SAN FRANCISCO 59 Clay St $2.00; Lexie 'fati, $2.00; G. W. SEATTLE 86 Seneca St SVEN REGNAR PORTLAND Ill W. Bumside St Moreland, $2.00. Total—$33.00. 440 Avalon Blvd. Contact Joe Algina, New York WILMINGTON SS WACOSTA HONOLULU 16 Merchant St Deck Patrolman, for $35 (thirty- BUFFALO 10 Exchange St (Paid off in New York) five dollars) left here for you by CHICAGO 24 W. Superior Ave. P. J. Boone, $1.00; N. Drazin, 1014 E. St. Clair St Bob Roales following the SS John CLEVELAND $1.00; A. E. Coleman, $2.00; J. B. DETROIT 1038 Third St Davis payoff. Kenpoe, $2.00; H. Fisler, $1.00; DULUtH 531 W. Michigan St is, is, VICTORIA, B. C 602 Boughtoa St R. Welch, $1.00; F. D. Schneider, VANCOUVER 144 W. Hastings St B. A.WESTEN $1.00; B. Tisko, $2.00; H. Chase, TAMPA 842 Zack St Please contact Joe Goggin at $2.00; F. Brewton, $2.00. Total— M.1323 020 Main St the Boston Branch, who has $3 JACKSONVILLE $15.00. B-1231 that belongs to you. TOTAL—$192.00. SlU HALLS PERSONALS •; �Page Twelre TBE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. December 14, 1945 1 ( <1 They Know Why SlU Is Best Isthmian seamen are going to vote heavily for the SIU in the coming election (now stalled by NMU commissars) because they have analyzed the Seafarers' con­ tracts, and compared their pro­ visions to existing conditions aboard Isthmian ships. In addi­ tion, SIU members have shown them time and again how their lot will be improved under an SIU contract. The Seafarers has the best con­ tracts in the maritime industry, bar none, and can back this up with factual proof. As a result, Isthmian crews are strong for the many premiums and improve­ ments which they will enjoy after the election, when Isthmian will be signed to an SIU contract. BEST WAGES Wages on SIU ships are the highest in the industry today and shov/ the way to the other unions. When men go aboard Isthmian scows, they are nat paid for any time until they turn-to. On Sea­ farers" vessels men are paid from -the time they report, whether they turn to or not, and are paid for a full day when they report before 5:00 p. m. OVERTIME PROVISIONS There are many occasions on Isthmian ships when licensed per­ sonnel do work which should be paid for in overtime. Seamen are also forced to do certain jobs as regular work which pay overtime rates on Seafarers' vessels. As a result, these overtime adjust­ ments (under SIU contract pro­ visions) alone would pay for the nominal cost of union dues many times over. BUCKO OFFICERS Officers aboar.d Seafarer rustbuckets treat the men as human beings, and know that they will be held answerable by the union for any occasion when they-forget this. On the other hand. Isth­ mian officers are fairly notorious for the autocratic and heavyhanded manner in which they treat their men, although there are exceptions to this. When­ ever an officer on an SIU ship steps out of line, charges are pre­ ferred against him at the port of payoff, and in the majority of cases, reprimand or suspension follows. SHIPBOARD CONDITIONS Living conditions aboard SIU ships are the best possible under any contract. Eats are not ra­ tioned in quantity, and are con­ sistently better as to variety and Quality than aboard Isthmian ves­ sels. Seafarers' quarters are kept up better, and ample supplies for repair and upkeep are main­ tained as the ship delegates check the supplies before the ship sails. JOB SECURITY Members of the SIU are assured of jobs under the rotary shipping system in existence at ail Seafarers' halls. They may be certain that thei-e is no black­ balling by the shipowners on ac­ count of militancy, and because of the numerous contracts which the union has with many shipown­ ers, an SIU seaman can choose, not only his job, but his company. REPRESENTATION On a Seafarers' ship, the mem­ bers are represented on shipboard by their own elected delegates from the steward, engine and deck departments. Delegates take up beefs and disputes while the vessel is at sea; and, if they are riot settled, turn them over to the Union Patrolman who comes aboard at the payoff. Beefs are practically always settled at the payoff, and when not, are turned over to the port agent or other union officials who get fast action. Captains and shipowners alike respect the SIU reputation for fair settlement of all beefs, and are well aware of the militant policy which pre­ vails on unsettled disputes. FOLLOW THE LEADER In militancy, union representa­ tion, good contracts, and demo- Isthmian Men, Anxious For Vote To Begin, Favor SIU Consensus among the many SIU volunteer organizers and Isthmian men is that the Seafar­ ers is the only union which can win the election, and if voting started tomorrow the SIU would be the overwhelming choice of all Isthmian unlicensed person­ nel. The longer the NMU leaders stall, the more consolidated the Seafarers become aboard Isth­ mian scows. Remember that there is a Seafarers Hall in all the ma­ During the past few weeks jor ports in North America. more than twenty-five Isthmian That hall and all its facilities Line vessels on the East Coast are waiting to serve you. have been contacted by SIU or­ Bring your beefs to us—we ganizers with very satisfactory know, how to take care of results. Seafarers were on board them. all these ships when they left port, and their reports are that the Isthmian crews are deeply cratic policies, the SIU leads the interested in SIU contracts—es­ maritime field. That's why Isth­ pecially regarding wages, over­ mian men will vote SIU: They time, and living conditions. •* want the best Union and the best Isthmian lads also strongly fa­ conditions available — not some vor the Seafarers' policy through­ poor imitation — and that's the out the "war period, and especial­ reason why, "Isthmian, too, goes ly the present slogan, "No com­ SIU!" munism or any other foreign isms in this Union and this country." They don't want any part of the foreign-dominated policy of other so-called "unions" such as the home but are beiiig kept in many rapidly deteriorating NMU. countries in Europe and Asia. SIU'S RECORD TELL IT TO JOE The SIU record of fair and Said one "It's all right to tell square* representation on aU legi­ Uncle Sam and Johnny Bull to timate beefs, and the speedy ef­ pull his troops out of Indonesia, ficient manner in which union China, Japan and other places representatives settle them, is an­ but why don't they start a holler other strong point in favor of the to get Soviet troops out of Iran, Seafarers which the Isthmian Manchuria, Bulgaria, Rumania and all the other countries that boys really go for in a big way. They've been putting up long the communists intend to take enough with non-union condi­ over." tions whereby they lose out on Observers here consider it re­ overtime pay and other premiums v motely possible that counter which SIU members enjoy under demonstrations demanding that "Red Army troops be returned tfieir contracts. Now, Isthmian home to their loved ones," would crews are demanding that these be organized. However, they same excellent conditions prevail pointed out, most unions are too on Isthmian scows, and they busy handling legitimate prob­ know there's only one sure way lems of the rank and file and to insure it—that is, with an SIU RUFUS M. PETERS JR. haven't time to get into interna­ contract covering Isthmian men. When they see how quickly was strange that they aren't try­ tional political questions such as ing to tie up ships because the which imperialist nation is best and proudly the Seafarers pro­ Red Army troops are not-going fitted to rule some other nation. duce their contract books show­ ing the many premiums which SlU-contracted men alone poss­ ess. Isthmian seamen wisely note how NMU phonies don't show their much inferior contracts. By BENJAMIN TAFLEWITZ Our slogan and that of the Isth­ Our tub just pulled in to Nor­ mian lads is, "Isthmian, too; goes .. "With the balance of the signed pledge cards now in, the SS Sea folk with some 2,000 GIs from SIU ! ! " Fiddler is pretty strong for the Casablanca aboard. Whew! What Seafarers. SIU literature dis­ a trip, with all those men cram­ tributed all over the ship, and the med aboard this C-3! When we Isthmian boys ate it up, con­ saw the Patrolman at Norfolk, he If you haven't voted as yet stantly asking questions regard­ gave us some Seafarers litera­ in the annual SIU elections, ing the SIU—about wages, condi­ ture, and a bundle of Logs to take back to the gang on the Fiddler. do so at once. Polls will con­ tions, overtime, etc. tinue open until December With the election just ai-ound We had plenty of talks with 31st, and each member of the them, and answered all of their the corner, we are shipping again Seafarers in good standing questions. Except for a few men on this scow, and expect to be on should exercise his ' demo­ in the engine and stewards depts., her when the big day rolls around cratic right and privilege to the overwhelming majority of the crew is for the Union—^the SIU, —the day when over 90% of the' vote. Isthmian men vote for SIU!. of course! Isthmian men who are clamor­ ing for the start of voting on a collective bargaining agent, are being hamstrung by the NMU re­ fusal to sign a consent election agreement. At the meeting where SIU, NMU, Isthmian, and NLRB representatives were present, everyone there agreed on proce­ dure. Since that time, the commie misleaders of NMU, realizing that Isthmian is strongly SlU-minded, have been stalling for time on one pretext or another with the vain hope that.their phony prop­ aganda will succeed by hook or crook—mostly crook ! ! ORGANIZERS CONFIDENT Our brothers aboard the Isth­ mian ships are not going to be denied the SIU representation which they demand and right­ fully deserve, and only laugh loudly and longly at the desper­ ate comrat's futile efforts to sell their particular brands of lies, slanders, and vilification. NMU Saves 'Everyone But Seamen' BALTIMORE — Tired of be­ longing to an outfit "that's out to save everyone but the seamen they are paid to represent," Rufus M. Peters Jr. applied here for help from the SIU, and turned over his NMU book as "something I nor anyone else has any real use for." The straw that broke the camel's back, as far as Peters is con­ cerned, was the NMU refusal to give him an ear on a beef be­ cause, as he put it, "the commies \vere busy saving the GIs, and didn't have time to discuss a union question or a beef." FIRST OF MANY Corning into the Hall about an hour after the communist demon­ stration on the GI issue, Peters was the vanguard of about twen-. ty other completely disillusioned NMU men who declared them­ selves disgusted with that out­ fit's way of "shoving their rnember around in order to save every­ one from Jesus to the Indone­ sians." There seems to be a wholesale abandonment of the commie ship of state in this port, with the rank and file of the NMU denouncing their misleadership and demand­ ing that they lead the union on legitimate seamen's beefs, instead of using the members in every shady political deal dreamed up by the commissars at home and abroad. Peters made it clear, as did the others who protected the NMU political strike, that the commies were using a good beef to fur­ ther the ends of the Soviet Union and not to help the servicemen themselves. 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MEETINGS IN WEBSTER HALL LABOR UNITES AGAINST PRESIDENT THEY STILL SUPPORT WSA MEDICAL PROGRAM CONGRESS ACTS DRAFT WILL MEAN ARMY CASTE CHISELING SHIPOWNERS DISCOVER MEN REFUSE TO SAIL THEIR SHIPS SHOWS THAT OLD SIU SPIRIT PETER BLIX GILL, PIONEER UNION SEAMAN, PASSES AWAY THE PATROLMEN SAY- KOLOA VICTORY GETS PEACETIME PASSENGER TRADE-ONE BY ONE SHORT SHORTED BY HIS PALS DIGEST OF MINUTES FROM VARIOUS SIU MEETINGS JOLIET CREW KEEPS SMILING DESPITE THEIR CAP'N BLIGH ALL BEEFS SETTLED BEFORE SAILING ON FRANCIS SMITH TIME TO END SLOP CHEST RACKET THEY KNOW WHY SIU IS BEST ISTHMIAN MEN, ANXIOUS FOR VOTE TO BEGIN, FAVOR SIU NMU SAVES 'EVERYONE BUT SEAMEN SS SEA FIDDLER STRONG FOR SIU Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12-14-1945 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1945 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/bd5fce0c04d079ae5e365f4ecf618c30.pdf c5cf0c908f2b04e5d5bf1c7853c27a58 PDF Text Text VOL. XIII  No. 2S  SEAFARERS  LOG  DEC.  14  1951  ATLANTIC  AND  GULf  DISTRICT  •  AFL  •   WSBMEET  Story on  Page 3  • til  • • 1  '5  if  ­  ^3  '  J  I  €0mmm§^'m  ­  Headquarters*  bookkeepers  ready  $4,000  Christmas  ^uniO S aVvffperS*  "extra" in sick benefits for  all Seafarers in  hospitals.  Bonus of $25 plus regular $15 benefit was voted by SIU Welfare Fund.  (Story on Page 3.)  Af Av# 9  Hogged by a run of  bad luck which has  wV now fi VXM r  canceled  four  of  the  last  five  .sailings  of  the cruise  ship Puerto Rico,  B. Derol, fireman,  stares de­ spsxingly  at  the  mute  legend  "finished  with  engine."  The  next scheduled sailing of  the Bull  Lihe passenger  vessel will  be on  December  20,  barring further, foul ups in either  New  York or  San Juan.  (Story on Page 2.)  �F«c* Twm  K  '  I?­,  Friday, December 14, 1951  SEAFARERS  IPG  Communist­Led CSU Passes Away  As  Last  Two  Ships  Come Into  SlU  SS  Puerto Rico Stymied  Again By San Juttn  Crewmembers of  the SS. Puerto Rico hit another  biimp in  their  recent  run of  tough  luck  when  the December  6  sailing  The  frayed  leftovers  of  the Canadian  Seamen's  Union,  once  a  Communist  stronghold,  of  the Bull  Line  ship  was  cancelled­4iecause  of  a  longshore­*!  men's strike  in  San  Juan, a  strike*  "  were  quietly  dumped  into  the  grave  when  crewmen  on  the  last  two  ships  under  contract  settled  too  late  to  reschedule  sail­ load the ship before Saturday. ThisI  to  the  CSU  joined  the SIU's  Canadion  District, recently.  ing.  This  was the  fourth cancella­ would have thrown the  ship off he  "  Signing  up  of  the  crewinembers4  ————————  tion  in  the  last five  sailing  dates  regular..schedule .so  the  compan;  of  the Bulkcarrier and the  Cement­ on  the  New  York­Sah  Juan  run.  decided  to  let  things  go  until  thi  carrier put  an end  to a  seven  year  The  Puerto  Rico  was  in  New  December 20 sailing,  which  will  IM|  struggle  to  free  Canadian  seamen  York  preparing  to  go  out  on  the  a Christmas and  New Year's cruise.  from  Communist  domination,  a  fith when  word  came  December  3  struggle  which  began  when  the  Drydocked  October  8  that  the  longshoremen  had  gone  The  crew's  run  of  bad  luck  be­l  CSU  was expelled from  the SIU  in  out  in  a  dispute  over  contract  1944.  The  only thing  that kept  the  gan on October  8  when  the Fuerto|  mands.  With  no  way  of  telling  Rico  was  laid  up  tat  repairs  fors  CSU barely alive  this long  was the  when  the  strike  would  end,  the  two  weeks, thus  eliminating a  sail­ ,  fact  that  they  had  a two  year  con­ company  cancelled  all  passenger  ing on  October 11.  While  she was  tract  with  the  Canada  Cement  reservations  and  laid  the  crew  off  in  drydock,  the  wildcat  longshore  Company,  operators  of  the  above­ until time for  the next regular sail­ strike  broke  out;  causing  the  can­ listed  ships.  The  expiration  date  ing on  December 20.  of  the­contract—and of  the  CSU—  cellation  of  scheduled  sailings  on  was  November  21.  Just  two  days  later,  on  Decem­ October  25  and  November  8.  On  ber 5, word came  that the  strike in  November  9  the  New  York  long­ At  one  time  the  Canadian  Sea­ San  Juan  had  been  settled.  Since  shoremen  went: back  to  work,  but  men's  Union  had  a  thoroughgoing  most  of  the  passengers  were  out  the  Puerto Rico  did not  go out  un­ stranglehold  on  Canadian  shipping  of  town,  it  would  have  been  im­ til  November  22,  which  was  her  and  was  a  spearhead  in  Uncle  possible  to  get  them  aboard  and  next regular sailing date.  Joe's plan to take over labor unions  on  this  side  of  the  world.  Now  thanks to the  SIU's relentless pres­ sure,  it  is  just  another  dead  issue  for  the  historians.  Actually, the CSU  was as good as  put  out  of  business  21^  years  ago.  In  the  spring  of  1949  SIU  Cana­ Photo  taken  in  Montreal  in  1949  when  Canadian  seamen,  having  re­ dian  District  won  away  the  bulk  pudiated  the  CSU,  were  attacked  by  Communist­led  die­hards.  This  Officials  of  the National  Maritime Union  (CIO)  and  opera­ of  the  membership  and  over  100  month  last  CSU­contracted  ship  entered  SIU  fold.  tors*  representatives  continued  to  probe  into  proposed  con­ of  its  ships.  The  CSU  contributed  tract  this  week,  seeking  to  adjust "inequities"  materially  to  its  own  disaster  by  jectives,  flocked  to  the  SlU's  been  negotiating  a  contract  with  in  the improvements  six­month­old  agreement.  —­ deliberately  refusing  to  accept  a  Canadian  District  and  broke  the  Canadian  shipowners  beginning  in  The  slow movement.toward  better­ conciliation  award  that  had  been  CSU grip  on Canada's maritime.  August  1948.  When  the  negotia­ the  NMU  contract  was  appar­ cussion  in  the  NMU  negotiations.  approved by  its own representative  Prior  to  that  time,  the  SIU  had  tions  broke  down,  the  CSU  re­ ing  ently  running  into  rumbles  from  Among other  differences,  he  listed  and  by  calling  a  general  strike,  made  considerable  inroads  into  quested  the  appointment  of  a  the NMU  more  liberal  transportatidn  provi­ membership.  more for  the purpose  of  disrupting  CSU  control  by winning  allegiance  conciliation  board  to  settle  the  sions,  penalty  clauses  and  The  Pilot  editorial  attributed  better broader  Marshall  Plan aid  than  for helping  of  Canadian  seamen  on  the  west  dispute.  working  rules  down  the  petty  'inequities'"  in  the  CIO  its  own  members.  A  three  member  board,  rep­ agreement  to  former  "Moscow  line  for  every  rate. in  all  three  coast and  on the Great  Lakes. Sub­ Flocked  to  SIU  sequently  the  SIU  began  organiz­ resenting  industry,  the  CSU  and  elements" in  the  NMU  who sought  shipboard  departments.  He'added  CSU  members,  disgusted  with  a  ing  at  the  major  east  coast  Cana:  the  government  was  appointed.  to  breed  dissatisfaction  among  the  that  the  NMU  had  asked  the  SIU  union  which  made  membership  dian ports of  Halifax and Montreal.  After  ten  weeks  of  hearings  the  loyal  union  membership  and  also  for  copies  of  its  agreements  and  laboring  in  an  effort  to  benefits  secondary  to  political  ob­ In  the  meanwhile  the  CSU  had  (Continued  on  page  22)  to  unnamed  "rival"  organizations  had been  match  it for  over three  months.  A  headquarters  spokesman  at  SIU  headquarters  asserted  that  these  so­called  "inequities,"  high­ light  the  Seafarers agreement  and  The  1952  campaign  of  the  March  of  Dimes,  the  only  fund­ turned  over  to  the  Union  patrol­ make  it  the  top  contract  for  the  I'M Uim€lC&£\eR:i]  raising  campaign  that  has  been  officially  endorsed  by  the  man  at  the  payoff.  An  official  maritime  industry  and  that  the  membership of  the SIU,  is now  getting  tmderway.  The  cam­ Union  receipt  is  issued  for  the  NMU  plaint  was  a  simple  case  of  sum,  and  the  contributions  are  sour  grapes  and  nothing  more."  paign  will  raise  funds for  the  pur­4  held  at  SIU  headquarters.  He  cited  a  25­cent  welfare boost  pose  of  aiding  victims  of  infantile  will  then  have  the  opportunity  to  At  the  end  of  the campaign,  the  in  company  welfare  contributions  paralysis.  The  SIU has  participated  in  the  take  up  the  matter  at  their  ship­ Union  writes  out  a  single  check  as  being  far  from  "petty" and  al­ March  of  Dimes  campaign  for  the  board  meetings.  Whatever sum  the  equal  to  the  total  amount  con­ ready  tacked  onto  the  SIU  pact,  although  still  an  item  under  dis­ (Continued  en  page  22)  last three years, with the  authoriza­ crew  decides to  contribute  is then  tion  of  the  membership.  Thanks  to  the  traditional  generosity  of  Seafarers,  the  Union  has  become  one  of  the  largest  contributors  to  the  March  of  Dimes  in  the  labor  field.  As  has  been  the  procedure,  the  One of  the  busiest  SIU halls on  the  eastern seaboard these days is the one in Norfolk, Va.,  March  of  Dimes  appeal  literature  servicing the  port of  Hampton  Roads.  The Virginia hall used  to  be a relatively quiet  place  and  scrolls  will  be  mailed  out  to  but  the  tremendous  boom  in  coal  shipments  to  Europe  has  changed  all  that.  Shipping  Bnriy appean on  page 2L  all SIU  ships along  with  the  SEA­ reports in the last month show>  FARERS  LOG.  Crewmembers  a total of 745 Seafarers shipped  out  of  the  Norfolk  hall,  top  figures for the A&G  district in that  period,  and  the  SIU's  Norfolk  Dee.  14,  1951  Vol.  Xili,  No.  25  branch  has  been  kept  hopping  to  As I See It  Page  11  keep  things  moving  along  in  the  Burly  .'Page  21  nation's  top  coal  port.  Crossword  Puzzle  Page  10  If  we exclude  the Spanish  settle­ Did  You  Know  Page  16  ments,  the  port  of  Hampton  Roads  Editorial  Page  11  rates  as  the  oldest  in  the  United  Inquiring Seafarer  Page  10  States.  In  1619,  Just  332 years ago,  In The  Wake  ­...  Page  10  it  introduced  a  social  revolution  Labor Round­up  Page  21  into  European  society  by  shipping  Letters  Pages  19,  20  the first  load  of  tobacco  (ten  tons  Letter Of  The  Week...  Page  11  in all)  ever  seen on  the  other side  Maritime  Page  21  of  the  Atlantic.  Tobacco  is  still  a  Meet  The  Seafarer....  Page  10  major  export  item,  but  today  the  On  The  Job  Page  21  tidewater  Virginia  port  area,  com­ Personals  Page  22  prising the  cities of  Norfolk, Ports­ Ships'  Minutes  7  Page  23  mouth  and  Newport  News,  is  the  Ten  Years Ago  Page  10  funnel  through  which  millions  of  Top  Of  The  News  Page  6  tons of coal are pouring to strength­ Washington  News  en  Western Europe against  another  Letter  Page  4  kind  of  revolution.  Welfare  Benefits  Page  22  The  interdependence  of  the  Published  biweekly  at  the  headquarters  of  the  Seafarers  International  Union,  At­ wood's  economy  was  never  better  lantic  a  Gulf  District,  AFL,  *75  Fourth  illustrated than  by what  is happen­ Avenue, Brooklyn  33, N.  Y.  Tel. STerlIng  ing  in  Hampton  Roads  today.  Be­ • ­4d71.  Reentered  as  second  class  matter  cause  the  French  and  British  gov­ August 3,  1949/  the Post  Office In  New  ernments  have  been  unable  thus  • • York, .N.  Y.,  under  ths  Act  of  August  34,  far to  bring Italian  miners into  the  Eorope­bonnd freighter loads op with coal cargo  at Lambert's  Point  Itbrj' oh  of  thd^maJbR  coal­handliiig  1913.  Application  for  r^ntry pending  at  docks in  the  Hampton  Roads port  area.  :  •  (Continued  on  page  14)  Brooklyn, N.  Y.  Confabs To Boost Contract  To  SIU Level Enter  4th Month  SlU­Backed Polio Drive Begins  Coal Makes Nortolh  Port  SEAFARERS  LOG  . .­I• ­.'i  .  �SBAFAKERa  LOG  yiillora^vttwcliiew  Hall  Par* Thre*  Union Seeks  Early  US Okay  On Pact  Washin^on, Dec. 13—SIU  representatives are now nieeting in Washington  with the Wag*  Stabilization Board and other interested government agencies with  a view  towards speeding  up official  government approval of  wage gains  and other improvements  won  in recent con­ tract negotiations with ship operators.  The talks, which began on December 11, are expected  to continue into next week.  Final word on WSB  action  is  not  expected  to  be  received  until  some future date.  Direct  talks  with  the  WSB  were  active  wage  payments,  which  will  decided  upon  by  headquarters  cause  considerable  annoyance  and  when  after  two  months  of  waiting  bookkeeping difficulties  when  back  the  SIU  still  had  no  official  word  payments  finally  begin.  Part  of  in  regard  to  the  provisions  of  the  New building's setup is explained by  SIU Secretary­Treasurer  Paul  new  contract.  The  Union  is  press­ the  SIU  package  pending  before  Hall  to  union  visitors  having  coffee  in  the cafeteria.  Around  the  ing  hard for  a decision,  though  all  the  board  includes  increased  wel­ table,  (1.  to  r.)  are:  Alex  Hose,  president  United  Hatters  Intl.;  the  provisions  on  wage  increases  fare contributions from shipowners.  One  snag  which  has to  be  over­ Charles  Zimmerman,  Vice­President,  Intl.  Ladies  Garment  Work­ and  other  benefits  in  the  agree­ ers  Union;  Brother  Hall,  and  David  Dubinsky,  ILG  President.  ment  are  retroactive  to  Novem­ come  is  the  fact  that  the  WSB  is  factd with a  tremendous backlog of  ber 1.  labor agreements.  Trustees  of  the  Seafarers  However, every day lost in Wash­ Inter­Agency  Job  Welfare  Fund  have  voted  a  ington  red ­  tape  means  delay  for  In  addition,  the  nature  of  the  special  $25  Christmas  bonus  Seafarers in  collecting  these retro­ SIU  agreement  is  such  that  the  for  hospitalized  Seafarers  to  help  Department  of  Labor  and  the Jus­ them  enjoy  the  holiday  season.  tice  Department  have  to  be  con­ The  bonus  is  in  addition  to  the  sulted  on  many  of  the  legal  ques­ regular $15  weekly  benefit  paid  to  tions  involved.  SIU  representa­ hospital  patients  and  will  amount  tiyes  have  found  that  they  have  to about  $4,000  over  regular  bene­ This  issue  begins  the  SEA­ had  to  interrupt  discussions  with  fits for  the approximately  160 Sea­ FARERS LOG'S exclusive, and  the  WBS  on  several  occasions  to  farers  involved.  authoritative  column  on  marl­ secure  rulings  and  interpretations  Approval of  the Christmas  bonus  time  affaii;s  submitted  direct  from  these  two  departments.  The  was  voted  by  the  trustees  of  the  from  the  nation's  capital  by  discussions  then  have  to  be  re­ Welfare  Plan  at  a  meeting  in  the  the  LOG'S  Washington  re­ sumed  with  the  WSB  at  the  point  Plan's  office  on  December  7, 1951,  porter.  Called  the  "SIU  they  were  broken  off.  after  Union  representatives  had  Newslettei'  from  Washing­ The  new  contract  which  was  proposed  the  gift  for  the  hospital­ ton,"  the  column  will  com­ negotiated  with  a  joint  committee  ized  men.  bine  both  factual  and  inter­ This  step  by  the  trustees  once  of  shipowners  in  mid  October,  pretive  reporting  of  marine  provides for  a  40­hour  week  at sea  again  illustrates  the flexibility  of  news  emanating  from  Wash­ and a  6.2  percent  across­the­board  the SIU's  Welfare  Plan.  Under  the  ington, and  will be of  great in­ wage  increase  effective  November  plan,  trustees  are  empowered  to  terest  to  seamen  and  the  in­ 1, 1951.  This  increase  is  over  and  make alterations from  time to time  dustry  in  general.  above the  rates established  in Jan­ to meet  the  need of  the SIU  mem­ Follow  this  important  col­ uary,  1951.  Overtime  rates  were  bership.  A  meeting  can  be  called  Casting admiring glances at the intricately­carved figurehead of  the  umn  exclusively  in  the  SEA­ increased  proportionately  to  $1.29  at any  time for  this purpose.  Port  'O  Call  bar are  a  delegation  from  Teamsters  Local  807  who  FARERS  LOG.  "The  SIU  hourly for men  receiving less than  will  be  paid  the  week  toured  new  Hq.  Left  to  right they  are:  A1 Schreieck,  Dave  Fre­ Newsletter  from  Washington"  $277.30  per  month  and  $1.63  for  of The bonus  December  20  by  a  representa­ chette, Tom  Hickey, Secretary­Treasurer  of  Local 807  and  a  Vice­ will  appear  regularly  on  page  men over that figure. Straight time  tive  of  the  Union  to  all  Seafarers  President  of  the  Teamsters  Brotherhood;  Harry  Thompson,  Busi­ 4.  rates for  ABs  are $262.89  monthly  in  hospitals  where  the  SIU  has  ness Agent, and  John Strong, President  of  the teamsters local.  under  the  new  scale.  port  representatives.  Seafarers  in  The  welfare  provisions  of  the  other  hospitals  will  receive  their  new  contract  call  for  an  increase  bonus by  mail.  in  the  operators daily  contribution  from  25 to  50 cents  per man.  This  will  provide  additional  funds  for  improving the present  benefits and  Steps  to  speed  up desperately­needed  coal  shipments  to  Europe  and  to  reduce  the  cost  adding  new  features. .  Miscellaneous  benefits  provided  of  co^ at  European  ports  have  been  proposed  by  the SIU  in  a communication  sent  to De­ fense Mobilizer  Charles  E. Wilson.  The letter from  Secretary­Treasurer  Paul Hall  suggests  for  under  the  contract  are  an  $8  room  and  meal  allowance  as  com­ that  use  of  additional  ship­­^  Three  more  companies  have  The  problem  could  be  solved  in  pared  to  $6  formerly,  and  the  in­ been  added  to  the  SIU  roster  of  more  coal  , .  . while  the  United  piUg  and  operational  subsi­ has  a  coal  surplus  and  the  long  run  by  appropriating  ad­ stallation  of  washing  machines  on  operators  under  contract  with  the  dies would  r^uce the price of  States  all vessels.  miners are  working  a short  week."  (Continued  on  page  22)  signing  of  Union  agreements  cov­ coal  and  enable Europeans  to  ering  the  Pan­Oceanic  Navigation,  step  up  purchases,  or  devote  International  Navigation  and  Tro­ their  remaining  EGA  dollars  jan  Steamship  Companies.  to  other  vital  needs.  Latest  to  join  the fold  was  Pan­ The  siu  entered  the  picture  After  46  years  as  a  seaman,  veteran  Seafarer  Otto  Paul­ Oceanic which  took  over  the  SB  after  government  officials  ex­ Preussler  has  called  it  quits.  He  will  retire  to  his  home in  merchant  seamen  by  providing  George  Lawson  from  the  Pacific  pressed  their  increasing  concern  Port  Orange,  Florida,  —  to  wri  g  hig  memoirs  about  his  life  them  with  pensions  for  their  old  Range  Steamship  Company.  Indi­ about  the  severity  of  the  coal  at sea.  age.  cations  are  that  this  newest  SIU  shortage in  Western Europe. Large  Known  as  "Uncle  Otto"  to  his  operator  will  shortly  expand  in  1905  on  the Valesia,  has served  quantities of  coal  are already  mov­ seafaring  friends,  Preussler  suf­ in  size,  with  a  strong  possibility  in the steward's  department of  118  iiiiiiiiiiiiliii*  ing from  the  US  to  the  North  At­ fered  the  loss  of  sight  in  one  eye  being  put  forward  that  it  will  go  lantic  Pact  countries  to  aid  in  on  his  last  trip  out  aboard  the  different  ships  since  then.  He  has  into  tanker  operation  before  long.  sailed  through  three  wars—^the  their  rearmament  and  economic  James H.  Price from  New  Orleans  International  has  bought  the  reconstruction.  However, the  gov­ to  Trieste.  This  coupled  with  fail­ Russo­Japanese  War  in  1905,  and  Elly  from  Dianex  and  will  send  ernment  believes that  at least  a 50  ing health  compelled him  to spend  the first  and second World  Wars.  her  out  in  the  tramp  trade.  The  percent  increase  in coal  shipments  the last three months in the Staten  He  is  particularly  proud  of  the  Trojan  Company  has  bought  the  fact that  he sailed to all war fronts  would  be  desirable  to  meet  the  Island  USPHS  Hospital,  and  Peconic  Bay  from  Mar  Trade  for  in  those  three  wars  on  supply  need, estimated  as  high  as 50  mil­ brought  him  reluctantly  to  the de­ the  same  purpose.  Both  vessels  ships.  Yet  on  all  these  voyages  as  lion tons  in  the  next  few months.  cision to give  up sailing.  are Libertys.  well  as  countless  others  he  has  President  John  L.  Lewis  of  the  Uncle Otto, who first shipped  out  taken, he has never lost a ship.  Captain  Harold  E.  Van  der  United  Mine  Workers  of  America  Linde,  Jr.,  vice­president  of  Pan­ Has  No  Regrets  has  called  to. the  attention  of  the  Oceanic,  told  union  officials  when  Although he is saying goodbye to  government  the­ fact  that  it  would  he  boarded  the  Lawson  in  Phila­ the seafaring trade. Uncle  Otto has  be simple  for  the coal  mihers here  delphia that it  "was the finest look­ ho  regrets. Conditions  in  the early  to  step  up  production, as they  are  ing  Liberty  that  he  had  ever  been  days  were  difficult  until  the  SIU  now working less than  a full week.  aboard."  He  noted  that  the entire  He, too;  expressed  interest  in find­ Norfolk,  Dec. 11—^Word  was  re­ came  along  and  improved  them,  ship, manned  by Seafarers, "was in  ing  some  way  of  reducing  the  ceived  of  an  engine  room fire  on  but  Otto  says  he  would  do  it  all  first­class  condition"  and  particu­ price of  coal to  Western  Europe.  the SlU­manned tanker McKittrick  over again  if  he could.  larly  cited  the crew  for  the "spot­ One  of  the first  members of  the  One of  the big  snags  holding up  Hills about  30  miles off  Cape  Hat­ less quarters" maintained.  government  action  is  the  question  teras.  North Carolina.  At  last  re­ SIU  (he  joined  the  union  on Janu­ The  agreements  signed  with  of  which  government  agency  port a Coast Guard cutter, the Jon­ ary  9,  1939),  Uncle  Otto  has  a  these  companies  are  the  standard  would  have, the  authority  to  take  quil,  had  been  sent  to  tow  the  couple  of  ambitions  to  fulfill  be­ contracts  including  all  the  latest  the  necCssarjr  steps  to. speed  coal  tanker  into  port.  The fire  burned  fore  he  goes  home  to  Florida.  He  shipments.  features  such  as  the  vacation  and  the  propulsion  control  panel,  but  hopes  to  see  the  new  hall  before  welfare provisions.  As. ­the  SIU  communication  put,  is  reported  to  have  been  brought  he  leaves  for  home  and  gives  up  Assistant  Secretary ­ Treasurer  it,, it lis'aiii "extremely  paradoxical  under  control  by  crew  members.  the  sea  for  good.  He  would  also  situation"  whereby  "our  Europeaq  No fur^er,det^|8 werq made avail­ like to ­see the day that  the govern­ Robert  Matlliewis  handled  the  ne­ gotiations.  '; :  >  1 M  friends  life I tn  critical  nded  of  able.  '  '  *Uiiele  Otto' Preiisder  ,  J  w  '  '  ment  appreciates  the  services  of  Hospitalized  MembersVoted  Yule Bonus  Capital Report  Begins in LOG  'Speed  Coal  Export'  Hq.  Signs  Three  New  Companies  Uncle Otto* Ends Sen Career  Fire Disables Tanker;  Ne Crewaien Injured  i'  Jel  �Face Fear  I  1)1  SEAFAKJSRS  tOC  ILA  Proposes  Waterfront  Labor  Court  SIU  NEWSLETTER  Establishment  of  a  special  labor  court  in  the  port  of  New  York  to  eliminate  wildcat  stoppagt es  and  enforce  longshore  contracts  on  both  parties  to  the  agreement  has  been  pro­ posed  ised  b  by  the  International  Longshoremen's  Association  as part  of  a  program  to  better  con­ iitions  in  the  port.  diti  The  program  was  presented  at  a  for  improving  and  revamping  pro­ recent  hearing  of  the  fact­finding  "cedures  on  negotiating  contracts  panel  which  was  appointed  by  the  and  on  contract­  voting.  These  State  Industrial  Commissioner  to  plans  call  for  starting  negotiating  Headquarters  again  Wishes  conduct  hearings  into  the  causes  earlier,  leaving  a  ten  day  period  to  remhxd  all  Seafarers  that  •   of  the  recent  wildcat  tieup.  Rec­ for  discussion  of  the  terms  before  payments  of  funds,  for  what­ ommendations  were  also  received  taking  a  vote.  ever  union  purpose,  be  made  . from  the  New York  Shipping Asso­ Election  procedures  would  then  otily  to authorized  A&G repre­ ciation,  representing  the  employ­ sentatives  and  that  an  official  ers'  viewpoints.  Leaders  of  the  call  for  identification  of  member­ Union receipt  be gotten at  that  ship  books  when  the  men  voted  wildcat  strikers  had  also  been  in­ time.  If  no  receipt  is  offered,  vited  to  submit  suggestions  but  and  retention  of  ballots  for  possi­ be  sure  to  protect  yourself  by  ble  " recounts  in  case  of­challenges.  they  refused  to  present  any  pro­ The  union  also  outlined  plans  to  immediately  bringing the  mat­ gram  for  the  future  other  than  re­ tighten  up  its  own  administrations  ter  to  the  attention  of  the sec­ opening  of  the  contract.  retarj'­treasurer's  office.  and  to  set  up  standards  for  han­ The ILA's recommendation urged  dling funds,  keeping  records,  hold­ The  union's  word  of  advice  that  the  labor  court  have  power  to  ing  meetings  etc.,  in  the  various  is  to  insure  that  all  monies  p,.iid  are  credited  to  your  SIU  apply fines  and  other  penalties  local  unions.  It  also  proposed  an  against  violators  of  a  contract,  employer  loan  system  in  the  form  record.  Insistence  on  an  offi­ whether they  were steamship  oper­ of  draws  on  wages  to  eliminate  cial  receipt  will  prevent  "can  ators,  terminal  companies  or union  loan  sharks,  and  indicated  it  was  shakers"  from  soliciting  funds  officials  and  locals.  Strikes  and  studying  the possibilities, of  a  cred­ for unauthorized  purpo,ses, and  lockouts  would  be  outlawed  except  it  union.  will  bar  any  foul­ups  later on.  against  a  party  failing  to  comply  with  the  decisions  of  the  courts.  The  program  also  outlined  plans  front  Be Sure to Get  Dues  Receipts  Engineer  Lack  Stalls 34 Ships  On  East  Coast  A  considerable  number  of  SIU  ships  that  have  been fully  crewed­ up  in  Hampton  Roads  and  other  Atlantic  Coast  ports  are  having  their sailings delayed ,by a  shortage  of  radio  operators  and  marine  en­ gineers.  In general the squeeze on experi­ enced  seamen  in  all  categories  is  getting  so  strong  that  government  officials  are  talking  about  reinstat­ ing  war­time  regulations  which  would  guarantee  experienced  sea­ men  and  officers  shoreside  jobs  back  if  they  returned  to  sea  now.  Attempts are being made through  advertising and  other means to  get  the  necessary  radio  operators  and  engineers  to  man  the  34  govern­ ment  and  private  ships  now  being  held up.  Fifteen of  these ships  are  in  Hampton  Roads  which  is  cur­ rently  the  major  outlet  for  coal  shipments  to  Europe.  Not  Temporary  The  current  scope  of  the  ship­ ping  boom  indicates  that  this  is  more  than  a  temporary  phenome­ non  and  is  liable  to  continue  at  least  throughout  the  winter  when  shipments  of  raw  materials  and  coal  to  Europe  will  be  especially  heavy.  Should the  government reinstate  seamen's  shoreside  re­employment  rights, it  is expected that  many ex­ perienced men  now  working shore­ side  jobs  would  come  forward  to.  fill  existing  needs.  A  considerable  number  of  experienced  seamen  and officers left the  industry in the  shipping slump which took  place in  the years before  the Korean war.  t  Keep Draft  Board Posted  SIU  Headquarters  urges  all  draft  eligible  seamen  to  be  sure  they  keep  their  local  Se­ lective  Service  boards  posted  on  all  changes  of  address  through  the  use  ol  the  post  cards  furnished  at  all  SIU  halls  and  aboard  ships.  Failure  to  keep  your  draft  board informed  of  your where­ abouts  can  cause  you  to  be  listed  as  a  delinquent  and  be  drafted Into  the  services  with­ out  a  hearing.  The  Union  in  such  cases  can  do  nothing  to  aid Seafarers  who fail  to com­ ply.  ­­ • • m  The  second  session  of  Hie  82nd  Congress,  which  convenes fii' Wash­^f  ington  on  January  8,  1952,  will  be  called  upon  to  devote  much  of  itsj;  time  to  matters  of  vital  concern  to  the  American  steamship  industi­y ­.  —employees  and  employers  alike.  •   Such  matters  as  maritime  sub­ sidies,  new  shipbuilding  appropriations,  legislation  to  better  the  lots  of  seamen,  legalizing  the  maritime  hiring  hall,  safety  code  fOr  long­'  shoremen,  tramp  shipping,  are  only  some  of  the  major  maritime  ipro­ posals  to  come  up.  Although  Representative  Hart,  New  Jersey,  Chairman  of  the  House  Merchant  Marine  Committee,  has  promised tiie . maritime  industry  that  he  will  give  early  consideration  to  the  so­called  long­range  ship  bill  (S.  241),  it  is  doubtful  that  the  industry  will' be  entirely  successful  in  having  the  bill  passed  in  its  present  form.  The  main  stumbling  block  will  prove  to  be  the  highly  controversial  tax  features  in  the  measure.  This, bill,  provides  that  more  Anxerican  lines  would  be  able  to apply  for ship  construction subsidies;  allows easier method  for trad­ ing  in  obsolete  vessels;  proposes  additional  tax  benefits  for  maritime  •   employers;  and,  among  .other  things,. proposes •  payment  of  salaries  in  excess  of  the  present­limitation  of  $25^000  to  directors,  officers,  and' certain  employees  Of  subsidized  lines.  .  ^  •: >,  .   .'4  Look for more  American sldpping eompanieS to kpply  to thd t^otreiyf  meht next  year for financial  aid in  the form  of  subsidies,  ^ven though  most  of  the  lines admittediy  have  been  making  substantial profits  due  to  the  eipergency shipping  programs; a  number of  maritime  employers  are  now  looking  to  the  time  when  cargoes  will  not ­be  plentiful  and  already  are  beginning  to  make  plans  to  seOk  operating  subsidies.  Be­ cause  of  this,  it  is expected  that  fireworks  will  develop  w;hen;8otno .of  eral  cargo,  8,000,000  of  petroleum  the  companies  request  subsidies  for  lioiittS ^llreadyiserved ^ other  products  and  500,000  troops  car­ lines  receiving  aid  from  the  Governm^fl  'Mm  ex^ple  vidll  prox^e­to  ried  to  the  war  theatre  during  15  be  the  Bloomfield  Steamship  Lin.e  which  is  expected  to.  apply  in  a  months.  few  months  for  subsidy r^hts  on^q  US'Gu;^7United­Kingdom­Con­ tinental run, currently serrtced  by Lykes Bi'btheK Steamship Cpmpiny.  Ships And Seamen Termed  Life  Line To Korean War  The  Korean  war  has  vigorously  demonstrated  the  dependence  of  the  United  States on  seapower  and  particularly  that  supplied  by  the  merchant fleet  and .seaman.  Rear  Admiral  Roscoe  H.  Hillenkoetter  declared  this  month.  Bolstering  his  statements  from  personal  experience  dunng  a  year  with the fleet supporting the United  With  slightly  over  one  million  Nations forces  in Korea, he offered  gross  tons  of  ships  on  order  or  on  plain figures  as  a  principal. argu­ the  ways  in  shipyards,  the  United  ment.  States  holds  fourth  place  in  world  Admiral  Hillenkoetter,  currently  shipbuilding  construction  for  the  commandant  of  the  New  York  Na­ third, quarter of  1951.  val  Base in  Brooklyn, asserted  that  The  US  total  amounted  to  85  air  supply  cannot  accomplish  any­ vessels  of  1,082,990  gross  tons,  or  thing  near  what  ships  have  done.  8.5  percent  of  the  world's  ship­ "It  takes five  tons of  equipment  to  building  total.  Leading  tonnage  put  one  man  on  the  beach  and  a  producer  is Great  Britain  with  623  ton  a  month  to  keep  him  there,"  vessels  under  construction  of  5V6  he  cited,  adding  "Planes  can't  do  million  gross  tonnage..  it.  Ships  still  are  essential."  Total  shipping  tonnage  under  He  further  called  attention  to  construction  throughout  the  world  the role  of  merchant  shipping dur­ is  just  under  the  13  million  ton  ing  the  war  in  the  Far  East  with  mark,  with  1,593  vessels  included  a  report  of  11,000,000  tons  of  gen­ in the figures  as of  October 1,1951.  The  21  American  Republics  will  meet  In  Washington  next  month  to  consider  such  matters  as  freight  and  insurance  rates,  a  plan  for  the  most  equitable  utilization  of  all  transportation  facilities  of  the  Americas  in  case  of  an  emergency,  and  the  coordination  of  air . trans­ portation.  Some  of  the  republics  will  take  the  position  that  steam­ ship conference  freight rates hinder  the development  of  certain regions  of  the  Americas,  in  that  they  do  not  bear a  proper  proportion  to  the  distances  covered  and  the kind  of  product! transported.  As  to  emergency  transportation  facilities,  the  American  republics,  at  the  forthcoming  session,  will  be  asked  to  evaluate  their  transpor­ tation facilities, and  to study  immediately, in c^se  an emergency  should  arise,  the  transportation  requirements  for  the.  defense  program  and  for  the  essential  civilian  needs  of  the  Republics.  Ton Fignre  The  Interstate  Conunerce  Commission,  which  has  jurisdiction  over  coastal and  intercoastal  water carriers,  will be  the scene  of  a big  battle  next  year  when  the  Isbrandtsen  Company  follows  up  its. application  for  eastbound  intercoastal  operating  rights.  This  Company, has  been  operating  in  the  foreign  trades  for  many  years  and  is  now  attempting  to  move  into  the  dome­stic  service,  claiming..that  existing  carriers  are  not  able  to  take  care  of  the  eastbound  intercoastal  lumber  movement.  Pause to Honor SIU War Dead  $1  i  4i  Shipping  representatives  of  the  North  Atlantic  Treaty  Organization  (NATO)  are  making  substantial  progress  in  agreeing on  a  plan  for the  mobilization  of  allied  shipping,  in  time  of  war,  on?«. worlfi­wide  basis.  Some  of  the  non­NATO  countries, also­would: be ,^alled';upwKin<jan  extreme  emergency,  to  iplaee  their  shipping  facilities  at rthe^spoM  of .|his  world­wide  allied  pool.  Specific  details  of  this  large  undertaking  are  lacking  in  view  of  the  complete  security  cloak  that  has  been  placed  upon  the  activities  ^  of  NATO.  In  fact  the  NATO  boys  are  so  security­minded,  that  they  have  stamped  a . "cosmic"  security  rating  on  most  activities,  instead  !  of  the  usual  secret  or  top­secret  rating.  The  U.  S.  Coast  Guard  is catching  up  oh  the  backlog  of  merchant  seamen  security clearances.  Clearances  in the  form  of  validated docu­ ments  have  been  issued  to  about  225,000  merchant  officers  and  sea­ men  and  about  45,000  more  have  been, authorized,  but  not  yet  Issued.  The  number  turned  down  is  deemed  to  be  confidential,  although  the  matter  of  appeals  is  a  public  record^  ^  Within  the  next  few  weeks,  the  Coast  Guard  is  expected  to  issue  validated  documents  for  those  seamen  serving^ on  ships  plying  the  coastwise  and  nearby­foreign  trades  (Canadian,  Mexican,  Caribbean  trades,  etc.).  The  very  latest  information  on  maritime  persormeL investigations  by  the  Coast  Guard  indicate tiiat  the  Coast  Guard  investigating  units  probed  a  total  of  763  cases  in  a  most  recent .monthly  period  (August  of  this  year).  From  this  number,  hearings  before  examiners  resulted  involving  16  officers  and  66  unlicensed  men.  In  the cases  of  officers,  .no licenses  were revoked,  a were suspended  without  probation,  5  were  suspended  with  probation  granted,  1  was.  voluntarily,  surrendered,  4;  were  dismissed  after  hearing  and  1  hearing  was  closed  with  an  ad­ monition.  Of  the  unlicensed  personnel,  10  certtiicates.were  revoked,'  20  were  suspended  without  probation,  24  were  suspended  with  proba­ tion  granted,  17  were  voluntarily  surrendered,  3  were  closed  an'  admonition,  and  7  were  dismissed  after hearing.  Brooklyn  Assembljmen  John  Ryan  (left)  and  Frank  Composto  pause  during  a  headquarters  visit  at  plaque  honoring  more  than  1,800  Sea—  ,  farers who  lost their lives  in Wortd  War II.  r«.»«111.1, >.  i  I  �tlh«ar^De!*»A«»44, liWtr  Pace I^,.  SEAFARERS. LOG Hlyil^ier Drops Cargo Into River  USPHS Urges Seafarers  To Jake 'Shot' Series  According to word received from  the SIU Seattle agent the  United  States  Public  Health  Service  is  strongly  advising  all  Seafarers  sailing  to  Far  East  Dorts  to  get  a  complete  course  of  inoculations  against  typhoid,  smallpox,  cholera,  typhus  and  plague. The  USPHg  advice came  in  response  to  a  query  made  by  Jeff  Morrison,  Seattle  agent.  Seafarers  may  wonder  why  it  is  necessary  to  get  so many  shots  in  the  arm  when  they  sail  for  these  ports.  But  it  is  failure  to  get  a  complete  series  of  shots  which  Recognition  of  the  energetic role  makes it  necessary to  give boosters  played  by  American  merchant  sea­ every  six  to  eight  weeks,  or  as  often as  a man  sails for the  Orient.  men  ferrying  cargoes  to  the  Ko­ The  USPHS  says  that  if  a  com­ rean  war  zone  by  the  award  of  a  plete  series is given,  it is  only  nec­ United  Nations  Service  Ribbon  has  essary  to  give  the  booster  shots  won  the  enthusiastic  support  of  every  four to  six  months  and  once  Senator  Warren  G.  Magnuson  of  yearly  in  the  case  of  typhoid  in­ Washington.  stead of  six to eight  week intervals.  Calling a  spade a  spade,  the sen­ In  the  long  run  then,  it  pays  for  ator  declared  that  time  and  time  Seafarers  to  take  the  time  and  again  the  service  performed  by  trouble  to  get  the  whole  series  of  seamen in  wartime had  been great­ Rotting  timbers  of  Huron  Street storage  pier  in ferooklyn  gave  way  and  dropped  this  1,750,000­pound  shots at once, even  though this  pro­ ly  underrated.  cargo  of  tapioca  ipto  the  East  River.  Although  no  one  was  injured,  AFL  Longshoremen  were  called  cedure  may  be  an  uncomfortable  The  Washington  Senator,  long a  off  the  job of  moving the  cargo when  danger arose  the  whole  structure  might  collapse.  /  one.  staunch  advocate  of  a  larger  mer­ The series consists  of  three shots  chant fieet  for  the  United  States  of  typhoid  vaccine  at  one  week  in­ and  a  strong  campaigner  for  lib­ tervals,  smallpox  vaccination,  and  eralization  of  laws  governing  the  injection  for  cholera,  typhus  and  maritime  indus­ plague.  Once  these  injections  are  try,  is  one  of  the  given  entries  should  be  made  on  few  government  London — Assembling final fig­ ures,  Lloyd's  Register  of  World  the  immunization  card  so  that  the  figures  to  come  Seafarers  and  crewmen  of  the SS. Cantigny  (Cities  Serv­ Shipping  reported  an  aggregate  of  Seafarer has  a  record of  having re­ to  the  support  of  ceived  the  necessary  shots.  ice)  drew high praise recently when  a bosun  leaving the ship  635  merchant  ships  either  totally  The  USPHS  feels that  failure  to  the  award  sug­ gestion.  asserted  that "none  have  proven  themselves  more worthy  of  lost,  scrapped  or  condemned  dur­ get  a  complete  series  of  shots  The  idea  of  a  ing  1950.  The figure,  representing  makes  it  essential  for the  Seafarer  UN  ribbon  seems  the  honor  of  belonging  to  such  "take  great  pride  in  upholding  the  1,201,197  gross  tons,  showed  a  to  get  the  six  week  treatment  in  to  have  gained  fiiie  organization."  jump of  nearly  half  a  million  tons  order to prevent epidemics of  these  impetus  from  a  ,  (An  NLRB  rule  for  Cities  Serv­ standards  as  set forth  in  your  con­ over  1949.  Magnuson  serious  diseases  aboard  ship.  widespread  feel­ ice ships  bars  bosuns and  stewards  stitution  and  by­laws."  ing  that  although  the  US  is  not  from  union  membership  because  Harking  back  to  the  days  when  officially  at  war  in  Korea,  recogni­ of  their  "supervisory"  function.)  Cities  Service  was  nonrSIU,  he  tion  is  due  not  only to  members of  acknowledged  the  "hard­fought  the  armed  forces  but  also  to  sea­ Bosun  A.  Gordon  Decker,  leav­ battle"  won  in  securing  a  contract  Relaxation of  quarantine inspections on tankers from Aruba  ing  the  ship  for  a  vacation,  ad­ with  the  company,  pointing  out  he  and  Curacao in  the Dutch  West  Indies  to  speed  the delivery  men  in  the  war area  for their  part  dressed  a  letter  to  the  deck  de­ had seen other unions "... attempt,  of  oil to the United  States may  be a forthcoming decision at  a  in  the  inlernatiuiial  effort  to  con­ trol  Communist  expansion  in  Asia.  partment  in  which  he  noted, " .  . .  and  miserably  fail  in  trying  to  do  parley  of  quarantine  officers  of  144^^  —  From  World  Body  from  past  experience  it  is  up  to  likewise.  It is men like  yourselves,  major  US  ports.  Approval of  the Surgeon General  Further  motivation  behind  a  UN  you  men  to  realize  that,  of  all  the  with initiative,  cooperation and  un­ Easing  of  the  inspection  rule  unions  connected  with  the  mari­ derstanding  who  will  further  the  would  expedite  entry  of  tankers  of  the  Public  Health  Service  and  ribbon  is  that  the  Korean  action  is  time  industry, none  had  proven  it­ relationship  between  the  company  that  stop  only  at  the  two  islands  the Federal  Security Administrator  an  international  undertaking  on  self  as  well fitted  for the  needs  of  and  the SIU  to  the  benefit  of  all."  and  then  return  to  the  states  to  would  be required  before the  quar­ the  part  of  member  nations  and  antine  exemption  would  become  that  any  award  should  therefore  the  unlicensed  personnel  as  the  The  Cities  Service  agreement,  discharge oil  without any  delay off­ effective.  stem  from  the  central  world  or­ SIU."  acknowledged  as  one  of  the  best  shore  for  port  inspection.  Imports  Pressure  for  the  move  is  also  ganization  itself.  Lauds Cooperation  agreements  for  a  tanker fieet,  was  of  Venezuelan  oil,  which  is refined  due  to  the  possibility  that  supplies  Thanking the  Cantigny Seafarers  secured  after  a  lengthy  organizing  on  the  two islands,  have  multiplied  of  fuel  oil  for  home  consumption  It  would  also  bolster  the, need  for  the  "splendid  cooperation"  campaign, finally  .culminating  in  considerably  with  the  shut­off  of  may  get  tight  before  winter  is  up  for  a  token  of  appreciation  to  the  given  him  during  his  stay  on  the  success for  Seafarers riding  the oil  supplies  from  Iran  and  increasing  and  easing  of  quarantine  regula­ seamen  who  sail  in  the  belligerent  waters,  many  of  whom,  including  ship,  Decker  urged  the  men  to  'ships.  demands  in  Korea.  tions  would  spur  delivery  in  the  several  Seafarers,  have  met  death  event  of  any  fuel  oil  shortage  for  and  serious  injury  from  snipers  consumers.  and  bombings.  Tanker  trade  would  be  consider­ ably boomed  by  such a  move, mari­ time  observers  feel.  Opposition  to  ­  Crewmen  of  the Fort Bridger  who signed  on  for  eighteen  months articles  in  December  the  exemption  was  voic  d  by  the  of  1950 face a higher  tax rate on  their lump sum  payoff  as  a  result  of  a  tax law  snafu.  The  World  Health  Organization  based  SIU  is  continuing  to  investigate  the  problem  and  is  pressing  for  corrective action  to  elim­ on  the  prevalence  of  yellow  fever  nate this  inequity in  the tax  laws.  mosquitoes in  the  oil  islands,  nota­ Seafarers  whose ship  is in  port  Pending  such  changes.  Seafarers  ment  whereby  wages  earned  at  pro­rated  on  the  tax  return  so  as  bly  in  Curacao,  where  rain  water  getting ready  to sail should  make  are  advised  that  if  they  should  the  end  of  a  period  covering  more  to  avoid  moving  into  a  higher  tax  is caught  and  stored  for household  it  a  point  to  keep  in> touch  with  sign  on  under  long­term  articles  than  one  calendar  year  could  be  bracket.  use.  Quarantine officials,  however,  the  ship  at  least  once  every  are  willing  to  take  a  "calculated  twelve  hour'period  in  order  to  which  carr^  over  into  a  secon4  risk"  against  yellow  fever,  rather  avoid  the  needless inconvenience  year,  that  they  should  provide  for  than  impede  oil  deliveries.  making  regular  allotments  during  and  embarrassment  of  being  left •   the  coiu­se  of  the voyage.  By mak­ behind.  ing  such  fillotments  they  will  be  A  provision  of  the  SIU  con­ in  effect  receiving  wages  for  the  tract  with  the  shipping  opera­ purposes  of  the  Internal  Revenue  tors  calls for  posting  of  the  sail­ regulations,  and  will  avoid  having  ills  ing time  at the gangway  12 hours  all  their  earnings  concentrated  in  The rapidly­growing  port of  New  beforehand.  With  the  40  hour  the  second  calendar  year.  Orleans  has  announced  plans  to  week  in  effect,  crew  schedules  The  Bureau of  Internal Revenue,  build  a  new cargo­ wharf on  Thalia  provide  for  considerably  more  in  response  to an  SIU  query about  ]  Street  to  meet  the  great  increase  time  off  than  before.  Conse­ the  Fort  Bridger  case,  expressed  iiilii  in  shipping  out  of  that  port  since  quently it has happened that  Sea­ the  opinion  that  if  a  seaman  does  filll  farers­  have  gone  ashore  for  a  the  war.  not  demand  allotments  or  draws,  The  new  wharf  will  be  located  longer  period  of  time  only  to  ;  but  lets  his  money  ride  into  the  between  Erato  and  Robin  Streets  find  that  the  ship  had  sailed  second  calendar  year;  the  total  of  in  the  last  vacant  space  along  the  when  they returned  to  the  pier.  all  wages  cannot  be  reported  until  Such  occurrences  are  a  head­ river  front  strip  running  between  !  )  'S  ^  .  the  year  of  actual  receipt.­ the  Public  Grain  Elevator  and  the  ache  for  the  Seafarer  and  the  See'Tax  Men'  Industrial  Canal.  It  will  be  about  company.  The  crew­member  of­ 900  feet  long  and  be  designed  to  ten  has  a  lot  of  gear  on  board  Hdtwever,  beford filing  their  tax  which  has  to  be  returned  to him  handle  general  cargo.  reports,  any  Seafarers  caiiglit  in  eventually:  to  say  nothing  of  Additional  port  improvements  this  kind  of  a  legal  tangle  should  No  Moslems  these,  just  three  crewmembers  of  the  Fort  Bridger  consult  with  their  local  tax  collec­ going  native  in  the  Persian  Gulf  to  conform  with  local  custom.  underway  are  the  widening  of  the  leaving  the crew  shorthanded  or  tor.  Tfiere  have been  reports  that  Left  to  right  are  Harry  Geri,  messman;  Bill  Robinson,  DM;  and  J.  Robin Street  Wharf  and rehabilita­ having  to  dig  up  a  replacement  tion  of  the  Erato  Street  Banana  on  short  notice.  the  InternM' dtoven  ^permitted  • iRlceutti, engine utiiity.  The hoys do  look  prct^ authentic at  that.  fieamait) to'  out  * 4frhh|d­ Tlloto wAs  ^ubmitted  by  John  Friend, pumpman.  '  ''  i  j ­ g;  1  i  5 /1 •  i  I  (  <  0 •   r  j A  s 1 s'  A . 11.'.' i I'.'.'. U.' J  t '.'i l WlTL'J'tW  Korea War Ribbon  Is Proposed For  Merchant Seamen  CS Bosun To Crew:  Take Pride In SIU'  * World Merchant Fleet  Lest 635 Ships in 1950  i Indies Quarantine  Easing Seen  Tax Snafu  Hits Shuffle Crew  Chech Sailing  Time Reguarlg  New Orleans Plans  Added Decking Space  J  �Pare Si  SEAFARERS  LOG  US  Appeal for  Seamen  Spurs SI U  Discharge Bid  Finnish  Seamen  Enjoy 2G Spree  PORTLAND, Me.—Two  Fin­ nish  seamen  probably  set  a  record in hard liquor consump­.  tion  when  they  spent  $2,200  of  their  ship's  payoff  money  on  a.  ten­day  cross­country  bender.  The  men,  Toivo  Lu­ mio,  a  radio  operator,  and  Kurt  Gronlund,  waiter,  took  off  on  November  19  with  the  payroll money  of  the freighter  Sidius.  In  the course  of  their cross­ country  hangover  special  they  visited  Boston,  Chicago,  Los  Angeles and  New York.  When  asked  by  the  judge  what  they  did  with  the  money,  one  re­ plied  simply,  "We  drink,  we  drink, we  drink."  The  shipowners  have  dropped  charges  against  the  two  men  who  are  back  on  the  freighter  again.  A  hurried  appeal  this  week  by  the  Maritime  Administration  for  ex­ perienced seamen  to man  ships c^arrying  EGA and  war cargoes'lo Korea  added  more  fuel  to  the  campaign  initiated  by  the  Seafarers  Interna­ tional  Union for  a flat  draft  defer­ ment  of  experienced  seamen.  Since  Dore's  release,  requests  Mail  arriving  daily  at  New  York  from other  Union members  drafted  headquarters  of  the  SIU  rapped  into  khaki  have  been  piling  up.  the short­sighted  policy of  drafting  The  Union  is^ow  combing  the  seamen into the armed forces  while  records of Seafarer applicants seek­ ships  crammed  with  essential  war  ing  discharge  from  the  armed  cargo lay  idle in  US  ports for lack  forces  in  order  to' serve  where  of  rated  crewmembers  to  man  they're  needed­most.  them.  Many  hold  certificates  of  contin­ The  headlined  plea  by  Vice  Ad­ uous service  on  ships in  all  battle­ miral  Edward  Cochrane,  Maritime  fronts  in  recognition  of  their  war­ Administration  chairman,  brought  time  records.  One  writer  recalled  a shower  of  angry mail from  famil­ serving "  .. on a ship off  Normandy  ies  of  war­trained  ­Seafarers  with  Beach  on  D­Day...with  Stukas  many  months  of  sea  time  to  their  coming  in  every  hour  trying  to  credit.  GI's  still  in  training  at  knock the  h­ ­1 out of  you." Despite  stateside  camps  demanded  a clear­ all his experience,  he was not  rated  cut answer to  their requests for  re­ a veteran.  His war  and civilian  ex­ lease  so  they  can  return  to  sea  perience  as  a  seamen  "didn't  where they're  needed  immediately.  amount to  a hill of  beans," he com­ Editorial comment in daily  news­ mented.  papers  over  the country  has  urged  Cutting  across  all  shipboard  rat­ Selective Service  and  the Maritime  ings,  the  GI's  would  make  a  for­ Administration  to  get  together  on  midable  pool  of  trained  manpower  their  respective  needs  so  that  ex­ which  could  Members  of  the  Sailors  Union  be  utilized  immedi­ perienced  seamen  wouldn't  be  ately.  of  the Pacific  began voting  Decem­ called  away  from  their  jobs  at  a  ber 1 to fill 22  oMcial  posts .in  the  time  when  their  prime  function  union's  annual  elections.  Posts  to  is to  sail  the  ships  that  carry  nec­ be filled  include  a  secretary­ essary  defense  cargoes.  treasurer,  assistant  secretary­ The  Boston  Post  applauded  the  treasurer, five SUP building corpo­ release  of  Seafarer  Eugene  Dore,  ration  trustees,  a  San  Francisco  AB,  from  the  Army  after  eight  Plans  for  increasing  service  be­ dispatcher, and  patrolmen and  port  months service.  Dore  was  the first  tween  the  Gulf  and  West  African  agents  in  San  Francisco,  Seattle,  seaman  discharged from  the armed  ports  with  additional  vessels  are  Portland,  Wilmington,  Honolulu  forces  after  a  long  campaign  ini­ being  considered  by  the  SlU­con­ and  New  York.  tiated by the  SIU and given  nation­ tracted  Mississippi  Shipping  Com­ In  addition  there are  two consti­ wide  notice  through  the  SEAFAR­ pany,  operators  of  Delta  Line  tutional  amendments  and  three  ERS LOG.  ships.  propositions  on  the  ballot  relating  Mississippi's  plans  are  waiting  to various changes in  the operation  upon  the  decision  of  the  Federal  of  the  union.  Maritime Board  on  payment of  op­ erating  subsidies  along  this  route.  War Prisoner Benefits  The  operators  want  a  verdict  on  this  question  before  they  will  go  Are Stiii Avaitable  ahead and  buy or construct  the ves­ Seafarers  who  had  the  misfor­ sels  needed  for  this  service.  tune  to fall  into enemy  hands dur­ Seafarers  who  have  to  send  Hearings are  going ahead  before  ing  World  War  II are still  eligible  money  home  from  Japan  to  meet  the  commission  to  determine  the  to file  a  claim  for  prisoner  of  war  family  emergencies  or  other  needs  amount  of  foreign  competition  benefits.  The War Claims  Commis  should  make  sure not  to send  Yen.  which  Mississippi  faces  along  this  sion,  which  handles  the  details,  If  they  do  they  will find  that  the  route.  The  question  of  operating  urges  all  ex  POW's  to  act  at  once.  Japanese  currency  has  value  only  subsidies can then  be taken up from  Survivors  of  prisoners  who  have  died are also eligible.  as a souvenir, since it.cannot  be ex­ this  base.  Voting Now Undorway  in SUP Eiociions  Delia May Add Ships  For  West Africa Run  Seamen Warned  Japanese Cash  Is Trash Here  changed  for  dollars  here  in  the  States.  This  is  just  one  of  several  cur­ rency^roblems confronting seamen  in  Japanese  ports, according  to  the  United  Seamen's  Service.  Pre.sent  currency  regulations governing  the  Yen  provide  that  it  is  not convert­ ible  to  other  forms  of  currency  outside  of  Japan.  However,  sea­ men  can  remit  an  allotment  from  Japan, or  buy travelers  checks and  money  orders.  Bank  remittances  can  also  be sent  through  American  banks.  The  first  thing  a  seaman  has  to  do  on  arriving  in  Japan  is  to  de­ clare  all  American  dollars  and  travelers'  checks  at  the  Japanese  Customs.  This can  usually be  done  at  the  pier.  Upon  declaring  his  American  money,  the Seafarer  can  get  a  currency  control  slip  which  entitles  him  to  buy  local  currency  for  spending  in  the  local  market.  Limit  Draws  Since  the  Yen  can  only  be  spent  in  Japan  at  present, it  is advisable  to  limit  the  size  of  draws.  Other­ wise  a  seaman  will  be  stuck  with  a  sizeable  sum  of  Japanese' cur­ rency  which  will  be  useless  to  him  elsewhere.  Seamen  in  the  employ  of  the  U.  S.  government  (civil  service)  are  entitled  to  the  use  of  military  scrip, but those  working for private  employers  do  not  have  this  privi­ lege.  All  these  regulations are  subject  to  change,  when  the  Japanese  peace  treaty  is  finally  ratified  by  Congress.  This  may  take  a  couple  of  months  yet,  so  it  is  advisable  for  Seafarers  on  the  Far  Ecst  run  to become familiar with  the restric­ ,  .t|onS|presentlyr existing,  . *  j ,; j  ­  .  [fi  ! . • /  /'  Congress Steered 28 New Maritime  Laws Tjirough This Year's Session  KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY-^An uneasy, restless, truce hangs ovft the  heads  of  British  troops  and  Egyptians  as  both sides dig  in for a  long siege.  The Egyptian  PailiaMht'^iibrogated  the  1936  treaty  which  gave  the  British  the  right  to  Station  tii^ops  in  the  canal  zone,  giving  rise  to. an  outburst  of  yigUanU  action.  ,The  latest "incident" led  to the  death of  nine British  soldiers and  16 Egyp­ tians.  The  familiies  of  British  soldiers  have  been  removed  ffonr^  the  zone  and  barbed  wire  has  gone  up  around  all  Briti'Sh  military  installations.  Meanwhile  the  Egyptian  government  is  trying  to  clamp  down  on  vili^ante  groups  out  of  fear  that  they  might  decide  to  turn  their arms against  the presdit Egyptian  administration and  take things  over  themselves.  4"  'X'  4"  •  IT'S ALL IN THE PERCENTAGE—The United States Census Bureau  reports  that  despite the  general level  of  prosperity in  ihe'country for  the  last  several  years,  20.  percent  of  the  population  gets  47  percent  of  the  nation's total  income.  On  the  bottom  of  the ladder,  the  poorest  fifth of  the nation  takes home only  three percent, showing  that there's  quite a  gap  between  the top and  bottom  dogs in  our  economic  picture.  Of  course  these  figures do. not  take into  account  the differing  amount  of  taxes  taken  off  high  and  low  incomes.  The high  tax  rates  on the  upper  brackets  would  tend  to  reduce  the  actual  proportion  of  the  nation's wealth  in  their hands.  FALSE  DAWN,  OR  THE  REAL  THINGr—Theie  have  been  some  indications of  an  easing off  of  the cold­war  between the  United States  and  Russia.  Aside  from  Korean  truce  prospects,  pressure  has  been  oh  at  the­UN  Assembly  meeting  in  Pariis  for  shme  genuine  progress  toward  disarmament.  Secret  meetings  are  being  held  on  this  score  between  Russia,  Britain  and  France  and'the  United  States,  where' it  is assumed  tht  the  customary  invective  will  give  way  to some  realistic  bargaining.  Best  guess. pnrthe  cause  of  the  more  reasonable tack  be­ ing  taken  by  the Soviet  Union  is internal trouble, in some of  the satel­ lite  nations!  Reports' have  come  through  of  food  riots  and  other  troubles  in  Poland,  and,  in  Czechoslovakia,  Moscow's  No.  1  man,  Rudolph  Slansky  has  been  arrested  as  a  "foreign  agent.!'  The  prob­ able cause  of  his  downfiU  is the drastic  downturn  in  Czechoslovakia's  heavy  industry  production.  >  X  X  X  TV  MAKES  AN  IMPACT—The  cost­*of  admission  to  one  Detroit  motion  pictiure  theatre  has  taken  a  tumble ftom  90  ceiits  to  60  cents,  thanks to  the drawing  power  of  television.  So many  people  were stay­ ing  away  from  the  movies  that  the  management  of  Detroit's  Holly­ wood  Theatre  started  admitting  children  under  12  for  nothing  and  sliced  adult  tickets as  well in  an  effort  to  attract trade.  Three restau­ rants  that  were  also  experiencing  the  TV  doldrums  have  cut  prices  to 1939  levels, with  expected  sensational  results.  ; ,  X  .  X  X  ­  ^  HE  STILL  WON'T  TALK—iPractically  everybody  has  been  asking  General  Eisenhower  whether  or  not  he  would  run  for  President,  but  AFL headquarters  in  Washington  has'been  the first  to ask  the General  where  he stands on  domestic  issues.  The  editor  of  the AFL's  monthly  magazine,  the  American  Federationist,  invited  the  General  to  state  his  views  on  such  significant  questions  as  Social  Security,  health  in­ surance,  federal  aid  to  education  and  the~ like.  The  General  replied  through'one of  his aides  that  he  was "pleased"  by  the  request  but  de­ clined  comment  on  the  grounds  that  the  "subject  does  not  pertain  directly to  his military responsibilities as Supreme Allied  Commander."  XXX  SOME  PEOPLE  HAVE  STICKIER  FlNGERS^The  Assistant  U.  S.  High  Commissioner  in  Germany,  Benjamin  Buttenweiser,  complains  that  too  much  of  the  benefits  of  Germany's  economic  recovery  is  go­ ing into the hands  of  well­to­do  people and  business interests.  Butten­ weiser attributes this development^o the fact that  the German  govern'*  The first session of  the 82nd Congress which ran from January to Octo­ ment  gets  most  of  its  revenue  from  sales  taxes,  which  hurt  the  low­ ber, 19W,  enacted  28 laws  and  passed  three  resolutions which  have di­ income brackets, instead  of  a graduated  income tax  in accordance  with  rect  or indirect  bearing on  the  maritime industry.  ability­to­pay.  Furthermore,  Buttenweiser  says;  the  Germans  don't  Included  among  the  laws  passed 4..  ^  have  a  reasonable  system  of  sharing  the  profits  of  industry  with  its '  V,  were  those  covering  subsidies  and  employees.  All  of  this  tends  to  thwart  the  development, of  a  spund  .  L  a\  ship  construction,  war  risk  insur­ Workine on RR  economic base  for democratic  government.  ance,  navigation  on  the  Great  X  X  X  Lakes  and  maintenance  of  canals  rr CERTAINLY  TAXES  OUR  PATIENCE—With  a  couple  of  dozen  and  other  waterways.  The  aid  to  major  and  minor  officials  of  the  Internal • R   evenue  Bureau  already  India  bill  providing  for  shipment  fired  or  "resigned"  because  of  irregularities,  the  investigation  of  tax  of  grain  was  also  passed  at  this  scandals  in  the  government  continues  to  spread.  Key  man  in  the  last  session.  inquiry  is  Theron  Lamar  Caudle,  former  Assistant" Attorney  General  The  India  aid  bill  allots a  maxi­ and  former  head  of  the  Justice  Department's  Tax  Division.'  Caudle  mum  credit  of  $190,000,000  during  recently  received  the  ax  from  President  Truman  and  haa  been  on  the fiscal  years  of  1951  and  1952,  the  Congressional  hot  seat  for  the  past  few  weeks  in  an  investigation  and  specifies  that  50  percent  of  of  his  conduct.  At  least ;;one  Congressman,  Representative;  .Efahk  such  grain  tonnage  must  be  trans­ Boykin  Of  Alabama,  has  been  brought  into  the  picture,  and  Supreme  ported  on  US flag  vesels.  Court  Justice  Tom  Clark,  former  Attorney  General,  has  been  asked  Provision  for  subsidies  and  to  testify  on  why  Caudle  got  the  job  as  head  of  the .Tax  Division  in  other  maritime  funds  included  the first  place.  Tax  rates  being  what  they  arej any  evidence  of  Whole­ $105,000,000  for  ship  construction  sale  tax  evasion  would' be  political  dynamite  in  1952  elections.  and  $20,000,000  for  operating  dif­ X  X  x'  "  ferential  subsidies.  Other  funds  COAL IS STILL  KING—Oil may  be increasingly, important for heat­ were  provided  for  shipyards,  Ing  and  transport  purposes  but  King  Coal still  rules  the  roost  on. the  schools,  and  maintenance  of  the  production  side.  Both  the  western  European  nations  and  the  Soviets  boneyard fleet.  are  being held  back  in  their  rearmament  drives  because of  a  shortage  Another  law  passed  by  Congress  of  coking  coal  needed  in  the  steel  industry.  Sbnie  30,000,000  tons  of  affecting  maritime  unions  was  the  coal  are scheduled  to move  out of  U. S.  ports  this winter to  help make  amendment  to  the  Taft­Hartley  up  the difference.  On  the Soviet  side, absenteeism  in Czechosl,ovakian  Act  eliminating  the  requirement  and  Hungarian  mines  has  been  an  important  factor  in  holding  down  .  for  a  Union  shop  election  prior  to  output.  According  to  the  Hungarian  Communist  government's figures  the  negotiation  of  union  shop  C.  E.  Forrest,  deck  engineer,  absenteeism among  coal miners  is running as  high as 15  percent.  Hard  agreements.  The  transfer  of  $10,000,000  was  checks  one  of  the  main, deck  fit­ and  cold  facts  of  economics  dictate  that  the  side  that  wins  the coal  authorized  to  the  war  risk  insur­ tings  before  the  Seatrain  New  battle  will  have  the  cold  ^var  half  won.  .  ,  ;  ,  •   ^  K/  ance  revolving  fund  in  order  to  York  takes  on  a  load  of  railroad  X  X  f!  MISTAKEN  AGAIN—We  gave  yoa  the  bum  steer  Wbeh  We  said  in  provide such insurance for private­ ly­owned  vessels  when  commercial  freight  cars,  tracks  for  which  are  our  last  issue  that  air  mail  and  fiKt  efasis  rates  are  going  up  on  '  insurancie  is  terminated  or  is  not  seen in  background.  Lester Moore  January 1.  Postcard  goes to  two cents  and  parcel pos^ goes  up as well  ayaijsible  at  reasonable  rates; ^  j»,  A^as, {[he t jensman.  ­ ?  .  rates stay  the  Same.* (AH  WAto«n!;sdy  Is 'tOops  we're sanT/'V^ ^t'?  ;  but  �Mday/DccieBbM> 14.^UB1  SEAFARERS  LOG  SlU Bids. Is Shelter In Air Raid Test  Page  Sevia  EC A Ship  Breakout  Hailed  As  Success  The  calculated  gamble  by  the  ECA  that  a  withdrawal  of  ships  from  "I  Further clarification of  the regn­ the boneyard  was  dictated  by  the  Korean  crisis  paid  off  with  a  saving  ­lations covering  seatnen'i validated  of  $90,000,000  by  the  government  and  stepped  up  movement  of  coal  and  grain  to  free  nations  abroad.­f  "papers  has  hem  Issued  by  the  An SIU headquarters official  this  Coast  Guiurd  in a  lett^.sent  to all  week  praised the  program  initiated  maritime .labor  junions.and  opera­ by  the  Economic  Cooperation  Ad­ tors  in  the  shipping  industry.  The  ministration  which,  he  said,  has  Coast  Guard notice  states  that  all  proven  itself  sound  after  a  year of  seamen  must  possess  either  vali­ operation.  He  further  noted  the  dated  papers  or  temporaiy  letters  program  had  produced  prosperity  of  authorization, as  a  condition  of  all  along  the  line  for  shipyard  and  employment  on  merchant  vessels  marine  workers  generally.  The  Justice  Department  warn*  of  the  United States.  .  The  cash  saving  to  the  govern­ all  aliens  they  must  submit  cur­ ment  arose  via  the  use  of  reserve  rent  address  reports  between  New  Such  vessels  are  defined  as  government­owned  ships  under  those  of  100  gross  tons  or  more  Year's  Day  and  January  11.  Resi­ general  agency  agreements  with  dent  aliens  at  sea  must  report  to  engaged  in  the  foreign  trade,  in­ private  operators  and  a  controlled  the  nearest  US  Immigration  and  tercoastal  trade,  coastwise  trade  to  charter rate  set­up.  Alaska  and  Hawaii  and  the  Great  Naturalization  Office  upon  arrival  A  report  for  the  year  by  ECA  m an  American  port and  bring dis­ '  Lakes  trade.  indicated  that  it  had  exceeded  a  charges  to  show  they  were  at  sea  The  ships  covered  are  further  statutory  provision  calling  for  use  during  this  period.  defined  as  being  in  trade  whether  or jiot they  are  at  anchor,  made  Neighborhood  worker  hurries  into  SIU  headquarters  building  on'  of  available  American flag  vessels  It  was  emphasized  that  the  ad­ fast  to  a  dock,  loading .or  unload­ way up  to second floor  shelter as air raid sirens sound  in New  York  to  carry  at  least  50  percent  of  the  dress  report  is  an  attnual  require­ ing  pas^ngers  or  cargo,  or in  idle  City  test drill,  held  on  November  27.  Headquarters  has  set  up  an  cargo  to  free  nations  as  well  as  ment  and  is  not  to  be  confused  status,  awaiting  passengers  or  air  warden  post  in  the  building  and  all  staff  members  have  been  half  the  strategic  imports  to  this  with  alien  registration  itself.  An  country.  cargo.  Even  temporary  or standby  instructed on  measures to  take  in an  emergency.  alien  residing  in  the  US  on  Janu­ The  program  got  underway,  the  ary  1  must  make  the  address  re­ employees  are  required  to  have  report  noted,  when  the  ECA  ad­ port  every  year,  regardless  of  papers.  ,  vanced $56,000,000  of  its own^funds  whether  or  not  he  previously  reg­ While  the  requirement  for  vali­ to the  Maritime  Administration for  istered  as  an  alien  or  previously  dated  papers  does  not  apply  to  setting  up  the  general  agency  ar­ reported  his address,  with  but  two  vessels  in  the  coastwise  trade  rangement.  exceptions.  other  than  those  to  Alaska  and  The  risk  involved  originally  in  These  cover  aliens  temporarily  Hawaii,  persons  who  have  been  advancing  the  program,  was  that  refused papers and  denied  security  The  day  when  seamen  will  lose  their  pi'ominence  in  the  list  of  haz­ should  the Korean  conflict come  to  admitted  to  the  country  who  have  clearance  cannot  work  on  such  ardous  occupations  drew  closer  this month  when  the  State  Department  a  sudden  end, shipping  would have  not  overstayed  their  authorized  period  of  admission,  and  students  vessels.  announced  a  new  International  Safety  of  Life  at  Sea  Convention  goes  bogged  down  to  the  point  where  whose admission  period has not  ex­ Should  a  shipping  operator  em­ the refitted lay­up  ships would have  pired  and  who  have  not  violated  ploy  a  person  who  has  been  de­ into effect  next  November.  been  a  total  loss.  Sound  intuition  any  of  the  conditions  of  their  ad­ international  agreements,  time­de­ Although few  safeguards are  pro­ clared,  ineligible,  'both  the  em­ lay  clauses  are  included  to  permit  in  apprising  the  length  of  the  con­ mission.  ployer  and  the  person  employed  vided in  the  code for  securing con­ Form  1­53  for submitting  the  re­ shippers  in  member  nations  to  ob­ flict  and,  more  important,  the  ur­ would­be  subject  to  fino  and  im­ formance of  member nations to  the  tain required  apparatus and  enable  gency  of  not  neglecting  shipment  ports  will  be  available  in  post  of­ prisonment  under  the  law.  of  vital  cargoes  to  Europe  saved  fices  throughout  the  Continental  code,  it  is  hoped  that ­uniform  reg­ revision  of  affected  statutes.  the  day  and  met  the  ship  crisis.  US,  Hawaii,  Alaska,  Puerto  Rico  ulations  will  serve  as  a  lever  to  A  further  advance  in  sea  safety  and  the  'Virgin  Islands  after  the  prod  maritime  nations  other  than  are  revised  anti­collision  regula­ first of  the year.  Notice of  any ad­ the  15  which approved them  to  join  tions for  "rules of  the  road"  which  dress  change  during  the  period  in  will  go  into  effect  when  the  large  in  adopting  the  convention.  between  annual  address  reports  majority of  maritime nations  in the  should  also  be filed  promptly,  the  The  safety  code  regulates  life­ world  approve  it.  Thirty­two  have  Rats,  lice  and  beatings  are  the  Department  cautioned.  dhily  fare  of  seanien  aboard  the  boats,  life­saving  and fire­fighting  already  accepted  this  convention,  Failure  to  comply  with  the  law  equipment on all  types qf  ships and  which  would  replace an  antiquated  Panamanian  ship,  SS  George  subjects aliens,  upon conviction,  to  wliicii  was  described as  a "floating  calls for regular fire  and boat  drills  code  adopted  in  1890.  fines  or  imprisonment, or  both.  on  cargo  and  passenger  ships  of  The  present  practice  of  cancel­ coffin"  by  a  representative  of  the  ing  any. liability  on  either  side  Swedish  Seafarers Union,  an  affili­ more  than  1,600  gross  tons.  Cargo  vessels  above  this  tonnage  would  when  two  American  ships  are  in­ ate  of  the  International Transport­ be  required  to keep  continuous rar  volved  in  an  accident  at  sea  has  workers  Federation.  dio  watch  and  be  equipped  with  been  taken  over  the  jumps  by  Cir­ As  soon  as  the  ship  docked  at  radio  direction finders.  cuit  Court  Judge  Leonard  Hand,  a  the  port  of  Lulea  nine  sick  crew­ With  US  steel  mills  turning  out  It was  pointed out  that while  the  leading  authority  on  admiralty  men  and  the second  mate  quit  the  international  rules are  generally in  metal  at  record­breaking levels  the  law.  ship  Avhile  three  other men  stayed  effect  on  American flag  vessels,*  An  important  test  of  coastwise  Urging  the  owners  to  institute  Great  Lakes  ore  trade  has  moved  aboard because  they were too  weak  most  other  nations  have  been  lax  shipping rights  currently  possessed  a  system  of  proportionate  liabil­ a  total  of  million  tons  of  iron  to  leave.  The  Swedish  union,  in­ in  such  life­saving  practices.  Sig­ ore  in  the  shipping  season  now  ity  whereby  each  would  pay  his  vestigating  conditions  found  that  natories of  the convention  included  by  the  Seatrain  Lines  is  now  un­ part  of  the  freight  for  loss  of  life  ending.  This  is  more  than  has  the  crew  had  been  treated  with  the  United  States,  United  King­ der  way  in  Federal  Court  in  Alex­ and  damages.  Judge  HaiTd  assert­ been  moved  in  any  year  except  Utmost  brutality  with  several  men  dom,  Denmark,  France,  Italy,  the  andria,  Va.  Forty­one  Eastern  ed  that  the  practice  as  it  now  ex­ 1942.  suffering  beatings.  The  ore  tonnage  movement  fell  Netherlands,  Norway  and  Sweden,  Railroads  who  unsuccessfully  op­ isted  was  unfair  in  the  extreme.  ,  Crew  quarters  were  so  badly  in­ all in  the more  than 1,000,000  gross  posed  Seatrain's  application  before  He  strongly  advocated  sharing  slightly  shy  of  the  goal  of  90,000,­ fested  with  rats  and  lice  that  the  ton  class;*  and  Canada,  Iceland,  the  ICC to  run into  Savannah, Ga.,  of  liability  among  American  ship­ 000  tons  set  when  the  shipping  rats  were  said  to' jump  right  into  New  Zealand,  Pakistan,  Portugal,  have  appealed  the  ICC  ruling  to  pers  where  collisions  at  sea  caused  season  started  in  the  spring.  Ore  tha  seamen's  buqks.  On  one  occa­ Union  of  South  Africa  and  Yugo­ the courts.  loss  of  life  and  personal  injuries  moved  in  the  warmer  months  is  The  railroads,  vvhich  include  the  as  well  as  damage  to  cargoes  and  stockpiled  at  steel  mills  along  the  '.sipn  a  crewmember  reported  that  slavia.  shores  of  Lake  Erie  and  Michigan  ­.t^e  ship  sailed  through  a  North.  Ratifying  procedure  required  at  Pennsylvania,  Baltimore  and  Ohio,  vessels.  Sea  area  not  yet  declared  free  of  east  seven  nations  to  have  a  mil­ Southern Railway  and other impor­ A further recommendation called  for  use  during  the  winter  months  i^es because  the  captain  wanted  lion  or  more  tons  of  merchant  tant  lines,  claim  that  Seatrain's  for  was' that  shipowners  be  made  when  the  northern  ore  ports  to save  a couple of  hours en  route.  ships  afloat.  As  is  usual  with  such  operations  "duplicate"  services  absolute  insurers  of  ships'  person­ freeze  over.  provided by  the roads, and,  further,  nel  instead  of  the  present  set­up  that  Seatrain  is using  railroad box­ where  they  carry  only  a  limited  cars  without  compensation  for  liability  in  this  regard.  them.  *  The  SIU  membership  is  proud  of  its  Union  as  a  group  of  hard­  .  Seatrain in  turn has filed  a coun­ The  unceasing  support  and  tersuit  in  Federal  Court  in  Tren­ working  responsible  Seafarers  who  know  the  importance  of  doing  ton,  N.  J.,  charging  the  railroads  contributions  of  the  member­ their  job  well  in  order  to  protect  their  contract  gains  and  safe­ ship to  the  LOG  are the  prime  have  combined  in  violation  of  the  factors  behind  the  complete  anti­trust  laws  to restrain  competi­ guard  themselves  on  the  job.  overhauling  job evident  in this  Another  on  the  list  of  fast­ tion  from  Seatrain  and  cast  ob­ The membership  has  long  been  on  record  to  weed out  the small  stacles  in  the  way  of  expanded  dwindling  holdout  ships  on  the  issue  and  the  one  before  it.  ­' minority  of  pilferers,  junkies,  performers  and  other  undesirables.  service.  It  is  also  applying  for  a  Canadian  West  Coast  is now  imder  The  A&G  District's  official  'We  cannot  tolerate  these  distupters  aboard  our  ships,  nor  can  we  permanent  permit  before  the  ICC  the  SIU  banner,  with  seamen  on  newspaper,  in  the  past  a  lead­ ing  publication  in  the  labor  the  Northern  Express  (Sea  Trans­ permit; them  to  drag  down  the  good  name  and  reputation  of  our  on  the  New  York­Savannah  run.  press field,  has  been  improved  portation  Ltd)  signing  up  100  per­ Seafarers  have  an  important  Union.  in appearance and increased  in  stake  in  the  outcome  of  the  law­ cent  with  the  Canadian  District.  '''  '  With  the many  newcomers  entering  the  shipping  industiy  today,  suits,  since  Seatrain  has  been  ex­ Negotiations  are  expected  to  be  size  and  coverage.  The  LOG  panding  its  coastwise  service  of  opened  with  the  company  shortly  is  now  by  far  the finest  labor  'Seafarers  must  be  vigilant  to  detect  and  expose  irresponsible  newspaper in  the country.  late,  and  claims  it  could  add  to  its  for  an  SlU  contract  for  all  unli­ characters  who think  that they  can  get by  on  SIU ships  with  these  Because of  the staunch mem­ operations  if  not  for  hindrances  censed  personnel,  including  purs­ I­.,)undesirables  practices.  We  hereby  serve  notice  that  charges  will  placed  in its  way  by raili'oad  inter­ ers.  bership  backing  of  the  paper  •   be  placed  and­severe  penalties  will  be  imposed  on  all  men  guilty  ests.  Coastwise  trade  in  general  The  Canadian district  is current­ and  its  greater  news  content,  ^ of  performing  on  the  job,  or having  marijuana  or  other  narcotics  has  been  in  a  decline  for  several  ly  conducting  a  drive  to  bring  the  headquarters will  this week be­ years,  due  to  railroad  competition,  few  remaining  non­SIU  companies  gin  sending  two  copies  of  the  ,­^ Wj thei|r  posses  SIU  phip  or  in  the  vicinity  of  LOG  to  every  ship  instead  of  but  the  Seatrain  mode  of  opera­ to  heel  and  provide  crewmen  on  ^a.SITJ ,hall.  the  usual  single  copy.  tion  has  thus far  proved successful  those  ships  with  the  benefits of  an  ­J  ''  .i  ^  ­ in  meeting  freight  competition.  SIU  contract.  Jan. 11 Deadline  Set for Annual  Alien Report  Fifteen  Nations  Sign  New  Sea Safety  Code  Disease­Ridden Panama  Ship l eaded With Rats  Judge Urges Operalors  To Share Expenses  Of Ship Accidents  Sealrain­RR Rhubarb  On Coastwise Trade  Hits Federai Courts  Lakes Ore Tonnage  Foul''ups Wanted: Keep Out!  ianadian SIU Organizes  West Coast Seamen  I  ­"  tte'­ i|,.  IILSV^'­ Nov  LOG  Result  Of  Member  Aid  ­  I  I  'll  �Wr^,peemher 14. 1951^  SEAFARERS  LOG  Pare Elrhi  PORT  MtEPORTS....  Stonewall  Jackson  (Waterman);  ject  and  urged  the  older  men  to  mittees  during  his  stay  on  the  Boston:  Council Grove  and Bradford  Is^nd  give  the  new  permitmen  a  break  beach  and  a  great  help  during  the  (Cities Service);  Catahula (National  and  try  to  help  them  get  used  to  various  dinners  put  on  by  the  Nav.);  Julesburg  (Term  Tanker);  Union  standards  and  the ­  Union  Union  in  New  Orleans.  Clearwater  Victory  (Isthmian);  W.  way  of  doihg  things,  so  that  they  Johnny  Picou  is  well  known  E.  Downing  (State  Fuel);  Trinity  can  work  In  with  the  crew  and  hereabouts.  He's  played  an  active  (Carras);  Federal  (Trafalger);  Eve­ make  for  a  smoothly­operating  role  in  all  SIU  The  shipping  outlook  continues  lyn  (Bull);  Santa  Venetia  (Elan);  gang.  Nothing  to kick  about down here  strikes  and  was  pretty  fair  in  Boston  although  we  Sea  Comet  (Zenith);  Robert  Clark­ The  men  out  here  are  keenly  with  everything  running  along  a  volunteer  or­ dropped  off  a  bit  from  the  last  son and  Justo Arosemena.  interested in  the details of  the new  pretty  smoothly  and  shipping  still  ganizer  during  two  weeks.  We  had  three  payoffs  hall.  We  had  a  discussion  on  the  going on  at  a fair  pace.  As before,  the  Isthmian  fra­ here  and  one  sign  on,  with  Cities  This  activity  is  very  welcome  to  subject  as  well  as  on  the  Welfare  all hands  interesting in moving  out  cas.  the boys on  the beach  here. There's  Service  tankers  suppli^ng  most  of  Plan  and  Vacation  Plan  which  the ,  can do  so from  here  any time  they  Picou  has  been  the  activity.  Paying  off  were  the  no trouble  in catching  a ship  when  fellows  feel  is  one  of  the  best  want  to  if  they're  not  looking  for  on  the  beach  Julesburg  (Term. Tankers)  and  the  they are junning as heavily  aS they  things  that  has  ever  happened Jn  a  particular  ship  or  run.  since  mid­Octo­ Lone  Jack  and  French  Creek  are.  the SIU.  They are  all looking  for­ Keith  Alsop,  Due  in  for  payoff  and  then  to  ber  and  is  now  (Cities  Service).  The  Lone  Jack  ward  to  collecting  those  vacation  Galveston  Port  Agent.  waiting  for  a  go to  drydock  is the  Del  Mar  (Mis­ Picou  signed  on  again  on foreign  articles  checks  and  hope  to  have  them  in  sissippi).  Quite  a  few  of  the  boneyard  Liberty  after running  in here  on the  coast­ 4  4  4  time for  the holidays.  out  of  this  port.  This  may  seem  a  brothers  lying  in  wait  for  her  in  wise  service.  Lloyd  Gardner  the hope  of  getting  on  and  out  be­ big  stretch  to  spend  on  the  beach,  There  was  only  one  beef  on  the  Savannah:  West Coast  Representative,  but  it's  probably  due  to  his  be­ fore  the  holidays,  but  she'll  prob­ Lone Jack. The men were complain­ 4  4  4  ably  drydock  for  a  month  or  six  ing  on  the  SS  Morning  Light  ing  that  the  washing  machine  was  weeks.  When  she  does  crew  up  (Waterman)  13  months  with  Cap­ hot  working  properly.  Arrange­ Wilmington:  again there  will  be a  mad scramble  tain  Moline.  There  are  a  lot  of  ments  were  made  to  have  it  re­ between  the old  crew  trying to  get  good  and  bad  things  to  be  said  of  paired  by  the  shore  gang  in  Provi­ back  and  the  newcomers  eager  to  all  stewards  but  you  can't  say  a  dence.  Shipping  slowed  down  in  the  thing  to  a  stew  that  can  put  up  We  have  had  another  picket  line  try  her  out.  port  of  Savannah over  the past  two  with  that  skipper for  over a  year.  The  Del  Rio  (Mississippi)  and  thrown up  here by  the  CIO  Marine  weeks,  although  there  was  enough  Lindsey J.  Williams  Alcoa  Partner  (Alcoa)  were  the  Engineers  Beneficial  Association  Both  shipping  and  the  weather  New  Orleans  Port  Agent  on  the  Isthmian  ship.  Steel  Flyer  activity  to  keep  things  moving  only two  payoffs here since  the last  along.  We  crewed  up  two  ships,  are  in  a  deep  freeze  at  this 4)01:1  meeting  but  the  outlook  for  the  which pulled  in at the  Boston Army  one for  South  Atlantic and  one for  with  no  payoffs  and  no  sign­ons  4"  4"  coming  period  is  pretty  good  be­ base.  The  longshore  gang  went  Alcoa,  and  paid  off  one.  showing  up  in the  past  two  weeks.  cause  of  eight  scheduled  for  pay­ Seattle:  right  to  work  on  the  ship  for  the  We  expect  a  little  pickup  in  the  However,  we  did  have  seven  ships  offs.  Shipping should  be very  good  first  day,  but  the  MEBA  is  con­ next  two  week  period  what  with  in  transit  and  things  being  what  too  with  many  members  getting  tinuing to  picket the  ship. We hope  three  payoffs  expected,  the  High  they  are,  there  are  not  too  many  off  because  of  the  holidays.  to have  a  little  more  detail  on  this  Point  Victory  (South  Atlantic);  men on the  beach.  Two  boneyard  ships  for  Missis­ story in the next report to the LOG.  Daniel  Willard  (Bloomfield);  and  In  transit  were  four  ore  vessels  sippi,  the  Cape  Remain  and  Henry  Some  of  the  boys  we  have  had  of  the  Calmar  Company,  the  Meggs,  are  due^  to  crew  up  this  Shipping  up  here  in  the  North­ in  port  recently  are  Fish  Rubery,  Southland  (South  Atlantic).  At  our  last  membership  meeting  Alamar,  Portmar,  Yorkmar,  and  month  and  several  other  honeyed  west  is  running  along  nicely  and  Ben  Boudreau,  Don  Hodge,  Gene  residents  are  due  out  aroUnd  the  keeping  the  men  circulating  off  Dakin,  Art  Forcier  and  Mike  De­ here  it  was  decided  to  hold  our  Massmar; two  Waterman ships,  the  Christmas  party  on  December  21.  Fairport  and  Yaka;  and  the  Mar­ first  of  the  year.  the  beach.  We  had  the  Choctaw  Lellox.  We  are  planning  for  a  fine  affair  garet  Brown  (Bloomfield).  (Waterman)  in  for  a  payoff  and  16 In­Transits  James  Sheehan  and  are  sure  that  all the  boys  who  All in all,  the branch has  enough  Boston  Port  Agent  are  with  us  in  the  beach  will  have  men on  the beach  to fill  most  jobs,  Since  our  last  report,  the  Angus  sign­on  In  the  past  two  weeks,  as  McDonald  (Mississippi)  and  James  well  as  four ships  in­transit  taking  4"  4  4"  '  one good  time.  but  we  are  very  badly  in  need  of  K.  Walker  (Bloomfield)  crewed  up  a  few  men.  The  in­transits  were  engine  room  ratings:  firemen­ The  members  didn't  limit  the  and  are  set  for  a  European  run.  the  Las  Vegas  Victory  (Isthmian);  Galveston:  good  cheer to  the SIU  either. They  watertenders and  oilers.  They can  Massmar and  Seamar (Calmar)  and  Two other  sign­ons  were  the  Alcoa  voted a  $25 Christmas  contribution  ship out at will  from here  and take  Partner  and  Del  Valle  (Missis­ the  Ocean  Mail, an  SUP ship.  to  laundry  workers  who  are  on  their pick  of  runs.  The  Chocktaw  was  far  and  away  sippi).  strike at  the new EEW  Laundry.  Grocery Strike  In­transits  total  16  ships,  in­ one  of  the  best  payoffs  to  hit  this  port  in  a  long  time.  .She  had  a  Voting  for  A&G  officers  con­ Although shipping has been  slow  cluding:  Seatrains  Georgia,  New  This  port  continues  to  hop  and  tinues  to  add  up  with  another  20  we  have  had  quite  a  bit  of  excite­ Jersey,  Texas  (Seatrain);  Monarch  5Vi­month  voyage behind  her when  she came  in here.  But, despite that  bustle  with  plenty  of  SIU  ships  members casting  ballots at our  last  ment here.  There was  a small  out­ of  the Seas,  Morning  Light,  Stone­ break  of  dysentery  on  the  Sea­ wall  Jackson,  Thomas  Haywood,,  long  period  of  time,  there  was  no  coming and  going on all  sides.  The  meeting.  clipper  down  in'  Mexico  with  the  E.  B.  Tilley  Jeff  Davis  (Waterman);  Alcoa  disputed  overtime  on  her  nor  any  boom  we  have  felt  on  the  Gulf  Savannah  Port  Agent  result  that  foxm  men  were  hospi­ Ranger,  Roamer,  Cavalier  (Alcoa);  beefs  of  any  kind.  That  was  what  Coast  for  the  past  month  is  really  going strong, with eight  payoffs and  talized.  The  branch  here  had  to  Clearwater  Victory  (Isthmian);  Del  you  call a  contented SIU  crew.  4  4  4  The  Maritime  Engineers  Benefi­ sign­ons  as  well  as  a  grand  total  fly  down replacements  for the  sick  Valle,  Del  Rio  (Mississippi);  Jo­ crewmembers.  On  the  local  labor  seph  Priestley  (Bloomfield)  and  cial  Association,  bounced  by  the  of  23 ships  in transit  through here.  S^n  Francisco:  California  courts,  has  started  its  We  had  payoffs  on  the  Martin  front,  there  is  a  strike  going  in  Santa  Venetia  (Mar  Trade).  in  retail  grocery  stores.  Our  SIU  We've  got  no  big  beefs  pending  disruption here.  An  Isthmian ship,  McCarver  and  William  S.  Graham  boys have  been out  on  picket  duty  and  nothing unusual  coming up on  the  Las  Vegas  Victory,  is  tied  up  (Waterman): Bertram  Goodhue and  with the  clerks and we  are backing  ships  arriving  in  port.  The  usual  now,  but  an  injunction  is  expected  Citadel  Victory  (Mississippi);  Cath­ this  beef  up  100  percent.  run  of  minor  things  were  taken  very  shortly,  which  should  change  erine  (Bull);  Genevieve  Peterkin  (Bloomfield);  Fort  Hoskins  (Cities  One  of  the  Seafarers  we  havo  care  of  to  the  satisfaction  of  all  the  situation.  There  was no  membership meet­ Service);  and  the  Liberty  Flag  The  shipping  outlook  continues  had  in  port  hero  hands  involved.  to  look  pretty  good  in  the  Golden  is  Charles  F.  Our  last  meeting  was  short  and  ing  this  week,  due  to  lack  of  a  (Gulf  Coast).  Schembri  who  orderly  with  the  only  new  busi­ quorum.  But  all  hands  who  are  All  of  these ships  tumec around  Gate  port,  with  a  number  of  ships  sails  as  a  chief  ness  a  motion  to  support  the  AFL  around the hall are  agreed that  the  and  signed­on  in  the  two­week  pe­ due to  come in  for payoff.  As it  is  cook.  Charley  Insurance  Agents  1Snd  New  Or­ new  look  on  the  LOG  goes  over  riod,  which  really kept  us going  to  important for  us to be  able to crew  up  these  vessels  when  they  turn­ says  he  is  a  very  leans  Local  67  in  their  strike  very  fine  and  makes  a  very  hand­ man  them.  In­Transits  Heavy  around,  we  have  been  urging  Sea­ lucky man to be a  against  the  Prudential  Insurance  some  SIU  newspaper,  one  that  our  boys  can  rightfully  be  proud  of.  The  in­transits  have  been  run­ farers  out  here  to  take  the  ships  member  of  tho  Company.  This  strike  is  nation­ Among  a  few  of  the  oldtimers  ning  heavy  here.  We  have  had  as  they  come  up.  Otherwise  we  best  and  most  wide  and  the  union  here, although  militant  union  in  small,  only  24  members,  is  out  we  have  on  our  beach  here  are  three  Seatrains  coming  through—  are  hard  put  to find  enough  expe­ William McKay, M.  Pappadakis and  the  New  Jersey,  New  York  and  rienced men  to balance  off  the new  the  maritime  in­'  100%  on  the  picket  line.  Schembri  Georgia;  the  David  Johnson,  Del  hands that  are shipping  these days.  dustry.  In  tho  Their  representative  was  at  our  M.  Grison.  Jeff  Morrison  Valle and  Del Rio  (Mississippi); the  At  our  last  meeting  several  four  years  he  has  sailed  with  the  meeting  and  was  well  received  by  Seattle  Port  Agent  Jeff  Davis,  Maiden  Creek  and  brothers took  the deck  on this  sub­ SIU he  has  watched  the  Union get  the  membership,  which  went  on  bigger  and  better.  There  is  one  record  urging  full  support  to  the  thing  that  has  him  worried,  how­ strikers  and  to  contact  headquar­ ever.  He  says  that  if  we  get  any  ters to see  what financial  aid  could  more  improvements  everybody  is  be extended  to the men.  going  to  quit  working  ashore  and  Although  they're  a  small  union  go  to  sea.  Not  that  he  can  blame  in  their  field,  their  actions  in  the  them for  doing that,  but  somebody  strike are  being watched  by agents  hais  to  stay  on  the  shoreside  jobs.  from  the  various  insurance  outfits  Shipping  from November  22 to  December  5  Other  oldtimers  we  have  on  tho  in  the  port.  There  are  over  1,500  SHIP.  SHIP.  TOTAL  beach  here  are  Ted  Thompson,  REG.  REG.  REG.  TOTAL  SHIP.  agents  in  the  area  and  if  the  Pru­ PORT  DECK  ENGINE  STEW.  REG.  DECK  ENG.  STEW. SHIPPED  Babe  Aulicino,  Cal  Wilson  and  dential strike  comes off  successful­ Perry  Brothers.  ly  it  will  be  only  a  matter  of  a  Boston  35  19  19  73  39  23 16 78 With  the  approach  of  Christmas  short  time  before  all  of  them  wiU  New  York  218  193  195  606  157  159 181 497 we  have  been  getting  some  appro­ be  under  the  AFL  banner.  35  31  39  105  41  96 29 26 priate frosty weather. The  boys are  Ninety­eight  votes  cast  since  the  Philadelphia  Baltimore  159  108  116  383  148  114 399 137 beginning to break out their  winter  last  report  on  A&G  elections,  for  124  90  87  301  105  58 85 248 coats and  fur lined  jackets and  tho  a  total  of  662  since  the  balloting  Norfolk  68 25 Savannah  32  27  25  84  25  18 girls  are  beginning  to  drop  hiiits  started.  21 6 Tampa  il  6  10  27  0  6 Oldtimer Around  about  how  nice  and  warm  they  204 52 would  be  in mink.  Come  to  think  49  36  30  115  72  80 On the  ballotmg committee  here  Mobile  of  it  this  shouldn't  be  too  hard  as  44 and  urging  everyone  not  to  forget  New  Orleans  87  62  57  206  99  82 225 mink  is  just  slightly higher  priced  to  use his  vote  is brother  John  W.  46 162 53 Galveston  54  42  38  134  63  than  a  good  steak.  Picou,  a  member  of  the  SIU  since  West  Coast  25 91 £8 79  47  39  165  38  Sam Cohen  1941  with  all  steward  department  Wilmington  Fort  Agent'  ratings.  He's  been  active  on  com­ 593  2,089.  700  TOTALS  883  661  655  2,199  796  New  Orleans:  CS Tankers Providing  Bulk of  Port Activity  Insurance Strikers  Get SlU Pledge  Slackoff Hlis Shipping;  Ohrlsfmas Parly  Sal  All's Qnlet, Except  For  Grocery Strike  All's Well In Shipping;  I Payoff, 4 Transits  Port Humming Along  On Maritime Boom  Brothers Urge Giving  Hand le Hew Men  A&Gmamm RMCORD  �Sdyj  .t­l  ennb i  .Viiiar^SeMaAw 14. IMl •   SMAFARERS  IPG  Faf  NiMi  PORT  REPORTS  fiats and other ills, our trio  arrived  off  in  good  shape.  We  had  Ub  like  to  bring  out  to  the  member­'  Mobiie:  in  this  port  and  registered.  Broth­ overtime  troubles  or anything  that  ship.  One  of  them  is  in  regard  ers  Cheshire,  Reed  and  Mclntyre  could not  be taken  care of  right  at  to  the  loss  of  permits.  Many  decided to overhaul the  buggy, and  the  payoff.  permitman  lose  them  and  have  to  bought  a  few  tools  for  that  pur­ The  voting  in  A&G  elections  is  apply  for  duplicates,  not  realiz­ pose.  At  last  report,  they  have  running fairly  well,  with  a  total  of  ing  that  a  duplicate  permit  will  opened  up  a  second  hand  auto  510  votes  cast  up  through  the  5th  cost  them  $4.  We  would  rather  Mobile  continues  to  be  a  good  These  past  two  weeks have  been  parts lot and can supply  out of  that  of  December.  The vote  is running  that  the  men  would  use  more  at>out  so­so  as  fw  as  shipping  is  one car parts for any make or mod­ slighUy  under  last  year's,  due  to  care  and  hold  onto  their  permits.  place  to ship  out of  as  the  payoffs  concerned. The  tubs have  been hit­ el  at  a  moment's  notico'.  It  just  the  fact  that  we  have  relatively  They  can  save  themselves  $4  and  and sign  ons are coming  along fine  ting  this  port  in  spurts.  We  will  shows  you  what  our  members  can  few fellows on the beach in the last  we  can  avoid  an  excessive  amount  with future prospects looking  good.  Alcoa  and  Waterman  provided  have  two  or  three  ships  one  day,  do  If  they are  so minded.  couple  of  months.  All  the  votes  of  filing  and  bookkeeping.  In  most  of  the  business  for  us  here  then  all  is  still  for  awhile  until  Among  the  oldtimers  resting  on  cast so far have been in order,  with  many  instances  the  lost  permits  as  we  had  nine  payoffs  and  seven  presto­chango,  another flock  of  the  beach  here  we find  one  of  our  no Ciiallenges  or void  ballots.  will  turn  up  in  the  wrong  hands  sign  ons  in  the  two  week  period..  scows  hit  port.  Then  all  is  hustle  early  members.  Brother  Donald  That's  all  we  have  for  now,  as  and  will  be  used  by  someone  who  Another  nine  payoffs  are  due  in  until  they  depart.  We  settle  down  Horn,  who  holds  we  have  been  tied  up  with  Union  is  not  entitled to  it.  the  next  couple  of  weeks.  In  our rocking  chair  and  glean  the  Book  G­166  hav­ business  in  the  past  couple  of  I  would  like  to  remind  the  Paying  off  were  the  Monarch  of  daily  local  paper  to  see  if  by  ing  transferred  weeks.  Stewards  who  are  going  out  on  the  Sea,  Morning  Light,  Lafayette  chance  we  can  leam  something  of  Earl  Sheppard,  from  the  AFL  ships  over  the  Christmas  holidays  and  Maiden  Creek  (Waterman);  interest but  seldom do we find  any­ Baltimore Port  Agent.  about  stocking  up  on  supplies.  and  the  Roamer,  Ranger,  Cavalier,  Seaman's  Union  thing of  importance.  In Mobile  In Jan­ There  have  been  several  com­ Clipper  and  Patriot  (Alcoa).  Sign,  t>  t>  3^  In  the  past  two  weeks  we  have  uary  1939.  He  plaints  from  the  stewards  that  the  ons  were  the  Roamer,  Ranger  and  had  the  Winter ffiU,  Bents  Fort,  has  been  a  part  New York:  companies  were  failing  to  provide  Patriot  for  Alcoa;  Thomas  Hey­ Boyal  Oak  and  Cantigny,  all  of  of  the  growth  of  them  with  the  extras  which  are  wood, Lafayette  and Maiden  Creek  Cities  Service,  dropping  in  here.  the  SIU,  having  usually  carried  to  prepare  special  for  Waterman  and  Catherine  (Dry  The  Del  Rio  (Mississippi) also  paid  served  on  all  Christmas  dinners.  If  you  run  Trans).  Horn  us a  surprise  visit for  a  few hours.  types  of  ships'  into  this  problem  while  checking  In  addition  to  the  above­listed  She  almost  got  in  and  out  before  under contract.  During the  war he  your  stores,  notify  the  Union  haU  load  of  shipping  we  had  four  in­ we  knew  it,  _but  due  to  a  wide­ sailed  to  all  zones.  When  on  the  The  affairs  qf.  this  branch  are  immediately  and  we  will  see  that  transits,  the  Maiden  Victory  and  awake  delegate  who  called  up,  we  beach  he  was  always  found  at  all  in  good  order  * nth  shipping  hav­ you  get  the  necessary  supplies.  Del  Valle  (Mississippi);  Steel  got there  in time to say  bon voyage  meetings,  ready  to  serve  on  any  ing  improved  nnsiderably  in  the  Maker  (Isthmian)  and  the  PT  Ex­ Handling  Beefs  as  she  was  in fine  shape.  We  also  committee  and  did his  share  in  all  past  two  weelis. During  this  period  plorer.  put a couple  of  men on the  Ara­Pac  strikes.  there  were  24  payoffs  and  seven  There  have  been  quite, a  few  Firsthand  Report  California (Amer­Pacific  SS Co.)  an  Don says  that  the SIU  headquar­ sign  ons  with  no  major  beefs.  cases  recently  of  men  who  have  We were fortunate to  get an  eye­ SUP  ship  which  came  into  Port  ters  building  is "Tops­in  anything  Everything  that  came  up  was  set­ gotten  off  ships  in  the  outports  witness  account  of  our  new  SIU  under  mutual  consent  and  then  Arthur.  that  I  have  ever  read  about  or  tled  at  the  time  of  payoff  to  the  have  come  to  this  port  with  beefs.  headquarters  in  Brooklyn  from  We  almost  cleaned  out  the  hall  heard  about.  It's  got  everything."  satisfaction  of  all  concerned.  Brother  Ralph  Guito  who  recently  when  we  shipped  a  load  of  men  Re  says  further  that  if  some  one  The  big  difference  between  the  These  beefs  should  have  been  set­ arrived  from  New  York  on the  De­ out  on  the  Winter  Hill  as  all  the  had told  him in  1939 that  some day  number  of  payoffs  and  sign  ons  is  tled at  the port  in  which they  paid  Soto,  a  Waterman  scow.  Guito  off.  If  you  are  paying  off  a  ship  boys  were  getting  off  her  for  we  would  have  this type  of  service  explained  by  the  fact  that  many  at  a  time  when  no  regular  payoff  couldn't  find  words  of  praise  high  of  the  ships  paying  off  continued  Christmas.  enough  for  the  new  building  and  for  the  members  he  would  have  is  being  held  and  there  is  no  The  outlook  for  the  coming  two  thought  that  the  brother  speaking  on  around  on  coastwise  articles  patrolman  present,  you  should  re­ it  certainly  has  stimulated  the  de­ weeks  is  good  as  we  expect  about  like  that  was  a  little  off  his  bean.  before  re­signing  on  foreign  arti­ port  any  dispute  to  the  agent  or  sire  of  the  boys  down  here  to  see  the  place.  ten  Cities  Service  ships  in  here  But  here  it  is.  He  feels  that  we  cles.  official  in  that  particular  port.  during  that  time.  If  another  batch  must  ever  be  alert  and  keep  on  Paying  off  here  were  the  Caro­ You  can  get  prompt  action  on  a  He  also spoke  highly  of  the  new  of  boys get  off  them  for Christmas  fighting  to  hold  and  improve  what  lyn,  Elizabeth,  Arlyn,  Beatrice,  beef  while  the  ship  is  there  and  SIU LOG  which he  says  looks  like  as expected, our hall  here will  look  we now  enjoy, and by keeping  good  Suzanne,  Montebello  Hills,  Kath­ the  company  agent.and  union  rep­ a  real  newspaper  especially  the  way  it  is laid  out.  like  a  ghost  town.  At  this  writing  wide­awake  officials at  the head  of  ryn,  Puerto  Rico  (Bull  Line);  the  resentative  are  present  to  clarify  After reading  the  we  have  seven  AB's  on  hand,  two  our  Union,  we  will  stay  on  top.  Seatrains'  New  Jersey,  New  York,  matters.  LOG  thoroughly  FWT's,  two  cooks  and  plenty  of  Since  receiving  the  latest  issue  Georgia  and  Texas;  Lone  Jack,  When  you leave  that port  and go  I  say  that  the  non­rated men.  of  the LOG about the new  building,  Bradford  Island  and  Government  to another port to  present the beef,  LOG  staff  should  we  visited  all  AFL  Unions  in  this  Camp  (Cities  Service);  Steel  Ap­ then  we  have  to  correspond  with  AB's  Needed  prentice  and  Steel  Seafarer  (Isth­ be  commended  I don't  know how  long the  rated  area  and  distributed  copies.  We  mian);  Louis  Emery  Jr.  (Victory);  the  company's  agents  and  the  for  a  job  well  have  had many  telephone calls  and  men will  stick around  for they like  Union  officials  in  the  various  De  Pauw  Victory  (South  Atlantic);  done.  Although  I  to  see  lots  of  jobs  even  if  tjiey  visits from plenty  of  AITL members  Sea  Gale  (Ocean  Carriers); Calmar  ports  before  we  can  do  anything  am  not  a  news­ praising our  new place.  don't  ship.  However,  I  believe  the  (Calmar);  Sand  Captain  (Const.  about  it.  paper  man,  I  do  Leroy  Clarke  lovely  gals  in  this  city  will  keep  Aggregates);  Stoney  Creek  A  number  of  crews  of  ships  know  that  there  Lake  Charles  Port Agent  them  interested  long  enough  for  Guito  (M'Trade);  Golden  City  (Water­ which  are  out  at  sea  have  been  is  no  comparison  us  to  ship  them  out  before  they  man)  and  William  E.  Downing  writing  to  the  SEAFARERS  LOG  between the  new and the  old LOG.  4^  4^  »  get  too  deeply  involved.  However,  for  clarifications  of  the  contract.  The  different  arrangements  of  the  (State  Fuel).  the  gals  in  this  here  neck  of  the  Baltimore:  •   Sign­ons  were  the  Wild  Ranger  Write  your  stories  and  points  of  space  in  the  new  LOG  gives  a  woods  are  a  determined  lot,  so  all  and  Chikasaw  (Waterman);  Steel  interest  into  the  LOG,  but  where  greater  coverage  for  the  various  we  can  say  is, "Boys,  be  careful,  Chemist  (Isthmian);  Robin  Hood  you want'clarifications  on the  con­ articles  that  are  put  in  it,  and  the  we  need  AB's."  and  Robin  Mowbray  (Seas  Ship­ tract  or have  a  beef  with the  com­ wider  coverage  of  pictures  so  that  Shoreside  Saga  ping);  Logans  Fort  (Cities  Service)  pany,  write  to  the  Assistant  Secre­ a member can keep  up with  former  Three of  our wandering  brothers  tary­Treasurer at  Headquarters.  and  Seagale  (Ocean  Carrier­s).  shipmates  when  he  sees  their  pic­ who paid off  o!\ the  West Coast  de­ The  shipping  boom  is  booming  This  poft's  biggest  payoff  in  (Suite a  few men have  been com­ tures  and  reads  the articles.  Again  cided to beat the high cost of  travel  biggpr than ever in  the port  of  Bal­ the  past  two  weeks  was  the  Lo­ ing  up  here  and  inquiring  about  I say  thanks  for a  job well  done.  by  buying  a  car."  So  they  pooled  timore,  with  ships  coming  and  go­ gans  Fort  (Cities  Service)  which  disputed  overtime  checks  from  Cal  Tanner  their  cabbage  and  became  the  ing  almost  every  day.  From  the  was  out  nine  montiis.  She  came  Cities  Service.  We  no  longer  keep  Mobile  Port  Agent  proud  owners  of  a  late  model  looks  of  things  this  happy  condi­ in  very  clean  with  only  a  few  these  checks at  the  Union hall.  All  4.  4.  (1938) Chevrolet.for  the grand  sum  tion  is due  to continue  in the  next  minor  disputes  that  were  settled  outstanding  overtime  beefs  with  Norfolk  of  $50  and  three  coon  skins,  the  few  weeks,  which  means  plenty  of  very  easily  on  the  spot.  In  the  Cities  Service  have  been  settled  latter  contributed  by  a  loyal  son  jobs  out  of  the  port.  entire  nine­month  period  there  and a  list of  men  who  have  checks  of  Louisiana.  After filling  up  with  We  had  25  ships  paying  off,  six­ was  only  one  replacement,  that  coming appears  in  this issue  of  the  water,  gas,  oil  anrf  air  (the  car,  teen  signing  on  and  eight  in  tran­ being  for  a  man  who  had  to  be  LOG.  These  checks  can  be  picked  that is), they took off  for the Bayou.  sit,  which  adds  up  to  quite  a  load  hospitalized.  The  crew  is  to  be  up  at  23  Pearl  Street,  the  Per­ About  halfway  between  San  of  business.  Despite the  big totals,  commended  for  a  job  well  done  sonnel  Office  for  Cities  Service.  It's  the  same  old  story  from  Francisco  and  Los  Angeles  the  things ran  very smoothly  with  only  aboard  this  vessel.  Claude  Simmons..  down  here,  and  even  more  so.  chariot  gave a  wheeze  and  stopped  a  few  beefs  and  all  ships  paying  There  are  a  few  points  I  would  Asst.  Sec­Treas.  Shipping  continues  to  be  excellent  dead.  Upon  examination  our  trio  in this  port and  considering all  the  discovered that  the tank  was empty  sailings and  payoffs  there  has been  because  of  a  hole  in  it.  But  being  very  little  in  the  way  of  beefs.  All  resourceful  boys  they  plugged  it  disputes  have  been  settled  at  the  with  chewing  gum,  procured  two  payoff.  gallons  of  gas  and  set  off  again.  With  the  trend  of  shipping  as  it  Los  Angeles  was  made  and  passed  is out  of  here,  this  port  is  in great  SEATTLE  2700  1st  Ave.  without  any  further  mishaps,  then  Canadian  District  SIU,  A&G  District  JeK  Morrison,  Agent  Seneca 4570  need  of  all  ratings.  Any  Seafarer  on  to  the  desert,  loaded  with  bot­ BALTIMORE  14  North  Gay  St.  TAMPA  1809­1811  N.  Franklin  St.  MONTREAL  463  McGiU  St.  Earl  Sheppard,  Agent  Mulberry  4540  Ray  White,  Agent  Phone  2­1323  tles (of  water).  MArquette 5909  who  wants  to  be  assured  of  steady  BOSTON  276  State'St.  WILMINGTON,  CaUf... .440  Avalon  Blvd.  HALIFAX,  N.S  128V4  Hollis St.  employment  for  the  next  few  All  went  well,  and  everyone  James Sheehan, Agent  Richmond 2­0140  Sam  Cohen,  Agent  Terminal  4­2874  Phone: 3­8911  months  should  come  down  to  Nor­ Dispatcher  Richmond 2­0141  HEADQUARTERS  675  4th  Ave.,  Bklyn.  breathed a huge  sigh when the  des­ FORT  WILLIAM.... 118V4  Syndicate  Ave.  folk.  We  can  use  all  the  men  we  GALVESTON  SOBVii  23rd  St.  SECRETARY­TREASURER  ert  was  passed.  The  boys  went  Keith  Aisop.  Agent  Ontario  Phone:  3­3221  Phone  2­8448  Paul  HaU  1419  Ryan  St.  HEADQUARTERS  REPRESENTATIVES  PORT  COLBORNE  across  Arizona  and  New  Mexico  LAKE CHARLES,  La  .103  Durham  St.  can  get  hold  of  and  then  some.  Ciarke,  Agent  Phone fi­.'>744  Jos  Algina  Robert  Matthews  Ontario  Phone: 5391  So  all  you  fellows  who  are  up  in  into  the Lone  Star State.  Suddenly  LeRoy  Joseph  Volpian  MOBILE  1  South  Lawrence  St.  TORONTO.  Ontario  86  Colborne  St.  New  York,  Philadelphia,  Baltimore  Phone  2­1754  our  No.  1  hero.  Brother  Cheshire,  Cal  Tanner.  Agent  Elgin 5719  SUP  NEW  ORLEANS  523  BienvUie  St.  and  other  cities  around  here  who  decided the  carburetor was  not giv­ Lindsey  617V4 Cormorant  St.  HONOLULU  16  Merchant  St.  VICTORIA.  B.  C  WiUiams,  Agent  Empire 4531  are in  a  big  hurry  to  ship out,  just  Phone 5­8777  ing all the results it should.  He" de­ 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'em  all,  The  changing nature  of  the  sea­ In contrast,  Sheehan said,  on his  all sharks are maneaters,­of  course,  eh?  Well,  it  seems  Salton  Sea  is  faring  trade  and  of  the  men  who  last  trip  out  "95  percent  of  the  but  there  are  enough  kinds  which  an  overflow  of  the  Colorado  River  work  at  it  is  exemplified  in  the  crew  were  young  family  men,"  like  the  taste  of  human  flesh  to  in  Southern  California's  Imperial  person  of  Daniel  A.  Sheehan,  a  many  ef  them  being  World  War  II  keep  up  the  family  reputation.  Valley.  He  must have  had  a  tough  29­year­old  Seafarer  .from  Trpy,  Question i  What  do  you  iu'  New  York.  Sheehan  is  typical  in  veterans.  They  look  to  the  sea  Sharks  have  an  amazing  ability  to  time,  unless, he  had  a  prairie  as  a  regular  means  of  livelihood  tend to do  this Christmas?  keep  alive.  After  having  been  out  "schooner."  a  way  of­the  "new  Seafarer,"  a  by  which  they  can  maintain  their  of  water  for  hours,  and  having  •   4^  4  t  type  made  possible  by  the  success  homes  and.  famiiies.  Aside  from  their bodies  slit  up  and  hacked  at,  ' The phrase  "shake  a leg!" mean­ Samuel  T.  Patterson,  steward:  I  of  the  SIU in  vastly improving  the  the  eye­opening  improvement  in  they still swim away  when dropped  ing  make  haste  is  said  to  stem  will  try  to  be  at  sea  if  I  can  this  lot  of  the  American  seaman;  wages find  conditions,  regulations  into  the  water.  Many  people  have  from  the  time  when  women  were  Christmas,  provi­ Sheehan's  personal  experience  have  been  made  easier  for  the  lost  hands  or  arms  when  trying  allowed aboard ships  of  the  British  ded  I  can  get  has  bridged  the  gap  between  the  family  man.  Regular  allotments  to remove hooks from the  powerful  Navy  and  the  bosun,  in  calling the  myself  a  ship.  If  "old"  and  the  "new"  in  the  Sea­ can  be sent  home every  two  weeks  jaws  of  what  they  thought  were  watch  below,  would sing  out "show  all  goes  well,  I  faring trade.  Like so many  Ameri­ as  against  once  a  month  formerly.  dead  sharks.  hope  to  be  pre­ can boys who never  saw the  ocean,  Yet,  at  the  same  time,  the  cur­ a  leg!"  The  object  of  this'was  to  4"  4"  4"  paring  a  good  he  first  set  foot  on  the  deck  of  a  rent  wage  scale  plus  overtime  see, from  the nature  of  the hosiery  Ambitious  prospectors,  please  displayed,  whether  a  man  or  Christmas  dinner  ship during World War 11.  He sailed  benefits  leaves  the  family  man  copy!  Every cubic  mile of  seawater  woman  occupied  the  hammock.  for my shipmates.  from  1943  to  1946  and  then  got  with  enough  money  in  h|s  pocket  contains  440  pounds  of  gold.  Of  Later,  "shake" was  substituted  for  After  all,  it's  the  married  and  settled  down  in  his  to  tide him over between  trips and  course,  there's  117,000,000  tons  of  "show"  when  women  became  ta­ best  present  that  home  town.  enable  him  to speiid  time  with  his  salt,  among  other  things,  to  con­ boo . on  the  ships.  a  man  can  have  For  five  years  he  worked  at  a  family..  Paid  vacations  are  an­ tend  with  first,  aside  from  the  when  he's  hungry  on  Christmas  shoreside  job  in  a  wholesale  auto­ other  big  factor  in  making  it  pos­ 4".  4)  4"  problem  of  damming  the  whole  Keelhauling,  a ­ s a v a g e  naval  day.  mobile parts supply  house, his Sea­ sible  for  a  family  man  to  go  to  business up in order to sort  of  start  punishment  in  the  old  days  which  faring days apparently behind  him.  sea.  4>  4>  4"  operations.  few  men  survived,  consisted  in  Michael Rossi, bosun:  I intend to  But  in  the  spring  of  this  year  he  Sheehan's first  trip  out as a  sea­ 4"  4'  4»  passing  a  rope  under  the  ship's  be  aboard  a  ship  this  Christmas.  heard  appeals  on  the  radio  for  man  was more  or less an  accident.  men  with  sea  experience  to  go  His  brother  (a  former  iSlU  man,  Yellow  jack,  the  sailor­made  bottom  and  hauling  the  offender  Sure, it  would  be  back  to  maritime.  He  returned  to  currently  a  second  ­assistant  engi­ name for  yellow fever,  comes from  under  the  keel  from  one  side  to  nice  to  be  home,  New  York  and  got  card  as  a  DM.  neer)  was  attending  maritime  the  quarantine  flag  (code  flag  Q,  another.  Along  shore,  it  is  still  a  but I want to make  When  we  found  him  in  the  ship­ school  in  California  at  the  time,  yellow  in  color),  which  is  hoisted  form  of* angry reproach  to  say,  certain that I vidll  when  there  is  infectious  disease  "he  ought  to  be  keelhauled!"  ping hall,  he had recently returned  and  Sheehan  had  been  thinking of  be  able  to  help  aboard.  There  was  a  successful  from  a  4V&­month  trip  to  Korea  going to sea  himself.  He happened  4"  4"  4)  out  my  daughter  and  Japan  on  the  Jeff  Davis  to  meet  the  captain  of  a  Standard  Broadway  play by  that title several  A  Seafarer  pens  this  item  about  and  buy  her  a  an uncle  of  his who  died of  polite­ nice  Christmas  (Waterman)  carrying  military  sup­ Oil" tanker  who  told  him  he  would  years  ago.  ness.  Seems  he  was  a  deep  sea  present.  You  plies  for  the  Armed  Forces.  •  4"  4^  t  arrange  for. seamen's  papers  and  Improved  Lot­ Middies at  Annapolis came  to be  diver,  saw  a  mermaid  and  tipped  can't  bring  home  a  job:  Wi^ii  24 /hours  he  was  called  midshipmen  from a  practice  his  hat  .  .  .  Then  there's  the  tale  the  bacon  by  sit­ The  thing  that  struck  Sheehan  aboard  the  tanker  on  his  way  to  in  the  British Navy  over 200  years  about  the  old  salt  wrecked  on  a  ting  around  on  the  beach.  on  his  return  to  the. sea  was  the  Curucao,  Dutch  West  Indies.  This  ago.  Young  men  training  to  be­ desert island with 25 girls, who was  tremendous  improvement  in  con­ first  job  paid  him  $87.50  a  month,  • 4)  it .  4)  come  officers  were  assigned  quar­ found  dead  when  a  rescue  party  ditions  in  the  past  five  years.  As  just  about  one­third  of  the, cur­ ters  amidships  on  the  lower  deck.  showed  up.  He  killed  himself,  it  Jack  Horn, chief  cook: I've  been  he  put  it,  "The  changes  are  so  ,rent  scale.  ,  ,  As  a  result,  midshipmen  has  come  seems,  from  overwork  —  pulling  on  the  beach  a  couple  of  months  great  you  could hardly  believe  it."  Subsequently  Sheehan,  entered  to be  applied  to  cadets or  line and  down  the  distress  signals  the  girls  now,  waiting  to  He is  convinced that under  present  the SIU  and  sailed SIU  ships ifrom  executive  officers  of  the  lowest  put up.  see  my  son  who  conditions  a  married  man  with  a  1944  until  he  quit  in  1946.  He  4^  4)  4>  grade.  Hurricanes, fairly common  in the  was  wounded  in  family can  earn a  satisfactory live­ spent  nine  months  of  that  period  western  Atlantic,  are  most  preva­ 4"  4"  4"  Korea.  He's  in  a  lihood from  the sea.  Consequently  on  an  ammunition  ship  which  fol­ The bosun gets the  bird.  SaUors  lent in  late  summer and  early fall,  hospital  in  San  he  plans  to  take  one.  more  trip  lowed the  Seventh Fleet all around  calling  at  islands  in  the  South  according  to  the  old  rhyme:  Francisco  and  it  out  and  then  attend  the  deck  de^  the  Pacific,  but  fortunately  es­ Pacific  years  back  named  one  June,  too  soon.  looks  like  we  partment school  which will  open in  caped unscathed.  tropic  bird  the  boatswain­bird,  be­ July,  stand  by.  won't  be  able  to  New  York  headquarters,  so  as  to  What  was  it  that  made  him  go  cause  the feathered  guy's  long  tail  to  sea?  For  one  thing,  he­said,  August,  look  out  you  must.  get together now.  get his  AB rating.  resembled  the  bosun's  marline­ September, remember.  So  I'U  ship  out  When  Sheehan  first  went  to  sea  thepe  .was  the  variety  of  seeing  spike.  October, all  over.  and  will  try  to  in  1943  he  found  that  a  majority  new  people  and  new  places,  on  4)  4)  4  get  to  see  him  after  the  holidays.  of  crewmembers  were  older  men  every  trip,  something  that  just  4^  4  4"  When we  say the  chief  executive  Chowder, a stew of  fish or clams  without  family  ties.  While  the  isn't  possible  on  a  shoreside  job.  4>  ^  4)  of  a  state  is  at  the  helm  of  the  with  onions  and  potatoes,  popular  war had something to do with  this  But  going  beyond  that,  there  is  state  government,  we're  saying  at  sea  or  ashore,  comes  from  the  Carl  Giunmeson, fireman­oiler: I  condition,  it  was  more  or  less  the  feeling  of  working  together  true.  The  Latin  gubernare  means  French  word  "chaudiere."  a  caul­ will  spend  Christmas  at  sea  if  a^  characteristic  of  a  trade  which  of­ with  close friends whom  ia  seamen  to  steer  a  ship,  and  a  gubernator,  dron.  The  name  was  brought  to  all  possible.  I  fered little  opportunity at the  time  lives  with  and  works  with  for  24  from which comes  our modern gov­ the  maritime  provinces  of  Canada  haven't  had  a  to  earn  a  decent  living.  Low  hours  a  day.  _  ernor,  was  originally  a  ship's  by  Breton  fisherman,  who  were  Christmas in port  wages,  poor  food  and  bad  condi­ "A  young  fellow,"  he^summed  helmsman.  the earliest settlers ... The modem  for  the  last  15  tions  meant  that  the  sea  attracted  up, "can  get more  of  an; education  4>  t  t  radio  operator's  maritime  distress  years.  I  like  to  a  number  of  misfits,  gashounds  in  four  months  on  a  ship  on  how  This is  probably  good  for  a  free  call  "mayday"  stems  from  the  spend the holiday  and  performers  who  drifted  into  to  live with  people.and  get  along  drink from some  know­it­all elbow­ French  "m'aidez,"  meaning  help  .aboard  ship  as  it  maritime  because  they  could ^ot  with  them  than  in  any  other  way  bender.  Ask  him  if  he  ever sailed  me.  is  nice  and  quiet  secure  decent  employment  ashore.  1  know."  •   and  very  pleas­ ant.  There's  no  shopping  crowds  JL  isi jni  to  buck  either.  ACROSS  DOWN  11. Port  in  New  32. City  Vir­ Do  you  remember  December,  American  Labor Party  over  the  is­ »  ^  »  Guinea  ginia  1. Sand  bank  1. Brag  19. Nothing  1941?  Japanese  peace  doubletalk  sue  of  Communist  domination...  34. Like  a  lens  Joe  Behar,  messmani  Right  now  4. Panama  Canal  2. Girl's  name  21. Scotsman's "no'  37. Compass  point  city  23. Scene  of  39.FaU  dead  it  looks  like  I  will  be  spending  caught  us  napping  as  Nipponese  Louis  ''Lepke"  Buchalter,  racket­ 3. Drink  again  Christ's  first  9. Salt  41. City  in  France  4. What  SIU  ships  Christmas aboard  forces  attacked  Pearl  Harbor,  eer  and  "Murder  Inc."  kingpin,'  miracle  43. Telescope  carry  12. Lyric  poem  24. Turn  aside  44. Island  in  W.  8. What  lake boats  ship.  I  might  be  Guam  and the Philippines,  forcing  ­fighting  an  indict m e n t  for  miu>  13. Sporti ring  26. President's  inl  Indies  carry  tials  lucky  and  pick  U. S.  into war .. . Germany called  der,  was  found  guilty. .'.The  A&G  45. BeUef  14. Greek  letter  6. Man's  nickname  28. Patron  of  47. Woman:  slang  7. Blame  15. Roman  coin  up  a  short  haul  off  drive on Moscow  over the  win­ District of the Seafarers, with head­ saUors  49. Creek  8. Of  the  nose  16. Uncle  —­ 30. Cloth  measure  51. Kind  of  bird  9. Chief  port  of  31. Lifting  which would  give  ter,  declared  war  on  U.  S.  ... quarters  at  2  Stone  St.,  NYC,  be­ 52. Follower: suffix  .  17. Took  food  Washington  me  time  off  Japanese  simk  British  battleships  gan  votiiig  for  1942  officers  and  18. Hoisting  strap  10. Assaults  Puzzle  answer  on  Page  22.  ashore during the  Prince  of  Wales  and  Repulse  off  had  just  gained  an  Iceland  port  SO.  Monica. Cal  holidays.  But  Malaya,  took  Guam..  .  .  Wake,  bonuS;of  $45  from  Eastern  Steam­/  52. Kind of  pudding  ship  Coinpany  after  the  company  25. Lasket  that's  Just  the  Midway, Hong  Kong attacked.  sought  to  slip  over  a  fast  one  on  27. Depart  4^  ^  4"  chance  1  have  to  29. Members  of  the  Union.  The  British, opened  a  powerful  ­  take.  It would be  B.P.O.E.  4>  ,  .  tank offensive in  Libya as an,aid to  30. Go  wrong  nice  to  be  home  if  I  could  work  53. Line  on  fish­ the  Russians  and  caught  Rommel's  Another  three  operators  joined  things out  that  way.  hook  forces napping.. .Portugal grabbed  the  SIU  fold  and,  signed  the  "10  35. Time  zone  in  *  t  4)  the  headlines  when  a  mild  earth­ and  10"  agreement,  granting  $10  N.  y.  36. Town  in  France  Egbert  Goulding,  chief  steward:  quake  rocked  Lisbon...The  US,  pay  boosts and  another 10  cents in  38. Carrying  guns  The  way  things  work  out  I  have  and  Mexico  ratified  an  oil  treaty  o V e r t i m e.. .In  Washington, toe  40. Tropical vine  intended  to  soothe  hard  feelings  House  adopted  a  watered­down  been  home  just  42. After  6  P.M.  between the two countries over the  price  control  bill  and  offered  lim*!  today  one  Christmas  in  46. Edgar  Bergen's  1938  Mexican  oil  "grab"  and  can­ ited  anti­infiation  powers  td  con­'  the  past  seven  puppet  cellation  of  long­term  oil  leases  trols  "pza^"  Leon  Henderson.;  years.  This  year  48. Tissues  held by American  businessmen  be­.  •  t  4"  • 4' ,  ­ is no  exception, r  49. Capital  of  Brazil  The  Maiitime  Cpmrnnssldn  ^dr­ low the Rio Grande.  will be  at sea and  30. Every  ship  has  pared' ,tb;  take  over  '80 ' merchant  hope  to  give  thcT  4>  4  •  one  shi^s  on  Red  Sea' /and  Pkcific' de­ S3. Own:  Scot  men  the  type  of  The  International  I,adies jGr^  fehs<^  runs to "accelerate" delivery  34. Writing  fluid  meal  they  enjoy  ment Workers Union, after success­ 35. Old  violin  so that they won't  fully  helping  to reelect  incumbent  of  lend­lease cargoes; US freighter  36. Sainte: AbbR.  37. One's  years  put  01  New York Mayor Fiprello La  Guaiy ;  construction  was­ ­ateaped  up • t  o  miss  S8.SUtehed  I  dia.  Indicated  it  W. Perch  Here.  tiUi^'tlijii'  ^eidlrf  tow  ­by irtOv­f 1  • V   �IWflayi  SEAFARERS SEAiyUIEIIS ^ LOG  Vol.  xm.  No.  25  «f  14;  19S)  •  Published  biweekljTAljy'the  Seafarera  International .Union,  Atlantic  &  Gulf  bistrict,  AFL,  675  Fourth  Avehue,  Brooklyn  32,  N.  Y.  Tel.  STerling  8­4671.  e  PAlfi.  HALL,  Secretary­TreasurcT'  .  Editor,  HEBOERT  ,BiiAin>;  Managing  Editor,  RAY  DENISON;  Art  Editor,  BERNARD  5EAMAN;  Photo.  Editor,  DAKVO,  NILVA;  Staff  Writers,  HERMAN  ARTHUR.  IRWIN  SPIVACK.  IM  Pare  Elerea  LOG LEUER  'From Your Brothers' 1  of  the  WEEK  '  HoUday  Sentiments  '  Christmas for Seafiurers isn't  always the conventional  holi­ day  that  it  is  ashore.  Many  of  them  will  spend  Christmas  Marine Hospital  day at sea in various climes and in all sorts of  weather.  They  is Rated  ^Tops^  will have  their Christmas dinners, but  no trees, sleighbells or  To  the  Editor:  carols.  Others, less  fortunate, will  have to  pass the day  in a  recent  issue  of  the  LOG  (Oct.  hospital  bed.  For  them  there  will  be  a  little  gift  from  the  5) A  carried  a  very  interesting  arti­ Welfare Fund to provide some holiday cheer, and best wishes  cle  on  USPHS  hospitals  and  more  from  their  brothers for  good  health  and  good  shipping  when  should  be  aired  to  acquaint  every­ >  they are on their feet again.  Some Seafarers, who have  been  one  with  the  splendid  work  these  lucky  enough  to  pay  off  their  ships  and  get  home,  w^ll  be  hospitals  are' doing  for  us  all.  spending  their  holidays  with  parents,  wives  and  children  These  hospitals  are  not'  solely  for  the merchant  seamen,  but  take  whom  they do  not see  as often  as  they  would  like  to.  ­ in some  Federal employees  as well,  It's  hard  to  talk  about  Christmas  without  becoming  trite  and  there  is  no  distinction  made  and sentimental,  but it is a season  when we would like to  be  in the  treatment.  All are accorded  a little closer  to our  friends and  shipmates, so  that  we could  the  same  fine  service.  If  you  read  enjoy  the  holidays  together,  in  person.  As  Seafarers  scat­ or  hear  of  some  minor  beef,  such  tered  around  the globe  we have to  be content  with long  dis­ as that  of  a  State  Department  stiff  being  injured  (probably  by  a  bris­ tance  contact.  Merry  Christmas,  wherever  you  are—until  tle  while  sweeping  the  steps  of  we  meet  again.  that  building),  and  getting  a  pri­ vate  room  in  preference  to others,  it  makes  for  a  good  laugh.  Of  course  they  have  private  and  semi­private  rooms  in  all  these  We note that the National Maritime Union is pleading with  places, but more often than  not you  its  members "to  have  "Patience  and  Fortitude"  (that's  their  will  find  them  occupied  by  a  sea­ _words, not  ours)  while it goes  about 'eliminating "inequities,"  man.  This is insignificant .anyway,  a  polite  word  to gloss*over  the  inferiority,of  the  NMU  con­ the medication and  treatment being  UI T E  UNDERSTANDABLY,  the same in a  private room  or open  tract  as  compared  with  conditions  established  by  the SIU.  ward,  and  it  is  a  whole  lot  more  attention  in  the  past  few  The  latest  issue  of  the  "Pilot,"  official  NMU  publication,  cheerful  and  cosy  in  the latter.  sneers at  these conditions  (such as certain kinds of  overtime  The  marine  hospitals  have  weeks  has  been  focused  on  the  for  which  NMU  members  do  not  get  paid)  as  a  "plague  of  matched,  stride  by  stride,  the  bet­ expanded membership  benefits and  |)etty  inequities"  which  "disturb  the  minds"  of  the  NMU  ter conditions achieved in the mari­ services — the  new  headquarters  membership.  Yet  while  they  belittle  these  conditions  as  time industry  as a  whole and  today  building,  the  new  SEAFARERS  "petty"  they  thiiik  h important  enough  to  put  in  months  of  they  rank  with  the finest  hospitals  LOG,  the  increased  vacation  pay  negotiations  with  the  shipowners,  which  they  describe  as  a  in  the  country.  and  the  like.  But  we  shouldn't  let  Soon  Be  Fit  "herculean assignment"  (that means  "terrific  beef")  to elim­ the brightness  of  these accomplish­ inate the inequities.  Evidently the only  plague they are talk­ This  brother  is  now  looking  for­ ments  blind  us  to  many  essential  ing about is the storm of  dissatisfaction  raised  by their mem­ ward  to  discharge  after  spending  union  operations  that  are  continu­ three  years  under  hospital  eare.  1  bership  when  they see SIU  men  enjoying  better  conditions.  was  a  pretty  sick  ing  to  function  quietly  and  effi­ .taught halfway in their pose between a sneer and a  lament,  guy  on  admit­ ciently.  , fhe  NMU further  belittles these SIU gains  as "bits of  favorit­ tance  and  when  For  example,  our  contract  de­ I  walk  out  of  ism," implying that  the opeyators  are going  out  of  their  way  here.  I'll  be  as  partment  has  been  on  the  ball,  as  to  give  SIU  members  better  conditions  just  to  knock  the  fit  as  medical  usual.  This  important  department  NMU!  As our  members  well  know  from  bitter  past  experi­ skill and care  can  has  been  doing  a  top­notch  job  ence,  operators  are not  giving  away  anything,  including Ice  make  me  and  round­the­clock  as part  of  the con­ in  the  wintertime.  Anything  the  SIU  has  it  fought  to  get.  ready  to  ship  in  tinuing object  of  signing new  com­ It's just  too bad for  NMU members that their  leadership can't  the  near  future.  panies  to  SIU  agreements  and,  stand up to the pace the SIU has set in winning improvements  I was  taken  off  more  important,  getting  more  jobs  for Seafarers.  ship  in  Honolulu  after  a  USPHS  for  our  people  up  and  down  the  check showed  I had  TB,  and spent  coast.  nine months  in  the  Army's Tripler  General  until  well  enough  for  The  job of  organizing is  naturally  transfer  to  the  mainland.  All  the  dependent for success upon  aggres­ ,  Forty­six years at sea is a long time, but if  you really  enjoy  seamen  there  got  top  treatment.  siveness,  a  quality  which  our  con­ it,, it isn't  enough of  ships and  sailing.  Uncle Otto  Preussler,  I was  taken  off  ship in  Honolulu  tract  department  does  not  lack.  who said goodby *0  the sea last week, is  doing it unwillingly.  after  a  USPHS  check  showed  I  Our  representatives  have  been  go­ Ill  health and  the loss of  sight in  one eye  have forced  him  to  had  TB,  and  spent  nine  months  in  ing out and  bringing back  the  jobs.  give up his  vocation.  He will  retire now  to his Florida  farm  the  Army's  Tripler  General  until  In  this  respect,  you  may  have  well  enough  for  transfer  to  the  noted  that in  this issue of  the LOG  to  reminisce over  hiS  many experiences.  mainland. All  the seamen  there got  a story  announcing that  three more  . ,  Uncle  Otto  siailed  through  the  worst  of  it  and  the best  in  top  treatment.  operators have  been  brought  under  . his  long  years  at  sea  since  that first  trip  back  in  1905.  He  The same goes for  my six months  contract.  If  past  performances  are­ would  sail  again  tomorrow  if  he  could,  although  he's  seen  in  the  San  Francisco  Marine  Hos­ any  criterion,  we  can  expect  more  enough  of  the sea  to satisfy  two or  three men.  We  hope he  pital and  the Staten  Island  Marine  such  contract signings  to  be on  the  Hospital  in  Stapleton  for  another  way.  Your  Union  will  be  in  there  enjoys  his long­deserved  rest.  Good  luck. Brother.  10 months.  I was then  admitted  to  pitching.  Manhattan  Beach  and  after  a  stint  4*  4"  4­ there  it  was  suggested  that  sur­ OUR  UNION  IS  VERY  AN­ ti'nt gery  was  the  solution  to  my  grab­ xious  to  get  the  ball  roll­ We have been more  than gratified  by the flood of  favorable  bing  a  fistful  of  fresh  air  in  a  ing  on  the  pending  vacation  pay­ hurry  so  I  went  back  again  to  ' dorhments  that  have been received,  in  person  and  in  writing,  Stapleton.  ments.  The only  kink in  the entire  on  the  ne^V appearance  of  the SEAFARERS  LOG. Members  Had a  topnotch  time there  again,  machinery  is  a  technical  matter  of  the Union, newspapermen, government officials and leaders  was operated  on  by  one of  the  A­1  over  which  the  union  has  no  con­ of  other  unions  have been  very  generous  in  their  praise, for  chest  surgeons  in  the  U.  S.,  a  guy  trol—the  Wage  Stabilization  Board  which  we . thank  them  all.  whose  personality  matches •   his  in  Washington  has to okay  the pay­ skill,  and  the  treatment  on  the  ments.  Union  representatives  have  This  Was  not  just  a  one­shot,  special­issue  affair.  We  are  part  of  doctors,  nurses  and  at­ been  working  continually  to  get  going  to keep  up this standard  in all  issues, indeed,  make all  tendants couldn't  have  been  better.  the  board  to  render its  decision  as  . J^e ipiprpve^  chn.  Along these  lines,  this issue  car­ I'm  back  in  Manhattan  Beach  soon  as  possible  so  that  the  bene­ ^jries  on  pages f2 ^d 13 a descriptiqn of  how  the LOG  is put  again  convalescing  and  will  spend  fits  can  get  under  way.  tir',iogether ,fron\ on^ iss.ue  to the next, so as to give our  readers  the next  few  months taking  it easy  The Union is ready  to begin  pay­ VTA an  understanding  of  the  task  involved.  As  always  we  wel­ and  building  up fur  discharge  and  ing  out  the  vacation  payments  at  Hcome all suggestions, tmd criticisms which  will keep us on our  the best  payoff  I've ever  had.  all of  its  branches. 1'he companies  have  be«^|^i|Mng  thjsir  con^­i1  SM1J[S  Sour  Gripes  O I  *tJneie  Otto''  Retires  Thanh "You  Note  Y tions  into  the  Vacation  Fund  and  those  that  haven't  will  do  so  retro­ actively, so  that  no  money  is going  •   down  the  drain  as  a  result  of  the  waiting  period.  4  4  4  CCORDING  TO  THE  PILOT,  A organ  of  the  National  Mari­ time  Union,  that  union  is  more  than  just a little disturbed over  the  "inequities" in  their contracts. "In­ equities," by  the  way, is  simply an­ other  way  of  saying  provisions  in  SIU  contracts  that  don't  exist  in  NMU  agreements.  The  Pilot  goes  to great  length  in saying  that these  "inequities  are  petty  matters."  Ii  they're so  "petty" it's  hard  to fath­ om  why  there's  so  much  to­do  .  about  nothing.  Fact  of  the  matter  is,  the  Pilot  admits,  that  NMU  members  want  the  "inequities"  ironed  out  so  that­ they  can  enjoy  the  same  benefits  as  the  men  of  the  SIU.  On  that  '  score,  we're  all  (or  seamen  everj­ where  being  able  to  reap  the same  benefits as  Seafarers  do.  One  wa;­ to get  them is  to do  what  we of  th ­•   • :  SIU  have  been  doing  these  man.­ years—and  that  is  to  go  out  an  :  fight  for  them.  4  4  4  T HERE'S  ONE  REGRETTABL '  ^  note as  the Christmas  holiday  j  season  rolls  around,  and  that  i >  1  that a  number  of  our SfU  brothers  ,  will  have  to  sprtid  the  holidays  i.i  j  various  hospitals  up  and  down  tl e  *  coast.  There's  nothing  that  can  t e ^  done  about  that, of  course,  but  th ­•   Union  has  acted  to  bring  some  t i  of  cheer  to  these  hospitalized  men.  Because of  the successful  mannc ­ of  operation of  our Welfare  Plan ; i  1951,  we  are  able  to  add  a  >  bonus  to  the  regular  weekly  $  >  hospital  benefit,  so  that  these  m<  i  will  receive a  $40  benefit  payme  t  for  the  Christmas  holiday  wet);.  Along  with  the  money  go  since; y.  wishes  for  speedy  recovery  fro. i  all  Seafarers.  To  the  rest  of  the  Seafarer.;,  their  families,  and  all  our  frient  s  may  we  at  this  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acquired  a  large  measure  of  fame  as  the.  outer  limit  marker  and  channel  indicator  for  New  York  VON'T  Lose  m  youiz  UAllON  harbor,  a  function  she  has  per­ formed  since  1908.  Lightships  are  used  by  the  Coast  Guard  as  a  substitute  for  lighthouses  in  places  where  the  water depth  is such as to  make the  construction  of  a  fixed building  impractical.  Actually,  the  present  Ambrose  is  the  last  in  a  line  of  lightships  which  have  been  serv­ icing New  York  harbor without  in­ terruption  since  1839.  The  first  lightship  station  in  New  York  har­ bor  was  established  off  Sandy  Hook  in  1823,  but  for  a  period  of  11 years  from 1828  to  1839 the  sta­ tion  was  vacant.  In  1908  the  Sandy  A  familiar  landmark,  Ambrose  Llghislilp stapds by  In  NY harl  Hook station was  moved to  its pres­ ent  position  and  changed  to  Am­ designed  for  easy  recognition.  Her  with the  hew  radar  beacon  system,  brose  lightship.  distinctive  design,  rig  and  color,  Ambrose  sends  out  its  own  radar  A  rough  idea  of  Ambrose'  loca­ and  the  large  size  of  the  name  signal  which appears on  the 'scope  tion  can  be  gotten  by  drawing  a  painted  on  her  side  are  all  for  as  a  long,  narrow,  pie­shaped  line  due  south  on  the  map  from  one  purpose,  to  enable  navigators  wedge.  The  pip  showing  where  Bockaway  Beach,  and  due  east  to  distinguish  her  from  all  the  Ambrose  is  located  will  appear  from  Sandy  Hook.  The  point  other ships  which  are  likely  to  be  somewhere  within  the  wedge,  where  the  two  lines  intersect  is  in  the  vicinity.  enabling  the  ship  to  pinpoint  the  approximate  location  of  the  Comes  nighttime,  fog,  rain  or  Ambrose'  location  with  great  ac­ lightship,  and  the  start  of  the  reduced  visibility from  other  curacy.  '  Ambrose  channel  into  New  York  causes.  Ambrose  has  several  gad­ Unfortunately conventional radar  Harbor.  Keeping  Ambrose  where  gets  aboard  to  get  her  signal  systems  now  in  operation  will  not  she  belongs is one  of  the  most  im­ through  to  merchant' ships.  These  receive 'this • p  ie­shaped  wedge  on  portant  factors  in  her  utility  to  include  the  15,000  candlepower  their 'scopes.  The  Coast  Guard  is  shipping.  After  many  years  of  lamps  which  send  quite  a  beam  anxious  to  install  the  radar  bea­ experimentation,  the  Coast  Guard  through  the  night.  In  addition,  con  in  all  its  lightships  and  light­ has  decided  on  the  use  of  mush­ Ambrose has  powerful horn  signals  houses,  but  is  waiting  for the  ship  room  anchors  to  hold  lightships  in  and transmits a radio beacon  which  operators  to  install  the  necessary  place.  Some  of  these  anchors  enables  ships  to  get  Ambrose's  receiving equipment  before  taking  weigh as much  as 7,800 pounds.  bearing  on  their  radio  direction  this  relatively­expensive  step.  The  present  holder  of  the  name  finders.  Ships  then  can  sail  off  Despite  all  the  signals, and  pre­ was  the  first  lightship  to  /bev  the  bearing  in  assurance  that  they  cautions,. Atpbrose  still  has  her  equipped  with  full  Diesel  engines.  will  not  hit  the  lightship  in  a  fog.  brushes  with  ships  which  for  one  She  was  built  in  1926  and  placed  One  of  the  latest  developments  reason' or another stray  off  course.  in  service a  year later.  Ambrose  is  which  has  up  to  now  been  con­ Some  Seafarers  will TJO  doubt  re­ a  steel­hulled  vessel,  132  feet  long  fined  to  Ambrose,  is  a  radar  bea­ call  that  she  was  r^med  by  the  and  30  feet  In  the  beam  with  a  con  system  which  emits  a  signal  Raphael  Semmes  (waterman)  on  displacement  of  775  tons.  She  can  24  hours  a  day.  Ordinarily,  ships,  January  15  of  last  year.  Another  work  up  a  speed,  of  nine  knots  having  radar  on  them  will  see  collision  took  iflac^ that  same year  when  moving  to  and  from  her  Ambrose  as  just  another  "pip"  on  with  the  Santa  Monica  and  there  fixed  station.  the  radarscope  along  with  any  have  been  several  such  incidents  Like  all  lightships,  Ambrose  is  other  ships  in  the  vicinity.  9ut  down  through  the years.  %ing CoaF Booms Xorfolk Sbipping  (Continued  from  page  2)  ing  coal  for  the  ECA.  A  rough  es­ pits,  Europe  is  short  some  30,000,­ timate  for  the first  eleven  months  000 tons  of  coal this  winter. Hamp­ of  the year  is that  15,000 Seafarers  ton  Roads, Ahe  premier  coal  port  have  shipped  through  this  #ort.  of  the  US,  is on  the  boom,  making  Meeting  the  demand  for  men  has  up  the  deiftit.  not  been easy,  but the Norfolk hall  has  been  able  to  call  upon  other  Close  to  Coal  Fields  SIU  halls  when  the  occasion­ de­ The  leadership  of  the  Virginia  manded.  The  SIU  system  of  man­ port area in the coal trade is largely  power  allocation,  operating  out  of  the  product  of  simple  arith­ New  York  headquarters,  has  been  to  help  out  by  checking  with  metic—railroad  mileage.  Hamp­ able  nearby  ports,  and  then  those  fur­ ton  Roads  is  closest  of  all  east  ther  away,  if  necessary,  to  supply  coast  ports  to  the  bituminous  coal  men  for  Hampton  Roads.  ,  fields  of  western  Virginia,  eastern  Three­River  Junction  Kentucky  and  the  state  of  West  Virginia. With  three rail  lines from  Geographically,  the  port  of  the west,  the  Norfolk  and  Western,  Hampton  Roads  is  formed  by  the  Virginian,  and  Chesapeake  and  junction  of  three  river  valleys,  the  Ohio  pouring  coal  into  the  port,  a  James,  the  Elizabeth  (in  three  record­breaking  3,700,000  tons  of  branches)  and  the  Nansemond,  coal  was  dumped  in  the  month  of  which  pour  their  waters  into  the  October,  with  more  to  come  this  lowest  part  of  Chesapeake  Bay.  winter.  The  port  is  a  good  example  of  Total  coal dumpings  for the  year  those  "drowned  river  valleys"  1951  are  estimated  at  roughly  37,­ which  are  so  prevalent  all  along  500,000  tons which  would  be  a  new  the east  coast of  the United  States.  record.  The  tie­in  between  Eu­ Lowering  of  the  land  level  over  rope s  coal  production  and  Hamp­ long  periods  of  time  has  caused  ton  Roads  coal  loadings  is  further  the river­bottoms  to sink  below the  illustrated  by  the  fact  that  the  level  of  the  sea.  The  consequent  previous  record  tonnage,  34V^  mil­ influx  of  tidal  waters has  made for  lion,  was set  in  1947.  That  was  the  broad  channels  and  many  inlets.  year of  Europe's greatest  economic  The roadstead .proper, leading  in  crisis,  when  the  British  had  to  from  Chesapeake  Bay,  sets  off  shut  down  their  factories  for  lack  Newport  News  on  the  north  shore  of  coal  and  the  Marshall  Plan  was  from  Norfolk  and  Portsmouth  on  Introduced as a  means of  rescue.  the  south  side.  Total  shore  front­ Even  in  relatively­normal  times,  age  in  the  port  area  is  about  50  Hampton  Roads  still  moved  a  very  miles,  of  which  30  miles  has  been  large  amount  of  coal  tonnage.  The  developed,  principally  by  the  nine  lowest figure for the post­war years  railroad  lines  which  run  Into  the  was  12  million  tons  in  1950,  and  port  area  from  all  directions.  most  years,  pre­war  and  post­war,  'One  of  the  chief  advantages  of  have  seen  higher  tonnages  than  Hampton  Roads  as  a  coal­loading  that.  port  is the  fact  that  the major rail  Most  ships  crewed  by  the  SIU  lines  have  trackage  running  right  are  either  vessels  of  the  MSTS  out  onto  their  piers.  Coal  can  be  service  or  are  private  paiftF­ ships  from  open  freight  cays,  and  vice  versa.  The  sam^ applies  to  other  bulky., and  hard­to­handle  products  like  mahogany  logs,  pot­ ash, industrial  bulk ores of  various  types,  and  other  raw  materials.  Lighterage  needs  are  further  re­ duced  by  the  Norfolk  and  Ports­ mouth  Belt  Line  which  runs  in  a  loop  around  those  two  cities.  It  provides  for  interchanges  with  all  lines  running  into  Hampton  Roads  Roads is concerned.  Old King Coal  though  the  C&O  has  its  terminus  still  calls  the  tune.  As long  as  the  coal  Is  pouring  down  the  chutes  in  Newport  News.  Although coal .has long  been  the  into  the  holds,  and  the  coal  dust  number  one  cargo  for ­the  port,  it  hangs  over  every  pier,­  E^ampton  was tobacco that  got the  port start­ Roads  is  on  the  boom  and  keeps  ed on  its way.  The country's major  growing  bigger  daily.  The ;SIU  in­ tobacco  growing  areas  in  Virginia  tends  to  keep  pace  with  the  need  and  North  Carolina find  «  natural  and meet the  demand for  crews to  help  insure  smooth,  and  .speedy  exit through  Hampton Roads.  But  basically,  as far as  Hampton  operation of  the  port.  ^  ) tjl  Hampton  Roads  map  shows  major docks  in  black.  Smfl^  ­ a*%  ^  �,  •  WOOMH MMoAcr 1«. ItSl  SEA.FARERS LOG 9*n nrice*  • i  is«»»:»/t.>» iW^iMjSAfSje  ipiiiliii  ,af.  Sand Shuttle To Newark:  Secrtarers Carry  Highway  Fill  From  Coney  Island  rM  1  •.  ­ vr The Sandchief  moves in to its mooring fully loaded with  thousands of  •   tons of  sand  for  discharge via its unique piping system.  Motorists will  goon  be driving through  the last  section  of  the  New  Jersey Turnpike,­a  new super­highway  being constructed  on sand­fill  in the section near Newark.  Hauling the sand are Seafarers aboard the  '' Sandchief  and  Sandcaptain,  specially  adapted  sand­sucking  vessels.  The sandboats make two trips a day between Coney  Island and Port  Newark.  They stand  off  Coney Island  about  two hours in  the course  of  which they suck up about 5,000 tons of sand from the ocean  bottom.  Wheii fully loaded  they  head  back  to  Newark  to discharge  cargo.  A LOG photographer visited  tha Sandchief  when she tied  up at her  h  '  Newark,  N. J., port  of  discharge  to  photo^aph  the ship's  operation.  In order  to get  the fill to  the point  where it  is needed  without inter­ '  mediate truck hauling, the ship's spout is connected to a 20­inch  pipe­ lihe  which  runs about  three and  one half  miles inland  to  where  the  ;  road  iis  constructed.  Sand  is forced  under, pressure through  the pipe  to the  outlet  point.  .  The sandboats  are former  Army  dredges redesigned  to  carry  huge  quantities of  sand.  In addition to delivering about  20,000  tons of  sand  daily for the Jersey Turnpike, the vessels also serve as dredges keeping  . .  the chaimels into  New York harbor at adequate depth.  '  •   Construction  Ag^egates  Corporation  which  has  contracted  to  de­ liver these tremendous amounts of sand had been using four sandboats  on  this run.  At  present  only  the Sandchief  and  Sandcaptain  are  in  Sf ipperatioh, the Sandmate  an  having been sunk  in  the last  ^  a  half.  .Kiey  lyere Victims  of  the treacherous  currents and  rimes­Squaretlike jraffic in the  world's busiest  port.  Scoop which sucks up sand being lowered over  the side.  Much of  the  sand is  taken up in  Ambrose Channel  near Coney  Island.  This keeps  the channel  deep and clear  and offers an excellent sand  supply.  A sand­water mixture  enters hold,  the sand  settling to  the bottom  as  water flows  back  into  ocean.  In  port,  water  is  forced  into  holds  so  that  the mixture  can  be sucked  up  and  forced  out.  Although  never  too  far  from  shore,  ship's  routine  is  not  much  J  different aboard  the Sandchief  than other ships, especially when  it comes to digging into the ship's chow.  The sand and  water mixture from  the holds is forced  through  these  pipes aboard  ship  by  pressure  generated  by  the ship's  engines.  ­4! ^  ^ •   h'  ,  ­ ­  .  .  ^  ''V,  '  The mixture from both holds are  joined to this single pipe which runs  Not  aU Vapd'is  moved  via  thf  Some  df  it  i^  stored  aboard  alongside the ship to a point where it is ready to leave the Sartdehief  anchored*  barges  where  cranes  loaid  it  onto  trucks  which  carry  it  •   I e  II m through  thiskfarupUAgiperihatiAilflyi fikfed Utf shoi­fe; ?»* i n s  n  »  s»ij i  �PaseSMecs  SEAFARERS  LOG  Seamen Made Tattoos Famous  Did Tott Know •  •   Tattooing,  whether for  identification  or  decoration, has been  known  to seamen and lands­ men  alike for  several  hundred  years,  although  the sailor  has long  been  its sole  missionary  That  the  Mason  and  Dixon  Line  fortified  with  heavy  leather thongs  in most  corners of  the globe.  actually was surveyed (1763) by  two  sometimes studded with met^.  A  primitive  habit  dating  back  to  comparing  their  women  but  the  Englishmen,  Charles  Mason  and  flni  {^ve fight  was  betweeii  such  delights  as  removing  joints  art  work  each  bore.  Jeremiah  Dixon,  to settle  constant  Englishthen  at  Aix ­ la ­ Chapeliei  of  one's fingers for identifying  pur­ The  tattooers  got  favored  treat­ France, on  October  8,  1818.  'j:  dissension  between  the  Lords  Bal­ poses,  it  developed  in  the  Pacific  ment  and  other  distinctions  from  4  4  4  areas  and  gained  world  reknown  less  artistic  employees.  Some  ate  timore  and  the  Penn  family,  the  as  seamen  earned  home  samples  the  same  food  as  their  bosses,  lords  proprietor  of  Maryland  and  That 300  merchant  ships of  100Q£  Pennsylvania?  The  line  was  origi­ gross  tons  or  over  owned  by  prH  of  the  art  on  their  own  bodies.  quite  different  from  their  treat­ nally  marked  by  milestones,  every  vate US operators have  been trans*  ment  on  the  islands  where  they  fifth  one  A  tattoo  is  made  by  pimcturing  bearing  on  one  side  the  ferred  or  sold  to  31  foreign fiaga;  were  treated  simply  as  laborers.  the  skin  and  rubbing  colors  into  coat  of  arms  Penn  and  on  the  since the end of  the war in August,  One other factor which prompted  other  those of of  the skin  openings.  Sailors adopted  Lord  Baltimore.  1945?  More  than  a  million  and  a  many  merchants  to  conspire  for  the practice as  a  means of  assuring  ^  ^  ^  the  services  of  a  particular  artist  That  the  Hawaiian  Islands  got  half  gross  tons  were  involved.  their  identity  in  case  of  death  by  4 4 4 t was  their  use  to  mark  bales  of  shipwreck  or  drowning  and  to  se­ name  from  the English  spell­ That  the first  American  ship  to  merchandise  for  export.  Printing  their  cure  the  rites  of  their  church  in  ing  of  "Owhyhee,"  where  Capt.  be  torpedoed  and  sent  to  the  bot­«  as  we  know  it  today  was  still  a  Cook was  the  event  of  serious  injury  or  ill­ killed by natives in  1779?  tom  by  Nazi  U­boats in  World  War  laborious  and  relatively  unknown  ness  by  having  a  religious  symbol  II was the SlU­manned Robin Moor  4"  t  4"  process  and  this  special  need  for  That  the Seafarers  such as  a crucifix tattooed on them.  International  on  May  21,  1941?  The  43  passen­ distinguishing  the  goods  of  one  The  practice  gained such stature  Union  is  composed  of  37  autono­ gers  and  crewmen  were  given  20  merchant from  another  was  a  spe­ mous  that  superstition  and  legend  na­ unions,  representing  seafar;­ minutes  to  abandon  ship,  without  cial  reason  for  their  encourage­ ing  men,  turally  grew  up around  the  use  of  longshoremen, fishermen,  dispatching an SOS, and left adrift^  ment  of  the art.  various  tattoo  marks.  One  such  cannery  workers and  marine  landing in  the States a month later.  A  natural  outgrowth  from  this  crafts,  in  the  US,  allied  was  the  belief  that  a  pig  tattooed  Canada  and  4  4  4  was  the curiousity of sailors to have  Alaska?  on  the  foot  was  a  charm  against  That those  winters in Siberia­are  similar  markings  applied  to  their  drowning.  really cold?  Lowest world  tempera­ 4"  it  4"  bodies  and  thus  the  contini^ption  That  the city  of  New  Orleans  is  ture  ever  recorded  was  ­90°F.  at  A  well­appointed  studio  in  Lon­ of  the art down to the  present day.  one  of  the  few  cities  in  the  US  Verkhoyansk,  Siberia  in  1892.  The  don,  England,  drew  royal  custom­ Luis A. Ramirez  that  has  been  under  three  flags?  top  US figure  of  ­66''F.  was  real,  ers  from  time  to  time,  an  honor  During  its  turbulent  history,  the  summery  compared  to  that. It  was  not  shared  by  many  of  the  tattoo­ city  has  been alternately a  Spanish  recorded  at  Yellowstone  Park,  ing artists.  Most  seaports through­ and  a  French  possession.  The  Wyoming,  in  1933.  out  the  world  have  their  tattooing  French  founded  it  in  1718  and  colony.  Servicemen,  not  only  in  4  4  4  named  it  in  honor  of  the  Duke  of  That  the  two  movies  made  by­ the  Navy  but  in  all  branches,  util­ Headquarters  again  wishes  Orleans.  the SIU's  A&G  District  have  been  ize  it  during  wartime  because  its  to  remind  all  Seafarers  that  seen  by  trade  union  audiences, es­ indelible  identifying  characteris­.  4"  4  4"  Sample  of  Japanese  Tattoo^  payments  of  funds,  for  what­ That  modem  boxing  dates;, back  timated  at  hundreds  of  thousands^  tie  makes  it  more  valuable  .than  ever  union  purpose,  be  made  to  the  ancient  Olympic  Games?  of  persons,  throughout  the  United  easily­lost  "dog­tags."  rank  for  individual  tribe  leaders,  only  to authorized A&G  repre­ employing  a  hodge­ States  and  Europe?  The  pictures  Japanese  Artistry  indicating  both  social  status  and  sentatives  and  that  an  official  Contestants  podge of  boxing and wrestling used  are  the  "Battle  of  Wall  Street,"  Japan was one  nation where  par­ "political"  importance.  Union receipt be gotten at that  to  belabor  one  another  with  hands  and  "This  Is  The  StU."  L  ticularly  high  artistry  was  devel­ Lured  from  Islands  time.  If  no receipt  is offered,  oped  in  the  tattooing  art, and  this  be  sure  to  protect  yourself  by  In  time,  a  visiting  sea  captain  has  continued  to  the  present  day.  would  notice  the skilled  operators  immediately  bringing  the  mat­ They  have worked  exquisite beauty  and  lured  them  away  from  the  is­ ter  to the  attention  of  the sec­ into  their  design,  reminiscent  of  lands  to  introduce  them  to  rich  retary­treasurer's  office.  the artistic  skill  of  yesteryear, and  merchants  in  commercial  centers  The  union's  word  of  advice  the  flavor  and  color  they  obtain  where  the  artists  provided  amuse­ is  to  insure  that  all  monies  are  long­lasting.  paid  are credited  to  your  SIU  ment  indelibly  etched  onto  the  Landing  in  Japan  the first  time, a Seafarer  will  naturally  Conversations  with  Japanese  in  bodies  of  other  servitors.  Often,  record.  Insistence  on  an  offi­ the  suburbs  of  Yokohama,  Tokyo,  tattoos  were  liberally  applied  to  cial  receipt  will  prevent  "can  find  the language  strange, but  it's not  as tough  to  pick  up as  Kobe  and  surrounding  villages  de­ the  bodies  of  the  most  beautiful  shakers" from  soliciting  funds  it sounds.  Everywhere you  go  you'lf  hear "Ohio," and  think  veloped  the idea  that a  good  many  women so that the merchants could  for unauthorized  purposes, and  you're  at  a  reunion  of  Ohio  State  graduates.  of  the  native  cliieftains  in  the  vie  Vith  each  other  not  only  in  will  bar any foul­ups  later on.  The  pronunciation  of  Japanese  conforms,  insofar  as  the  vowels  are  South  Sea  islands  had  their  own  concerned,  with  that  of  the  Romance  languages  like  Spanish,  French  tattooing  crew  working  solely  to  and  Italian, or in fact with  that of  almost any  language except English.:  inscribe  distinguishing  marks  on  fellow  tribesmen  prior  to  entering  Therefore,  the  A's  are  pronounced  soft,  as  if  they  were  the  A  in  war  on  neighboring  settlements.  father;  the  E's  are  pronounced  like  the  two  E's in enemy;  the  I's are  The  Polynesian  chiefs  also  had  pronounced  EE;  the Cs are sotmded  Uke  the O  in  opal, and  the  U's  The day  of  November 23,  1951,  was a  highly important one  always  come  out  as OO, as  in  boom, and  never  as  the  U  in  united.  specially­designed  drawings  work­ ed  for  the  backs  of  their  wives  to  Brother  Aubrey  Smith,  bosun  of  the  High  Point  Victory  Consonants in  Japanese offer­no  difficulty at  all and  should  be  pro­ or  other  easily  seen  parts  of  their  (South  Atlantic)  because  it  marked  his  initiation  into  the  nounced  just  as  you  think  they  should.  Japanese  has  considerably  bodies.  Of  course, there  was never  solemnities  of  the Foursie  Club  of 4  fewer  sounds  than  English,  and  hence  anyone  speaking  EngUsh  can  a  real  problem  here  because  very  America.  marked  by  proper  pomp  and  cere­ handle  the  vocal  and  oral  aspects of  the language  without  difficulty.  little clothing  was  used at the  time  The  Foursie  Club,  notes Brother  mony  and  the issuance of  a formal  Following  is  a  list  of  beginning  words  and  phrases  which  are fre­ anyway.  M.  George  Whale,  "chairman  of  proclamation, which  stated  in part:  quently  used  or  which  are  useful  for  transfer  of  thought' when  pass­ The  better  the  standing  a  wife  the  board"  and  also  of  the  High  "From  this  time  forward  Brother  had  with  the  chief,  the finer  the  Point  Victory,  numbers  among  its  Aubrey  Smith  will  behave  himself  ing  the  time  of  day,  shopping,  and  so  on, and  should  come  in  handy  \  tattoo  work.  Once  out  of  favor,  membership  only  those  ^men  who  in  a  manner  becoming  a  father  of  when  ashore:  the possessor  was  usually  removed  have  proven  their  ability  to father  four ... No more  hooping it up,  no  Words  Japanese  PrenounciaHon  from  the  scene  by  decapitation  or  a  brood  of  four.  Seafarer  Smith,  more  peeling off  the  green  from  a  Hello; Good  day  Konnichi  Wa  Konneechee  Wah  some  other  method,  since  even  already  a  father  of  two  girls,  fat  bankroll  . . . because  those  Good  evening  Komban  Wa  Kombabn  Wah  these  original  masters  of  the  art  achieved  that  distinction  recently  days  are  gone  forever.  Remember  How are you  Ikaga  Desu Ka  Eekahgah Dess  Kah  could  do  little  in  the  way  of  eras­ when his  wife Evelyn  gave birth to  the  watchword  of  the  Foursies^  What  time is it  Nanji  Desu  Ka  Nahnjee  Dess  Kah  ing  their  handiwork.  twin  boys.  Save your money, you'll be  needing  What  are you  doing  Nani  Wo  Sliite  Nahnee Oh Sheetay  Tattoos  also  served  as  marks  of  His  ascension  to  the  club  was  it!"  Imasu  Ka  Eemass Kah  In further commemoration of  the  What  Nani  Nahnee  occasion, a  poem  was offeftd  up by  Nan  Desu  Ka  Nahn  Dess Kah  Work Clothes Get a Workout  Doko  Brother Whale  as lasting  tribute to  Where  Doekoe  Itsu  the  serang  of  the  High  Point  When  Eetsu  Victory.  Naze  Nahzay  Why  Dare  Dahray  Who  Twins  It's  a  fine  day  II  Otenki Desu  EE  Ohtenkee Desk.',  Aubrey Smith, new father of twins Bijin  Beautiful  Woman  Beejeen  So proudly strutting his stuff. Kirei  Na  Onna  Keerayee  Nah  Pretty  Girl  But underneath all that veneer Ohnnah  •   He's muttering, that's enough. Ki  Wo  Tsuke  Watch  out  Kee  Oh  Tsookayf  i  Ikura  Dess  Ka  How  much  Eekoorah  Dess  Kah |  All troubles small or troubles big Ikptsu  How  many  Eekootsoo  |  Come in pairs, so I'm told Hiruma  Daytime  • Heerooma  f  But twins aren't troubles, no sirree Yohroo  i­ Night  Yoru  To one's ego they're solid gold. Misete  Kudassai  Show  it  to *me  Meesaytay  Koodah­ |  "'11  sahee  |  :  :: j  So when you pay for things by pair Takasugimasu  It's  too  much  • Tahkahsoogee*  • 4|  Instead of a measly single one ­ masoo.  Remember it wasn't all your own Arigato  Gozaimasu  Thank  you  Ahreegahtoe  G6zk­S i  doing heemahss  '  5  Without Evelyn it couldn't be Hai  '  Yes  High  :  I  done. lie  Eeyay  No  .  Ohaio  Good  morning  Ohio  So pull in that expanded manly There are  really  no  accents in  Japanese,  but speaking  English giyea  chest Smiling:  prettily  despite  their  grimy  haberdashery,  (1­r)  Vincent  Your own part in it all was small the  unconscious  habit  of  accenting  certain  parts of  words.  JDhercfore,  Badcliff,  Bosun  Foster  and  G.  Dawson  pause  during  a  work  lull  as  All fathers think they're important it .would  be  helpful  in  overcoming  this  tendency  to sfress  thq  syl)ji)j}qs  _thej Steel.,Maker.was  chugging  through  the  Panama. CanaL  Julius  But there's millions op us. accented  above.. ..  p­• .­riutt'­"  Itii •  rJiatfg'supplied  the  jfeoto.­  ^  ^  ?  i  Aren't  we all?  ^  i  '  Sure to Get  Dues Receipts  Out  in  Japan,  Ohio's  A  Time,  Not  a  State  'Foars/e  Club'  Gets  A  Recruit  �rriday. December 14. IMl  Tufkey^i^ h Pleasant  Time  F^^elSii^ Crew  SEAFARERS  LOG  LOG­A­RHYTHM:  Rested Forever  By  GENE  COPELAND  To  the  Editor:  I  read  in  the  LOG  (Nov.  16)  where  a  shipmate  of  mine  passed  away  at  sea  and  was  buried  by  his  brother  crewmen  of  the  SS  Bertram G.  Goodhue  (Mississippi).  The late  Jack McCarthy,  AB, was  a  good  friend.  It  would  be  greatly  appreciated  if  you  could  publish  the  following  poem  in his  memory.  We were gathered on deck that morning Our heads in sorrow, bowed low For we buried at sea a brother, A shipmate we all loved so. Jack spoke the brogue of an Irish. man, And worked every day like a What he knew 'bout ships ai rigging Wasn't learned in maritime school. Ship's captain checks up on  deck mess to  make sure  that all goes well  on  the  Delta  Line  vessel  during  Thanksgiving  Day  festivities.  Tag»  Scvenfeea  Now I'm not much at poetry But what I have written is true McCarthy was a sailor and shipmate Book G-95, SIU. Wanted: Your  Ship  Minutes  Readers  will  note  that  ships  minutes in  this issue  are print­ ed  in  smaller  type,  enabling  the  use  of  much  more  news  of  shipboard  meetings.  As  part  of  the  effort  to  make  the  LOG  a  bigger  and  better  paper  in  every way.  Seafarers are urged  to be sure to send ships minutes  to  headquarters  so  that  they  can  be  reported  to  the  full  membership.  We  Seafarers  have  the  whole  world  as  our  background  for  taking  photographs.  There  isn't  a  corner of  this globe  that  one  of  us  doesn't  visit  at  one  time  or another.  Most  amateur  photographers  would  give  their  eye­teeth  to  be  able  to  swing  a  camera  at  the  people  and  places  that  we  meet  in remote  areas  and  places  at  our  disposal.  The  purpose  of  this  column  is  to  get  a  greater  number  of  "camera  bugs"  among  the  membership  of  oiur  union  to  take  and  submit  more  and  better  photographs  to  the  LOG.  We  have  a  possible  photographic  staff  to  rival  Life  magazine.  With  the  growth  of  our  union  and  the  expansion  of  our  newspaper,  more  and  more  space  can  be  devoted  to  contributions  both  written  and  photographic.  We  will  attempt  to  keep  up  with  the  latest  developments  ip  photog­ raphy  and  set  them  down  here.  All  questions  and  problems  that  sea­ faring  "shutterbugs"  face  both  on  ship  and  shore  are  weicome  and  we  will  try  to  answer  them.  Interesting  photographic  experiences  should  be  sent  in.  This  column  will  not  only  be  addressed  to  the  miniature  camera  fan with  an  8­oz.  camera  and  2 tons  of  gear  but also  to the  fellow  with  the  2  dollar  box  camera.  Whether  you  own  a  Minox  with  a  negative  one­fourth  of  a  postage  stamp  in  size  or  you  lug  around  a  16x20  view  camera,  they  both  take  pictures and  we  want  to see  and  use  them.  The  problems  faced  are  exactly  alike.  They  are  both  light­tight  boxes,  they  each  have  a  lens  in  one  end  and  a  piece  of  film  in  the  other  end.  That  is  all  there  is  basically  to  any  camera.  Some  of  you  may  remember  building  a  pin  hole  camera.  This  didn't  even  have  a  lens.  If  at all  possible hav,e  your pix  tell a  story.  Single interesting  photos  are  not  excluded  but  a  good  series  telling  a  complete  story  is  more  effective.  Some  simple  rules  to  bear  in  mind  are:  ;f  1.  Get  your  shipmates  in  the  pictures,  unposed  if  you  can.  2.  Get  them  in  action  doing  something  interesting.  3.  Watch  your  background.  It  improves  a  poor  photo  and  doesn't  harm  a  good  one.  4.  Close­ups  should  be  taken  whenever  possible.  5.  Don't  rush  your  shooting.  Less  hurry  usually  produces  better  results.  6.  If  there's  more  than  one"  person,  get  them  close  together  for  better  effect.  7.  Whenever  possible  have  your  camera  with  you.  Be  prepared.  ^C^mon ^a Yew Hall:^ Saltff  Dick  Bakeshop  and  galley  crew  knock  off  for  well­earned  rest  and  a  few  cans of  beer after preparing  big holiday  feed aboard  Del Sud,  Stewards department  unloosens belts  and  digs in  for feed. Passenger  stewards chipped  in on  serving, helped  make  everything run  smooth.  Engine room gisng  lodks most contented.  Photos were sent  in by dele^  gates  Gould,  Brown,  Creel,  Miorana  &  Rehm,  crew  representatives.  .  i  V <  ;  a  >i.  Have  you seen  the new building?  Ecuador  was  working  in  the  Pan­ Brooklyn  building?  .  .  .  "Razor"  The first  chance you  get come  over  ama  Canal  when  an  SIU  ship  was  Nassar  has  been  saving  all  his  and  see  the  most  beautiful  and  short­handed.  He  was  hired  and  money  because  he  is  expecting  a  best­equipped  union  hall  in  the  has  been  sailing  with  us  ever  little  blade.  country .  . .  One of  the visitors  was  since.  He's  proud  of  two  things—  The  only  thing  that  could  move  Paul  Warren,  who  came  over from  being  an  SIU  member  and  his  Louis  Peed  off  the  ship  was  his  New  Orleans.  He's  going  back,  chance  to  become  a  citizen.  We  1951  Chrysler.  Rumor  has  it  he  though,  because  he  likes  sunshine  need  more  men  like  him.  doesn't  take  the  car  out  when  it  Frank Smith,  no relation  to Cap­ rains.  more  than  cold  weather.  Robert  Bentick  is  blowing  his  tain John Smith,  whom Pocahontas  •   Who's  the  waiter  who  tele­ top because  everything went  wrong  saved, gets  a  big kick  though  when  graphed  two  dozen  red  roses  from  on his tour  of  the US.  He's back  on  he jgoes  home  blowing  the  horn  in  Recife  to his love  in New  Orleans?  the  Puerto  Rico  ... A  suggestion  his  brand­new  Mercury  .  .  .  What  No  doubt  he'll  deny  this  .  .  .  One  has been  made  for seafarers' wives  member  of  the­'  steward's  depart­ of  the  best  chairmen  at  shipboard  to  visit  our  sick  brothers  in  the  ment  sailing  out  of  New  Orleans  meetings is Eddie  Metros.  He sure  hospitals.  The  idea  is  to  cheer  operates  three  laundromats?  He  knows  his  constitution  and  by­ them up  and  do  little  errands such  often sails  as second  steward.  laws  .  .  .  Bill  Scott  did  everytliing  We  hear  a  report  Blackie  Bank­ he could  to make  the  missus happy  as  vrriting  letters  and  shopping.  Edward  "Spanky"  Saul  arriving  ston  is on  a  Liberty  on a  long trip.  by. bringing  her  to  the  States,  but  here  to  see  the  showplace  and  We  knew  he  couldn't  stay  away  she  returned  to  her  native  Argen­ making  arrangements  to  leave  the  from  salt  water  too  long  .  .  .How  tina.  Now  he's  back  sailing  Delta  Army and  return to  his first  love—  about  getting  up  a  name  for  the  and,  of  course,  both  are  happy.  the  sea  .  .  .  Tony  Carrasco  having  mermaid  decorating  the  bar  in  our  Salty  Dick.  trouble  with  the  same  tooth  again.  He  says  it's  costing  him  a  fortune.  .  . .  He's  spending the  winter here,  but  Tex  Suit  wishes  he  was  back  in  Texas  so he  could  doff  his over­ coat  . .  .  Clem  Hospidades  telling  the  boys  about  the  time  he  had  a  (Test  your  wits on  these  puzzlers. .  Answers on  page  22.)  private  tutor  at  the  age  of  10.  Ac­ (1)  Table  Top  Mountain  is a  well­known  landmark  as you  enter  the  cording  to  the  story,  the  teacher  was  a  charming  miss  of  18  sum­ harbor in  Colombo,  Ceylon.  True  or false?  mers.  (2)  How  many  years  elapsed  between  the  US  Declaration  of  Inde­ For  a  long  time,  Jose  Castellon  pendence  and  Lincoln's  Gettysburg  Address  (19),  (112),  (87),  (69)?  sailed on ships  and saved his money  (3)  If  someone  said "I'll  break every  bone in  your body," how  many  to open a meat market in  the Cres­ would he  actually have  to  break  (74),  (202),  (268),  (134)?  cent  City. H»  succeeded in  this en­ (4)  You  be  the  judge.  A  lady  was  so  insulted  at  a  party  she  said,  terprise  but  vas  so unhappy  about  "If  I had  a  gun  I'd  shoot  the  whole  bunch  of  you."  Someone  handed  being  landlocked  he  went  back  to  her  a  revolver  and  chimed  in,  "Here's  a  gim."  The  lady  grabbed  it  sea. Now he fe ?ls like a millionaire.  and shot a member  of  the  party  right on the  spot.  Whose fauit was  the  Something  to  remember;  the  killing?  more  a  member  participates in  the  (5)  The  US flag  has  13  stripes  to  represent  the  original  13  states.  affairs of  the  Union,  the  better the  How  many  are  white?  Union  will  function  . .  .  Who  was  (6)  The  1951  World  Series  baseball  classic  was  a  "subway  series"  it  who  brought  up  at  a  shipboard  meeting  that  he  wanted  the  cooigs  between  two  teams  from  New  Yox'k  City  in  both  leagues.  How  many  "  to  make  cabbage  with  ham  bones?  others have taken place  (3), (0),  (11), (9)?  (7)  In England,  a man  weighing 14  stone would  be  eligible for  what  Seems  the  chef  complied  and  all  weight division  in  professionai  boxing  (feather),  (heavy),  (welter),  (fly)?  is  rosy  again.  (8)  You rate  high if  you guess this in 30 seconds!  A's son's father is  Reading  the  minutes  of  ship's  meetings,  we  see  that  the  wash­ B's father's son.  What's the  reiationship of  A to B?  (9)  You've  seen  the flag  code  signal  hoisted  when  your  ship  was  ing  machine  is  a  constant  beef.  In  the  future  all  ships  will  have  about  to sail.  What  color  was it?  washers,  but  it's  up  to  the  crews  (10)  Think  fast!  When  crossing  the  International  Date  Line  in  an  to  take  care  of  them  .  .  .  Several  ejisterly  direction  (from  east  longitude  to  west  longitude)  the  date  is  years  ago,  Asterio"  Delgado  from  set  forward one  day.  True  or false?  Quiz  CortieM  ­J  �Paee  Eisrhteea  Sketches Aboard SS Florida  Friday. DMcmbw 14.1951  SEAFARERS  LOG  Contributed by E. Reyes  There  are  a  couple  of flghters  either hand; offering an assortment  around  who could  take Robky Mar­ of  jabs,  hooks,  crosses  and  upper­ ^P/NARV  ciano,  recent  conqueror  ei ,th|e  ag­ cuts to both  head and  body.' Harry  ,  A.  OOMIN6UEZ,  ing Joe Louis, but  chances are that  is  no  combination  man.  He is  WMO  WA)  ONE  OP  Rocky  won't  get  to  meet  any  of  methodical,  almost  deliberate  in  TME  »EJT MIOPLE  ' wei6HTS IN TMIS  them—not for  the  present  at least.  his  punching,  saving  his  ammuni­ PART  OP  THE  Not  that  this  is  intended  as  a  tion until he has a clear shot. When  kCOWNTRV­  AHP  rap at  Rocky, who  showed  refresh­ he  lets  go,  he  is  on  target  solidly  CUBA.  ing  modesty  over  the  Louis  con­ with  plenty  of .shoulder  and  body  ABt  *jlCOTtA"  quest.  It's  just that  his managerial  behind Iti.  More important  against  <­ARSeN  AN|>  board of  strategy is intent on pilot­ a fighter  with  Marciano's  power,  NICK  GIOSOP  ing  him  gently  through  treacher­ he finishes  his  punch  squarely  on  Two  OLDT)I«|ERS  '  ous  waters  into  a  safe  anchorage,  two feet, in  position to  move. Mar­ leflPV  TO  a  title fight  with  Grandpappy  Joe  ciano  is  just  the  type i,of flghter  M6WCOM6R$.  made  to  order  for  Matthews,  who  Walcott.  Marciano  is  several  cuts  above  likes to  have his  man  come to  him  most  of  the  sorry  crop  of  heavy­ so that he  can counterpunch.  weights  but  he' is  far  from  cham­ The  other  light­heavy  is  the  un­ pionship material.  To his credit he  predictabW  Joe Maxim.  Maxim  be­ is very  strong, fast  of  foot and  hits  lieves  in fighting  as  rarely  as  pos­ kSEORee  real  hard  with  either  hand.  He  sible,  which  qualifies  him  as  one  ROBtRTS Jh,  weighs  in  at  around  185,  which  is  of  the  smartest  in  the  business.  ^  Y0UN6EST  '  in  the  ideal  weight  range  for  a  When  in  proper  physical condition  WATCHMAN  QOARTERMASTER  heavy.  Every  pound  over 190  gen­ Maxim  could  play  toreador  to  ^'^''SPEEDY"  4TWEL«­,  'N THE  5./.a  PfiRlQ  PENORSJO,  erally  slows  a flghter  down  and  Rpcky's  bull.  By  the  time  round  ff«5K6AM6  PELEBATE  doesn't add  too much in the way of  10  came  around,  Marciano  would  A  6EMTLErOAM  ANO  punch.  be  stabbed  dizzy  with  jabs  and  SCHOLAR,  WHO  Rocky  has  two  fatal  disadvan­ weary  from  lunging  at  a .target  RECENTLY  MADE  A  tages.  He  has  very  short  arms,  that isn't  there.  TRIP  TO  EAUROPE  which  means  he  has  to  leap  in  to  YYho  else  could  take  him?  Ez­ deliver  his punches at  close  range.  zard  the  Exasperator,  the  most  *ABeTH  AS  A  p^tL.  To  compound  the  felony  he  has  a  baffling fighter  in  the  business,  5EN6ER.  *  habit  of  throwing  looping  round­ could  probably  turn  the  trick.  house  rights  via  third  base.  When  There  is  something  about  Charles  Rocky finishes  a  right  hand  swing  that  automatically  starts  his  audi­ he  has  about  as  much  balance  left  ence  yawning.  Boring or not  he is  as a  bowl of  soup on  board ship  in  still  ring­wise  enough  to  tie  Mur­ a  howling  northeaster. That  leaves  ciano  up. In  knots  and  deliver  him  {The following account of a Seafarer's visit to Rio de Janeiro, one of the many places "we him  wide  open for a good counter­ to his  corner  bound  hand  and foot  puncher.  at  the  end  of  each  rbtind.  ^  '  seamem visit" during voyages to all corners of the globe.) Ironically  two  of  the fighters  All  of  which  suggests  that  Mar­ My first  visit "to  Rio  de Janeiro  was  on  a  northbound  voyage,  with  a  call  at  Santos,  a  that  most  likely could  take  him  in  ciano's chief  claim  to  fame will be  tow are  light heavjrweights.  One is  his  KO  of  Louis.  Actually  it  was  few hours'  run  to the south.  The heavy  rainfall of  this strip of  tropical coast  has sculptured the bluffs into weird  and  Harry  Matthews,  manager  Jack  the  US  Treasury  thdt  knocked  Hurley's  pride  and  joy,  whom  no­ Louis  over.  Rocky  just  happened  beautiful  forms.  The  most  strik­4  ing  of  them  all  are  found  in  and  bor. As the ship swiftly approached  self­respecting  ship  would  ever  body  on  top  wants  to fight.  to be the  man  who came  to dinner  Matthews  punches  splendidly  with  when  Joe was allNiet  up.  ­ about  the  city  of  Rio,  as  everyone  this  enchanting  entrance,  another  have  done.  calls  it.  The  first  intimation  that  marvel  showed  itself  to  me.  A  one  gets  that  port  is  near  is  when  great  chunk  of  the  mighty  rock's  Mentally,  we  travelers  drew  the  ship  rounds  a  bold  headland.  smooth  declivity  was  overhung.  closer  together.  The  scenery  we  viewed  seemed  to  consist  of  little  There then  bursts into view an old  fort  on  a  point,  an  exposed  reef,  As  we  passed so  near as  to seem  more  than  the  awesome  depth  be­ and  Copa  Cabana  behind  them.  to  almost  scrape,  my  fascinated  neath,  and  the  longed­for  peak  gaze  held  the  illusion  that  Sugar  ahead.  Fine as  is the  famous  beach  and  Loaf  was  deliberately  bulging  at  At  our  destination,  we  eagerly  the  residential section  behind  it,  I  us, and  would,  in another moment,  left  our  acrobatic  cradle,  a  bit  Seafarer  Joe  Moody  Is  getting  He  noted that  the Fairland  crew  was surprised that  I could not  keep  topple  and  our  tiny  ship—  gingerly,  as  though  we  held  an  ready  for  some  top­notch  bouts  was  looking  to  see  good  things :  my  eyes  off  the  weird  peaks  that  she,  whose  crush  thirty­three  thousand  inner  fear  that  Sugar  Loaf  itself  this  February  as  a  lightweight  seemed  to  thrust  themselves  up  tons  had  seemed  so  great  before.  might  suffer  a  tremor,  and  heave  after running up a string of 61 wins  through  the  city  at  random,  and  On  this  first  trip,  I  made  the  us off  into  the  void. Our  trip^­aloft  out  of  63  as  an  amateur  and  a  ringed  the  city  like  a  gigantic,  near­perfect 16  out  of  It since he  cross­cut  saw.  Small  wonder  that  ascent  of  Sugar  Loaf.  A  taxi  de­ definitely  affected  our  reaction  to  turned  pro.  ­ the  breath­takingly  panorama  that  livered  me  to  the  foot  of  a  small  the  word  Serra,  meaning  a  saw,  A  saloon  messman  off  the  SS  is  used  to  designate  such  a  chain  hill,  which  I  ascended  by  a  few  lay about  us. I shall  not attempt  to  Fairland  (Waterman)  Moody  has  describe  this.  After  all,  I  did  not  flights  of  steps.  I  bought  two  sets  of  hills.  Literally, I had  been  con­ ditioned  all  the  way  from  Santos  of  tickets, as  two lifts  are required  come  on  a  topographical  expedi­ been  training  vigorously  the  past  tion,  but  upon  an  emotional  one.  few  months,, getting into shape  for  to look, not  at a  city, but  at earth's  to  reach  the  top.  I will,  however,  record  one humili­ some  big­time  matches  around  the  From  the  moment  of  starting,  I  grotesqueries.  ation.  Corcovado,  towered  per­ country.  Around  the  Gulf  ports  was thrilled  by  the rapidly  unfoM­ The  Sugar  Loaf  ing  scenery.  Beneath  me  and  to  haps  another  thousand  feet  above  and  particularly  in  Mobile,  he's  Dead  ahead  was  a  peak  that  I  the left  was  the little  jewel  known  us!  I  then  and  there  determined  been  building up  a fine  rep at sev­ knew  had  to  be  none  other  than  as  Botofogo  Bay;  to  the  right,  a  to  return  to  Bio  to  ascend  it. The  eral arenas.  the  Pao de Azucar, or  Sugar  Loaf.  patch  of  made  land,  containing  a  trip down  was  more lenient,  so  we  Moody  was  with  the ­'Fairland  All  the  pictures  I'd  ever  seen  had  yacht  basin.  Ahead  lay  the  first  scanned  the  city,  which  seemed  when  it  returned  recently;  from  been  taken  from  vantage  points  port­of­call  on  this  weird  piece  of  like  something  poured  about  the  Japan  and  Korea  after  nearly  a  ashore  to  show  the  famous  cable,  navigation,  a  great  cone  of  rock.  bases  of  sheer,  upthrust,  piercing  10­month  trip.  Ship's delegate  car  ascent;  but  the  sea  gives  the  Before  I  reached it,  I  was  im­ pinnacles,  occasionally  splashing  a  Lefty  Norton  reported  good  food  Joe' Moody  finest perspective. Just off­shore is  pressed  with  the  fact  that  I  was  little  way  up  their  seeming  unas­ and no major  beefs on  the run and  . •   ill­ sailibilities.  a  high  island.  Between  the  two  getting up in  the world.  stated  that  Captain  Helmils  still  from  Joe  Moody f in  his  forthcom­ G.  W.  Ghamplin.  retains his  title  as  a  good  skipper  ing  ventures  in. the  square .circle  lies  the  narrow  pass  into  the  har­ The  more  or  less  flattop  of  our  and  ffne  seaman.  the  nejft  few  months.  ; ;  . .  way­station, I found  to be  a charm­ ing  spot.  Landscaped  paths  en­ 'Monkeyshines'  circled  this  gardened  little  world.  :  IHi  A  fine  casino,  where  one  might  dine  well  and  drink,  while  consid­ ering  what  souvenirs  to  purchase.  Seafarer Howard  S. Miller  never  The government, when it under- clinics ip  Loitisyille  specializing in  A  couple  of  hours  wiled  away  on  this speck of  elevated, natural plat­ did  get  back  to sea  after he  signed  took the tremendous shipbuilding children's  diseases.  form, served  to prepare  me for the  off  his  last  ship  in  September  to  program of World War 11, named second leg  of  the aerial  voyage.  join  his  wife  in  celebrating  their  its Liberty ships after' famous Robert  Lansing  (Bull).  (Former  Americans. Below are the names US  Secretary  of  State  (1864­1928).  25th  wedding  anniversary.  ­ Swayed  in  Breeze  of a few SIU-contracted Libertys Born  in  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  he  be­ As  the  sturdy  car,  doubly  se­ Miller, 50,  a  machinist, died  one  and thumbnail sketches of the per- came  an|attoruey, gnd; represented  cured  on  two  suspension  cables,  night  during  his  shift  at  a  factory  sons whose names they bear. the  US'in. the  pering  Sea  claims,  commenced  its  onward  way,  the  near  his home in Jersey  City,  N.J.  Alaska' ^ bounda^ ^  dispjUte  and ' at  feeling  of  rapid  ascent  was  en­ Unable  to  sign  on  a  ship  because  Richard  Upjohn  (Waterman).  the 1918­19  peace  conferences. He  hanced by the  quick dropping away  of  the ILA  tie­up on the East Coast,  Architect  (1802­78).  Born  in  was  State: Secretary  under  Pres.  of  the  ground  that  but  a  moment  he took  a shoreside  job to tide  him  Shaftesbury,' England,  he  came  to  Wilson 1(1915^­20).  .  .  before  had  been  beneath  our  feet.  over  until  he  could  get  out  to  sea  the  US  in  1829.  He  was  founder  and  first  prexy  of  the  American  •   Paine  Wingate ' (Bull).  Former  Low  tongues  of  land  connect  the  Institute  of  Architects.  Designed  Congressman  (1730­1838).  Bom  in  two  great  rocks  with  one  another,  again.  many  church  buildings,  notably  Amesbury,  Massl;  he  Teceived  Born  in  land­locked  Indiana,  he  and  with  the  shore.  Trinity  Church  in  New  York.  spent  several  years  at  sea  in  vari­ "Mr.  Jiggs,"  chimp  mascot  on  As  I  traveled  onward  and  up­ schooling  at  Harvard  and  entered  «  *  •   Cities  Service  tanker  Logans  ward,  I  began  the  dizzy  height.  It  ous  engine  department  rates.  He  the  ministry.  Member  of  the ^  New  Fort,  acts  playful  with  crewman  took  but  a  zephyr  to  start  the  joined  the  SIU  In 1950.  Surviving  PhiUip  Barbour  (Waterman).  Hampshire  Constitutional  Conven­ Bill  Morris.  Bill  was  a  volun­ giddy  vehicle  swaying,  and  the  are his  wife, Carolyn, and a daugh­ Podiatrist  (1867­1944).  Bom  in  tion,  Continental  Con^eSs' (1887)  tary organizer in the  OS fleet for  cables'  elasticity  caused  the  car  ter,  Lenora.  Danville,  Ky.,  he  was  for­: many  and' judge, he  wasUater  a  US Sen­ , two years.  to  bounce  in  a  manner  that  no  years  affiliated  with  hospitals  and  ator­and  Represehtative.  Trip Up  Sugar  Loaf  ^Awesome"  Seafarer  Joe  Moody  Jabs  Af Record  Book  Laurels  Howard Miller  Dies at Home  How  The  Libertys  Were Named  1  .­• 'a:;  Vs  ­if  �•  ­r'Aiify. rrr"'^­ ri ^  mtaar* BeMrter 14^ ItSl  Head Brother Aid  Stirs Seafarer  if:  ^5"  •  ,  Td  the Editbn  Havffg  signed  18­months'  ar­ ticles for­ the  Seadream  (Coloniali,  we have  now served  half  of  it and  are keeping harmony aboard.  How­ .ever,> we. believe there  are  certain  matters  which  should  be  brought  to  the  attention  of  the  member­ shiPi  First,  we  have  only  eight  of  the  originar  crew  which  signed  On­  in  New  York, the  balance of  the  crew  being  aliens,  some  even  without  aeamen's  papers.  You  can  under­ stand  that  this  makes  operations  difficult  at  best.  We  know  for  %  fact  that  when  we  arrived  at  Curacao,  another  ship  of  the  same  company  had  many  new  crew  replacements  sent  from  New  York,  while  we  only  got  a  first  assistant  engineer.  This  meant  sailing  shorthanded,  forcing  our  regular  members  to  put  in a  lot of  extra  hours.  This matter  has repeatedly  been  brought  to  the  attention  of  Cap­ tain  Ozolini  but  it  seems  he  does  hot  like  American  crews,  and  has  so  stated  on  several  occasions,  in  hearing'of  some  of  our  crew,  both  to^  agents  and  Aiherican  consuls.  VTe how  have 11 different natiohali­ tles  aboard  this  vessel.'  W.e  have  asked  the  master  to  radio  in  for  replacements,  but  be  has  refused  to  do'so,  persisting  in  picking  up  foreign  crews.  This,  in  our ,  opinion,  should  be  brought  to  the  company's  attention,  as it  is  difficult  to  understand  and  work  with; a  crew  that  does, not  speak  ^glish.  pispute Below  There's  been  constant  dissension  in  the  Engine  Department;  Chief  Engineer  White interviews his  own  foreign  replacements,  giving  them  his  own  slant on  what  to  do,  over­ time,  andc so  on.  It  has  taken  a  great  deal ,  of  effbrt  to  convince  these men  that  this  is an  SIIJ  ship  with  all men  working  on  an  equal  basis.  .  But  the  LOG ­has  been  of  considerable  assistance  in  convinc­ ing  these  men  that  some  of  the  officers  aboard  have  deliberately  misled  these men  when sigqing on.  ­  However,  we  are  njaking. every  effort  to keep  things moving  along  smoothly.  As  .we  understand  it,  there  is  no  saving  to  the  company  by..not  sending replacements  from  anY  of'our  hiring  halls,  since  the  companies  must  pay  return  fares  home  for  all  foreign  personnel  signed; on.  i Therefore  we  believe  it  is  jgf  paramount  interest  to  hers "that  we ;:bring  this  matter  to  their attention  and  get the  straight  dope  for  future  cases.  You  may  rest  assured  that  we  will  hold  our  end  up  at  all  times,  and  we  will  Ibok^Jorward.  to .a  proper :  settle­ ­  . ment  of  these  matters  on  the  pay­ off.  —'We  have noted  in the  LOG  with  much  satisfaction  the  increased  wage  scale,  vacation  pay  and  other  gains  and  at  our  last  ship's  meet­ ing  the  crew  extended  a  vote  of  thanks  for ;the, splendid  job  Head­ quarters  isdoing.'^  Ralph  W.  William,  Ship's  delegate  (Ed.  Note:  Headquarters  is  con­ tacting  the  company  on  your  beefs  and  will  isSuc  clarification  by  let­ terJ  .  .I..'  ,  .  4«  CreMV  EMuds  Aid  i0i Topside Men  To  the  Editor:—  ,  The  entire  crew nf  the  SS' Alex­ ander  Stephens  (Bull)  wishes  to  say  that  Captain  Thomas J.  Parker  and officers ihave  treated them'100  percent  and cooperated  with  us  in  every  way  possible.  :•   j  i  ^  Itiis suggested that  a copy i of  the  ­LOG­containing;this  itemube  for­ warded  to' Captain­ Parkeriion i  be­ ihalf"bf:the,crcw.::.:n­:<ji'  .  ­­• T­iH­H:!  r:!.;;'WalteriE.::Bssanson  Pace  Mneteea  SEAFARERS  LOG  E  T  T  E  R  S  '  Captain^sPowper  lAfwnsdal^s Food  Cheer'SMU Crew  ^Cause oi l^eath^  Praised  Highly  Aboard Louisiana  To  the  Editor:  "fhe  eyes  of  the  maritime  world  will  be  watching  the  outcome  of  the  trial  in  the  case  of  the  Flying  Trader­  skipper  who  shot  and  killed  a  messman,  supposedly  in  self­defense.  Many  sea  captains  easily  con­ vince  shore  folk  of  their  gentle  nature and  pleasant qpthority when  ashore,  but  in  the  long,  monoton­ ous days  at sea,  they often  become  taskmasters  who  enjoy  their  role.  Their  unlimited  power  over  the  lives of  the  men in  their command  is often misused  and it can become  a  sickness  inflicting  humiliation  and undue  hardship upon men who  must  obey  any  order.  Rarely  in  my  nine  years  at  sea,  sailing  over  40  ships  with  every  kind of  skipper, have  I come across  one  who  had  very  much  respect  for  the  men  in  the  foc'sle.  And  as  a  rule,  show  me  any  skipper  who  has  his'wife  or any  woman  around  to  impress  with  his  unlimited  power  over  his  crew,,  and  I  will  show  you a  skipper  who  will  force  unnecessary  hardships  upon  his  crew.  IVhether  the  messman  in  this  case  was  right  or  wrong,  there  were  other means  of  subduing  him  besides  using  a  gun:  In  any  case  of  this  kind  aboard  a  ship  at  sea,  regardless of  the crew's  feeling for  their  captain,  they  will  handle  a  situation  like  this  upon  the  proper  orders.  Crew  Refused  The  fact  that  the  entire  unlic­ ensed  personnel  refused  to  sail  with  this  captain in  a foreign  port,  knowing  they  would  have  to  an­ swer individual  charges for  leaving  a  ship on  articles,  proves  that  this  Ikipper  must  have  been  in  the  wrong.  Any  seafaring  man  can  easily  read  between  the  lines  of  this  story,  for  a .ship's  captain  who  is  able  to  put  handcuffs  on  a ­man,  and  then  has  to  shoot  him  to  de­ fend himself,  has  no  business, with  a Master's  license and  is a  disgrace  to  the  American  merchant  marine.  A  ship's  officer  is usually  reserved  in condemning  another officer.  The  story  the  unlicensed  crew  of  this  ship  will  tell  of  Captain  'Weaver  will  unfold  his  character,  and  the  Coast  Guard  should'flnfl  plenty  of  evidence  to  place  him  where  he  belongs—behind  bars.  Don  D.  Brown  t  4"  l"  Ex'lSnvy Gunners  Find Worh Hard  To  the  Editor:  All  Chilore  (Ore)  crewmen  pleased  with  new  wage  scale  and  work­hour  agreement,  but  some­ what  disappointed  because  they  don't  go  into  effect  at  once.  Many  new  men  late  of  the  war­ time  Navy  gun  crews,  seemed  sur­ prised because  conditions they  had  no  longer  prevail  and  they  didn't  know  the  crew  had  so  much  work  to  do.  Here's an  easy way  to high  blood  pressure.  Had  tWo  men  painting  drain  pipes  from  bridge  scuppers.  One  had  a  rag  wrapped  around  line,  would  paint  rag  and  then  pull  same  around  pipe.  He  wouldn't  put  his  hand  in  paintpot  nohow,  said  he  feared  lead  poison.  The  other  chappie,  unable  to  And  45  degree  angle  brush,  got  a  new  sash  tool,  put  it  in  a  vise'and  bent it at  the metal  binding.  Well,  it  didn't  take  but  a  few  minutes  and the guy  was covered with  paint  bristles  like  an  old  porcupine.  H. Collier  Ship's  delegate  To  the  Editor:  To  the  Editor:  We  the  crew  of  the  Daniel  H.  The  new  Seatrain  Louisiana  Lownsdale,  most  of  whom  have  (Seatrain)  is  about  to  complete  been ­on her  for  two  trips  to  Den­ her first  round  trip  without  too  mark  are  taking  time  out to  thank  much  difficulty,  such  as  new  ships  the  steward's  department.  In  the  sometimes have.  two  trips  there  has  not  been  one  As  good  SIU  men,  a  perfect  beef  about  the  crew  arrived  in  Chester  Nov.  15  food.  The  only  and immediately  turned'to on  their  thing  said  is that  respective  jobs,  putting  things  in  most  of  us  have  shape.  Overnight,  the  ship  was  been going  to sea  changed  from  a  ghost  into  a  real  for  a  number  of  live  ship,  and  we  sailed  the  next  years'  and  never  day  into  New  York,  receiving  the  saw  the  feeding  salutes  of  the  port.  anywhere  that's  Oh  this first  trip  things  have  put  out  like  it  is  been  most  agreeable  with  the  ex­ on  here.  Armis­ ception  of  the  drinking  water.  The  Simmons  tlce  Day  and  Captain  and  officers  have  nothing  Thanksgiving  Day  were  like  being  but  praise  for  the  unlicensed  per­ at  a  little  Waldorf­Astoria.  If  you  sonnel,  some ­  even  remarking  the  ever  sail  with  the  brothers  listed  difference  in  having  an  SIU  crew  below you can be  sure that you are  aboard; As with all new  ships, many  looking forward to a good trip with  things  still  remain  to  be  done  to  the  best  of  feeding  and  service.  improve  living  and  working  con­ The  Steward's  department  is  as  ditions.  follows: Edward U. Smith, steward;  Good  Galley  Juan  Pagan,  chief  cook;  Eddie  We  are  happy  to  have  such  a  Potts,  2d  cook  and  baker;  James  good  galley  staff  and  steward  de­ Wilson,  galleyman;  Roy  Justice,  partment  in  general.  Paddy  Robert  Cash,  Samuel  Horvitz,  McCann,  our  ship's  delegate,  is  do­ messmen; Jack  Smithy,  BR.  ing* an  excellent  job  as  are  the  other  department  delegates.  R. E.  Simmons,  P.  v.  MiUica,  Paul  Rogosh,  the  bosun,  is  smil­ Ships'  Delegates.  ing,  so  all  must  be  going  well  on  deck.  I  believe  the  old  gal  is  a  4i  4­  4»  little  hard  to  steer,  but  I  guess  that  will  gradually  work  out  okay.  Abe  Partner^  crew  mess,  keeps  the  boys  happy  at  meal  times.  Quite  a  few  characters  with  us.  To the  Editor:  I  was  reading  in  the  LOG  (Nov.  In addition,  we have  several  heavy­ 2) about  that AB getting  discharged  weights— 265  pounds  and  up  from  the  Army  after  the  SIU  aboard.  These  boys  can  pack  away  started  the ball  rolling.  Well,  I be­ the  groceries.  lieve  I'm  in  the  same  boat  he  was.  A  pat  on the  back  to  Ray Brault,  It  would  be  a  good  break  if  the  electrician,  and  Charlie  the  deck  Union  would  contact  the  proper  engineer who  have  been more  than  authorities  and  see  what  could  be  .obliging  in doing  so many  odd  jobs  done  in  my  case.  I  started  sailing  for  us  on  this  trip.  We  could  use  in  June,  1943,  and  sailed  continu­ a­library,  then  all  will  be  well.  John  Jellette  ously  until  I  was  drafted  last  Oc­ Steward  tober,  My  present  rating  is  AB,  which  I  have  been  sailing  as  since  4;  4;  4;  1946.  At  the  present  time  I  am  in  an  artillery outfit in  Schweinfurt, Ger­ many,  and  have  been  in  the  hos­ To  the  Editor:  pital  six  different  times  with  the  Owing  to the  fact  that few  mem­ same  stomach  ailment,  the  last  bers  will  take  Ore  ships  like  the  time for  39 days.  SS Feltore,  it's  pretty hard  to keep  With  the  shortage  of  rated  sea­ things going  Union style.  We have  men  these  days,  perhaps  you  can  men  off  the  dock  every  day  who  arrange  my  release from  the  Army  make  one  trip,  and  don't  care  as  in  Eugene  Dore's  case.  about  anything  except  to  get  back  and  off.  Sgt.  Charles  Buleca  Because  of  the  few  SIU  men  we  ,  US  51020776  C. Btry.,  44th  FABn.  F.A.  Bn.  have  it's  quite  a  job  to  keep  these  guys  in  line,  but  considering  the  APO  39,  c/o PM,  NY,  NY.  (Ed Note: The Union will inquire crews  we  get,  we  are  going  along  into your case and eligibility for as  well  as  can  be  expected.  By  discharge. Brother Buleca.) the  way,  I  think  there  should  be  more  Union  educational  material  t  t  4)  provided  on  these  ships  for  the  benefit  of  Unijpn  newcomers.  Richard  Forrest.  ^Need AH at Sea^  Not As Army GV  Often Hard Job  To Man Ore Ship  Uphoid Uitioii,  Crewmen Told  To  the  Editor:  We've been having  a jot of  Union  education  discussion  aboard  the  Government  Camp  (Cities Service),  but  it seems  there's  never  enough.  It's  been  suggested  over  and  over again  that the  membership on  the  ship  should  try  and  keep  it  clean  and  conduct  themselves  in  a  Union  manner.  It  was  pointed  out  that  this  is  an  SIU  ship  and  that  the  men  should  uphold  Union  policy  to  the  best  of  their  ability.  It  was  brought  out  that  if  the  new  men  coming  on  Cities  Service  ships  would  only  read  up  on  the  Union,  it would help  them  conduct  themselves  in  a  Union  manner.  H  anyone  does  not  understand  the  Union  it  is  better  for  him  to  ask  one  of  the  delegates  to  clarify  a  point  that than  it is for him  to  get  (Ed.  Note:  The  increases  are  in  in trouble  doing something  that be  effects  Money  now  being  earned  doesn't know  anything about.  Davis Gilbert,  will, be  paid  retroactive  to  Nov.  1  •  fBelilati; '  wUehi WSB  is' iitAeh;)  ^  '  ­ : ^  V  To  the  Editor:  It  sfu­e  gave  me  a  good  feeling  at  the  meeting  last  month  to  hear  the brothers  vote to  bring the  body  of  one  of  oiur  own  members  home  to his  family and  to heck  with  this  business of  freight charges  as if  he  was  a  case  of  oranges.  • We  all  know,  it  wasn't  the  Union's  job  to  assume  responsibil­ ity  even  though  the  government  and  the  shipowners  sat  on  their  hands and even asked the kid's fam­ ily  to  fork  over  $130  to  bring  him  home from  Korea.  Too  often  you  hear  about  cases  like  this  dragging  for  months  and  years  because  nobody  has  enough  heart  to  spare  a  guy's  loved  ones  more pain.  I'm one  proud Seafarg^  who  knows  his  Union  can  always  be  counted  on to  help out  in times  of  need.  Wallace  Smith.  i,  ­i)  4"  Marine in Korea  Eager  for  Mail  To  the  Editor:  How  about  putting  my  "John  Henry"  in  the  LOG  so  some  of  my  old  shipmates can  write  to  me.  It  sure  helps  to  get  a  little  mail  out  here.  If  possible,  how  about  putting  me  on  the  mailing  list  for  the  LOG?  Thanks.  Pfc. Jimmie  Sharp,  Fleet  Marine  Force,  L.  Battery,  11th  Marines  t  FPO,  San  Francisco.  (Ed. Note: Brother Sharp was writing from Heartbreak Ridge, North Korea.) 4"  ^  t  Gi Asks to Hear  From Shipmates  To  the  Editor:  Just  a  few  lines  to  let  you  know  that  I'd  like  to have  the  LOG  sent  to  me  in  the  Army.  I  was  a  mem­ ber  of  the  SIU  and  would  be  pleased  if  I  could  find  out  what's  doing  these  days  in  the  Union.  William  V.  Molfetto  US  51088844  509th  Engrs.  Combat  Co.  Ft.  Benning,  Ga.  4"  4­  4<  Sober Bessemer  Creiv in Japan  To  the  Editor:  Everything  on  the  Bessemer  Victory  (South  Atlantic)  is  tiptop.  Plenty  of  women  and  plenty  of  sake here in Yokohama,  but believe  me  we  don't  have  many  gashounds  here.  This is about  the most  sober  ship  I  ever had  a  chance  to  sail.  • "J  ll  • .~<l  5^1 i\ t  i  i  Hails SiU  Help  In PH Walkout  To  the  Editor:  Say,  the .new  LOG  sure  is some­ thing! Plenty  of  news and  features,  too,  for  the  brothers  to  po^  over  at sea.  One  item  I noticed  right  off  was  about  the  labor  snafu  down  in  Puerto  Rico.  I  was  plenty  proud  to  hear  that  the  SIU  voted  a  $500  assist  for  those  striking  radio  workers,  because  they  sure  need  a  helping  hand  down  there.  Stateside businessmen  think they  can  get  away  with  murder  down  there  as  far  as  labor  conditions  go,  and  this  radio  station  owner  thought  he  could  hop  on  the  cut­ wage  bandwagon.  Glad  the  Union  is helping  these  people.  I've  been  down  there  and  seen  the  terrible  conditions  under  which  they  live  and  work.  '  '  Bill  Luee^  Fitzgerald  and  soap  suds.  Brother  Daniel  Fitzgerald,  BR,  reminds us that  since the  operators  are  going  to  install  washing  ma­ chines  aboard  their  ships,  now  there'll  be  plenty  of  soapsuds  to  do  the  washing  but  fewer  back­ aches.  We'll  spend  Christmas  around  here  in the shuttle  between Korea,  OMnawa  and  Japan.  Merry  Xmas  to  all  the  brothers.  Luis  .  ^  J  �Pare Twem^^  SEAFARERS  LOG  Top Notch Cooho  On Northwestern  L  E  T  TEE  Ei  WMmr, IDeewtibessM, |iBi«  LmaBmtbwsnr]  To  the lEdito« m  ^  To  the  Editor:'  , The family of Mrs.  SaralHdolloyl  All  departments  on  the  North­ Everett,  Mass.,  grandmother  ,of  western  Victory  (Victory  Carriers)  Ronald  Thompson  and  mother  of,  are working  smoothly, but  it's been  Mrs.  James  Enwright,  extend their'  suggested  that  men  not  pay  off  To  the  Editor:  To  the  Editor:  •  heartfelt  thanks  to  the  Seafarer's  until  all  issues  are  clear  to  the  To  the  Editor:  Oh  boy,  does  my  stomach  feel  crew.  Finally  paid  off  In  New  York  We  the  crew  of  the  Greece  Vic­ International  Union  at  276  Stated  better  after  that  Thanksgiving  At  the  last  shipboard  meeting,  a  week.  I  had  to  wait  to  write  for  I  after five and a  half  months on  the  tory  (South  Atlantic)  want  to  warn  Street,  Boston,  for  their  prompt'  motion  was  made  to  have  patrol­ couldn't  have  taken  my  mind  off  steel  Apprentice  (Itshmian)  as  she  future  crews  of  this  ship  of  the  response  to  an  urgent  request  for  caliber  of  officers  that  prevail  on  blood  donors.  man  clarify  the  sailing  from  Le  my  stomach  if  I  wanted  to.  wove  her  way  around  the  world,  this vessel  and hope  that by  expos­ In  particular,  we  wish  to  thank  Havre  to  Rouen,  France,  as  to  whether  it's  a  shift  or  a  sailing  to  I  am  not  much  of  a  scribe  but  calling  on  a  bunch  of  Asian  and  ing  them  and  their  methods  we  the  three  young  men,  now  on  the  may  be  able  to  improve  relations  high seas,  who gave  their blood for  another  port and  if  watches should  I  would  likp  to  say a  word  for this  Middle  Eastern  ports.  Mrs.  Molloy  at  the  Massachusetts  and  conditions.  be  maintained  or  the  men  put  on  railroad  ocean  ferry,  the  Seatrain  Things  didn't  go  too  bad  or  too  Texas.  I  have  been  on  here  for  General  Hospital ­  on  September  overtime.  The  captain  of  this  ship  Is  one  seven  months  and  that  is  a  long  well  on  the  old  rustbucket  so  11th,  as  well  as  those  others  who  The crew  has extended  thanks to  time  for me,  even  if  I  did come  on  can't  say  I'm  too  unhappy that  the  Benny  "Honey"  Shaw,  with  whoiA  volunteered  and  were  not  needed.  lies  much  of  the  fault  for  our  the  steward's  department  for  fine  because  I  was  afraid  to  get  away  grievances.  He  is  critical  of  all  It  makes  us  vei^  happy to  tell  all  meals and  service.  Charles J.  Hart­ from  the  shore  line  after  coming  run  is  over.  concerned  that  Mrs.  MOlloy  is now  unions  and  the  SIU  in  particular.  at  home  and  in  good  health.  man,  steward,  notes  that  thanks  right  out  of  the  hbspital  in  New  He  decries  the  condition  of  thq«  The  prompt  action  and  coopera­ should  go  to  Ed  Bums,  chief  cook;  Orleans.  Cf.' W.  Cobb,  2nd cook  and  William  ship,  but  admits  that  the  crew  is  tion  of  the  Agent  and  Dispatcher,  doing  much  to  clean  it  up.  Since  James  Sheehan  and  James  "Tex"  Mays.  The  honor  for  the  But  I  have  met  some  very  good  crew's  commendation  belongs  to  shipmates  and  some  very  good  it  came  out  of  the  boneyard,  the  Sweeney,  contributed  greatly  these  men  because  they  earned  it,  union  men  on  this  tub.  There  are  ship  has  had  seyen  chief  mates  in  toward  putting  the  family  at  ease  not  many  beefs  on  this  scow  and  he  adds.  seven  trips.  during  such  a  trying  time  arid  we  when  one  comes  up  it  is  brought  Joseph  C.  Wallace  The  crew  on  the  ship  is  above­ shall never forget  their kindness.  up and  taken  care of  right  away  in  Ship's delegate  average  and  even  the  captain  con­ Members  of  the  SIU,  whether at  good  SIU  style,  so  that  when  we  cedes this.  We  have no  alcoholics,  home  or  away  from  their  loved  (Ed  Note:  Under the  contract, sail­ have  the  pay­off  the  patrolman can  no  foul­ups.  Realizing  this  fact  onei  can  be  eternally  grateful  for,  ing  from  Le  Havre  to  Rouen  is  an  take  care  of  the  business  of  dues  but ignoring  it, the  captain persists  their Union; for the  wonderful men  inland  water  shift.)  and  other  things.  I  wish  to  say  in  making  things  uncomfortable  operating  it  and  for  the  splendid  that  whenever  we  had  a  beef  the  for us,  aided by the  chief  engineer.  men  who  are  part  of  It;  they  are  a  t  3^  4  patrolman really  took care  of  every  Our  captain  has  been  caught  in  credit  to  the  land  and  the  sea.  thing in  fine shape.  the  act  of  painting  the  radio  op­ Mrs.  James  Enwright  Of  course,  at  this  writing  we  erator's room  together with  sparks,  4  4  4  don't  know  what  we  are  getting.  showing  how  much  importance  he  But I am  speaking for the  crew and  To  the  Editor:  myself.  We  sure  want  to  extend  a  Taking soundings  aboard  the  Steel  attaches  to  the  agreement.  He  At  a  special  meeting,  crew­ lot  of  thanks  to  the  negotiating  Apprentice,  Herman  Mertz,  ship's  maintains  that  the  ship  is  unclean  members  of  the  SS  James  Cald­ committee  for  what  they  have  got­ carpenter,  strikes  a  rugged  pose  but  forgets  that  he  has  a  big  dog  To the  Editor:  well  (Alcoa)  passed  on  the  new  ten for us.  running  around'  cluttering  it  up.  Crew  members  of  three  Delta  for  the  lensman.  agreement  unanimously.  We  wish  He's  reluctant  to  pay  overtime  to  Line  ships  showed  their  skill  in  to go  on record thanking  the nego­ .Other  unions  in  the  country  are  have  the  interior  of  the  house  both  baseball  and  softball  in  two  We  were  bogged  down  in  Dja­ tiating  committee  and our  officials  jealous  of  our  agreement and  have  karta,  Java,  for  22  days  unloading.  cleaned  up,  preferring  to  have  it  tight,  well­played  ball  games  in  for  bringing  about  the  greatest  been  for  a  long  time  because  they  Left  the  States  with  our  decks  all  done  by  spot  soogee.  This  is  Brazil  at  the  Santos  Athletic  Club.  contract  in  maritime  history,  and  are  different  unions  than  ours  and  piled  high  with  crated  jeeps  and  impossible  as  we  have  a  bad  soot  A  large  crowd  of  Brazilians  for  steering  us  through  plenty  of  don't  live  together  as  we  do  and  trucks for  that  stopover.  problem.  watched  the  second  game  of  the  have  the  brotherly  spirit  we  have.  dangerous  channels.  He  ignores  safety  regulations.  doubleheader,  and  were  'evidently  John  Bilko,  AB  and  deck  del­ I  think  we  ­should  go  a  little  We  also  wish  to take  this  oppor­ Two  trips  previpusly  he  had  a  much  impressed.  Baseball  fever  egate,  added  a  little  excitement  to  tunity  to  wish  our  officials  con­ farther  than  we  are  to  teach  and  the  junket  when  he  plucked  a  285­ bosun  who  was  his fair^haired  boy.  has  really  caught  on  as  far as  the  educate  the  new  man.  I  had  one  tinued  success  and  good  luck.  the  other  day  say  "forget  the  pound,  nine­foot,  three­inch  shark  Under  that  bosufi,  the  crew  was  Del  Alba  is concemea  with an am­ The  entire  crew  of  this  Liberty  things  we  have  done,  that's  under  out of  the  briny  while the  ship was  sent aloft in  bad weather and  again  bitious  schedule  of  games  planned  ship,  bound  for  India,  wishes  to  the  bridge.  What  are  we  going  to  anchored  five  days  in  the  Straits  later  in  England  while  cargo  was  for  both  north  and  south­bound  express its heartiest  season's greet­ do?"  being  worked.  The  stack  was  trips.  of  Malacca  awaiting  orders.  ings  to­all  members  of  our  good  painted  in a  snowstorm.  The  crew  The  first  contest  was  a  five  Michael  J.  Carlin  Well,  brothers,  you  can't  forget  Union,  the  Seafarers  International  what  is under the  bridge  because if  wanted  him  pulled  off  as  he  had  inning Ibaseball  game  between  the  4  4  4  Union  of  North  America.  no concern for its safety and finally  Del  Alba  and  Del  Santos  nines,  it  didn't  mean  something  you  he  left  at  payoff.  Blackie  Bankston,  would  need  no  bridge.­ which  ended  in  a  4­4  deadlock.  Ship's  delegate.  The  second  game  saw  the  formid­ I  also  was  asked  as  a  ship's  Bosun  Hardtimed  ,  ''  able  Del  Nqrte  team  edge  a  com­ delegate  how  much  I  got  besides  A  new  oldtime  bosun  who  had  bined  all­star  club  from  Del  Alba  4.  4  t  my dues  paid.  When  I told  the  boy  To  the  Editor:  an  interest  in  the  crew's  welfare  and  Del  Santos  i>y  a  score  of  2­1  I got  nothing and  paid my  dues, he  Our  first  meeting  in  the  new  and  pointed  out  unsafe  working  in  eight  innings  of  softball,  or  said,  "Oh,  no  wonder  every  one  hall  was  certainly  very  impressive.  conditions  is  now  being  given  a  "jungle  ball"  in  that  the  pitcbers  gives  you  such  a  hard  time!"  The  gathering on  the  whole  was so  hard  time  by  the  captain  but  the  were allowed  to  throw  overhand..  But  I  have  found  that  if  you  To  the  Editor:  crew  is  steadfast  behind  him.  The  baseball  game  was  loaded  Hope  this little  note finds  every­ have  good  union  shipmates  being  orderly  and  cooperative  that  one  The  life  of  everyone  aboard  is  with  thrills  as  situations  of  just  a  ship's delegate  can  be  more  than  had  to  reflect  upon  the  past  and  one fine,  and  that  we've moved  in­ further  endangered  because  life­ about  every  type  came  up.  Hit'  to  the  new  hall  by  now.  I  think  just  a  delegate.  You  are  helping  think  of  what  we  seamen  went  boats  are  inadequately  stored  with  and  run  plays,  base  stealing,  this  is  a fine  Union  we  have  and  a  brother  member  that  may  some  through  in  the  old  days.  water  and  food  and  some  have  no  squeeze  plays,  slugging  and  mas­ would  like  to  go  on  record  as  say­ day  be able  to  help you.  plugs.  Among  other  things,  on  a  terful  pitching  were­all  part  of the  I  i:pcall  the  old  hiring  hall  at  I  was  over  and  seen  Frenchy  ing  it  is  the  best.  Michelet  at  the  new  hall.  He  2  Stone  Street,  New  York,  add  three  day  holiday  weekend,  he  repertoire.  The  game  started  as  I  was  reading  in  a  recent  LOG  called  the  crew  back  to  work  each  a  pitching  duel  with  that  old  cam­ showed  me  around  and  boy  it  is  where  a  fellow  in  Baltimore  sent  also  the  Union  hall  on  Peter  St.,  day  saying  he  did  not  care  If  the  paigner,'  "Flat  Top"  Kendrlcks  swell.  I  remember  when  working  in  a  picture  of  his  girl  friend  and  New  Orleans.  When  you  look  crew eve­ got  to their homes.  This  starting  for  the  Albas,  opposing  ''urged  the  boys  to  come  to  that  with  him  on  the  New  Orleans  hall  around  our  new  place  in  Brooklyn  was  in  New  York.  "Boats"  Graham  for  the  Santos.  we  were  pretty  well  pleased  with  it  makes  one  stand  aghast,  think­ port  for  some  Both  teams  scored  a  run  apiece  that  job  but  boy  this  is  really  All  of  this  has  tended  to  make  ing  perhaps  we  are  in  another  girls. Well, here's  in  the  fourth  after  three  scoreless  something  I  don't  mean  maybe.  dissatisfied  bunch  out  of  what  world.  a  photo  of  the  Christmas  greetings  to  all.  was  once  a  smooth,  well­formed  innings.  Santos  pushed  across  good ­looking  The  old  New  Orleans  hall  was  crew.  The  chief  engineer  hasn't  three  runs  in  the  top  of  the  fifth  Bert  Manifold  girl  friend  and  Ship's  delegate  an  old  wooden  fire  hazard.  There  helped  because  of  his  spying  on  as a  light  rain hampered  the effec­ myself.  She's  was  no  such  thing  as  amusements,  the  deck  gang  and  stewards  and  tiveness  of  Kendrick's  knuekler.  from  Mobile  and  not  even  a  deck  of  cards.  When  interference  with  shipboard  union  But  the  Albas  came  back  in  the  I think  we have  a  the  hall  closed  you  pounded  the  meetings.  bottom  of  the  fifth  to  knot  it­up.  few  pretty  girls  pavement  frequenting  the  free  Pitching Duel  •  Although  feeling  among  some  of  down  our  way  lunch  saloons  and  always  hoping  The  second  game  was  a  pitching  to  get  away  to  sea  and  from  all  the  officers  is  that  they're  gentle­ duel  throughout,  with  Sistrum  for  Skfppy  &  Gal  too.  To  the  Editor:  men,  the  last  trip  in  Bremerhaven  I  just finished  your  misery.  a  couple  of  them  were  drunk  and  Del  Norte  opposing Mclnis  for the.  a  trip  on  the  Chiwawa  for  Cities  On most  ships,  it's  the  usual  All­Stars.  Sistrum, a  southpaw,  de­ Thanksgiving  Day  I  was  one  of  made  nuisances  of  themselves.  Service,  and  brother,  it  was  the  occurrence  for  the  chief  mate  pended  on  a  variety of  slow  stuff  the  many  brothers  partaking  in  to  follow  the  bosun  around.  Deficiencies  in  work  by  some  against  Mclnis' fast  ball.  With  the  worse  trip  I've  ever made.  Every­ the  dinner  provided  by  the  Union  one  was alright  except  the  skipper  Here,  aboard  the  Oremar  and  believe  me  it  was  good.  officers  caused  failure  of  wind­ game  tied  1­1  after  seven  innings  (Ore.),  we  have  a  four­month­ and  the second  mate.  Afterwards,  plenty  of  recreation  lasses  to  work  on  several  oe­ Del  Forte  managew  to  load­the  He was  th^ one in 1949 that  gave  old  kitten  who  follows  our  was  available  right  here  at  the  casions and  hit and miss navigation  bases 'in  the~bpttpn»  hal£i^ol,^  serang  around  while  he's  tak­ a  fellow  a  letter  of  recommenda­ ^  hall.  A  wonderful  thanksgiving  which at  one  time took  us 50  miles  eighth  with  twb  ing  the  soundings.  tion  for  a  full  year's  good  service  for  which  I  like  many  others  am  off  cffurse  when  we  were  entering  safely  to  drive in  the w  We  also  have  an  OS  aboard  the  English  Channel.  and  then fired  him  for  talking  Outstanding  perfori^ance^  in  |  the  very  grateful!  who  hasn't  been  going  to  sea  union.  However,  this  is  not  a  blanket  game i  was  the ^ defensiv?i  , play| of |  All  this  is  to  point  out  to  the  very  long, therefore  he  doesn't  young  seaman  what  used  to  be,  in  disapproval  of  all  the  officers.  Jack  Bailie  iii  center flitld  |p  Well  so  long  for  now  fellows,  know  the  names  and  terms  the  hope  he  will  bend  every  effort  But the  bad  joes persist  in a  policy  Fred  Ingrani  behind  the  |^ate.|  and keep  up  the fine  work  you are  to  show  his  appreciation  for  the  that  blocks  progress.  The  time  Captain  Rogers,  a re^oiijbasetiu  t  doing.  Oh  yes.  Would  you  please  used  on  the  ship.  Well, here's  the  topper:  The  other  day  he  ;  beautiful hall  the SIU  now has  and  has long since  passed when  a  privi­ enthusiast,, was  inst:p^l^n^ in  have  the  LOG  sent  to  my  home.  told  one  AB  "the  cat  was  fol­ j  do  his  bit  to keep  it  clean..  Those  leged  minority  can  inflict  anti­ ranging  both  gaiiries|jinjpi  My  mothei'  loves  to  read it  and  I  lowing  the  '  bosun  while  he  receptacles  on  the  deck  aren't  quated  ideas upon their  employees.  the  Jgad. >  He is  cjirinpigl^J^ behiiia­.|  like  to  keep  up  with  things.  was  measuring  the  bottom  of  flower  vases,  boys,  they're  there  Labor  organizations  see  tp  it  that] %e v^ba nine  and  M. P.  SUppy  ZaUck.'  the ship."  for  you  to  throw  in  your  cigarette  the  worker  gets  a  just  reward  for' =l!a^;iFVtop  L.  J.  Brilkart.  his  efforts.  (Ed.  Note:  The  LOG  will  be  butts.  mlfiled  to your  home^ir^lnowen.')'  dljaddy  EarrelL  New Seaman Has  Steel  Apprentice  Greece Skipper :  Plenty to Learn  • Bach Home Again  Labeled ^Bucho^  Caldwell Crew  Hails New  Pact  Baseball  Battles  Enliven SA Bun  Hq is Far Cry  From Old  Days  Pretty Gals Down  Mobile Way Too  Oremar OS  Shy  On  Sea Terms  I  • t •   V V' •    • '    f  f I  •   �Wiim, DceMdwr II, tMl T  SEAFARERS  LOG  Tf TwwHrH  THE­ LABOR  ROUND­UP  While  US  shipping  is  still  thriee  to  five  years  away  from  atomic  propulsion  and  other  equally  fantastic  developments  which  will  revo­ lutionize  the  shipping  Industry,  th^re  qre  enough  new  gimmicks com­ ing  into  service.to  maJie  quite  a  change  in  the  duties  of  unlicensed  personnel  who have  the  jobs of  maintenance  and  operation.  Cooks and stewards will  be interested  to learn that electronic cookers,  known  as  "RaddrartgeS"  have  already  been  installed  on  ocean­going  ships  and  could  conceivably  become  standard'galley  equipment.  •   The. chief  advantage  of  the  "Radarange"  is  in  its  speed  of  opera­ tion.  Foods  which  would  take  anywhere  from  a  few  minutes  up  to  several  hours  to  prepare  under  ordinary  conditions  can  be  cooked  in  a  few seconds  in  the  radar  cooker.  Without  getting  too  technical  about  it, .the  "radarange"  is  a  device  for  producing  microwaves  which  enter  the  food  and  generate  heat,  cooking  it  in  the  process.  Of  course  cooking  electronically  will  involve  the  use  of­ an  entirely  new  set  of  recipes  and  working  techniques  geared  to  doing  roasts  in  the  twinkle  of  an  eye  rather  than  in several  hours  as  formerly.  Ocean­going ships  and  coastal  craft moved  more  cargo  over  tho  Delaware River  last  year' than on any  other waterway  in the  coun­ try,  states  a  report  just  released.  Commercial  cargo  amounting  to  76,132,523  tons  was moved  over  the  river.  The  Mississippi  and  Ohio  Rivers  ranked  second  and  third,  respectively,  while  New  York's  Hudson  took  the  eleventh  spot.  For  an  over­all  picture,  a  total  of  28  rivers  and  canals  carried  over  2,000,000  tons  of  com­ merce  in  1950.  ^  ^  J,  Keep  the  Spigots  Open—Unions  and  employers  in  the  ^coholic  One  of  the  most  important  innovations  in  the  industry  is  said  to  be  beverage  industry  have  joined  the  entry  into  regular service  of  the  Shell  tanker  Auris,  which  is  par­ hands  in  a  united  plan  to  fight  tially  powered  by  gas­turbine  machinery.  This  new  propulsion  set­up  prohibitionists  who  have  been  'offers  several  advantages  over  commercial  engines,  particularly  the  campaigning actively  to dry  up the  fact  that  there  are  only  two  moving  parts  in­ a  gas­turbine  plant,  as  country  in  local  option  elections  compared with more than a dozen in others'.  Also important is the smaller  and  through  restrictive  legislation.  space  needed,  less  weight  over­all,  probable  lower  operating  costs  and  Local  option  dry  laws  cover  com­ reduced  chance  for  conk­outs.  4­4  4  munities,  counties  and  states  with  A  runaway  engineless  hulk  with  12  men  aboard  was  cluttering  a  population  of  26,000,000  Ameri­ cans.  With  the  increase  in. liquor  •   up  the  sealanes  on  the  western  coast  of  Norway  at  last  reports.  The  ship  is  the  former  German  freighter  Aachen,  salvaged  by  a  Another  gadget  for  the  galley  is  an  electrically­operated  scouring  taxes, labor  unions in  the field  also  Norwegian  concern  from  the  bottom  of  Narvik  harbor,  where  she  fear  a  rise  in  bootlegging.  Unions  device  for  scrubbing,  scouring  and  polishing  cooking  utensils,  work  was  sunk  during  the  fighting  in  1940.  She  was  drifting  in  a  sea  surfaces  and.  galley  equipment.  The  machine  consists  .of  a  motor  which  participated  in  a. joint  con­ snowstohn  after  breaking  away  from  a  tug  ... A  "sea  demon"  ­ and  drive  shaft  and  a  hand­  piece  with  two  interchangeble  brushes,  ference  with  employers' recently  reported  in  the  streets  of  Roslyn,  Long  Island,  turned  out  to  be  one  of  stainless  steel  wire  and  the  other  of  nylon.  The  steel  brush  were  the  Hotel  and  Restaurant  the  massive  bronze  statue  of  a  "sea  monster"  which  thieves  dis­ is  for  cleaning  ovens,  broilers,  grills,  gratings  and  the  like  while  the  Employees  (AFL);  Brewery  Work­ mantled  from  a  nearby  estate  and  sold  for  scrap.  ers  (CIO)  and  Distillery  Workers  nylon  brush  is  for  the  various  cooking  utensils.  All  in  all,  it  is  an  (AFL).  4  4  4  electrical,  substitute  for  good  old­fashioned  elbow  grease.  The  Federal  Maritime  Board  reported  83  more  vessels  added  to  the  active  merchant  fleet  during  October,  bringing  the  number  Milking  the  Public  —  Talking  of  ships  (1,000  gross  tons  or  more)  to  1,951.  Private  ownership  Deck gang  hands can  be saved  a  lot  of  labor by  the adaptation  of  the  about  liquid  refreshment,  the  accmmts  for  1,292  of  these  ... A  giant  shipping  terminal  on the  paint  roller for  shipboard use.  Paint rollers  have  become  increasingly  Detroit  Federation  of  Labor  has  shores of  San Leandro  Bay  in  Oakland,  Cal.,  is in  the  works  after  popular in  recent years as replacement  for brushes  when painting  large  protested a recent half­cent a  quart  completion  of  negotiations  for  145  acres  of  land.  Located  north  surfaces  such  as  walls  and  ceiUngs.  The  paint  is  poured  inside  the  increase in milk  prices in that  city.  of  the  Municipal  Airport,  the  site  will  be  partly  reclaimed  from  rollet and  Is released  as  the  roller is  pressed over  the  surface.  The  Federation  complained  that  tideland.  4­  4  4  The heavy­duty paiht  roller for shipboard use  consists simply  enough  although  distributors  are  paying  of  a  paint  roller  mounted  on  the  end  of  a  long  handle.  Coming  in  farmers  less  for  whole  milk  than  Japan,  which has  been crimping  shipping from  west coast  SIU ports,  sizes as  long as  18 Inches,  use  of  the  roller  makes  possible  a  good deal  they did  four  to five  years ago,  the  is  branching  out  still  further.  Latest  move  is  an  attempt  to  boost  of  overhead  painting  from  a  standing  position  on  the  deck,  making  price  has  gone  up  several  cents  a  trade  with  Indonesia  .  .  .  The  ICC  denied  an  application  by  another  it  unnecessary  to  use  scaffolds  and  ladders  in  many  instances.  The  quart  during  that  period.  The  operator  seeking  to  move  Dupont  chemical  cargoes  between  Gulf  and  roller  is  also  supposed  to  apply  paint  much  faster  than  the  conven­ public,  says  the  DFL,  should  be  North  Atlantic  ports  already  served  by  Seatrain  and  Pan­Atlantic,  tional  brush.  When  it  comes  to  painting  smokestacks  however,  the  enjoying  a  reduction  In  prices  SlU­contracted  companies  .  .  .  New  low­fare  transatlantic  air  service  old rig  and'brush  method  still  applies.  instead  of  having  to  face  another  at  a "tourist  class" rate  of  $270  one  way  will  be  available  next  Spring.  4  4  4  increase.  Acting  on its  own  in the  absence  of  U.  S.  approval,  Canada,  has a  4  4­  4"  begun to  set wheels  in motion  for  the St.  Lawrence  Seaway,  water  Talking  about  paints  and  painting  brings  to  mind  an  ingenious  de­ Three  Showings  Daily  —  AFL  link  between  the  Great  Lakes  and  the  Atlantic.  Government  of­ vice for  controlling  insects aboard  ship.  A company  in  Allentown,  Pa.  Papermakers  Union is following in  ficials  asserted  its.  need  to  stimulate  Canadian  ecnomic  develop­ called  .the  Dianol  Sales  Corporation  is  putting  out  an  insecticide  the  footsteps of  the  SIU and  other  ment  and  defense  programs  .  .  .  Another  new  wrinkle  in  ship  which  is  mixed  with  paint.  The  manufacturer  says  that  the  product  propulsion  is  the  announced  plan  of  a  Cleveland  iron  concern  to  can be  mixed with  all types of  paints and  finishes including  whitewash,  unions by  making a  motion picture  about its activities.  The film, called  install  single  boilers  instead  of  the  traditional  two  on  three  con­ cement,  casein,  oil,  water  and  dry  paints.  Once  mixed  with  the  paint,  ventional Great  Lakes ore  carriers.  The  firm  is willing  to gamble  it  will  kill  any  insect  passing  over  the  surface,  and  is  claimed  to  be  "Union  in  the  Mill,"  is  scheduled  on  the  lone  boiler  not  conking  out  at  sea,  citing  a  30­year  record  completely  odorless  and  not  harmful  to  humans.  The  insecticide  is  for  release  sometime  toward  the  end  of  December and  will  be  a  re­ without  a  boiler  failure.  supposed  to remain  effective  for  the  life  of  the  paint  job,  up  to  four  view of  the union's activities  in the  4  4  4  or  five  years.  paper  industry.  Providence  AFL  longshoremen  set  a  new  port  record  in  unloading  •  if  4"  cargo  from  the  freighter  Texan  recently,  pulling  an  average  15,000  4­  4"  4"  feet of  lumber an hour out of  her holds . .  . Orion Shipping and Trading  New refinements have  been made  in the "metal  mike," the automatic  We  Hope  It  Fits  Nicely—^A  new  Co.  has ordered  two "supertankers"  at  an  estimated  cost  of  six million  steering  jobot  device  manufactured  by  the  Sperpy  Corporation.  The  latest model  of  the Gyro­Pilot' can hold a  given course  with much  more  wage  pattern  is  certain  to  emerge  dollars  each from  the  Quincy,  Mass.  yards  of  the  Bethlehem  Steel  Co.  accuracy; and  can. steer a  vessel on  a new  course  without overshooting.  from  current  negotiations  between  The  new  ships,  keels  for  which  will  be  laid  in  mid­1952,  will  be  over  The  old  "metal  mike"  used  a  system  known  as  displacement  steer­ the  million­member  United  Steel­ 29,000  tons,  644 feet  long,  85  feet  wide and  will  make  up  to  16  knots.  ing when  changing course.  In  this system  the rudder  was  not returned  workers (CIO)  and the giant United  4  4  4  An  experimental jmethod  departing  from  the  normal  launching  amidships  until  the  vessel  had  completed  the  amount  of  turn  desired.  States  Steel  Corporation.  Under  operation  was proven  successful when  a 90­foot  steel  railroad scow  But  by  the  time  the  rudder  was  returned,  the  momentum  of  the  ship  present  wage  freeze  regulations,  was catapulted  into  the  Kill  Van  KuU  at  Mariner's  Harbor,  Staten  caused  it  to  overshoot.  The  newest  gyro­pilot  model  is  designed  to  steel workers would not  be entitled  Island, from  the  end of  a construction  line.  Hydraulic dollies  pro­ eliminate  this condition  by  adding "rate"  control  in  steering.  In other  to  more  than  a  six­cent  an  hour  pelled  the  scow  along  a  track  and  shot  it  into  the  water  from  the  words,  the  speed  of  the  vessel, (and its consequent  natural  momentum)  increase,  but  all  expectations  are  bulkhead  at  the  end  of  a  pier.  Tugs  took  over from  there.  Is taken into  account by  the Gyro­Pilot,  and a  greater or lesser amount  that  the  government  will  come  through  with a  new  formula  which  4  4  4  of  rudder angle  applied  to  compensate for  the momentum.  Wing stabilizers  to reduce  rolling in  heavy seas will be tried  out by the  The  newer  model  is  also  more  accurate  in  compensating  for  wind  would  prevent  a  strike  at  the  con­ conditions and other  factors which  will affect the  steering of  the vessel.  tract's  deadline  date,  New  Year's  Cunard  Line  next  year.  Useful  during  the  war  when the  British  Navy  day.  developed  them  to  steady  ships  for  more  accurate  shooting,  the  stabilizers are  reported  to have  corrected  rolling in  a  matter  of  seconds  4  4"  4"  aboard  a  24,000­ton  passenger  vessel  in  Far  East  service.  They  are  It's  Red,  Not  Black—We  always  described  as  somewhat  similar  to  airplane  wings  with  moveable  flaps  After  several  years  of  experimentation,  aluminum  is  coming  into  more  general  use  in  the  construction  of­ships.  Many  parts  of  the  thought  it  was  printer's  ink,  but  that  can  be  projected  from  the  ship's  side  when  it  starts  to  roil  in  super­structures  of  vessels,  including  such  accessories  as  lifeboats  members  of  Typographical  Union  ^44  ^  '  are being made  of  aluminum on the newer, ships now being constructed  No. 6,  New York,  proved they  have  heavy  weather.  The  Hrst  Jetty  pier  ever  constructed  in  Brazil  is  now  in  use.  The  Alcoa  Steamship  Company  has  been  one  of  the  pioneers  in  the  real  red  blood  in their  veins  when  An  experimental  project,  the  Rio  pier  can  berth  four  large  use of  this material  instead of  steel on  several of  its newer ships.  385  men  turned  up  at  the  Red  steamers.  If  it  should  prove  its  usefulness,  it  is  reported  the  The  major  advantages  of  the  use  of  aluminum  as  far  as  Seafarers  Cross  in  one  day  to  donate  blood.  Brazilian  government  will  modernize  the  entire  docking  system  are concerned are its corrosive­resistent  qualities and  its lighter weight.  Another  200  made  appointments  and do away  with bulkhead  docks now  in use.  Port congestion  has  This  means  considerable  less  maintenance  work  in  the  way  of  paint­ for  a  later  date.  Included  among  been  further  created  by  the  need  for  larger  warehouse  facilities,  ing, chipping,  etc.  as well  as greater  ease  in handling  of  movable  deck  the  donors  were  workers  in  the  14 ships  at one  time  waiting to  dock  because  of  no dockside  cargo  getu*.  Chief  obstacle to the adoption of  aluminum construction  through­ shop  where  the  LOG  is  made  up  space.  out the ship is its greater cost as compared to steeL  and  printed.  Burly  •y     Follow  Burly  Every  issue  in  The  Seuturers  Loy  "  _  »•   .....  ­.J.  —..  l'" ,  • .­.i  .  ­  ac,• .    '5(  4  1  �raf» Twcaty­fim  SEAFARERS  LOG  SlU Urges Coal Speed­Up  To Europe  WELFARE  BENEFITS  REPOBT  NO. 11  that  same end  faster, and  is liable i from  Poland  in  restricted  quantity  (Continued from  page 3)  By Robert Matthem, Aut, StcrttarthTreaxanr ditional  funds  for  aid  to  Europe,  to meet  with  a  more  favorable  re­ and  very  high  in price.  "With  the  democracies'  rearma­ ception  in  Congress.  Period  Covered  By  Thta  B^^ort­^ov. IS­Doo. 1  and  discussions are  already  under­ way  on  this  score.  But  as  stated  Since  the  US  government  will  ment  programs  and  our  own  de­ Cssh  on  bond  In  the SIU  letter, "immediate  gov­ have to  pick  up the  tab either way,  fense effort  dependent  to large de­ US  Governniont  Bonds  • • • • «ooofcoa«f«««*f*«oofot*oc»d  ....  150.»0«3d  ernment  action  is  imperative"  as  the  SIU  feels  that  its  suggestions  gree  upon  quick  solution  of  this  Estimated  accounts  receivable  4,464  the  Europeans  need  the  coal  now.  will mean  a speedier and  less cum­ problem,  it  appears  that  immedi­ Hospital  Benefits  Paid  in  Period  Reducing  the  cost  of  coal  at  Eu­ bersome  procedure  which  will  get  ate  governmental  action  is  im­ Total  Hospital  Benefits paid  sinco July  1, 195089,071  Death  Benefits  Paid  In  Period  iii.. .i;....  13,000  ropean  ports  via  the  suggested  the  coal  to  Europe  now  when  the  perative.  Death  Benefits  paid rince  July  1, 1950.....  139,666.06  "Mr.  Lewis  and  the  coal  indus­ Europeans need  it.  Further, if  the  methods  would  have  the  same  ef­ fect  as  increasing  economic  aid.  European  governments  knew  that  try  ieaders  have  announced  their  USPHS  HOSPITAL  tiSPHS  HOSPltAL  STATEN  ISLAND.  N.  Y.  ­ GALVESTON.  TEXAl  What  it  would  do  is  accomplish  they  were  assured  a  plentiful sup­ willingness fo  cooperate  in dealing  John  Brown  31560  Toba  Beams........  IS.OIL'  ply  of  low  cost  coal,  they­ would  with  this  problem,  and  have  re­ Maurice  Burnstine  30.<X>  Morrls.J.  Black.16.00'  30.00  Cbarles  J.  Clark  not  move  cautiously  on  their  re­ portedly  urged  that ships  be  made  Nicholas  Bechlivanit  15.00  Domingo  Camacho  ......  16.00  Angelo  Farrle..  15.00  armament  programs  as  much  as  available  for  transfer  of  the  coal.  Thomas  J.  Caffrey  45.00  Mark  B.  Hairelson.....  30.00  Responsibility  for  setting  up  any  C.  U.  Francis  they are now  doing.  30.00  Frank  P.  KeUev  30.00  Glcsen..  45.00  E.  A.  LaFarse...  '.  15.00  The  full  text  of  the letter  is  as  such  program  rests  with  our  fed­ William  I.  B.  Grierson  45.00  W,  W.  Lipscomb.....  30.00  eral  government.  R.  J.  Hampton  30.00  James  P.  Lord  follows:  Edward C. Johnson  15.00  Joseph  Humphrays  15.00  L.  E.  McCune  30.00  "Perhaps  the  government  will  Karl  A  benefit  check  for  sick  time  at  Mr.  Charles  E.  Wilson,  Jarve  15.00  Albert  M.  Mors*..  30.00  15.00  Charles  Scherhans  see fit  to establish  some  agency  or  H.  C.  Johnson  San  Juan  Hospital  is  waiting  for  Director, The  Office of  30.00  Keahinui  80.00  SavUle  B.  Tribble  15.00  commission  to  provide  a  subsidy  James  you  at  the SIU  Welfare  Office, 11  Defense  Mobilization,  V.  Keiklnen  20.00  Alex  KeUer  30.00  to  meet  the  cost  differential  that  Washington,  D.  C.  3B5JM  Broadway,  N.Y.C.  Kettunen  30.00  is  preventing  European  nations  Sylvester  Dear Mr.  Wilson:  USPHS  HOSPITAL  it'  John  Kosinski  15.00  NORFOLK.  VA.  60.00  J. Bowber  "We  have  read reports  of  an  ex­ from  getting  enough  of  our  coal  Peter  Kruplnskl  Kustas  ­  45.00  Lonnic  C.  Cole  13.00  Get  in  touch  with  Wanda  Bow­ tremely  paradoxical  situation  in  in  American  bottoms  at  a  price  Thomas  Robert  F.  Larsen  43.00  L.  A.  DuBeau  '  15.00  they  can  more  easily  afford.  This  Michael  Llnko  30.00  Isaac  P.  Hancock  15.00  view  of  the  rearmament  programs  ber, 233  E. 32d  St.,  N.Y.C,  Harold  Lunt  '.  43.00  Frank  Morris  30.00  being  pushed  now  by  the  United  coal is being paid  for  by  EGA  dol­ A.  $  McGuigan  45.00  WUliam  H.  StricUuid.'. t ..........  30.00  15.00  M.  Walker  15.00  States  and  the  European  demdcra­ lars  which  could  be better  applied  John  McLaughUn  Douglas  Foulds  Lewis  J.  Williams  30.00  Sam  Merkerson  60.00  to other  European economic needs.  Vic  Milazzo  Your Coast Guard ticket  is being  cies,  60.00  Alven  A.  WillU,  Jr.  15.00  O'Brien  13.00  Henry  O.  Cooper...  10.00  held  at  the  SIU  Mailroom,  675  "Reports  have  it  that  our  Euro­ By  reducing  the cost  of  such  ship­ Eugene  John  Parra  30.00  Henry  Everhart  15.00  pean  friends  are  in  critical  need  ments  in  a  manner  such  as  sug­ Earl'H.  Poe  4th  Ave.,  Brooklyn  32,  N.Y.  30.00  Leonard  G.  Murphy  135.00  gested  above, Europeans  will  be in  Otto  Preussler  45.00  Shirley  Rountree  30.00  of  more  coal  to  carry  out  their  4  4.  Pukki  25.00  double  objectives  of  rearmament  a  position  to  devote  more of  these  Toivo  Barney  Speegle  John  Ramey...  45.00  '395­00  30.00  Please  call  your  wife  as soon  as  and  economic  reconstruction, while  dollars  for  the  purposes  for  which  Juan  Rueda  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Jose  Salgado  15.00  NEW  ORLEANS.  LA.  possible  at  Dickens  9763,  Balti­ the  United  States  has  a  coal  sur­ they  were originally intended.  Frank  Shipp  30.00  15.00  plus  and  miners  are  working  a  "Inasmuch  as  there  appears  to  John  Snyder  f.  15.00  J.  L.  Arch  more.  15.00  Stickney.  45.00  J.  Bryant  short  week.  be some  doubt as  to which  govern­ James  Oliver  Celestlne... >  30.00  Stanley  Swienckoskl....  45.00  Lawrence  D.  Cook......  15.00  George  F. Martin  '  60.00  RogeUo  The  United  Mine  Workers  of  ment  office  would  have  jurisdic­ John  Tarko  Cruz  30.00  Turner  15.00  Your  family  is  anxious  to  hear  America  and  its president, John  L.  tion over  the problem, .perhaps you  Paul  Jessie  T.  Everett........  15.00  Samuel  L.  Vidal  15.00  15.00  F.  H.  Garretson.  can  use  your  good  offices  to  ex­ from  you  at  541 W.  Rich  Ave.,  De  Lewis, have, together  with the  coal  C.  Wallander  45.00  .30.00  Watson  45.00  Paul  G.  Goodman.......  Land, Fla.  industry,  called  attention  to  this  pedite  the  vitally­needed  solution.  Henry  E.  E.  Gross  ,30.00  Samuel  White  15.00  H.  A.  Jeffery  30.00  situation  and  have  suggested  that  With  the  defense  of  the  West  in­ George  L.  Wise10.00 D.  4"  4"  4  D.  Kelly...................:...  30.00  30.00  Eddie  Driggers  some  formula  be  worked  out  to  volved,  there  should  be  no  delay  Clifford  Womack  Leo  H.  Lang  30.00  William  Lynaugh  30.00  Please  leave  papers,  discharges  permit  transfer  of  the  coal  we  in  arriving  at  a  solution  which  liSia.OO  30.00  John  Mayrbat  ;  USPHS  HOSPITAL  and  passport  belonging  to  Lewis  have  in  such  abundance  to  the  will  enable  coal  shipments  to  be  Sam  McDonald  30.00  BALTIMORE.  MD.  30.00  J. Williams at Norfolk Hall or  mail  North  Atlantic  pact  countries  sent  abroad  in  needed  quantities  J.  T.  Doyle  10.00  R.  R.  McLish  J.  A.  Morris....  15.00  John  J.  O'Connor  45.00  as  speedily as  possible."  to  his  home  address.  where  it  is  so  vitally  needed.  15.00  W.  C.  Paris  Clifford  Middleton  10.00  15.00  Yours  sincerely,  t  t  4.  John  Barron  15.00  J.  F.  Pontiff  "It  is  our  understanding  that  30.00  John  G.  Berkenkemper.  15.00  K.  Raana  Robert (Buck) Marowitz  Paul HaU,  European  democracies  are  forced  Claude  A.  Ray  ."...  30.00  W.  Blades  3560  16JW  Claburn  E.  Reed.  Bill  Scarlett,  Europe­bound  on  to  resort  to  the  purchase  of  coal  Secretary­Treasurer.  Nelson  Henry  Callan  15.00  15.00  ComeUo  Castillo  15.00  WUfred  C.  Sonnier  John Priestley,  wants to hear from  15.00  Jessie  Clarke  15.00  C.  M.  TannehiU.......:  Horace  Tostet  you.  Write to 2909  Ponce De Leon,  30.00  Percy  Cranford  15.00  30.00  Lomie  R.  Tieklo  • •   * o­o seaef«»4ff«oeB    Semion  Gamier  15.00  New  Orleans.  Telephone  is  Victor  30.00  Louis  J.  Willis  Bennle  Gresham  10.00  4029.  30.00  CarroU  Harthausen  16.00  John  W.  Young  Miguel  Mora  15.00  Safteal  Esahakian  675.00  enjoying  SIU  representation  for  (Continued from  page 2)  Jack  D.  Morrison  15.00  Contact  I.  Duke  Avnet,  602  USPHS  HOSPITAL  13.00  the  past  two years will  not  shed  a  WlUiam  Osmundsen  MOBILE,  ALA.  Jack  A.  Predon  15.00  Knickerbocker  Building,  Balti­ board  unanimously  recommended  tear at  seeing  the CSU  go.  Ruperto  Rivera  15.00  A.  C.  EzeU....  45.00  more, regarding a  legal settlement.  a settlement which included  a wage  George  H.  Schinidt  15.00  Tim  Burke.....  30.00  increase  and  other  Improvements.  Creth  L.  Harrold  Harold  W.  Sherwin  40.00  Allen  B.  Lynn....  15.00  Ralph  South  15.00  But  labor  peace  was  not  what  the  Joseph  Saxon  r..............  30.00  The Union Welfare Office advises  Norman  Wrye  15.00  Thomas  Scanlon...  30.00  that  you  haven't  signed  a  death  CSU was  after. The political  policy  John  ZohiU  :  15.00  Herman  P.  Stokes  /...  10.00  of  the  Communist  Party  dictated  Howard  O.  Williams  15.00  beneficiary card as required.  405.00  J.  L.  Buekelew  '  30.00  a  fight  against  Marshall  Plan  aid  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Thomas  D.  Dailey..................  30.00  to  Europe.  The  CSU  leadership  SAN  FRANCISCO.  CALIF.  J.  H.  Jones  .....a...  ... ^  30.00  Gee  Cheng  obediently  went  along.  Without  80.00  Charles  L.'Knight.15.00  15.08  Florian  ' Koziukewicz  20.00  S.  P.  Morris  (Continued  from  page 2)  even consulting the  membership, it  Joacquin  Mlniz  10.00  overrode  the  recommendation  of  tributed  and  turns  it  over  to  the  George  R.  Nagel  295.00  50.00  Burley  E.  NankivU  45.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  The  following  men  have  overtime  its own  representative  on  the con­ March  of  Dimes.  C.  R.  Robertson  T....  50.00  SEATTLE,  WASH.  checks coming  to them from Cities Service  ciliation  board  and  called  a  strike.  Salvatore  J.  Saporito  20.00  Ralph  Martin  SIU Amounts Rise  ships.  They  may  be  picked  up  at  any  15JW  Herman  Uriarte  20.00  time  at  23 Pearl  Street. New  York,  N.  Y.:  That  was  the  last  straw  for  the  In  the last  three  years since  the  SEASIDE  GENERAL  HOSPITAL  ABIQUA:  D.  Alt.  H.  J.  Byer.  Jr..  W.  long­suffering  members  of  the  LONG  BEACH.  CALIF.  265.00  Julian  Adams  Cruser.  J.  Hartman.  Juan  Leston.  W.  Mc­ SIU  has  endorsed  the  campaign,  15.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Intyre.  Robert  Michael.  Julius  Moore.  CSU. They began to flock in droves  the  amounts  contributed  by  SIU  Don  L.  McCombs  15.00  SAVANNAH.  GA.  J.  C.  Munden.  J.  Permuy.  Manuel  Be.  C.  to the  SIU, and  the SIU  signed  an  Tyler.  members  have  shown  a  steady  in­ R.  A.  Denmark  15.00  30.00  ARCHERS  HOPE:  Leonard  EUs.  R.  F.  agreement  with  Canadian  shippers  crease.  In  1948­49  Seafarers  con­ Pat  G.  Daugherty  1.'  13.00  VETERANS  HOSPITAL  Jacobs.  E.  C.  Piatt  13.00  on  the  basis  of  the  conciliation  LONG  BEACH.  CALIF.  tributed  a  total  of  $912.33.  This  R.  A.  Sharpe  CHIWAWA:  B.  Jackson.  H.  Staples.  15.00  board  recommendation,  an  agree­ jumped  to $3,207.82 in 1949­50  and  Charles  .\ ......  25.00  Hugh  Williams.  Sturner  15.00  E.  L,  Pritchard  USPHS  RELIEF  STATION  COUNCIL  GROVE:  Ivan  Bradbury.  Ed­ ment  which  was  perfectly satisfac­ B.  E.  Webb  30.00  $4,738.57  in 1950­51.  PONCE.  PUERTO  RICO  ward  Crosby.  Edward  Farrell.  J.  San  Fil­ '  10.00  lippo.  Peter  Jomides.  J.  Magaulay.  Wil­ tory to  the Canadian seamen  them­ 105.00  Daniel  Mejias  Money  given  to  the  March  of  lard  Parks.  Edward  Szarythe.  Thomas  selves.  USPHS  HOSPITAL  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Walker.  BOSTON,  MASS.  Dimes  fund  campaign  is  used  to  Few  Kicks  Left  SAJf  JUAN.,;c.,.B.  ;  .  BENTS  FORT:  Alfred  Case.  Albert  Ben  Foster  10.00  Juan  De  La  Paz  help  pay  the  medical  expenses  of  Don  1460  Eikenberry,  Timothy  GriSin.  R.  J.  Hen­ Mueller  While  the  unnecessary  political  30.00  ninger.  James  Ray,  Walter  Stubbe.  Rafael  M.  Vidal.....,,.,,.,  ,.10.00  infantile  paralysis  victims  as  well  Nicholas  Ritrovato  55.00  BRADFORD  ISLAND:  John  Capuzzi.  T.  strike was the crusher for the CSU,  Thomas  Ritson  23.00  McCann.  James  Preston. Edmund Spencer.  they  still  had  a  few  kicks  left  in  as to finance scientific research.  24.00  George  Vourloumis  ....  30.00  FRENCH  CREEK:  Salvatore  Alu,  Ernest  Seafarers  are  reminded  that  no  MANHATTAN  BEACH  HOSPITAL  Bossert.  A.  Carrano.  Stune  Christiansson,  their locker.  In a  desperate  bid  to  150.00  BROOKLYN.  N.  Y.  Joseph  Collins,  P.  Fitzsimmons,  Daniel  regain  their  fast­slipping  grip,  the  organization  is authorized  to solicit  Haggerty,  Maylon  O.  King.  Paul  Kron­ Raymond  Hassan...................  55.00  • funds  t hrough the SIU  without the  bergs,  W.  F.  Lawless.  C.  B.  Mahoney.  CSU leaders sent  out their  muscle­ Clifford  Middleton  45.00  Spyro  Pandeledes.  Manuel  Poperman,  Sid­ men . to  assault  Canadian  seamen  prior  approval  of  the  membership.  Quiz  Answers  ney  Segree.  W.  E.  Treadway.  William  100.00  who  dared  defy  their  leadership.  Thus far the March of  Dimes is the  Wendland.  Elmer  G.  Wetmore.  1.  False.  Table Top is in Cape­ USPHS  HOSPITAL  GOVERNMENT  CAMP:  Thomas  P.  Con­ Blackjacks,  baseball  bats,  pick  only  organization  which  has  re­ VINEYARD  HAVEN.  MASS;  "  don,  Joseph  Foley.  E.  Molineaux.  J.  Sta­ town, South  Africa.  handles and  meat hooks  were used  ceived  such  approval.  James  R.  Porter..  45.(10'  niecki.  Jose  Tablas,  Arnold  Valente.  2.  87,  Remember  "Four  score  LOGANS  FORT:  Robert  L.  Mays,  John  in  a  reign  of  terror  on  the  water­ BELLEVUE  HOSPITAL  ' '  B.  SchilUng.  and seven  years ago . .  Puzzle  Answer  NEW  YORK.  N.  Y.  FORT  HOSKINS:  Robert  Anderson.  Ed­ front.  This  too  proved  futile  as  ward  Corral.  Olav  Gustavsen.  Antoni  Canadian  seamen  vigorously  de­ Woodrow  Levins..  .'60.06  3.  202.  Przybysiak,  William  Watts.  USPHS  HOSPITAL'  ' ­  i'' •   4.  The lady was found not  guilty.  ROYAL  OAK:  Louis  W.  Boren.  George  fended  themselves  and  the  police  FORT  STANTON.  N.  M.  Brown.  David  Demarets.  John  Di  Pietron­ cracked  down  on  CSU  "arsenals"  The "Helpful"  fellow  with  the gun  Charles  Burton... i  tonio.  Cecil  Gray.  John  Levack.  Albert  and  arrested  CSU officials  for pos­ ;  .­i' ­^;00  Peterson.  James  Romano.  Joseph  Sto­ was  at  fault.  He  set  "a  deadly  VUSPHS,  HOSPCTAL'tr'^'  ''MF.­,, ''  session  of  deadly  weapons.  dolski.  SBD[Z][§  aCIISDQ  FORT.  WORTH,  TBXABi..  •   1.  agency" in motion,  the court  said.  SALEM  MARITIME:  Edward  A.  De  Fe­ Without  the  support  of  other  lice—Only  Relay  Sent.  Nathan  Benenate.  J.  H.  Ashurst..j.....ii:.^.'a '80.00  5.  Six  white, seven  red.  Clarence  Brace,  William  Carraway,  Del­ waterfront  unions,  with  an  empty  • '  VA  HOSPITAL'"  ..f.  .  vln  Reynolds,  Hans  Richardsqn,  Francoie  treasury  depleted  by  poUtical fund  6.  Nine.  PORT  HOWARD;  MD.  "  Savdle,  Harvey  Shero.  ^^[ZIBBB  [ISO  VirgU  M.  HaU..,..  45,00  WINTER  HILL:  Thomas  W.  Brcnnan,  raids,  and  with  its  own  member­ 7.  Heavyweight.  An  English  .  .  DEATH  BEI^JETa.'i:­­  ^  Raymond  Averitt.  Percy  O.  Mays.  HHaca  HBC2L1B  ship slipping  away, the  CSU  virtu­ stoue  is 14  pounds.  ALSO:  Vincent  Carmen,  James  A.  Phi!­ Edward  J.  KelIyj,....,....vW';i1  OSfflOO.OO"  aiiy gave up  the ghost in the spring  Waiter  Ramin,  William  Berks.  Mau­ Howard  S.  MiUer..­;'i.;  2,500.00  8.  A is B's  wife.  rice  A.  Gray.  Henry  Bansen.  Eugene  Rob­ of  1949.  Its last counter­attack  was  Robert  Fardo.  '  2JiOO.OO  Edward  J.  Kelly.,..'.';.'.'...;.';','.  ­  500.00  erts.  Elvia  Warren.  Patrick  Coponiti,  9.  Blue  Peter  (code  letter  P)  is  an  attempt  to  tie  up  SlU­manned  Charles  Scney.  Otho  Ware.  Ralph  Todd,  Amsrioo  Durante.'OJHiO.OO  blue  with «  white square.  '  i.  Dsnicl" S:  Uavid  Guillcry.  Mack  GalHgan,  Robert  ships  in  British  ports  via  a  Com­ Gardner..;;.­l.SOO.'OO  Krug.  Gayland  Bahan.  William  Stephens,  munist­led  strike  of  dockworkers.  Btebard  C.'Meeklns­V..^'1.500.00  10.  False..  ,IttB set iliac!^  ji,  Jesse  '  Melton.  John  MicheUe,  William  .  ; ; ' ; ri  ­  J  ; ,  ­  ,1  1  ­I  ;  going east,  f  i; I ?. ;.t  <  it''* 1  Canadian seamen, who have  been  MeUer.  PERSONALS  Commie­Led  CSU Bows  Out  Union­Backed Polio  Campaign Begins  uQsnsaQ  BEsaac]  BBQQB  mmm  sna  QQaoa  QIIIII  ii[ai3­~G!23aoir­^  cas  SQO  0  •  i)/.  �Friday. DcaaAcr II, 1951  Face  TwMi^ifcrea  SEAVARERS  LOG  of SHIPS'MIEETINGS ...  SWEETWATER  (Mar  Trade),  November  overtime.  There  was  an  open  discussion  off  during  meal  hour.  Library  books  ing  Aruba.  Water  situation  bad,  ship's  CBCIIL  H.  BEAN  (Dry­Tran»),  Nov«mb«r  delegate  to  see  captain  about  it.  Sug­ f—Chairman,  Carald  Mahan  Sacratary,  1$—Chairmen,  Robert  H.  Bridge;  Secra­ on  how  to  register.  All  department  re­ should  be  kept  in  their  places.  Llaf  Hopa.  Ship'a  delegate  reported  that  « wire  waa aent to  have a  patrolman meet  the ahip  on  arrival  because  of  an  injured  man.  Steward  F.  Gardner  gave  a  vote  of  thanks  to  the  ahip'a  delegate  for  his  co­ operation  on  the  two  trips  that  he  has  made  as  ship's  delegate.  BEADREAM  (Colonial),  November  11—  Chairman,  Ralph  Williams;  Secretary  (not  given).  Delegates  reported  everything  okay,  no beefs.  Chairman  took  over­ and  explained  to  many­of  the  new  members  the functioning  of  SlU contract:  that men  will  be  assisted  by  the  Union  on  any  questions  arising  regarding  their  papers,  etc.  He  also  explained  benefits  derived  from the  new contract.  A  vote  of  thanks  was extended  to the  officers at  New  York  headquarters  for  the  splendid  Job  they  have  been  doing  with  respect  to  protect­ ing  the  membership  under  the  contract,  raises, etc.  The matter of  smoking on  the  bridge  was  brought  up.  WILLIAM  BURDEN  (Western  Tankers),  November  15—Chairman,  Gene  Flowers;  Secretary,  Jim  Van  Sant.  Delegates  re  ported  no  beefs.  The  washing  machine  is  to be  kept  clean  at  all  times.  Suggestion  was  made  to  have  more  of  a  variety  in  salads.  The  membersliip  was  asked  to  keep  the  messrooms  clean  and  wash  out  dirty  cups.  tery, T.  Mehar.  Delegatee reported  every­ tiiing  in  order.  Steward  asked  to  secure  some  fresh  vegetables  in  the  next  port  and  to include  squash  and  egg  plant.  The  crew  was  asked  to  turn  in  all  cote  and  extra  linen  to  the  steward.  pair  lists  checked  at  the  meeting.  DANIEL  H.  LOWNSDALE  (Isthmian),  Nov.  25—Chairman,  P.  V.  Mlliioion;  Sec­ retary,  Edward  V.  Smith.  Delegates  re­ ported no  beefs.  Ship's delegate  is to  call  for  a  new  library  books  for  the  next  HARRY  T.  (Palmer),  November  22—  trip.  Ail  new  hands  will  donate  money  Chairmen,  Nick  Swokle;  Secretary,  D.  M.  for  the  washing  machine.  Revose.  Delegates  reported  everything  STEEL  DIRECTOR  (Isthmian),  Nov.  22  satisfactory.  Discussion  of  drinking  aboard  ship  settled.  .­Everyone  using  —Chairman,  W.  A.  Fahn;  Secretary,  W.  washing  machine  was  requested  to  clean  M.  Stark.  Ship's  delegate  read  letter  up  when finished.  Crew  also  extends  sin­ from  headquarters  regarding  new  con­­ cere  thanks  to  entire  committee  who  ne­ tract.  Discussion  on  benefits  of  new  men.  as  to  their  full  right  and  voice  in  meet­ gotiated  the  new  agreement.  ings aboard  ship.  All agreed  that  the  trip  SEATRAiN  TEXAS  (Seafrein),  Novem­ has been  good  so  fax and  to try  and keep  ber  25—Chairman,  H.  Nichols;  Secretary,  it  that  way  at  payoff.  E.  Jones.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs,  all  is  going  along  satisfactorily.  A  vote  of  thanks  to  the  steward  department  for  the  wonderful  Thanksgiving  dinner.  A  collection  will  be  taken  up  for  Christmas  decorations.  SEATRAIN  NEW  YORK  (Seatrein),  No­ vember  18—Chairman,  R.  Sweeney; Secre­ tary,  G.  Goidstain.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  The  memorandum  of  agreement  on  the  new  contract  gains  was  read.  Mo­ tion  made  and  carried  that  the  Seatrain  New  York  go  on  record  for  praising  the  SIU  negotiating  committee  for  a  job  well  done.  Keys  can  be  obtained  for fifty  cents  deposit  on  each  key.  The  ship's  delegate  told  the  delegates  to  get  their  repair  list  ready  by  the  time  the  ship  docks  in  New  York.  STEEL  SEAFARER  (Isthmian),  Nov.  4—  Chairman,  W.  Lawton;  Secretary,  J.  Bry­ ant.  Delegates  reported  everything  smooth  except  disputed  overtime.  Discus­ sion  on  slopchest  prices.  Differences  in  slopchest  price  and  order  sheets  to  be  brought  up  in  the  next  meeting.  Discus­ sion  on  sailing  time  not  being  posted.  STEEL  RANGER  (isthmian),  November  Nov.  25—Chairman,  W.  Lawton;  Secre­ 4—Chairman,  Robert  Prideaux;  Secretary,  tary,  J.  Bryant.  Delegates  reported  all  John  Bachus.  Delegates  reported  no  major  beefs, are  to  be • s  traightened  out  beefs.  The  steward  requested  coopera  with  the  patroiman  on  arrival.  Discus­ tion  in  turning  in  linen  at  conclusion  of  sion  on  cots  and  sheets.  Some  of  the  SEATRAIN  LOUISIANA  (Seatrain),  De­ voyage.  Chairman  instructed  department  men  were  refused  cots when  steward  had  delegate  to make  up  repair  lists  and  sub­ cember  2—Chairman,  John  Jeiiette;  Sec­ some  in  linen  locker.  retary,  Edward  Hill.  Complaints  from  mit  them  to  him.  men  in  regard  to  drinking  water  which  OREMAR  (Ore),  Nov.  15—Chairman,  is  to  be  turned  over  to  the  patrolman  SANTORE  (Ore),  no  date—Chairman  on  arrival  in  New  York.  At  payoff  there  L.  J.  Briihant; Secretary,  H.  Girder.  Dele­ gates  reported  no  beefs.  $6  in  ship's  P.  Allgeir;  Secretary,  T.  At  Patroquln.  will  be a  $1 contribution  from  each  crew­ Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  Chairman  member  for the  ships fund.  A  letter from  fund  which  is­ to  be  used  to  buy  a  ship's  read literature  from headquarters  and  ex­ Paul  Hall  was  read  regarding  the  new  electric flat  iron.  plained  to  the  crew  the  new  benefits.  LOG.  Request  for  a  library  aboard.  SEATRAIN  TEXAS  (Seatrain),  Nov.  11  Motion  made  and  carried  to  approve  and  —Chairman,  W.  Souby;  Secretary,  E.  accept  all  literature  from  headquarters.  SOUTHSTAR  (South  Atlantic),  October  Jones.  A  good  and  hectic  meeting  was  Discussion  on  lack  of  silverware.  The  19—Chairman,  C.  McDowell; Secretary,  R.  iceboxes  in  the  mess  halls  have  been  go­ Musselwhite.  Delegates  reported  no  held  when  it  came  to  good  and  welfare.  ing  out  of  order  and  the  chief  engineer  beefs.  Suggestion ­made  to  have  educa­ Ship's delegate  spoke  to meeting  and  told  has promised  to fix  them  personally.  The  tional  meetings.  Motion  made  and  car­ aU  hands  to  blow  their  top  and  they  did  crew donated  50 cents to  repair  the  wash­ ried  for  each  man  to  clean  up  laundry  in  good  old  SIU  style.  The  main  topic  was  the  steward  and  his  stores.  The  ing  machine  and  all  hands  are  to  help  after  using  it.  steward  promised  to  take  care  of  all  keep it  clean.  All  oldtimers  tried  to  ex­ plain  the  benefits  of  the  SlU  to  the  men  SOUTHERN  DISTRICTS (Southern Trad­ beefs  and  so  another  meeting  came  to  an  end.  who  comprise  the  bulk  of  the  crew.  All  ing),  November  18—Chairman,  John  Woi­ seemed  interested  and  asked  many  ques  de;  Secretary,  Cecil  Farrish.  Delegates  W.  E.  DOWNING  (State  Fuel),  Nov.  18  tions  about  union  activities.  reported  no  beefs.  Repair  lists  made  out  —Chairman,  Thomas  Fleming;  Secretary,  and  given  to  the  ship's  delegate  to  be  George  Hiar.  Delegates  reported  no  turned  in  at  Norfolk.  Vote  of  thanks  to  beefs.  A  list of  repairs  that  will  be  taken  the  stewards  department  for  the  good  care  of  in  Boston  were  read  to  the  mem­ chow.  bership.  Watertight  doors  to  be  changed  from  messhall  to  lower  house.  A  vote  of  MADAKET  (Waterman),  November  10—  confidence  to  the  steward's  department  Chairman,  A.  SIstrunk;  Secretary,  G.  Gav­ for  the fine  food  and  service.  ros.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  All  NORTHWESTERN  VICTORY  (Victory  correspondence  from  headquarters  is  to  November  19—Chairman,  W.  Logan;  be  posted on  the  bulletin board.  The new  Carriers),  Nov.  25—Chairman,  C.  White;  Secretary,  W.  Moore.  Delegates reported  contract  was  talked  about  and  then  voted  Secretary,  C.  Hartman.  Suggestion  was  made  that  the  crew  help  keep  the  mess­ no  beefs.  While  in  Algiers  the  member­ upon  by  the  members.  room  clean  after  messman  leaves  it  in  ship  will  try  to  keep  all  outside  doors  locked  except  gangway  door  to  prevent  WARHAWK  (Waterman),  November  4—  the  evening.  Motion  made  to  mail  the  longshoremen  from  entering.  Discussion  Chairman,  J.  Strlngfellow;  Secretary,  J.  repair  list  from  Europe  to  the  union  on sending  repair list  to company  so  that  Kane.  Suggestion  made  to  post  meeting  headquarters  due  to  the  fact  that  the  repairs  will  bo  done  as  soon  as  possible.  date  and  time  at  breakfast  so  that  all  turnover  is  so  fast.  hands  will  know.  All  members  were  Nov.  11—Chairman,  J.  McBride;  Secre­ ALICE  BROWN  (Bioomfield),  November  asked  to  be  on  time  when  ship  sails  as  tary,  C,  Hartman.  Ship's  delegate  will  re­ 11—Chairman,  James  Prestwood;  Secre­ there  is a  $50 fine  for  not  doing  so.  ceive  all  donations  for  the  ship's  fund  at  tary,  Eddie  Bandar.  Delegates  reported  that  a  brother  voluntarily  added  $5.50  to  MONTEBELLO  HILLS  (Western  Tank­ payoff.  ship's  fund  of  $8  to  buy  a  new  agitator  ers),  November  14—Chairman,  R.  Blake;  GOLDEN  CITY  (Waterman),  Nov.  26—  for  washing  machine.  Motion  made  and,  Secretary,  H.  W.  Ryan.  Delegates  report­ Chairman,  Simmons:  Secretary,  J.  carried  that  delegates  see  somebody  ed  no  beefs.  Engine  delegate  complaint  Maiezinsky.  Joe  Delegates  reported  every­ about  the  leaks in  the  ship.  A suggestion  of  performers  at  sea  to  be  turned  over  thing  in  order,  no  beefs.  Memorandum  Was,  made  that  25  cents  be  donated  in  to  the  patrolman  upon  arrival.  Bosun  agreement  was  read  to  the  crew  and  Honolulu  so  that  the  steward  can  buy  spoke  on  the  aetions  of  bookmen  and  of  stated  that  they  should  set  a  better  ex­ voted  on.  A  BR  was  picked  up  in  Ham­ some  extras  for  Christmas.  ample  for  the  new  men.  Rusty  wash  burg  who  hoppened  to  be  an  NMU  man  water  caused much  agitation.  Ship's  dele­ and  was invited  to attend  one  of  the  ship­ BEATRICE  (Bull),  November  27—Chair­ gate  board  meetings.  He  stated  that  he  would  is  to  look  into  the  situation.  man,  W.  Rhone;  Secretary,  L.  Thomas.  like  to  ship  with  the  SIU.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  One  crew­ PECONIC  BAY  (Agean),  November  25—  member  missed  the  ship  in  New  York.  Chairman,  Nov.  4—Chairman,  J.  Malazinsky;  Sec­ Alexis  Crichton;  Secretary,  Motion  made  and  carried  for  performers  Wartelsky.  Delegates reported  beef  retary,  G.  Bentz.  Delegates  reported  ev­ and  noise  makers  to  be  reported  to  the  ­'Steve  erything  okay.  Complaints  on  beef  being  shower  or  wash  water  on  the  ship.  patroiman.  Suggested  to  have  ventila­ on no  tough.  The  steward  asked  the  1st  assist­ A  well  done  to  the  steward  for  the  way  tion  repaired  on  starboard  side.  Motion  is  preparing  the  chow  and  the  cold  ant  engineer  to  repair  the  steam  table  made  that  night lunch  or  any  other  beef  he  drinks  every  day.  All  hands  wish  to  the  and crew  scuttlebut.  No action  was  taken  pertaining  to  the  steward's  department  thank  Union  leaders  who  protect  sea­ and  the, matter  was  turned  ove>­  to  the  be  reported  directly  to  the  chief  steward.  men's  the  ship's  delegate.  benefits  and  rights  on  the  sea.  LAFAYETTE  (Waterman),  Nov.  18—  ROYAL  OAK  (Cities  Service),  Novem­ ALEXANDER  H.  STEPHENS  (Bull),  ber 25—Chairman,  E.  Duxaury; Secretary,  Nov.  11—Chairman,  H.  Moodsoon;  Secre­ Chairman,  H.  Brown;  Secretary,  Peter  Tu  J.  Moore.  Delegates reported  no  beefs.  tary,  M.  Irvin.  Delegates  reported  no  Partick.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  The  crew  was  (old  how  to  operate  the  beefs.  Members  asked  to  stop  loud  talk­ Memorandum  read to  the members.  Ship's  washing  machine  properly.  Discussion  on  ing  as  shipmates  off  watch  are  sleeping.  delegate  suggested  action  be  taken  on  two men  who piled  off  a few hours  before  Suggestion  to  purchase flat  iron  from  the  performers  during  voyage.  sailing  in  Lake  Charles.  Discussion  on  ship's fund.  Members  were asked  to bring  RICHARD  J.  GATLING  (Waterman),  the  supply  of  milk;  All  hands  agreed  books  back  to  the  recreation room so that  that a  larger quantity  should  be  obtained.  everyone  can  get  a  chance  to  look  at  Nov.  4—Chairman,' J.  Newman; Secretary,  W.  Van  Dyne.  A  suggestion  was  made  them.  that  ail  hands  be  sure  to  turn  off  wash­ THOMAS  LEATHER  (Eastern),  Novem­ ing  machine  and  leave  it  in  clean  condi­ ber  22—Chairman,  D.  R.  Reynolds;  Secre­ tion.  Ship's  delegate  is  to  see  mate  in  tary,  C.  Nelson.  Delegates reported  every­ regard  to  book  shelves  in  the  recreation  thing  okay.  Discussion  on  keeping  laun­ room.  dry  clean.  Suggestion  that  scupper  be  made  on  port  side.  Suggestion  that  the  Nov.  18—Chairman,  O.  Kase;  Secretary,  passageway  be  kept  clean  in  all' depart­ W.  Van  Dyne.  Motion  made  and  carried  ments.  to  give  vote  of  thanks  to  the  negotiating  CALMAR  (Calmar),  Nov.  18—Chairman,  committee  for  good  work  done  in  getting  STEEL  APPRENTICE  (Isthmian),  No­ W.  E.  Ekins;  Secretary,  T.  R.  Pice.  Dele­ the first  40­hour  week  for  seamen.  There  vember 14—Chairman,  J.  Bliko; Secretary,  gates  reported  that  the  food  was  excep­ was  a  suggestion  that  meetings  be  held  C.  Hitchcock.  A  letter  was  sent  td  head­ tionally  poor.  Motion  made  and  carried  every two .weeks at  1:00 p.m.  and 6:00 p.m.  quarters  regarding  crew  ice  box  not  be­ that  the  stewa^'d  be  requested  to  get  off.  to  give  all  hands  a  chanee  to  attend,  ing  repaired.  Action  was  taken  and  ice  Suggested  that  a  sufficient  amount  of  box  was  repaired  after  a  month.  It  was  crockery  be  brought  aboard.  CUBORE  (Ore),  November  14—Chair­ suggested  that the  steward have  the  mess­ man,  Clarence  Davis;  Secretary,  P.  Kerol.  rooms  painted  if  the  deck  department  GOVERNMENT  CAMP  (Cities  Service),  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  Motion  Hasn't  the  time.  Vote  of  thanks  to  the  Nov.  11—Chairman,  Davis  Gilbert;  Secre­ made  and accepted  to  favor  the  new  con­ 2nd cook  and baker  for coffee  time  cakes.  tary,  Edward  Gladzer.  The  ship's  dele­ tract.  A  vote of  thanks to  the negotiating  gate  asked  for  the  cooperation  of  the  committee  for  getting  such  a  good  con­ r STEEL  CHEMIST  (Isthmian),  October  28  men  when  beefs  arise.  Motion  made  and  tract  and  wage  increase.  Everyone  has  ' —Chairman,  M.  Bass;  Secretary,  H.  Lo­ carried  to  donate  $1  to  the  ship's  fund.  been  asked  to  clean  out  the  laundry  tubs  renzo.  Delegates  reported  all  smooth,  If  new  men  on  Liberties  would  read  up  after  using  them.  some  disputed  overtime.  Carpenter  asked  on  some  of  the  Union  literature  it  would  GENEVIEVE  PETERKIN  (Bioomfield),  the steward to keep  in closer  contact  with  help  them  to  conduct  themselves  in  a  November  18—Chairman,  Jack  Kenedy;  the crew.  The crew  was reminded  that no  Union  manner.  Secretary,  C.  H.  Foster.  Ship's  delegate  ship's gear  would  be  carried  ashore.  Dee.  1—Chairman,  W.  C.  Craven;  Sec­ contacted  the  captain  in  regard  to  clean­ ' DAVID  JOHNSON  (Mississippi),  Novem­ retary,  Robert  Bowes.;  Vote  was  taken  by  ing  up ship  and  sougeeing foc'sles  before  ber  18—Chairman,  Jo  Touart;  Secretary,  the  crew  as  to  whether  the  radio  is  to  arrival  in  port.  No  disputed  overtime:  Ben  Blgekmon.  All  repairs  are  to  be  stay  in  the  meysroom.  $43  in  the  treas­ everything  in  order.  Steward  reported  jisted  and  handed  over  to  the  steward  ury.  and  some  of  this  is  to  be  used  in  thai  he  will  order  mattresses and  pillows  for  all' crew foc'sles.  >vho  in  turn  will  type  it.  Sanitary  men  Linden  for  recreational  purposes.  outlined  their  respective  duties,  The  KATHRYN  (Bull),  November  1—Chair­ LOGANS  FORT  (Cities  Service),  Nov.  stewards  department  is  to  take  care  of  ihe ­recreation  ruorn  anu  the  engine  and  Su—Chairman,  Martin  J.  Hitchcock;  Sec­ man,  P.  Caiudia;  Secretary,  .5.  Burke.  ^ck. ors  .tp  tako  cara  of  the  laundry  rstary,.  Ksnnath  P.  Coldman.  Delegates  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  AR  crew  reported  no  beefs,  considerable  disputed  members  were  asked  to  take  their  hats  room.  if'  SL  ...  ­ Y­c:­ ­V  L'­C;.;'",­.'"  ALCOA  PILGRIM  (Alcoa),  November  19  —Chairman,  Roy  Muliini;  Secretary,  W.  M.  Scott.  Delegates  reported  everything  okay.  Discussion  on  fans  in  crew  foc'sie.  The  crew  is  to  renew  library  on  arrival  in  Baltimore  in  exchange  for  old  one.  Each  watch  to  leave  messhall  clean  after  watch.  BETHORE  (Ore),  October  2—Chairman,  Dsn  Cherry;  Secretary,  Bill  Diiiman.  Delegates  reported  everything  running  smooth,  no  beefs.  During  rainy  weather  water  leaks  through  port  holes  as  they  need  new  gaskets.  Men  are  complaining  about  food.  Steward  said  company  kept  sitting  him  down  on  food  all  the  time.  TRINITY  (Carras),  November  11—Chair­ man,  Charles  Everett;  Secretary,  C.  R.  Smith.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  Questions  were  asked  on  men  missing  watch.  Men  missing  watch  will  donate  $10  to  ship's  fund  and  $10  to  the  man  who  stands  watch  for  him.  gestion  that  fans  and  ventilation  systems  be  checked.  Crew  asked  steward  to  se­ cure  cots, there  being  none  aboard.  ZANE  GREY  (Isthmian),  November  28  —Chairman,  none  given;  Secretary,  none  given.  No  problems  noted  in  ail  depart­ ments.  New  ship's  delegate  O.  J.  Jones  stated  he  did  not  consider  his  job  to  be  wet  nurse  to  crew.  Beefs  to  be  aired  at  meetings,  not  topside.  New  memoran­ dum  agreement  for  pay,  overtime  and  other  welcome  advantages  read  and  dis­ cussed.  Crew  voted  unanimous  approval.  Minor  improvements  for  a  more  comfort­ able  voyage  to  be  suggested  to  depart­ ment  heads  involved.  '  SEAWiND  (Seatraders),  November  11—  Chairman,  D.  Beli;  Secretary,  E.  Boyd.  No  beefs.  Suggested  that  matter  of  pur­ chasing  plaque  in  memory  of  deceased  Charles  Rohrer  be  deferred  to  last  meet­ ing  before  arrival  in  States.  Request  that  crew  be  furnished  a  memo  of  draws,  slops,  etc.,  before  arrival  in  Rio;  ship's  delegate  to  see  master.  Discussion  on  CAROLYN  (Bull),  November  19—Chair­ garbage.  Should  be  placed  in  a  central  man,  Ben  Lawson;  Secretary,  Dickey.  $52  spot,  and  collected  more  often  in  port.  in  the  ship's  fund.  Delegates  reported  no  Foc'sles  need  painting.  beefs.  Suggestion  made  to  have  a  party  for  the  crew  with  the  money  from  the  PETROLITE  (Mathiasen),  November  4—  fund.  The  steward  was  asked  to  prepare  better  meals.  Discussion  about  passenger  Chairman,  Stanley  Schuyler;  Secretary,  Philip  J.  Capling.  Ship's  delegate  re­ who  signed  on  as  a  crewmember.  ported  complaint  by  captain  was  straight­ BENTS  FORT  (Cities  Service),  Novem­ ened  out  in  crew's  favor.  Suggestion  ber  23—Chairman,  H.  Kelly;  Secretary,  that  watches  keep  messrooms  clean  at  Paul  Sinskl.  Delegates  reported  ho  beefs.  night.  Availability  of  DDT  bombs  for  Motion  made  and  carried  to  obtain  140  ants  made  known.  Vofe  of  thanks  to  quarts of  milk  in each  port.  Motion  made  stewards  department  from  all  hands  and  to  obtain  awning  for  the  fantaii.  Discus­ to  pumpman  for  installing  pipeline  to  sion  about  overtime  for  carrying  slop­ washing  machine.  Attention  of  crew  was  chest  supplies aboard  ship.  A  letter  from  directed  to  keeping  quarters  clean  as  SIU  was  read  concerning  the  new  agree­ SIU  ships  are  clean  ships  and  we  want  to  keep  them  that  way.  Permission  ment.  granted  to  licensed  personnel  to  use  crew's  washing  machine.  CHIWAWA  (Cities  Service),  November  25—Chairman,  James  A.  Phillips;  Secre­ November  22  —  Chairman,  Stanley  tary,  Richard  J.  Koch.  Delegates reported  Schuyler;  Secretary,  Philip  . J.  Capling.  beefs  are  to  be  taken  up  with  commis­ No  special  beefs.  Treasurer  reported  sioner at  Marcus Hook.  Motion  made  that  in  ship's  fund.  Stewards  thanked  a  vote  be  taken  on  the  new  contract  $42.08  gains.  New  iron  and  ironing  board  cover  for  good  job  on  Thanksgiving.  Discus­ sion  concerning  draws,  mail,  and  Japa­ to  be  bought  out  of  ship's  fund.  nese  dock  hands  working  on  ship.  Sug­ PONCE  (Puerto  Rico),  no  date—Chair­ gestion  turned  down  to  buy  more  phono­ man,  T.  Viera; Secretary,  G.  Switzer. The  graph  records  with  ship's  fund.  Sugges­ ship's delegate  reported all  in  good  order.  tion  to  change  time  of  meeting,  so  men  The  memorandum  agreement  was  read  that  have  been  on  duty  during  previous  and  discussed. '  Under  good  and  wel­ meetings  will  have  chance  to  attend.  fare  the  repair  list  was  forwarded  to  the  • San Juan  aeent.  ANTINOUS  (Waterman),  November  18—  Chairman,  B.  John;  Secretary,  La  Allen.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  The  new  memorandum  agreement  was  read  care­ fully  and  discussed  fully.  Tjie  treasurer  asked  all  the  membership  if  they  would  DEL  ORG  (Mississippi),  November  19—  donate $1  to  the  ship's fund.  Chairman,  Jack  Procell;  Secretary,  Grant  Tarbell.  Repairs  not  made  will  be  taken  BRADFORD  ISLAND  (Cities  Service),  care  of.  Steward  delegate  said  ship  November  18—Chairman,  Frank  Lamberti;  needs  more  dust  pans  and  waste  baskets  Secretary,  Chester  F.  Just.  Chief  engi­ for  crew's  quarters.  Motions  carried  to  neer  is  to  see  the  company  about  new  enlarge  crew's  lockers  to  store  more  fans.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  Pam­ personal  gear  and  to­ find  out  method  phlets  from  the  Union  were  read  and  used  to  determine  port  time  in  refer­ approved.  Discussion  on  ship's  fund.  ence  to  discharges  given,  some  means  $42.54  in  ship's fund.  of  identification  being  needed  to fix  va­ cation  time.  Crew  urged  to  keep  laun­ YOUNG  AMERICA  (Waterman),  Novem­ dry  room  clean  and  posting  of  times  ber  11—Chairman,  Nels  Larson;  Secre­ each  department  is  to  keep  it  clean.  tary,  Ralph  Tindeli.  Delegates  reported  everything  okay.  Motion  made  and  car­ ELLY  (Dianex), ' November  12—Chair­ ried  that  steward  make  copies  of  the  man,  William  Carey;  Secretary,  Edward  new  agreement  and  post  them  on  bulle­ Gravlln.  Overtime  for  deck  department  tin board.  Suggestion made  that  the  crew­ last  trip  was  settled.  Foc'sles  are  being  members  take  up  another  collection  and  painted  as  agreed  last  voyage.  Ship's  send  it  to  the  marine  hospital  as  an  delegate  outlined  for  new  men  how  an  Xmas  present  to  the  brothers  there.  SIU  ship  should  function,  that  all  must  Agreed  upon  that  each  man  donate  $3  work  together  to  keep  ship  clean  and  for the  Merchant  Marine  Memorial  Chapel  in  order.  Fund.  SOUTHSTAR  (South  Atlantic),  Novem­ CANTIGNY  (Cities  Service),  November  ber  2—Chairman,  C.  F.  McDowell;  Secre­ 30—Chairman,  Jesse  M.  Ross;  Secretary,  tary,  W.  E.  Porter.  Captain  has  re­ Antonio  Da  Costa  Goncalves.  Everything  quested  aU  who  are  willing  to  do  so  to  running  smoothly.  Letter  read  from  chip  and  paint  number  cargo  holds  num­ bosun  leaving  ship  commending  deck  ber  three  and  four.  No  beefs.  Discus­ department.  Jesse  M.  Ross  elected  ship's  sion  on  having  larger  variety  of  clothing  delegate.  Ship's  fund  voted,  one  dollar  and  sizes  in  slopchest,  on  changing  pres­ from  each  man  at  payoff.  Suggested  ent  brand  of  coffee  and  improving  laun­ headquarters  see  if  more  milk  can  be  dry  and  library.  put  aboard.  Crew  asked  to  cooperate  in  keeping  messroom  clean.  CATHERINE  (Trans­Fuel),  November  11—Chairman,  W.  J.  Reidy;  Secretary.  Agripino  Despinol.  Everything  is  ship­ shape  with  all  beefs settled  to  crew's  sat­ isfaction.  Some  disputed  overtime  in  en­ gine  department.  Discussion  on  baker.  Motion  carried  he  not  be  allowed  to  sail  at  that  rating  until  he  can  qualify  for  same.  Stewards  voted  thanks  for  pleas­ SEATiGER  (Colonial),  November  28—  ant  trip.  Vote  of  confidence  in  SIU  offi­ Chairman,  C.  Goodwin;  Secretary,  C.  cials  for  their  untiring  efforts  in  get­ Kentfield.  Captain  won't  have  log  lifted  ting  the  top  wages  and  conditions  in  from  several  men  logged.  He  passed  rul­ the  maritime  industry.  Captain  Gun­ ing  that  all  deck  watches  must  stand  mundsen  came  in  for  praise.  He  was  al­ their  own  watches.  Anyone  failing  to  ways  glad  to  do  everything  to  keep  crew  turn  to  wUl  be  logged.  Second  pumpman  happy.  beefed  that  due  to  hospitalization  of  chief  he  is  Only  one  left  to  pump  out  SEA  COMET  (Orion),  November  20—  cargo.  Chief  engineer  refused  to  aUow  Chairman,  Brown;  Secretary,  Dan  Vara­ fireman  who  is  pumpman  to  help  out  day.  No  complaints  in  any  department.  while  short  a  pumpman.  Anchor  pool  of  Steward  claimed  a  shortage  in  linen  5000  francs  voted.  Suggested  educational  count.  Suggested  those  who  are  getting  session at  future  meetings.  a  complete  set  or  change  of  linen  should  return  soiled  linen  to  steward  so  it  can  FRANCIS  E.  WARREN  (Mississippi),  be  cleaned  up  for  next  trip.  Expecting  November  1—Chairman,  A.  C.  Mitchell;  to  arrive  in  Genoa  Thanksgiving  Day,  Secretary,  F.  A.  Hamilton.  Matthew  Gi­ crew  approved  putting  off  holiday  dinner  chenke  newly  elected  ship's  delegate.  until  ship  was  out  to  sea  again.  Bosun  complained  not  enough  water  had  YORKMAR  (Calmar),  November  16—  been  taken  on  in  Seattle  and  that  water  was  cut  off  from  washing  machine  mak­ Chairman,  Edgei  Luzier;  Secretary,  W.  ing  washing  clothes  impossible..,  Evapo­ Schoenborn.  Crew  extended  vote  of  rator  cannot  supply  enough  water,  so  thanks  to  SIU  negotiating  committee  on  chief  engineer's  to  be  asked  to  supply  contract  gains  and  voted  100  percent  ap­ water  for  washer  so  that  clothing,  espe­ proval  of  same.  Discussion  on  shipboard  harmony  and  minor  beefs  straightened  cially  for  stewards,  can  be  kept  clean.  out  in  Union  style.  Crew  hopeful  it  will  KATHRYN  (Bull),  December  3—Chair­ be  home  for  Christmas.  man,  L.  Guellnitz;  Secretary,  E.  Jimenez.  PUERTO  RICO  (Bull),  December  2—  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  Chief  elec­ trician  thanked  entire  steward  depart­ Chairman,  Jim  Murphy;  Secretary,  Allan  ment  for  a  good  job  and fine  dinner  on  Lake.  Engine  delegate  reported  a  bad  leak  chased  oilers  from  their  rooms  but  Thanksgiving  Day.  has  since  been  repaired.  Smooth  trip  SEABEAVER  (Colonial),  November  29—  noted  by  stewards.  Motion  carried  to  Chairman,  Bill  Thompson;  Secretary,  Bill  give $25  from ship's  fund  to "Ship's Serv­ Gannon.  Engine  delegate  beefed  that  ice  Division."  Vohintft­­rs  asked  to  help  first  engineer  is  too  overbearing  on  the  on  ship's  paper.  Motion  to fix  amplifier  men.  Need  engine  repairs  before  leav­ for  meetings.  �••  i  '  SEAFARERS  ,'  i  t'  •  OFFICIAL  ORGAN  OF  THE  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  •  ATLANTIC  A N D  G U L F  DIS TRIC T  •  A Fl  •   !£  ''  ­iS.'''  v^t>X\y  vs>®:  y.^  "<WWp,  K­^­Sr  •»>  m  iVi  • 34  tq  ^"• ajoq •*  *"or  cn  ^4 >0/^4.­5­ k!B»  Kpoaa,  V,  • Wo  T»*jtii|  •>(•   t  Lei  V­ i.V  '45;^  • i:''  I?­ VL.  i6tTg<2^!i B­!  .mj  1^'  01  l>»n»J»  ^  U31S<B  • m JO  j«  ­anvpoo"  ^ 1 ­anvpo"'  ,p»J1]pp«  ^  Lots  of  unusual,  inter­ esting  things  happen  on  many voyages.  If  you or  your shipmates have  any experiences aboard ship  or  in  foreign  ports  which  would  interest  other  Seafarers,' write  them  up  and  send  them  in.  \  ao  S^i  »  u»il*.»«'»"  M  ko­«*  X*'  T­f­ w  "• "• woS  '^'«wn6«snoc  rioB ®P«i»qo  >nn  ^ /o/  r«»iV4i"^ • ana  nw»qi,  \ t­ V>»  %p  >j»  »M3UIUI00  ­Jqoal'wur­  "««  • a »>y  T».'  A/#  w  V.  •»«.  I • M  You  can  "bat  the  breeze"  with  old  friends  thousands  of  miles  away  by  dropping  us  a  line now  and  then  and  letting us know  how  you're  doing.  It  keeps  a  man  in  touch.  'i«  1'  :m  *mi­'  ^  irse  we  ln>v'<  media"'y  told  the  Office  Ein^  that t^y  WW*  t  been  ee'  tl  1  ftasn't been  for  imy  b­ but  w  light or  d  le wea  js ready I  OUtlOil  ,unioBS  to  I  days  in  ^Camp.  B^l'rl  Feel  an  artistic  Urge?  Got  a  rib­tickling  idea?  Cartoons  and  drawings  are  always  welcome,  particularly  when  they  illustrate  shipboard  life.  It  makes  the  LOG  a  more  attractive  and  more  readable  paper  to  have  on­the­spot  (kawings.  iliili  •  A^• ^;  «­i ­ m  ffi  •   •  I  v :i iV; J''iKf?3 7  d  /  You may be no great shakes on the drawing board  but everybody can click a camera shutter. There's  a great  deal of  pleasure for friends  and family in  seeing photos of  Seafarers they ^6w in the LOG.  • noj;  ffOIPBO^  ^ 'W  1»  ioin(.  Piotj jsq  »1» JO  an  'J  papeoi  WW/  93awj  • ­ "J;  * ' ovj  oon*  tbETP'^  ,  wojaq SI  ^BS '9Z  ' HBKS4„  tdoa  s(  I  >3  isssau  • y  I  i  "If  your pen  runs to a poetic  turn,"  •  Send  your  rhyme in,  don't let il buim."  We'll run it in our Log­a­rhythms column.  I  ^  •  i  ^.(  S5i  a:2  I'S!"  m  'f  There's  nothing  like  on­the­spot  news  to  keep  Seafarers informed  of  what's going  on  'round  the  world.  If  you run across anything with news  val­ ue,  or  if  something  interesting  happens  to  yoiur  ship, don't be  bashful.  Write it up as best  you can  and  send  it  in.  We'll  handle  the  rest  of  it.  ^7"  I  I'r  •  Last but not least, we want to hear from Seafarers  on matters of  special interest.  If  you have an  un­ usual  hobby,  have  discovered  some  little­known  information,  or  taken  a  trip,to some  out  of  the  way  place  not usually visited  by Seafarers,  write  us all about  it so others can share the experience.  H  %  '<• :  t  ,  • ­*4 ,fr:  tk  Is  • f  ­•   Xb;,  � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource December 14, 1951 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XIII, No. 25 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU-BACKED POLIO DRIVE BEGINS COAL MAKES NORFOLK 'HOT' PORT UNION SEEKS EARLY US OKAY ON PACT HOSPITALIZED MEMBERS VOTED YULE BONUS 'SPEED COAL EXPORT' - SIU HQ SIGNS THREE NEW COMPANIES 'UNCLE OTTO' ENDS SEA CAREER FIRE DISABLES TANKER; NO CREWMEN INJURED ILA PROPOSES WATERFRONT LABOR COURT ENGINEER LACK STALLS 34 SHIPS ON EAST COAST SHIPS AND SEAMEN TERMED LIFE LINE TO KOREAN WAR US SHIPBUILDING TOPS MILLION TON FIGURE USPHS URGES SEAFARERS TO TAKE 'SHOT' SERIES CS BOSNU TO CREW: 'TAKE PRIDE IN SIU' WORLD MERCHANT FLEET LOST 635 SHIPS IN 1950 INDIES QUARANTINE EASING SEEN TAX SNAFU HITS SHUTTLE CREW US APPEAL FOR SEAMEN SPURS SIU DISCHARGE BID SEAMEN WARNED JAPANESE CASH IS TRASH HERE DELTA MAY ADD SHIPS FOR WEST AFRICA RUN CONGRESS STEERED 28 NEW MARITIME LAWS THROUGH THIS YEAR'S SESSION CG CLARIFIES US SECURITY RULES FOR MARITIME ECA SHIP BREAKOUT HAILED AS SUCCESS JAN. 11 DEADLINE SET FOR ANNUAL ALIEN REPORT FIFTEEN NATIONS SIGN NEW SEA SAFETY CODE DISEASE RIDDEN PANAMA SHIP LOADED WITH RATS SEATRAIN-RR RHUBARB ON COASTWISE TRADE HITS JUDGE URGES OPERATORS TO SHARE EXPENSES OF SHIP ACCIDENTS LAKES ORE TONNAGE HITS POSTWAR PEAK CANADIAN SIU ORGANIZES WEST COAST SEAMEN HOLIDAY SENTIMENTS NMU'S SOUR GRIPES UNCLE OTTO RETIRES THANK-YOU NOTE NEW YORK'S HOME PORT BEACON FOR SEAMEN: AMBROSE LIGHTSHIP KING COAL BOOMS NORFOLK SHIPPING SAND SHUTTLE TO NEWARK: SEAFARERS CARRY HIGHWAY FILL FROM CONEY ISLAND SEAMEN MADE TATTOOS FAMOUS OUT IN JAPAN, OHIO'S A TIME, NOT STATE FOURSIE CLUB GETS A RECRUIT TURKEY DAY IS PLEASANT TIME FOR DEL SUD CREW C'MON A NEW HALL: SALTY DICK TRIP UP A SUGAR LOAF 'AWESOME' SEAFARER JOE MOODY JABS AT RECORD BOOK LAURELS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/14/1951 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1951 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/2f4cb217280af7716d7365e090ea22a3.PDF 534dea212e4cc876e99c8191ae7e2bd3 PDF Text Text The Seafarers' Log  Seafarers' International Union of JVorth America Official Organ of the Atlantic^ Gulf and Great Lakes Seamen VOL. I  PUBLIC FAVORS  L^R  Gallup  Survey Shows  Unions Supported  An  ovei'wlurlnflfl^^TTTKJfrrily  of  voters  whose  opinions  were  taken  by  the American  Institute  of  Pub  lie  Opinion,  of  which  Dr.  George  Gallup  is  Director,  revealed  that  they  were  in  favor  of  the  prin­ ciple  of  labor  unionism,  74  per  cent  of  the  voters,  as  .fudged  by  the  survey,  were  of  this  opinion.  .Labor's  right  to  organisse  for  collective .bargaining  has  received  consistent  suppoi't  from  the  pub­ lic.  Even  when  the  American  In­ stitute  of  Public  Opinion  con­ ducted  a survey  during 1937  when  sit­down  strikes  were  prevalent,  the  attitude  of  the  majority^of  the  public  was  favorable  to  union­ i.sm  as  a  means  of  expressing  la­ bor's  will,  and  the  same  attitude  of  tlie  majority  of  the  public  ex­ ists. today.  '/  To  the  public  we  say  "Thanks  for  your  continued  support."  NEW  YORK,  N.  ¥.,  FRIDAY,  DEC. 15,  1939  Ai  No. 23  NATIONAL LABOR  RELATIONS  BOARD  UNDER  HEAVY  FIRE  LABOR  TO  BE  REGIAAENTED  IF  NATION G^SJO WAR  HOUSE  COMMITTEE  OPENS  INQUIRY  Newest  Member Admits  Discord  But Backs Wagner Act  Government  Mobilization  Plan  Revealed  AVashington.—A  .seetiiing  cauldron  of  hidden  confliet  and  If  tliis  eounlry  is  .so  unfortunate  as  t<»  beccune  actively  personality disputes  Avas  served  befoi­e  the speciaUHouse Com­ involved  in  Europe's  war,  its'workers  will,  to  all  jn­aelieal  mittee  investigating  the  National  Labor  Relations  Board  at  effect,  be  in  the  army,  and  ivill  do  as  tbey  ai­e  lold.  They  its  opening  hearing.  AVilliam  Jf.  Iwiser.son,  the  ncAvcst  board  will  work  at  such  .iobs,  at  sneh  wages  and  for  such  hours  as  member,  hurled  several  bomhsheJls  in  the  form  of  confiden­ are determined  for  them  by  an  industrial  aiitoeraey  that  will  tin!  memoranda  in  Avhich  lie sharply  criticized  board  methods  be  in  complete  eonlrol  of  the  life  of  the  nation.  The  indu.slrial  mobilization  plan,  known  as  the "M­Flan''  and  demanded  llie  dismi.ssal  of  Nathan  AV^itt,  secretary  of  '  in  military  circles,  has  been  in  the course  of  preparation  ever  the  board.  Inter  ­  office  communications j  dum  referred  to  the  "helpless­ since  1921.  During  all  that  period  14  officers  employed  full  taken  from  the  NLRB files  were j  uess  of  a  recalcitrant  member."  lime  in  the  office  of  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  AVar,  and  50  produced  by  Committee  Counsel •   r  •   •   ,  officers  on  full  or  part  time,  have  worked  out  a  scheme  that  Edmund  Toland.  Highlighting •   ^  statement  is  intended  to  regulate  the  life  and  activity  of  every  citizen  the dissension on the board imembers were fully tZ.ZH opthe  moment  war  is declared.  Indeed,  the plan  can  be  put  into  bared by these communications I erations,  of  troublesome  mis­ were;  eft'ect  if  there  arises  an "emergency  due to  the imminence  of  1). The  bitter  protest  of  Mrs.  takes,  doubtful  policies  and  Avar."  A  great  strike,  in  the  opinion  of  tho.se  Aidio  have  stud­ Eliiiore  Herrick,  NLRB  director  weakness  in  organization  and  ied  the  plan,  Avould  be  sufficient  Avarrant  to  place  the country  in  New  York,  to  Chairman  War­ per­sonnel"'  served  to  illustrate  under  a  military  dictatoffshiji  ren  J.  Madcleu  that  procedure  in  only  too  well  the  serious  inter­ nal  friction  that  exists  among  The  starting  point  of  the  M­Plan  is  tlie  universal  draft,  a  secret  investigation  of  her  members  of  the  board.  He  de­ which  calls for  the  registration  of  every  male  person  over 18  office  was  "what  one  might  ex­ fended  the  Wagner  Act,  how­ pect  from  the  OGPU  but  not  years  of  age.  The  plan  calls  fur  six  tield  ai­mics,  or  about  from  follow  administrators  of  an :  ever,  and  vigorously  oppofed  ­  of ­  the  American  .  _  "  amendment  of  the Act,  4,000,000_meu.­ Those  not.  must^sred'  into­tlte  fighting  forces  agency  GoA'ern­  x,  •   .. declarifh^  .  , A '  that  revision  at  this  time  might\'  SEAMEN  CAUTIONED  Avill  he  given  a  deferred  rating.  Those  on  Ihe  deferred  list  ^  T.  insistent  ­  •   f  f  demands  of  ''e  disastrous.  2). The  Avill  make.up  a  civilian  army  of  Avorkcrs  Avhich  Avill  main­ (Repriiiird  from  the  West  Coast  Leiserson  for  the  discharge  of,  In  urging  that  the  NLRB  be  tain  the  armies  in  the  field  and  the  civilian  pojinlatioii.  Sailors)  Witt,  NLRB  secretary,  and  allowed  to  administer  the  Wag­ In  tlieir  efforl.s  to  ham.string  The  Senate  Committee  Avhich  investigated  the  munitions  other  "amateur  detectives"  in  ner  Act  free  of  Interference  by  the  unions  the  Maritime  Commis­ traffic  a  fcAv  years ago  studied  the  M­Plan  and  reported:  the  secretary's  office.  Leiserson  Congre.ssional  in vestigating  com­ sion  in  conjunction  with  tlie  "The  committee  tinds  tliat  S.  1721  (a  bill  giving  effect  pointedly  accused  the  secretary's  niittees,  Leiserson  took  direct  Sliipping  Commissioners'  Oflice  office  of  "irregularities"  in  the  issue  with  the  present  House  have  left  no  stone  unturned  in  or­ to  the  plan  of  the  AVar  Department)  puts  all  male  labor  preparation  of  board  cases.  ;  committee.  It  seems  obvious  der  to find  a  way  to  gain  contiol  under  registration  and  provides  for  penalties  and  also  for  3).  A  memorandum  from  Ed­;  that  the  basic  aim  of  the  pres­ ri  of  the  seamen.  court  martials  in  case  any  of  the  registrants  'fail  or  neglect  win S. Smith, another board ent  committee  is  to  more  or  less  Their  newest  attempt—iiaviug  member, to a board attorney lay  the  foundation  for  amend­ fully  a.ny  duty  required  of .him.'  shipping  commissioners  arbitrate  "The  proposal  ('an  also  be  used  to  effect  and  enforce  a  suggesting court action to com-; ments to the Wagner Act, a fact disputes  as  to  overtime  wages­ pel Leiserson to participate in a which apparently influenced Lelreminds  us  of  former  frustrated  draft  of  labor  and  to  remove  the  right,  of  any  Avorker  to  re­ nuinber of carkes which he con- i serSon's detailed' defense of the attempts  by  the  U.  S.  Shipping  fuse  employment  in  private  industry  under  conditions  or  at  sidered to haA e been mishandled | labor IRAV in its essentials. AlBoard  along  the  same  lines  in  or­ AA'agcs  Avhich  do  not  satisfy  his  nee(is.  before his appointment to the" though Dr. Leiserson was of the der  to  nullify  certain  piovisions  board. This particular memoran(Continued on Page Four) .  "The  poAver  to  call  into  military  servree  any  union  or  in  the  Seamen's  Act.  None  othei­  liian  .loliti  J. ­Daly,  other  representative  of  labor  Avho  becomes  spokesman  for  at  the  present  time  shipping  com­ other  employes  in  attempts  to  secure  higher  Avnges  is  the  missioner  in  New  York  and  for­ power  to  break  strikes.  This  can  also  be  done  through  the  merly  chief  of  the  shipping  use  of  military  force  in  removing  the  spokesmen  from  the  board's  Fink  Hall  in  New  York  City,  has  sent  tiie  following  let­ plant  iiiAmlA'ed  to  other  plants  or  into  active  service  or  cut­ ting  off  the  food  alloAvance  of  alJ  strikes.  ter:  Sailors'  Union  of  the„Pacific,  "There  is  nothing  in  the  plan  to  prcA'ent  the  use  pf  men  Manila,  P.  I.,  Dec.  10  —  Tiie  Mobile,  Dec.  12—C.  B.  Water­ 105  Broad  Street,  in  the.  militarj'  forces  to  operate  industrial  plants  Avhile  in  heavily  armed  Canadian  Pacific  man.  vice­president  of  the  Water­ man  Steamship  Corp.,  announced  New  York  City,  N.  V.  uniform,  Avhich  Avas  done  in  at  least  one  case  in  the  last  Avar.  liner  Empress  of  Canada,  appar­ plans  for  the  construction  of  ently  slated  to  become  a  British  Gentlemen:  ft  is  respectfully  requested  There  is  nothing  to  prevent  the  AVar  Department  from  in­ troop  transport,  was  delayed  ten  three new  passenger­freight steam­ that  you  have  a  representative  ducting all  the  A\­orkers  in any  plant  in  the CQuntry  into  mili­ days  at"  Hong  Kong  by  strike  ac­ ers for  service  betAveen  Gulf  ports  attend a. conference  to  be  held  tary  service,  forcing  them  to  Avork  under  military  orders."  tion  taken  by  her  crew.  Accord­ and  Porto  Rico.  ' at  tbis­. Office  att 10:00  a.in.  on  ing  to  reliable  reports,  the  crew  An  estimation  of  the  cost  of  Thursday;  Noverrtber­  30,  1939,  tied  up  the  ship  in  ail  effort  to  the  new ships  was  placed  at about  at  which  time  it. is  intended  to  Ship Construction  23,934 Ships Are  secure,  their  demands  of  a  20%  ^5,000,000,  and  it'  was  undei­stopd  discuss,  with  representatives  of  On the Increase  that  the  vessels  wqie  to  be  built  bonus.  Equipped  AVith  Radio  war  the  marine  unions,  the  subject  Because; of  the  censorship  of  by  the Gulf  Shipbuilding Corpora­ of  arbitration  by  shipping  com­ dispatches  from  Hong  Kong  re­ tion.  Construction  is  to  start  at  The  December  bulletin  of  the  missions  of  disputes  as  to  over­ American  Bureau  of  Shipping,  The  total  number  of  sliips  garding  the  Empress  of  Canada,  the  earliest  possible  date,  accordt .  throughout  the  world,  both  mer­ time  wages.  ing  to  Mr.  Waterman,  and  should  covering  vessels  under  construc­ chant  and  naval,  equipped  with  latest  developments  tn; Ike  strike  Respectfully,  be ^completed  within  a  year  after  were  not  known.  It  was  under­ tion  or  under  contract  in  United  radio  is  23,934,  according  to  a  (Signed)  JOHN  J.  DALY.  getting  under  way'.  stood,  however,  that  negotiations  nStates  shipyards  on  Dec.  1,  lists  compilation  made  from  the  wffh  the  crew  AVere  already  tak­ TentatiA'c  plans  for  the  ncAT  240  craft  of  1,181,795  gross  twelfth  edition  (June,  1939)  of  In  the  conferences  requested  by  ships  call  for  a  length  of  '415  ing place^  this  letter,  he  was  told  in  no  un­ tons,  compared  with  159  A'CSSCIS  the  "List  of  Coast  Stations  and  feet:  beam,  60  feet;  draft,  23  certain  terms  by  our  New  York  of  555,310  gross  tons  on  Dec. 1  Ship  Stations,"  published  by  Reports of  last  month  indicated  feet;  deadweight  tonnage,  6,000;;  that  the  21,000­ton  ship  was  repre­sentatives  what  we  thought  last  ye4ir.  On  Nov.  1  this  yefir  the  International  Telecommuni­ headed  for  Hong  Rong  where  her  displacement  tonnage,  10,000;  of  the  issue  —  and  furthermore  there  were  245  vessels  of  1,184,­ cubic  cargo  capacity,  370,000  feet.  that  the  propositions as  presented  360  gross  tons  under  construc­ cations  Union,  Berne,  Switzer­ Chinese ciw  was  to  be  taken  off,  It  is  expected  that  the  ships  and  the  linfer  AVRS  to  proceed  to  tion  or  contracted  for.  land.'  This  number  compares  by  him  were  contrary  to  law.  In  the  new  list  the  seagoing  with  21,488 ships  so equipped  in  Australia  to  transport  troops  to  when  built  will  accommodate  50  We would like to point out— to  60  passengers  each  in  tlie  this is old stuff—and has , been vessels  number  144,  with  an  1938,  19,566  in  1937,  18,129  in  Canada.  Such  troops  would  reach  slalerooms  planned  for  each"Vek­ Great  Britain  via  the  Atlantic  tried from time to time by the aggregate  tonnage  of  1,144,350  sel.  Ocean  from  Canada.  1935,  and  18,032  in  1934.  gross.  (Continued on Page Four) NEW ATTEMPT AT  CO^^ULSORY  '4'  ARBhlUm  3 New  Ships Planned  Ship for War Bonus  By  Waterman Co.  a  • .­ii  ­^1  i  /  �. < •  ­J: .• ;;  v;^:  '; p '??".>  rt m'r­ ^  ^  '  Published.by  the  Seafarers^ International Union of North America ­K  .''  >'  L O  o  'i luoyj  Ballimore  Highlights  '15,  1^5  Providence  News Items  'Raltirtiore,  Md.—Shipping  con­ leaning  oL  the  West  Coast  hoA's  . 'Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor tinuns  average  doAvn  here  ihe.se  for  the  ladies  .must  also  be  true  days.  The  old  "James  River"  re­ of  West  Coast  ships.  The  other  The  New  Bedford  boats  of  the  HARRY  LUNDBBSRG,  Acting  President  clay  the  "Hollywood"  leaving  her  New  England  S.S.  Co.,  will  be  110  Market  Street, Room  402,  San  Francisco,  Calif.  conditioned  and  renamed  the  berth  here  decided  she  would  pay  changed  from  coal  to  oil  burners  "Frances  Simon",  has  crewcd ftp  a  A^lsit  to­ the  Lighthouse  Tender  tis  soon  as  bids  for  the  woi k  are  Atlantic  District  and  is  ready  to  sail  under  the  "Violet"  in  another  bertdi  acros;  lecpived  from  the  yards.  Author­,  HEADQUARTERS  hou.se flag  of  the  States  Naviga­ the  river.  HoAvever  the  Holly  ity  to  modernize" the  boats  has  New  York  (Phone:  BOwling Green  9­3437)  2  Stone Street  been  gi'anted  to  trustees  of  the  tion  Company.  Noted  also  the  Avood  must  have  acted  a  little  BRANCHES  rough  because  the  upshot  of  it  New  York,  New  Haven  and  Hart'­ Boston  330  Atlantic  Avenue  other  day  coming  slowly  up  the  was­that  both  "Violet"  and  her  foni  Railroad, .of  whiqh the Steam­ Providence  465  So.  Main  Street  river  from  the  boneyard  Avas  an­ ilock  Avere  left  in  a  very  .sad  con­ ship  Line  is a  subsidiary,  by  Fed­ Philadelphia  ...6  North  6th  Street  eral  Court  Judge Carrol C.  HinckS  other  old­timor,  the  "Hampton  dition.  Baltimore  14  North  Gay  Street  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut.  The  '  NorfoHi  60  Commercial  Place  Roads",  Avhich  will .  enter  the  BRIEFS  )  alterations  are  to  cost  ­.f73,0(10.  San  Juan,  Puerto  Rico  8  Obvadonga.Street  same  service  as  the  "James  Many  thanlcs  to  the  men  on  the  Robert  Pearson,  vice­president  of  Gulf  District  Rivei'."  Over  at  Sparrows  Point  "Barara"  for  their  generous  and  the  steamship  line,  testifying  in  the flags  arc  being  hung  ont  I'oj  continued  donations  to  the "Log".  NeAV  Haven  estimated  that  the  HEADQUARTERS  the  launching  Saturday  of  Missis­ New  Orleans  .309  Chaitres  Street  c/ittuges  would  lesult  iii  «. saving  sippi's  "Delbrazil."  This  mo.flern  ***Don't forget  January  1st  is  the  of  .fl8,000  annually  in  fuel,  AvageS  ­  '  BRANCHES  combination  I'Teight­pa­ssenger  .iob  deadline  for  Social  Security  niira­ and  maintenance.  He  also  testi­ Savannah  218  Fast:  Bay  Street  ought  to  be  good­for ,a  crcAv  of  at  ]n>,.3.­­.­><<The  Branch  here  has fin­ flod  that'the  Company  made  a  Jacksonville  136  Bay  Street  Miami  809  N.  E. First  Avenue  icast  45  S.I.U.  men  A\'hen  she  is  ished  compiling  records  for  the  profit­ of  $80,000  diuung  the  past  Tampa  "­206  Franklin  Street  ready.  Talking  about  new  ships  Soamens'  Unemployment  Compen­ season.  Mobile  \  •  55 So.  Conception Street  the  SS  Platte  built  for  the  Navy  Only  last  July  when  Seafarers'  Houston  1712  ­  75th  Street  by  ESSO,  made  1,9.7  knots onjmr  .salion  Bill  and  Agent  McKay  is  repre­sentatives  met  Avith  Mr.  Great  Lakes  District  trials  Avbicli  is  fast  travelin.g  in  kc^eping  his  eye  on  clevelopiiic­nts  Haas,  Marino  Supcrintendeiic  of  HEADQUARTERS  aiiybody'.s  langtiage.­ in  that  rospect.''­'*''­Tom  Moonoy  is  the  Line,  they  AA­ere  told  by  Mi­,  Detroit  1038  Third  Street  in  John  Hopkins  Hospital  here  Haas  that  the  Line  had  LOST  NEW  SHIPS  &  NEW  RUNS  undergoing  treatment for  stomach  The  honeyai­ds  are  begiuning  to  ulcers.­'"""Uor  a  good  article  on  $94,000  for  the fir.st  six  months  of  •   ADDRESSrALL CORRESPONDENCE  CONCERNING  THIS  look  desei­ted  in  this  area.  Even  old  Andy  Furuseth  rend  Peter  B.  this  year.  Therefore  we  are  sure  PUBLICATION  TO:  the  old  "Santa  Isabel"  of  Grace  Kyne's  story  In  this  month's  that  the  NCAV  Haven  stockholders  'THE  SEAFARERS'­LOG"  Line  is  being  readied  for  transfer  RoMfiure  Dige.st.***  The  Brnnch  and  the  persons  concernetL  with  P.  O.  Box  522,  Church  St.  Annex,  New  York,  N.  Y=  io  a  foreign  ­bnyer.  Square  rig­ regrets  the  i)assing  of  Brother  opcating  the Lino  Avill  be  pleased  gei>s  a/KUwoodeu  liiills are  hack  In  Mose  White.,  cook  aboard  the  SS  to  knoAv  that  the  boats, according  the  Bay  again  Avith  the­  "Doris  Edith  Avlio  died  .suddenly  AAdiile  his  to  Mr. Pearson  vaiui  Mr. Haas, real­ ITiimlon"  leading  the  parade  of  ves.sel  Avas  docked  here.*"">'rhe  ly  made  a  profit  of  .$174,000  from  tlie  old  sailing  ships  out  past  old,  ^rusty­  "spark"  transmitter  July  Ist  to  October  30th.  Avhen  Cape  Henry.  New  ships  and  neAV  must  be  off  all  ships  by  January  Judge  Hincks  gave  the  authority  to  ti'ustees  to convert  the  boats.  Aiiprosiniatcly  otie  year  luis  passed  sine.e  the  Seafarers  runs  are  the  order  of  the,  claA'.  1940  to  be  replaced  by  up­to­clate  SHIPYARD  MAY  OPEN  The  American  Hampton  Road.s  International  Union  began  aetnal  operations  after  the  grant­ equipment.  Maybe  Ave'll  get  to  Ijine fl,eet  bought  recenil­y  by  the  hear  the  news  broadcasts  now  Great  intere.st  is  being  shown  by  Seafarers men  hei'e  in  the  ef­ ing of  its charter  Ity  tlie  American  Federation  of  Labor.  Antl,  U.S.­. Lines  is  reportedly  destined  without  the  old  coal­crnshers  fort.s  being  made  to  reopen  the  for  the  Intercoaslal  I'un.  The  looking'  back  in  retrospect,  M'e  think  tve  can  sately  say  thai  breaking  them  up.*""''We  Avonder  live,  '"fast,  combination  freight­ Avhat  made  the  newspapers  drop  Crowninshield  Shipyard ,  in  South  the S.l.r. has finally'eonie  of  age.  Somerset,  Mass.  This  yard  has  |)assenger  ship.s  of  the  Baltimore  The  infant  has at  last  come  to  man's estate.  ^\'e  arc  now  Mail  Line,  also  an  additiun  to  the  the  "City  of  Flint"  story  like  it  not  been  used  for  some  Unit;  and  weft? •  a  hot  coal.*'''*  Good  attend­ rightly  considered  a  powerful  labor  organization  Avhose  U.S.  IMnes  outfit,  Avill  probably  go  ance  at  meetings  here  these  days  is  fully  equipped  to  build  and  '  overhaul  vessels,  up  to  375  feet  on  the  West  Coast­Far  East  ser­ strength  is  just  now  beginning  to  be  felt.  We  have  snecess­ with  185  of  the  boys  shoAving  up  vice  Avith  the  City  of  Norfolk  last  Monday.***'  Some  of  the  long.  :  fully  shaken  off  the  wave  of  fear  and  uncertainty  whi(di  cn­ scheduled  to  make  the  liiiLlai  trip  SEAMEN  OPPOSE  WPA  •   '—girlted  us  in  our  infancy.  IiisUlious  propaganda  circulated  to  Vokohoma,  Hong  Kong,  and  Commies  stopped  in  toAvn  the  WORK  other  day  and  hired  a  ball  for  the  by  opposition  organizations  for  the­pnrposg­of  strangling  us  the  Phillipines.  usual  explanation  of  IIOAV  big,  bad  The  seamen  in  this  district  do  • not Avant  to,  go  on  W.P.A.  They  in the  cradle  has  proven  to  be  just, so  much  propaganda:  S.I.U. SHIPS ALL  RUNNING  Finland  "was  mistreating  poor  also  do  not  ­want:  to  go,on  the  ad­ We  noAV  emerge a.s  the only  real champion  of  the aeameu s  Bull  Line,  Ore .  S.S..  Calmar,  little  .loey  Stalin,  However,  re­ miral's  training  ships  for  $36.00  ceiving  the  usual  I'eception  here  cause  on  this  Coast.  We  have  made  mistakes,  We  admit  Isthmian,  Continental  Oil,  Cuban  they've  lit  out  lor  the  Gulf  and  a  month  ~as  they  feel  that  they  them,  lint  we  believe  that  we  have  profited  greatly  as  a  re­ Distilling,_ Waterman  and  several  other  parts  Avhere  squashy  toma  would  be  wasting  both  their  time  other  S.I.U.  controlled  Lines  out  siilt  of  these  mistakes.  A  few  missteps  Avere  ineA'itable  as  AVC  of  this  Port  are  running  at  capa­ toes  aren't  such  a  hazard.***  and  the  ta.xpayers'  money  inas­ much  as  the  majority  of  them  were learning  to  Avalk,  but  it can  be  readily  assumed  that. Ave  city  and not  a  single  ship  tied  up.  Merry  Christmas,  hoys,  and  don't  have  not  only  spent'  many  years  bend  your  knives  on  the  Turkey,  West  Coast  Shipping  is  also  good  won't stumble  over  the  same  obstacles  again.  at  sea on  merchant  ships  but  also  and  the  S.U.P.  beach  list  has  a  if  any.**'"  a  great  many  of  them  have  also  The  issues on  this Coast  are  UOAA­  crystal cleat.  We  assert,  steady  turnover.  The  Avell  knoAvn  Wm.  McKay  Agent  been  in  the  Navy  and  feel  that  with  a  foundation  in  fact,  that  AVC  are  now  the  only  demo­ on  account  of,  this  service  they  cratic  organization for  the seamen  on  the  Atla'ntic  Coast. The  liave  ample  tra,ining.  We  wish  that  the  admirals  Avouid  shOAv  agreements  AVC  have  negotiatpd  are  far  .superior  to  any  held  some  interest'  ' in  getting  the  by  other  seamen's  organizations  on  this  coa.st.  Among  the  Crowninshield  Yard  started  up  tremendous  gains  AVC  have  made  AA'C  can  li.st  the  folloAvihg  so  that  the  unemployed  seamen  .  Closed­shop  contracts,  vacations  up  to  tAvo  AA'eeks  Avith  pay,  Donators to  the Support  of  '' THE  SEAFARERS'  LOG *  in  this  vicinity  may  have  some  increases  in  pay  for  many  ratings  in­the" SteAA'ard's  Depart­ CroAv  of  S.S.  Seatrain  NOAA'  Oftleaii.s.  $  6.00  useful  and  gainfpl  employment  instead  of  becoming  additional  ment,  reduction  in  the  .spread  of  working  hours,  additional  Crt'AV  of  S.S.  Barbara  burdens  on  the  shoulders  of j),oqr  help  on  many  ships  thereby  eliminating  the  hated  speed­up,  John  Taxpayer  on  the  admirals'  cfi­CAV  of S!S. Greylock...........'.  •   • •     • •    • • • • • l^S.OO  • *•   the  clarification  of  overtime  and  the  establishment  of  tlie  training  ships  and  on  W.P.A.  The  Seafarers'  Interiiational  Union  of  North  America  penalty  rate  of  .seventy  cents per  hour  for  all hands.  •   ­v.  Ift"'  I;  or?  A.  • »"«• • .  S E  A  r  j\  iv­ ja n 3  /­ •   •  1  OUR FIRST ANNSVERSARY  HONOR JROLL  most  heartily'thanks  the  above  donators  for  their financial  Tlirough  a  coastAvise  referendum  ballot,  we  haA'c  adopted  a constitution.  Wc ship by  tl|c rotary .systemvonly.  Our finan­ contribntioms  toward  the  support  of  the "LOG."  "•   cial structure  is  a  model  that  all  unions  may  well  copy—onr  hooks,  bills,  and  receipts  are  completely  audited  every  Aveek  by an  elected  mend)er.ship  committee, ami a  detailed financial  statement  covering  eveiy  aspect  of  our financial  activity  is  submitted  to  our  membership  once  each  Aveck.  32 NAZI  TO SIT OUT  WAR  All S.I.U. Members  All  members  are  advised  to  get  Social  Security  nunjjbers  before  January  1,  1940,—.  All  that  is  necessary  to  se­ Our. membership  auditing  committees  not  only,  examine  cure  a  Social  Security  num­ Baltimore,­  • 'Thlrtfy­tAvp,,  G erman  Washingtou,  ­r­  The  Maritime  the finkneial  structure  of  our  organization,  but  their findings  ber  is  to file  application  for.  seamen,  Quartered  in  a  Baltimore  and reeommendations  are immediately subrtiTtted  to the  mem­ Commission,  this  Aveek,  issued  a  hotel,  are  sitting  out  the  war.  same  with  the  local  Social  bership  for final  action  thereon.  Such  a  system  of  check  and  call  fpr  bids  for  the  purchase  or  The  Standard  Oil  Company  of  Security  Board  Field  Office.  Secure  your  Social  Secu.rity  . doiihle­oheck  constitutes  our  safetj'^  valve.  There  can  he  Uo  charter  of  the  ships  which  the  New  Jersey  is  making  this  pos­ number  as Soon  as possible, jn  sible  by  paying  the  German  sea­ United  States  Government,  thru  • ymternai bankruptcy  because  of  mismanagement  or  misappro­ men's  rent  and  board  and  giving  order  to  avoid  any  trouble  in  the  Mailtlme  ­Commission,  now  priation  of  funds,  such  as  has  ah'cady  occurred  in  an  oppo­ operates to  the  Fai­ East and  Ans­ them  ­each  fifty  cents  a  day  signing  on  a  ship  after  Janu­ sition  organization.  spending  money.  ary  1,  1940.  traiia­out  of  various  U.S.  ports.  Members  who  desire  ,  furr  We  ha­ve  but  tAvo  as.sessment.s.  And  AA'C  have  them  he­,  The  purchase  or  charter  of  these  The  German  crews  of  ­  the  Standard  Oil  tankers  M;  S.  Pene­ tber  information  on.  this  mat­ capse  of  tiieir  vital  neee,ssity  for ,the  protectiun  of  .our  juexn­:  vessels "will  take  thje­goyernipent  Jope  and  M.  S.  Helnrich  von  Rle­ ter  mj.y  consult  the  local  borship  and  the  future  progress  uf  our  organization.  These  out  of  the  ship  operating  busi­ demann  quit  their  ships  and  S.I.U,  Agent.  are  the  $2.00  Hospital,  Burial,  and  ShipAA­reck  Asses­sment,  ness"­according  to  the  Maritime  went  to  a  hotel  shortly  after­the  11t  Is  of  utmost  importance  German  troops  began  to  march  tb  all  members  that  thsy  se­ and  the  $5;00  Strike  and  Organizational  A'sse.ssmerit  both  of  Commission.  The  lineg  Involved  are  the  into  Poland.  cure  their  Social  Security  wh,ich  were  approved  by  the  membership  in  .a  referendum  The  men  arc  not  aUpwed  to  numbers  at  oncei  Pftgct . Sound  Orient  Line's  ser­ ballot.:  All  monies collected  on the.se  two  asse.ssnients  are  de­ vice  to  the  Far  East  and  the  work,  and  their  sixty­day  permit  posited  in  two  special  funds,  and  can  be  used  for  no  other  American  Pionfter  Line's  service  given  by  the  Government  has  ex­ D  O  ITT O  D  A  Y­!  {Continued  on­ Page  Four)  pir£d.  to  Australia.  • f|  .i'­­ ATTENTION  m "  iV'l  Aj  �Dec^  im  ,  THESE A F AREAS'  L OO  '  • "  •  6UiF MSTRKT MAKES  GAINS  BOSTON  Tlie CIO on tiie inside  Vews  Bits  All  Branches Gooperating  WHAT'S  NEW  Food for Thought  Is the  political  color  scheme  of  the  CIO  Red  or  just  merely  Pink?  IjOt's  take  a  look.  First  we  wHl  turn  the  magni­ New  prlean.s.—The  reorg'aiiizational  program  laviiielied  fying  glas.s  on  John  Brophy.  Ls  for the Gulf  District of  tlie SlU,  l)y  Drother Thompson,  Inter­ Mr.  Brophy  a  Communist?  He  national  Organizer,  is"already  producing  results since  it  was  denies  it.  But  when  John  L.  introduced  and  accepted  by  the  membej­slrip.  Lewis  inaugurated  an  alleged  NEW YORK  The  most  inipojtant  event  tak­'^  ^  Red­purge  in  the  CIO  a  month  Cliajrman  Matthew­Dii.siiane  re­ "ing  place  for  the  past  two  weeks  progress  made  by  our  union  with  ported  lliat  lie  had  appeared  at  ago.  Mr.  BropJiy  lieaded  tlie  list  in  the  Gulf  section  was  the  tenta­ the  back­sliding  of  the  National  a  hearing  before  (he  United States  of  pui'gees.  He'  was  demoted  tive xompletion  of  the  new  "Twin  Maritime  Union—to  see  the  dif­ Shipping  Commissioner  regarding  from  National  Direr­tor  of  the  agreements"  that  are  now  in  the  ference  between  a  leadership  the  jurisdiction  over  seamen's  CIO  to  Director  of  local  indus­ last  stages  of  negotiations  be­ fighting  for  better  economic  con­ overtime  earnings,  and  that  he  trial  unions.  Just  what  did  this  tween  our  Union  and  the  Missis­ ditions—and  tlie  Mis­ieadershlp  of  had  registered  a  protest  against  mean?  Nothing.  For  only  a  sippi  and  Waterman  Steamship  the  N.M.U.  which  simply  uses  its  any  U.  S.  Shipping  Commission  couple  of  weeks  later  Mr.  Bro­ companies.  .  control  of  the  N.M.U.  to  further  ers  having anything  to  do  with  if.  phy  was  sent  by  Mr.  Lewis  to  It  is  expected  that  negotiations  the  political ambitions  of  a  clique,  attend  the  convention  of  the  Vvill  be  completed  in  sullicicnt  without  the  least  regard "for  what  CIO's  New  York  State  body.  And  ih  *  «  time  so  that  the  agreements  can  is  good  or  bad  for  the  Seamen,  All  Agents  were  cautioned  to  Mr.  Brophy's  addre.ss  to  the  con­ instruct  their  Branch  Patrolmen  Because  of  the  fact  that  mem­ bo  presented "for  acceptance  or  re­ and  who, , ill  the  course­  of  tlieir  to  bring it  to  the  attention  of  the  bers  of  the  SS  Majoi­  Wheeler  vention  was  reported  in  the  New  jection,  tb  the  membersliip  of  the  phony  mahoeuvers  have  so  weak­ meinber,s  who  arc  at  pre.sent  em­ paid  off  in  this  port  witliOut  any  York  Times  as  follows:  Gulf  Disiriet  at  the  regular  mem­ end  that  union,  that  I.lie  shipown­ ployed  on  ships  about,  t.lie  pay­'  '• Earlier in  the  day  John  Bro­ reason  being  known  oi­  given  to  .  bersiilp  meeting  this  Monday  ers  will  not  even  recognize,  or  ment  of  their  a.s.sessme.nt's  inas­ us,  the old  wagon  hs  known  a;;  the  phy  .  .  .  advised  against  any  ef­ grant  them  the  very  fundamental  night.  fort  to  discriminate  against  The  agreements  as. they  shape  necessities  for  the  actual  exist­ much  as  the  deadline  for  the  pay­ "My.stery  Ship" to  your.s  truly."  «  *  ®  Communists  in  the  CIO."  up  are  vastly  superior  to  last  ence  of  a., union—the  Union  Hir­ ment  of" f.liese  assessments  was  Second  of  the  pui.;ees  was  year's contracts—and  the  fact'tJiat  ing  Hall  and  the  Rotary  method  near  at  hand.  It.  was  pointed  out  The  SS'.s  P.oslon  and  New  York  that  members  ashore  will­­ have  are  now  tied  up  for  the  I'ost  of  HHrr.v  Bridges.  He  was  demot­ tiiey  do  not.  reach  an  eciual  level  of  Shipping.  with  the  We.st  Coast  agreements,  It  is  not  our  intention  to  brag  the  right,  when  the  deadline  ex­ the  winter,  and  tiieir  places  are  ed  by  Lewis  froln  the  job  of  in  all  respects,  is  due  only  to  tlio  about  o\ir  gain.s—nor  does  it  give  pires,  to  demand  that  memirers  being  taken  by  th.e  Acadia  and  West  Coast  Director  of  the  CIO  who  are  workinfr  on  .ships  and,  the  St.  John,  uiiill  they  will  be  and  his  siihere  restricted  iience­ fact  that  our  Uiiioii.  ilie  S.l.U.,  us  any  satisfaction  to  see  our  fel­ haven't  paid  their  assessments  be  ready, to  i­esumc  operations  in  tlic  forth  to  the  State  of  C­alifprula.  has  barely  reached  its  fust  birth­ low  seamen  .of  Hie  N.M.U.  in  the  taken  off  the  ships  and  rejilaced  Spring.  :  day,  and  is  still  in  the  proccs.s  of  position  they  are, now  in.  How­ But  the  CIO  has  .scarcely  any  liy  Tilernhers,ashore  wlio  have  paid  reorganization.  members  on  the  M'e.st  Coast  ex­ ever,  when  a  union  has  sunk  their  assessments.  The  SS  Calmar  came  into  poit  cept  in  California.  So  iv­J'.'at  *  .>!=  However,  it  can  count. itself  to  tile  depth  reaihed  by  the  well  satisfied' witli,  the  progress  N.M.U.—Homelhiug  is  rot'ten  TJie  Colonial  Line  is  .going  to  toda.y  after  twenfy­ei.glit  (iay.s  out  does  that;  purge  mean?.­,''is  Mr.  of  Portlarid,  and  iTctween  tluit.  Bridges  a  Communjsiy  He  de­ made  to  date  on  llie  agreements,  Bornewliorc  and  it^s  not  only  in  recondition  their  ships.  port  and  the  Canal,  van  into  a  nies  it.  ^  for  it  contains  improvements  in  Finland.  In  this  case  the finger  *  *  *  Is  Joe  Curraii.  head  of  the  various  departineuts  working  can  be  pointed  directly  at  tbose  Starting  with  the first  of  the  rather  stiff  dnsiei­.  Tlie  Third  rules,  which  formerly  were­ only  wlio  for  the  past  three  years  or  year,'the Steward's  departrrrent.  of  Otricer  was  iilown  from  tlie  brid.iic  CIO's  National  Marifinie  Union,  hoped  for,  but  until  now  were  so  have  insisted,  despite  defeat  the  S.S.'ACADIA  will  start  to  re­ onto  number  .3  liateh,  and  was  a  Communist?  He  denies  it.  never  dovyji  hi  black  and  white.  after  defeat,'  sellout'  after  sellout,  late  'their  jobs  with­the  brothers  shaken  ui)  and  considerably  But  he  can't,  deny  the"  fact  that  Brother  R.  Thompson,  the  In­ tliat  they  are  the  appointed  ones  wlio  are  .sciiedulecl  to  bo  laid  off  bruised.  One  of  the fiiTinen  w.as  the  Coinmunist  Pfu ty. controls  ternational  Organizer,  togetlier  who  will  lead  the  little  children  due  to  the­slack  winter  season.  sent  to  the  Chelsea  Marine  Hos­ and  dominates  lii.s  union.  Mr.  pital  with  a  broken  jaw,  and  pos­ Curran  was  not.  disturhed  in  the  with  a  committee  composed  ,ofhe  of  the  N.M.U.  out  of  the  wilder­ :|!  :i!  «  sible  internal  injui'ies, after  a  tus­ purge.­ patrolmen  for  each  department,  ness  into  Utopia,  namely—the  lit­ Inasmuch  as  Christmas  is  near  and  representatives  directly  from  tle  hrotlier.s  of  Big  Joe Stalin  and  at  iiand,  the  Hospital  &  Steward­ sle  with  the  chief  cook'in  a little  Is  Michael  Quill,  head  of  the  matter  of  llsticuff.s.  CIO's^Transport  Workers  T^nion,  the  rank  and  file,  elected  by  the  little,  Joe  Curran.  ess  Delegate,  Sister  May  Dillon,  membership,  have  been  going  Our  opiiiTou  is  that  the  rank  appealed  to  the  membership  to  a  Communist?  Pie  denies  it.  But  "roundy go­roundy"  witli  the ship­ and file  of  the  N.M.U.  can  only  remember  the  brothers  in  the  Mr.  Quill'  refused  to  denounce  owners'  representatives,  for  get  baiTlt  their  self­respect  ami  hospitals  by  donating  whatever  the  Ilitler­Stalin  pact.  And  for  stretches of  twelye  hours straight  strength  as  an  economic  organ  amount,  of  cigarettes  they  could  ­fhat  reason  the  American  La­ on  end,:for  although  in  the—last  ization  by  getting  rid  of  the  un  afford  to  give  their  unfortunate  A  joint  meeting  of  the  crow  of  bor  Part.v,  political  arm  of  the  analysis,  the  gains  made  in  the  ofilcial  ambassadors  of  Moscow  brothers.  It  must  be  remembered  S.S.  FIRMORE,  held  November  CIO  in  New  York  City,  refused  new  agyeements  actually  repi­e­ who  simply  use  their  control  of  that some  of  the  boys  entered  the  28,  1939,  aboard  ship,  and  the  fol  to  indorse  Mr.  Quill  for  re­elec­ sent  the  strength  and  fighting  llie  N.M.U.  and  otliei"  organiza  huspLlals  in  had  standing  and  lowing  resolution  was  made  and  tion  to  the  city  council.  Mr.  ability  of  the  Union as  a  whole ...  tions,  as  a  bargaining  point  or  therefore  are  not" getting  any  passed,  with  instructions  that  it  Quill  was defeated.  But  Mr. Quill  nevertheless  a  great  deal  also, de­ club  to  hold  over  the  heads  of  weekly  hospital  benefits  with  be  printed  in  the  next  Lssue  of  was  not  disturbed  in  the  Lewis  pends  on  the  capability  of  the  the. Govej­nment  liere,  in  exchange  which  to  buy  cigarettes.  We  tlie  Seafarei's'  Log:  "purge."  RESOLVED:  That  tlie  under  Union  representatives.  for  various  concessions  to  the  agree  with  Sister  Dillon  that  the  signed  members  of  the  Seafarers'  Right  in  Headqiiaitei­.s  Stalin  gang  in  Russia.  Simply  a  boys will  certainly  appreciate  a  International  Union  hereby  go  on  We  could  go  on  li.ctiiig  high  TAKES  PRIDE  horse  trade—in  which  they , say—  "remembrance."  record  as  requesting  the  drafting  CIO  officials,  whose  political  One  thing  the  membership  of  you  give  Russia  this  and  we  will  of  Wm. McKay, the  present  Agent  color­sciieme  is  questionable,  be­  .  BOSTON  the  S.l.U.  .can  pride  itself  upon,  hand  the  seamen  ove'­  to  you  Due  to  the  usual  slack  season,  of  Baltimore, for  the  job  of  Balti­ yond  the  space  limitations  of  is  the  fact  that  the  major  slap­ lock,  stock  and  barrell—if  you  it  was  reported  that  a  number  o­f  more  Agent  for  the  year  of  1940.  this  column,  but  now  we  want  ping companies  have a  wholesome  don't,  then  we  wfll  make  plenty  brothers  were laid  off  on  the  S.S.  The  resolution  was  signed  by  to  take  a  trip  ,backstairs  into  fear  and  respect  for  our  Union,  trouble.  twenty  members.  YARMOUTH,,  CIO  headquarters  and  see  what  which  in  spite  of  its  youth,  has  NOTE:  A(  the  linn;  Bfotliei  goes  on  there  right  under  Mr.  PHILADELPHIA  demonstrated  again  and  again,  Agent  Reddie  reported  that  he  McKay  accepted  the  nomination  Lewis'  nose.  the  fact  that  it  will  ami  can fight  not  only  for  its  fundamental  Take An Interest In had  called  on  Mr.  Halloran,  the  for  the  position  of  Ayent  of  the  The  CIO  dictator's  closest  ad­ head  of  the  W.P.A.  for  the  Philly  Baltimore Branch,  he  did  not  send  visers  are  Lee  Pressman,  his  rights,  but  substantial  gains  as  The Affairs of Your district,  and  had  asked  him  what  in  evidence  of  three  years  sea  counsel,  and  Len  DeCaux,  editor  well.  the  idea  was  of  classifying  sea­ service  loith  his  acceptance.  How  of  the  CIO  publications.  Both  Union — Vote! One  has  only  to  compare  .the...  rnen  as  common  laborers.  Agent  ever,  as  in  tlie  case  of  others,  have  been  branded  as  fellow­ Reddie  informed  Mr,  Halloran  McKay's  name  may  be  written  in  travelers  in  numerous  recent  ar­ that  seamen  were  skilled  men  in  on  the  ballot,  and  if  he  polls  a  ticles  but  have  not  taken  ,the  New SitJ  Dress  Buttons  their  line  of  work  and  would  majority vote,  he tcill  be  accepted,  trouble  to  affirm  or  deny  the  ac­­ Soon  Available  have  to  be  handled  accordingly,  providing  he  produces  the  neces­ cusation. There  is  more  cBncrete  _  The  $5.00  Strike  and  and  ^that  all  members  of  the  sary  qnalifications  at  the  time  of  evidence  along  the  same  lines.  Some  weeks  ago  Mr.  Louis  Tlie  iie­vv, SfU  dress  buttons  Organizational.  Assessment,  Union  were  obligated  to  the  the  counting  of  the  ballots.  Union  not  to  work  for  less  than  Stark,  veteran  labor  reporter  will  .soon  be  on  the  market.  and  the  $2.00  Hospital,  Union  wages.  The  W.P.A.  head  earning  capacity.  Brother  McKay  for  the  York  Times,  pub­ They  .lyill  sell" for .  25  cents  Shipwreck  and  Burial  As­ was  advised  by  Agent  Reddie  to  indicated  that  someone  to  lobby  lished  a  New  story  to  the  effect  that  ?  sessment  Tor  the  year  of  negotiate  a  W.P.A.  project  where  for  the  seamen  wouldn't  he  a bad  Sidney  Hillman  and  Phil  Mur­  s  apiece.  seamen  could  use  their  skill  and  idea  at  this  time.  It'  was  moved,  ray,  both  CIO ^'vice­iireside'nt^r  r  '.Nc'Vit  . York  office  ei^  1940 are  now, collectible.  All  members  are  urged  be  paid  the  regular  Union  wage  seconded  and  carried  that  the  were  enraged  at  Pressman  and  .pects ,  c!elivei­.y­of  these  new  Uiiion  keep  a  closer  eye  on  the  DeCaux.  Mr.  Stark  said  Hillman  buttons  by  the  thiie  this issue  to  pay  their assessments  as  scale.  pending  legislation  in  'Washing­ and  Murray  accused  Pressman  BALTIMORE  bf  the LOG  goes to  press, and  soon  as  possible.  It  was  reported  that  a  new  ton  whi^ch  "Will  effect  the  welfare  and  DeCaux  of  editing  out  ref­  .  The deadline for  the pay­ steamship  line  known  as'  the  of  the  seamen  knd  the  maritime  erences to  Communism  from  ofil­ as soon  as they  arrive  quanti­ ty lots  will  sent  all Branches.  ment  of  thiBse  assessments  States  Navigation  Company  has  Industry  as a  'whole.  cial  CIO  statements.  The  infer­ ence  was  that  these  two  CIO  It  is  hoped  that  all  mem­ will  soon  be  at  hand  and  started  operations  out  of  Balti­ NEW  ORLEANS  bers of  the S.i.U. • will buy and  all those  who have not paid  more  and  that" the  Union  had  dis­ If  was  moved,  seconded  and  leaders suspected  their subordin­ patched  quite  a  few  men  to  the  carried  that  the  International  ates  of  trying  ­ to  shield  Com­ .ivear, one  of  these  new  dress  the  assessments  by  that  new  company's  ships.  Representative,  tlie  three  Patrol­ munism  by  subterfuge,  from  buttons.  time  will  be  considered  in  *  «  *  men,  and  one  man  from  each  de­ CIO  criticism.  All­Agents  and  Patrolmen  bad  stftnding  ajid  will  eon­ Agent  McKay  reported  on"  cer­ partment,  meet  jointly  with  the  That  would  seem  to  look  bad  will  earry  these  new  dress  stitutionaliy  lose  their  tain  legislation  affecting  the  sea­ Mississippi  and  Waferman  Steam­ for  Messrs.  Pressman  and  De­ buttons—this  is for  your  con­ rights to any  benefits from  men,  particularly  a  certain  pro­ ship Companies for  the  purpose of  Caux.  But  was  Tiny thing  ever  posed  bill  which  would  aid  the  negotiating a  new  agreement. The  done  about  them?  "Were  they  yenience—you.  piay  purchase^  the  Unioji.  .  shipowners,  whose  business  was  following  brothers were  elected  to  purged?  They  are  still  operat­ DON'T  WAIT  UNTIL  hurt  by  the  new  Neutrality  Act,  represent  their  respefffive  depart­ ing "at  the  same  old  stand  and,  :th(im  without  having  to  go to  IT  IS TOO  LATE!  but.  would  hurt  the  seamen's  ments;  yonr  Fnion  Hall  for  same.  {Continued  on  Page  Fovr)  ;  NEGOTIATIONS FOR  NEW  AGREEMENTS  ONDER  WAT  at the  MEETINGS?  • !:  !,  Boston,  Mass.—Tlie  Korth  .Star  sailed  from  this  poit  laden  with  PTippIies  T­angihg  from  food  to  phonograph  records,  and  from  sled  dogs  to  a  twenty  ton  auto  cruiser.  Rear  Admiral  Richard  E.  Byrd,  leader  of  the  Govcniment'  expedi­ tion  to  the  South  Polai'  regions,  has  personally  seen  lliat  every­ thing  was  ship.shape  for  the  voy­ age.  The  sturdy  vessel  Bear  of  Oakland,  which  will  follow  the  North  Star  on  the  12,000  mile  journey,  is  due  to  leave  as  soon  as  stores  are  loaded  aboard,  A  • slight, delay  was  due  fo  the  fact  that  part,  of  the  stoi­e.s  were  mi;;  plucccL  »  ;wl  *  •   ij!  Favors McKay  NOTICE  ''ri: • 1­tr.'J(•­r'!i    1' '•   ­ -m �­tT"  T H  E  S E A F A  R E R S '  LOG  /• • I  i»  The N. M. T  MERRY ­ GO ­ ROUND  The CIO on the !nsid<  • !•  Friufe^ec. 15. 1959  National  Labor  Relation s  Board  Under  Heavy  Fire  (Continued  from  Pagg, Three)  .­• • '1  f}'  for  all  we  know,  playing  the  same  old  game.  On  the  other  hand,  the  atti­ (Continued  from  Page  1)  In  his  memorandum  presented  tude  taken  by  Mesar.s,  Hillraan  opinion  that  there  was  roorii  for  before  the  House  committee, in­ and  Murray" would  seem  to  look  much  improvement  in  the  ad­ well  for  them.  After all,  If  they  ministrative  methods  of  the  vestigating  the  NLRB,  Dr.  Lei­ NO  N.M.U.  ELECTIONS  f,i. opposed  the  alleged  pro­Com­ board,  he  warned  against  nny  serson  stressed: one  most  Impoi'­ .  "^it^^jjthe  approach  of  the  elections  in  the  S.U.P.,  it  is  interest­ munist  censorship" practiced  by  radical  amendment  of  the  Wag­ tanl  point.  Referring  to  Avbat  ing  to ^^e  what  is transpiring  in  the  RANK  and  FILE  of  the  Com­ mie  controlled  N.M.U.  According  to  all  previous  procedure  the  Pressman  and  DeCaux,  then  that  rier  Act  lest  it  would  "involve  he  termed  tlxe  "rather  broad"'  elections  of  officers  of  the  N.M.U.  have  been  annual  affair^  until  this  would  mean  they  opposed  Com­ turning  back  the  pages  of  on;  wording  of  the  Wagner  Act  munism.  Maybe.  The  facts  are  history."  •   year  when  t^hey  have  been  indefinitely  postponed.  where  it  "appears  to..lea\e  it  to  th.at  Hillman  and  Murray  had  The  reasons  for  this  are  not  quite  clear. Can Tt  b9  ample  opportunities  to  denounce  In  di.scusslng  the  charge  of  the  judgment  of  the  members of  certain of  the  Commissars are  afraid  to  be  put  to  the  test? 1  communism  at  the  CIO  conven­ Board  Member  Edwin  S.  Smith  the  board  to  decide  what  form  Cari  it  b^  that  certain  so­called  citizens  might  feel  that  at  tion  but  both  were  mum  on  the  that  he  was  "recalcitr.ant."  Lei­ of  unit  is  best  to  insure  the  serson  defended  himself  by  this  time  the  Rank  dnd  File have  been  doing  a  little  thiuk­  subject,  stating  that  he  had  refused  to  right  of  self­oiganization  and  ing  for  themselves  and  fropi  watching  the  phenomenal  Mum'.s  the  Word  participate  in  several  cases  be­ will  best  effectuate  the  purposes  growth  and  ensuing  benefits  of  the  S.  I.  U. are  inclined  to  Why  is  the  CIO  so  touchy  on  cause  he  had  found  in  them  in­ of  collective  bargaining,"  Lei­ stances  of  what  he  considered  Wer .heir  eye.  and finally  see  .he  fee,  n,  day  „f  their  mismanagement  or  "bungling."  serson  said:  "I  do  not  think  erstwhile  idols?  •  taint,  why  doesn't  it say  so  Leiserson's  principal  objection  Congress  intended  to  give  such  Regardless  of  the  reasons  for  this  postponement,  it  is about  time  Surely  the  CIO  is  not  inarticu  to  the  boaj­d's  decisions  .arose  large  powers  to  fbe  bo.ard  by  that  the  Rank  and  Pile  of  the'N.M.U.  got"  wLse  to  the  fact, that  they  late.  Their  spokesmen  may  be  from  consolidation  of  cases,  he  are  being  hoodwinked  and  start  to  do  something  about  it.  If  they  uium  about  Communism  but  said,  which  tended  to  increase  this  wording.  The  intent  A*as  persist  in  being led  by  the nose  dowh  the wrong  paths,  nothing good  ^ley  certainly  do  not  pull  their  the  size  of  the  bargaining  unit.  rather,  it  seems  to  me,  that  the  can  come  of  it  and  they  might  just  as  well  give  up  the  right  of  the  punches  in  hysterical  condenina  This  objection  of  Lcisci'son's  customs and  practices  of  the em­ ballot  and  settle  down  secure  in  the  knowledge  that  they  are  taking  anyone  who  accuses  the  brought  up the  fundamental con­ ployes  in  establishing  their  the easiest  way out  by  leaving everything  up  to  Joe and  Stalin. That  QJQ  of  being  linked  with  Com  troversy  as  to  whether  the  forms  of  self­organization  and  i» not usually­the way of  the American  Seaman, and  we hate  to  think |  board  should  certify large  indus­ collective  bargaining  relation­ that  it  is  possible  for  a group  of  stooges  to  get  such  a  stranglehold  Philip  Pearl.  trial  groups  as  the  proper  col­ upon  them  that  they  lose  the  ability  io  even  think.  ships  with  employers  would  re­ lective  bai'gaining  agent  or  spe­ veal qiie  preferences  of  the  em­ After  beinp:  led  so  long  we  realize  tlial  l!ie  .job  of  clean  cify  smaller  craft  units;  and  if  Compulsory  ployes  themselves  as to  the  most  may  be  noted  here  that  Leiser­ ing  house  is, far  from  .m  easy  one.  It  is  a  house  that  will,  effective  bargaining  units,  and  son  had  already  held  that  where  however,  eome  in for  a  cleaning  from  outside  K.iureps  if  it  is  Arbitratioh  that  the  board  would  make  its  ,  a  craft  unit  has  become  estab­ unable  to  keep  itself  in  good  .shape.  The  mills  of  the  Odds  decisions  accordingly."  lished  as  a  collective  bargaining  (Continued  from  Page  One)  "ssi.g'rind  .slowly,  but  they  grind  exceedingly  small  and  the  time  group it  should  not  be  blanketed  Leisersbn  voiced  the  opinion  \   employers  in  order  to  undermine  wiTr%nne  that  if  the  Rank  and File  of  the  NjM.U.  do  not  go  into  a  larger" unit  without  its  on  this  point  that  "both  tlie  A.  I  existing  agreements.  F.  of  L.  and  the  C.  I. O.,  xis  well  Democra  ic  and  get  their  house  in  order,  the  mills  of  Leg­ In  order  to  put  this  program  consent.  as  the  employers,  would  agree  • V  islation  wiif  str»rt  grinding  out  nexv  laAvs  that  Avill  not  only I  pyg,.  shipping  commissioners  that  it  is  unwise  to  vest  a  gov­ make things xvor.se  for them  but for every  other  organization  would  have  to  make  insertions  in  the  dispute  has^arisen  ami  not  ernment  agency  with  any  such  prior  to  the  .signing  of  ship's  ar­ in  the labor field.  '  regular  ship's  articles.  One  authority as  would  give  it  a  free  This  has  already  started  in  the  Dies  investigation  and  thus  far  of  these  contemplated  insertions  ticles.  ­ hand  in  deciding  what  form  of  there  still  remains  time  to  take  advantage  of  the  ballot  and  would  be  to  the  effect  that  the  The  Director  of  the  Bureau  of  organization  is  best  for  labor  straighten  things  out.  The  screams  of  the  Commissars  have  re­  shipping  commissioner  shall  act  Marine  Imsixection  and  Navigat'idn  bargaining."  sounded  to  the heavens  that  the Dies  Committee  accused  the  N.M.U.  as  arbitrator  of  any  and  all  di's  has  admitted "at  various  times  of  being a Communist  Organization. A  check  of  this  revi^ls  that  it  is  putes  and  that  such  decisions  as  that  this  matter  is  not  strictly  If  notning else  is  accomplished  just  another  typical  smoke  screen  thrown  up  to  protest  the  Comniis­  he  may  make  shall  be  final.  This  according to law;  and  if  tlxe  men  by  the  House  committee  inAesti­ sars  and  blind  the  Rank  and  Pile as the  Dies  Committee  merely  al­  in  turn  would  deprive  the seamen  ai­e  not­Avilling  lo  sign  such  in­ gating  the  National  Labor  Rela­ leged  that  the  N.M.U.  was  CONTROLLED  by  Muscovites,  something  of  the  right  to  appeal  to  a  court  sertions in  their  articles,  they  aie  tions  Board,  It  still  remains  for  the  best  interests  of  labor  in  we've  known  for. years.  ""^er  the  machinery  set  up  in  not  compelled  to  do  so.  This  attenipt  is  uotlilng  .sliorl.  general  that  the internal  conflict  The problem  of  the Rank  and  File of  the  N.M.U.  is not.  howevex­,  our  agreements,  impossible  to  solve—and  the  solution  is:  Also  Avould  like  to  point  out  of  compulsory  arbitration,  wlsich  and  dissension  within  this  vital  of  cour.se is  in line  with  I be policy  agency  was  brought  into  the  If  it is impossible_to break the strangle  heW ^  merciless  glare  of  public  opin­ of  the  Maritime  Commission.  of  Moscow  in  the  driver's  seat  Si^RAP  iHE shipping  commi.ssioners  unles.s  So.  be  careful  whatever  articles  ion.  Obviously,  the  basic  aims  you  sign —make  sure  no  inser­ of  the Wagner  Act  fall far  short  WHOLE  N.M.U.  AND  JOIN  A  FREE  R^K  of  realization  when  the act  itself  tions  have  been  made.  'is  incapably  administered,  or  AND  FILE  ORG.ANIZATION  ­ THE  SEA­ when  the  agency  entrusted  Avith  FARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  OF|  F H I  TD R  I  A L  the  administration  of  the  IRAV  NORTH  AMERICA!!  '  CUIIV­'IVlMU  turns  out  to  be  a  A­^eritable  neSt  of  hornets  stinging  each  other  (Continued  from  Page  Two)  in  futile  demonstrations  of  dis­ N.M.U. BOOSTER  IN HOT WATER  I  purpose  than  indicated  by  the  membership.  Needless  to  say.  agreement.  .J' If  vital  changes  in  personnel  We .see  by  tlie  daily  papers  that "one  Ilfirry  Gannes,  AVIIO  both  funds are  fully  protected.  '  rites  for  the  DAILY  WORKER  (the  Commie  Rag  to  you  Another  impressive  step  fortvard  we  have  taken  is  the  are  necessitated,  as  the  hearing  thus  far  would  seem  to  indicate,  ind  me)  has  been  named  in  an indictment  charging falsifica­  e.stahlishment  of  our  bi­monthly  pitblication,  the  "Seafarers'  then  by  all  means  let  Labor  and  ion  of  ijassport  applications.  Log."  It  is  our  sincere  belief  that  the  "Log",  in  the­ .short  the  public  which  "expressed  its  JiLst  in  case you  do not  knoAV,  the DAILY  WORKER  (the  period  of  its existence,  has acquired­a  definite  eharaete'r  and  approval  of  the  Wagner  Act  Commie  Rag)  has  always  been  a  strong  hoo.ster  for  the  tone  in  keeping  with  the  policies  and  aims  of  this  organiza­ huA'e  them.  At  the  very  least,  a  N.M.U.  and  "certain"  officials  of  that  organization  in  par­  tion.  We intend  the "Log" to  he  a  trade paper, and  a  trade  situation  which  gives, rise to  dis­ ticular.  Can  it  he  that  there is  a  reason  for  this .strong  sup­ .paper  only.  It  has  not  been  employed,  and  shall  never  he  quieting  discord  threatening  to  affect  the  very  pillars  now  sup­ port  of  the  DAILY  WORKER  for  certain  individuals  in  the  employed,  as  a  medium  for  the  transmission  of  any  alien  porting  the  Labor  movement  in  N.M.U.?  '  philosophy  or  ideology.  Through  the  pages  of  the "Log" we  this country  should  be,  and  can  By  the  Avay,  the.se  "individuals"  happen  (or  did  it  just  hope'to  educate  our  member,ship  in  the  principles  of'demo­ be,  promptly  remedied.  happen)  tq  he  the ones  in control of  the  N.M.U. and  AVho  are Uratic  nnionism  and  to  aequaint  all  readers with  the  facts  as  More  important  eA'^en  i"  —  —  V..VV311  than  l­IJCtli  per­•   'I  'Log"  i.s  one  poA\'erful  w..n.  Avca­1  sonnel  difficulties,  the  questfon  }  in  eompjete  harmony  Avith  the  ideas  and  policies  of  the  k'e  them.  The  "T.^c"  nx­.«  of  nf  our  nnr  most  r^nw^rfni  now  confronting  Labor  so  far as  DAILY "WORKER.  "  pons  in  oux* fight  for  the  cause  of  the  seaman.  And  this  it  the  Wagner  Act  is  concerned,  is  IIoAV  come—figure  it  out  for  yourself  as  to  Avliat^sidc  of  I  '•   whether  or  not  the  Act  itself  re­ the fence the.se  birds are on—and  IT IS  NOT  ON THlS SIDE  Another  indication  of  tlie  course  Ave  are  setting  is  our  quires  amendment  or  change.  If  OF THE  RANK  AND FILE; nor are they  on  the side  of  the U'eeent  action  iu  clo.sing  our  hooks  to  further  member,s.  This  should  never  be  forgotten  that  f^ifce  that  serves  tJie  .sea­going­  membershiii  to  its  best  was  done, of  course, at  the  direction  of  the  membersliip.  The  any  radical  revision  may  tend  to  iiitere':§ts.  '  "  obvious  purpose  of  this  move  Avas,  of  course,  to  prevent  emasculate,  rather  than'  to  WelL'We  alAV^ys  did  say  that  birds  of  a  feather flpck  ptrairgulation  of  shipping.  And  it  is  Avith  justifiable  pride  strengthen,  the  Labor  Act..  Labor and all concerncA^hduid  that  Ave  can  point  to  the  tacit  tribute  paid  us  by  over  one  tagether.  watch  with  unabated  interest  thousand seamen  AA*ho  have filed  applications for  membei'ship  the  House  investigation  of  the  >vith  us  aAvaiting  the  time  AA'hen  AVG  shall  be  a>le  to  absorb  NLRB.  Will  the Smith  Commit­ THE GOING GETS TOUGHER T>AY  BY DAY  tkem  Avlthout  clogging our  shipping  lists.  tee  provide  the  answei's  to  these  The fiiiaiieial  .situation  in  the  N.M.U.  certain^  must  be  At  the  present  time  Ave  are  conducting  an  election  of  offi­ questions:  What has been  the ef­ getting  tougher  day  by  day,  and  to  prove  this,  Ave  call  your Ljals Avho  aVe  to guide  our destinies fo7the coming  year^ The'y  fect  of  the  Wagner  Act  on  in­ attention.to the fact  that the top fraction  boys­of  the N.M.U. Kvill  take  office  in  an  organization  e.stabllshed  on  a  sound  dustrial  disputes?  On  employ­ liave  had  to  curtail  the  publishing  of  the  "PILE­IT"  from  basis.  Our financial  structure  is  foolproof,  our  policies  are  ment?  On  the  general, economic  condition  of  the  United  States?  a  Aveekly  to  a  bi­monthly  publication.  This  nfeans  that  the  deraoeratie  in the  real  sense  of'the Avord  Is  further  legislation  needed  to  "PILE­IT" Avill  hit  the .streets  every  other  Aveek.  ­  We  think  Ave  can  be  forgiven  any  evidences  of  pride  Ave  deflne  the  relationship  between  ­Propaganda  is  considered,  ­by  the  Communist TOty,  as  may  exhibit  regarding  the  progress  Ave  have  achieved  in  one  employer  and  employee?  If  so,  thjj­most impor^nt  Aveapon  Avith  Avhich  to achieve dheir aims, Uhort  year.  And  Ave  are  convinced  that the  incoming  officials  just  what  sort  of  legislation  will  and the financial  situation Avithin  tke N.M.U.  MUST  be tough  will  do  all in  their  poAver  to  give  us  further  justification  tor  prove  most  effective?  Avhen  the "Party Boys" decide to economize  by cutting  doAvn  pride  in  the  future  progress  of  the:Seafarei­s'  International  These,  and  otlver  pertinent  questions,  are  the  problems  fac­ on  the printing  of  its­propaganda.  |  Union.  •   ;  j  ing  Labor  right  now.  >  r  •  f'g.  f­.x  � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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SHIP CONSTRUCTION ON THE INCREASE 23,934 SHIPS ARE EQUIPPED WITH RADIO OUR FIRST ANNIVERSARY SHIPS IN PACIFIC SERVICE TO BE SOLD 32 NAZI SEAMEN TO SIT OUT WAR GULF DISTRICT MAKES GAINS WHAT'S NEW AT THE MEETINGS? THE CIO ON THE INSIDE: FOOD FOR THOUGHT FAVORS MCKAY NEW SIU DRESS BUTTONS SOON AVAILABLE THE NMU MERRY GO ROUND NMU BOOSTER IN HOT WATER THE GOING GETS TOUGHER DAY BY DAY Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/15/1939 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. I, No. 23 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1939 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/d4656bf03f91b753511ca1908f6e3785.PDF cc2e2258b42bfdda5395b9d83dd74333 PDF Text Text ^J^^BERS Jocj OFFICIAL OBOAN OF THE ATLAllTIC AND GULF DISTBICT, SEAFABEBS' INTEBNATIONAL UNION OF NOBTH AMEBICA s NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1944 VoL VL Season's Best Greetings to our Union Brothers At Sea and their friends and families ashore Seafarers International Union Atlantic and Gulf District Crew Of Fredrick Steuben Protests Action Of Chief Engineer To Robin Line IV V:. No. 41 Seas Shipping Co., Inc. Gentlemen: We the undersigned Engine De­ partment members of the above named vessel, wish to convey to you some of the incidents that may have led to the dissension in the Engine Department aboard this vessel. We feel that the Chief Engineer will make his report to the Company in regards to the crew, so it is no more than right for us to make a report in re­ gards to him. From the start" of the trip this Chief Engineer, Mr. Frank Fer­ dinand Pohl, had caused ill "will amongst us by questioning our 'sability when assigned to this ves-sel by the union. He requested discharges or proof of our ability, when our certificates called for the respective ratings in which we were shipped. He even went so far as to send one of the oilers home for discharges from other ships after he had been shown his Certificate. We would like to state here that all mem­ bers of the Engine Department had sailed in the ratings they shipped on here as on previous vessels. The Chief Engineer fired the former 1st Asst. Engineer (H. B. Saunders) and the Deck Engineer in New Orleans giving no reason whatsoever, and later told one of the crew that the reason he fired them was because they were too friendly. This Chief Engineer caused ill will and hard feelings amongst the crew by refusing to cooperate in any way whatsoever and with complete disregard for the Union contract we have with the Seas Shipping Co., Inc. He refused to allow anyone in the engine de­ partment to do anything for any­ one in the other departments. For •example, he refused to allow the deck engineer to drill some holes in the wireless operators room so .the carpenter could install a shelf for the wireless operator's type­ writer. The Deck Engineer drill­ ed the holes during his meal hour so the shelf could be installed. When taking fuel oil in New Orleans he pumped the oil into No. 4 tanks although there was over four feet,of water in these tanks. This caused trouble for the Firemen later by making it hard to keep steam. Later in the voyage the Chief Engineer had holes drilled in the fuel oil set­ tlor tanks so the water could be drained out. On three occasions in New Or­ leans and twice in New York fuel oil was pumped over the side. We took fuel oil in the United King­ dom for the voyage home. The Chief Engineer refused to allow the crew to have a coffee pot in the engine room and went so far as to threaten the crew with a log if they brought one down below. On several occa­ sions he broke up boxes that were on the fioor plates, accusing the men of using them to sit on and not do their work. The entire crew and officers were forced to drink salt water from Key West, Florida, to New York and no attempt was made by the Chief Engineer at any time during this period to rem­ edy the situation. While in port unloading he re­ fused to allow the American sol­ diers unloading the ship to come in out of the rain and dry off in the fidely and had them chased out on one of the rainest and coldest nights we had while there. The above and other incidents too numerous to mention,- we feel will make it hard for the com­ pany to secure a crew for any vessel on which said chief is em­ ployed. C. J. Stephens. Dk. Engineer P. G. Beaufort. Oiler F. Alongia. Oiler C. Huete. Oiler Wm. S. Hart. Fireman-W.T. R. Gonzales. Fireman-W.T. • H. Tennent. Fireman-W. T. A. Sylvera. Wiper. New Sub Menace Is Seen SUP Annual Elections Started The SUP elections to determine officials for 1945 got under way this month and will continue throughout the monthsj)f Decem­ ber and January. "Whereas the SIU elections close on December 31, the SUP elections close on January 30. Many of the SUP offices are not being contested, indicating that the organization will be under the same general leadership in the copaing year as that which guided it in the past. Following is a complete list of the candi­ dates: SECRETARY-TREASURER Harry Lundeberg ASST. SECR'Y-TREASURER Harry Johnson 1st SAN FRANCISCO PA'LMAN Arthur Burke . Maxie Weisbarth 2d S.F. PATROLMAN Willie Claypool John H. Lavoie 3rd S. F. PATROLMAN Harold Liggett Al. Maniscalco S. F. DISPATCHER Robert McKinnon John L. Palazzo HONOLULU AGENT Jacob Silverstein NEW YORK AGENT Morris Weisberger NEW YORK PATROLMAN Jack Dwyer PORTLAND AGENT John Massey PORTLAND PATROLMAN Charles Atkins SEATTLE AGENT Ed Coester Ed Scheiler SEATTLE PATROLMAN James E. Burke WILMINGTON AGENT Harlan Snow . WILMINGTON PATROLMAN Charles Brenner Howard Lawson Herbert Yates TRUSTEES. MARITIME HALL ASS'N. (vote for 5) Harry Johnson Oscar Lundquist Harry Lundeberg Al Maniscalco Harlan Snow Maxie Weisbarth VICIOUS' ANTI-UNION LAW IS HELD VALID Spokesmen for the Ameri­ can Federation of Labor de­ clared this week an appeal will be taken to the United States Supreme Court from a finding by the Supreme Court of Florida that labor organ­ izers may be "regulated in their conduct just like insur­ ance agents, real estate bro­ kers and others." and that unions must make periodical reports to state authorities. The law sustained by the court was passed in 1943. Attorneys for the A. F. of L. contended that labor lead­ ers should be treated like religious, charitable and edu­ cational organizations and left free from licensing regu­ lations. AFL Schedules 52 Broadcasts For '45 WASHINGTON,. D. C. — The American Federation of Labor has completed arrangements for the most ambitious and compre­ hensive radio educational pro­ gram' in its history. Beginning next Jan. 7, - the Federation will broadcast a week­ ly radio program over a national network each and every week of the year, President William Green announced. Time for these programs was made available to the Federation by three national broadcasting chains. The programs will be carried by the National Broadcasting Co. for the first 13 weeks of 1945; by the Columbia Broadcasting Sys(Continued on Page 4) WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 — Ger­ man submarines have been equ­ ipped with new technical devices enabling them to penetrate into areas "denied to them for the past three years" and the enemy has "by no means" abandoned his underseas warfare. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill jointly warned last week in the monthly Anglo-Am­ erican statement on submarine and anti-submarine operations. For the month of November the statement, issued through the Office of War Information, re­ ported that the number of Allied ships lost as a result of U-boat activity had "again been very small." The proportionate num­ ber of U-boats destroyed had "again been satisfactory." The statement hinted that the Germans might renew their at­ tacks "with new types of Uboats." It said German Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz' undersea raiders were being constructed with extensible air intake and ex­ haust machinery that allowed them to remain submerged for long periods of time. Admiral Doenitz, in a broad­ cast several weeks ago over the Berlin radio, claimed that Ger­ man scientists had developed new equipment for a renewal of the Battle of the Atlantic and threat­ ened blows "greater than any­ thing witnessed so far." Other recent statements from Allied sources have pointed to an evident intention by the Germans to continue their U-boat offen­ sive. Albert "Y. Alexander, First Lord of the British Admiralty, in a speech a few weeks ago report­ ed that U.-boats had reappeared in the Atlantic shipping lanes. Labor's Own Canteen Servicemen feel so much al home in Ihe USO Labor Club. Harrisburg. Pa.. Ihey even take over the bartender's duties. The canteen is sponsored by AFL. CIO. railroad and independent unions. il �Page Two TEE SEAFARERS Friday. December 15. 1944 LOG SEAFARERS LOG Published by the, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------- President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - - Secy-Treas^ P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York Gty MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C tm Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16)... CHARLESTON (9) SAVANNAH TAMPA JACKSONVILLE MOBILE SAN JUAN. 28 P.R., PUERTO RICO GALVESTON ADDRESS 51 Beaver St 330 Atlantic Ave 14 North Gay St 6 North 6th St '25 Commercial PI 339 Chartres St 68 Society St 220 East Bay St 423 East Piatt St 920 Main St 7 St. Michael St. PHONE HAnover 2-2784 Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 7651 Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Charleston 3-2930 Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM-1323 Jacksonville 5-12) I Dial 2-1392 45 Ponce de Leon.... 219 20th St San Juan 1885 Galveston 2-8043 iw PUBLICATION OFFICE: 51 BEAVER STREET HAnover 2-2784 New York, (4) N. Y. •267 A Merry Christmas? —Justice Editor's Mail Bag At Sea, December 3rd, 1944 Editor, Seafarers Log Dear Sir and Brother: Not much to do and plenty of time to do it in so here goes a few lines for the LOG. I have just about completed a trip Robin Line Liberty. Will this be a merry Christmas for our union brothers? Can't ontella much about our trip, No, it is not likely to be. Most of them will spend the holi­ and if I could it wouldn't be oJ day on the high seas battling midwinter storms and watch­ much interest to the gang be­ cause they have probably made ing for the tell-tale wake of a Nazi torpedo which may the same trip. mean death. On this scow I have come in contact with a couple of officers Under the best of conditions Christmas at sea is not that I would like to put my union a happy time. Christmas is a day which should be spent brothers next to. ashore with one's family and friends and a bottle of scotch. To start with, I would like to But under war conditions, Christmas day will be no differ­ mention the skipper. He is one swell person and I don't mean ent fro many other—it will be a 24 hour period during perhaps. His name is John Kra­ which all nerves will be taut and all eyes strained for sight mer and he is a regular Ro^in Line skipper. He" will do anything of a safe harbor. in his power to make a pleasant But while Christmas will not be a merry one for our trip for the crew and goes out of his way to get shore leave and union brothers, it can be a day of quiet satisfaction; satis-" money for the gang in convoy faction with a job well done; satisfaction with the growth ports. He is a 100% Union man, of the union and it continued dedication to the principles thinks the world of the SIU and it's officials. I'm not in the habit of militant unionism; and confidence in our ability to not of boasting about skippers but only defeat the Nazi torpedo which might come crashing when you run into one like this you just have to let the gang into the ship at any moment, but in our ability to handle know, so take it from me and the shipowner offensive which will be inevitably aimed at the rest of the crew, Captain John Kramer is 100%. the union when the war ends. The other person I would like Men who go to sea discover, in most intimate terms, to mention is poison to any one the stuff of which their shipmates are made. Men who go that mentions unionism. His name is Frank Ferdinand Pohl. to sea discover a comradeship among themselves which few Where he sailed before I don't shoreside workers experience. This comradeship, strength­ know. We have crew members ened and enriched by union loyalty, means that they face on here that are from all districts and no one has ever heard of him. the common enemy militantly united. They can face with If you would have sailed with equal courage and determination -a tin fish or a shipowner him once or met anyone who had you would hear about him. He lockout. disregards union contracts and The har<Jships now endured by our union brothers will dispises union members more than any man I have ever met steel them against a "soft peace" with the shipowner after and I have met quite a few on ships and came in contact with the war. quite a few 14 karat S.O.B.'s, These are the thoughts of the men at sea this Christ­ while working for the union, I mas. The day will not be merry—but will be one of sat­ think he was an engineer on the WPA before h6 started back to isfaction. • sea, because only a WPA engin­ eer would try to run the whole engine department and not be able to fill any of the jobs prop­ erly. For a Chief Engineer he does more than any I have ever seen. In and out of port he does all the maneuvering and he's up all hours of the night on the prowl. He takes care of all the overtime and disputes 90% of it. He tried to operate the evaporator and we drank salt water for a week. He canned the former 1st., Ass't. and Deck Engineer in New Orleans because they were too friendly. The 1st. was a foTmer SIU mem­ ber. Yours truly, the deck en­ gineer, made the trip. Everytime he started a pump he would pump just the opposite from what was intended and it was a 50-50 chance that fuel oil went over­ board. He doesn't allow coffee pots in the engine room or fireroom so if you like your coffee on watch avoid him. And no sitting down on watch regardless of who you are. This is turning out to be a lot of chatter although it could go on for weeks, so not to make it (Continued on Page 4) AIERFS WMAT-WAWT-AND BE SORB r»BYALL MAVrA., UmN LABEL DM THEM i —Advance i:^ J.''' AS was predicted recently, the opening up of some of the larger ports in the European continent has meant shipping in the East Coast has picked up considerably due to the quicker turn around of the vessels. This applies es­ pecially to the port of New York, which has been extremely busy over the past few weeks. Because of this fact, the union is short of men in New York, and as a re­ sult is often times forced to ship trip card men. For that reason our book members down the coast and in the gulf, who are having difficulty in shipping out, should come up this way and help to alleviate the shortage. In doing so, we will avoid doing what the NMU has already done — creating a top heavy organization and an ex­ cessive membership. This mistake will effect the union as shipping resumes a peace time status. We have ex­ panded our membership only as needed, and as a result we shall come out. of this war a much stronger organization than we were upon entrance. This does not, however, apply to other organizations in the maritime field — especially the NMU. With their top heavy membership and their expensive bureaucratic set up the NMU will have a less stable organiza­ tion than our union. Over the past there have been various disputes which had to be re-fought on each ship at J>ay off time. Naturally the necessity of fighting this issue time after time means a loss of lots of ef­ fort. To avoid this in the future, the Seafarers intend taking the controversial issues to the Port Committee to get a final decision. Instead of having the same beef come up time and again it shall be settled definitely and finally, thereby taking up lots of slack motion. This will be beneficial to the Organization as a whole— both members and officials. i 4- 4The value of having an effici­ ent filing system has proven it­ self time after time, in the Port of New York. For instance, when a man is reported as delinquent by the Draft Board and his case is referred to the FBI for prose­ cution, the FBI usually contacts the union to which the man be­ longs and inquire as to the man's shipping recoTd. If the organiza­ tion has, and the Seafarers do have, a filing system in such a manner as you can show a man's shipping record immediately up­ on request, then the FBI drops charges against him and notifies the draft board of same. The Seafarers has an average of 50 cases such as this every week, and whether or not we can show the man's shipping record means the difference of arrest or having the charges against him dropped.. This is only one of the many ft benefits the membership of the Seafarers have. 4 ' v 4, ' ' j ' l" �Friday, December 15, 1844 THE SEAFARERS hOG Page Thn* Around The Ports SIU MASTER AT ARMS IS I for making three o'clock coffee NEW YORK on the range. None of thi.s was on the payroll. The recently bought automo­ The company wanted the crew bile in New York is proving its to payoff and "straighten every­ worth in this port. thing out later," but the crew One man was first assigned to said "no dice." They were eager it for the purpose of signing on to abide by the resolution. Pa­ ships and settling port beefs, but trolmen Rentz and Hamilton who the beefs came up in so many were aboard, notified the com­ departments that two men were pany of the crews' stand. Nine asigned to the car, to sign on's, days later, the crew; paid off with port beefs and payoffs. Patrol­ all departments collecting around men Sheehan and Hanners who a thousand dollars which they are now assigned to the car paid would have never seen, had they off six and signed on twenty-two, accepted the company proposal and made trouble shooting trips and not held out until vouchers to fourteen ships the past week. were made out for pay in full. That is covering quite a bit of Out of the 26 ships paid off waterfront and is an example of here this week the Robert Treat what an asset an automobile can of the Eastern paid off here the be on a waterfront like this when last of the week without a beef aboard. A rare case but it some­ it is properly utilized. A resolution that was carried times happens. in this port recently concerning Shipping is still holding its own holding Moran payoffs up Until in this port with men shipped in Master of vessel signed vouchers all departments. Some of these for all money due, has proven were trip card men, so.- if any beneficial in this port this week. one down the line needs a quick The M/V Trinidad Head had a ship he won't have to stay on the forty-nine day payroll, most of beach long in''this port. The only thing that's hard to it in port. For twenty-six of these days there was no steam as the get in this port is a balloting boilers were under repair. The committee, but this port still entire crew had subsistance shows promise of setting a bal­ amounting to $52.00 and the loting record. Steward had 20 hours overtime J. P. SHULER, Patrolman MONEY DUE A JACK OF ALL TRADES The SIU Master-at-Arms in the New York building is supposed to keep winos and finks out of the union hall. But, brother, if you think that is all his job en­ tails, then you are sadly mistak­ en. "Jimmy" Drawdy has to be more than a muscle man in his job; he must be a father confes­ sor to deserted wives and spurn­ ed sweethearts, he must be an oracle of waterfront lore for the kids out of the training school, he must be a salesman for the union to the unorganized, and to the drunks he must not only be a bouncer, but also a friend who listens to their alcoholic philosophyzing before showing them the door. That's no easy job. Jimmy is an old time SIU man and has all ratings in the Black Gang. Long watches ministering oil to the roaring monsters whicb drive the ships, has given him the philosophical turn of mind which makes it possible for him to handle all comers in the union lobby without ever losing his. temper. "When they begin to scream," Jimmy says, "1 just pour a little verbal oil on them and they tame down." Jimmy confesses that one of his biggest problems is women who are tracking down their men and demand entry into the union hall to hunt for them. "Some of those dames come storming into the building with an expression of a wounded she-tiger," said Jimmy. "1 handle that kind with, kid gloves because I sure don't want to get tangled with them."" The fact is that by the time Jimmy finishes giving these ^kirts the oil, they are convinced that their husbands love them and that a glass of spirits now and then is as natural for a seaman as breathing. "Yeah," mused Jimmy, "all kinds of characters try to get into the hall. Why would you believe it, 1 have about 6 or 7 NMU men trying to crash the gate every day. These birds will try to hurryby me and just pull the corner of their union books out of their pockets. They think that in the rush Til mistake an NMU book for an SIU book." Actually the NMU and SIU books have a similarity in ap­ pearance and it would be easy to mistake one for the other at a glance. But Jimmy has a sure fire method; "Hell, 1 never miss an NMU book," he says, "because can smell 'em." SS JOSIAH B. GRINNELL Ranlsome, AB; Joseph Stribbling, George Elderkin, 80 hours; Nor- AB; Jack Nelson, AB. * • • ville Naes, 221 hours: Leroy PreSantos Antonetti, Oiler, 72 hrs; the SS Howard E. Coffin. Voyage witte, 84 hours; Arthur Partoni. SS RICHARD M. PEARSON No. 3, and A. R. Bliksvar. Oiler Clifton Mainers, Oiler, 77 hrs. 13 hours. James L. Joyner, 51 hours; W. and J. W. Brown. F-WT. on the SS JOHN GORRIE To collect write to Bull Line F. DeLong, 41 hours; John Dun­ SS John Gorrie. Voyage 5. is be­ Voyage No. 5 « office, 115 Broad Street, New phy. 11 hours. ing checked and as soon as we James F. McKillip, F-WT. 37 have the requisite information York City. Write for check to Mississppi * » » Steamship Company, Hibernia hrs; Demetrios Joannou. F-WT, we will advise you in the prem­ V 28 hrs; Roy W. Bell, Oiler. 26 hrs; ises. EMIL KASCLINAK, Fireman: Bank Building. New Orleans. • • • Joseph R. Kennedy, Oiler. 36 hrs. The Seatle Branch is holding SS ROBERT FECKNER your check of $21.49. Write to Following disputed overtime SS HOWARD E. COFFIN Voyage No. 4 « Charles Frankle and tell him sent .in from the respective ports Voyage No. 3 John Deely, 48 hrs; R. Grandwhere to mail it. and settled, can be collected at John Depistrantonia, AB, 5 hrs; » * « lund. 48 hrs; Wm. Cogzenski, 48 South Atlantic Steamship Line in Charles Abraham. OS, 1 hr; E. H. hrs; Harry Goldstein, 1 hr; R. SS GAMBRILL Savannah, Georgia: Cavada, Oiler. 15 hrs. Greenway, 5 hrs; J. Eichenberg, O. Klippberg, Bosun, and C. —CHARLIE WAID Disputed overtime for G. Han- 59>/2 hrs; T. B. Black. 591/2 hrs; Nelson, Deck Maintenance, have SS ALBERT P. RYDER rahn, AB. and P. Gellatly, AB, on Bert Troth, 171/2 hrs. overtime coming. Collect Ameri­ Voyage No. 1 can Range Liberty Line office. C. D. Shirley, Wiper and Util­ » * • ity, 12 hrs. SS RICHARD MUMFORD ATLANTIC AND GULF SHIPPING FOR Voyage No. 2 PEARSON George Clark, AB, 119'/2 hrs; Voyage No. 1 NOVEMBER 1 TO 27 James L. Joyner, Oiler. 51 hrs; Norman Lucas, AB, 73 hrs; James W. F. DeLong, .(r.. Fireman-WT, D. Moore, AB, 70 Va hrs; Joseph Deck Engine Steward Total 41 hrs; John Dunphy, Fireman- Orlando. AB. 661/2 hrs; Nicola WT. 11 hrs. The above men may Carotti, AB, 67 hrs; George Mil­ SHIPPED 1586 1193 1239 4018 receive this overtime pay by writ­ ler, OS, 7614 hrs; Garrett Hogan, REGISTERED 1009 1012 1100 3121 ing to the New Orleans office of OS, 80 hrs; Anthony Glambone. OS, 66 V2 hrs; Harry Vancil, Oiler, Mississippi SS Co. • * • llSVa hrs; Peter Vlachos, Oiler, The following men have re­ 59 hrs; Daniel Vallus, Oiler, 76 ceived pay vouchers from Smith hrs; Hialmer Nordby. F-WT, 88 and Johnson SS Company, but hrs; Antonion Martinez. F-WT. have not signed and returned the 84 hrs; Norbert Pruszka, F-WT, vouchers. The pay checks can 83 hrs. not be made out until the vouch­ ROBERT M. T. HUNTER ers are returned: Voyage No. 4 Robert S. Cunningham, Deck James R. Kornofski, Oiler, (ap­ Maint.; Julia Fernandez, F-WT; proved for 11 days' pay at $3.66Thomas Higham, AB; I. Iverson, 2/3 per day minus 9V2 hours over­ filNeMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION AB; Harry McKenzie, OS; James time previously paid); Rodney C. IN RECONVERSION PERIOD Carr, AB; Francis P. Ressler, OS; Kuschke, Meiisman. 190 hrs; Emil W. Callahan, F-WT; L. J. Harvey, Stremnph, Utility Messman, 190 'LOSr PURCHASING POWER Utility; F. L. Leavitt, Utility; R. hrs; Dewey Rhea, Chief Cook, 4 W. Stanford, Utility; Konrad An­ hrs. derson, Bos'n; Chalmers C. BurSS ROBERT TOOMBS kett. Deck Maint.; James Akers, Unemployment compensation payments will xrake up not more thsm 10% of purchasing power Voyage No. 4 F-WT: Adam Harting, Bos'n; Harry Justice, AB: Edward Burnett Gellman, F-WT, 40 hrs; lost through reconversion unemployment. Under present state laws, only one-third to one-half of the O'ConneL AB; Arkadi Rauk, Dk. Eldee McNabb, F-WT, 87 hrs; six billion dollar reserve fund will be paid in the postwar reconversion period. No wonder workers are Eng.; Robert Worland, 2nd Cook; Marion Chapnowsld, F-WT, 61 demanding- a national law to give adequate protection or, in the meantime, more generous state un­ Alphonse Bailey. F-WT: Charles hrs; Hardy Rush, Oiler, 52 hrs; employment benefits. Workers Need Unemployment Insurance �Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG NMU CONTINUES TO MUFF TANKER DRIVE By STEELY WHITE Friday, December 15, 1944 STRAIGHT ram me Editor's Mail Curran & Stalin, Inc., have hit another foul in their infamous "organizing" drive on Standard Oil. Recently (Continued from Page 1) the Standard refinings plank were polled and the Commie- too boring, so long for now and run CIO outfit lost on all counts to a company union! And a Merry Christmas and a Happy to the sad tune of 500 to 2500—at the Bayway, N. J. plant. and properous New Year to you ALLEY aU. The NMU labor fakers were* movement. He wrote a remark­ Fraternally, planning to use the shoreside able book that every labor con­ C. J. 'BUCK' STEPHENS. workers in the plank affiliated to scious man should read, entitled, • • • the CIO as a major channel of "Labor Spy Racket." He got enDec. 2, 1944 contact to the crews on the tangled with the ComBy "FRENCHY" MICHELET Standard and Esso ships, to sell munist Party. Then and there he Editor, Seafarers Log the stinking bill of goods they ceased being an outstanding in­ Dear Sir and Brother: We are about to come out of fashioned New England boiled i our corner for round two of our dinner with corned beef bri.sket call a tanker contract. dividual and a man who pushed When we signed on at the be­ fi^ht to persuade the WSA to and fresh vegetables. The meat The CIO contemplates calling himself up by his own initative. ginning of this trip, the patrol­ store vessels under their control should be cooked the day before. a conference about February 25, to formulate plans and ways and He became a pawn to the di­ man came aboard with a folder with prepared cake, biscuit, Remember, the secret of good means of re-organizing the re­ rectives and policies handed full of educational material for doughnut and icing mixtures. We juicy, tender col-ned beef is long, fineries, using the minority of down for him to follow by the the crew. He gave it to the deck have enlisted the aid of the vari­ slow cooking. Wash the meat /' polled votes as a "nucleus." Mean­ big wigs in the Comintern from delegate and told him to distrib­ ous companies marketing these thoroughly in cold water and let while, the NMU "comrades" are Moscow. They utilized his intel­ ute it among the crew, which preparations to help us prepare it stand in the water for one impatiently awaiting this con­ ligence and reputation, taking it was promptly done. I must say statistics proving that these mix­ hour. Cover the meat with plenty ference to try to get a few pledges away from the working stiff and that the material was of high tures actually cost no more than of cold water and bring slowly signed in their behalf on Stand­ throwing it into Joe Stalin's ma­ calibre. I think that our union the ingredients (eggs, flour, shor­ to the boiling point. Push the pot chine, as they do with any and has not gotten out enough of this tening, milk and etc.) in unfa- to the back of the range and let ard ships. all; be he college professor or sort of educational material, and bricated form. it simmer gently for about four BRAIN-TRUST BUST waterfront bum. Now, all Hub- I am glad to see that we are now It will be a big contribution hours or until tender. Let the 'Tis a sad day for the brain- berrnan is, is a stooge for the catching up on badly needed" ed­ toward the comfort and well- meat cool in the liquid then re­ trust running the NMU. Why it's Party to be slammed around from ucation. being of the membership if we move, reserving the liquid. Next come to the place where they pillar to post, wherever he will There was even a card in the succeed in having these prepar­ morning put the stock back on can't even win an election over do them the most good. And who folder about keeping the ship ations put aboard our ships. These the range and bring to a boil. a company union! And unless an looses? The guy in the ships. clean. You'd -be surprised what mixtures make the tastiest of Now throw in some cabbage, tur­ operator just ups and signs one effect that had oh the brothers. cakes, doughnuts, etc., with the nips, onions and carrots and cook STRIKE BREAKER of their phoney contracts over the heads of the men on the I note that Frank (Commie) When they read "An SIU Ship is simple addition of water and until tender. Add potatoes last as they cook quickly. Now put ships they can't seem to make Jones is now out in Cleveland a clean ship" they immediately baking or frying. any headway. acting as NMU agent with an­ began to pay more attention to So if some shoemaker is feed­ the meat into the pot to heat and This should seem a little pecu­ other stooge Mike Vargo. They sanitary work. We want to make ing you bride biscuits or pound get ready for the crew to run the liar to the rank "'and file of the are throwing roses at the men in all the new members realize that cake, don'L let it get you down. messman bowlegged carrying it NMU membership. Especially if Bethlehem Transportation ships one of the requirements for being Better days are coming—there'll to them. they were to happen to take a on how to get overtime, ice boxes, a good union man is to know his be pie in the sweet bye-and-bye! Next time you have corned For the umpteenth time we are beef hash try making it this way: look at the dough that's charged lockers, better food, more show­ job and to do it. This card is a going to urge cooks and stewards Grind up cooked corned beef, off to organizing the salaries for ers, night lunches, etc. Wonder step in the right direction. However, the point I wanted to use a little ingenuity in prepar­ boiled potatoes and raw onions. their high-pressure organizers. if he thinks people have forgot­ All the super-heated blah-blah ten when the papa comrades in to make in this letter is that the ing menus. Don't feed them the Now moisten the meat with the they have been plugging in the New York sent him to Miami in ship's delegates shouldn't distrib­ same old foods cooked in the stock that the meat was cooked Pilot is losing its punch and the 1939 to break the strike in the ute the contents of these envel­ same old way, day after day. Use in or, lacking that, with potato men in the ships are seeing thru P&O ships when those boys were opes until after the ship has sail­ your head if you want to save water. Put the mixture into a its deception. This deception is a fighting for the very same things ed. While we are in port it is your ears! For instance, we know greased baking pan and bake for false positive program printed in • (and finally won them despite easy to get all sort of reading of a score of tasty ways to pre­ a half hour. Now remove from the paper and a very negative everything Jones could do against material, and as a result the men pare corned beef. Here's two: the oven and make indentions in Treat them to a hearty old- the top of the hash with the bot­ program carried out for the sea­ the SlU). The only thing that only half read everything they tom of a small cup. Now drop a men. got broke was his head when he pick up, and then ditch it over HEN FRUIT raw seasoned egg into qach de­ walked through our picket line the sidp. If the Seafarers Logs In a desperate effort to show after the rank and file NMU sea­ and the pamphlets were kept out pression and return to the oven of' sight until the ship was on some proggress they got together men wouldn't. for about ten minutes or until the eggs are baked and served. (Continued from Page I) in one big strain—and laid an The Pilot is crying for the Esso the high seas, then the boys egg. They have diverted and and Standard seamen to observe would really study these publi­ tem the following 13 weeks, and The pot situation aboard ships funneled the resources of the the excellent improvement and cations from cover to cover. by the Blue Network for the re­ ain't funny, Magee. Finding our­ Fraternally yoursj' NMU Educational School into this wonderful conditions they would maining 26 weeks. selves deluged with complaints L. M. tanker drive. They take a group gain by hog-tieing themselves to The Mutual Broadcasting Sys­ about worn out pots that stick of sincere young men new in the the NMU and sailing under the tem said it could not participate and scorch food, we invaded the industiT that are green in the la­ NMU tanker contract. This in­ by allotting a regular series of sacred sanctum of the WSA and bor movement, soup them up famous documentary collection of programs but will make avail­ demanded in the name of the SIU with a load of super-duper prop­ meaningless words and phrases able an equivalent amount of why couldn't we get replace­ aganda of what an excellent or­ can barely be called "contract" time for broadcasts of special ments for worn out gear. We ganization the NMU is, the won­ from a working stiff's point of events and features by the Feder­ pointed out that the retining jobs ders it has achieved for the work­ view. A compulsary agreement ation from time to time during that are being done on this gear ing stiffs, what good guys the to pay through the nose—yes! the year. is like the face-lifting job that officials are, plus a pep talk on "By means of these radio pro­ these rich old hags have done on COMPARE CONTRACTS how Standard Oil kicks the sail­ grams," Mr. Green declared, "the their pans—it helps the appear­ If the men in the ships want ors around and that they are the American Federation of Labor ance but it don't make the g^ar boys to ship into their ships and to really know what the score is, will be able to present its news work any better! bring the poor sailors under the all they have to do is pick up and views directly to the Ameri­ The oracle who presides behind salvation of the NMU and their the NMU "Fanker "contract" and can people and to its 7,000,000 the desk heard us out patiently the SIU contract and compare superb contract. members. (and he must have a lot of pa­ Though it is well camufloged, it the two. Compare NMU with 'It is our purpose to make tience, because we really banged is a dirty shame that they con­ SIU contracts on dry cargo ships. these programs as interesting- and his ear) then he explained that ;it taminate these young seamen's Compare NMU conditions with informative as possible. We are isn't possible to get decent gear minds with their commie theory SIU. determined to build up a large because of war shortages. and bend their action to follow The SIU recently has won sev­ and regular audience for these "Why is it," we insisted, "that Commie policy in place of rank eral tanker companies including programs. To that end, I urge all some of the new ships coming off and file unionism that would be Standard Oil of Calif., over both central labor unions and state the ways are stocked with good an asset to the seamen's industry, company Unions and the NMU federations of labor to persuade stainless steel gear?" school as "Educational Director by a very decisive majority. The It would be well for the sea­ their local radio stations to carry "That's because a few ship­ seamen showed by the votes poll­ men in the Standard and Esso the federation's programs offered builders had the foresight to buy GOOD MAN GONE BAD An outstanding example of ed which union they think is ships to observe the facts before by the national networks. up this gear before the shortages these tactics is in the individual fighting for the seamen. The SIU they swallow the hog-wash the The first program will be broad­ became acute and store it in their who is now head of this NMU doesn't have to give its conditions NMU is trying to shove down cast over the facilities of the Na­ warehouses," he informed us. . school as "Educational Organizer and contracts big false build-ups their throats. When you join a tional Broadcasting Co. on Sun­ We then checked with two of the NMU," Leo Huberman. He in its paper; the seamen recog­ union, join the ciiae that will do| day, Jan. 7, from 1:15 to 1:30 nearby shipyards and it turnerd was a serious minded and honest nize them in the ships and form ycu some ^oiSKi. Tides aut an SIU p.m.. Eastern War Time. It will out that the guy was giving it to man in his effort in the labor their own conclusions. ibcok. ' - < be entitled "Labor Forum." us straight. ' f Broadcasts For '45 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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SIU MASTER AT ARMS IS A JACK OF ALL TRADES NMU CONTINUES TO MUFF TANKER DRIVE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/15/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/5f517df3ea1d5aaf28637b51b170a072.PDF a3ae4cbc351252519509125afbd27506 PDF Text Text NLRB CERTIFIES SEAFARERS. HITS CITIES SERVICE TACTICS Hard on the heels of its certification by the National Labor Relations Board as collective bar­ gaining agent for nine Cities Service Oil Company tankers, the SIU's Atlantic and Gulf District called upon the company last week to enter negotiations for a contract covering the company's unlicensed personnel. The certification order brought one step closer the Union wages, conditions and security that thei Official Organ, AtUmiic & Gulf Diatrid, Seafarers International Union of NA SIU set out to obtain for Cities Service seamen when it launched its organizing drive more than No. 33 N^:W YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16. 1949 VOL. XI two years ago. Throughout the entire history of the campaign, the Cities Service company conducted a reign ol terror among its unlicensed personnel in a vain effort to stop the landslide of sentiment in favor of the SIU as collective bargaining agent for the Heet. Seafarers Presents SUpewners With Deammf For Welhire FumI ^NEW YORK- -Contract- ed operators are studying the SIU Atlantic and Gulf District's demand for an em­ ployer-financed welfare plan presented to them by the Headquarters Negotiating Committee at a joint meet­ ing here last Friday, De­ cember 2. The Negotiating Committee laid before the shipowners a welfare fund proposal calling for contributions of 25 .cents for each man for each day worked. The Union also demanded that the operators begin contribut­ ing to the fund on January 1, iko. . The Union negotiators told the shipowners that the type of ben­ efits, manner of payments and other details on the operation of the fund could be worked out after agreement had been reach­ ed on the principle of the plan. In reply, the shipowners said they would study the Union pro­ posal, and began a series of meetings on Wednesday to de­ termine • their position. The joint meeting came after Headquarters notified the opera­ tors that it wished to reopen the contract to discuss wages, allow­ able under terms of the SIU's agreements. In fact, after the CS seamen overwhelmingly chose the SIU as their bargaining representa­ tive in the first NLRB election on seven ships last year, the company stepped up its terror­ istic tactics and began firing crewmembers by the shipload at the end of each voyage. But as rapidly as CS fired men with Union sympathies, just as rapidly did their replacements recognize the need for the soxmd economic protection and security offered by SIU representation. In face of the pronounced sen­ timent of its employes, the com­ pany threw obstacle after ob­ stacle in the path of the NLRB as it sought to set up the ma­ chinery for the second election, an attitude that was scored by the government agency in its certification order. (Full text of the NLRB's Or. der of Certification begins on page 7.) In rejecting the Cities Service company's objections to the elec­ tion procedure, the NLRB state­ ment said: "In light of the Employer's refusal to cooperate with an agency of the Government in carrying out its statutory fimc— tions in the public interest, we believe that, apart from other considerations, it ill behooves the Employer to file objections stem­ ming principally from its own recalcitrance." The Union's request for con­ tract talks was made in a letter to M. J. Adkins, CS Marine Su­ perintendent, and was signed by Robert A. Matthews, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer. The letter said in part: "Pursuant to the Supplement­ al Decision and Certificate of Representatives in Case No. 2RC-512 of the National Labor Relations Board, we hereby re­ quest a meeting with responsible officials of your company who {Continued on Page 10) MM&P Extends Old Contract The threat of an East Coast shipping strike, which would have begun today, vanished when the AFL Masters, Mates and Pilots and operators' repre­ sentatives agreed to extend their present contract for four months. The contract extension, fourth since it expired on September 30, was made at the request of William Margolies, federal medi­ ator. During the four-month period, a study will be made of the job security and seniority issues that had resulted in the previous stalemates. The Union will at­ tempt to formulate a workable plan that is acceptable to both sides, and will notify the Con­ ciliation Service of its progress. The new deiadline on the con­ tract is 12:01 AM, April 16. - t New York Brands Trotskyites Bual And Hostile' Termed "dual and hostile" in a sternly worded resolution adopted unanimously at the New York Headquarters meeting on December 7, Trotskyites and members of other similar politi­ cal splinter groups this week faced possible expulsion from the • SIU. Final action on the resolution is scheduled to come in the outports on December 21. The crackdown on the Trot­ skyites, officially known as the Socialist Workers Party, came as the answer to an organized campaign the group had launch­ ed against the SIU, the purpose of which was to smear the Union and its officials, attempt to build a working clique within the SIU and, finally, serve as a re­ cruiting drive for the party. Specifically the resolution adopted charged the group with attempting to disrupt and di­ policies of any of these organi­ vide our Union. zations, be declared an enemy of In calling for the ouster of the the SIU and be made to stand Trotskyites and all other types charges and, if found guilty, be of communists, the resolution expelled from the Union. asked the membership to go on Adoption of the resolution will record to deal with the follow­ clear the way for the SIU to ers of these political factions as give these people the treatment enemies of the SIU; and that they so well deserve for their any man who is a member of, attacks made on the Union contributes to or, as a fellow- •through leaflets and their newstraveler, knowingly follows the (Continued on Page If) �Page Two THE SEAFARERS tOG Fri^jT' Decehifier 16,1919 SEAFARERS ' Published Every Other Week by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Streetj New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 Reentered as second class matter August 2, 1949, at the Post Office in New York, N.Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. 267 Which Way} NLRB Certification of the Seafarers as the collective bargaining agency for Cities Service unlicensed person­ nel—after months of obstruction and delaying actions by the company—brings to a close one phase of the long struggle by Cities Service seamen to get for themselves the top wages, shipboard conditions and job security enjoyed by the members of the SIU. The next step—the signing of an SIU contract by Cities Service—may take as long, or it may be accom­ plished within a few days. It all depends on the company. If Cities Service chooses 'to flout the law and go rJong its traditional anti-union path, the Cities Service seamen and their representative, the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union, will have no recourse but to take economic action. However, if Cities Service decides to honor the law of the land and the mandate of its seamen, and bargain in good faith with the SIU, the way will be open to industrial peace in its fleet. Nine out of every 10 Cities Service seamen stated unequivocally in the last NLRB election -that they want to be represented by the Seafarers International Union. They stated that they want job security. They^ stated that they want to do away with ship­ board intimidation, and the always present threat of being blackballed. They stated that they want SIU working conditions aboard Cities Service tankers. They stated that they want fresh vegetables, milk and meat aboard their ships. They stated that they want SIU Patrolmen to repre­ sent them at sign-ons and payoffs. ' They stated that they want the full protection of an SIU contract. These are the things the Cities Service men want, and 89 percent of them said it by secret ballot. The' Seafarers has. already asked Cities Service to meet to discuss a contract. What happens now is up to the company. But whatever it is, the SIU, as always, is ready. What do you say. Cities Service? Freedom From Fear The SIU has moved to establish on the East Coast the welfare plan jointly conceived by the A&G District and the SUP. The SUP's new contract, signed last week, contains a provision for the type of Welfare Fund de­ manded by A&G negotiators in last week's meeting with the operators. As members of our Negotiating Committee put it: "From here on in, more and more attention will be devoted to the future security of seamen." Seafarers stand on the threshold of a new era, in which they will not have to face the privations of old age. The Seafarers are i-eally making maritime history! To Our Friends The Seafarers International Union, Atlantic and Gulf District, extends to all of its friends, at home and abroad, its very best wishes for a Merry Christmas. May the New Year bring them greater rewards and security. Seafarers Members Now In The Marine Hospitals STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL MOSES MORRIS H. E. LOGE J. J. O'CONNOR C. E. SANCHEZ SAMUEL JONAS . L. F. BARNA D. P. GELINAS FRANK NEARING RICHARD GRALICKI ' CRIACO ESOLAN C. MARTINEZ DUSAN DE DUISIN M. J. LUCAS JOSEPH F. GAMBLICH NICHOLAS CORATTI L. F. ROZUM CHARLES HAWVER H. J. OUT V. J. RIZZUTO JAMES F. MARKEL EUGENE LADRIERE HENRY WATSON HENRY JOHNSON JOSEPH ARRAS L. D, DIEUDONNE i 4. 4BALTI^IORE HOSPITAL F. W. CHRISTY L. JUDAH, JR. E. MATTSSON R. E. EVERT G. A. CARROLL B. H. BRUNIE A. L. MASTERS R. W. BELL G. W. MILLER P. DARROUGH H. W. SPENCER G. D. REAGAN C. W. HEMMIS E. S. GABA J. G. HARRIS C. J. BISCUP R. P. PEARSON • , \ F. KORVATIN y ^ ^ E. F. PAUL : 'v ' r A. WRIGHT L. CRUZ ' 'V ' H. CONNOR . W. HUNTER C. W. GOODWYN G. L. HAND - 4. 4 4 NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL J. DENNIS F. LANDRY H. LAGAN . L. WILLIS . L. LANG J. SMYTHE H. H. SCHULTZ P. ROBERTS A. MAUFFRAY F. CAILLOUET O. HOWELL ' H.-REMME J. APPLE J. GRANGER J. TASSIN C. BROWN E. CHATTERTON H. PENTON • R. REED SHAFFER J. H. MCELROY B. EANS WM. ROBERTS A. LOPEZ T. DAILEY C. BERNARD T. CIESLAK 4 4 4 MOBILE HOSPITAL W. T. PRESLEY J. L. WEBB J. C. STEWART P. _ HENDERSON J. B. DIXON L. HOWARD R. FOSTER , . E. COLLINS / F. SPRUILL TIM BURKE 4 4 4 SAN FRANCISCO HOSP. JAMES HODO • JAMES R. LEWIS WILLIE WATSON T. ISAKSEN i. KEENAN RAFEL SALDANA 4 4 4 . BOSTON HOSPITAL '' :'D'z • W. J. BLAKELY H. NONGEZER R. BOLDUC E. COTREAU ; V", Ji VIERA v, F. ALASAVICH /: VIC MILAZZO -•"'it-:'.. NEPONSIT HOSPITAL WILLIAM PADGETT MATTHEW BRUNO JOSE DE JESUS J. M. LANCASTER R. E. LUFLIN ESTEBAN P. LOPEZ CHARLES L. MOATS • PEDRO G. ORTIZ R. REDDEST R. A. RATCLIFF THOMAS WADSWORTH R. A. BLAKE L. BALLESTERO JOHN T. EDWARDS E. FERRER I. H. FRENCH JOSEPH SPAULDING I-:- JOSEPH SILLAK , LUIS TORRES L. TULL FRED ZESIGER .v'l . . '? ELLIS ISLAND HOSPITAL BEAU TEAU KNEW . HENRY P. GALLAGHER EDWARD SNOWMAN • 4 4 4 • • NOPEMING (MINN.) % SANATORIUM ivwk; C. HAGBERG 4 4 4 • VETERANS HOSPITAL (Manhattan Beach, N.Y.): vvv|j DOUGLAS CARREIRO �THE SEAFARERS I^day, December 16. 1949 LOG Rotary Shipping Gets G)ngressioiMil Look-See AFL Meet Sets Plans Fer Growth In Sentb NEW ORLEANS—The Ameri­ can Federation of Labor's South­ ern State Organizing Convention wound up here on December 4, after three days of activity aim­ ed at expanding AFL member­ ship and to intensify the drive to defeat labor's enemies at the polls. Attending the convention, which was chaired by E. H. Wil­ liams, president of the Louisiana State Federation, were 14 presi­ dents and secretary-treasurers of southern State Federations, and officials of AFL municipal bodies. Lew Rhodes, AFL Director of Organization in the South, called the convention to older. Gal Tanner, Mobile Port Agent and SIU Vice-President, and Earl Sheppard, New Orleans Port Agent, were among the delegates to the convention. O'REILLY, KEENAN SPEAK Principal speakers at the con­ vention included Han-y O'Reilly, AFL National Director of Or­ ganization, and Joseph Keenan, Director Of the AFL's Labor League for Political Education. O'Reilly stressed the need for ABOVE — Congressman Au­ continuing effort to organize the gustine Kelley studies shipping unorganized workers in the board in SIU's New York South and everywhere as the Branch, as A&G Secretary- only way to insure the security Treasurer Paul Hall explains of all. He also pointed up the rotary hiring. Looking on is necessity for political education Mrs. Kelley. Mr. Kelley was so that workers would be helped the third legislator in recent to elect candidates with under­ weeks to accept Union's invi­ standing and sympathy for their tation to see how hiring hall problems. Keenan outlined the job LLPE operates. has performed since its organi­ LEFT—Congressman Kelley, zation, the work it is doing at Orville Watkins (left) of the present and the task that still Office of Puerto Rico, and remains if its program is to be Walter Mason, AFL legislative successful. representative pause in tour In behalf of New Orleans May­ of SIU Hall to read SEAFAR­ or de Lesseps -Morrison, Commis­ ERS LOG. Mason and Watkins sioner McCloskey told the con­ accompanied Mr. Kelley and vention that "the Mayor consid­ other members of House Labor ered the job that has been done and Education committee on toward improving labor-manage­ recent trip to Puerto Rico. ment relations in this city well done." EGA Slaps Penalty On 7 Nations For Violating 50-50 Rnie The Economic Cooperation Administration has ordered sev­ en Mai-shall Plan countries to refund about $30,000,000 spent in the United States for goods that V.ere shipped in. violation of the 50-50 shipping- rule. The penalty was imposed "when the government agency discov­ ered that about 150,000 tons of ECA-financed cargo, purchased here by the seven beneficiary na­ tions, had failed to comply with the law requiring that at least •50 percent of all bulk cargoes must move in Aiherican bottoms. BOUND BY LAW Under the law, EGA must dis­ allow all transactions not in compliance. Since the goods have already been shipped and re­ ceived, the purchases, therefore, can not be cancelled. As a re­ sult, the amounts involved must be paid for in cash, instead of being charged to the allotments of the seven governments. When payment has been made, credit will be given toward- future al­ locations. The nations th^t have been slapped with the penalty are France, Belgium - Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Ireland, Sweden and Denmark. The amount which each of these countries must refund has not yet been figured out . exactly. The 50-50 shipping rule was passed by Congress last spring after the SIU and other mari­ time interests waged a vigorous battle to 'insure use of American ships in the transportation of cargoes sent abroad under the foreign aid program. The fight for the protective legislation N^s touched off by EGA Administrator Paul Hoff­ man's announcement last year that he intended to ignore the 50-50 provision recommended by Congress when it appropriated funds for European relief in early 1948. A storm of criticism greeted Hoffman's proposal and the SIU immediately launched an allout drive to halt such a move. TRADE UNION SUPPORT In its campaign, the SIU so­ licited and received the aid of hundreds of trade unions throughout the country. Appealing to Congress for re­ medial action, the SIU urged legislators to expressly incorpo­ rate into the EGA appropriation bill for 1949 a provision ensur­ ing at least 50 percent American participation in the transport of Marshall Plan goods. US SEAMEN ENDANGERED At that time the SIU pointed out that the American merchant fleet was already rapidly declin­ ing and that Hoffman's proposal would toss scores of vessels into lay-up and thousands of Ameri­ can seamen on the beach. The EGA Administrator gave as his reason for ignoring Am­ erican ships in the carrying of US-financed cargoes the alleged lower cost of using foreign ships. The SIU charged that an at­ tempt was being made by low- Page Three standard foreign flag operators to drop prices until American competition had been ^ d»iven from the field. Then, said the SIU, they could raise shipping fees to suit themselves. All of these arguments carried weight, and Congress adopted the Bland-Magnuson amendment, making the employment of US ships mandatory for at least half of the cargoes shipped under EGA. The violations of this rule re­ ported by EGA this week are the first since Congress pro­ vided that the 50-50 rule must be enforced. Keep Her Steady As She Goes We all know that the Seafarers is tops in the maritime field, and has the best contracts and conditions. We got to be that way the hard way—and let's keep it the way it is. Here are some of the things you can do: 1. Hold regular shipboard meetings 2. Attend the shoreside meetings, and take an active part in them. Bring up your beefs before the membership, not in a ginmill. 3. Keep those gashounds and performers under control. They are among the Union's worst enemies. 4. Do your job to the best of your ability. 5. Don't take time off unless you are authorized by the department head. A. P. Harvey, a representative of the Louisiana Labor Commis­ sion, discussed the labor move­ ment in the state and the steps taken to correct some of the past errors in dealing with labor problems. An insight into the workings of the National Labor Relations Board's activities was given to the convention delegates by Paul Baker of Washington. The Rev­ erend O'ConneU, Catholic priest of New Orleans, discussed re­ ligion, ' unionism, and "other needs of the working man." Reports made by officials of the various state and municipal labor bodies pointed up the fact that LLPE was making great progress in communities of all sizes in the South. Among resolutions adopted by the convention was one calling for intensification of the AFL organizing drive to bring one million new members into the group, as a memorial to Samuel Gompers, founder of the AFL. Another resolution urged all-out support of the LLPE in order to defeat those people in Congress who have proven themselves en­ emies of labor. (See page 5 for a full page of pictures taken at the convention.) Anti-Conummist Unions Fonn New WorU Croup The International "Confedera­ tion of Free Trade Unions-:-the new anti-communist labor or­ ganization representing 50,000,000 members in 53 countries— was formally established in Lon­ don early this month. AFL President William Green was chosen a member of. the executive board of the confed­ eration, which pledged to fight for v(iorkers and against totalit­ arianism everywhere. One of the main purposes of the new organization is to dem­ onstrate to working men and women that in democratic coun­ tries they "can have their bread and freedom, too." AFL Secretary - Treasurer George Meany and Irving Brown, AFL representative in Europe, were named alternates on the policy-making panel of the new group. Dutch Delegate J. H. Oldenbroek of the International Transportworkers Federation, with which the SIU is affiliated, was elected first secretary - general. Headquarters of the organization will be set up in Brussels. Plans for the new anti-com­ munist body of trade unions were started about a year ago when most of the free unions in the world pulled out of the com­ munist-dominated World Federa­ tion of Trade Unions. One of the issues at the con­ federation's first session centered on whether or not unions affili­ ated with the international or­ ganization- of catholic trade unions should be permitted to join the new body. AFL Delegate David Dubinsky, president of the ILGWTJ, led the fight to grant membership to the catholic unions, providing they sever relations with the religidus Trade Union International with­ in two years. 'I �THt S H A F A R E R' S Page Four Philiy Reports Slight Rise in Port Shipping Fitda-y. December 16: 1946 LOG AS eONGRESSIONAL GROUP TOUREO PUERTO RICO Ti^, ReiRef Carry Mobile OYer The Hen^ By JAMES SHEEHAN By CAL TANNER PHILADELPHIA—A slight in­ crease was noted in shipping in the Friendly City during the past two weeks, but not enough to call it an upswing. However, it's always satisfactory to report an increase in job opportunities, no matter how slight. We have had quite a few ships in here lately with a lot of beefs about crewmembers fouling up, not doing their, work exactly as they should or com­ ing back to the ship late. It is well, therefore, to stress once again that we have a con­ tract to live up to. Agreements are not one-sided affairs, and we cannot ride along thinking that only the companies are expected to abide by them. Members of the House Labor and .Education Committee, who recently completed a tour If we are to continue to de­ of Puerto-Rico and the Virgin Islands as part of a- Congressional study of Itdmr conditions, mand observance of the contracts were guided in and around San Juan by Sal Colls, SlU Representative in Puerto Rico. to the letter as forcefully as we' Above is group as it visited one of San Juan's government buildings. From left to right: have in the past, and to seek an unidentified government official. Rep. Ceirroll D. Kearns (Pa.), Rep. Augustine Kelley (Pa.), more and more benefits for the AFL Legislative Representative Walter Mason, Rep. John Lesinski (Mich.), committee chairman; membei'ship, we must keep on Sal Colls, Rep. Charles Howell (N.J.), Rep. Harold Velde (111.) and John Forsythe, general coun­ demonstrating our responsibility sel to the committee. as parties to a contract. Any crewmember who falls down on his obligations in this respect is jeopardizing the se­ curity and hardwon gains of the Isthmian; Robin Doncaster; Trin­ drinking at the wrong time show By JOE ALGINA rest of the membership. ity and the Colabee. by their actions that they don't NEW YORK—Shipping in this GUYS DON'T LIKE IT care about these-contracts and Other than the fairly satis­ port is maintaining the pace set A meeting was recently held several weeks ago. Despite the factory shipping situation in what they mean in security to aboard the Maiden Creek in this tough conditions prevailing in New York there's not much else the membership. port to straighten a matter that the industry, we have managed to report. One unpleasant affair, This is not to be regarded as has direct bearing on what we're to ship a satisfactory number of however, should stir up serious a sermon. It's just a reminder talking about. men during the two-week period thought among the membership. that the way to continued job A couple of guys thought they just ended. We're referring to the incident security is by sober recognition could do just as they pleased, of our obligations. You'll never Activity on the payoff side aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer, get it by fouling up; without regard for the welfare of the other crewmembers. Their took place aboard the follow­ as the re.sult of four men re­ portedly intoxicated and refusing shipmates made it clear that ing vessels: to turn to. The Skipper came such stuff couldn't be tolerated. Puerto Rko, Kathryn, Ann into the picture and, in the fra­ We had quite a few complaints Marie, Beatrice, Bull; Jean Laabout some -of the local ginmills. Fitte, John B. Waterman, Besse­ cas that followed, his gun went Readers notifying the SEA­ In one of the more popular spots mer Victory and the Yaka, Wa­ off and the radio operator was slightly injured. FARERS LOG of a change in here, the proprietor had a couple terman; Steel Worker, Steel Ex­ mailing address are re­ These four men have had of men thrown in the bucket for ecutive, Isthmian; Trinity, Alex­ quested to include their old charges preferred against them being drunk there. andra, Carras; Algonquin Vic- and they will have to stand address along with the new. Our men should avoid these lory, St. Lawrence Navigation; In addition to making easier trouble spots, and in this con­ Mankato Victory, Victory Car­ trial before a membership trial the switch-over it will also nection, it is suggested that when riers; Southland, South Atlan­ committee. guar a n t ee uninterruptedBut the point we're concerned you're in Philiy stop by the Hall tic, and* the Colabee, Americanmailing service^ and get the score on which are Hawaiian. with here is that the memberthe places to avoid. All notifications of change All payoffs came off smoothly, That recent reprint of the re­ of address should be ad­ marks in the Congressional Piec- especially the one aboard the dressed to the Editor, SEA­ ord made by- Representative Yaka, which came in very clean FARERS LOG, 51 Beaver Louis Heller about the SlU made Sifter a four-month voyage. Street, New York 4, N. Y. a hit with* a lot of members The Bull Line ships all signed here. A good many of them have on again. Other sign-ons in­ written to Mr. Heller, telling cluded the Strathmore, a tanker him how they liked what he that came out of lay-up; the said about our Union. Steel Apprentice, Steel Scientist, Shipping Holds At Even Keel In New York Log Sttbseribers MOBILE—Shipping in Mobile for the last couple of weeks has been dead slow, with approxim­ ately foi'ty-four bookmen and sixteen petmitmen shipped for the period. However, we did manage to ship over a hundred men on re­ lief jobs for the period. These jobs were shifting gangs, tug­ boat jobs and one day reliefs on deepsea ships; in fact, the relief jobs were what kept the port going and helped ease the pres­ sure on the beach. . Ships paying off in this pei'iod "were the Iberville, Morning Light, DeSoto, Mobiliah, Wild Ranger, Loyola Victory, ,Warhawk, all of the Waterman line; the Corsair, Alcoa, and the SS Strathcape of the Strathmoi-e SS Company. All these ships were in good shape, with only a few minor beefs on any of them. Signing on for the period were the Camas Meadows of the US Petroleum Carriers, headed for the Persian Gulf run; the Cor­ sair, headed back down to the Islands; Iberville, headed on the coastwise run; Morning Light, going back to Puerto Rico; Strathcape,. headed for New York; DeSoto, on the coastwise run; Mobilian, headed for Japan and Korea; Wild Ranger, back to Puerto Rico. In-ti-ansit during this period were the SS Catahula, Cuba Dis­ tillery; Steel Inventor, Isthmian line, and the Alcoa Runner. All were contacted and necessaiy re­ placements were furnished and all beefs smoothed out. , The biggest thing that hap­ pened around the port was the visit of the Merchant Marine sub-committee of the US Sen­ ate, which was -in Mobile for a three-day meeting. Labor, was invited to come and givfe" ideas and suggestions for improving the" merchant marine. All, of the Maritime Council that could possibly do so were present at the meeting, and each had ideas of his own for im­ proving the American merchant marine. A full report of this meeting will be made in the near future. Tampa Mayor Deputizes Finks dipping Drop Puales Balthime By WILLIAM (Curly) RENTZ •BALTIMORE—The local ship­ ping continues slow with little prospect for an early climb in­ to a more satisfying position. What few ships have honored us with their presence have been easily handled, with not a single one of them bringing us a beef of major size. All of the prob­ lems that have come up have been handled right at the pay­ off. Naturally the biggest item of conversation around here is, what^has happened to Baltimore shipping? The membership can­ not understand v/hat happened to suddenly make shipping take a nosedive here. Until a short time ago we had fairiy good shipping—not like a year, or so ago, but enough to insure a steady turnover. Now we^re moving («l the slow, slow bell. Here's hoping the shipping is being stored up somewhere and will soon come steaming in by the dozens. We could handle them. With a drop in the job turn­ over, there is a great deal of talk about compulsory vacations. Most of the fellows are waiting to read__ the arguments for and against as they appear in the LOG. By ihe time everyone has had his say, there shouldn't be a guy left in the • Union who doesn't know what the issue is in this case. At any rate, the men are talk­ ing and trying to figure out what the best way is to spread the work and make it as fair as possible to all hands. That's the. score from here for now. By RAY WHITE TAMPA—For the past several days we've watched our antilabor mayor hard at work doing snip has time and again demon­ his best to break a strike of the strated that it is a responsible city's bus drivers. Unfortunately, body of seamen. And we don't it looks like he has made good. mean that a guy who takes a 'He did his best to wreck the drink is not a responsible guy. SIU's strike in 1946, and called We don't care if a man drinks the cops out later when the or he doesn't. If he does, the truck drivers and cabbies struck. place for it is away from the This time he put an end to ship. In other words, not on the the 26-day strike of the local j*ob. It only leads to complica­ bus drivers. The other night Ma­ tions,- such as the Palmer inci­ yor Hixon gave the drivers the dent proves. ultimatum that they were to Again, we've got to say that drive the buses the next morn­ such kid stuff has no place in ing or else. Most of the drivers took the our outfit. Incidents like these tan only weaken our bargaining "or else" and didn't show up, but effectiveness - and certainly the police and the finks did. couldn't be called attractive to At the garage, the entire police force stood by while the finks new companies. We've got contracts to live up took over the jobs. To be sure the boys did their to. They've got to -be. renewed periodically and we fight to raise .jobs right, the Chief of Police our standards ait each new sign­ gave them guns and swore them ing. A few guys who insist on in as special police. This man­ euver hit an all-time low for scabbery. Hixon stands for re-election in (951 and, at the rate he is go­ ing. he won't get the vote of a single union man and woman in this city, which has the high­ est percentage of union members in the country. When the time co.me.s we hope he gets a licking, and we're going to do all we can to see that he gets it. CHANGE OF CREW On the shipping side, business has been slow, and that's the best we can say about that. . Otherwise, the hunting season has taken the members far afield. Some of the boys who took ,to the timberland have been Paxil Carter, Paul Brinson, Abie Ellis, Boss Beal and Polack Poluski. Beal is the champion, having killed two deer in the Suwanee Hammdck. Some marksmanship, eh? �Ffidmy, J>9ce!whv 1$^ 1.949 Pfl^e Five jjrjs S^AJ^.AJREJtS JLOG Pressing home a point: Delegate Middle, left, tells Aubry Hurst. Attorney for Louisiana State Federation of Labor, and Bob Soule, Secretary-Treasurer, New Orleans Central Trades and Labor Council, what he thinks. Some of the delegates and guests at the AFL Southern Slate Organizing Convention in New Orleans. Left to right: C. Tanner. SIU Mobile Agent; Edwin I. Soule, Louisiana Com­ missioner of Labor; Charles M. Hauk; Louis P. Sahuque, VicePresident, N.O. Central Trades and Labor Council; Earl Sheppard, SIU New Orleans Agent; Hugh Brown, Secretary-Trea­ surer, Alabama State Federation of Labor; Lew Rhodes, Southern Director of Organization; Charles Howe, Vice-Presi­ dent, Pressmen's Union; Bruce Campbell; Harry O'Reilley, National Director of Organization; E. J. Bourg, SecretaryTreasurer, Louisiana State Federation of Labor; E. H. Williams, President. Louisiana State Federation of Labor, and Bill Hines, President, Mississippi State Federation of Labor. Meet the ladies who graced the conventiom Seated (left to right): Mrs, R. L, Soule, Mrs. E, H. Willi^ims. Mrs. F. E. Hatchell, Mrs. E. J. Bourg. Mrs. C. Tanner, and Mrs. E, Sheppard. Stand­ ing left to right: Mrs. Louis Sahuque. Mrs. Charles M. Hauk, Mrs, J. M. Scott. Mrs. J. W. Parks, Mrs. Hugh Brown, Mrs. Bruce Campbell, (names of the next two were not given) and Mrs, Tim Odom. Getting together: Left 16 right: E. H. Williams, President. Louisiana Stale Federation of Labor; E. Sheppard. New Orleans SIU Agent; Lew Rh^es. Southern Director of Organizatio?!# AFL; Harry O'Reilley, AFL National Director of Organization, and C. Tanner,-SIU Vice-President. Even the most "* serious of conventions must give time for chow. But that didn'^ stop business—the discussiops went right on. - Left to right: Tim Odom, Organizer for the Laborers" Union; A. Bourg, Secretary-Treasurer, Louisiana Stale Federation of Labor; L. Sahuque. VicePmsident, N.O. Central Trades and Labor Council: Edwin Soule. Commissioner of Labor. State of Louisiana, and E. H. Williams, President of the Louisiana State Federation of Labor, hold a confab. �Page Six THE SEAFARERS LOG Ftiday. 'l>«c»mber 16. 1949 Minutes Of A&G Branch Meetings in Brief GALVESTON — Chairman. period. Minutes of other Branch­ Keith Alsop. 7311; Recording es read and accepted. At this Secretary. Mickey Wilbum. 37.point two Brothers, both of 739; Reading Clerk. 38119. whom were drunk, began creat­ Motion carried to accept Gal­ ing considerable annoyance and SHIPPED SHIPPED SHIPPED PORT REa REG, REG. TOTAL TOTAL veston minutes of pi-evious meet­ DECK ENG. STWDS. REG. DECK ENG. STWDS. . SHIPPED disrupting the meeting. Motion ing as read. Headquarters report can-ied that meeting act as trial .— 8 11 13 32 2 3 committee to deal with these 1 ' and Secretary-Treasurer's finan­ Boston 106 111 87 304 110 128 87325 men. Motion carried that they cial report read and approved. New York 67 34 43 ' 144 32 24,. 80 be fined $25 to be paid upon 24 Minutes of other Branch meet­ Philadelphia 99 92 82 273 73 90 82 254 Baltimore ings accepted as read. Agent re­ completion of their next trips. .39 43 24 106 10 9 12 31 They were then removed from ported on the state of shipping Norfolk 13 6 ' 6 25 3 3 3 9 the Hail. H. G. JoneSf Book No. in this port. Also reported bur­ Savannah 14 ' 9 4 27 12 12 15 39 Tampa 1 glars entered Hall over week­ 51298, took the Union Oath of 32 91 28 31 • 26 20 70 Obligation. Ag^nt asked to re-, 24 end and stole unemployment Mobile 73 88 65 226 88 75. 98 261 turn all mail sent to members in checks from Mail Room. Motion New Orleans 29 23 5 57 20 17 "• 59 care of this Hall which had /been 22 carried instructing Agent to take Galveston 62 * 189 59 68. 51 70 ' 59 180 held more than 90 days. Meet­ steps toward obtaining a new West Coast Branch Hall, and that if unsuc­ GRAND TOTAL • 539 490 445 1,474 473 424 '414 1,311 ing adjourned at 7:45 PM, with cessful, the Branlh be transfer­ 85 members present. red to Houston. One minute of 4 4 4, silence in memory of departed these matters were in the dis­ Skipper for the cooperation they gatibn was taken by the follow­ BOSTON—Chairman. T. Flem­ cussion stage only and that any all gave in effecting a smooth ing members: A.'R. Tonon, C- ing. 30821; Recording Secretary. Union Brothers. definite action would have to be payoff. Shipping for the next D. Carlow; William F. Hunt, Ben Lawson, 894; Reading- Clerk, i. 4. PHILADELPHIA — Chairman. taken through the medium of" a two weeks, he said, does not look Francis A. Murrary, Edward R. Murphy. 30612. * Jim Sheehan. 306; Recording referendum vote in secret bal­ good for Frisco and Wilmington. Idell and L. B. Brown. All /nin- Minutes of previous meetings Secretary. William GUck. 48741; loting up and down the coasts. Reports accepted and concurred utes of previous Branch meet­ in all Branches approved as Meanwhile, he urged that all in were the Secretary-Treasurer's ings in District were read and read. Port Agent discussed ship­ Reading Clerk. J. Sheehan. Minutes of all Branch meet­ hands voice their opinions on financial statement. Balloting concurred in. Secretary-Treasur­ ping conditions in the port. Mo­ ings of previous week read and the subjects so that the member­ Committee's, and Headquarters er's financial report accepted as tion carried to accept Agent's re­ accepted. Agent reported that ship would be fully acquainted reinstatement committee's and read. Several members were ex­ port, and Patrolman-Dispatcher's quite a few ships had come in with the issues, if and when a Headquarters report to the mem- cused from the meeting, and mo­ report. Several ifiembers with tion carried to so notify the Dis­ valid reasons were excused from with beefs about some men foul­ decision was made to put them patcher. Agent discussed ship­ the meeting. Motions carried' to to a vote. Fifty-five members ing up. He cautioned that this ping in this port in the past two accept Secretary-Treasurer's and were present when meeting was could not be tolerated, since the weeks, which he described as Headquarters reports to the letter of the contract must be adjourned. not too good. Headquarters re- membership. Ohe minute of si­ observed if we are to be able to NEW ORLEANS^— Chairman. bership. Motion carried giving poi-t* to the membership read lence observed in memory of de­ insist upon our demands when we meet with the operators for Bill Higgs, 223; Recording Sec­ Lindsey Williams, Director of and approved. Patrolmen's re­ ceased Union members. Motion improved conditions and wages. retary. Johnny Johnston, 53; Organization, vote of confidence ports of payoffs and sign-ons earned to adjourn at 7:40 PM, Reading Clerk, Herman Trox- for his handling of the Cities were also read and concurred in. with 134 members in attendance. Secretary - Treasurer's financial Service organizing .drive. Under Motion carried to accept Hospi­ report and Headquarters report clair, 6743. 4 4 4 to the membership read and ap­ Motions carried to accept New Good and Welfare, the subject tal Committee's report. After one NEW YORK—Chairman. Lind­ proved. Robert K. Holt, Book Orleans financial report and pre- of a credit union was discussed, minute's silence in memory of sey Williams, 21550; Recording No. 102377, took the Union Oath vious meeting's minutes as read. with most speakers agreeing thgt departed Union Brothers, meet­ Secretary. Freddie Stewart. 4935; of Obligation. Men seeking to be Charges read; motion carried establishment of such a union ing adjourned at 8 PM, with 300 Reading Clerk. Steve Cardullo. excused from the meeting were that they be accepted and all would be a worthwhile step. members present. 24599. referred to the Dispatcher. ports be notified .of this action. Meeting adjourned at 8:04 PM, 4 4 4 Minutes of all Branch meet­ with 29 members present. . NORFOLK — Chairman. Ben ings read and concurred in, exCharges read. One minute of sir Secretary - Treasurer's financial Rees. 95; Recording Secretary. J. cect for motion to non-concur lence in memory of departed report concurred in. Minutes of 4 4 4 Brothers. Meeting adjourned at other Branch meetings read and MOBILE / — Chairman. Oscar A. Bullock. 4747; Reading Clerk, with that part of Boston min­ 7:45 PM, with 200 members pres­ approved. Agent reported that Stevens, Recording Secretary. T. Lawson, 4641. utes pertaining to hospital bene­ all was running smoothly in the James Carroll. 50469; Reading Motion carried to accept all fits. Port Agent discussed ship­ ent. Branch with no beefs pending. Clerk. Harold J. Fischer. 59. Branch minutes as read and to ping, which he said had man­ 4 t 4 TAMPA — Chairman. J. L. He said that more than 800 votes Motions carried to concur in post them on the bulletin board aged to hold it^ own in this port. Jones. 2898; Recording Secretary. had been cast thus far in an­ minutes of other Branch meet­ in Hall. Headquarters report to He also mentioned fracas on the Ray White. 57; Reading Clerk. nual District elections. Shipping ings as read. Agent reported that the membership and Secretary- Nathaniel Palmer, which started had fallen off a bit, he added, shipping would be''very slow in Treasurer's financial report ap- when several men refused to R. H. HalL 26060. Minutes of other Branch meet­ but job opportunities were still the next two weeks. He also re­ proved as read. Port Agent spoke turn to as ordered. He pointed ings accepted as read. Port Agent fairly good, with many permits ported that the Cities Service is­ on shipping conditions here and!out that such irresponsible acreported that shipping had pick­ getting a chance to ship out each sue was coming to a head and said that there had been a slight tions hurt entire membership and ed up somewhat. The Arizpa is week. He said that Christmas told of the program that had improvement in the past two harm Union's prestige. He rescheduled to arrive here and should "help shipping inasmuch been developed tb insure a suc­ wccks. Coal strike has had ported that charges had been inthere i^ a possibility that she as quite a few men were expect­ cessful fight, in the event that marked effect on the port's ac­ stituted against these men, and will pay off. He added that al­ ed !o hit the beach for the holi­ the situation comes to that point. tivities. Dispatcher's report of that they would stand trial bemost a fuU crew had been ship­ days, necessitating replacement Agent explained purpose of the shipping figures were accepted. foi-e a Union committee. Secre­ ped to the Noonday. The condi­ calls. Communica tions from welfare fund, which the Union Motion cai-ried to refer requests tary-Treasurer reported that Ne­ tion of the Branch is good and members seeking to be excused is now trying to get from the for excuses from meeting to the gotiating Committee had noti­ all affairs are shipshape, he said. from the meeting were referred 'operators and what it would Dispatcher, and that he be per­ fied operators of its desire to He urged all members who had­ to the Dispatcher. Trial commit­ mean to the membership. He mitted to use his own. discretion reopen contract to discuss setting n't yet voted to do so as soon tee's report read and concurred asked the membership to expi'ess in judging the validity of the up of a welfare fund and that a as possible, so that no one would in. Motion carried that Port its views on this matter by writ- excus"es offered. One minute of meeting had been scheduled for miss the opportunity to have his Agent be empowered to take to ingg their opinions to the SEA­ silence was observed in respect next week. He announced that say in the selection of the of­ Agent's conference Hhe question FARERS LOG. He informed the to memory of departed Union the NLRB had certified the SIU ficials to serve in the coming' of four-hour reliefs and matter membership that he would meet members. Motion to adjourn car­ as collective bai-gaining agent year. Motion carried to accept of raising relief pay. Meeting ad­ with a sub-committee of the Sen­ ried at 7:40 PM, with 131 mem­ for nine ships in the Cities Ser­ journed at 8:55 PM, .with 385 ate Committee on Merchant Mar bers in attendance. vice fleet and as a i-esult the rine to discuss .conditions of the members present. - 4 4 4 maritime industry. A full report SAVANNAH — Chairman, Jim 4 4 4 SAN FRANCISCO—Chairman. 6f this meeting will be present­ Drawdy. 28523; Recording Sec­ R. E. White, 48314; Recording ed to the membership, he con­ retary. D. S. Hair. 51349; Read­ Secretary. Pat Robertson, 30148; cluded. Motion carried to con­ ing Clerk. L. Baker. 30907. Reading Clerk, Jeff Morrison. cur in Balloting Committee's ireMotions carried to accept Sec­ port. Motions carried to approve retary - Treasurer's financial 34213. re­ Minutes of other Branch meet­ Secretary - Treasurer's financial port and Headquax'ters report to Secretary - Treasurer's financial report. Five-man building com­ ings' read and accepted. Motion report, and Headquarters report the membership as i-ead. Port Union now has jurisdiction over mittee elected at last meeting carried to non-concur with part to the membership. One minute Agent reported that Southwind all CS tankei-s. The company reported back with bids from of Boston New Business with of silence in memory of depart­ will payoff in Jacksonville on will be requested to begin nego­ contractors and motion carried recommendation that it be re­ ed Union Brothers. Meeting ad­ December 8 and lay up due to tiations for a contract, he added. to accept the committee's report. ferred to the SEAFARERS LOG journed at 7:50 PM, with 315 lack of cargo. Jean will be in The Secretary-Treasui-er explain­ for payoff and sign-on. Two ed that the reason for the ap­ Patrolman - Dispatcher's reports for full discussion. Agent report­ members in attendance. other South Atlantic vessels are pearance of several Congressmen concurred in. Under Good and ed that on last meeting night he "444 BALTIMORE Chaitman. A1 also scheduled to come into port. in- the Union Hall during the Weffare there was considerable was in Port Huernma squaring discussion on a great variety of i away beefs on working rules Slansbury. 4683; Recording Sec­ Announced that Christmas party past few weeks was that several subjects, ranging from the high aboard the Citrus Packer which retary G. A. Masterson. 20297; will be held in Hall on Dec. 21, bills, including an amendment to directly after the regular mem- the Taft-Hartley Act, will come cost of living to the matter of had been aground in Japan. He Reading Clerk. Leon. Johnson. bei'ship meeting. A juke box up in .the next session of Con­ Motion carried to suspend reg­ said the beefs were understand­ men missing ships. The credit union proposal and the question able under the circumstances, ular order * of business to hear will be on hand and there'll be gress. In order to win passage of compulsory vacations were al­ and that in spite of them, the reading of charges. Trial Com­ plenty to eat and drink for all of the. T-H amendment which so kicked around quite a bit. The payoff was smooth. He compli. mittee's reports were also read hands. Dispatcher reported on' would exempt the- Hiring Hall .. for two-week I (Continued on Page H) Agent reminded the men that mented the delegates and the and concurred in. Oath of Obli- shipping figures A&G Shipping From Nov. 23 To Dot. 7 �Friday, Pecexnber 16, 1949 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Seven fsxt Of HLRB Decision Certifying As Bargaining Agent In Cities Service Reprinted on this and the following pages is the complete text of the National Labor Relations Board's final decision in the Cities Service cose, which designates the Seafarers In­ ternational Union, Atlantic and Gulf District, as the exclusive bargaining representative for the Gties Service seamen. The decision clearly shows to what extreme extents the Cities Service Oil Company went to try to keep its men from the benefits and protection of on SlU contract. The company succeeded in stalling certification of the SlU for nine months. a period in which the CS seamen were subjected to a reign of terror (turn to page 10 for a CS seaman's account of this), and endured all of the poor shipboard conditions for which Cities Service is so well-known, but now the legal phase of organizing CS is over. The next—and it won't take as long as the other—is tying Cities Service to on SlU contract, so that CS seamen will get the same high wages, overtime, conditions and JOB SECURITY that ail Seafarers enjoy. Supplemental Decision And Certilicathn Of Representatives in the Matter of CITIES SERVICE OIL CO. OF PENNSYLVANIA (MARINE DIVISION) Employer and SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (AFL) Petitioner Case No. 2-RC-512 Pursuant to a Decision and Direction of Elec­ tion issued herein on December 29, 1948,^ an election by secret ballot was conducted under the direction and supervision of the Regional Director for the Second Region (New York City).Upon conclusion of the balloting, a Tally of Bal­ lots was furnished the parties. The tally shows that of approximately 225 eligible voters 176 cast ballots, of which 98 were for- the Petitioner, 12 were against the Petitioner, 5 were void and 66 ^ere challenged. On April 28, 1949; the Employer filed Ob­ jections to the Conduct of the Election and to , Conduct Affecting the Results of the Election, hereafter, in accordance with the Board's Rules and Regulations, the Regional Director conducted ah investigation, and on August 19, 1949, issued and duly served upon the parties his Report on Objections, recommending that the objections be overruled. On September 2, 1949, the Em­ ployer filed Exceptions to Report on Objections and Motions by Employer. The Employer's numerous objections, more fully set forth below, in substance are based on the following broad allegations: (1) that the Em­ ployer was not given sufficient advance notice of the election and therefore was deprived of an opportunity to have its observers at the polling places; (2) that the emlployees were not properly advised of the election; (3) that the Union's agents coerced employees into voting for the Union; (4) that the Board agents improperly conducted the election; and (5) that the Board agents were uncooperative and biased in favor of the Union. the date of our Direction (a delay occasioned in part by the Employer's motion to the Board for reconsideration of our Decision), a conference was held at the Regional Office, with all inter­ ested parties present, for the purpose of planning the mechanics of the election. Forthwith, the Employer's representative announced that the Employer would not cooperate«in the election unless the Board first consented to vacate two outstanding Circuit Court of Appeals cease and desist orders directed against the Employer based upon prior unfair labor practices,"^ and unless the Employer was permitted to use super­ visors as election observers. In accordance with established Board policy, these requests were refused; whereupon the Employer asked and re­ ceived a 24-hour postponement of the conference in order to reconsider its determination not to cooperate. The conference reconvened on the next day, Thursday, February 17. The Employer did not withdraw its demands; instead, it added new conditions to its willingness to cooperate, in­ sisting that no vessels be polled except at ports between Baltimore and Boston and that no elections be held on Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays, or in any event, before Wednesday, February 23 because the Employer intended to operate its offices with a skeleton crew over the holiday weekend (Tuesday, February 22, being Washington's birthday). During this conference, the parties knew that seven of the vessels in­ volved were scheduled to reach American ports and to depart again before Wednesday, Feb­ ruary 23. In view of this fact and of the uncer­ tainty surrounding maritime employment gen­ erally,^ and because of the delays- already en­ countered, the Board agent advised the Em­ ployer that the Regional Director would pro­ ceed with the election, if necessary, without the Employer's cooperation. On that same day, the Regional Director decided to poll the vessels when they next arrived at American ports. servers when advised of the time and place of the election. That same afternoon telegrams were sent to the Employer and to its attorney advising that each vessel would be balloted upon arriving in port. At 5:15 p.m., the Regional Of­ fice telephoned the same advice to the Employ­ er's port steward at its New York office. Of­ ficial notices of election were mailed to the Em­ ployer. The Union notified the employees of the forthcoming elections by radio messages sent each vessel while at sea,-"' and by megaphone and public address equipment as the vessels ap­ proached shore. When the first six ships docked, each at a different Atlantic or Gulf port, the Board agents requested, but were refused, per­ mission to conduct elections either on board ship or on the company's water front property. As a result, the Board agents set up election machinery wherever feasible under the circum­ stances and as close as possible to the debarka­ tion points. In some instances, parked cars were used as voting booths. Official notices of elec­ tion were posted conspicuously at and near the polling places. The Employer did nothing to in­ form its employees of the scheduled election. The employees were balloted as they disem­ barked. The first two ships, the SS Fort Hoskins and the SS Winter Hill, were polled on Sunday night, February 20, and early Monday morning, February 21, respectively. No company observers were present at the balloting of the first six vessels, and,for this reason the Board agents challenged all the ballots from the first two ships. However, at the polling of the next four vessels they ignored the absence of company observers and challenged voters in the custom­ ary manner whenever doubt arose as to eligibil­ ity. As the Employer, although requested to do so, had failed to furnish a pay-roll list ^or any of the six vessels, the Board agents questioned all persons appearing at the polls, asked for identification papers, and required them to sign factual statements before permitting them to vote. At noon the next day, Friday, February 18, the Regional Office sent a telegram to the Em­ Meanwhile, on the basis of the advice from the Except for certain events occurring at the ployer, advising it that the election would be Regional Office concerning the scheduled elec­ polling of one of the vessels, the facts as re­ held in the near future and that the Employer tion, received by telephone Friday afternoon ported by the Regional Director are not in dis­ could use supervisors as observers, and request­ and by telegram Saturday morning, the Ecpute. ing the names of the observers. The Employer ployer on Monday, February 21, instituted a Our Decision and Direction of Election dele­ replied the same day that it would appoint ob- proceeding in the District Court for the Southgated to the Regional Director discretion as to em District of New York to enjoin the Board the exact time, place, and procedure for r»oliing from proceeding with the election. An ex parte 3 NLRB V. Cities Service Oil Co.. 122 F. 2d 149 the unlicensed maritime employees on the nine temporary restraining order, secured by the Em­ (C. A. 2); NLRB v. CUies Service Oil Co.. 129 F. vessels included in the appropriate unit des­ 2d 933 (C. A. 2). ployer in that suit, interrupted the election after cribed therein. On Wednesday, February 16, This same request had already been considered the first six vessels were balloted. Shortly J949, after a delay of more than 7 weeks from ' and denied in our original Decision and Direction thereafter, the injunction proceeding was dis­ of Election and agadn in our Order den-ying the missed for lack of merit. However, during the Employer's motion for reconsideration; 1 80 NLRB No, 235. ^ 4 The Regional Director had reasonable cause to believe that substantial numbers of eligible voters Si Wherever used herein, the term Regional Director 5 The Union sent 40 radio messages. 5 to each of would be -separated from the company's employ in . .. rnesxvi .Acting-Regional Director. , u.u; : 8 ships. No message -was sent to the SS Government the near future. Camp, which was being voted by mail. 87 NLRB No. 60. ^ �Page Eight pendency of the temporary restraining order and at the request of the Federal District Court Judge, the Employer appointed observers and participated in the baUoting of the two remaining vessels.® Although no company observers had been present at the balloting of the first Bix vessels, the average turnout of crew members on those vessels compared favorably with the average turnout on the vessels balloted later, Upon the completion of the balloting of all nine vessels, the ballots were counted and the aforesaid tally prepared. None of the challenged ballots was opened. ^ Concerning the polling of the SS Winter Hill at Braintree, Massachusetts, where all the bal­ lots were challenged by the Board agent, the Employer takes issue with the Regional Direct­ or's report on the facts. On the basis of his in­ vestigation, the Regional Director reported that, upon being denied access to the vessel and to the company-owned pier,' the Board agent set up election equipment in a parked automobile on a road near the pier; that due to the extreme cold, the Board agent-and the Union observer waited for voters in a nearby tavern, the only available shelter; that there was no drinking by anyone connected with the election during the voting; that no ballots were distributed, marked, or accepted in the tavern; and that the balloting took place, not in the tavern, but in the front section of the automobile, where each voter marked his ballot privately while the observer and other voters remained at the rear. The Em­ ployer asserts that balloting was conducted in­ side the tavern, where voters and Union organ­ izers drank together; that organizers told crew members, that they could vote only for the Union and promised to each a "full (Union) member­ ship book" if he voted for the Union; and that at least one of the eligible voters refrained from voting because of the lack of secrecy in the bal­ loting and the rowdy atmosphere of the tavern. hhtke To The Employees THE SEAFARERS Friday, Deoember 16, 1949 LOG necessary pleadings, together with supporting documents, to apply for an injunction on Monday morning, February' 21. Further, the Employer had already been advised 'that it could tise supervisory personnel as observers. Just as the Union was able to communicate with the ships at sea to advise the employees of the pending election, the Employer could easily have designated any of its officers on ship board to act as observers at the elections and to assist the Board agents in taking all necessary precautions to assure proper eligibility. On these simple and uncontroverted facts, we view the Employer's failure to have observers at the polling places as a deliberate refusal to participate in the conduct of the election. Its belated complaint of being neglected and wronged is not persuasive now. In any event, the primary consideration in the conduct of any election is whether the employees are afforded adequate notice and sufficient op­ portunity to vote. Although the Employer is customarily accorded the privilege of having its observers at the polls, their presence is not re­ quired, nor is the Employer ehtitled to such rep­ resentation as a matter of right.^ Under the entire circumstances of this case, we agree with the Regional Director's conclusion that the Employer received sufficient notice of the election and that its objection in this respect should be overruled." Notice To The En^ioyoes The same reasons which lead us to believe that sufficient notice was given jto the Employer also dispose of its objection that the employees were not given sufficient advance notice of the elec­ tion. Other than having the Union advise ship personnel by radio, telegraph, and public address equipment, giving the Employer an opportunity to do likewise, and posting the regular election notices at conspicuous places as close as possible to the Employer's waterfront property, we see nothing further that the Board agents could have done to ensure widespread publication of the scheduled balloting among the employees, There is no substantial evidence to show that eligible voters did not receive, or were deprived adequate notice and opportunity to vote. On contrary, the favorable comparison between average turn-out of crew members on the ^ix vessels balloted and that of the vessels pohed with the Emplopr's belated cooperation presence of its observers is clear evidence that a representative number of employ­ ees voted in the election as a whole. Under these circumstances, we believe that the employees were given and received adequate notice, and we therefore adopt the Regional-Director's rec­ ommendation that this objection be overruled." The Employer's principal objection to the con­ duct of the election is grounded on the dispatch with' which the Board agent acted in setting election machinery in motion, once he was sat­ isfied that further delay meant a long postponement"ifThe de^ in the vessel's personnel. A proper review of the timing of the election and of the mechanics of its execution must be made in the light of the special problems incident to the polling of seagoing vessels and of the clearly dilatory attitude of the Employer in this case. Considering the facts confronting the Regional Director on Fri­ day, February 18, we deem his decision to poll the vessels immediately as entirely reasonable. The high turnover-rate normal among personnel in the shipping industry permits, indeed re­ quires, swift decisions of election and the polling of such employees. Particularly was expeditious action (appropriate in this case, where the Em­ ployer's only response to the Board agent's re­ quest for cooperation was continued and repeat^ insistence on unacceptable and impossible The general allegations of coercion by Union conditions. Such insistence, coupled with the agents are based on the assertion that employees Employer's general hostility tov/ards the election, reveals an unmistakable determination to pre­ were coerced, tricked, and bribed into voting vent the Regional Director from carrying out the Board's direction. 7 Southern Steamship Company v. NLRB, 316 U. S. Moreover, the facts show that the Employer 31; Burrows 8E Sanborn, Inc., 84 NLRB No. 35. had sufficient notice of the election and was af­ 8 Hoague-Sprague Corporation. 80 NLRB No. 252. forded ample time to appoint election observers, 9 See Wilson Athletic Goods Manufacturing Co., Inc., had it so desired. Thus, notwithstanding its as­ 76 NLRB 315. sertion that notice on Friday, by telephone to The Employer also contends that eligible voters its port steward and by telegram to its attorney, who were ill, on vacation, or temporarily laid off was not notice to the Employer and that skel­ were not given notice of the election and, therefore, eton operations ovec the holiday weekend made denied the right to vote. We agree with the Re­ the designation of company observers impossible, gional Director that such employees are customar­ the Employer had ample time to prepare the ily not given individual notices of election and, in the absence of a showing of prejudice to em­ 6 The ninth vesseL the SS Government Camp,' was ployees' rights, we. find nd merit in this contention. balloted by mail in a foreign port. Cerf Brothers Bag Company, 74 NLRB 1329. Alleged Coerma By Uaion Ageots for the Union, and that balloting took place in inappropriate places. The incidents referred to in this objection relate to the polling of the -SS Winter Hill at Braintree, Massachusetts,' lltie facts relative to this part of the election, as they appear to us now from the Regional Director's report and from the Employer's Objections and Exceptipns, are set forth ih detail above and need not be restated. -j • . .. ^°"sider it unfortOnate, but nonetheless d, that the Board agent, in the case of this compelled, after being denied a more conventmnal and desirable locale for conducting ^'cc'io", to hold the balloting in an automob'le parked so close to a tavern (the clfisest point Employers pier) in order to ensure maximum opportunity for all eligible voters to cast ballots. As to the electioneering allegedly carried on by Union agents, we have long held such activity not to be coercive.'® In any event, we deem it unnecessary to resolve the seeming con­ flict between the Regional Director's report and the Employer's assertion as to the facts rep­ resenting the balloting of the SS Winter Hill. Under the circumstances of this case', consider­ ing the restricted area in which the alleged coercive conduct occurred, the geographical separation of the vessel from the other vessels that were polled in other ports extending from Massachusetts to the Gulf of Mexico, the nature of the maritime industry, and particularly the fact that the Board agent challenged all ballots cast at the voting of the SS Winter Hill, we believe it would not be realistic to assume that the alleged conduct had any impact upon the election results or upon the freedom of choice exercised by the employees on the remaining vessels as to warrant setting the election aside." The Employer also alleges as coercive the fact that notice of the election was given to employees by the Union; that parked cars, particularly a Union-owned automobile in one case, were used as voting booths; and that Union representatives and its attorney were present at some of the polling areas. We do not believe that these facts, standing alone, show improper interference with the employees' free expression o/ choice. There is nothing improper in a union publicizing a Board election. In fact, "getting out the vote" by notifying voters is a traditional part of election procedure. The Employer was given equal opportunity to publicize the election, but significantly - failed to do so. While it is true that in some instances parked cars were ^g voting booths, and that at the balloting gg ^ Union-owned automobile bearing no distinguishing marks of ownership was used, the Regional Director reported that in no case were ballots marked in a car while any person other than the voter was present. Further, absent a showing of improper election­ eering, the mere presence of Union-representa­ tives at or near the polling area is not prejudic­ ial. In view of the foregoing considerations,^ we agree with the Regional Director's conclusion that this objection raises no substantial issue with respect to the conduct of the election. Ac­ cordingly, we hereby overrule it.'^ 10 See National Sugar Refining Company of New Jersey, 4 NLRB 276. 11 Isthmian Steamship Company, 74 NLRB 64. 12 See Craddock-Terry Shoe Company, 80 NLRB No. 185: General Plywood Corporation, 83 NLRB No. 26; and Mutual Distributing Company, 83 NLRB No. 74. The Employer also alleges coercion because of the mail balloting of the SS Government Camp, on the theory that the Union might have resorted to "strong-armed" tactics in distant ports. As mail balloting was authorized in our Direction of Elec­ tion, and as the Regiona^[>irector found no evi­ dence of improper codduct in connection with its use, we find this argument to hb withbut merit. �FHday; P»ceinb»r 16, 1949 Alkged ImiH-oper Conduct Of Board Agents We have already considered and rejected (in connection with other objections) several grounds on which the Employer also charges that the Board agents improperly conducted the election. These were: the dispatch with which the elec­ tion wa» held, the limited advance notice given to the Employer and to the employees, and the alleged coercive conduct by union agents. We turn now to further allegations on which the objection to Board agents' conduct is predicated. THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine (f) Part of the election was conducted outside vessels, both within and beyond the territorial the regional jurisdiction of the Regional Di­ limits of the Second Region, was in accordance rector. with our usual election procedures in maritime All -the balloting was conducted under the cases, and not. in violation of our Direction of supervision of the Regional Director for the Election, we find that the Regional Director Second Region. As the simultaneous polling of acted properly in so doing."* , Allegetl Bias Ant! Lack Of Cooperation Of Board Agents Finally," the Employer makes a general charge had the Employer elected to extend to the of bias and prejudicial lack of cooperation by Board agents the cooperation which was Board agents. The Regional Director reported earnestly solicited to no avail. In the light of the Employer's refusal to cooperate with an agency (a) The Regional Director used an eligibility that his careful investigation revealed no evi­ of the Government in carrying out its statutory date different from that established in our Di­ dence whatever supporting this allegation. Most functions in the public interest, we believe that, of the specific grounds al^edly supporting the apart from other considerations, it ill behooves rection of Election. Unable to obtain pay-roll lists or pay-roll charge, urged also as bases for other detailed the Employer to file objections stemming prin­ period dates, the Employer having failed to fur­ objections, have been considered above and cipally from its own recalcitrance. nish them on request, the Regional Director set found to be without merit. The two assertions In view of the foregoing and under all the December 29, 1948, the date of the Board's Di­ remaining to be considered are that the Board circumstances, we find, in agreement with the rection of Election, as the eligibility date, al­ agents challenged voters "presumably at the in­ Regional Director, that the Employer's objec­ though the Board's Direction established it as stigation of the Union" and that they "connived" tions and exceptions do not raise substantial and the pay-roll period proceeding the date of elec­ with the Union to permit non-crew members to material issues with respect to the conduct of tion, which fell on December 28. We have set the election orr to conduct affecting the results forth above the detailed precautions taken by vote in the balloting of the SS Lone Jack. of the election. Consequently, we hereby deny the Board agents to ascertain the eligibility of It is clear from the Employer's statement sup­ the Employer's motion to set aside the proceed­ each voter. It has not been shown, nor is there porting its Exceptions that the first objection ings and to order a new hearing or a new elec­ any evidence indicating, that the change of refers primarily to the "fact that all votes cast tion herein, and we hereby adopt the Regional eligibility date prejudiced any eligible voter. On Director's recommendation that the Employer's the contrary, it is undisputed that no employee from the two vessels first polled in the election objections be overruled. actually working on December 28 was denied a were challenged by Board agents. These were As the challenges can not affect the results ballot for this reason, and that all persons whose also the first two of the six vessels at which ofthe election, and as the Union has secured a ballots were counted were in fact employed by company observers were not present; the Re­ the Employer on December 28. Nor is there any gional Director found that the Board agents majority of the valid votes cast, we shall certify it as the collective bargaining representative of showing that eligible employees were thereby made these challenges because the Employer the Employer's unlicensed personnel in the unit imable to vote. Under these circumstances, we deem the Regional Director's use of December had failed to designate observers. None of the heretofore found appropiate. 29 as the eligibility date to be entirely proper.^-' challenged ballots was opened, as they could not affect the results of the election. The chal­ , (b) The Regional Director permitted aliens to lenges, therefore, could not have prejudiced any vote. of the parties. Absent any evidence supporting The eligibility of aliens to cast ballots in Board this serious accusation and in view of the Re­ elections is too well established to warrant justi­ gional Director's affirmative report as to the reason for the challenges, we will not presume fication anew here.'"* IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that Seafarers In­ improper motives on the part of any of the ternational Union of North America (AFL) has (c) More persons cast ballots at the polling of participants in the election procedure. been designated and selected by a majority of two of the vessels than appear on the Employer's The Employer's observers were present at the eligibility list for those vessels. the Employer's unlicensed personnel aboard the polling of the SS Lone Jack. Eight persons not As the Employer's eligibility list undoubtedly oh board ship, but claiming to be employees, re­ vessels SS Royal Oak, SS Government Camp, reflects its erroneous concept as to eligibility quested ballots; they were permitted to vote SS Fort Hoskins, SS Salem Maritime, SS Bent's of aliens, we are unable to determine what per­ only under challenge. These facts are not dis­ Fort, SS Bradford Island, SS Winter Hill, SS centage of employees in fact eligible did cast puted. It is these eight persons whom the Em­ Archer's Hope, and SS Lone Jack of the Em­ ballots. In any event, we are satisfied, from the ployer charges were "imported as ringers" by ployer's Maritime Division, including deck and uncontroverted facts as reported by the Regional the Union with the approval of Board agents. engine employees, machinists, and pumpmen^ Director,, that the Board agents were sufficiently As stated above, the Regional Directtf)r found but excluding stewards, boatswains, pursers, careful in testing eligibility. no evidence showing connivance between the Board agents and Union observers, even assum­ radio operators, and supervisors as defined in (d) Secrecy of the ballot was not maintained. ing that the Union was aware of the ineligible the Act, as their representative for the purposes The Employer asserts that the election results status of these eight voters. If the Board agents of collective bargaining and that pursuant to were made known premature and that ballots had intended to allow n^on-eligibles to vote, they Section 9 (a) of the Act, the aforesaid organiza­ were cast in automobile voting booths in the would have permitted them to cast unchallenged tion is the exclusive representative of all such presence of observers.'" The Regional Director's ballots. We therefore agree with the Regional investigation r^ealed no evidence to support Director's conclusion that these facts do not employees for the purposes of collective bar­ gaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, this charge. OrT the contrary, we believe that, prove misconduct by Board agents. hours of employment and other conditions of considering the unfavorable conditions under Apparently, the Employer also views as preju­ employment. which they were compelled to conduct the bal­ loting, the Board agents' diligence in assuring dicial lack of cooperation the Board agent's re­ Signed at Washington, D.C., this 2 day of a free expression of choice by the employees fusal to permit the Employer to challenge, be­ fore the counting of the ballots but after the December 1949. merits commendation. completion of the election, all votes cast from (e) The ballots from the first six vessels polled the six vessels polled in the absence of company Paul M. Herzog, Chairman were commingled with those cast later. observers. As the Employer had chosen not to Janies J. Reynolds, Jr.. Member In the light of the logical requirement for challenge any of the ballots when they were J. Copeland Gray, Member counting all ballots cast in a single election, we cast, the Board agent, under well-established consider this objection to be frivolous and with­ principles, was bound to reject its belated chal­ National Labor Relations Board lenges.'^ His decision, therefore, was clearly out merit. proper. It thus appears that all of the Employer's ob­ 16 To the extent that the Employer in its Exceptions 13 See New Era Shirt Company, 79 NLRB 213. may have objected to those elections held on the jections to the election are based either on illWashington's Birthday holiday, we find no merit 14 Azusa Citrus Association, 65 NLRB 1136; Logan founded arguments or on factual assertions therein. Danita Hosiery Manufacturing Co. Inc« and Paxton, 55 NLRB 310. which, according to the Regional Director's re­ 72 NLRB 162. 15 This objection also adverts to the alleged illegal port, are entirely unsupported by substantial M balloting inside a tavern at the balloting of the evidence. Indeed, the yery occasion for most 17 A. J. Tower Company. SO NLRB 1414; affirmed NLRB V. A. J. Tower Company. 329 U.S. 324. SS Winter Hi^, which we have considered above. of its complaints would never have .arisen Certification Of Representatives - i �Page Ten THE S E AF ARERS IX) G Friday.. l>«K:ember ,16, 1949 Seafarers^ Certified In Cities Service no avail," the NLRB continued. Ships involwd in the SIU's The SIU followed up thi^^ ac­ ally came on May 24, 1948. At (Continued from Page 1) ' "In view of the foregoing and second certification award are tion by filing a petition with the same time the l^RB held have authority to enter into a under all the circumstances we the Royal Oak, Government the NLRB for a collective bar­ that a second election would binding agreement with this find, in agreement, with the Re­ Camp, Fort Hoskins, Salem Mar­ gaining election in the CS fleet. required' for bargaining';right3 j i Union . . . gional Director that the Empley- itime, Bent's Fort, Bradford Isl­ The company then began a cam­ on ships acquired by the com­ "In conformity with Section er's objections and exceptions do and, Winter Hill, Archers Hope paign of stalling the election, us­ pany after the election had been 8 (d) of the Act, the Union com­ and the Lone Jack. ing every legal trick in the book ordered. mittee is prepared to meet at all not raise substantial and mater­ ial issues with respect to the The seven vessels for which to deny their employes SIU rep­ In June 1948, the SHI filed for i- reasonable times and confer in conduct of the election or to con­ the SIU had' previously been resentation. the second election. The com­ (" good faith with respect to wages, duct affecting the results of the certified as collective bargaining pany immediately intensified its CS STALLS hours, and other terms and con­ election. Consequently we here­ agent are the Council Grove, It was July 28, 1947 before the stalling campaign^ A company ditions of employment ..." by deny the employers motion French Creek, Logans Fort, Abi- NLRB could hold a hearing on union—CTMA—^was set up, and '• The NLRB certification gives to set aside the proceedings and qua, Cantigny, Chiwawa and the SIU's petition. More com­ all those refusing to sign pledge the SrU jurisdiction over the en­ to order a new hearing or new Paoli. pany film-fiammery followed, but cards_were fired, along with all tire Cities Service tanker fleet. election herein, and we hereby Events leading up to the com­ on October 20, 1947, the Board men even slightly suspected of j|. In May of last year, the Union adopt the Regional Director's ob­ plete certification of the SIU as finally ordered an election on having SIU sympathies. was awarded collective bargain­ jections be overruled. bargaining agent for Cities Serv­ eight ships of the fleet. One, the The order for the election oh ing rights on seven of the com­ ice seamen ^started on October Lone Jack, could not be voted the nine unvoted ships came oh CERTIFIES SIU pany's tankers, after the crews because it reached port after the 26, 1946, with a letter to the December 30, 1948. The company "As the challenge cannot af­ involved voted 83 percent in fadeadline date. Cities Service Marine Division resorted to the courts to block fect the results of the election, iror of the SIU. Early this year, a second election was held on and as the Union has secured pointing out that the Union was The votes were tallied on Feb­ the election but failed, and vot­ the nine vessels acquired by the the majority of the valid votes the authorized representative of ruary 9, 1948, with the SIU re­ ing began in February 1949. (Company after the first election cast, we shall certify it as the a majority of the crews on CS ceiving more than 83 percent of Cities Service seamen demon­ strated an even greater prefer­ tras ordered by the NLRB. The Collective Bargaining represen­ tankers and requesting recogni­ the valid ballots cast. Cities Service immediately be­ tion. The letter came at the end ence for the SIU than in the tative of the Employer's unlicen­ SUU received 89 percent of the gan filing objections in an effort of a vigorous three-month or­ first election, giving the Seafar­ sed personnel in the units here­ valid votes cast, resulting in the ganizing drive. ers an 89 percent majority. to stall certification, which fin­ tofore found appropriate." •eoond certification of the Union. TQie award is dated December ?, 1949. : In its latest designation of the SIU as collective bargaining agent for the Cities Service fleet, recommendation because my Service fleet. I refused. And I'd By EUGEN KRISTIANSEN the NLRB. overruled the com­ work had been "excellent." do it all over again. pany's objections to the conduct I was paid off in New Haven 6f the elections as "entirely un­ Thirteen years of sailing with­ I'm going home to my family bn December 5, along with six in Portland, Maine, for the holi­ supported by substantial evi­ out ever having been fired by any company. That was my rec­ other men who were fired for days. Then I'll return to the Hall dence." ord as a seamen—until December having pro-SIU sympathies. Of and register fqr a job and ship REFUSED TO COOPERATE 5 of this year. For on that day these six, only one man, M. J. out through thie Hiring Hall. I'm The NLRB statement pointed the Cities Service Oil Company Oppedisano, had openly discuss­ a Union man, now. And I'll be to the company's refusal to co­ told me to pack up and get off ed the SIU; the others were ready to help in any way to see operate with the agency in set­ the Council Grove, just as it has merely suspected of favoring the the fight to a finish. There's no ting up the election machinery been telling hundreds of others Union. That, of course, made no way out of Cities Service's slave and recalled that on the first six of its employees who refused to difference to the tyrants in Cities conditions than through an SIU 'ships to be voted "the Board alter their beliefs in free col­ Service. contract, with its guarantee of agents requested, but were re­ lective bargaining representation, good wages and working condi­ ANOTHER VICTIM fused, permission to conduct despite threat of reprisals. tions and job security. It was all hard to swallow. But Officially, the company per­ elections on board ship or on the the pain of being-fired was eased .One more thing, I especially company's waterfront property." sonnel chief will probably say I by the fact that the company's want to say how much I apprieElection machinery was there­ was discharged for "incompe­ action was no reflection on me. •iate the way I have been treat­ fore set up wherever feasible, tence." But he'd never be able I was just another victim, among ed at the SIU, by the members i the NLRB report said. The board to convince anyone of its tru^. hundreds, of a ruthless reign of and officials. There's no hat-ihalso charged that the company I was fired because I had free­ terror that has no place on an hand, yes-sir, no-sir stuff like we "did nothing to advise its em­ ly stated that I believed in or­ EUGEN KRISTIANSEN American flag ship. went through at Cities Service ganization, that no seamen could ployees of the election." when we went for jobs. "Indeed, the very occasion for do anything or say anything to I found out on October 5 that I knew what I was doing all ' most of its complaints would improve his conditions, unless he along. I was offered several But that's just the difference ' never have arisen had the em- had others like him to back him I was one of the victims, when chances to compromise my belief between a free, democratic or­ iployer elected to extend the up. We're no match for multi- the Chief Mate told me to watch in the need for sound trade un­ ganization of seamen and a coth'Board Agents the cooperation million dollar corporations by my step and not to get mixed up ionism for seamen of the Cities pany-sponsored tyranny. in union activities as my watch ) which was earnestly solicited to ourselves. partner, Roy Limdquist, had. The J WANTS SIU Chief Mate said it would mean And I made it clear that the getting fired if I didn't quit my SIU is the organization that can interest in the SIU. effectively help CS seamen by, CITIES SERVICE OIL COMPANY On November 15, in Jackson­ wiping out the rotten system of PBOOUCEBS - RCrtNtPS - MABKCTCBS • CKPOPTCB3 spying and intrigue, the abusive ville, Pumpman Harvey Race, NEW YO^RK 5, N.Y. treatment, lower wages and in­ the CTMA organizer aboard the ilVINT, •mi >»lll ferior conditions that prevail on Council Grove, told me that Lundquist and I were known as ships in the company's fleet. That stuff doesn't go on CS actively in favor of the SIU. He Recommended Reading ships. Not bven for a guy like said that DeLello had given the By L. S. (Johnny) JOHNSTON me who had spent one year order for Lundquist and me to S/S Council Grovo be fired. Portland, Me; aboard the Council Grove and .i NEW ORLEANS—I'm not a Septenbar 13, 1949 ^ok reviewer, but if I had to 'was commended—in writing—^by "So watch your step,''' he warned. recommend a bit of reading to two Masters for being competent United States Coast Guard - members of the SIU I'd head my , and industrious. SWITCH. OR ELSE! Bureau Marine Inspection & Navigation ^t with the latest booklet pre- I went aboard the Council DeLello then paid off to head To Whom It May Concern jpared by the SIU, called "Food Grove on January 6, 1949. I nev­ for New York to report to the Dear Sir; for Thought," which contsiins ar­ er was involved in a single im- company. Lundquist was fired, pleasant incident of any kind. ticles by six of our officials. but the Chief Mate told Race he This will introduce Mr. Eugen Kristiansen, Each of the six covers a mat­ My work was more than satis­ was going to give me another who at the present time is signed on this vessel factory. I got along with all ter of vital importance to our as Able Seaman. chance. If I didn't switch my hands—^topside and the foc'sle. organization. Union affiliation, I would be fir­ The only hitch developed when There, within the covers of Mr. Kristiansen is desirous of obtaining a ed, he said. Carpenter's endorsment on his Mariner's Document. ^ this slim little booklet, is sum- the company planted spies from , med up pretty well the entire CTMA came aboard and report­ On November 18, I got an­ He is sober,reliable and competent; and I program of our Union. I've talk­ ed back to their office that I other warning from the Mate. fully recommend him for this additional endorsment. ed to quite a few Seafarers here was pro-SIU. Then I started get­ This time he said it was known that I was an SIU organizer. in the port of. New Orleans, and ting the "warning lights." That was the beginning of the A guy by the name of DeLeUo, all of them are of the opinion end. a CTMA organizer, came aboard. .that this is something'every Very truly, member should read and pass Immediately all hands became On November 29 I was on the nervous. They didn't know who bridge on wheel watch. The Chief along to other SIU men. They're right. With a mem- was going to get the axe, because Mate told me I would be fired 'A-bership that understands the CTMA stooges are never up to on arrival in port. He said he i'i. • I Robert A. Levy, Master any good when they're out on was sorry, that it "was none of policies of the Union and the S^CounclTGrov^ responsibilities of the member­ company missions. Practically his doings, but orders fropri the This is what the Skipper had to say about Kxistians^ ship, you can rest assured that every man was SIU, but they office or higher officials of the just before he was fired by Cities Service after 1 solid year ^the SIU will always remain weren't sure which ones DeLello conipany."* He added that he was putting the finger on. on the SS Council Grove. would give me the best possible •.• •*''I •. strong. Cities Service Stoeges Spy On Pro-SIU Men The Patrolmen Say— �Friday, December 16, 1948 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven MINUTES AND NEWS Seafarer Bell Dead At 65 Fort Bridger Crewmen Eye Holidays As Prelude To Year On Shuttle Run Seafarer Herbert R. Bell, a member of the Union since 1945, died of natural causes With a year of shuttle runs in the Persian Gulf looming for the coming year, in Charleston, S.C., on Sept. 28, the LOG was informed crewmen of the SS Fort Bridger, expect to make the most- of a stateside Christmas holiday. The T-2, a US Petroleum Carriers vessel now en route from the Persian Gulf, this week. Brother Bell was is slated for arrival at Paulsboro, f N.J., on or about Dec. 20, ac­ 53 years old. HERBERT R. BELL 2 LOST AS STORM HITS SS CALMAR A mountainous wave took the lives of two men aboard the • freighter Calmar as the vessel battled stormy seas off the Co­ lumbia River mouth en route to Seattle last month. The Calmar made port listing badly. The list developed when a heavy deckload of lumber shifted during the storm. One of the - victims was Wal­ ter E. Roberts, 23, SIU crewmember who was washed over­ board by one of the giant waves. First Mate Clarence Hutton was crushed between a wheelhouse and a lifeboat he and Roberts were trying to make fast. Hutton died shortly before the ship docked. Capt. Richard Hughes said there was no doubt that Roberts had drowned. cording to Seafarer M. D. FairBell was being treated in cloth. Tlharleston's Roper Hospital when The crew boarded the Fort death came. He was buried in Bridger at Palermo, Sicily on Bethany Cemetery on Sept. 30. Oct. 31, after leaving New York He is survived by his wife via plane two days earlier. A Mrs. Floy Sherrill Bell, with scheduled stop at Brussels was whom he lived at 313 East Bay prevented by fog and low visi­ Street, in Cherleston. bility and the aircraft put down at Ostend, instead. Brother Bell was in good UnWAIT 12 HOURS io nstanding at the time of his After a 12-hour wait, the Sea­ death and the SIU paid the bur­ farers proceeded by bus to Brus­ ial benefits to his widow. sels, where they boarded an­ Bell was born in Orangeburg,' other skyship for Palermo and S.C., on Nov. 25, 1895. He joined the Bridger. They landed in the SIU's Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ Palermo on Oct. 31 and immed­ trict in the Port of Charleston iately boarded the tanker. on June 2, 1945, receiving Book All hands turned to for the No. 45002. He sailed in the En­ job of getting the vessel in gine Department with the ratings shape and on Nov. 7 the Bridger of Fireman, Oiler and Water- left the Sicilian port for the tender. » Persian Gulf. From their she Mrs. Bell, an ardent follower headed for Paulsboro . of the Union's activities, has re­ The Bridger had previously quested" that the SEAFARERS shuttled between the Persian LOG continue to be sent to her Gulf and European ports for 14 home. months. She was laid up in Pal- Ft. Bridger Crewmen leave plane in Belgium ermo last July, when cargoes The company called for the became scarce, and the crew new crew after it decided to was returned to New York by place the' tanker in operation, plane. again. Sail-Makers Give Way To Pants-Makers On Canton Vic Any crewmembmer who steps off the Canton Victory looking like anything else but a seagoing Beau Brummel will probably have only hirhself to blame. At least it won't, be the fault of the Education Committee, which scheduled classes on subjects as diversified and ambitious as ever graced a shipboard meeting. Number 5 on the Canton Victoi-y crew's list of educational subjects, according to a recent set of ship's minutes, is one lab­ eled "Tailoring 'Men Clothes." And to get the lads off on the Robin Hood Men Claim Softball Title -i liiili right trouser leg, "Sir Charles" Oppenheimer, who with Ander­ son Jones, has been sparking the Canton Victoi-y educational pro­ gram, wrote to the research de­ partment of a men's clothing union for 'all available data on the operation. Pending receipt of an answer to their query, the Canton Vic­ tory's knowledge-thirsty lads con­ cerned themselves with the rest of the educational classes, which were listed in the ship's min­ utes as follows: 1- How to Conduct a Union Meeting. 2- Marlinespike Sea­ manship. 3- Painting and Decor­ ating. 4- Spanish Le.ssons. 5- Tail­ oring Men's Clothes. 6- Small fire-arms. 7- Blue Print Reading. 8- Small Craft Boats and Deisel and Gasoline Engines. 9- Public Speaking. The minutes say the sessions' were so entertaining—one of them lasted two hours—that Night Cook and Baker Melvin Suthei'land caught the teaching bug, marched up to Brothers Jones and Oppenheimer and joined the faculty. Sutherland will conduct classes in radio theory and communications, tele­ vision repair and electronics to all hands interested. Anyway, to get back to Num­ ber 5—Tailoring Men's Clothes —remember this: If you ever see a dream walking, you'll knowhe sat in on those Canton Victoi-y- classes. Voice Of Oke Seeu by "SALTY DICK" These men have maintained an unblemished reco'd throughout all games played to date. Standing^ left to right: H. Edgren, M. Middleboro, J. Berger. C. GilL F. Mansfield ejid J. Kuberski. Kneeling: S. Karlak. P. Amido. Lopez. Frank Teller and Buckley. Man at extreme right is unidentified. Having successfully emei-ged from a series of hotly-contested tilts with outfits from other ships .of the Robin Line and South African shoreside aggregations, •the Softball team of the SS Robin Hood is calling itself "the . champs." Anyone disputing the title claim can get in touch with Frank Teller," Engine Delegate arid playing.manager, who says his undefeated squad will take on all challengers. "All comers are assured they will be meeting the champs, as the badly trounced Robin Goodfellow team wil^ surely attest," warns Frank. The Robin Hood's playing manager explained that "this club has taken advantage of the newly supplied and much ap­ preciated- gear that has been placed on Robin Line ships." Teller made it quite clear that the Robin Hood Seafarers were the first in the Robin Line fleet to put a team on the field in formal competition. That was back in Sept. 1948, when the Hood squad lambasted the Mom­ basa Ball Club 27 to 9. Received a report that Leo ^ lover of food and he ate very Morrisette never bothers with j well there and the prices were the fair sex in foreign ports. The I'easonable. reason is Magge Greenberg. who Felix Amora spends his time is also Stewardess on the Clip­ between .ships fishing in the per. She's Mrs. Leo Morrisette. . bayous. Felix fusses everytime Francis Flctschinger is meeting he hauls in a catfish, and most with bad luck. He recently left of the time he's fussing. . . Cur­ the hospital where his heel was rent juke box favorite among mended. Now he has to return many seamen is "Four Winds because of a ciiculatory defici­ and Seven Seas." ency in his left hand. What tall lanky seaman will I read a very interesting ar­ always order his Tom Collins ticle in the LOG (Oct. 22) by "on the sweet side?". . . Many Frank Bose and I would rec- of the gang can always be found commend it to all members at Baumer next door to our who should forward their com­ Hall. . . The other day I went ments to the LOG. •. . Howard there and played the juke box. Hutcheson teUing me about the Guess what number I played? times he spent in "Ybor City You're right. It was "Four Winds while attending college. He's a and the Seven Seas." �Cddiiyi JD»c9mb«»r 19, Jlege Twelirez fimmm WHAOVA 1?EAD ? AAAkE IT A HABIT TO USE THE LIBRARIES IN THE AQG HALLS WHILE OH THE BEACH. ITfelH£/<E, WHATEVER Yt>U WANT- FICTION, NON-FICTION, AND TECHNICAL BOOKS . WHV NOT TARE ADVANIASE OF YOOR LEISURE TIME, FOR EAnERTAINMEATTORADVANCBMCA/T f It looks as if tanker shipping has picked up and shipping in general has that' rosy glow somehow. It must be that plenty of Brothers are sticking around fiome for the Christmas and New Year holidays... Congratulations to Paddy McCann, and the best of luck in his opening a landlubbing business with a candy store here in New York... Brother Lionel Miller is aboard the SS Del Monte... We have received a beautiful Christmas card in the Venezulean language from Ed Larkin, the humorous electrician who is still working ashore down in a busy Venezulean oil port. Same to you, Ed... Speaking of Christmas greetings Mike Rossi, -the Bosun who is always smiling, wishes a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all Brothers down in New Orleans, including Moon Kouns and Percy Boyer. » » & "Blackie" Danny Boyce, who was aboard the Robin Moor, the first ship to be torpedoed during the last war, writes from the Marine hospital in Frisco after having to get off the Alcoa •Puritan hitting West Coast ports and then New York. Blackie mentions lots of oldtimers and here are the names of some of them. Leo Silvers, George Blakely, Frank Steavens, Mickey Quinn (here in New York now) as well as some SUP oldtimers such as Bosun Bill Carey, Fred Hayes and Jimmie O'Neill. Danny says it sure would be swell to have all these oldtimers get together somehow for a photograph. Well, swift recovery to you, Blackie... Flash News—Aboard the tanker SS Michael when she was in recently we were informed that Brother John Krewson, who is in his fifties, is one of the best artists the crew has ever seen. And no doubt the boys are telling John to send some of those best pieces of art into the LOG. XXX The SEAFARERS LOG will be sailing free of cost to the homes of the foUqwing Brothers: Audley Chisholm of Louisana, Rudy Cancela of Florida, Harold?Zum oI Minnesota, Melton Wil­ son of Virginia, Glenious Lawson of Virginia, Richard Maley . (Of Massachusetts (now here in iNew York), J. W. Taylor of Vir.ginia, Julian Wilson of Virginia To the Editor: ^teward W. W. Reidy, Black...jt After 24 years at sea, the tvos and Red Starns (who ie Ft^ last ten of them in the SIU, I shipped recently inter-coastal) have retired my book and am sure had their sense of humor going to try it shoreside, for a broken up. What happened, fel­ las? ... Steward George Whale is while at least. In order to maintain the stand­ anchored right now in this town . . . Lots of Brothers do what ard of living"" that I got accus­ Brother Joseph Lupton of Vir­ tomed to in the Union, I'm going ginia says he does. He has his into business in a small way, folks saving all the LOGS they and so I've takfti over a candy receive so he can read up on and stationery store in New all the past news of the Union York City, at 447 East €3 Street, between First Avenue and York and news of shipmates. Avenue, and I'd like for all my XXX friepds and shipmates to drop - If there are any SIU ships hit­ in and say hello when they are ting the island of Guam then in town. Running a store will they should know that there is keep me tied down somewhat, a USS club opening there and but then my friends will always they will be getting a bundle of find me in. Hoping to see you . LOGS so SIU crews can pick all soon. P. J. (Paddy) McCann vp a copy. Ol^esbMl Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings list had been given to Chief En­ NEW LONDON, Sept. 18 — gineer and that most of it had Frank Stokes, Chairman; Fred been taken care of. All reported Bruggner. Secretaiy. No beefs smooth in Stewards Department. were reported in any of the Deck Delegate asked all hands three departments. Motion car­ to return cots to the Steward. ried (by Bob Fischer) to defer He added that matter of painting election of Ship's Delegate on heads and showers wiU be re­ these short coastwise trips. Mo­ ferred to Patrolman upon arrival tion (by G. Ranallo) carried to in port. Recommended thnt give vote of thanks to Steward everyone is to chip in' 25 cents Peter King and entire departs ment for fine job of storing ship to reimburse John for sending of telegram. and for their fine meqls. Fans in crew's rooms to be checked by X X X GOLDEN CITY (no date giv­ Delegate to see if they cannot be moved to places where aU against crewmember for neg­ en)—Kelly, Chairman; Donald­ in rooms will benefit. Under lecting duties and for failure to son, Secretary. Deck Delegate (3ood and Welfare there was gen­ keep pantrv and himself clean. Danzey said that there were ho eral discussion on pay raise, the All hands registered approval beefs in his department and questions of adequate cots for and appreciation of the over­ little disputed overtime. Two all and the fixing up of a spare seas' news bulletin sent to all overtime beefs will "be reported to Patrolman, Engine Delegate room for recreational purposes. ships from Headquarters. said. Stewards Delegate report­ Merchant Marine Library Asso­ XXX EVELYN. Oct. 30—J. Q. Con­ ed a beef over cooperation. Ship's ciation is to be contacted for a rad, Chairman; Charles Mitchell, Delegate discussed transportation chest of books. George Lathrop Secretary. All four delegates re­ issue, painting of galley and reported on amount in Ship's ported that everything is in good quarters. Discussion on obtain­ fund—$4.38. This fund i^ main­ tained by voluntai-y contribu­ order. After a discussion on va­ ing new library and it was sug­ a tions from crew at payoff and cation pay and leaving ships gested that delegates find is used to pay costs of telegrams after one year of continuous place to set up recreation hall swvice, it was agreed unani­ and library. and cable to Union Hall. mously that this question should be submitted to a referendum. Under Good and Welfare, it was decided to abolish deposit of one dollar of foc'sle keys, with money to be refunded to crewmen. jChief Mate is to be contacted to have brakes repau-ed on the winches i t midship. Suggested that Chief STEEL ARTISAN, Oct. 23.^MALDEN VICTORY. Gel. 30— Mate be asked to have Bosun -Steve Margold, Chairman; Matty A. Lucas, Chairman; Andy Ste­ check and repair all door locks. Culp, Secretary. Patrolman ^to phens, Secretary. Ship's Dele­ X X U be notified of Mates doing woi;k gate reported that only beefs TWIN FALLS VICTORY. Nov. that normally is defined as over­ arising during trip concerned 1—Jim Drake, Chairman; W. J. serving' of fresh milk and hav­ Walsh, Secretary. Ship's Dele­ time for unlicensed men. .No ing bread baked. Both were gate clarifi^ question raised on beefs in Engine and Deck De­ squared away promptly; Outside shifting of ship from Greenpoint partments. Stewards Delegate re­ of few hours of disputed over­ to Bridgeport. No beefs reported ported on beef regarding, divi­ time in Engine and Stewards by department delegates. Depart­ sion of wages for extra meals departments, there .were no beefs ments are cooperating in main­ for passengers. Motion carried to to report. Motion carried to turn taining and keeping recreation reconvert PO mess to foc'sle to list over to Patrolman of Bro­ room and laundry clean. Baker improve living ^conditions. Mo­ thers who have failed to turn promised to improve quality of tion carried to remove book&^ to and the date of their offenses. pastries and pies. Suggested that from crew mess and build .a A motion to determine time for Wilmington Agent notify Arrow rack elsewhere to hold them- TA.. next meeting was withdrawn af­ Line Port Steward in Frisco so vote of thanks from crew to the ter discussion. Ship's Delegate that required linens will be sup­ excellent Stewards Department to see Patrolman to make sure plied upon arrival in that port. and to Baker Ferdinand Szoblik we are not short-changed a One minute of silence in mem­ for his superb baking. XXX day's wages because of a sign- ory of departed Union Brothers. TOPA TOPA, Oct. 23—R. Di on on August 31. Paolo, Chairman; C. J. Murphy, * t- X Secretary. Brother Thompson PETHOLITE, Oct. 25—WilUam was elected Ship's Delegate by Biskas, Chairman; H. Rosenstiel. acclamation to succeed Brother Secretary. Ship's Delegate Earl Jones, who had been injured. Gonyea reported that he had Delegates reported: Deck—;Few spoken to Captain who agreed hours disputed overtime; Engine to painting of decks in head —Disputed overtime; Stewardsnd crew's quarters as soon as Disputed overtime. AU reports time permits. Washing machine concurred in. Repair list was XXX will be repaired when Engineer ALCOA ROAMER, Nov. 6 — drawn up and read to members.has time. Charges to be brought William C. , Hall, Chairman; All hands instructed to leave George A. Haynes, Secretary. their rooms ship-shape • and that Ship's Delegate reported there all linens and cots be turned were, no known beefs. Every­ in. A vote of thanks to Union thing okay in departments, with Headquarters for LOGS and lit­ exception of few hours disputed erature mailed to us and received overtime in Deck and Engine. during current voyage. A vote Motron carried to dtaw up of thanks given to Stewards De­ statement to effect that washing partment for excellent feeding machine aboard ship is union and serving of food. property in event of lay-up or XXX transfer. Bill of sale is to be ALCOA CORSAIR. Nov. 13— sent to Union, along with state­ W. Higgs, Chairman; L. Clarke. ment. Letter .'also to be written Secretary. All Delegates' reports calling for more" adequate stor­ made. and accepted. Motion car­ ing of ship. Water cooler to be ried to contact New Orleans Hall placed in PC mess and Ship's to get heating system repaired. Delegate to seq Chief Engineer Motion carried to get new tubes about installing a fan in laundry for movie machine. "Motion car­ room. Suggested that Ship's ried to table ihdefinitely the mat­ Delegate appoint someone to se­ ter of juke box. Under Good and cure and/or exchange library for Welfare, there was much dis­ crew. cussion on keeping messrooips and fountains clean. There w^s XXX ROBIN TRENT.Oct. 30—J. M. also considerable discussion pn CarroU, Chairman; A. E. Carlson, general matters of Union'intetSecretary. Deck Delegate report­ est. After one minute of silenCe ed everything okay except for in memory of departed Brothers, three hours disputed overtime. meeting adjourned at 3 PM, with Engine Delegate said that repair 60 members present. PADDY MeCANN Paddy McCann To Retire; Will Run Shop In New York i �f « December 16. 1949 THE SEAFARERS LOG BSBSB<8SBS5!7e!C; \ thirtem- THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS CREWMEN RELAX AFTER ENCOUNTER WITH MINE Galley Men Important Cogs, Not Nursemaids: Prestwood To the Editor: The SS Maiden Creek made Bremerhaven under her own power adier striking a mine on Oct. 15 in the North Sea, off the Holland coast. No one was hurt but all hands were glad of the opportunity to take it easy while the ship was repaired in drydock. Here are some of the men at a party at the USS 'Club in the German port, on Armistice Day. Around the table, left to right: Arthur Cairns, Dick Davies, Melvin Kleiber, Tony Oliva, Charles Mehh Apron Castillo, Edward Dietrich, Elias Blanco, Mateo Lorenzo, Robert Lansdale, Oliver Oakley, Pablo dortes, and Roy Atizado. Standing are Paul Schmidt and Ervin Pangallo, club representatives. The Maiden Creek returned to the States last week. Shipping Card Extension Puzzles Brother To the Editor: I In issue No. 7 of the air-mail bulletin, which the boys and my­ self aboard the Robin Gray are very glad to receive, I see" where all A&G BrancMes, with the ex­ ception of Boston, concurred in the. previous Galveston minutes. Is Boston the only branch where the membership is on its toes? In the Galveston minutes ap­ proved by all but one port there was a motion carried to allow e.xtension of the shipping cards. A quick glance at the ship­ ping rules shows that under Ar­ ticle 8 (a) "Any member on the regular shipping list who has a shipping card more than three months old must re-register on the shipping list and take out a hew shipping card and date." The shipping rules also state that the rules are effective in all branches of the A&G District, eflfective May 1, 1948, infractions of which will not be tolerated. Why, then,- should one. bi'anch be allowed to make an excep­ tion from these rules which clearly state that such cannot be done? OFFERED RESOLUTION Some months ago in the Port of New York, while I was help­ ing to draft a resolution to make acceptance of vacation pay man­ datory, I was told by certain officials that such a change in the official shipping rules would have to be passed on by the membership in a referendum ballot up and down the coast. Is this proposed change of the rules by Galveston not as serious as the change I proposed? If not, then are individual branches to be allowed to change and construe the meaning and working of these rules to fit their own needs at any time they feel the urge? If this be the case, every branch will in the end become a separate Union by itself, doing as it pleases, when it pleases, thereby setting itself up above the district as a whole. Log-A-Rhythms i '• The Seaman By THURSTON J. LEWIS I have turned many a wheel. On many a mighty sea, I have drifted to a foreign field. When there was no home for me. I have sailed in war and peace. Had four ships blasted high. But what ever the cost, whatever is lost, I must sail beneath the sky. I've been offered shore jobs. Pushing a pencil or pen. And I've considered taking them. But the sea wouldn't let me, men. I'tn not a romantic fellow Who goes off in ecstasy At the sight of a moon thed's mellow. Or the blue of the Caribbee. I love my home, my wife and my child, -And I love my country free; But the heavy wave and the wind so wild Always call md back to the sea. ing to a position where Stew­ ards Department men will ask Is the Stewards Department a that they be tried by men of part of the crew? This is a ques­ their own department. Other tion that flashes througH the such petty differences will arise. mind of almost everyone who Don't get me wrong. I can works in the Stewards Depart­ see as well as the other men in ment. This question also causes our department that the watches quite a few Stewards, Cooks and Messmen to change departments, much come first, but I can't and will cause more to do so un­ see why a Stewards Department less some members wake up to man must get up from a table the fact that the Stewards De­ to give his seat to someone off partment is as essential to the watch. I also can't see why operation of a ship as the other some men continually try to give the Messmen a hard time. two gangs. A favorite trick is to demand If a Steward, Cook or Utility that the Messman be tried and sits down to eat during meal­ hanged if be doesn't jump time, someone always, makes a through a hoop when the offwisecrack. No matter how small watch mob enters the messroom. the slur is, there is always some narrow-minded person or persons I think it is time to give to carry it on until it becomes a credit where credit is due. It's also time for some men to wake phony beef. up, because Stewards men are NO ROOM? not nursery maids nor the ser­ For example: I sat down to vants of the crew. The Stewards eat recently, only to have a crew- Department men are good Un­ member come in and make the ion men, - signed on the same crack that the Black Gang or articles as anyone else and rep­ Deck Gang can't sit down be­ resented by the same Union. cause the Stewards Department James Prestwood was taking all the room. I don't remember anything in the con­ tract which sets up tables for any Panton Ends Restful one department or departments Stay In Georgetown in particular, yet that's the way To the Editor: some crewmembers feel. Then there always are the Having received two months' guys who state that the chow issues of the LOG in this quiet isn't the way their mother fixed little home far from all world it. If we could cook like every activities, I want to thank you guy's mother, we'd be combin­ very much for your kindness. ation magician and big time And as I'm leaving home soon hotel chef, instead of being out I'U ask you to discontinue send­ here on the blue, where we are ing them to me. the last to sign on, last to pay The LOG is a new thing to off and first to get a beef. the people here and, I think, the first Union paper to be seen by SEES SPLIT the many friends of mine. As This matter, believe it or not, usual, the SIU gets there first. has become serious to all Stew­ Please put this in the LOG for ards Department men and can me, so as to help me contact develop into a more serious mat­ some of the boys I'm supposed ter than anyone thinks. The SIU to meet on my return. needs the Stewards Department Edsel Panton and the Stewards Department Georgetown, Grand Cayman needs the Union. It's fast com­ That's enough of that, but while -I have pen in hand, I might as well let loose one more blast, this time at Brother John Gillette, who, according to air­ mail bulletin No. 6, made a mo­ tion, adopted by a Seatrain crew, which called for the setting up of a rest home for Seafarers. Though Brother Gillette's heart is probably in the right place, his motion appears to be unwise at the present time. To set up a home of this kind suitable to the membership of the SIU would take thousands upon thousands of dollars. Money which we cannot afford to put into a venture that none of us deem as absolutely successful. Though I'm not against a gamble now and then, I am against gambling with union funds, es­ pecially in the large sums nec­ essary for this enterprise. Granted that we have just as­ sessed ourselves an annual ten dollars, there is no need to throw it away like the old pros­ PROUD OF ITS GOOD NAME pector who finally struck it rich. A project of this kind would not only swell the Union payroll, but would also have us buying II property at a time when we still do not own the buildings hous­ ing our- union offices in some ports. If we are going to spend money for property, let us first buy halls. Milton (Slim) Williams (Ed. Note: Insofar as exten­ sion of shipping cards is con­ cerned, it has been the policy of the membership to permit ports experiencing dead ship­ ping to extend the 30-day pe­ riod if the members there so d^ide. The justification for this policy lies in the state of shipping in the particular port. In Galveston, for example, shipping was at an absolute standstill. By extending the cards the members there pro­ tected the men registered Dave Zabella, who skippers the tug Seafarer shown here longest from having to re­ says the craft is 'named in honor of our Union. Operated by register behind the men who the A and S Towing Co., of Brooklyn, the Seafa-.er is an industrious worker which includes light d^aft lowing and had come in just before shipping picked up again.) dredge and construction tending among its duties. �Page Fouzieen THE Suggests 90-Day Balloting To Settle Vacation Issue SEAFARERS LOG Friday. Decem^r 16. 1949 THE "CROOSHAV* GAME IS COMING VP says a job for eveiy bookman. To the Editor: A short time ago, you prob­ I wholeheartedly agree with' "Ropeyarn," in his letter on va­ ably read in the LOG a letter cation headlined "We Won Va­ from a wornan, the wife of a cations With Pay, Take Them. Seafarer, who said she may have On June 1, 1949, a letter from to go back to a cereal diet for me was published in the LOG her family if such a ruling went discussing this same subject. through. Any bookman knows Since then there have been he can ship out between two many letters of the same nature. and four weeks, if he is not Also there has been much ids- waiting for a special job or ship. cussion in SIU Branches and But other family men have an­ aboard ships at sea. As far as I swered that the ruling would know, Mobile, Savannah and not hurt them. See the LOG of Galveston have had resolutions Dec. 2, for example, in which offered at their meetings on this Vic Moriana, a father of five children, tells why he favors matter. I believe that the membership compulsory -vacations. SEAMEN HUMAN, TOO is now ready to act and some of I'm writing this with the fa­ us members in New Orleans are going to draw up a resolution milies of seamen in mind be­ calling for the question of com­ cause I know they read the LOG. Aboard the SS Puerto Rico softball competition Is hot. The Stewards beat the Deck-Engine pulsory vacations after a man Therefore, here's a question for team 25 to 9 on a recent trip, then on the last trip the Stewards took it on the chin, 29 to 4. has been on one ship for a year those who are not seamen. How The playoff comes on the current voyage. Above is the Stewards aggregation, except for Harry and entitled to vacation pay. In would you like to be in a fac­ Roe, Wiper, ^econd from left, who appeared in lineup for two iimings until regular man showed Savannah a 30-day voting period tory or office 24 hours a day for up. was suggested. Because of the weeks at a time? The average very important nature of the shore worker works eight hours vacation issue, some men with a day, five days a week. He's off whom I have discussed the mat­ every evening (to spend with ter think that 90 days would be his family or friends) and Sat­ urdays, Sundays and holidays, to right to pei-mit all to vote. go to the ball game or his cou­ OFFERS REFRESHER For those who may have miss­ sin Hattie's. We seamen are hu­ ed part of these discussions, man, too, and should have suf­ To the Editor: ficient time off to break the here's a refresher: monotony of a job that requires For over six months we have I'm looking for someone to been talking about whether one our pi'esence aboard ship 24 give me the correct dope, through year of continuous service on hours a day, s o m e t i m e s~ for the SEAFARERS LOG, on the one ship is enough to warrant a months at a time. Ordinary Seaman's duties on I'd like to point out that I man being required to take a sanitary work. On the last ship vacation to which he is entitled have served for a long time on I was on, I was told " by the and get off the ship. Bear in one ship and know what I'm Deck Delegate that I would be mind that shipping has slowed talking about. I was 16 months fined asi per shipping rules if down and the beach is getting on the Del Noi'te. That was the I did not get the entire Deck first time and the last. pretty crowded. Department's clean linen from I think the proposed ruling I know of Captains and Chief the Steward during linen day. Engineers who are now sailing would give all hands a better The. Steward on this ship in the foc'sle. Now, suppose a break, so if a man is entitled to would issue linen only piece for Steward or a Bosun had to sail vacation pay after one year piece. Most of the time I could in a lower rating. Would this aboard ship let's make it a rule not find their towels around, break him? As we all know, the that he take it and get off the yet the crew demanded a com­ Here's the squad representing the Deck and Engine depart­ difference in pay isn't too much. ship. plete set of linen from the Stew­ R. (Sally Dick) Martinez ments in ship's softball rivalry. Photos by Jim Golder. And the SIU has a policy that ard. Sometimes they had their towels locked up in their lock­ ers. The 12-4 watch were always To the Editor: asleep when I changed the linen There is a rumor around New and they expected me to change To the Editor: his family, for I realize that re­ against him. Failure to do so Orleans and board various ships their linen when they woke up. moving him from his job to sat­ makes the crew equally guilty. that one "Johli" was involved in I contend that it is not the The early part of this year isfy my selfish interests will a confiscation of contraband at OS's duty as part of his sani­ I can think of a better idea saw the membership vote to work a hardship upon his fam­ to create more jobs for all Un­ Santos, Barzil, aboard the SS tary work to get the entire de­ make the transportation rule op­ ily's economic security. partment fresh linen from the ion members: the four watch Del Mar. tional, thus allowing men to As I have been asked by Steward, but he may do this as system. With the four jwatch stay aboard the ships if they UNIONISM WITHIN system we could increase our many Brothers if I am the John, a gesture of goodwill. I believe passed up the travel pay. Today To say that remaining aboard manning power and decrease the I should like to take this oppor­ if everyone had his linen chang­ there is a great deal of beefing a ship creates poor union men hours of labor. We might have tunity to straighten out any pos­ ed individually there would not because these men didn't realize be a beef of this nature. What's is a nonsensical * argument. The to compromise on certain work­ sibility of mistaken identity. that.it would work against them. John Dolan mere carrying of a union book ing rules, but wouldn't you ra­ I wish to advise all Brothers the score? Had the membership permitted is not proof of unionism, the true ther do this than create disunity and anyone interested that I was (Ed. Note: You're right. the rule to remain as it was, we spirit of unionism lies within within our ranks by attempting not the party involved. I wish Brother. You are required to would have a better turnover of tBe man. When and if you find to force Union Brothers off the to have my name cleared of any clean up the rooms, that is, men. The principal beef against a Union Brother aboard a ship job by compulsory vacations? Let connection with this incident. sweep and mop up, but i£ ' the former rule was that a mem­ failing to hold up the Union us be constructive and not de­ you supply the linen or strip Jan Zavadil ber didn't have enough time on principles then it is the duty of structive. the bunks, that's strictly aChief Cook a ship to make a good payday. the crew to prefer charges goodwill gesture.) SS Del Mar Joseph Buckley Today, the members are beefing that their Union Brothers are staying on the jobs too long and must be uprooted, thus the strong support for compulsory To the Editor: Another CTMA "criticism" of received the Mate's consent to ^ It seems that one of the ques­ .vacations. tions asked pf Bobinski concern­ the SIU was the matter of lay­ be ashore with my wife. For Mighty interesting to this for­ ed the drinking by an SIU man offs. I'd like to ask CTMA ad­ this privilege I had paid $15 REASON FOR VOTE My contention in this discus­ mer Cities Service seaman was fired fi'om the ship. I would like herents which is better: The for three watches to be stood. sion is that too many Union the LOG article, "SIU Organiz­ to add that Cities Service of­ rare possibility of being laid off Later, when I returned to the Brothers have become job hun­ er Answers OS Lies," wherein ficers aren't angels in this re­ a ship that is being laid up, ship, there was a lengthy discus­ gry, and it's for this reason that Edward Bobinski answered the spect either. Several times I've perhaps sent to the boneyard, sion—about eight' hours, to be they are demanding a vote be phony questions proposed by a seen them heavy with a load on, following which a man can reg­ exact—as to whether I was to _ taken to compel their Union CTMA die-hai-d. but they cover up by bending ister at the Union hall and grab be Deck Maintenance or AB. % Brothers to come off the ships. Brother Bobinski did an ex­ over the tank tops and after a another ship, or being fired for When it was finally decided to We organized ourselves as a ceptionally good job of putting heavy whiff, claim, "The fumes an unjust reason after thi-ee make me AB, Hurricane Hall body to create job security. the CTMA stiff straight at that got me." months of service on a CS ship, made the crack that I would When we begin to become sel­ meeting aboard the Chiwawa. I don't hold it against a man practically blackballed forever have to make up the four hour whatch I had missed during the fish and individualistic in our Bobinski \yill make a good new for drinking; after all, one day with the company. discussion. 'Queer logic. Tell me, WEAK ARGUMENT thoughts toward each other, then member in our Union. He has ashore out of eleven is little The latter was my case.^ I was CTMA men, is that what you we begin to tear down the struc­ shown beyond a doubt that he enough, it's just that I do not ture of unionism. I sympathize is a fighter for more bearable think it fair to blast the SIU fired for not being aboard to would call the rights of free with a married member who conditions for all of the men of because a man takes a drink shift ship during November 1949 men? Rocky Milton' in Corpus Christi. I had earlier now and then. must work Steady to provide for the Cities Service fleet. Linen Service To Deck Gang Prompts Query Advocates Of Compulsory Vacation Rule Held Lacking In Cottstructive Ideas Jan Zavadil Sets The Record Straight Scorching Reply To CTMA Applauded By Ex-CS Man �^tikayrDiMetinber 16; 1949 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Fifteen Headquarters Meeting Brands Tretskyites 'Dual And Hestile' for their vile attack on the -SIU, i "It is necessary to be able.. ^ (Continued from Page 1) ANTHONY C. DYNARSKI UNO ROBERT SILVANDER and it was some of these Sea- to resort to all sorts of devices, Richard M. Cantor, 51 Cham­ paper, both of which have been Please get in touch with your farers, loyal to the SIU, who maneuvers and illegal methods bers St., New York City, asks mailed to** SlU-contracted ships. family, 32 Pardee St., Rochester, were responsible for the draft­ to evasion and subterfuge in or­ you to contact him. On the beach, particularly in N. Y. It's a matter of importance ing of the resolution. der to penetrate into ttie trade New York, Trotskyite followers to you. In addition to the word-ofunions, to remain in them, and in the SIU have acted as lures JOHN V^S^^PATERSON i. Anyone knowing whereabouts for SIU members. The proced­ mouth smear against the SIU, to carry on communist work in CARROL QUINT A1 Gordon asks jmu to con­ of thfs- man please notify R. O. ure was to enlice the member the Trotskyites have been proved i them at all costs." To this the Trotskyites have tact him, care of New York Hall. Paterson, 169 Ardmore Dr., •to Trotskyite headquarters with to be the authors of leaflets di­ Ferndale 20, Mich. the promise of aid in any prob­ rected at the SIU membership, closely adhered in the Sailors S. S. 4 lem the man may have. in which the truth had been Union on the West Coast and AAA DOUGLAS (Smiley) CLAUSSEN Actually, men who have fall­ twisted to give a distorted pic- again on the East Coast, where DAVID C. HASKELL Your mother is about to go Contact Howard W. Moore, en for the> "line" have received ture of conditions within the they took part in the raid on to the hospital, and wants to Pittsburgh Institute of Refrige­ no aid, but instead found them­ Union. New York National Maritime Unhear from, you first. ration and Air Conditioning, 570 selves listening to a harangue In an attempt to further con­ ion Headquarters last month. . . A." i i Brushton Ave., Pittsburg 21, Pa. against the SIU, and in the end fuse the picture, the Trotskyites In that situation the Trotsky­ James B. Callis, Eugene C. being asked to join the move­ have signed their leaflets "SIU ites joined hands with their bre­ AAA Glover, Vincent S. Kuhli James ment. SIDNEY BERGER Committee," a vague title diffi­ thren under the skin, the Stalin­ ,E. Moore:- Contact Paul C. "Please leave my suit- at the Unfortunately for the Trotsky- cult to check by crews on ships ist communists, to storm and' Matthews, 11 Broadway, New Hall the next time you're in ites, several men whom they at sea thousands of miles from seize the offices of the NMU. York City. attempted to recruit did. not go SIU Halls. New York—Bill." The strength of the Trotsky­ AAA A series of articles in the ites in the SIU, it must be made GORDON CHAMBERS Trotskyite newspaper has sub-' clear, is actuaUy very small, but Write your mother, 1076 Teller jected the SIU tc a barrage of the imanimous vote in favor of Ave., Bronx, New York. lies, distortions and character the resolution indicates strongly AAA By JIM DRAWDY assassination, outdone only for that the attempt by the Trotsky­ JEFF M. BENGE ites to either increase their SAVANNAH — Shipping was progresses rapidly, as the ex­ brazen untruths by Pravda. Get in touch with your sister, strength within the SIU or, fail­ READY EXPLANATION perience of the SIU has proven strictly on the slow bell here Mrs. Carrie Potter, PO Box 173, ing to do so, ci-eate bitter in­ The Trotskyites, now that they Ft. Gibson, Oklahoma. There is during the past two weeks. Those so often. ternal fights is not going to be We probably bragged a little see that their dissension-pedd­ an estate which cannot be set- men who were shipped went allowed. aboard in-transit callers, other­ too soon about the absence of ling has not been embraced by tied without you. The Seafarers has always wise things would have been at gashounds in these parts. At the Seafarers, will undoubtedly try A A A • last meeting a couple, of drunks a standstill. to explain away their attacks on handled its problems in a direct LAYMON SEAY were permitted to remain in the Union as being merely the fashion. By the passing of the The vessels calling at the port .You have mail and a pack­ resolution against the Trotsky­ the Hall on their promise that age at 145 Green St., Newark, were the SS Jean, Bull Lines; they would remain quiet. We voice of a legitimate and demo­ ites, SIU members have simply cratic union minority. N. J. Write your mother at 513 SS Alawai, Waterman, and the tried to be good joes, but it This line is scotched by ex­ cleared the way for the hand­ following Isthmian line jobs: Clay St., Lynchburg, Va^ didn't pay. amination of the recent series ling of a beef in a direct man­ Steel Cfiemist, Steel Surveyor, AAA These guys became obnoxious of events which have taken ner. and Steel Architect. WALTER CLOUSE The Union shall now proceed The Jean had a beef in the and caused an uproar at the place within the Sailors Union of , Get in touch with Higgins & meeting. The membership acted the Pacific's Seattle Branch, to handle those persons who Parness, 92 Liberty St., New Stewards Department over a as a trial committee and finec where the Trotskyites, through fall within the framework of suction fan in the galley. How­ York City. them each $25* for their actions a series of illegal actions, seized the resolution in the manner in ever, the beef was settled okay AAA and had them removed fi-om the the facilities of the port and set which they deserve to be treated. and the crew said it would make WM. RALPH STONE Hall. up business in opposition to the The screaming attacks that Your '^mother at Rt. 4, Box another trip, providing a fan is We're still having mild wea­ rest of the Union, going so far will now probably be unleashed installed when the ship returns 3]b'5„ Mobile, Ala., asks you to ther here and several of the as to hold rump union meetings against the SIU by this organi-. from its next voyage. v^rite. members have been seen around and publish their own newspa­ zation—cries of "red baiting" As for the rest of the ships, the Hall with their turkey-hunt­ per. and "they're, hiding their own. everything was of a routine na­ ing clothes on. - HEBER^ R^ GUYMON The entire operation, in viola­ crimes"—will be to no avail, for Write your parents, Hiawatha, ture. There was nothing unusual And we're very happy to add on any of them and all hands that this week there are no Sea­ tion of the SUP Constitution, the membership of the SIU has Uiah. was fully in accordance with the been made aware of the true appeared happy. - AAA farers in the local Marine Hos­ Trotskyite code of behavior, purpose of their actions and has We'd like to suggest that all pital. This is one condition we EDWARD P. WERDA which bolshevik leader Lenin taken remedial steps. Get in touch with Florence Branches observe the education­ hope remains' unchanged for a laid down forty years ago. Leon The next step is to deal with Zi^laskowski, 801 2nd Ave., Al­ al portions of their meetings, so long time to come. Trotsky quoted this approvingly the Trotskyites for what they as to allow the membership, to pena, Mich. Very important. in his pamphlet, "Their Morals are—crackpot, vicious, lying en­ fully understand the value of AAA and Ours," on page 30: emies of our Union. good trade unionism on the part WALTER SZCZEPANSKI Get in touch with Ben Sterl­ of all. There is no"^question but that ing, 42 Broadway, New York (Continued from Page 6) an alert membership always from the closed shop ban, the City. SIU has invited members of Congress to observe the rotary hiring system in action, he point­ ed out. In keeping with tradi­ tional practice' of Union at SUP SIU, A&G District Christmas, Secretary - Treasurer, ..16 Merchant St. recommended that all members BA4.TIMOR6 14 North Gay St. HONOLULU Phone 5-8777 in hospitals be given $10. Motion WJUiam Rentz, Agent . Mulberry 4540 BOSTON 276 State St. PORTLAND Ill W. Bumslde St. carried to accept Secretary-Trea­ Ben' Lawson, Agent Richmond 2-0140 Beacon 4336 surer's report. Resolution was ofDispatcher Richmond 2-0141 SS STEEL TRAVELER RICHMOND, Calif 257 5th St. f e r e d condeming communists, ,$1.00; G. Lukas. $2.00; E. S. SamU, GALVESTON 308 Vz—23rd St. W. Mills. $2.00; R. Garcia. $1.00; $2.0^ F. Bressi. $1.00; R. H. Barnes, Phone 2599 Trotskyites and other subvei'sive Keith Alsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 59 Clay St. splinter groups that have been E. Wagner. $1.00; J. Qrtiejuferra. $2.00; $3.OOF; B. R. Hartzog. $2.00; J. E. MOBILE 1 South JLawrence St. SAN FRANCISCO R. Abbey. $10.00; H. Loll. $3.00; W. Rivers. $5.00. Douglas 2-8363 Cal' Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 sniping at Union and attempting Chigos. $3.00; E. Tonisson. $1.00; J. SS SEATRAIN HAVANA -.86 Seneca St. NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St, SEATTLE to undermine the security of the Kelly. $1.00; C. Bonefort. $1.00; F. A. Olaguibel. $1.00; M. A. Caraway, Main 0290 E. Sheppard, Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 membership. Several members Andrews. $1.00; W. Seltzer. $1.00; L. $2.00. NEW YORK 51 Beaver St. WILMINGTON 440 Avalon Blvd. $1.00; C. B'user, $3.00; L. SS ANDREW JACKSON took the floor in support of the Spruycer. Joe Algina, Agent HAnover 2-2784 Terminal 4-3131 Rhino. $1.00; J. Williams. $1.00; D. M. Strickland. $2.00; Soiho. $3.00; NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. resolution. A book vote was ta­ Whittaker. $1.00; S. White. $1.00; J. J. F.Soto. $4.00; M. Farrula. $3.00; Y. Ben Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 ken and the resolution was McNamara. $1.00; L. Cooke. $1.00; H. Y. Song. $4.00; F. H. Fisk. $2.60; A. PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. Canadian District . Diaz. $2.00; H. Hernandez. $2.00; J. adopted overwhelmingly. No Cuinier. $1.00. J. Sheehan, Agent Market 7-1635 W. H. Grant. $3.00; C. Sonwald, $1.00; SS CORAL SEA 404 Le Moyne St. books were raised when the no SAN FRANCISCO 85 Third St. MONTREAL J. . Rechsteiner. $5.00; E. F. Czos- T. L. Simonds. $3.00; E. Ortiz. $2.00; UNiversity 2427 vote was taken. Motion by GuinJeff Morrison, Agent Douglas 2-5475 nowski. $2.00; N. S. Ward. $1.00; M. G. E. Murphy. $2.00; G. J. Clark. $1.00; SAVANNAH 2 Abercom St. FORT WILLIAM. .118Syndicate Ave. ier, seconded by several, that C. Riley. $2.00; S. Kwiatkowskl. $1.00; W. R. Mcllveen. $2.00; J. J. McKenna, Jim Drawdy, Agent , Phone 3-1728 Ontario ' Phone 3-3221 J. F. Hester. $2.00; R. S. Jonson. $1.00; $1.00; K. C. Crowe. $1.00; F. J. Corio, resolution be adopted unanim­ SEATTLE 2700 1st -Ave. HALIFAX 128>/z Hollis St. J. J. Boxley. $4.00; S. Trzcinski. $2.00; $1.00; A. Goldfarb. $2.00; A. Barberd, ously. Motion carried to adopt Wm. McKay, Agent Senec^ 4570 Phone 3-8911 Goodwin. $2.00; R. LeVasseur. $2.00; $3.00; S. L. Torina. $1.00; B. RoosTAMPA .T809-1811 N. Franklin St. resolution unanimously. Motion E. R. Kelly, $2.00; N. Marovich, $1.00; berg. $2.00; J. Kallaste. $1.00. PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. Ray White, Agent Phone M-1323 Phone: 5591 by Matthews, seconded by sev­ K. Hansen. $2.00; A. Mino. $1.00; SS CHRYSAr^HY WILMINGTON, Calif., 227'/a Avalon Blvd. I. honripson. $2,00; M. Evans. $1.00. lllA Jarvis St. eral, that the entire situation re­ A. Rodrigues. $10.00; D. Delgado. $2.00; E. B. Tilley, Agent Terminal 4-2874> TORONTO SS ANNISTON CITY Elgin 5719 garding resolution and Union's M. 'Zelack. $2^00; R. McCannon. $2.00; HEADQUARTERS. .51 Beaver St., N.V.C. F. Lancan. $2.00. C. L. Gunsett, $1.00; R. Potter, $5.00, SECRETARY-TREASURER VICTORIA, B.C. 602 Boughton St. position against communist par­ SS CAPE MOHICAN SS SEATRADER Paul Hall Empira 4531 ty, Trotskyites and other subver­ J. M. Dawson. $1.00; J. P. TuczJ. Kari, $2.00; M. Awall. $1.00; H. DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATION VANCOUVER 565 Hamilton St. sive splinter groups be summar­ kowski. $3.00; E. Tresnik. $2.00; A. Christensen. $1.00; J. Durmo, $1.00; Lindsey Williams Pacific 7824 ized in overseas Bulletin and Rivera. $1.00; E. Cintron. $1.00; L. M. Katsimbris. $1.00; H. Sanchez, ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS HEADQUARTERS.......512 McGill St. mailed to all crews on contract­ C. Galinte. $1.00; R. P. Sirois,- $2.00; $|.00; D. Proelezianos, $1.00; E. CarRobert Matthews J. P. Shuler Montreal Plateau 670 ed ships. Motion carried. Meet­ J. D. Halpin, $1.00; E. H. Schinmack-[ reras. $1.00; .R. Collins. $1.00; J. PolJoseph Volpian er. $1.00; J. Araya, $1.00; D. Alvlno.' uchovlchr $5.00; A. Wiessner. $1.00; ing adjourned at 8:20 PM. $2.00; J. Pelusky. $1.00; P. Naujalis. ' R. R. White. $1.00. Savannah Shipping On Slow Bell Braadk Meetings Directory Of SIU Halls �Page Sixteen r HE l^EAEA RE R,S L O G Friday. December 16. 1949 moMmimiApmm/imeffro werm! ilbiu "thcrf* are have been certi-Fied bq -fhe AILRB cue are pressirg) -for a confracj" it) give CSitinkermen +be +op iva^eGy oJDrkin^ condfHons.ancI nailed doLUin to an GIU a^reenaenrh Vo noi jeopardire. qour jobs in anoj U^L\. If asKed io sign a CTM A applicai'r<bn or pe+i+ron^ do so. 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Title A name given to the resource December 16, 1949 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XI, No. 33 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: NLRB CERTIFIES SEAFARERS, HITS CITIES SERVICE TACTICS SEAFARERS PRESENTS SHIPOWNERS WITH DEMAND FOR WELFARE FUND MM&P EXTENDS OLD CONTRACT NEW YORK BRANDS TROSKYITES 'DUAL AND HOSTILE' WHICH WAY? AFL MEET SETS PLANS FOR GROWTH IN SOUTH ANTI-COMMUNIST UNIONS FORM NEW WORLD GROUP ECA SLAPS PENALTY ON 7 NATIONS FOR VIOLATING 50-50 RULE PHILLY REPORTS SLIGHT RISE IN PORT SHIPPING SHIPPING HOLDS AT EVEN KEEL IN NEW YORK TAMPA MAYOR DEPUTIZES FINKS AT AFL SOUTHERN ORGANIZING CONVENTION MINUTES OF A&G BRANCH MEETINGS IN BRIEF TEXT OF NLRB DECISION CERTIFYING SIU AS BARGAINING AGENT IN CITIES SERVICE CITIES SERVICE STOOGES SPY ON PRO-SIU MEN SEAFARER BELL DEAD AT 65 FORT BRIDGER CREWMEN EYE HOLIDAYS AS PRELUDE TO YEAR ON SHUTTLE RUN SAIL-MAKERS GIVE WAY TO PANTS-MAKERS ON CANTON VIC Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/16/1949 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1949 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/00c726549e76919792b0aab536c76f41.PDF 7dc8f1803b3fae143dc15bb24ff80efa PDF Text Text ^ABBRS Jpc( m ft rf OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Vol. V. NEW YORK. N. Y„ FRIDAY. DECEMBER 17. 1943 No. 37 Old Timers No. 1 Enemy pf Bureaucrats *I I 0om &er ' '•!>' ' UAP ,i-- -• PANTS / Government -Shipowner Offensive Is Pressed The Washington bureaucrats may be fighting the Germans and Japanese (we'll give them the benefit of the doubt), but they have a third enemy which is much closer at hand and therefor claims more of their attention- -this enemy is the old-time merchant seaman with a reco'-d o£ union militancy. The WSA health examination^ proposals, the Gestapo-like hear­ old-timers with the green kids ings held by the Coast Guard being graduated by the thousands every time a seaman parts his from the RMO schools. hair on the left side, the contin­ LATEST EXAMPLE ual chiseling on union contracts by the shipowners, all these are There are literally hundreds of but part of an employer-govern­ examples of this persecution of ment offensive which has as its old-time militants, but here is the goal the supplanting of militant latest which came to our atten­ tion, and which we repeat be- . cause it is typical of what is go­ ing on in the industry. Brother Hugh A. Drake first went to sea 29 years ago. In those 29 years he has sailed as everything from Ordinary to Second Mate. When the war broke out he was working in a shipyard at $100 per week. He The. Maritime Commission's was over the draft age and there new 4,000-ton "pocket Liberty was no reason for him to leave ship," consti'uction of which will begin shortly, will be adaptable the safe berth in the shipyard, to war services and wiU appar­ but somehow he wanted to be ently be used chiefly to restock with his old shipmates during the nation's "unbalanced" cargo this period of excitement and fleet with the moderately small, danger. shallow-draft vessels that will be FOUGHT SUBS required in the post-war period for the coastal and short-sea In April 1942 Brother Drake trades. signed on the SS Unico as Bos'un. The new vessel, identified by He fought torpedoes and Atlan­ the commission as the "Cl-M- tic storms for eight months, ar­ AVl," is a single-screw Diesel riving back in Mobile in Novem­ powered motor ship 320 feet in ber. Upon signing off he waslength. It will be powered either picked up by the Coast Guard Ott with a six-cylinder Nordberg or the charge of being intoxicated with a Busch-Sulzer eight-cylin­ while aboard the ship. He re­ ITF—After, several years of der engine, the horsepower in ceived the old brass hat razzle existence in exile, with head­ either case being 1,750 and the dazzle and his papers were lifted. quarters in London, the French speed about twelve knots, which The charge against him was a Seamen's Union has transferred makes is slightly faster than the frame-up. The frame-up was so its headquarters to Algiers, it j Liberty. raw that when the skipper of the was learned today at the New The heavy damage done to Unico heard about it he sent a York Office of the International many of the major ports of Eu­ special letter of protest to the Transport Workers' Federation, rope may make it impossible for Coast Guard, saying that Drake of which the French Seamen's large ships to dock there for had not been intoxicated and Union is an affiliate. The cabled some considerable period after that he performed his duties ta report from London also states the war, and it follows that the his (the skipper's) complete sat­ that the French seamen in North nation that will get the business isfaction. Africa are almost 100 percent or­ will be the one having smaller Faced with the skipper's letter ganized. vessels able to visit the compar­ the Coast Guard could do little Branches of the French sea­ atively u n damaged secondary but return Drake's papers—^un­ men's Union have sprung up dur­ ports and the deck machinery re­ stamped. That is, there was no official blackinark against hinj ing the pa.st several years, in quired to service them. The new vessel appears in pro­ and he was (supposedly) inno­ whatever ports French ships found themselves. Almost imme­ file to be a cross between a col­ cent of any crime against God diately after North Africa was lier and a large barge, with the and country. Yeah? But wait! freed from the clutches of Vichy entire superstructure set aft, like A BOMB THROWER? and Vichy's anti-union laws, the a tanker's. Access to three large cargo holds, extending from the French seamen reorganized their Drake then shipped out aft union. The union will be greatly engine room to the bow, is pro­ Bos'un on August 15, 1943. Hi# strengthened now that these vided by three equally large ship hit Puerto Rico three months branches are pulled together hatches. The Diesel engines, later and a brass hat comes within one union whose head­ weighing 130 tons, take up more aboard to see how he had been' quarters is in the same place as space and account for more behaving himself. Up until the the seat of the French Govern­ weight proportionally than those of the Liberty ship. {Continued on Page 4) ment. New Pocket Liberty Ships FISHERMEN STILL ON STRIKE; O.P.A. MAKES COUNTER OFFER The strike for a living wage being conducted by the Atlantic Fishermen's Union, SIU, entered its third week today with little prospect of any immediate settlement. The Fishermen are demanding that the OPA raise the whole­ sale price of certain fish in order to give the men sufficient income to meet the rising cost of^ of lemon sole to 16 cents a living. The .union has also charg­ price pound and of sea scallops to 38 ed that reductions in fish prices cents a pound for the winter in at ex-vessel level which went in­ to effect last July had not been passed on to the consumer—rath­ er did the middle men absorb this extra profit at the .expense of the fishermen. addition to the seven-cent in­ crease in the price of pollock for December already authorized. (3) Wholesale mark-ups will be revised to prevent the obtaining of unwarranted multiple margins The strike, which affects all and to reduce wholesale margins vessels operating out of Boston in port cities which are out of and New Bedford and draggers line with 1942 levels. operating from New York, has cost about 1,000,000 pounds of (4) A New England fisheries fish a day. committee will be appointed by OPA's Boston regional office The OPA rejected the request from the whole industry. The of the striking fishermen for a committee will discuss the best temporary suspension of price solution for the present two-price ceilings on cod, haddock, black system for black backs and yel­ backs and yellow tails. Instead low tails, and the problem of port it promised to do these things: differentials and re - examine (1) To establish dollars-and- wholesale margins at all levels cents retail prices for most East­ for both port and interior points. ern species of fish in Easter cities • which have community dollarsand-cents ceilings for groceries. (2) To increase the ex-vessel Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board French Seamen Set Up Union H.Q. I if; m K\ �I'rir *• — THE Page Two SE A FA H ER S LOG rfJfPORTOrV. SEAFARERS LOG FuUisbed by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA AOantk and Gislf District Affiliated uHh the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNUEBERG ------ Vreiident 110 Mirkec Street, San Francisco, Odif. •T! JOHN HAWK Secy-Treas. p. O. Boi 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep» 424 5 th. Street, N. W., Washington, D; C Directory of Branches ADDRESS BRANCH PHONE NEW YORK (4) 2 Stone St BOwIlngGreen 9-3437 BOSTON (10) 3)0 AtlanUc Ave Liberty 4057 BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay SL ,^lvert 4539 PHILADELPHIA 6 North 6th St Lombard 7651 NORFOLK.T.t^. . 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 T] NEW ORLEANS (16) ..309 Chartres St Canal 3336 SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St Savannah 3-1728 TAMPA 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 MOBILE 55 So. Conception St Dial 2-1392 PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon Puerto de TIerra GALVESTON 219 20th Street Galveston 2-8043 FT. LAUDERO.ALE 2021 S. Federal Highway. .. Ft. Lauderdale 1601 I JW W! PUBLICATION OFFICE; ROOM 213, 2 STONB STREET New York City BOwUng Green 9-8346 ~ I IS It^. j:', '' 267 Ector's Mail Bag THE MEN OF Editor, THE MERCHANT MARINE Dear Sir: My son James has been in the All the credit goes to the Navy, merchant marine for the past 18 A lot to the Army, too months and he likes it quite well. But a bit should be spread for He has been to several foreign some other boys counti'ies of which he use to hear In their coats of navy blue. and study about in his geography in school. James was telling his I don't mecin the Navy Nor the Army with its sheen, sister and me all about these countries. They must be wonder­ I mean those other sailors ful countries because his stories Called "The Men of the Mer­ chant Marine." were vei-y interesting. James is home for a few days, Without those brave and daring men thank God and I, his mother, can really get some rest without Supplies would never be seen; having to worry whether he's Because our defenses depend a lot torpedoed, lost or missing in ac­ On "The Men of the Merchant tion. Marine." Please don't think me conspi­ cuous when I say James has been As they ride the high and rolling a darn good son to me, and a seas wonderful brother to his 3 No danger from them is younger sisters and little brother. screened. These youngsters love their big So now I end this poem with brother, believe me. God bless the Merchant Marine. Enclose you will find a poem —DORTHY M. SEEDS composed and written by my • * * oldest daughter, Dorothy, age 18, Editor, for her brother James ' Of the Dear Sir: Merchant Marine," We are fully aware of the ob­ I have another son in the army. He is Staff Sgt. Robert ject of this medical bill in Wash­ Seeds, somewhere in the U.S.A. ington, and we know that swivel chair kings who have nothing to James read Dorothy's poem do merely take a puff of their and told me to .send it to you. cigar and say, "Well, what can That's how I happen to get your we do to the .seamen this week? address. It seems the Maritime boys are I hope you like Dot's poem as having troublfe shipping; so, why much as we do. Writing poems not pass a bill that all seamen, is one of my daughter's hobbies. even those crazy from making She has a book full of poems the Russian run, must pass an she's composed herself. examination as stiff as the one Again we all say and can nev- these lads have to pass to enlist -©r say it too often: ''God bless in the training schools? Yes, let's get to work on it. After all, the Merchant Marine." these old salts must move aside I remain, for our young boys, and why Yours truly, should we worry? We don't have Mrs. MADELINE SEEDS, to worry about the North Atlan­ Silver Run Road; tic, or wonder if the streamlined Mellville, New Jersey Liberty ship will come apart. RED 1—Box 600 We've never been to sea, so what "'-"Ti •?.' la 1 Friday, December 17. 1943 ^^ASHII\GTOIV • Bv MA-rT44ew DUSUAME-* ' O. Banks, SIU Agt., Mobile- During the week I attended a Several suggested changed Crew members in making allot­ meeting called by the WSA re­ were recommended by the diff­ ments were always entitled to garding its "Proposed Seamen's erent maritime union represen­ allot part of their bonus. The, War Saving Plan." Under this tatives. These are now under bonus rate allowed for this pur­ plan seamen could make volun­ consideration. When the final pose was the lowest rate of bonus tary allotments to themselves draft is completed, they wiU be paid. At present there are two during the war, and the Treasury sent to all branches of maritime bonus rates, 100% and 40%. Al­ Department would pay three per unions for action thereon by the lotments can be made on the cent intere-st on all savings. The rank and file. 40% bonus rate. postal savings pay two percent This proposed savings plan interest, and the average bank looks to me like a good pi'oposlSince the twenty percent with­ holding tax has been in effect pays one per" cent interest on all tion for any seamen who would like to have a few bucks stacked the U.S. Coast Guard has issued savings accounts. instructions to all shipping com­ Seamen may name any person aside for any emergencies after missioners on this matter, which that they wish to be the benefi­ the war. All savings accounts ciary. It was recommended that will be governed by Treasury reads: Headquarters is in receipt of the WSA notify a person who Department regulations. If the a lelter from Ihe Senior Mer­ has been named as the benefici- recommendations are adopted, chant Marine Inspector (per­ 'ary. No savings shall be subject there will not be any strings or sonnel) at New York dated 19 to liens, attachments, or any red tape attached to the savings plan. June, 1943 (file allotments) other legal process. asking if the withholding lax authorized in Public Law 6878th Congress should be de­ ducted before permitting a sea­ VINCENT COSTER: You have man to allot the maximum HERCEL, KOHLER, DOYLE amount under the regulations and TRIANO; You were acling 50 hours overtime coming from now in effect. AB's on the S.S. Marina but sign­ the Bull Line. » » » Under the regulation in ef­ ed off with OS pay. You have ihe R. H. TAURIN has overtime fect at this time a seaman may difference in wages coming from coming from the Calmar Line, allot up to 90 per centum of See patrolman Sheehan cibout it. the Bull Line Office, 115 Broad his regular wages plus the low a It» bonus as provided for under St., New York City. * « a R. McLAURIN has overtime Decision 2A of the Maritime War Emergency Board. For .J. Smardjic: You have $3.60 coming from the New York ofi* example, a seaman who signs overtime coming from the Bull fice of the Calmar Line. on at $100 a month is being allowed to make a maximum Line. * » » allotment at current low bonus H. MERKHEIMER: You have of 90 per centum of $140 or 12 hours overtime coming from $126 per month. the Waterman Line. Inasmuch as the difference a • • CARL ERIC FALK in these two amounts is only JOHN WHITE and JAMES $14 a month which would be Get in touch with your wife. inadequate to cover the vari­ LINDSAY: You have overtime Her address is 35 N.W. 6th Ave« ous authorized deductions in­ coming from your trip on the S.S. iienry Lamb. Collect Bull Line. Apt. No. 1, Miami, Fla. cluding the withholding tax, the allotments made by seamen on or after July 1st ,1943 when ihe new lax law becomes effective should not exceed 90 per centum of their regular wages and the low bonus after allowing for a deduction of 20 per centum to cover the with­ holding tax. In other words, under the above example 20 per centum of $140 would be $28 leaving a balance of $112, of which 90 per centum may be alloted or $100.80—" The WSA has advised all its agents to instruct Masters of ves­ sels, to make certain that after allotments, advarfces, slops, etc., that there will be sufficient money to the seamen's credit at the termination of the, articles to cover all the necessary deduc­ tions, such as old age benefit taxes—social security and with­ holding lax. MONEY DUE 'eAMovutls do wc care? Yes, let's get to work at once." A few of us are. familiar with Act Three, Scene One, Hamlet:— To Be or not to be,—that is the question:—^Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to' suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and. by opposing end them. What shall we do? Take arms against a sea- of troubles and by opposing end them? ERIC IVIE UPCHURCH Book No. 24611 "My maid asked for a raise foday. But I told her it would cause inflation." �Friday, December 17, 1943 THE SEAFARERS I.QC Pago Threo SAVANNAH SS WHArs Donra catches his ships wherever they happen to- dock or anchor. In Shipping in this port is picking this way the 90 miles of dock up some what. Am going to need area plus the entire Hampton crews for 3 new ships in the next Roads anchorage area is com­ couple of weeks. Now would be pletely covered. Remember that a good time for any of you oldfigures show that every ship in times who would like to come the world can be at safe dock or down here for a little vacation Pol Dome issue was insignificant concession that they are request anchorage simultaneously in this before shipping out to do so. farce, then I don't know what it port. you get down here now and get compared to the WSA squander­ ing on these groimds. is. In the face of six years func­ Beefs, both phony and genuine, on the shipping list you will find ing of people's money. The later Now if these stooges think tha tioning, they stiU have to ask have billions to play politics with. are coming in on every sliip. A that you won't have any trouble the pirates that call themselves the shipowners to give them the Dohaney dickered in mere mil­ few of them have to be referred shipping out when the time shipowners, who wrap themselves lions, the piker. The only dif­ up in the American flag during conditions that other maritime to headquarters but most are comes. unions are receiving. Their claim­ fShipped a full crew this last ference is that the people are the war time for the purpose of ing to have the leading union in settled on the spot. The usual week for a new Liberty for South fall guys in this WSA case. chiseling on the seamen, are go the industry is the biggest joke beefs relative to work being done It all sums up to one thing, ing to give any concessions on that yours truly has ever heard by soldier passengers and prison­ Atlantic. Had to use a few WSA ers have been ironed out fairly and that is that the union can do the record of "NO STRIKE about. men on this one but the last well here with most claimed out of here carried a full crew o it and the WSA- can't. Dispite PLEDGE," then they have anOLDEN BANKS, Agenl overtime being paid. the antagonism shown us by old-timers. If some of you old other think coming. timers will come down to take WSA we still are able to man Atwood only has to give one Now brother, just feature any NORFOLK these jobs that I'm expecting ou the ships with capable and effici­ Union demanding or requesting loud shout over the telephone in the next couple of weeks, we ent men whereas the men sup­ concessions from the shipowners, and fresh milk and turkeys ap­ won't have to call the WSA for plied? by WSA invaribly turn out which is the most vicious em The blacklist showed its face pear as if by magic. any men to help man these ships to b€K as green as a new born ploying element in the whole again, in Norfolk via the Martin The miracle of miracles has Don't have much news to re­ babe, until they are taught by world, and basing their conten­ Marine Transportation Company finally happened and Norfolk port -from this port as we don't our men aboard their ships. Fur­ tions on the record that they which operates tow-boats under held a regular meeting with have very many men on the ther, we maintain that there have lived up to their no strike agreement with the SIU. A coal thirty-one full book members beach at one' time here any more never would have been any pledge since the Nazies raided burning fireman dispatched from plus almost an equal amount of the hall was refused by the Cap­ probationary members. Also the About the only news I can senc shortage of seamen of any rat­ Russia! This same element to the LOG is to report the new ings if the people had let the claiming that the old officials of tain and Chief .Engineer of the boys seem to be finally realizing ships that are coming out down union carry out this very vital the International Seamens' Union Eui-eka on the grounds that he that this is the best shipping port ''here so that the members can responsibility towards the war were so reactionary that they was a "trouble maker," and then in the country and we are now able to man ships with a mini­ keep in touch with how shipping effort, and if the WSA had not had to form this NMU to save the trouble started. mum of the uniformed progeny is in this port. Things look good blocked the unions' efft)rts tow­ the poor seamen from slavery The dispatcher immediately reof the WSA. for the coming couple of weeks ard this end. These stooges makes them look dispatched him and the company For the good of the country, Among the battered faces of was informed that the union was like a bunch of pikers. CHARLES WAID, Agent the old-timers recently arrived in seamen, and people this outfit prepared to carry the case Now my dear brothers, I will caUed the RMO of the WSA just take a few questions and through the whole governmental Norfolk are those of William BALTIMORE should be either aboli.shed or answers from the Pilot of the alphabet from the WSA and "Curly" Rentz, and "Red" Lofcleaned out entirely, as the pres­ same issue. NLRB clear to the White House ley. A group of eight refugees When the local membership at ent set-up is definately hindering from "monkey wrench corner" if necessary. "McKenzie; Will you pay over­ Baltimore was informed of the the war effort. arrived simultaneously yesterday time for Saturday afternoons in The result was that this black­ and immediately shipped out to­ RMO upgrading program, the JOSEPH FLANAGAN, Agent port, Sundays and holidays as listed fireman. Brother Fred D. general reaction was that the Bullock, is no longer on the gether on a Mississippi Shipping specifled in the contract? Union was fully capable and able Company rust bucket. "Taylor: It must be interpret­ blacklist but instead is wielding Agent Rogers has" taken over MOBILE to give this service to its mem­ a slice bar somewhere between ed. bers gratis. Yes, Brothers, with­ with a bang assisted by a new here and Philly. Last week, in a practical way, "McKenzie: Will you pay over­ out a red cent for red tape, or a bunch of patrolmen. The beach Agent Rogers has served no­ situation is good with plenty of nickel cost to the people or Gov­ yours truly tried to give you the time for work performed tice on all tow-boat operators jobs available and the beer sup­ ernment. We proceeded to give definition of the NMU. After watches stood after 8 hours that the "family boat" .days are ply holding out. Live ones are p6rt? our membership just such ser­ ooking through this masterpiece over. "Taylor: The committee for vice, also any one else who cared of hooey published by one Leo as common as collection cans at There is a shortage of coal a NMU meeting and the beach is to was welcome to this service. Huberman for the educational the shipowners hold that they No elaborate school system was committee of the NMU, I will try have been carrying out those pro­ burning firemen, both white and so prosperous that beachcombers set up, and no high paid specialist and define the second phrase, visions according to their inter­ colox-ed in this port and jobs are piece off leading citizens. available for any who want pretations of the contract. was hired. The tutors were vol­ "the NMU, What It Does." —Norfolk Reporter them. This case shows these men "McKenzie: Will you agree to unteers who understood seaman­ Now the NMU is a front or­ ship and engine-room practice. ganization in the maritime indus­ pay the settlement which MAY that the union is behind them GALVESTON The results would be called try for the unlicensed personnel finally be reached on these two 100% and doesn't intend to take any monkey business. points retroactively back to the amazing by the WSA super- on ships. It has been function­ Things have not been so hot in duper instructors, but to us they ing for the past six years, and date on which the War Shipping The port here has a big job to the past week, but rest assured Administration guaranteed the handle with ships coming in con­ T iwere ^erely what we expected. the best that they can boast of that Bro. Parker's Flagship, the collective bargaining agreements stantly, many merely making !i In less than six weeks' time n the form of agreements for Brandywine, is now rid of the with the companies and the this a topping off or stop-over niore than 150 members and their members is mediocre. In NMU finks that were so hard to NMU? point enroute. There are ninety others wei-e upgraded through fact, you can't terrn them any get off. After we won the elec­ "Taylor: The committee for the miles of dock area from Lynour system, and further it took thing else but company contracts. tion had a few more boys come companies cannot agree to pay laven to Berkley back around from two hom-s in most cases, to As compared to the agreements in and turn in their NMU books. any thing retroactive that is Portsmouth and up to Berkley no more than two days for the that the Seafarers International So here is the "Last Will and against their interpretation of the and Point Comfort. To cover tutoring course which enabled Union has secured for their his area Patrolman Tucker has Testament of Joe Curran, Komthese men to obtain- ratings any members there is no comparison. contract." And then the Negotiating Com­ been assigned to Newport News rade president deluxe of the where from AB to Junior En­ Now I am basing my conten­ NMU."—Dated very soon: gineer and in some cases the men tions on what I have seen print­ mittee reported to members of with Patrolman Martin being "I Joe Curran being of unsound the NMU that this is a victory responsible for the immediate decided to go the whole hog and ed in the NMU Pilot. Oct. 8, 1943. mind and in misery, and consid­ for the union. And this is the Norfolk Area. Agent Rogers get engineers or mates licenses. The negotiating committee ap­ ering the possability of a fatal Wliat did llris cost the union? pealed to these companies for same element that claims that pinch-hits over the entire area colapse through the rank and file the old officials of the Interna­ assisted by Brother Atwood, the Brothers read carefully, $3.00, equal pay for equal work. Now tional Seamens' Union were so Dispatcher-Patrolman and a spe­ of the NMU, also known as the three big dollars for books. SH— what is the equal pay for equal reactionary that they had to cial Patrolman covers the harbor- end of me, declared this to be quiet please. work that this negotiating com­ form the National Maritime craft, tow-boats and ferries. my last will and testament. To We contrast the above with the mittee is talking about? This is Union! If this assertion is not a Brother Wilson, SUP Patrolman, {Continued on Page 4) WSA provisions for same up­ the whole thing in a nut shell: grading program. To start' with, they are asking the shipowners they allow thirty days for any for overtime for dumping gar­ rating. It cost the people around bage which is sometliing that tlie $300.00 per man. It aisp costs the SIU had in their agreements be­ people large sums for schools and fore Pearl Harbor. Also overtime high paid instructors who, more for work after 5 p.m. and before than likely, never have been 8 a.m. in port, which all other aboard a ship, and is some poli­ maritime unions had before tician's friend, or maybe an in­ Pearl Harbor. Now this negoti­ law or relative of some WSA ating committee is asking the big shot, and' wouldn't know the shipowners for the same thing, differance between a piece of two years after thia_country en­ marlin and a nut. There you have tered the war, and the only thing an idea of the squandering or­ that Joe Gurran can holler gies indulged in by the WSAj not about in the same issue of the to mention the $2,000 per man it Pilot is their record of the "NO -ijicost' to send so-called trained kids STRIKE PLEDGE." Which on ships taught by just such kind means, in a few words that the of instructors as mentioned shipowners should give the above., Yes, Brothers, the Tea NMU negotiating committee the Around the Ports mme^msFs FA/tMK'S Pff/C£S COmffAT/OAfPJWF/TS OCTOeSR TV At/oc/sr UP1336 } �mp'-' I Pags Four Government -Shipowner Offensive Is Pressed {Confinwd from Page 1) time the brass hat appeared, Drake got along with the skipper OK, but immediately afterwards the skipper began to ride him, A wartime savings plan, where­ thinking that he must be some by merchant seamen would be sort of a bomb thrower if the assured of a steady income dur­ Coast Guard had to go around ing the slack period immediately checking up on him in every following the close of the war, is poi-t. It now appears that for the being worked out by the War rest of the war (and God knows Shipping Administration, the ~ how long afterwards) Drake is Tx-easury and labor unions. The plan was presented to going to be hounded by the Coast union leaders by the War Ship­ Guard at each port. His reputaping Administration during the .tion will be smeared with each course of an executive conference skipper he sails under, and his designed to get laboi-'s reaction slightest violation of some regu­ to the program. The extent to lation will probably be cause for a prompt jerking around by some which the pi'oposed plan will be 90-day wonder covered with put into effect, WSA officials said, is dependent upon the at­ brass. titude of the maritime trade CASE TYPICAL unions, and will only become ef­ fective if regarded as necessary We sight Drake's case because and desirable by them. it is typical of the treatment giv­ .Subject to the satisfactory en hundreds of other old-time completion of details and final seamen whose only crime is that agx-eement, it is pioposed that they are militant union men. This the WSA and the Tx-easury De­ campaign against them is design­ partment sponsor a savings plan ed as a "softening up" tactic; it is for seamen, including both li­ meant to demoralize the leading censed and unlicensed personnel. elements in the unions and thus Seamen, WSA officials said, weaken organized labor prepar­ would be encoui-aged to make atory for the final assault upon it voluntax-y allotments for the dur­ after the war* ends. ation of the war, of such portions of their earnings as may be avail­ able for savings after provisions for other allotments such as tax­ es, etc. Withdrawals would be held in a fund by the United States Ti-easury, subject to the payment of interest at approx­ It was a rotten night and cold. imately 3 per cent. Funds al­ The Liberty Ship "Mulligan located to the savings account Stew" was pitching and rolling could be obtained fi-om bonuses, off one of the world's worst capes overtime or wages, or all three, in a terrific sea. For days there WSA said. had been neither sun nor stars Withdrawals of deposits in the with which to navigate. Further­ fund would be x-estricted, subject more, a radio warning told of to some degree of flexibility for submarines in the offing. The of­ emei-gency needs, until after the {Contimied from Page 3) ficers were edgy. The crew war. At the conclusion of hostil­ strained every eye. Up in the ities, withdrawals would be per­ Russia and Mustache Joe, I leave heavily aimrored and blacked-out mitted and provided for on the all of the faithful fellow travel­ wheelhouse, the bearded young basis of paynxents to an individ­ ers, button hole sevvexs, pants helmsman inquired of the mate; ual seaman for the cux-rent year pressers, Myer's, Stone, and the "Where do you stand in the based upon the amounts deposit­ 13th Street Commandoes of the ed by him within a given twelve­ draft. Sir?" month period. In other words, if NMU. To France I leave all of The mate, a family man, re­ a seaman has deposited funds in the beautiful madamoiselles in the plied, laconically, "3-A." 1943, and the war ends in 1946, occupied NMU branches, and <"Well," said the helmsman, he could draw upon his account hdqts. I never was one fox- the soberly, as the ship's nose dipped only to the extent of the amounts girls—whoops. into a giant sea that washed he deposited in 1943. In 1947 his "To England I leave the orig­ completely over the forv.'ard withdrawals would be limited to inal NMU agreement and plans gun, "you ain't got nuthin' ,to the funds deposited in 1944. to take over the seamen. But I worry about. You're safe." It is fui'ther proposed that ar­ will never forgive you for not Somehow this true story is ty­ rangements be made whereby letting me ashore in Africa last pical of the attitude of the aver­ the withdrawals by an individual summer. To Norway, I leave you age American merchant seaman.- seaman would be divided into another quisling, Thos. ChristenHe'll fight. But he'll weai- no monthly or quarterly payments. sen of the NMU, Pan-American Under the tentative plan WSA Division. To President Roosevelt, inan's collar. He loves to shock people by saying he's at sea to will work out ax-rangements with I leave my apologies for trying duck the draft. This attitude con­ its agents to facilitate pay roll to interx-upt his war duties by fuses landlubbei's. Seamen are deductions, the agents to make flooding his office with screwball boistex-ous, courageous, loyal, un­ the deduction fi-om the seaman's wires from NMU fellow travel­ disciplined, proud, defiant and wages at the time of paying off. ers. And to America, I leave you breathtaking. But don't let them Amounts so deducted would be Walter Winchell, who always said kid you. Most of them not only remitted to the Treasury Depart­ to hell with Curran and the know their business but each one ment, all in accordance with reg- NMU. I know he will be very feels that the ship couldn't move iilation.s agi-eed upon by the busy on my funeral day, so he would not come, business before two feet without him. That's Tx-easury and WSA. For its part the Tx-easury De- pleasure. To the SIU, I leave 20 what they call morale. pai-tment will hold the funds and by 10 gold framed pictures of —PM the interest thereon and will ad­ myself to hang in their union minister them subject to regula­ halls to scare hell out of any tions. young seaman who might think Disbursements to seamen along Commie lines, and to the S. ROBIN LOCKSLEY .$10.00 would be made through the pos­ RMO, I leave you what is left of FRANK OLEARY 5.00 tal savings system, subject to ar­ the fellow travelers in the NMU rangements mutually agreeable to the Sailors Union of Pacific, I to the system and the Tx-easury leave money for my tombstone, Departmen*^. with the following epitaph: Tom O'Reilly At Sea Around The Ports Germans Reported it Honor Roll ilm-' r. Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board [1 g. ,• • Enney, meeney miny moe. Here lies Curran by the toe. Underneath he seems to say. You cannot beat the Old SIU of NA. Deserting Ships (ITF) From the Swedish port of Sundsvall, the report has i-eached the International Transportworkers' Federation that itij "And to the entire maritinxe woi-k- the middle of August, a German ers, I just leave, and will they ship was held up due to the de­ sertion of its crew of eleven, of thank God." whom ten were aliens. The cap­ After making this will Joe tain tried to sign on a Swedish Lay down last night, was-too crew and offered 1,000 crowns tired to wait. for the journey without success. Had a chill this morning, was too tired to shake, I sure was tired. I'm tired of coffee, I'm tired of tea. The NMU, I built and love is tired of me. Oh, hell, I'm tired. After this doctor crap put out by the WSA the new Secretary of the MM&P, Capt. John Yordt and the MERA backed us up 100 per cent, notifying all ports of their action. The NMU is as .si­ lent as a church mouse about the affair. They are only interested in feathering their nest with the USS and what have you. Any­ thing for the benefit of their membership is out. In Harnoesand a German ship was detained for si.x days. Four of its crew deserted en route and another two upon reaching this port. The entire crew of this ship, including the Captain and mate were alien and only the two soliders serving the ship's gun were German. Because they could get no Swedish seaftien to sail the vessel, they were forced to take German seamen from an­ other ship in order to get the ship back to Germany. attend but they were not inter­ ested. The Longshoxemen of Lo­ cal 407, Galveston, held a meet­ ing Friday night, Dec. 3rd. Also the Longshoremen of Texas City, they will bring this WSA crap up E. R. WALLACE. Agent and give us their backing. »• * » (The Galveston News gave P.S.— Brother Wallace's protest on the After holding a joint meeting proposed medical exams a 5-inch with the Master Mates and Pil­ story on page one—-Editor). ots, and the Marine Eng. Benificial Ass'n., we got on the front page of the Galveston News. The NMU Donkeys were invited to Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board . • - � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Up From the Deep Six  iA''  ii.  ­i  I !  Senate Croup Explores  Medicine  Price­Gouging  FPW'lF'Wlfll  C  i  ­ i'...  WASHINGTON—The  high  cost  of  medicine and  the tragic  impact of  these costs,  par­ ticularly  on  the  aged  who  have  limited  incomes,  is  being  explored  at  Senate  subcommit­ tee  hearings  headed  up  by  Senator  Estes  Kefauver  (Dem.­Tenn.).  The  initial  testimony  thus far, despite angry denials  by the heads of  the large drug  tion,  twice  as  much  as  the  profit  'become  guinea  pigs  for  the  new  companies, shows  clearly  that  ratio  for  all  other  industry.  (As  drugs.  • The drug    companies have  sold  to  the  Veterans  Administratipn  at  half  the price  of  wholesale  charges  to  the  corner  drugstore  for  pri­ vate  sales.  • Government    statisticians  esti­ mate that  the cost  of  prgscriptions  has  gone  up  33  percent  in  ten  years,  compared  to  a  25  percent  increase  in  the  consumer  price  index.  The drug  companies' defense  for  their  high  prices  is that  they  have  to invest  heavily in  research, often  spending  millions  on  what  may  turn  out  to  be  an  unusable  item.  However,  heavy  research  outlays  are  equally  common  in  other  in­ dustries,  such  as  chemicals,  elec­ tronics, textiles, aircraft and alumi­ num,  and  very  often,  these  out­ lays  do  not  pay  off  either.  Color  television, for example, is one such  costly  flop.  Nevertheless,  these  industries operate on much  smaller  profit  margins  than  the  drug  com­ panies.  The  difference  is,  of  course,  that the  consumer, if  he so  desires,  The Norwegian freighter  Maksefjell hooked this cor  wreck  with her  can  turn  up  his  nose  at  color  tele­ anchor In Montreal harbor. No one knows how it got th^re, or why.  vision  or  some,  other  heavily­ researched  product,  but  the  sick  patient  wSo  receives  a  prescrip­ tion  from  a  physician  has  no  choice.  He  either  pays  the  going  price  or  suffers  needless  pain,  disability  or  even  death.  The sales of  additional ships operated by the World  Tramp­ Damaging  Testimony  ing agencies  are in  process as  the Union  is continuing  its ef­ Pgrhaps  most  damaging  to  the  WASHINGTON—The  first  indication  that  the  Interstate  forts  to secure  back  pay for  the crewmembers involved.  In  drug  companies  was  the  testimony  Commerce Commission  is taking  a new look  at  the  problems  order  to  assure  the  earliest  by  witnesses  for  the  American  of  coastwise  shipping  has come  in  the report  of  an  ICC  ex­ possible  payment  of  claims,  Pacific  Carrier  and  Pacific  Naviga­ Association  of  Retired  Persons and  aminer.  Examiner Charles E."*  ^^  crewmembers of the following  tor  have  already  been  sold  and  the  National  Retired  Teachers  Morgan  has  called  for  the  helpless  to  meet  this  kind  of  rate  sliips  are  urged  to  contact  the  hearings  have  been  ordered  to de­ Association,  two  organizations  comj^etition.  office  of  Miller  St  Seeger,  Union  termine  the  priorities  of  payment  which  tried  to  provide  cheaper  Commission  to  set  all­rail  Once  having  starved  out  ship  through  rates  on  piggyback  cargo  medicines  for  their  •   members  attorneys,'  at  26  Court  Street,  of  the proceeds.  at  a  higher  level  than  rates  on  operators,  the  railroads  would  be  Brooklyn  1,  New  York  and  for­ A ninth ship, the Pacific  Venture,  through  sale  of  drugs  at  discount  cargo  carried  by  ship  and  then  by  in  a  position  to  charge  any  rates  ward  pay  Vouchers  and  any  unpaid  arrived  in  Baltimore,  with  a  load  prices.  When  they  set  up  a  West  rail.  they  pleased,  particularly  on  bulk  allotment  checks.  The  eight ships  of  ore  on  Monday  and  promptly  Coast  outlet,  it  was  ordered  out  of  business by  the California  Board  Such  a  policy,  if  adopted  by  the  cargoes  for  which  trGcking  cannot  are  the  Pacific  Ocean,  Pacific  Car­ was seized  by  a  US marshall.  compete  very  effectively.  rier,  Pacific  Navigator,  Pacific  Ex­ A  JOth  ship,  the  Pacific  Wave,  of  Pharmacy  for  violating  state  ICC,  would  deal  a  body  blow  to  The  examiner's  recommenda­ the  railroad's  rate­cutting  cam­ fair  trade  laws.  The  East  Coast  plorer,  Waldo,  Pacific  Tide,  Pacific  appears  to  have  been  abandoned  paign  which  is designed  to  put the  tions  came  in  a  case  involving  the  Thunder and  Pacific Star.  outside  the  breakwater  at  Haifa  service,  which  discounts  drugs  for  last few  domestic ship  carriers out  rates of  Seatrain, Pan­Atlantic  and  at least  25  percent less  than stand­ •   Yesterday,  the  Pacific  Thunder  and  its  fate  has  not  yet  been  de­ the  railroads on  a  variety  of  com­ was  auctioned  off  in  Houston,  termined, although means are being  ard  charges,  found  that  several  of  business.  modities.  However,  it  is  up  to  the  companies  refused  to  sell  it  At  the  same  time,  the  Interstate  Texas,  while  the  Pacific  Star  is  sought  to  obtain  payment  on  be­ full  commission  to  decide  whether  merchandise  because  of  the  price­ Commerce  Commission  has  set  up  for  sale >  on  January  5.  The  half  of  the crew.  Two other vessels  to  establish  the  examiner's  recom­ cutting.  As  a  result,  the  retired  hearing  dates  on  December 15  and  have  been  taken  over  by  other  oldsters  had  to  pay  higher  prices  January  4  to  take  up  a  complaint  mendations  as its  standard  policy.  operators  and  should  be  able  to  for their medicines.  by  the  SlU­contracted  Seatrain  meet  their  obligations.  ­ The  testimony  about  fantastic  The  eight  ships  previously  men­ mark­ups  on  individual  drugs,  Line  and  the  State  of  Georgia  tioned  have all  been libeled  by the  which  caused  jnuch  furore,  cited  against  railroad  rates  on  aaper  Union's attorneys  to recover  wages  one  company  as  producing  a  corti­ products out  of  the Savannah  area.  due,  plus  payments  to  welfare  and  sone  derivative  for  1.6  cents  a  The  railroad  rates  on  the  all­rail  long  haul  to  the  New  York  area  vacation  funds.  The  claims  of  the  Sixty­five  years  of  age  and  hav­ unlicensed  crewmembers  present  tablet,  wholesaling  it  at 17.9  cents  were  deliberately  set  below  the  ing  sailed  for  nearly  two  decades  some  special  problems  since  many  a  tablet  and  suggesting  a  retail  combined  Seatrain­railroad  rate  so  with  the  Union,  Seafarers off  these eight  ships took  price  of  29.8  cents.  Another,  as  to  put  the  shipping  company  BAY  CITY,  Mich.—Everybody's  heard  about  hit­and­run  automo­ Seafarer  Moses  their pay  vouchers with  them when  smaller  drug company,  was  whole­ out  of  business  in  that  port.  A. Lucas  has won  they left  the vessel.  Further, some  saling  the  same  drug  for  2.7  cents  The  governor  of  Georgia. infer­ biles,  but  it  remained  for  a  tanker  a  tablet.  Several  examples  of  this  here  to  establish  itself  as  a  hit­ approval  from  vened and  asked for  a  new hearing  and­run  ship.  allotment  checks  for  which  the  kind  were  listed.  ,  '  the  SIU  Welfare  company  took  credit  were  either  because  the  destruction  of  Sea­ The  vessel,  the  tanker  Lio,  ran  Plan  trustees  on  never  received  by  the  Seafarer's  The  company  involved,  the  train's  pulpboard  traffic  out  of  (Continued  on  page  6)  into  a  railroad  bridge  pier  in  this  his  application  dependents,  or  if  they  were  re­ Savannah  would  knock  the" state's  for  a  disability­ ceived,  bounced  at  the  bank.  £avannah  port  program  out  of  city,  doing  $150,000  damage  and  then  just  took  off  without  report­ pension.  kilter.  Tlonsequently,  in  order  to  estab­ ing  the  incident.  '  Lucas  was  ap­ lish an  accurate payroll  record and  Dec.  18, 1959  Vol. XXI, No. 26  The  examiner's  proposal, would  Came the following  morning and  proved at  the last  the  status  of  the allotment  checks,  call for the all­rail rates to be three  astounded  Bay  City  officials  dis­ Lucas  trustees'  .  meet­ the  crewmembers  on  these  ships  percfot  higher,  or  ai  least five  covered  a  huge  gash  in  the  pier,  T  ing,  qualifying  him  for  the  $35  should  get  in  touch  with  the  cents  a  hundred  poun'ds  higher  which  had  been  pushed  about  14  ,  weekly  disability  benefit as  of  No­ Union's  attorneys  promptly.  In  than  the  combined  sea­rail  rate.  inches  out  of  line.  PAOI  HALL,  Secretary­Treasurer  ,  vember  29.  Two  years  ago  he  addition  to supplying  pay  vouchers  A  differential of fhis kind  is neces­ Some  quick  detective  work  fol­ HcBBtRT  BRAND.  Editor.  BCRNADD  SCA­ actively  participated  in  the Amerir  and  unpaid  allotment  checks,  the  dAH.  Art  Editor.  HRRSIAN  AjiTHua,  IRWIN  sary  for  ships  because  of  slower  lowed,  including'  examination  of  SPIVAK,  AL  MASKIN,  JOHN  BRAZIL,  ARDIUR  can  Coal  campaign.  Seafarer  should  furnish  details  BERCER,  CHARLES  BEAUMBT,  Staff  Writers.  delivery  and  uncertain  schedules.  the  ship's  paint  that  had  scriped  The veteran Seafarer  has shipped  about  errors  in  the  pay  voucher  BILL  MOODY.  GU(/  Area  Representative.  What  the  railroads  have  beeo.  off  onto  the  pier,  plus  a  check  of  —as chief  jsteward  and cook  with  the  and  concerning  allotment  checks  Pubiisfied  MwMkiT  NT  TB*  hNNduuirters  doing  is  cutting  the  all­rail  i­ates  the  vessels  that  had  been  in  the  of  the  Seafarer*  Infernational  Union,  At­ while  at  the  same  time  keeping  ­  SlU. He  last sailed on  the Seatrain  that  were  not  received.  vicfjiity.  The tanker  was  contacted  lanfic » Oulf District. APL­CIO. «75 Fourth  New  Jersey  in  September,  but  has  In  sending  these  documents  Avenue  Brooklyn  32.  MY  Tel.  HViclnih  high  rates  on  the  short  haul  to  by  radiotelephone  and  the  skipper  V­MOO.  >  Second  class  postage  paid  «i: been  unfit for  duty  since  then  be­ through  the  mail,  include  name,  at the  Post  Ottlce In  Brooklyn, NY,  under  and from  the dock.  Since the short  admitted  that, his  vessel  was  re­ i­cause of  a heart condition.  haul  rates  go  into  making  up  the  sponsible.  "Z­number,  Social  Security, number  ^ Aeluf  AOS  14.  mt,  •  Lucas  is  a  resident  of  Hyagnis,  and  a  mailing  address  where  combined sea­rail  rate, the shipping  No  explanation  was  given'  for  ­  yf"  can  be  reached.  companies  have  been  virtually  the  failure  to  report  the  accident  Mass.  J  • • Mil  !  «.•   J  f.  '­'^.7 I  • !•   anr  i (tr I/ T  «  i(  !  u'J  V  I! .'•  • i'­  6  1  t  <  J  I­  ,  I  1'  • ;  1/1  t­.  the  prices  of  many  prescriptions  pointed  out  in  the  July  3  SEA­ are  way  out  of  line  with  what  the  FARERS  LOG,  three  of  the  first  ten  most­profitable  companies  in  public  should  be  paying.  Aside  from  the  severe  problem  the  US. are drug  companies).  these  costs  create,  particularly  for  • Drug    compahies  spend  many  Americans  afflicted  with  chronic  millions  a  year  on  so­called  "de­ diseases,  the  heavy  price  the  pub­ tail" men,  who  go  around  to physi­ lic  pays  for  medicine  is  a  promi­ cians  "explaining"  the  "superior­ nent  factor  in  inflation.  As  the  ity"  of  their  brand  name  product  SEAFARERS  LOG  pointed  out  in  over  all  others.  a  feature  article  on  July  3,  1959,  • Drug    discount  houses  com­ the  cost  of  medical  care  in  all  its  plained  that  they  had  their  sup­ forms  has  gone  up  faster  than  any.  plies of  medicine cut off  when they  other  item  in  the  cost­of­living  tried  to sell  at  less than  the  "sug­ index.  In  this  area,  the  organized  gested" retail  price.  labor  movement  plays  little  or  no  • A  specialist  in  pharmacology  role.  at  Johns  .  Hopkins  University  While  the  hearings  are  still  in  charged  the  drug  companies  with  the  preliminary  stages,  several  promoting  "new  models"  of  the  illuminating  facts  have  been  same standard medicines year after  brought  forward  in  the  process:  year,  simply  as  an  excuse  to  get  • Some    individual  drugs  were  higher  prices  and  to  persuade  being  sold  at  prices  between  1,000  physicians  to  prescribe  them.  and  7,000  times  their  actual  pro­ • Doctors    are  overwhelmed  by  duction  costs.  the  flood  irf  literature  and  new  • The    drug  industry  realizes  products  and  often  prescribe  them  profits  of  22  percent  on  its opera­ sight  unseen.  The  patients  then  ],?• •   Urge World Tramp Crews  To Forward $ Vouchers  SlU Veteran  Gets Benefit  'Hit­Run' SMp  Wrecks  Pier  SEAFARERS  LOG  i­:  ;•   75',  .  I'"  I  ICC Officio/  Asks  End Of  Rail Bias  �Deeember  It, IfSf  SEAFARERS  LOG  ratoTkt—  Win  Key  Ballof  In  Lakes  51U  Drive;  12  Ships  Co Union  '• JP'  Parf  of  19­man  US labor  delegation  is  shown  at meeting  of  Inter­ national Confederation  of  Free Trades  Unions in  Brussels.  At left,  AFL­CIO  President  George Meany  discusses  point  with delegate.  Others  are  Jay  Lovestone,  Director  of  International  Publjccrtigns,  AFL­CIO  and  Paul  Hall,  SlUNA  president.  US Unions Chdck  Greek Ship Pacts  'm  An organizing^ campaign which got underway last  spring among  crewmembers  of  the  Reiss Steamship  Company fleet, a major  Great  Lakes  operator,  reached  a  successful climax as unlicensed seamen of  the 12­ship fleet voted for representation  by  the  SIU  Great  Lakes^  District.  The final tally of a week­ long  consent  election,  an­ nounced  last  Wednesday,  showed  166  votes  for  the  SIU as  against 109 "no  union"  votes.  There  were  no  chal­ lenged  or  voided  ballots  among  the 275  cast.  Voting  was  conducted  by  the  Honest  Ballot  Association  under  a  consent  agreement  reached  be­ ANTWERP—Further  steps  toward  determining  the  true  tween  the  SIU  and  the  company.  control  of  specific  runaway­flag  ships  and  the  rights  of  The consent agreement  enabled the  American  unions  to  organize  these  vessels  were  taken  at  vote  to  be  completed  just  before  the  Lakes  ships  laid  up  for  the  a meeting  of  the International^^  ^^  end  the shipping season.  Other­ Transportworkers  Federation' clearly  identify  the  vessels  on  it  wise, of the  election  campaign  would  here.  As a  result of  the meet­ as  being American­owned  and con­ have  had  to  carry  over  to  next  ing,  us maritime  unions  have  ob­ trolled  beyond  any  doubt.  tained  the  right  to  check  into  the  "In  a  related  development,  attor­ spring.  The  Reiss  vote  represents  a  Symbolizing  end  of  Lakes  shipping  season,  Roland  Williams,  AB,  control  of  all  runaway­flag  vessels  neys  for  the  SIU  and  the  NMU  breakthrough  by  the  Union  in  one  ­heaves  ice  blocks  over  the  side  of  Sultana  in  Buffalo.  Cold  snap  which  are, under  contract  to  the  have  denounced  the  activities  of  of  the last  major non­union  strong­ caused ice  formation topside.  the  runaway  operators'  lobby—the  Greek  Seamen's  Union.  holds  in  American  maritime.  The  _  _  "American Committee for the Flags  The  meeting  was  called  to  con­ victory  was  considered  especially  actively­organizing  on  the  Lakes, efforts  among  several  other  non­ sid'er'appVovar of"Greek  Seamen's  Necessity"­in  seeking  State  significant  in  that ' crewmembers  since  the  shipping  season  began  union fleets  when  the  shipping  union  contracts  with  runaway  ves­J Department  intervention  in  pend­ of  the  Reiss fleet,  in  most  in­ in  the  spring.  However, organizing  season  begins  again  next  spring.  sels  but  this  approval  was  put  off  ing  runaway­ship  representation  stances,  had  records  of  many  this  year  was  hampered  severely  A1 Tanner,  Maritime  Trades  De­ until such  time as the US maritime  cases  at  the  National  Labor  Rela­ years'  continuous  employment  when  most  Lakes  operators  idled  partment  coordinator  on  the  unions can  look into  the ownership  tions Board  and in  the courts.  The  with  the  company.  Nevertheless,  their  ships  following  the  start  of  Lakes,  said  that  steps  would  be  attorneys  charged  the  committee  involved.  •  with "impropriety" in  trying to  get  they  chose  union  representation  the  steel  strike.  Nevertheless,  SIU  taken  immediately  to  prepare  for  In  addition,  the  American  un­ the  State  Department  to  intervene  to  assure  their  job  security  and  Lakes organizers  persisted in  their  contract  negotiations  with  the  ions, represented  by SIUNA  Presi­ in  legal  proceedings  which  should  benefits.  efforts.  company  to  bring  about  a  speedy  dent Paul  Hall and  NMU President  be  decided  on  the basis  of  the law  The  Great  Lakes  District,  as  Encouraged  by  the  outcome,  the  contract  and  coverage  of  the  Reiss  Joseph  Curran,  put  into  the  rec­ well  as  other  unions,  has  been  Lakes  District  pledges  redoubled  crews  by  the  SIU  Job  Security  (Continued  on  page  15)  ord  a  list  of  ships  which  are  Program,  which  provides  job  se­ deemed  to  be  under  the "effective  curity  and  seniority  protection  un­ control"  of  the  US  Government.  matched  on  the  Lakes.  While  disagreeing  with  the  con­ Tanner  termed  the  vote  results  cept  of  "effective  control"  the  US  "clear­cut  proof  of  the  fact  that  maritime unions  hold  that any ship  when  Lakes  seamen  learn  the  so  regarded  by  a  US  Government  whole  story  of  the  SIU  and  its  agency  must  obviously  be  a  vessel  program  of  benefits  they  always  owned  or  controlled  by  US  Revealing  details  of  how  American  operators cover  the ownership and control  of  their  vote  in  behalf  of  the  SIU."  nationals.  The  Reiss  voting,  which  began  ships in registering them under runaway flags, as well as the flags of  legitimate maritime na­ just  as  the  ships  were  going  into  tions,  came  to light  last  week  at a  Federal  Maritime Board hearing in  New York.  IMWU Started  lay­up  for  the  1959  season,  got  The  information,  brought"*  The  American  union  representa­ under  way  on  November  28  and  tives  also  reported  on  the  forma­ out  in  a subsidy  hearing con­ is a  States  Marine  subsidiary. The  was  reported  that,the  terms  of  ended  December  4.  The  ballots  their  charter  operation  will  fully  tion of  the new  International Mari­ cerning  States  Marine  Lines;  ships  were  all  built  since 1951.  were  counted  on  December  9.  time  Workers  Union  which  has  showed that the  company "sold" its  Not  only  was  the  "sale"  for  repay  the  cost  of  construction  in  With  the  exception  of  14  mail  15 years,  with  the remaining  years  been  set  up  for  the  purpose  of  foreign­flagships  to  a  Norwegian  "free"  in  terms  of  no  doWn  pay­ ballots,  all  voting  took  place  organizing  seamen  on  runaway­ company without a single  penny in  ment  being involved,  but all  of  the  pure  profit.  aboard  the  ships  as  they  arrived  flag  ships.  cash  changing  hands  as  a  down  ships  have  long­term  charters  to  Further  evidence  of  the  trans­ in  lower  Great Lakes  ports, except  parent  nature  of  the  "sale"  was  American  industrial  concerns.  The  new  union  is  in  the  process  payment.  Thera  were  16  modern  one  vessel  which  was  laid  up.  industrial  companies,  who  the  fact  that  Global  Bulk  had  the  on Reiss,  of  obtaining  facilities  and  setting  ships  involved,  of  more  than  400,­ These  which  has  325  unlicensed  option  to  repurch^ise  the  ships  if  also  have  a  piece  of  the  Global  up  staff.  Shannon  Wall,  a  vice­ 000  deadweight  tons.  men  in  its fleet,  in  the  Bulk  operation  in  one  form  or  Norway  tried  to  nationalize  its  grain,  coal,  stone  operates  president  of  the  National Maritime  The  testimony  came  to  light  as  another,  and  ore  trades  include  Republic  Steel,  shipping  or  quit  its  ties  with  the  all  over  the  Lakes. Six  of  its ships  Union  has  been  appointed  execu­ the  result  of  States  Marine's  bid  west.  Kaiser  Aluminum,  Joshua  Hendy  tive  director  of  the  IMWU  and  to  keep  certain  of  its foreign  ship  are  conventional  bulk  freighters,  Norwegian  Guarantee  will  head  up  the  organizing  activi­ operations  while  at  the  same  time  (which  also  operates  a fleet  of  while  the  other  six  are  self­un­ ties.  It  is  expected  that  the  new  receiving  operating  and  construc­ tankers  for  the  Navy  under  con­ The  Norwegian  group  guaran­ loaders.  organization  will  function  in  all  tion  subsidies  from  the  United  tract  with  the  Sailors  Union  of  teed  to provide  a  Norwegian  head­ The  SIU's  campaign  in  the fleet  ma.ior  US  ports,  and,  if  necessary,  States  Government.  This  bid  has  the  Pacific),  Freeport  Nickel  and  quarters  to  manage  the  vessels  got  under  way  in  April  and  was  will  establish  officers  overseas  as  been  challenged  by  several  other  Utah  Construction  Company.  and  to  man  them  with,  Norwegian  able  to  continue  without  interrup­ well.  American­flag  subsidized  opera­ The  States  Marine  transaction  officers  and  crews,  thus  providing  tion  because  Reiss  was  one  of  the  Wall, who  was elected  NMU vice­ tions.  At  present,  subsidized  com­ then,  appears  to  be  a  classic  ex­ a  respectable  cover  for  a  runaway  few  Lakes fleets  which  operated  throughout  the  steel  strike.  president in 1958,  will take a  leave  panies  are  prohibited  from  having  ample  of  the  way  major  US  in­ operation.  dustries  and  US  Shipowners  set  The  States  Marine  paper  set­up  As  soon  as  the  steel  strike  was  of  absence  effective  the  first  of  foreign­flag  ties.  up  a  complex  sequence  of  ship  in  Norway  is  particularly  interest­ halted,  however,  the  SIU  resumed  the  year  to  devote full  time  to the  States  Marine  Shares  transfers  to  create  the  appearance  ing  in  light  of  changes  in  policy  full­scale  organizing  efforts  and  new  union.  .  He  was  previously  NMU  port  agent  in  Baltimore  and  The  details  were  given  by  Jo­ that  the  ships  are  not  really  by  the  Internationai  Transport­ there  are  now  a  number  of  other  served  in San  Pedro and  San  Fran­ seph  H.  Ball,  former  US  Senator  American  vessels.  This,  in  turn,  workers  Federation  earlier  this  elections  pending  in  non­union  cisco  before  that.  He  sailed  from  from  Minnesota  and  now  a  States  is  done largely  to avoid  organizing  year.  Originally,  the  ITF  regula­ fleets.  These  are  expected  to  be  1^43  to  1951  and  holds  a  bosun's  Marine  vice­president.  He  testi­ by  US  maritime  unions, as  well  as  tion  was  that  the  nationality  of  a  held  when  shipping  resumes  in  fied  that  as  the  ships  were  built.  for  tax  advantages.  ming.  crew  decided  which  union  could  the, spring.  Global  Bulk  Transportation  Corp.,  Obviously,  by  registering  ships  organize  a  given  ship,  so  that  the  The  SIU  success  in  the  Reiss  Principal ­targets  for  IMWU  ac­ tivity  are  some  1,695  ships  under  a  Panamanian­subsidiary  of  States  ovvned  by  a  Panamanian  corpora­ States  Marine  device  was  effective  fleet  is  the  latest  in  a  number  of,  the  flags  of  Liberia,  Panama  and  Marine,  sold  the  ships <  to  three  tion  under  the  Norwegian flag,  a  protection  from  US  Marine  Union  organizing  victories  which  have  Hbnduras,  employing  an  estimated  Norwegian  ship  operators  and  six  legitimate  maritime flag,  it  was  organizing.  At  the  insistence  of  been  won  on  the­ Lakes.  Other  70,000  seamen.  As  the  first  step,  companies. The  Norwegians  got  60  hoped  that  the States Marine  ships  US  maritime  unions,  this  was  new  companies  signed  to  contracts  the  union  are  seeking  identifica­ percent  of  the  stock  and  the  re­ could  escape  the  "runaway"  tag.  changed  to  provide  that  the  own­ have included  the Tomlinson  Fleet  tion  of  those  ships  which  the  US  maining  40  percent  was~held  by  a  The  16  Global  Bulk  ships  in­ ership  and  control  of­a  vessel  de­ Corporation,  with  12  ships,  and  Navy deems as  being under its "ef­ Panamanian  company  affiliated  volved  are  all  large,  modern  bu'k  termines  who  has  the  organizing  the  Gartland  Steamship  Company,  with  7  ships.  fective control."  Such a  list  would  with  Global  Bulk—which  in  turn.  ore  carriers  and  supertankers.  It  rights.  Hearing  Shows  How  US  Co's  Cover  Up  Foreign­Flag  Ships  • 1  f  i\  •   ^ I  I  l..:|  41  �i .  •   '  9mrm  Facefon  SEAT  ARViRS  LOG  Deeemlin' 18,  1959  SEAFARERS  ROTARY SHIPPING  ROARD  ir­ >.^­ November 25  Through December  8, 1959  Ship  Atfivify  The  coining  Christmas  and  New  Year  holidays  have  already  brought  the  ports  of  Miami,  Tampa,  and  New  Orleans held  their  own.  good  cheer  to  a  number  of  Seafarers  on  the  beach  in  the  various  SIU  Percentage­wise,  class  C  cards  picked  up  slightly  as  did  class  B  Pay  »«a  la  ports,  according  to  this  period's  shipping  figures.  Although  lagging  books.  The  corresponding  loss  was  in  the  number  of  class  A  men  Offe~  Oas  Treat. TOTAL  slightly  behind  the  last  two  weeks,  shipping  for  the  14  ports  during  shipped  which  dropped  fcom  72  percent  to  68  percent.  Class  B  men  4  '  3  7  the  last  period  held  its  own,  and  in  many  areas,  picked  up  consider­ accounted  for  24.5  percent  of  the  Jobs  and  class  C fo^, the  remaining  iotroB  New  York  ,....  20  1  11  34  7.5  percent.  ably.  There  was  a  total  of  1,169  men  shipped,  which  is  about  61  men  less than  the total shipped  the previous  period.  While  the  overall  totals  on  the number  of  ships calling  at SIU  ports  MHIedeiliiifa..  2  2  10  T4  As has  been  the  trend  in  the  past,  shipping  usually  picks  up  around  remained  the  same,  the  breakdown  changed.  There  were  51  vessels  leltlaieM  ......  *  7  17  30  this time  of  the year  as many  of  the men  pay off  to spend  the holidays  paying  off  in \he  last  two  week  period,  23 signed  on  and  the  remain­ Nerfeik  ..  .,  2  1  4  9  with  their  families.  New York  and  Houston  showed  sizable  increases,  ing  131  were  in  transit.  This  represents  a  fairly  large  dropin  the  Jeehteaviile  ..1­  1'  7  9  shipping  almost  500  men  between  them.  On  the  West  Coast,  San  number  of  vessels  signing  on,  and  a  big  increase  in  the  number  of  Miami  .  —  i—  2  2  Francisco  almost  doubled  its  prior  totals  when  124  men  shipped  from  in­transit  ships.  The  four  ports  of  New  York,  Baltimore,  New  Orleans  Tempe  ^  ^   g  g  that  port  over  the  last  period.  However,  the  shipping  boom  in  'Frisco  and  Houston  accounted  for  a  total  of  127  vessels.  There  were  three  S  2  i  15  was confined  to  that area  as  the  other  two  West  Coast  ports,  Wilming­ ports,  Miami,  Tampa  and  Wilmington  which  had  no  ships  signing  on  Mobile..:  3  25  32  ton  and  Seattle,  normally  good  for  shipping,  dropped  considerably.  or  paying  off  while  two  others,  Boston  and  Seattle,  had  no  sign­ens.  NewOrlMRt..  4  Also  hit  fairly  heavily  over  the  past  period  were  the  ports  of  Phila­ The  following  is  the  forecast  of  SIU  shipping,  port­by­port:  Boston:  Hoetfon  4  1/  26  31  delphia,  Norfolk  and  Baltimore.  Between  them, the  three  ports shipped  Fair  . .  .  New  York: Should  hold  up  .  .  ,  Phlladel^ia: Looks  slow  . .  .  WilmlngtoB  ....  —  —  2  2  only  214 men, or  about  18  percent  of  the  total  men  shipped.  Baltimore:  Shows  signs  of  improvement  .  .  .  Norfolk: Blow  .  .  .  Jack­ Sea  Franelica.;  2  3'  4  9  Shipping  from  the  other  SIU  ports  remained  steady,  with  Boston  sonville:  Fair  .  .  .  Tampa:  Slow  .  .  .  Mobile:  Slow  .  .  .  New  Orleans:  Scenle  I  —  2  3  showing  a  slight  increase,  shipping  18  men  as  compared  to  eight  for  Steady  ,  Hnuston:  Good  ,  .  .  Wilmington:  Should  pick  up  . . . San  the  prior  period.  Jacksonville  dropped  somewhat  as  did  Mobile,  but  Francisco:  Good  .  .  .  Seattle:  Should  improve.  Totals  f.  51  23  131  205  DECK  DEPARtMENT  Registered  CLASS  A  Port  Boston  New  York  Philadelphia.. .  Baltimore  Norfolk  Jacksonville  Miami  Tamipa  Mobile  New Orleans  Houston  Wilmington.  San  Francisco.  Seattle  1  TOTALS  Registered  CLASS  B  Shipped  CLASS  A  • —  ••   —  Shipped  CLASS  B  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  1  2  3  ALL  1  2  3  ALL  1  2  3  ALL  1  2  3  ALL  2  8  —  10  —  1  —.  1  1  5  2  8  1  73  24  40  6  13  19  20  47  18  85  8  9  17  2  2  —  4  —  3  2  2  1  1  1  4  —  —  1  1  12  19  6  37  1  . 10  12  23  17  20  8  45  1  5  8  14  3  12  1  16  —  4  4  1  3  —  1  1  3  —  .  3  8  3  11  —  —  1  1  2  4  I  ­7  —  5  1  6  —  —  .  —  —  '  —  —  1  —  1  5  —­ 4  —  1  1  —  1  —  ­  4  4  1  1  —  2  4  11  5  20  2  5  9  6  20  :—.  ...  1  1  21  33  9  63  2  8  10  20  9  27  7  43  6  4  8  18  3  2  14  23  4  41  1  6  20  38  7  65  7  12  19  3  4  8  —  —  2  1  2  3  —  3  1  1  5  23  1  29  2  2  5  9  13  12  8  33  3  5  3  11  • ....  6  6  3  15  —  4  1  5  4  5  •  1  10  —  —  1  1  95  193  45  333  6  36  54  96  93  173  61  327 ­10  39  45  94  t  Shipped  CLASS  C  TOTAL  SHIPPED  Registered  On The  Beach  CLASS  A  CLASS  B  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  1  2  3  ALL  A  B  c ALL  1  2  3  ALL  1  Z  3  ALL  _  5  1  6  9  16  2  22  2  1  3  5  6  11  83  17  11  113  97  203  21  324  4  33  51  88  _  4  1  5  15  14  12  41  1  2  2  .  5  2  3  5  10  45  14  69  34  30  9  93  2  12  23  37  _  _  3  3  6  9  9  3  21  5  10  15  —  7  6  13  2  10  1  13  1  1  .  .,  2  2  '  _  __  4  1  5  2  10  1  13  2  2  4  _  20  1  21  31  29  5  65  .  1  8  ^  9  3  43  18  3  64  54  85  26  ­165  2  1  20  l6  36  _  "  65  10  84  21  28  8  57  1  14  6  21  '  .  3  1  4  4  9  4  17  3  2  5  1  4  1  '  8  33  11  8  50  8  21  3  32  2  2  5  9  —  1  1  10  1  1.  12  9  11  1  21  3  1  4  8  3  14  14  31 327  94  31  452 290  496  100  886  13  97  131  241  io  /  —  ..I.  ENGINE  DEPARTMENT  Registered  CLASS  A  .  Registered  CLASS  B  Shipped  CLASS  A  Shipped  CLASS  B  shipped  CLASS  C  •  TOTAL  SHIPPED  Registered  On The  Beach  CLASS  A  CLASS  B  GROUP ­ GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  1  2  3  ALL  1  2  3  ALL  1  2  3  ALL  1  2  3  ALL  1  2  3  ALL  A  B  C  ALL  1  2  3  ALL  __  5  6  —  —  1  1  Boston  4  1  1  3  2  5  1  2  3  3  ­ 8  7  7  11  34  5  50  1  11  8  20  10  57  6  73  1  10  8  19  New  York  1  3  4  73  19  4  96  40  119  28  187  ft  Philadelpbia. .  9  3  12  4  1  5  2  2  7  2  22  o  32  2  5  vwr  Baltimore  9  12  21  2  23  4  29  ­ 4  30  10  44  ,  8  13  21  1  7  3  11  29  21  11  61  9  65  8  82  —­ —  Norfolk  2  —  6  4  2  2  1  1  ...  2  3  5  1  0  1  1  5  1  .  •  7  14  14  Jacksonville  2  3  —  5  • 1  1  2  —­ 3  3  1  1  2  2  2  2  6  3  2  6  11  2  7  9  —  .  —  —  —  .  —  —  —  —.  —  —  —  —  •   ,  —  —  —  —  ,  Miami.  —  '—  —'  _  —  _  .  — .  __  Tampa....;.... •  • • • • *  6  —.  6  ....  5  1  6  6  6  2  13  15  '  —  1  Mobile  6  7  1  14  8  3  5  2  10  2  6  .  2  3  5  1  10  5  1  16  14  43  3  60  New Orleans...  .  12  33  2  47  ^  15  6  21  If  24  7  42  3  10  13  —  —  2  2  42  13  2  57  31  63  7  101  •  Houston  6  13  —­ 19  10  3  13  6  33  5  44  2  5  15  22  44  22  66  13  30  1  44  Wilmington  —  —  _  4  5  —  5  1  1  2  —  3  1  4  1  1  1  5  2  10  12  San Francisco...  —  1  7  5  22  5  32  4  11  7  22  1  3  3  8  9  17  1  32  17  1  SO  8  15  ~2  25  Seattle  .......  —  10  5  15  6  —  5  —  6  '—  5  2  '  —  1  3  —"  —  5  3  8  16  5  21  46  167  34  247  2  62  43  107  37  188  34  259  5  40  68  113  3  11  12  26 259  113  26  398 123  424  62  609  TOTAIS  ­ Port  Oh  i  •  t .  .  •—  —  •  w...  1  •  •  •—  •—   •  •.  —  „  GROUP  1  2  3  ALL  1  2  3  8  41  27  76  9  1  2  10  13  23  1  2  5  8  1  vl  .  3  3  2  9  11  2  39  47  11  11  22  6  4  2  2  2  4  6  4  10  13  IZO­ 84  217  MM  MM  • .  STEWARD  DEPARTMENT  Registered  CLASS  A  Registered  C^ASS  B  GROUP  GROUP  Pert  1  2  3  ALL  2  3  ALL  1  Boston  2  —  —  3.  3  1  '—  1  New  York....... .  11  11  36  48  2  1  15  18  Philadelphia.,..,.....  3  —  4  7  — ­  ;  2  2  Baltimore  ..<.....  10  2  19  31 .  ­r­  ­ V—;  8  8  Norfolk  .  5  1  3  —  2  1  3  4  Jacksonville.;..;......  6 •   3i.;­^". —  1  4  1  1  3  hiiami..... >  *.« • ,..  #.  1  —  1  —  —­ 1  1  Tampa  .L—  1  1  "  —  —  1 ^  1  lllobile...............  14  2  16  32  7  7  New GrlehhS".;.......  10  10  30  50  —  1  13  14  Houston  .. .is .; . . .  ,  14  3  16  33  2  2  13  17  Wilmington  . r,.......  2  —  2  1  •  • . '1.^  San  Fraiicisco.  5  —  8  13  •  1 •  •  .5­ 6  Seattle  i ... • ....• ..  .  2  1  4  7  •T   " • •   TOTALS  80  30  128  238  9  6  70  35  _  Reglsfared  •   CLASS  A  DtCH  EMOm  sfmMP  • J  '•  i.  GRAND ^TOTAIS^  ?  .1—  .  Shipped  CLASS  A  Shipped  CLASS  B  Shfpptd  CLASS  C  TOTAL  SHIPPED  Registered  On The  Beach  CLASS  A  ClASS  B  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP  GROUP .  GROUP­ 1  2  3  ALL  1  2  3  ALL  1  2  S  ALL  A  B  C  ALL  1  2  3  ALL  123 ALL  —  «—  1  1  1  3  '  2  4  1  12  1  3  4  7  2  2  13  8  25  46  1  —  21  22  8  8  46  22  8  76 109  34  111  254  4  13  94  111  2  —  2  4  ­—  4  4  '  —  4  4  8  12  5  10  27  6  6  13  2  10  25  2  —­ 6  8  i  12  13  25  _  8  f3  46  89  11  34  84  1  1  16  18  —>  —  —­ 1  1  3  5  5  5  10  5  1  16  1  5  2  8  2  2  4 • "  i  •  —  2  3  3  3  4  3  ~3  10  6  2  2  10  2  1  3  —  —  1  ­ 1  —  —  1  1  1  1  2 . ^  V  —  —  —  .  —  —  1M  .  ­  .  1  6  2  9  17  1  •  —  17  1  2  8  17  7  7  ••  —1  13  13  7  24  33  5  28  66  8  4  27  39  9  9  7  39  9  • 7''  55  44  16  59  119  2  2  36  40  7  .  5  15  15  13  6  22  41  5  41  18  5  61  19  8  15  42  5  3  13  21  .  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  7  2  1  10  2  1  1  4  ,  8  3  8  19  4  1  1  19  4  4  1  24  16  4  13  33  2  2  4  ::  1'  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  3  9  1  5  15  2^  2  .  4  67  29  108  204  72  77  1  —  37  38 204  77  38  319 318  99  290  707  18  30  187  235  • ' —  •— •    —  • .—^  — •  MM  MM.  MM­­ MIM  MM  '  ­MM  MM  MM  MM.  MM  MM'  MM  MM  MM  M.M  MM.  MM.  _M  MM  MM  .MM  MM.  MM.  MM  MM.  MM.  MM  MM.  MM  •  MM  s  SUMMARY  Registered  CLASS^B  Shipped  CLASS  A  GROUP  GROUP  ­  GROUP  2  3 ­ALL  1  2  3  ALL  1  2  3  ALL  «5  IM  45  1  333  6  36  54  96  93  173  61  I  327  ^• 46':i67* 34  l­'247­l  2  62  43  107  37  188  34  1  259  80  30  128  238  1  8  '  6  ^0  85  67 '  ^29  108  1  204  221»  890  207  1  818 17  104 j:67  288 i9T  390  203  1  790  1  Shipped '  CLASS  B  GROUP  123 ALL  101  M  55  94  ,v5  .  40  .68  113  • •5     72  77  20  70185  2841  Shipped  CLASS  C  TOTAL  SHIPPED  Registered  Or 1  The  Beach  CLASS  A  CLASS  B  GROUP  CLASS  GROUP  ­­GROUP  1  2  3  ALL  A  B  C  ALL  1  2  3  ALL  1  2  3  ALL  3  14  14  31 327  94  31  452  290  496  100  t  886  il3  97  131  1  241  3  .11  12  26 259  113  26  398  123  424/  62  i  609 •   13 ,  120  84  I ;i217  1  1—  37  88 204  77  38  319  318:  00.290  [  797  ,  30  187  1.^5  7  26  ^3  05 r790  284  05  1169 >731.1019  452^ 12202 144  247  402  1  693  •  I.  • Ni  i'sO'tt'life �December  IS, 19SS  SEAFARERS  LOG  Page  Rf*  Probers  Find  Kings  Pf,  Is Unhappy  Ship  A  three­man  Congressional  subcommittee  Completed  three  and  from  ships  when  going  on  pared to  the $300 annual allowance  days  of  hearings  on  the status  and  operations  of  the  Kings  training  cruises  which  are  part  of  to Kings  Point students.  The  other  academies,  of  course,  Point  Merchant  Marine  Academy  and  heard  pleas  for  more  the  schooi's  program.  arc  preparing  students  for  service  The president of  the Kings Point  money  for  everybody—staff  In  the  Armed  Forces,while  Kings  Alumni  Association,  Melvin  J.  rotate  as  waiters  in  the  academy's  and  students.  The  major  ob­ Tubiin,  testified  that  cadet  morale  Point  students  are  being  schooled  jective of  the hearings  was to  dining room.  was  low  because  West  Pointers  or  for  civilian  jobs  on  merchant  The  only  funds  actuaily  laid  out  NEWS  HEADLINES  IN  REVIEW  inquire  Into  the  quasi­miiitary  by the  cadets during  the four years  Navy  men  at  Annapolis  get  $1,300  ships.  status  of  the staff  which  has  been  Also  discussed  at  the  hearing  the  target  of  proposed  legislation,  are  $700  for  uniforms  and  fare  to  a  year  for  personal  use  as  com­ was  the  impact  of  reclassification  as  well  as  the  operations  of  the  of  academy  instructors  and  other  academy  generally.  staff  members as  Civil Service  em­ ployees.  In  most  instances,  this  However,  a  good  deal  of  tes­ would  result  in  losing special  mili­ timony  consisted  of  complaints  tary  allowances and  other  benefits.  that  the  academy's  cadets  do  not  It  had  been  charged  In  the  past  receive  enough  spending  money  that  the  academy  staff  was  loaded  from  Congress,  as  well  as  mutual  with  Navy officer  and  petty officer  recrimination  between  faculty  and  .reiuMPMAtfrwz  staff  members,  and  faculty  and  No  ruling  has come down  from  the Coast  Guard  as  yet  as  ratings.  SIU  has  long  been  opposed  OP ASIA ,?  SE5.B\e^fiMeR.  students.  to whether or not Walt Welles, second mate of  the Santa Rosa,  to The  the  operation  of  the  academy  60B6 To FAfZiS  The  investigation  had  been  has the right to withhold  testimony in  hearing.s on negligence  for  two  reasons:  the  military  at­ a dispute  between the  charges  arising  out  of  the­t  VBSAOLLB .. .fioResT&aws  prompted by  mosphere  under  which  students  Maritime  Administration  and  a  Valchem­Santa Rosa  collision.  the  loss  of  direct  testimony  by  are  trained  for  civilian  jobs,  and  segment  of  the  faculty  over  estab­ The  collision  last  March  took  Welles.  secondly  because  Government  GAULVB, WHICA^ HA\/e  lishing civilian status for all acade­ the  lives  of  three  Seafarers  and  The  constitutional  issue  has  not  funds  are  used  to  train  a fixed  been  raised  before,  but  the  SIU­ my  instructors.  Legislation  to that  an  engineer  on  the  Vaichem.  WEAKEA//N^  /V­A.TO.  number  of  officer  candidates  an­ end  has  been  introduced  but  is  ^The  Coast  Guard,  holding  hear­ has  objected  recently  to  proposed  nually  irrespective  of  the  needs  Coast  Guard  hearing  procedures.  being fought by some faculty mem­ ings on  negligence  charges  against  of  the Industry.  bers  and  some  of  the  academy's  the  Valchem's  second  mate,  ran  The  SIU  has  held  that  the  proce­ The  Union  position  has  been  dures  should  be  as  close  as  possi­ alumni.  into  a  stumbling  block  when  ble  to those, followed in  a  court  of  that  merchant  marine  officers  Welles  refused  to  answer  ques­ law  and  that  witnesses  have  the  should  come  out  of  the  ranks  of  'Plight'  Of  Cadets  tions  in  cross­examination.  He  same  protection  in  a  Coast  Guard  merchant  seamen,  and  if  anything,  At  the  hearings  before  Reps.  claimed  that  such  answers  would  funds  for  their  training  should  Herbert  Zelenko  and  Victor  An­ be damaging  to his own  case  as  he  hearing  as  in  a  legal  proceeding,  be  provided  by  the  industry.  because  their  Job  rights  are  at  iSiMERICA FRBBSm R>Z  Re­ fuso.  New  York  Democrats,  and  Is  facing  similar  charges.  in  any  such  disciplinary  The  Congressional  subcommittee  rucrioN OF RmfeAA;­n?AP&  Rep.  Frank  Dor'n,  New  York  Re­ His  lawyer,  Raymond  T. Greene,  stake  also  heard  testimony  as  to  the  proceeding.  publican, .testimony  was  given  as  argued  that  his  constitutional  limited  number  of  academy  grad­ 6A<2glERS ASAlMsraS  to  the  "plight"  of  the  cadets  in  rights  would  be  impaired  if  he  Consequently, the outcome of  the  uates  who  make  a  career  out  of  Dt/cr5..»TARlFiES^Af  their  four  years  of  study  at  the  were  required  to  answer.  Welles'  case,  irrespective  of  his  responsibility  for  negligence,  may  seafaring.  As  reported  in  the  last  £)^sr/Aj UArtS  academy.  The  prosecuting  attorney,  Lieut.  have  an  important  bearing  on  the  SEAFARERS  LOG, 163  of  the  882  HA\IBA\V£V.  The  Congressmen  were told  that  Comdr.  Albert  S.  Frevola,  ques­ legal  rights  of  seamen  facing  graduates  since  1955  are  now  pre­ sently  working  aboard  ships  with  the  cadets,  who  receive  a  free  tioned  whether  any  constitutional  Coast  Guard  charges.  college  education,  free  room  and  rights  were  involved.  He  main­ The  hearing has  been  adjourned  the  rest  working  ashore,  in  the  board  and  $25  a  month  spending  tained  that  the  hearing  was  not  a  until  December  28.  Meanwhile,  Navy,  or  doing  graduate  work  for  money,  occasionally  have  to  take  criminal  proceeding  but  a  discipli­ both  lawyers  were  told  to  submit  advanced  degrees.  on  odd  Jobs  on  the  weekends  if  nary  action,  and  that  the  Govera­ briefs.  they  want  extra  cash,  and  also  ment  should  not  be  penalized  by  Welles  had  refused  to  answer  questions  about  whether  the Santa  Rosa's  master,  Capt.  Frank  S.  Si­ wik  had stood  next to him during a  . A5SEMBtVc/OSES  radar  plot,  or  whether  the fog  had  cleared at  the time of  the crash  off  .".OFFE/SEP Re5DUtr»CAlS OAJ  Atlantic  City.  He  also  would  not  SAN  FRANCISCO  —  Shipping  Ti0Er ^ HMBAR^WrtH FJAfiS  tell whether or not  he had  reported  has  been  very  good  here  during  WR ARMS COf^ROl. ,:'6/0ci'  plots  to  the  captain.  the  last  two  weeks,  with  two  full  OF AFRICANi AIATIQNIS RJ^EP  New  York  longshoremen  have  voted  in  favor  of  a  new  He  did,  however,  answer  ques­ crews  signing  on  and  another  ex­ AA)P <SA/A)/M5 W /MfORlAAfeJe.  three­year  contract  with  waterfront  employers  by  a  healthy  tions about  the  crash  when  he  was  pected  to  do  same  as  soon  as  th*  3­1  margin.  The  voting,  held  December  10,  was  also  con­ questioned  directly by  Commander  ship  in  question  gets  a  charter.  Frevola. The Coast Guard  has been  But  the  coming  period  does  not  ducted  all  along  the  Atlantic^  holding hearings  since June  on the  look  as  bright,  it's reported.  seaboard  from  Maine  to  Nor­' shoremen  will  be free to strike,  be­ charges against four officers  of  the  Paying  off  were:  Chocta,w  folk, Va.,  with similar  results.  cause the  Taft­Hartley 80­day  cool­ two  ships,  the  masters  and  second  (Waterman)  and  Steel  Fabricator  ing­off  period  expires then.  It was  In  New  York  13,398  voted  for  mates, and  recently held  that  both  (Isthmian).  the  agreement  and  4,214  against  used  to  "halt  October's  eight­day  the ships were guilty  of  negligence  Signing  on:  Marine  Carrier  it. The  acceptance  of  the  contract  dock  strike  originally  provoked  by  in  the crash.  (Marine  Bulk)  and  Steel  Fabrica­ had  been  recommended  by  the  In­ the  refusal  of  southern  employers  Both  vessels  had  misinterpreted  tor  (Isthmian),  PPBSG srR£eBe<  ternational  Longshoremen's  Asso­ to agree to retroactivity.  their  radar  and  were  traveling  at  In  transit:  Fairport,  City  of  The  big  issue,  the  matter  of  top  cruising  speed  during  condi­ Alma  (Waterman);  Ocean  Dinny  CO^.isrBNCt INBTBAV OP  ciation.  The  vote  left  the  contract  prob­ automation  on  the  docks,  seems  to  tions  of  reduced  visibility,  the  (Mar.  Oversea);  Steel  Flyer  (Isth­ VITRIOLIC ArrAd<S}  Bur  lems of  the southern longshoremen  have  been solved  by  a compromise.  Coast Guard  said.  mian); and  Thetis (Rye  Marine).  ^nWABCUTARMm •   still to  be resolved.  The employers  The  employers,  represented  by  the  York  State Shipping  Associa­ CP Wp&r^M  SBR/AMi.  in the  South have  been  balking on  New  agreeing  to  a  contract  on  the  pat­ tion,  won  the  right  to  introduce  tern  of  the  North  Atlantic  Coast.  labor­saving devices at  the  piers.  Unless an  agreement is  reached  by  This  means  that  containerization  December  27,  the  southern  long­ wil'I  become  a  more  important  means  of  transporting  cargos.  The  agreement  gives  operators  the  go­ ahead  to set  up  the docks  for  con­ tainer  shipping.  The  ILA  however,  gained  the  assurance  that  the  size  of  work  gangs  will  not  be  cut,  and  that  „ ^ J CO/AhAOt^!^  f^RTV  longshoremen  will  get  a  slice  of  PHILADELPHIA—Though  ship­ .. jips c^?/V\/le/^r^Q^/, ovz­V  ping  has  been  relatively  slow  dur­ the  profit'pie  the  new  devices  are  '£?CCO INPARTTAMt'Mi  ing  the last  period, it's  anticipated  expected  to  produce.  that  things  will  get  better  during  How  much  they  are  to  get  will  the  next  two  weeks,  as  four  ships  be  settled  either  by  negotiation  or  are  due in this  port,  reports Steve  arbitration.  This  "premium  pay,"  Gardullo,  agent  is  to  be  based  on  some  kin^  of  a  The  possibility  of  a  longshore­ formula  that  will  establish  a  spe­ men's  strike  in  Philadelphia  was  cial  premium  fee  for  each  ton  of  erased  recently  when  that  union  cargo  handled  by  the  new  tech­ settled  negotiations  and  agreed  to  niques.  various  benefits  covering  the  com­ The  vote covered  a  master  con­ tract  that  established  new  wage  ing  three­year  period.  The following  ships paid  off  and  scales,  and  a  19­cent  package  in­ coastwise:  Fort  IIos­ volving  empnlyer  contribution  to  Mi^sRsomAf^EicAfi  are operating  kins.  Royal  Oak  (Cities  Service).  welfare  and  pensions.  The  new  WTAW WAS TW6TA«^  In  transit  werei. Seamar,  Ken­ pay  rate,  retroactive  to  October 1,  C>PA RevfeM­Lmo/M.­TWl^  mar,  Massmar  (Calmpr); Steel  Ad­ the  day  after  the  old  contract  ex­ Pottins  ting In  for a  vacation chock  in  SIU  hoi! it  Josoph C. Cyr, who  i//vt6 lAJ  pARAdaAy..nf/6  miral,  Steel  Surveyor  (Isthmian);  pired,  raises longshoremen's  wages  recently returned; to tho Statei after a  ontly returned; to tho Statei after a  IS­inonth trip  oboard Steel  (Bull);  Yaka  (Water­ from  $2.80  to  $2.07  an  hoiir  fbr  RBBBlSvJEPti f^Bftazr^  Jean, Emelia  man);  Alqoa  Pioneer  (Alcoa);  and  this  year.  The  rate  will  climb  to  Admiral,  during  which  time  he .cultivated  the  Castre  crop  lie's  'Petro Chem  (Valentine  Chein.).  sporting.  $3.02  on  October  1, 1961.  Valchem Crash  Witness  Tests Constitution Right  ILA Men Vote OK  To New  Dock  Pact  ,!•   i:r,  11  •  11  j  m  • S 4  Sign­Ons Give  'Frisco Boost  'Si  Hair­Raising Vacation  Due  Phila. Looks  For  Pick­Up  TOM l94^?^t^UFSopcx>,  :'<T\.'­ "lA  1»«E  .  •   • • .• 3 .  • 'J  • m  �•<  PAffe  Six  P r  5£>IF^RER5  tO<;  Assail  Drug  Prire­Gouging  f­  #•   R­­  .  u­::  5!^:­ r.:­ i  'fiTjr ­•   KS,  ­ 8IU Fishermen Back Fiind Drive  (Continued  from  page 2)  other  major  concern,  Merck  and  miracle  drug  for  all  kinds  of  ail­ Schering  Corp.  had  been  sol4  by  Co.  ha^730  such  employees,  at  a  ments.  As  a  result,  too  many  pa­ the  Government  as  an  alien  prop­ total  payroll  cost  of  $5475,000  tients  got  too  much  penicillin.  erty  in  19b2  for  $29  million.  In  annually,  plus  expenses,  to  pro­ Now,  many  people  have  developed  years,  it  earned  back  the  pur­ mote  the  sale  of  its  drugs.  Alto­ severe  allergy reactions  to  penicil­ chase  price  after  taxes  with  $3  gether,  there  are  some  15,000  of  lin  which  can  prove  fatal,  and  the  these  "detail"  men.  drug  has  largely  lost  its  effective­ million  left  over.  In  defending  these  charges,  the  The  role  of  these  detaU  men  ness  for  treating  many  ailments.  Similarly  the  cortisone  drugs  companies  cited  the  heavy  outlays  produced  some  of  the  most  explo­ spent  to  "instruct"  physicians  in  sive  charges  in  the  testimony  thus  were  widely  misused,  with  the  re­ the  use  of  the  drugs.  It  was  far.  Dr.  Louis  Lasagna,  a specialist  sult  that  many  patients  showed  brought  out  that  Schering  em­ from  John  Hopkins  University  severe  reactions  to  them.  ployed  500  so­called  "detail  men"  medical  school,  charged  that  the  Flood  Of  Ads  who  did  nothing  but  go  to, one  detail  men  unload  rafts  of  "mis­ As  a  dramatic  example  of  the  physician  after  another,  "instruct­ erable"  medicines  on  physicians  flood  of  literature  to  which  doc­ ing"  them  about  the  drugs.  An­ each  year.  The  physicians  are  un­ tors  are  subjected  in  the  high­ able  to  keep  track  of  the  flood  of  pressure  campaigns  of  drug  com­ products,  and  are  constantly haras­ panies,  a  committee  investigator  sed  by  salesmen.  brought  in  a  large  paper  carton  of  What  happens,  he  said,  is  that  such  literature  received  by  a  sin­ the  drug  manufacturers  alter  the  gle  doctor  a  small  Minnesota  same  product  slightly  at  frequent  town. There in  are 150,000  physicians  intervals. The  usual  claim, he  said,  in  the  country,  most  of  whom  get  in  this  "numbers  racket,"  is  that  similar  quantities  of  literature,  the  new  drug  is  "more  potent"  running  up staggering printing  and  than  the older  model. "To  say  th3t  distribution  costs.  one  drug  is  more  potent  than  the  other is  like saying  a  dime  is more  A  reduction  in  the  drug  6om­ panies'  high  pressure  selling,  ad­ potent  than  two  nickels."  The  new  "more  potent"  medi­ vertising and  promotion  operations  cines,  he  charged,  are  simply  mix­ could  lead  immediately  to a  sharp  tures  of  the  same  old  compounds.  reduction  in  the  cost  of  prescrip­ Clustered around Jiminy  Cricket, symbol o  the United Fund  drive,  Often,  the  original  compound  ij  tions  to  the  public.  cboord  fishing  vessel  New  Bedford  are  l­r.,  standing)  Edmund  Equally  damaging  to  the  drug  superior  he  asserted.  Opozda,  Durwood  Fowie,  Manuel  Rezendesi  Richard  Lawrence,  companies'  position  was  testimony  Since  the  doctors  are  inundated  by  barrelfuls  of  promotional  lit­ on  prices  charged  the  Veterans  Capt, William Greeb,  Secretary­Treasurer Howard  W. Nickerson^  erature  about  new  drugs,  they  Administration.  In  competitive  of  the  SlU­affiliated  New  Bedford'Fishermen's  Union  and  Efbll  have  no  time  to  evaluate  their  bidding,  Merck  sold  a  cortisone  Dugas.  In hatchway  is Henry  Martinez.  worth,  or  to  determine  if  they  drug  to  the  VA  for  $65  per  1,000  tablets.  The  company  charges  have  any  harmful  impact.  ­jrssV­­ Many  of  these  drugs  have  been  druggists  $170  for  the  same  quan­ oversold  in  the  past.  A  prime  ex­ tity,  with  a  suggested  retail  price  ample  is  penicillin,  which,  upon  of  $283.  its  introduction,  was  hailed  as  a  The practice  of  doctors  prescrib­ ing  by  brand  names  has  become  so  well­established  now,  that  drug­ stores  have  difficulty  in  stocking  all  the  thousands  of  varieties  of  MOBILE—Shipping  has  been  fair,  and  should  continue lo  pills on  the  market.  Consequently,  be  the  same  for  the  next  two  weeks.  However,  to  brighten  some druggists  are  now  setting  up  exchange  systems,  whereby  they  the  picture,  Alcoa  announced  it  is stgrting  regular  runs  be­ specialize  in the  product  of  one  or  tween Trinidad  and  Gulfport,  two  manufacturers,  and  obtain  the  hit  by  the  presence  of  these  for­ competing  manufacturer's  drugs  Miss.,  assuring  the  Mobile  eign  ships,  which  outnumber  TORONTO,  Ont.—Six  "refugees"  of  the  International  by  exchanging  with  other  drug  port  of  better  shipping  condi­ American  vessels  by  around  seven  Woodworkers of  America have found  temporary employment  stores.  tions  during  the  coming  year.  The  or  eight  to  one.  company reports  It  will  use  one or  here  after  their  union  was  "decertified"  by  the  provincial  Last Period Report  ­two  C­ls  to  carry  the  cargo,  baux­ government  for  exercising its'*  ite,  which  will  be  stockpiled  in  The following  ships paid  off  dur­ right  to  strike  for  better  em­ ers"—^was  set  up  under  the  direc­ Gulfport.  There'll  be  a  trip  every  ing  the  past  shipping  period:  Al­ tion  the  Newfoundland  govern­ ployment  conditions  against  SEATTLE—Shipping  has  been  15  days  between  Gulfport. and  coa's  Clipper,  Corsair  and  Ranger  ment.  two  major  paper  companies.  very  slow  during  the  past  two  The  six  are  among  100  wood­ Now  IWA  loggers  can't  get  jobs  weeks, with^ only one  vessel  paying  Trinidad,  with  about  three  days  in  (Alcoa); MonarcJi  of  the  Seas, Clai­ borne  (Waterman).  workers who  have been blackliiA;ed  in  Newfoundland  unless  they  re­ off  and  two  in  transit,  says  Ted  port  in  both  places.  iii  their  home  province  as a  result  nounce membership la their  union.  Rabowski,  Port  Agent.  Things  are  Much  comment  has  been  heard  Signed  on  were:  Arizpa  and  of  legislation  pushed  through  the  Consequently  they  are  at  the  expected  to  pick  up­ in  the  coming  relative  to  SIU­NMU  and  other  Morning  Light  (Waterman).  unions'  attempts  to  organize  all  In  transit:  Young  America  and  local  law­making  body  by  Premlmr  mercy  of  the  industry  and  the  period,  however.  Joseph  Smallwood.  Tho  bill  effec­ Newfoundland  government.  Paying  off  was  the  Coeur  foreign flag  vessels  in  order  to  John  B.  Waterman  (Waterman);  tively  killed  the  loggers'  union.  The  SIUNA  and  the  Canadian  D'Alene  Victory  (Victory  Cam).  bring  their  standards  up  so  that  Kathryn; Frances (Bull); Steel Voy­ Shortly  thereafter,  a  strikebreak­ District  contributed  $6,500  to  the  In. transit were: Steel  Fabricator  American­flag  ships  can  compete  ager (Isthmian); Alcoa  Roamer (Al­ ing  union—known  as  "Newfound­ logg:er8  when  the  strike  first  (Isthmian)  and  Almena  (Clover  with  them  on  more  even  terms.  coa); Chiwawa  (Cities Service),  and  Carriers).  land  Brotherhood  of  Woodwork­ started.  Mobile  has  been  particularly  hard  Pandora  (Bphipany).  ;  PORT&CALL  stiSEwyoac  • *.Wi<^l­ DiMBikar  If, IMS  IN eALrum  Newfoundland Blackballs  Logger  Union  Members  A/coo Starting  Trinidad­Cult  Run  Seattle Slow  1;^­ 1|:'"  Do You Have  Your Lifeboat Ticket ?  Part of  the safety picture on  any ship  is having a crew  that is  fully­ equipped  to  meet  any  emergency.  That's  why  the  Union  has  placed  such stress on having  the largest possible  number of  Seafarers get  their  lifeboat  tickets.  The  SlU  Training  School  offers  as  one  of  its  courses  training  of  lifeboatmen  in  all  three  departments.  Take  advantage  of  the  opportunity  to  help  protect  yourself  and  your  shipmates  in  time  of  need.  hp •   •   • !  •  iil.i  U'S  �BMmber It, Itfl  ''V"''V'• •   '•   r.r': r~­­'  TOUR  DOLLAR'S  WORTH  Seftfarer's Guide To  Better Buying  SEAFARERS  L&C  Page Seres  Who  Found  Atlas?  SIU  Missile  Ships  Enter  Counter­Claims  RECIFE, Brazil—^The argument  over who really  discovered  America—Leif  Ericsson,  Christopher  Columbus  or  Americus  Vespucci—pales  into  insignificance  in  the  face  of  the  By  Sidney  Margoliiu  beef  between two SlU sister ships,  the Rose Knot  and  Coastal  Sentry  of  Suwannee  Steam­ ship's  missile­tracking  fleet.  The  two  vessels  are  disput­ send  a  man  into  space  in  the  LOG  from  Seafarer  Bill  MacDon­ Arthritis suffers  have become  major victims  of  false­advertised prod­ ing  over  which  one  had  the  Project  Mercury  program.  ald,  the  Rose  Knot ship's reporter.  ucts.  The  Arthritis  Sc  Rheumatism  Foundation  reports  that  arthritics  honor  of  successfully­recovering  The  original  newspaper  reports  "In  reference  to  your  article  oa  throw  away  $250  million  a  year  on  exaggerated  "cures" ranging  from  the first  intact Atlas  nose­cone last  last July  had  it that  the Rose  Knot  the  subject  of  the  recovery  of  the  glorified  aspirin  to  gadgets containing  low­grade  uranium  ore.  July  31.  The  incident  has  con­ was  the  successful  ship,  picking  Atlas  Nose  Cone  in  the  November  That's  what  a survey  by  the  Arthritis  &  Rheumatism Foundation  In­ siderable  historical  importance  be­ up  the  Atlas  nose  cone  approxi­ 6  issue  of  the  SEAFARERS  LOG»  dicates.  The  largest  number  of  falsely­advertised  arthritis  products  cause  the  nose­cone  in  question  is  mately three  hours after its launch­ submitted  by  A1  Borjer,  ship's  bought by arthritics questioned in a Foundation survey, were  purchased  the  type  in  which  the US  hopes  to  ing  from  Cape  Canaveral,  Florida.  delegate  of  the  Coastal  Sentry,  That  was  how  It  was  reported  in  we, the crew  of  the MV  Rose Knot  as  a  result  of  TV  ads.  Twenty­five  percent  reported  they  have  been  the  SEAFARERS  LOG  of  July  31.  feel  duty­bound  to  make  known  led  by TV  into buying  misrepresented products.  Newspaper ads  turned  The  LOG  story  brought  an  in­ the  true  and  correct  facts  sur­ out  to  be  runners­up in  inducing  purchases  of  ^hritis "cures."  dignant  rebuttal  from  Seafarer  rounding  the recovery  of  said nosa  Similarly,  Dr.  Harold  Hillenbrand  of  the  American  Dental  Associa­ A1  Borjer,  ship's  delegate  of  the  cone.  tion,  says  some  TV  toothpaste  commecials  are  as  "rigged"  as  the  re­ Coastal  Sentry  which  was  printed  "As  an  eyewitness  at  the  scene  cently  exposed  quiz  shows.  He  said  much  toothpaste  advertising  ac­ in  the  November  issue.  "We  don't  of  this historical  recovery,  without  tually discourages proper  care, and  know  what  the  source  of  your  in­ the  least  shadow  of  a  doubt  the  gives viewers a  false sense  of  secu­ formation  was," Borjer  wrote, "but  Rose  Knot  did  find,  secure,  and  rity  about  decay,  especially  the  yqu  were  totally­misinformed as  to  recover  the  Atlas  nose  cone.  Un­ commercials  for  one  toothpaste  the details.  fortunately,  due  to  the  absence  claiming  to  provide  an  "invisible  "Said  nose  cone  was  not  re­ aboard  the  Rose  Knot  of  the  spe­ Shield."  This,  of  course.  Is  Col­ covered  by  the  Rose  Knot,  but  by  cific  type  of  technical  personnel  gate's  Gardol,  promoted  with  the  the Coastal Sentry.  However,  both  on  this  particular  mission,  orders  dramatic  demonstration  of  the  an­ vessels were  at the scene of  the re­ were  received  from  Patrick  Air  nouncer  protected  by  a  glass  NEW  YORK—Shipping  has  covery,  but  the  Coastal  Sentry  at­ Force  Base  to  surrender  said  cone  shield,  and  Mama  sending  continued to climb during  the  tained  the  honor,  and  the  whole  to  our  sister ship  the  Coastal  Sen­ off  her  family  with  their  teeth  past  two weeks and  should be  operation  went off  without a  hitch.  try.  protected  by  Gardol's  "invisible  better  in  the  coming  period,  re­ We  were  highly  praised  for  a  job  "This  we  did  gracefully,  and  in  ports Bill  Hall,  assistant secretary­ well  done."  shield."  the knowledge that  besides it being  The  implication is false.  Brush­ treasurer.  Just  last  week.  Coastal  Sentry  a  great  victory  in  our  country's  ing  once  a  day  with  Gardol  won't  During  the  last  period  two ships  crewmember  Karl  Treimann  defense  in  the  missile  field,  we  protect  your  teeth.  All  dental  ex­ crewed  up,  20  paid  off  and  one  brought  a  photograph  Into  the  were fortunate  and  skillful  enough  perts  say  they  need  to  be  brushed  signed  foreign  articles.  About  285  LOG  office  which  apparently  was  to  find  and  retrieve  the  said  noss  after  every  meal  for  genuine  pro­ men shipped during  the two weeks.  the  clincher.  It  showed  a  group  of  cone."  Hall  reported.  tection.  Coastal  Sentry  men  clustered  In the light  of  this contradictory  In  the  Journal  of  the  New  Jer­ The  Marine  and  Allied  Workers  around  the  monstrous  Atlas  nose  testimony  from  Seafarers  Borjer,  sey Medical  Society,  Dr.  Robert  E.  Division  is  still  concentrating  its  cone  on  the  deck  of  the  Sentry.  Treimann  and  MacDonald,  the  Marin  recently  charged  that  me­ efforts  on  three  companies,  with  a  But  the  last  word  still  to  be  LOG  is  turning  the  whole  matter  dical  hucksters  on  television  are  total  of  1,000  jobs  at  stake.  Na­ heard.  Last  Monday,  an  equally  over  to  the US  Air Force  for  veri­ taking  the  public for  millions with  tional  Labor  Relations Board  hear­ indignant  letter  arrived  at  the  fication.  commercials implying  that a  multitude of  laxatives and other drugs  are  ing  is  scheduled  later  this  month  • 'approved by  doctors  everywhere."  In  one  commercial.  Dr.  Marin  on  the  larger firm, which  employs  says, "The  model, a  beautiful young  girl,  downed  a  foaming drink  and  an  estimated  500  persons.  shortly,  by  well­defined  impUcation,  had  her  best  evacuation  in  years  The  lifeboat,  AB  and  FWT  .. . The  product,  was,  bf  course,  widely 'prescribed by doctors'.  training  schools  continue  to­pro­ For a  while NBC had Regimen  usefk  weigh in on  the  Dave Garroway  gress  with  new  classes  underway.  "Today" show.  The  people  shown  on  television may  have  lost  weight.  Hall  asked  all  men  on  the  second  QUESTION: What did you  do on your  most memorable  Christmas?  But  the  implication  that  overweight  people  can  reduce  by  taking  a  deck  not  to  bring  food  and  coffee  pill  before  each meal,  With  no change  in  their  eating  habits,  is  a  mis­ there,  as  it  causes  quite  a  mess.  leading one.  CBS  had similar  commericals for  Regimen.  He ­  thanked  the  membership  for  Kennlth  Lee,  AB:  My  most  E. Gustafson, bosun:  During past  There  are  many  other  charges  of  rigged  or  otherwise  deceptive  TV  cooperating  on  new  dispatching  memorable  Christmas,  as  I  recol­ years  I  have  always  been  at  sea  lect,  was  in  1945,  during  Christ­ commericals.  These  range  from  the  use  of  hidden  sandpaper  to  set  up.  when  I  spent  a  mas;  however,  "prove"  one  cleanser  cleans  a  sink  better,  to  the  use  of  a  vegetable  The following  ships paid off  here  very  nice holiday  last  year  I  en­ derivative  or  ordinary  Salt  to  make  one  brand  of  beer  foqm  longer  during  the  previous  shipping  pe­ with  the  entire  Joyed  spending  than  Brand  X,  and  varnish  to  make  a  floor  wax seem  to  leave  a  high  riod:  Seatrain  Georgia,  Seatrain  family  at  Gales­ Christmas  Day  at  gloss.  Savannah,  Seatrain  Texas  (Sea­ burg,  111.  It  was  the  Hall  in  New  Another type  of  rigged commercial are  medical dramatizations  which  train);  Ocean  Deborah  (Ocean  a  happy  event  York  —  where  I  are factual  In  themselves,  but give  you a  wrong implication.  One is  the  Trans.);  Yaka  (Waterman);  Robin  for  all,  because  was  treated  to  a  TV  demonstration  showing  stomach  acid  burning  a  hole  in  a  hand­ Sherwood  (Robin);  Alcoa  Pioneer,  my  older  brother  delicious  turkey  kerchief.  The fallacy is that the stomach doesn't  have that strong a con­ Alcoa  Polaris,  Alcoa  Runner  (Al­ had  just returned  dinner  with  all  coa);  Atlantis  (Petrol  Shipping);  centration  of  acid.  from  the  service.  the  trimmings.  The  Federal  Trade  Commission's  charge  that  Libbey­Gwens­Ford  Steel  Architect  (Isthmian);  Bea­ There's  a  lot  to  be  said  for  being  Every  Christmas  since  then  I have'  and­General  Motors  use  trickery  in  their  commercials  comparing  car  trice,  Dorothy,  Elizabeth,  Suzanne  ashore  during  the  holidays.  been  at  sea.  windows,  is another  item in the  mounting evidence  that TV  advertising  (Bull);  Bienville,  Fairland,  Gate­ i,  i,  4"  4"  way  City,  Azalea  City  (Pan­Atlan­ has  become  the  No.  1  deceiver  of  the  buying  public.  Leo  MovaU, chief  steward: After  tic);  and  CS  Norfolk  (Cities  Serv­ Roosevelt  Robblns,  steward:  I  The  FTC  charge  against  Libbey­Owens­Ford  and  General  Motors  my  ship,  the  Clary,  was  sunk  dur­ was aboard  the  troop ship  Evange­ Shows  that  you  can't  rely  on  the  ads  even  for  so­called "reputable"  ice).  /  ing  the  battle  of  line  in  New.Or­ companies.  The complaint  alleges that  these TV  commericals use  cam­ One  ship  signed  on,  the  Robin  Dunkirk  in  1940,  leans  harbor  just  era  trickery  to compare  safety  plate  glass  in  side  windows of  GM  cars  Goodfellow  (Robin).  I  was  captured  a  few  days  be­ with safety sheet  glass in  side windows  of  competitors cars.  According  •   In  transit  were:  Steel  Architect  by  the  Germans  to  FTC,  the­advertiser  uses  different  camera  lenses  to  exaggerate  and  Steel  Age  (Isthmian); Seatrain  and  sent  to  pris­ fore  Christmas,  the distortion  of  the view  through the sheet  glass.  To show  the "view"  New  Jersey,  Seatrain  Louisiana,  1943.  My  wife  outside  Bor­ through  the GM  cars,  the picture  actually  was taken  through  the  open  Seatrain  Savannah  (Seatrain);  on  had  prepared  deaux.  My  fam­ everything  for  Window,  FTC  says.  Hurricane  (Waterman);  Cantigny  ily  was  later  no­ the  occasion,  ex­ This  is  not  to  say  that  television  is  the  only  purveyor  by  far,  of  (Cities  Service);  Emilia  (Bull),  tified  that  I  was  pecting  me  to  be  misleading  ads.  Some  of  the  most  flagrantly­useless medical  products  Steel  Admiral  (Isthmian)  and  presumed  dead.  home  then.  At  are sold  by  mail.  One  expert  says  that some  or  the  recent  newspaper  Raphael  Semmes  (Pan­Atlantic).  With  the  help  of  editorials  criticizing  TV  advertising  verge on hypocricy.  A  number of  the  French  underground,  however,  the  last  minute,  the same newspaper  carry ad's  for medical products that are  just as  bad.  I  made  good  my  escape,  arriving  though,  the  schedule  was  changed;  we sailed December 24 and I didn't  The  "glorified  aspirins"  are  a  particular  problem.  These  drugs  in Stockholm  Christmas  Day,  1940,  get  the  chance  to  call  my  wife,  typically  cost  $3  for  100  tablets  whose  chief  ingredient  is  aspirin  or  for a  wonderful family  reunion.  before  we  departed.  hipiilar pain  relievers.  You can buy ordinary aspirin for anywhere  from  $  4^  Ship's  delegates  are  urged  to  $  $  12  to  59  cents  for  100  tablets.  Jose  Maldonado,  FWT:  I  espe­ Maye  Russ,  director  of  the  National  Better  Business  Bureau's  food,  notify  the  Union  immediately  cially  remember  the  Christmas  of  Bill  Stark,  chief  steward:  Oddly  drug and  cosmetics division,  calls it a "tremendous  economic cheat  and  when  a  shipmate  is  taken  oft  1954,  because  I  enough,  every  Christmas  for  the  past  20  years  I  public  deception  to  take  ordinary  pain  reUevers  and  promote  them  the  vessel  in  any  port  because  was  forttmate  of  Illness  or  injury.  Delegates  have  been aboard  enough  to  catch  With> claims implying  they are  new medical  discoveries."  ship.  But  I  sup­ a  run  to  my  In fact. Researcher Ruth  Walrad, who prepared  the Arthritis  Founda­ should  not  wait  until  they  send  pose  all  of  them  home,  Puerto  tion  report,  told this department  that some  of  the costly  pain  relievers  in the  ship's minutes  but should  handle  the  matter  in a  separate  are  memorable.  I  Rico,  where  I  contain  only  half  as  much  aspirin  as  ordinary  aspirin  USP.  communication,  so  that  the  Un­ prepare  a  special  spent  Christmas  Among  the  widely­promoted  pain­relievers  sold  at  six  to  twenty  ion  can  determine in  what man­ "hotel  buffet" for  with  my  family.  times more  than the  price of  aspirin are  Norkon  (recently cited  by FTC  ner it  can  aid  the  brother.  the  crew  each  Last  year  I  as  falsely­advertised); "Dolcin  (simply  a  buffered  aspirin  and  also  It  would  also  be  helpful  If  Christmai^,  and  missed  a  PR­ cited  by the FTC);  Pruvo;  Imdrin;  R­Tabs;  Ar­Pan­Ex; Super  Sustamln  the  full  name,  rating  and  book  take pains to dec­ bound  ship  by  212 (sold  by the makers  of  Regimen as extra potent  but actually  merely  number  was  sent  in.  Address  orate  the  mess­ delayed  In  action  because  the  tablets  are  coated);  Zairumln  (another  these  notifications  to  Welfare  one  day,  but  hope  to  get  a  trip  going  that  Way  so  I  can  be  home  halls. etc. even if  I have to dig  into  coated  tablet);  ancF  Arthrycin  (advertised  as  an  amazing  advance  but  Services at  headquarters.  my  owt  pockets  for  the  expenses.  this  year.  basically  only,aspirin).  Wm  • 11  rfi  Number One TV Fraud­The Ads  NY  Getting  Ship  Boost  For Hoiidays  INQUIRING  SEAFARER  Notify Union  About Sick Men  J'  I  '..I­ 4.:  4^  4 •   "T  • 'I •  /•   • !.  is  .  't  ; ­  ­i •  • li  1  • Mr*  �December  IS,  ISit  SEAFARERS  LOG  race  Efelit  M5T5 Cuts  Back  Its Tankers  PENSIONERS'  CORNER  WASHINGTON—Witk­large  numbers  of  American­flag  tankers in  lay­up,  the Military  Sea Transportation  Service  has agreed  to drop  another  six  T­2s  from  its  operations  and  charter privately­owned  ships instead.  The  action  represents  an­^—  other  concession  to  constant  ships  give  to  privately­owned  agreed  to  charter  four  privately­ (The brothers described  below are  receiving the |190  monthly SIU  dis­ owned  T­28  and  one  jumbo  T­2.  ability­pension  benefit.)  complaints  by  the  maritime  fleets.  unions  and  the  private  ship  As  a  result  of  the  retirement  of  The  charters  run  from  one  to flve  Peter Bush ... 60 ... an  FWT­oiler  in  the engine  dept.,  he  started  operators  over  competition  MSTS  the six  MSTS T­2s,  the agency  has  years  with" the  ships  running  to  sailing the great  Lakes in 1937,  affiliated  with  the SIU in  '39.  However,  military  bases  around  the  world.  his first  shipboard  life  was  with  the  Navy  in  World  War  I.  He's  sailed  on  most  types  of  ships;  pre­ Private  Tankers Get  Half  ferred  coastwise  trips  because  he  could  be  home  "The  retirement  of  Government­ more often.  owned  ships  has reached  the  point  Brother Bush,  who retired last  January, recalls an  that  half  of  MSTS  oil  transporta­ unusual  experience  aboard  the  Wang  Pioneer  in  tion  needs are  now  being  handled  1957  when  the  mainsteam  line  broke.  "It  was  like  by  private  tankers  on  long  term  being  hit  by  a torpedo," he  remembers, "but  luckily  charters,  and  another  20  percent  no one  was  hurt."  Aside from  that, he  found  all of  by  single­voyage  charters.  There  hla  wartime  trips  exciting.  He  has  no  special  hob­ NEW  ORLEANS—Shipping  has  continued  at  a  good  pace  are  now  17  tankers—six  T­2s  and  bies  at  the  moment,  and  is  just  taking  it  easy,  he  here and should be even better in  the two weeks to come, due  11  supertankers—on  long­term  Bush  reports . .  to  thank  the  SIU  Welfare  Serv­ charters to MSTS.  By contrast, the  ices  Department "which  came . Wishes  to the fact  that  ten ships  are due in  for  payoffs.  forward  immediately  when  my  wife  was  MSTS  tanker fleet  still  consists  of  ill and needed  benefits."  The Del Norte, which wai in  16 ships,  11  of  them  T­2s  and  the  drydock in  Rio after  breaking  Helen  (Olympic  Trans.).  rest  T­5  vessels.  In  transit  were:  Alcoa  Ranger,  William J. B. Groenweld . . . 67 . . . joined  at its  inception  in  1938,  her  rudder  post  is due  to  ar­ first started  sailing  at  Rotterdam,  Holland,  in  1909.  rive  in  New  Orleans,  minus  her  Alcoa  Cavalier,  Alcoa  Roamer  and  In  recent  years,  the  MSTS  has  Shipped  on  sailing  ships,  tugs,  passenger­freight  passengers,  on  the  19th  of  this  Alcoa  Clipper  (Alcoa);  Seatrain  been  slowly  reducing  the  size  of  month. The company  doesn't at  the  Louisana,  Seatrain  Georgia  (Sea­ its fleet  under  pressure  from  the  ships and  whalers, but  had  no preference as to runs.  moment  know  what  It  will  do  with  train);  Del  Campo  (Miss.);  Eliza­ maritime  unions  and  the  industry.  A member of  the steward's department, he retired  In  the crew,  but we  suspect  they'll  be  beth,  Kathryn,  Evelyn,  Frances  It  has  been  argued  on  many  occa­ April  of  this  year .\^. Still  makes  meetings  at  New  laid  off.  Its  next  sailing  is  sched­ (Bull);  Margaret  Brown,  Alice  sions  that  it  is  more  economical  Orleans  hall  in  order  to  keep  in  touch  with  old  uled  for  January  25,  which  means  Brown  (Bloomfield);  Steel  Voy­ for  the  Government"  to  charter  shipmates.  at least that at that time, there  will  ager,  Steel  Traveler  (Isthmian);  privately­owned ships than  to build,  As a  charter  member  of  thtf  SIU,  Brother  Groen­ be  approximately  103  jobs  avail­ Young  America,  Monarch  of  the  man  and  operate  ships  under  weld  reports  he  had  only  one  ship  under  another  Seas,  John  B.  Waterman,  Clai­ MSTS.  A  major  factor  involved  able.  maritime union.  The ship  was laid  up,  however, and  The  following  ships  paid  off:  borne,  Morning  Light  (Waterman);  has  been  the larger  manning/eciile  he returned  to the SIU  and  has sailed  with  the  Un­ Groenweld  Del  Valle, Del  Aires (Miss.);  Morn­ Gateway  City,  Raphael  Serames  that  has  been  common  to  Navy  ion since that time.  ing  Light  (Waterman)  and  Helen  (Pan  Atlantic);  Ocean  Deborah  ships  as  against  comparable  ships  (Ocean  Trans.);  Bents  Fort  (Cities  in  the  privately­owned fleets.  (Olympic  Trans.).  Signed  on:  Steel  Voyager  (Isth­ Service),  and  Jackie  Hanse  (NH  Last  year, MSTS  handled  almost  mian);  Del  Campo  (Miss.)  and  Shipping).  17  million  tons  of  oil  in its world­ wide  operations.  N'Orieans Girds For Rush;  Del Norte Ready Jan. 25  I  SlU  BLOOD  BANK  HONOR  ROLL  iiv  If 1^­•   I. %  1' <  •   ^ JV  I'­ Quitting Ship?  Notify Union  ­  $  ^  Ask For Passenger  Service To Alaska  WASHINGTON—Action  to  restore  ship  passenger  service  to Alaska  has been  initiated by Rep. Thomas M. Pelly  (Rep.­ A  reminder  from  SIU  head­ Seattle), as  a  means  of  tapping a  growing tourist  market  in  quarters  cautions  all  Seafarers  the 49th state.  Writing to Un­­*  ^  :  leaving  their  ships  to  contact  dersecfetary of  Commerce  under  the  surface,  the  ship  does  the  hall  in  ample  time  to  allow  the  Union  to dispatch  a  replays­ John  Allen,  Rep.  Pelly  has  not  have  to fight  water  resistance  ment.  Failure to give  notice be­ suggested  that  the  Government  and  is  capable,  in  theory  at  least,  fore paying  off  may  cause  a  de­ should  look  into  the  possibilities  of  speeds  up  to  70  knots,  Hydro­ layed  sailing,  force  the  ship  to  of  high­speed  hydrofoil ships  being  foils  have  been  tested  on  a  small  scale  but  have  never  been  used  sail  short  of  the  manning  re­ utilized  in  this  trade.  commercially.  The  hydrofoil  ship  rides  up  out  quirements and  needlessly make  the  work  tougher for  your ship­ of  the  water  as  it  gathers  speed  Since  .  the  distance  between  on  what amounts  to a  set of  water  Seattle  and  Ketchikan,  Alaska,  is  • "ates.  skis. Since  there is no  hull as  such'  660  miles via  the inland  waterway,  it  would  be  possible  to  set  up  a  kind  of  ferry  service.  Rep.  Pelly  claims,  between  the  two  cities.  Aside  from  the  absence  of  pas­ senger  service.  Rep.  Pelly  noted  that lack  of  shipping Is  leaving ths  exploitation  of  Alaska  pulp  and  Members  of  the  Typographical  trial  bond  programs  and  similar  mineral  resources  to  foreign  con­ The  SIU  blood  bank  supplies  Seafarers  or  members  of  their  families  Union  in  Boston  have voted  to end  tax  favors  now  used  by  communi­ cerns and foreign  shipping.  with  blood  anywhere  in the  United  States.  Seafarers  can  donate  to  their strike  against  six newspapers  ties  seeking  to  lure  "runaway"  Passenger  service  used  to  b«  the  bank  at  the  SU  clinic  in­Brooklyn.  Listed  here  are  a  few  of  the  in  that  city,  and  submit  Issues  in  shops  and  assorted  Industries  into  operated  to  Alaska  by  the  Alaska  Seafarers and  others  who have  donated  to the  blood  bank.  The names  dispute  to  arbitration.  This  vote  their  area.  He  recommended,  in­ Steamship Company, but was aban­ of  other donors  will appear  in  future issues.  Protect  yourself  and  your  reversed a  previous decision  by the­ stead,  a  program  of  economic  as­ doned  after  the  Korean  War,  At  men to reject  arbitration and  strike  sistance  such  as  that  contained  in  present, tourists  headed for  Alaska  family.  Arrange  to  donate  to  the  SIU  Blood  Bank  now.  all  but  one  of  Boston's  papers,  a  pending area redevelopment  bill,  have  a  choice  of  flying  or  under­ Yager,  Nathan  Landron,  Angel  L.  charging  that  the  former  meahs  taking  the  difficult  drive  on  th*  t  t  Zebroski,  Stanley  McKinney,  Melville,  Jr.  Alcan  highway.  were  "discriminatory."  Heads  of five  railway  operating  llund,  Helmer  L.  Sojak,  Robert  H.  brotherhoods  met  in  Cleveland  in  Milton,  Henry  Nathan  Delgado,  Pastor  an  effort  to  work  out  a  policy  to­ Lugo,  Felipe  Irizarry,  Antonio  Yule Decor On Tug  ward  rail  management's  demand  Trakimovich,  Ernest  Christensen, Anton  C.  for  a  six­point  revision  in  working  Herz,  Henry  Skillman,  Anthony  J.  rules designed  to  end  what  it  calls  Beasley,  William  Yates,  John  McCabe  "featherbedding."  Just  before  the  Inman,  Henry  Sankovidt, Arthur C.  meeting,  it  was  reported  that  the  Richmond,  Walter  S.  Perez, Pedro  J.  AFL­CIO  Transport  Workers'  Un­ Telles­Manzanet,  David  Cortes, Jose  ion  had  broken  off  negotiations  Selzer,  Milton  G.  Warhola,  Paul  with  the Pennsylvania  RR after  30­ Quinn, Arlen E.  Elliott, Millard  B.  odd  months of  fruitless  bargaining,  Rondo, Hector  Peter  Fediw, Charles  and  had  called  for a  strike  on  De­ Edgett, Fred  McGuire, Charles  S.  Feil,  William  Charles  Pardbvich, Philip C.  cember  21.  Punch,  Early  Antoine  Janavaris,  Guss  A.  Bibeault,  Armand  L.  Adosci,  Frank,  Jr.  Elliot,  James  Bruce  Giffor'd, Bain  Clark, Earl  W.  O'Donnell, James  Joseph  Dix, Donald  E.  Jarve,  Karl  Biegel, Fred  R.  Messenger,  Warren  E.  Lynch,  George  Cernn,  Louis  Claus, Carl  Vincent  Mackelis,  Vincent  Donohoe, Joseph  M.  Turi,  Leonard  .  KaUaste,  John  t  Put,  Henry  Pattee,  Earl  D.  Hanboussy,  Mifchael  Y.'  O'Brien,  Leo James  Colucci, Mike  Harding,  Clive  Cirignano,  Lawrence  A.  Gagnon,  Donald A.  Trujillo,  A.  Tselentis, Argyrangelos  Curry, Thomas  C.  Rodriguez,  Rodalfo  Trefethen,  Donald  A.  Korol,  Philip F.  Hampson, William E.  Pereira, Sebastian  Biss, Barry  Lisenby, Stephen  L.  Carlos,  Eric M.  t  t  Around  200  delegates from  vari­ ous  California  labor  unions  last  week  attended  a  four­day  confer­ ence  in  Santa  Barbara,  delving—  with  legal  and  professional  assist­ ance—into  the  why's  and  where­ fores of  the Landrum­Griffin  Labor  Law.  The  get­together  was  jointly  sponsored  by  the  California  Labor  Federation,  AFL­CIO,  and  the  University  of  California.  $•   i  Textile  Workers  Union of  Amer­ ica  representative  Solomon  Barkin  urged  the  House  Ways  and  Means  Committee  studying  tax  structure  to  use  methods  other  than  Indusr  SIU­HIWD men from Baltimore harbor  pose proudly  amid Christ­ mas decorations they arranged oboard the tug America, of Baker­ Whitley.  I  �Heccmber  U59  Fss« K!s«  SEAFARERS  LOG  '.r '^^•   While working aboard the con­ tainership  Fairland  on  the  coastwise  run, Seafarer  John­ Wunderlich  unlimheted  his  camera  and  produced  some  fine  studies  of  his  shipmates  at  work,  some  of  which  are  shown here. The birthday cake  is  a  handsome  portrait  as  well.  Goff, the  cook  about  to  dish  something  out.  Nick Bechlonis  models a  cheerful smile.  "The  Dutchman,"  a  fireman,  down  under.  The  {unior  3d mate checks  on  ship's  course.  Nick  Bechlanis,  Johnny  Crews,  the  "birthday  boy,"  and  unidentified  dayman,  painters  ell, pause  for  a breather  for  photographer  Wunderlich.  'J  .• M  S. S. FA   IRLAND  i  "  I  Top" West, pantry ulil­ ity,  on  the  joD.  Crew  messmon  starts  setting  up  for  meal.  Third  engineer  keeps  his  eye  on  his  gages.  Galley  utility  performs  necessary  task,  peeling spuds  for  dinner.  George  Dinaso,  3rd  cook,  stirs  a  potful,  contents  unknown.  Smiling  oiler,  pictured  standing  watch,  wasn't  identified.  Chief  cook  F.  Agosto  and  Johnny  Crews  at  birthday  party.  This  intricate  cake  was  baked  for  the party.  Looks  good  too.,. ^  �ir iMl  SSAFASSSSS  toe  :­­jfe;  II­ •  Ir:  • i.y  jji'  IK  51Lakes Co's Join Fighf  Against Pro­Railroad Proposal  to  ir.  uuiq.  1  Both  the Seafarers  International Union  and  Great  Lakes  steamships  companies  are  jointly  opposing  a legislative  move  which  would assist the railroads in their continuing  ef­ forts to destroy  domestic shipping.  The legislative  proposal,  if  successful,  could  result  in  substantially­reduced or elim­­*  inated  Great  Lakes  shipping  The  Panama  Canal  Act  was  now  pending  in  Congress  could  operations  and  could  under­ passed  many  years  ago  to  prohibit  thus  be  a  green  light  to  the  rail­ railroad  ownership  of  steamship  companies  engaged  in  domestic  trades  both  through  the  Panania  Canal and  in the  Great Lakes  area.  Rails  Imperil  Shipping  Prior  to  passage  of  the  Panama  Canal  Act,  it  had  been  the  policy  of  the  railroads  to  own  steamship  companies  which  they  operated  at  a  loss in  order  to drive  their water  competition  out  of  business.  The  passage  of  this  legislation  roads  to  resume  their  shipping­ busting  tactics  with  Great  Lakes  operators  as  their  immediate  tar­ get.  There  has  been  an  exchange  of  communications  between  the  SIU  and  SIU  Lakes  District­contracted  Great  Lakes  operators,  and  the  SIU  is  prepared  to  oppose  the  pending  bills  when  hearings  on  them  are' held  in  Washington,  as  well as  to take other  steps to coun­ teract  the  threat  to  Great  Lakes  seamen's  jobs.  SIU  Takes  Stand  The  SIU  has  long  been  engaged  In  a  campaign  to  protect  domestic  shipping  and  the . jobs of  American  seamen  which  depend  on  this  shipping.  Last  May,  for  instance,  the  passage  of  legislation  to  safe­ BOSTON—Oddly enough, the construction of  the St. Law­ guard  domestic  shipping  from  the  rence Seaway has turned out to be a boon  to this  East Coast  destructive  tactics  of  the  railroads  port  which  has  long  been  in  the  doldrums,  shipping­wise.  and the  Interstate Commerce  Com­ With  the  closing  of  the  Sea­*  "  mission  was  urged  by  Paul  Hall,  way  for  the  winter,  Boston  is  from the  midwest to Atlantic  ports.  president  of  the  SIU  of  North  Curiosity—^nd  perhaps fear—4s  reflected  In  the  eyes  of  "Nico­ now  experiencing  its  greatest  In  other  words,  in  all  the  years  America,  who  is also  a  member  of  demus"—^the  luclcy feline  who's official  mascot  of  the Steel  Fabrf­ concentration  of  grain  exports  when  there  was  no  Seaway,  rates  Advisory  Council  on  Transporta­ to  East  Coast  ports  had  been  kept  tion  of  the  Senate  Interstate  and  cotor's  crew.  since  World  War  II  days.  Foreign  Commerce  Committee.  The activity  has involved  a  num­ artificially  high  by  the  railroads  because  of  lack  of  competition  With  regard  to  the  pending  leg­ ber  of  SIU  ships,  with  recent  call­ from  any  other  mode  of  transpor­ islation,  the  SIU  president  de­ ers at  the port Jor  grain  cargo  in­ cluding  the  Steel  Voyager  and  tation.  The  net  result  was  to  de­ clared  that "we  certainly share  the  Mount Evans and  the Steel  Age, as  prive East  Coast ports  of  any share  view  that  the  railroads'  rate­mak­ ing  policies  are  destroying  domes­ well  ds  a  considerable  number  of  in  grain  export  trade.  tic  shipping,  particularly  in  the  RB's  Cut  Rates  foreign­flag  vessels,  .  ! ^  Lakes  and  coastwise  trades.  Our  SEATTLE—The SlU­mannedi Steel Fabricator put into here  With  the opening  of  the Seaway,  What  sparked the grain shipping  organization  will  continue  most  upturn from  Boston was  the action  the  railroads  suddenly  discovered  vigorously  to  oppose  not  only  the  with  an  unusual  passenger  aboard—the  wife  of  a  National  that  their  rates  from  the  midwest  Chinese colonel who came to the US for an American college  of  the  railroads  in  reducing  rates  ^^  were  too  high.  Now  that  the  Sea­ pending  bills,  but  every  other  way  is  shut  down  for  the  winter,  measure  which  is  injurious  to  the  degree.  best  interests  of  maritime."  Mrs.  Len  Yee  Yimg,  the  mother of si^f  children and the  Boston  is  profiting  accordingly.  wife  of  a  Chinese  air  ^rce  offi­ Before  the  reduction  in  rail  cer,  is  going  to  spend  two  yeari  rates, most  of  the grain had moved  at  the  University of  Kentuifisy  getr  dovra  the  Mississippi  to  New  Or­ ting  a  master's  degree  in  educa­ leans  and  Houston.  tion.  She  is  the  recipient  of  a  The  Boston  experience ~  shows  scholarship  to  attend  the  school  how the railroads  can turn a  port's  here.  business on  and  off  at  will,  simply  Exchange  of  Talent  by adjusting rates accordingly.  The  About  half  the  membership  of  maritime  unions  have  been  charg­ On  the  seven­week  run  from  the  inland  Boatmen's  Union  re­ ing the  railroads with  rigging rates  Formosa  to  the  States,  Mrs.  Yung  turned  to  their  jobs  aboard  tugs  all along  in areas  where they  com­ picked  up  some  useful  informa­,,  and  barges  two  weeks  ago  after  pete  with  coastwise  shipping,  and  tion from  the  crew,  including  how  contracts  were  signed  ending  a  keeping rates  artificially, high else­ to  brew  coffee.  In  return,  she  strike  which  started  May  15.  Still  where.  typed  up  the  ship's  minutes  and  cn  the­picket  lines  are  IBU  mem­ mehus  and  painted  three  water­ cblors  which  are  hanging  in  the  bers who work  aboard regular tow­ saloon  mess.  She  also  practiced  boats,  ocean­going  tugs  and  sight­ her  command  of  English  on  the  seeing  launches.  crew,  add  apparently  made  . but  4"  4"  very  well  in  that  department.  Twenty  graduates  of  the  Marine  Mrs.  Yung,  who  is 40,  Is a metn­ Cooks &  Stewards School  in  Santa  ber of  one of  the leading  National­ Rosa,  Calif.,  recently  put  out  to  ist  Chinese  families.  Her  uncle  is  sea aboard  the Matson  Lines' Mari­ Finnish  Seamen's  Unions  are  Nationalist  China's  ambassador  tp  I  Seafarer! or cliildrtn of SMfaren who quol­ posa, bound for Australia. Students  trying  to  work  out  an  equitable  Japan.  who  attend  classes  at  the  school  overtime  agreement  with  the  ship­ I  ify for the SlU's $6,000 four­)r«ar scholarships  are  instructed  in  various  phases  ping  industry,  based  on  a  45­hour  are urged to complete their appllealtons now  of  cooking,  arranging  tables,  etc.,  week.  They  are  paid  for  a  4B­hour  so  OS  to  be  eligible  to  take  forthcoming  all  aimed  at  pleasing  the  passen­ week  at  straight  time  rates,  at  I  "" College Entrance  examlnationSe The next ex­ gers  and  crew.  present.  What  they  want  now  is  I  amlnatlons are given on January 9, February  4"  4  4  the  privilege  of  selecting  either  Rawmaterials  and  machinery  to  overtime  pay  for  working  in  ex­ I  6, and March 12. .The  latter  date Is  the last  be  useiL­for  the  construction  of  a  cess of  the 45­hours a  week, or  for  I  pouible examination that can be taken before  $13.5  million  cement  plant  in  more than  eight hours a  day; elect­ WILMINGTON  —  Shipping  was  ­  the awards are given. Since pppf/cofiom for  Hawaii  is  being  trasported  to  Ho­ ing  to  have  the  time  applied  to  slow and so was registration during  I  tho  examlnoffon  hav  to  bo  compfeted  nclulu  by  SUP­contracted  freigh­ their  paid  annual  vacations,  or  the  last  period.  With  the  arrival  ters  of  the  Matson  Lines.  Some  merely  taking  the  extra  time  off  about a month ahead of the oxaminatlon  cf  ten  ships  during  the  coming  2,700  measurement  tons  of  equip­ when  in  port  to  compensate  for  period,  however,  conditions  are  dote, ft is urgent that condidates act now.  ment—  or  about  three  shiploads  the  extra  work.  expected to pick up.  I  Ml applkatlom are  hondfed  by tho  Sua­ Want  Extra  Vacation  —^will  be moved  to the  area.  Plans  were announced  this  week  Most  of  the  Finnish  seamen  I  farers WoHaro, Plan,  II Broadway, Now  '4  4  4  for  the  prpjected  construction  of  would  be  content  merely  adding  YorkCHy.  Xhe  Mew  Bedford  Fishermen's  the  hours  in  excess  of  45  to  their  a  huge  grain  handling­storage  Union has  repaid  the SIUNA,  with  paid  annual  vacations;  the  ship­ facility in  Long Beach.  It has bedn  warm thanks added,^e $5,000 loan  owners,  on  the  other  hand,  have  engineered  so  that  it  will  be  ca­ advanced  by  the  Seafarers  Union  said they  prefer to give the. seamen  pable  of  expanding  to  a  9,000,000­ SEAFARiRS  WELFARE  PLAN  when  the  NBFU  was  reorganizing  just  one  extra  week  of  paid  vaca­ bushel  capacity.  The  elevator  will  Its  union  affairs  last  year.  Secre­ tion  for  working  overtime.  be  able  to  load  and  unload  ships  11 BROADWAY  tary­Treasurer  Howard  Nlckerson,  The  Finns  are  hopeful  that  they  at  a  rate  of  eight  60­ton  rail  cars,  on  behalf  of  the  NBFU  member­ can  present  their  case  to  Parlia­ NEW  YORK  4, N,  Y.  or twelve  20­ton trucks  per hour.  ship,  thanked  the  SIUNA  for  its  ment  and,  with  agreement  from  No ships  were paid  or signed  on.  "moral  as  well  as financial  sup­ the  shipping  industry,  come  to  In  transit  duHng  the  last  period  port  ... at  the  time  of  ovr great  mutually  acceptable  terms  via  were:  Iberviile  and  Jean  iafitte  liegislation.  need."  "  (Waterman).  mine  the  job  security  of  Great  Lakes  seamen.  It  is  designed  to  give  the  railroads  a  weapon  with  which  to  attack  shipping  competi­ tion  on  the  Lakes.  The  current  situation  is  the  re­ sult  of  companion  bills,  introduced  earlier  this  year  in  both  the  Sen­ ate  and  House  of  Representatives,  which  would  amend  the  Panama  Canal  Act  so  that  it  would  not  ap­ ply  to  the  Great  Lakes  area.  Boston Gets Wheat Cargo  As Seaway Season Ends  ' fU.­ It:;.;  is  •  i..  ;•   %<• '  •  1' •  •   P  SIU Crew  Gets Seeretary  ^From Formosa To US S  Finns  Seeking  Scholairsltips.. •   45­Hr. Week  I  I Ms­ p  §:y.  I ]  Wilmington To  Get Grain Run  �mrnaamt is^  ina  Pac« nercB  SSAFAMEnSlOG  'Take As  Directed'  .• ^.­.,• .'161  Seek Millions In Refunds  From Ships On PR Run  WASHINGTON—Operators in  the Puerto Rican  trade may  have to refund  millions  of  dollars  to shippers if  the  Federal  Maritime  Board  rules  that  certain  rate increases  are  unlaw­ ful.  Both  shippers  to  and­^  from  the island and  the  Com­ justified  under  the  regulations  rate­making.  monwealth  of  Puerto  Rico  governing  The  rate­making  regulations  are  are  fighting  the  increases  which  totaled  28.8  percent.  They  are  complicated,  but  essentially,  they  seeking  to  have  a  part  of  the  in­ provide  that  rates  should  cover  creases  outlawed  as  not  being  the  cost  of  operation  plus  a  rea­ sonable  return.  The  Puerto  Rican  government  is  arguing  that  the  rate  increases  were  based  on  un­ usual  and  artificial  costs  re  dting  from  the  1957  strike  against  Bull  Line.  Puerto  Rico  also  charges  that  depreciation  allowances  on  the  vessels  were  exaggerated.  The  public  counsel  of  the  Fed­ eral  Maritime  Board  also  held  that  BALTIMORE — Shipping  at  the  the  Federal  Maritime  Board  ex­ moment  is  good  here,  but  it's  ex­ aminer  was  in  error  in  allowing  pected to  drop off  during the  com­ certain expenses  to enter into  rate­ making.  ing period,  according to Earl  Shep­ Bull  Line, as  the  major  operator  pard,  port agent.  in  the  Puerto  Rican  trade,  would  Last  week,  the  port  crewed  up  be heavily­affected  by any  decision  the Massmar,  and expected  to crew  calling  for  a  refund  to  shippers.  another  over the  weekend. Several  Also  involved  to  a  smaller  degree  ore  carriers  are  expected  this  are  Alcoa,  Waterman  and  Lykefl  week,  and  there  should  be  a  need  Brothers.  for  quite  a  few  replacements  aboard.  According  to  all  indications SIU  crewmembers  should  be  able  to  get  their  wages  soon  from  the  re­ cent  sale  of  the  Pacific  Venture.  At  the  moment,  the  Internal  Rev­ enue  Service ­seems  to  be  holding  up  the  payoff,  possibly  because  they  have  a  stake  in  the  proceeds  of  the  sale,  too.  Seafarers  who  ship  from  here  are  urged  to  check  the  bulletin  board  to  see  if  any  baggage  is  be­ HOUSTON—The  iron­grip  that  held  for  them.  ^  It appears that Senator Kefauver has struck some  pay dirt  ing  the AMA  holds on  doctors  and  the  This  port  will  hold  the  annual  whole  American  medical  profes­ in his investigation of  the high cost  of  drugs and medicines to  Christmas  Day  dinner  in  the  cafe­ sion  was  spotlighted  once  more  in  the American  public.  The  initial  returns from  Senate  sub­ teria,  and  all  families  and  friends  a  recent  medical  school  contro­ committee hearings, which are likely to run for many months,  are  invited.  There'll  be  a  decorat­ versy  in  this  city.  tree  and  stockings  for  the  kids  The  local  medical  society  here  indicate  strongly  that  totally­unjustified  price  gouging  has  ed  in the  hall, and  perhaps  Santa  will  has  been  ham­stringing  Baylor  been practiced  both  by drug producers and dfug retailers.  make  the  scene,  too.  University's  attempts  fo  expand  As an example some of  the early testimony showed that ma­ The  following  ships  were  paid  its  medical  school  facilities  with  off  during  the  last  two  weeks:  the  construction  of  a  $15  million  jor  drug  companies  were  charging  as  much  as  17.9  cents  a  Emilia,  Carolyn,  Mae,  Jean  (Bull);  Texas Medical  Center. The medical  HOUSTON­^Shipping  conditionB  ' liav«  picked  up  a  little  and  should  tablet wholesale for a cortisone derivative which cost 1.6 cents  Oremar  (Ore)  and  Penn  Vanguard  society  is  dragging  its  feet  on  the  projected  center  because  control  Kh  about the  same  during the  com­ ta  manufacture.  The  druggists  turned  around  and  sold  the  (Penn.  Shipping).  Signing  on  were:  Northwestern  matters  have  not  been  settled.  ihig  two  weeks.  Five  ships  paid  Off,  same tablet at retail for 29.8 cents.  ­ Victory  (Victory  Carr.);  Penn  Van­ Now,  because  of  the  delay,  the  ohe  signed  on  and  25.  were  in  Of course, alT drug items do not have such outrageous mark­ guard  (Penn.  Shipping);  Oremar,  original  $15  million  will  not  be  transit  The  membership  will  be  notified  ups,  but  the  fact  remains  that  the  returns  to  the  drug  in­ ^Santore  (Ore),  and  Marymar,  Ken­ enough  to  finance  the  project.  Matters  came  to  a  head  when  a  as  soon  as  the  courts  are  dustry are  far higher  per dollars' worth of  sales  and  invest­ mar  and  Massmar  (Calmar). ­  ^  distinguished  Houston  physician.  ready  to  pay  back  wages  incurred  In  transit  were: Feltore,  Venore,  by  seafarers  who  sailed  on  World  ment, about twice as much, as all the rest of  American indus­ Marore,  Baltrore  (twice)  (Ore);  Dr.  Abel  Leader,  announced  pub­ Seamar, Bethcoaster,  Kenmar (Cal­ licly  that  he  could  not  "in  good  Tramping  Ships  which  currently  try combined.  (For  details, see story  on  page 2.)  conscience"  support  the  attitude  are  being  sold  to  satisfy  these • 'and  The excuse offered  by the drug companies  is that  research,  mar);  Steel  Admiral,  Steel  Trav­ of  the  medical  society there.  Steel  Age,  .Steel  Voyager  other  claims.  The  city's  hospital  shortage  had  development and promotion of  new drugs is a risky and costly  eler,  (Isthmian);  CS  Baltimore  (Cities  become  a  scandal,  he  said,  and  The  following  ships  paid  off:  Valiant  Force  (Force  Co.);  Penn  venture.  The same,  of  course, could  be said  for  many other  Service):  Alcoa Runner,  Alcoa  Pat­ there  was  "a  barbaric  state  of  Tracier  (Penn.  Shipping);  Mairirato  industries such as chemicals, electronics and aircraft who may  roit (Alcoa); Yaka. (Waterman); and  overcrowding"  at  Jefferson  Davis  Victory  (Victory),  and  Margarett  invest  much  larger  sums  of  money,  yet  grow  and  prosper  Atlantis  (Petrol).  Hospital  there.  Any  physician  who  Brown  (Bloomifield).  would  "knowingly  do  injury  to  a  hugely on a far smaller rate of  return than the drug industry.  The  Robin  Kirk  (Robin)  was  the  medical  school  differs  little  from  Drug companies can get  away  with it  simply  because they  only  ship  to  sign  on.  the  man  who  would  beat  his  have  a  captive  market,  the sick  patient  who  buys  what  the  parents,"  the  doctor  said.  Jn> transit  were:  Del  Alba,  Del  A  few  days  after  this  announce­ Campo, Del  Sol (Miss.); The  Cabins  doctor  writes  on  the  prescription  pad.  The  consumer  can  ment,  the  local  AMA  board,  called  (Texas  City  Refinery);  Penn  Ship­ turn  his  nose  up  at  a  dacron  shirt  if  he  thinks  the  price  is  Seafarers who  have  taken  the  per  (Penn.  Shipping  Co.);  Council  too  high,  but  if  the  prescription  costs  $12,  he shells  out  the  series  of  inoculations  required  the  Harris  County Medical  Society,  charged  him,  through  its  censor­ Grove,  Bradford  Island,  CS  Nor­ money.  for  certain  foreign  voyages  are  ship  board,  with  "unethical  con­ folk,  CS  Baltimore,  CS  Miami,  Another factor should  be considered, aside from the crush­ reminded  to  be  sure  to  pick  up  Cantigny,  Winter .Hill,  Royal  Oak  ing burden  the drug pricing  practices place upon  the victims  their  inoculation  cards from  the  duct."  He  will  be  tried  early  next  (Cities  Service);  John  B.  Water­ of  ainess.  Organized  labor  has  born  the  brunt  of  shrill  captain  or the  purser  when  they  month.  According  to  the  society's  rules,  the  proceedings  will  be  man,  Arizpa  (Waterman);  Mermaid  condemnation for US inflation during  the past several years.  pay off  at the  end of  a  voyage.  secret  and  his  lawyer  cannot  be  (Metro  Pet.);  Edith,  Ines  (Bull);  Yet, as was pointed out in the July 3,1959, SEAFARERS LOG,  present.  The  card  should  be  picked up  Atlantis  (Petro);  Santa  Venetia  the biggest inflation has been in medical care costs, and this is  If  expelled,  Dr.  Leader  will  be  by the  Seafarer and  held so  that  (Elam);  Colinga  Hills  (Marine  just  the  area  where  labor  costs  are  an  insignificant  part  of  it  can  be  presented  when  sign­ thrown  out  of  the  AMA,  which  Tankers);  Beauregard  (Pan  Atlan­ ing on  for another voyage  where  means  that  he  will  not  be  able  to  tic); Capt.  Nicholas  Sitinas (Tramp  the whole.  "shots"  are  required.  The  practice  in  a  hospital  or  consult  Whose  inflation  is  it  if  drut  companies  can  establish  and  the  {Shipping);  Michael  (Carras);  Texas  inoculation  card  is  your  only  with  a  doctor  in  good  standing  fSeatrain),  and  Ocean  Deborah  maintain  excessive  profit  margins,  if  business  firms  spend  proof  of  having  taken  the  re­ with  the  medical  society.  (Ocean  Trans.).  huge  sums  on  so­called  "institutional"  advertising,  if  oil  quired  shots.  Critics of  the AMA  have charged  that  the  group  is  interested  in  concerns get  fat  depletion  allowances,  if  self­employed  busi­ who forget  to  pick  keeping  down  the  number  of  nessmen, professionals  and farmers report  only 75 percent  of  up Those men  their  inoculation  card  when  physicians  to  keep  up  incomes  of  their  total  earnings  to  the  tax  collector,  if  executives  vote  they  pay  off  may find  that  they  doctors.  The  shortage  of  doctors  themselves fat stock options?  All of  these costs  are paid  for  are  required  to  take  all  the  in  • A/g)<T VMe  America  is  becoming  critical.  by the US Government and  the public.  "shots"  again  when  they  want  A  recent  flare­up  in  New  York  I'LL 7<Y  By the time Senator Kefauver^explores all the ramifications  to sign  on  for another  such  voy­ revealed  that  a  significant  num­ of  business  pricing,  the  causes  of  inflation  may  have  been  age.  ber of  internes in  the  hospitals are  foreign­trained  doctors.  placed iR  their proper perspective.  Idle Ships  Call Crews  In Baltimore  If  I  MD  Speaks  Mind; AMA  Grabs Whip  Houston On  Tlte Upside;  Outlook Fair  ­>*•  Pick Up 'Shot'  Card At Payoff  'V 1%  ­  •  ­­i?  1  'm  �December  IS,  195S  SEAFARERS  LOG  Twelve  ­U'iv •  •   SEAFARERS  IR RRTROCid  l­KV"?;'"'­ 1^­ fc";..  •  Among  the  men  laid uji  in  the  Pacific  northwest,  in Seattle,  reports  the SIU  hall there, are  Brothers F.  Langley, J.  Balderston, and  J. Pra­ beck.  Brother  Langley,  who  last  sailed  as  a  FWT  on  the  Ocean  Alice,  is  ' STEEL  FABRICATOR  is  in  the  hospital  with  a  back  In­ The  company's In hot  water  over  jury,  but  Is  coming  along  well.  no  hot  water  on  the  Steel  Fabri­ Seafarer  Balderston,  who  sailed  cator.  The baker  had to heat water  recently  as  the  chief  cook  on  the  for  his  baking,  and  the  crewmem­ Orion  Star  is  in  for  a  general  bers,  all  hot­and­bothered  about  check­up, and  Is said  to be  progres­ the inconvenience,  are going to ask  sing satisfactorily.  for a  lodging allowance.  Chairman  Brother  Prabeck,  who  once  at  the last  ship meeting  was Frank  Langley  Balderston  sailed  as  a  wiper  on  the  Marymar  Frank White  was meet­ before  coming  down  with  TB,  is reported  to  be  doing  all right  at  the  Baron, and  ing  secretary,  USPHS hospital  and  is in  pretty good  shape.  4"  4  In  the  New  York  area  at  the  Statcn  Island  USPHS  are  Seafarers  OREMAR  Neil H.  Lambert, George  Fiance and  John Ulis.  Lambert, who  ships as  The  Oreihar  has  undergone  re­ an  AB,  was  last  on  the  Wild  Ranger.  He  is making  satisfactory  pro­ pairs,  and  more  are  needed.  The  gress  with  kidney  stones  and  expects  to  be  released  in  the  next  week  men have gained  a  concession from  or  so.  the  powers  that  be,  and  Kool­Ade  Brother  Fiance,  who  last sailed  on  the  Gateway  City,  is in  the  hos­ is  going  to  be  left  In  the  pantry  pital  for  a  check­up  on  his  diges­ for  the  3:00  PM  coffee  time.  This  tive system.  John Ulis,  whose  last  news  comes  from  P.  G.  McNabb,  ship  was  the  Seatrain  New  Jer­ the  meeting  secretary  and  M.  H.  sey, is a  quartermaster.  He is hos­ Jones the  meeting chairman  on the  pitalized  with a  heart condition.  ship.  Seafarers  on  the  beach  or  off  their  ships  on  shore  leave  should  Albatross  take  time off  and visit  their broth­ ers  laid  up  in  the  hospitals.  A  Visit  from  shipmates,  especially  now  with  the  holidays  coming  up,  Lambert  would be most  appreciated.  The following is  the latest list  available of  hospital patients:  USPHS  HOSPITAI.  BALTIMORE,  MD.  George  Baker  Robert  Godwin  Donald  Catlin  Marion  Laksa  Charles  Cawley  James  Macunchuck  Frank  Crosble  John  Nordstrom  Leonard  Davis  Jose  Soares  Eusibie  Gherman  Charles  Taylor  Jr.  Gorman  Glaze  USPHS  HOSPITAL  BOSTON,  MASS.  Peter  King  Charles  McCarthy  Bobert  King  Raymond  Perry  PENNSYLVANIA  HOSPITAL  PHILADELPHIA.  PA.  Ernest  Atkins  USPHS  HOSPITAL  GALVESTON.  TEXAS  Isham  Beard  Paul  Painter  WiUlam  Brown  Roy  Pappan  Hubert  Jackson  Edwin  Parsley  William  McUveen  Charles  Ries  USPHS  HOSPITAL  SAVANNAH.  GA.  James  Michael  VA  HOSPITAL  HOUSTON.  TEXAS  K.  Arsenault  SAILOR  SNUG  HARBOR  STATEN  ISLAND.  NY  Victor  B.  Cooper  Thomas  Isaksen  MT.  WILSON  STATE  HOSPITAL  BALTIMORE.  MD.  George  Davis  VA  HOSPITAL  KECOUGHTAN.  VA.  Joseph  GIU  USPHS  HOSPITAL  CHICAGO.  ILL.  Olnlr  Meder  TRIBORO  HOSPITAL  JAMAICA.  LI.  NY  James  RusseU  US  SOLDIERS  HOME  HOSPITAL  WASHINGTON.  DC  Wm.  A.  Thomson  VA  HOSPITAL  CENTER  HOT  SPRINGS  SO.  DAKOTA  CliiTord  Womack  USPHS  HOSPITAL  NEW  ORLEANS.  LA.  Alton  Bell  Joseph  CoIUifs  Salvador  Blanco  Paul  COOK  Colon  Boutwell  Henry  Cordes  Roderick  Brooks  Homer  CToss  James  Cheshire  Chas.  Dandridge  Melvin  Chilton  James  Dial  Lawrence  Coats  Harry  Duracher  Yue  Kung  Fah  Arthur  Opsal  Charlie  Gedra  Francis  Regan  James  GUsson  Anthony  Plsanl  Walter  Griffin  H.  Restucher  Wade  HarreU  Edwin  Reynolds  Edward  Knapp  Antonio  Santiago  Leo  Lang  David  WlUiams  Clyde  Leggctt  James  WUliford  Henry  McKay  Nelson  Wood  James  Norflcet  USPHS  HOSPITAL  FT.  WORTH.  TEXAS  Richard  Appleby  Albert  Ogletree  Benjamin  Deiblcr  Max  Olson  Woodrow  Meyers  Leo  Watts  John  C.  MltcheU  Joseph  Wise  USPHS  HOSPIT.\L  STATEN  ISLAND.  NY  Ivar  Anderson  Leo  Mannaugh  Thomas  Bubar  Frank  Mazet  Robert  Bunner  Emeterlo  Rivera  Arthur  Camara  Pedro  Rivera  T.  Cepriano  John  Roberts  Joaquin  Cortei  Jose  Rodriguez  Claude  Davis  Frank  Rossi  George  Fiance  Manuel  Sanchez  Brlgido  Flgueroa  JuUus  SUagyi  Michael  Filosa  Stanley  Watlack  Gunnar  Grahne  Richard  Welch  Luis  Gutlerez  Daniel  Wilson  NeU  Lambert  Jolm  Winn  USPHS  HOSPITAL  NORFOLK.  VA.  Hennlng  Bjork  Tommie  Parker  H.  Broughon  Vernon  Parker  Robert  Wiseman  Allan  Burke  Leon  Gray  SEASIDE  MEMORIAL  HOSPITAL  LONG  BEACH.  CALIF.  Irving Clark  Lawrence  Floyd  James  Davis  USPHS  HOSPITAL  MANHATTAN  BEACH  BROOKLYN.  NY  Matthew  Bruno  Thomas  Lehay  G.  Caraballo  Primltivo  Muse  Leo  Carreon  Jeremiah  O'Byrne  Wade  Chandler  George  Phifer  John  DriscoU  Henry  Smith  Bart  Guranick  Aimer  Vickert  Taib  Hassan  Luther  Wing  WUliam  Kenny  Pon  Wing  L.  Kristlansen  USPHS  HOSPIT.\L  SAN FRANCISCO.  CALIF.  Hilariona  Aquio  Charles  Hyde  Pauls  Frankmanls  Richard  Kohls  Daniel  Gemeiner  Abraham  Manders  Charles  Harris  Louis Schwartz  Edward  Hulzenga  Fred  Shaia  USPHS  HOSPITAL  SEATTLE.  WASHINGTON  Joseph  Barron  NUs  Larsson  Fay  Langley  Joseph  Prabech  Editor,  SEAFARERS LOG.  675  Fourth  Ave.,  Brooklyn  32, NY  I  would  like  to  receive  the  SEAFARERS  LOG—  please  put  my  name  on  your  mailing list.  (Print  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ZONE..... ^ STATE...... mi'  '  ­ v  • '•   • • ­1­ •  •   TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you  or#  an olJ lubicrlbar and  hava  a  ehanga  1  of  addrois,  ploata  qlvo  your formar  addreu  balowt  i ADDRESS  CITY  ' , eeoeeoeeaeeeVeeenaeeeMas  STATE,  • • iiaaaeeaapfoeeaaa  e  Thanks Band  For USPHS Show  To  the  Editor:  As  it  often  happens,  when  a  man  is called  out  to work  over­ time at night,  he may  only  earn  one hour's  pay, although several  hours  of  sleep  will  bo  lost  in  the deal.  Inasmuch  as  we  feel  that  more  than  one  hour may  be  In­ volved when  a man  Is called out  to  work  overtime  at  night  and  To the  Editor:  I  was  wondering  if  it  would  be  possible  to  extend  a  vote  of  thanks  In­  our  SEAFARERS  LOG  to  Tony  Americo  and  his  band.  They  came  here  to  the  Marine Hospital  in New  Orleans  and  sure entertained  us sick  fel­ lows  on  Tuesday night,  Nov.  23.  I'm  sure  that  they  were  all  for  us, 100  percent.  Vincent J. Fitzgerald  letters  To  The  Editor  All  letters  to  the  editor  for  publication  in  the  SEAFAR­ ERS  LOG  must  he  signed  by  the  writer.  Names  will  be  withheld  upon  request.  only  works  one  hour,  and  in  view of  the fact that many  trade  unions  and  maritime  affiliates  have  a  minimum  call­out  clause  in  their  contracts,  we  request  that  due  consideration  be  given  to  introducing  in  negotiations,  at  the  proper  time,  a  similar  clause,  whefeby  we  would  be  guaranteed  a  two  hour  mini­ mum  for  being  called  out  to  work  overtime  between  5  PM  and  8  AM.  Crew,  Alcoa  Corsair  • v.  An  albatross  is  held  by  L  Thomas,  left,  Raymond  Perez,  end  "O'Mara" the  bull  wiper  on  the  Voliont  Hope.  The  bird  did  not  stay  long  be­ cause  "there  was  no  draw  or  chow to  hove v* • "  STEEL  MAKER  The  crew  of  the  Steel  Maker  sends regards  to all.  The ship  took  up  a  collection  which  they  gave  to the  St. Mary's  Orphange for  the  children  there.  Johnny  Johnston  is  ship's  delegate  and  Harris  Ben­ net  was  secretary  at  the last  meet­ ing.  LONGVIEW  VICTORY  Seafarers  on  the  Longview  Vic­ tory have  finally decided  to  play it  smart  ... it  seems  that  assorted  visitors  have  been  eating, all  the  night  lunches, so  from now  on, the  pantry  is  to  be  locked  up  when  the ship's  in port;.  The galley  stove  isn't  working,  and  the  men  are  a.  bit  burnt­up  about  that,  although  they're  happy  the  food  Isn't.  C.  W.  White  was elected new ship's  dele­ gate.  4  4  4"  ATLAS.  Somebody's  having  a'  "boll"  aboard  the  Atlas,  not  the  men  but  the  weevils.  Weevils  have  been  discovered in the  crackers and  new  crackers are to be  picked up.  There  are  a  few  things  that  will  have  to  be settled  before everything  Is real  smooth says  Sam Vatis,  ship's dele­ gate,  but  otherwise  all  is  well.  4  4  4  JEAN  LAFITTE  There  was not  even a  thank  you  coming  from  the  chief  mate  of  the  SS  Jean  Lafitte  to the  members of  the  deck  department  ... all  they  did  was  save  his  life  ... so  the  crew  gave  them  a  vote , of  thanks,  anyway.  The  niate  was  stricken  with  a  heart  attack­ while  the  ship  was  leaving  Yokohama,  and  the  members  of  the  deck  department  looked  after  him  till  he  could  be  taken  care  of  by  medical  authori­ ties.  Otherwise,  things  are  running  pretty  smoothly  ... the  steward  department Is coming up with good  meals and  menus and  there are  no  major beefs.  Ronald Eden  is ship's  • • • • • • • • '• eaeeeeoeeaeeaeaeVeeeeeeeaele  ZON^,  Crew Wants  New OT Clause  deleiate,.  ­ 4  4  4  Steel Crew Sends  Holiday Greetings  To the  Editor:  We,  the crew  members of  the  SS  Steel  Maker,  wish  a  Merry  Christmas  and  a  prosperous  New  Year  to  all  the  members  and officials of  the Seafarers In­ ternational  Union,  Atlantic  and  Gulf  District,  wherever  they  may  be.  Crew of  the SS Steel Maker  4  4  4  Pacific Carrier  Says 'Thanks'  To  the  Editor:  As  ship's  delegate  on  the  SS  Pacific  Carrier,  I  wish  to  offer  my thanks and  the  thanks of  the  rest of  the crew  to the  SIU offi­ cials  in  the  port  of  Baltimore  for  their cooperation  and  court­ esy  iq  the  partieuair  situation  Involving  this ship.  The  Pacific  Carrier  was  one  the  eight  ships  tied  up  by  the  SIU  for  back  wages  due  the  crew.  During  this  period  most  of  the  men  were  either  without  or  low  on  funds,  and  the  offi­ cials  here  extended  them  the  services  of  the  port.  Again  I  say,  thanks  from  the  Seafarers  on the  Pacific  Carrier  for  their  aid.  Vivian  Wilkerson  Ship's delegate  4  4  4,  'Retribution'  Tickles Fancy  .  To  the  Editor:  Log­A­Rhythm.  "Retribution"  best belly  laugh in boat  bursting  with  sides  split  open  laughing.  Some  fun.  A.  Trapolis  4  4  4  Praises SlU's  Food  Program  To  the  Editor:  ­*  I  would  like  to  give  a  vote  of  thanks  to  the  representatives  of  the  SIU  Food  Program.  The  consultants  in  each  port  are  ac­ tive,  ready  and  willing  to  help  the  stewards  understand  the  function  of  the food  program.  I've  had  the  pleasure  of  sail­ ing  on some  ships that  had  pro­ gram  consultants  for  stewards,  and  they really  kn^ew  their busi­ ness.  I  know  that  some  of  the  old  time  stewards  are  reluctant  to  ask  questions  when  the  Food  Program  representatives  . come  aboard  because  they  feel  that  they  are  degrading  themselves  If  they  do  so,  but  they  are  not.  They^must  remember  that  the  food  consultants  are  old­timers,  too.  They  were  taught  how  the  new  Food  Program  works,  and­ in  turn,  teach  all  SIU  stewards  what  they've  learned.  To  me,  a  good  steward  Is  one  who  knows  what  he  has  on  the  ship  and  knows  how  to  dis­ tribute  everything  in  tHe  best  interests  of  all  concerned.  If  shipboard  stewards  would  coop­ erate  with  the  program  and  its  representative,  ail  SIU­mannedT  ships  would  be  clean ^jind  good  feeders.  .  Vernon  Douglas  4  4  4  '  'A' Men Ask  Watch  Changes  To the  Editor:  We  the  class  A  men  of  the  deck department pf  the SS Penn  Vanguard  would  like  to  direct /  your  attention  to  the  way  we  have  been  drawing  for  the  watches.  The  black  gan^  picks  their  watches  according  to  date  \  of  register  and  the  steward  de­ partment  is  . called  according  to  the  job,  but  we  have  sugges­ tions  to  make.  j,­ ;  We  would like  to see the  deck  4  4  4  department  come  under  senior­ Praises The SIU  ity: Class  A  men first, according  to  the  register,  then  B  men,  For  Deeds  then  C  men.  As  you  know,  the  To  the Editor:  way  we  do  It  now,  the  A  men  I  would  like  to  be  put  on  the  have  to  chance  it  along  with , a  mailing  list  for  the  SEAFAR­ first­tripper and  that  is  hardly  ERS  LOG.  I  sailed  for  a  num­ fair to  the fellows  who have  top  ber  of  years­as a fireman, oiler,  seniority  in  the  SIU.  and  watertender,  though  I  We  would  like  to  sea  more'  haven't  sailed  since  December  about  this  in  the  LOG  in  the  of  '46  .  .  .  still,  all  my .papers  near  future,  pro  and con.  are  in  order,  and  J  even  have'  •   James­F,. Lee  all my bid  picket  cards.  <  '•   •  E.  F/ 'riUi^;;'^.­,  '  WWi­TreAaway­''^^  I  believe  In  the  SIU  ; .  . it's  AlfCed B. Fahm  done  more  for  the  seamen  than  V:  W.  O'Maiy  any  other  organization  in  his^  tor^.. Keep up the good  iybrk.  '  '  J. For  '  '  A. F.  O'CdjDiiM';'  i /<• ,  �V"  Deeember  18,  1959  ,  SEAFARERS  LOG  Page Tblrtcea  Freedom  Grounded  On Cuban  Beach  Seafarer  Art  Anderson  Reports  On  Incidents  And  Conditions  Aboard  The  Valiant  Freedom ^ran  up  on  the  beach  shortly  after mid­ night  Friday,  November  20.  We're  laying  level  in  about  20  feet  of  water,  which  isn't  good,  since  our  normal  draft  with  a  load of  bauxite  is 29  feet.  Rumors  have  it  that  we  were  40  miles  off  course  when  we  went  on  the  beach  .  .  .  the  ru­ mors  also  say  that  sights  taken  during  the  night  led  a  straight  line for the beach.  If any  of  this stuff is true, why  wasn't  the  course  altered  to  avoid  grounding,  and  why  was  It  said  that  nobody  properly  checked  the  ship's  course  and  the necessary alterations?  Whatever  the  facts  are  some­ thing  should  be  done  about  the  neglect  or  carelessness  that  en­ da n g e r s  the  crewmembers  aboard  this ship.  This isn't  the  first  time  we've  come  close  to  disaster  during  this  voyage  . .  .  we almost  ran  on the  rocks dur­ ing  the  night  when  we  arrived  at  Trinidad"  a  couple  of  weeks  ago.  If  it  wasn't  for  the  sharp  eyes of  the  lookout  on  the  bow,  we  probably  would  have  crashed.  Cloudy  Coast  The  captain  said  that  he  thought  the  mountainous  coast­ line  was­clouds.  I'm  sure there  must  be  navigational  equip­ ment  on  the  bridge;  why  don't  they  use it?  At  present,  the  Merrit,  Chap­ man  and  Scott  salvage  tug  "Curb"  is  setting  out  to  beach  anchors  and  aid  us  in  getting  off,  but  we'll  have  to  be  towed  to  Mobile,  since  the  shaftal­ ley  is  flooded  up  to  sea  level.  We  all  hope  to  be  home  for  Christmas, so lets  hope they  can  get us  off  on the first  try.  I think first  aid classes should  be compulsory for mates.  Every  time you go  to a chief  mate  that  I  know  and  complain  of  an  ill­ ness,  the  first  thing  he  comes  out with  is "I'm not a  doctor, so  what  do  you  want  me  to  do?"  Medical  Mates  If  you  ask  him  for  iodine  for  a  cut,  or  something  similar,­he  complains it's bis meal hour and  asks  you  why  didn't  you  see  him  earlier  when  he  was  in  the  hospital  giving  medication  to  someone  else.  What  in  blazes  are we to do ... injure ourselves  to  meet  his  own  private  sched­ ule?  This  isn't  all  that  happens  on  here,  not  by  a  long  shot.  We  have  a  character  in  the  engine  department who really  takes the  cake  for  throwing  the  bull.  The  way  he  talks  about  the  airplane  he  dVns,  the  shipping  company he  owns in  the Philip­ pine  Islands,  the  big  game  sa­ faris he's  been  on,  his  war­time  adventures,  the  chief  engineer  positions  he's  turned  down  on  the  world's  biggest  ships,  he  makes Einstein  look  like a  first­ grade  pupil  compared  to  him.  If  he  starts  shooting  the  bull  with  you,  you  can't  get  away  ... He'll follow you all over the  ship.  In  fact,  he'll  usually  corner  an  unlicensed  man  in~  the  engine  department,  tell  aU  about  his  experiences—what  a  football hero  he used to  be,  etc.  then,  the  first  chance  he  gets,  he'll  dispute  the  devil  out  of  the  overtime or delayed  sail­ ing claims.  Seafarhig  Superman  In  my  books,  this  joker  is  a  first  rate  hot­air artist.  I think  he  reads  all  this  stuff  he  tells  us  about  In  adventure  maga­ zines,  then  imagines  himself  as  v2:  ,  the  hero  of  the  story,  till  he  actually  believes  it.  I  think  he's lost  about half  his marbles,'  that  is,  if  he  ever  had  any  in  that  swelled  rock  of  his  he  re­ fers to  as  his head.  I  do  have  certain  things  to  say about the ship that are  good.  We  have  a  darn  good  crew  and  a  wonderful  department.  The cooks have kept  us  well  fed  and Earl  Gates and  John  Eaton,  our  chief  and  third  cooks  haVe  put  out  such  good  chow  that  the chow hounds like me haven't  lost  an  ounce  of  weight.  I guess  Dr. Logue  at the  New  York  clinic  won't  be  happy  about that when  I  show  up  with  the  same  bay  window  I've  had  . . . I'm  supposed  to  diet  to  im­ prove  my  general  health.  Its  either  a  case  of  having  no  will  power  or  too  good  a  cooking  staff  on  the ship ... I  guess Til  blame it on the good cooks.  "J" I  .  ­.J  ­%  ­• i  '$  Fancy  Ropework  On  Sampan Hitch  enu  SHRfVP  COiJKTAlL  "  TWTO  JUiCe  acx­fMt  m  ­  issofitTEP  i^icKLEs  ­ cum ­ eeiEw  •  ASSOfiTES  CAAAPES  •  S0A8T  TURXEV  aiTH  »Af.tJUT  Hi) WStET  |t  '­  pRm sisa  iT  8E€f  All  m m osma  iMSHEi)  pumoea  ­  euTTERen »  BumREB  im { e*8R{»rs  ­  CAafiiEBYAua  ,  net  PAftKSl  (HkL8  •   amjEPlE  ,  ' PUttPKi*  riE  PIE  :  nsttr nucr  ­  rnvMT eiTU  rariW  sraAaspaRfFi  '  UWT  ­  ICE  F8E8H 3T8AI  •  J  ««EW  fisujta  Rj  Asmmms }:  WXEb CAtlWES  A*© ttlNTS  „Rj earn  ­m  mw  t£WH«e  1  ­M  ­S'l  ­'S  Lois  of  knots  aboard  the  Sampan  Hitch.  This  virtuoso  display  of  knot­tying  is  shown  by  Seafarers  (left  to  right}  Charles  Romano,  OS; William  B.  Wilson,  A6; and Chick  Vdntenaella, AB.  The  photo  was  shot  during jhe 4­8 watch  by H. F.  Holmes  of  the  engine  department.  The  boys  may  try  their  j hand at knitting a sweater  next.  Chief  steward  Francis  Napoli  was  responsible  for  the  menu  and  Chester  Coumas,  oiler,  did  the  photography  and  printing  for  the  Sword Knot's  Thanksgiving  dinner.  V'J  I  LOG­A­RHYTHM:  ^Sea Spray'  I  ­by Seafarer "Red"  Fink  Christmas  By William WiUdridge  Every  year  there  comes  a  holiday  Will  always  be  as  time  goes on  Tis a  day we  mortals all  respect  As  its  the  day  our  Saviour  was  bom  Dec. 25  is  that  day  We  all  know  as  Christmas  time  Its  a  time  when  choirs  are  singing  And  churchbells ring  their  chimes  *5^"  a ,day  for. little  children  Who  yet  do not. know their  King  They  want  to  see  the  Christmas  tree  And  see  what  Santa  had  to bring  'Beggars  can't  be^c^ser^*  Female Mako shark  caught by  the Hitch weighed 550 pounds  and Was  10 feet  long.  When  pbened os abpye, she was  full  or  bdby  sharks.  Over  40  were counted.  Then  there  is another  man  He's  the  man  who  goes  to  sea  Who  doesn't  get  home  for  Christmas  To see  his family,  or the  free  So  to  atl  yow Seagoing ^brothers  .  We wish  a  Merry Christmas  to  you  Also  a  hapi)y  and  prosperous  year  '  Ai  you  sail  with the  SIU  i'­n m  m­i*  • «  B­B  ­i.­fr:!"  ­.i  .sVV'ji  • 4  v':4|if  ­ t li­M **­­/  ­ f  •   �STEEL  EXECUTIVE  (iithmlan),  Nov.  ning  smoothly.  $S  in  ship's  fund.  3—Chairman.  A.  D.  Bridle;  Secretary,  Motion  made  and  seconded  to  pay  off  James  Welch.  Captain  requested  in­ every  six  weeks.  Suggestion  made  formation  on  ship's  delegate's attitude  that  steward  get  chairs  for  after  rec­ toward  him.  Ship's  delegate  said  that  reation  room.  it  was  up  to  the  crew  if  they  wanted  .  PACIFICUS  (Orion),  Sept.  13—Chair­ his  resignation.  Man  was  hospitalized  in  Manila.  Will  join  ship in  Singapore.  man,  T.  Spiers;  Secretary,  Manuel  T.  One  man  missed  ship  in  Manila.  Floras.  Steward  made  treasurer;  pres­ Some  disputed  overtime  and  minor  ently  $10  in  fund.  Captain  used  pre­ beefs.  Patrolmen  will  be  notified  that  vious  $10  to  buy  a  new  washing  ma­ there  has  been  no  representation  on  chine.  No  beefs.  3d  cook  made  ship's  this  vessel.  Brother  Cedric  Wood  new  delegate.  Suggest  steward  put  more  night  lunches  out.  ship's  delegate.  Nov.  5—Chairman,  T.  Spiers;  Secre­ THE  CABINS  (Texas  City  Refining),  tary,  N.  W.  Daiatte.  No  beefs;  ship's  Nov.  17—Chairman,  James  Whatiey;  delegate  report  satisfactory.  $30  in  Secretary^,  Jesse  Maloney.  Discussion  ship's  fund.  Motion  approved  to  do­ concerning  a  request  to  headquarters  nate  $20  of  ship's  fund  monies  to  to  change  method  of  pay­off.  Fund  American  Merchant  Library.  One  man  consists  of  $13.  One  man  removed  at  hospitalized  in  .Montevideo.  Houston  due  to  ear  injury.  Steward  ATLANTIS  (Petrol),  Oct.  30—Chair­ requested  to  notify  ship's  delegate  if  man,  F.  A.  Arena;  Secretary,  C.  P.  Parker.  Various  repah's  not  being  done,  and  will  be  reported  to  patrol­ man  at  payoff.  Crew  asked  to  donate  to  depleted  ship's  fund.  Patrolman  asked  to  do  something  about  soot  coming  through  vents  in  quarters.  No  beefs.  CS  MIAMI  (Cities  Service),  Nov.  7—  Chairman,  C.  M.  Houchins;  Secretary,  T.  J.  White.  One  man  missed  ship  at  Hetties  island;  another  quit  ship  at  Linden,  NJ.  Man  fell  from  catwalk  and  was  hospitalized  at  Lak*  Charles.  Not  serious.  One  year  rule  to  be  enforced.  Clean  messhall  after  each  watch:  bring  coffee  cups  back  to  pan­ try  after  using.  milk  delivery  fails  to  come  aboard  before  sailing  time.  No  disputed  OT  and  no  beefs.  FAiRPORT  (Waterman),  Nov.  Chairman,  F.  McCaii;  Secretary,  R.  Young.  Ship's  fund  is  $3.60.  A  vote  of  thanks  to  John  Radecke  for  obtain­ ing  library.  Ship's  delegate  to  make  addition  this  time.  No  beefs.  'iK  l! !?  •  #­.f ^  ID:  ­v  FAIRPORT  (Waterman),  Oct.  IB­ Chairman,  Tom  Moriarity;  Secretary,  E.  M.  "Ai"  Watts.  Francis  E.  McCall  elected  ship's  delegate.  .  No  beefs.  Suggested  that  all  Koreans  keep  out  •  of  passageways  and  crew's  quarters.  Ask  all  departments  to  draw  up  re­ pair  lists­  and  see  that  repairs  are  made.  One  man  hospitalized  with  back  injiu­ies  at  Kobe,  Japan.  STEEL  DIRECTOR  (isthmian),  Nov.  15—Chairman,  Charles  Stambul;  Sec­ IBcRVILLE  (Waterman),  Nov.  13—  retary,  A.  Bearden.  Warned  all  mem­ Chairman,  William  Turner;  Secretary,  mers  to  behave  as  captain  was  log  William  Cameron.  Porthole  gaskets  happy.  Also  warned  crew  to  stay  for  entire  crew  need  checking  and  clear  of  Coast  Guard.  Elected  new  repairing.  Deck  and  engine  foc'sles  ship's  delegate.  Discussion  was  held  need  repairs.  $16.48  in  fund.  Checks  on  poor  preparation  of  food.  Instruc­ should  be  made  on  medical  supplies,  tions  were  given  for  using  washing  cleanliness  of  ship  hospital  and  sug­ machine.  No  beefs.  Few  hours  of  gestions  made  pertaining  to  ways  to  disputed  OT.  improve  menu.  AZALEA  CITY  (Pan  Atlantic),  Nov.  VENORE  (Marvan),  Oct.  31—Chair­ 27—Chairman,  M.  Richardson;  Secre­ man,  Roy  Wilt;  Secretary,  C.  C.  Mad­ tary,  J.  A.  Davis.  No  delegate  at  dss.  Ship's  delegate  resigned  and  meeting.  Elected  Richard  Lee  as  new  one  elected.  No  beefs.  ship's  delegate.  Requested  ship's dele­ gate  to  get  up  ship's fund.  Portion  of  JOHN  B.  WATERMAN  (Waterman),  fund  to  be  used  for  library.  Nov.  IS—Chairman,  N.  Matthey;  Sec­ retary,  I.  A.  Brown.  Good  trip  so  VALIANT  FORCE  (Force  Steam­ far.  Slopchest  out  of  certain  popular  ship),  Nov.  22—Chairman,  R.  L.  Tay­ brands  of  cigarettes  since  beginning  lor;  Secretary,  D.  F.  Mease.  Repairs  of  trip  from  SF.  Main  deck  scuttle­ being  taken  care  of.  List  to  be  given  butt  not  operating.  No  freon.  $7.60  to  payoff  patrolman.  Few  hours  OT  turned  over  at  Wilmington  by  chief  disnuted.  No  beefs.  cook.  No  additional  donations.  Vote  Sept.  5—Chairman,  D.  F.  Mease;  of  thanks  to  steward  department.  Secretary,  J.  W.  McDonald.  Election  Coffee  urn  spigot  needs  repairing.  of  ship's  delegate.  Held  discussion  on  Repair  list  okay.  new  repairs.  No  beefs.  ALCOA  RANGER  (Alcoa),  Nov.  I—  Chairman,  Bethiaume;  Secretary,  W.  PENN  TRADER  (Penn),  Nov.  29—  Barnes.  No  beefs.  All  asked  to  ob­ Chairman,  Paul  Hugglns;  Secretary,  serve  safety  rules  and  sign  crew  list.  W.  T.  Strickiin.  Vote  of  thanks  to  New  aerial  for  TV  cost  $4.50.  Total  steward  department for  job  well  done.  in  ship's  fund  $20.19.  Elected  J.  Patrolman  to  check  slop  chest  before  Smith,  S­648,  new  ship's  delegate.  sailing.  Repairs  done  at  sea.  Letter  Steward  to  try  to  get  fresh  trout  or  to  Union  signed  by  all  crewmembers.  mullet.  Members  asked  to  turn  off  OT  to  be  squared  up  with  mate  or  washing  machine  when finished,  not  patrolman.  No  beefs.  to  throw  razor  blades  on  deck.  STEEL  ROVER  (isthmian),  Nov.  1—  MOUNT  EVANS  (Cargo  Tankship),  Louis  J.  Cuzzi;  Secretary,  Oct.  15—Chairman,  W.  Downs;  Secre­ Chairman,  tary,  D.  Forrest.  One  man  missed  C.  M.  Wright.  Request  made  to  keep  ship  in  PhUiy.  W.  Gonsalves  elected  longshoremen  out  of  pantry  and  keep  ship's  delegate.  Repair  list  to  be  doors  locked  when  not  at  meals.  Do­ made  up.  Port  dogs  to  be  freed.  nation  of  $.5(t­per  m»n  to ship's  fund.  Missing  ijrewmember's  effects  cata­ FORT  HOSKiNS  (Cities  Service),  loged  and  itemized.  Nov.  25—Chairman,  John  P.  Schilling;  Secretary,  Pater  J.  Coff.  WUl  check  STEEL  APPRENTICE  (isthmian),  Nov.  8—Chairman,  Frank  Van  Dusen;  with  patrolman  concerning  OT  and  Sacratary,  Vincent  Chavez.  Saw  cap­ subsistence  for  men  sent  to headquar­ tain  about  penalty  cargo.  All  OK.  One ­ ters  last  trip.  Repair  list  taken  care  man  missed  ship  in  Seattle  and  re­ of.  No  beefs.  No  disputed  OT.  Re­ joined  in  Anacortes  and  then  paid  quest  made  for  watertight  doors  <)n  off.  Picked  up  a  few  replacements  in  after  main  deck  to keep  passage  ways  Messhall  and  San  Francisco  and  Seattle  since  leav­ from  being flooded.  ing  Tampa.  No  major  beefs.  Good  pantry  should  be  kept  clean  at  night.  Request  a  minimum  of  noise  In  pas­ bunch  of  guys.  Ship  delegate  to  see  captain  about  cleaning  tanks in  Japan.  sage  ways  during  day.  Ship's  fund  is  Thanks  to  deck  standbys  for  keeping  $20.  No  beefs.  No  disputed  OT.  messhall  and  pantry  in  SlU  shape.  STEEL  FABRICATOR  (Isthmian),  Red  Simmons  and  his  gang  are  feed­ Nov.  21—Chairman,  Frank  Baron;  ing  the  whole  crew  very  well.  Secretary,  Frank  White.  Union  mail  ALCOA  PATRIOT  (Alcoa),  Oct.  II—  being  tampered  with.  Hot  water  prob­ Chairman,  Jimmy  Jones;  Secretary,  R.  lem  with  showers  and  kitchen.  Re­ Ramos.  Depfs asked  to  turn in  repair  questing  Union  to  get  cash  instead  of  lists.  Ship's  fund  has  total  of  $10.65.  travelers'  checks  for  draws.  Lodging  No  beefs.  Crew  thanks  steward's  allowance  to  be  claimed  by  all  hands.  dep't.  for  job  well' done.  Vote  of  confidence  for  steward.  Crew  backing  steward  in  beef  with  topside.  BEAUREGARD  (Pan  Atlantic),  Nov.  Officers  requesting  transfer if  steward  I—Chairman,  B.  Brown;  Secretary,  T.  is  permitted  to  stay  aboard  for  next  D.  York.  No  beefs;  everything  run­ trip.  No  beefs.  Some disputed  OT.  •> .  • ;  '  f) i"­ ''  'iiii#  iOcoeiiiber  IS,  ISSt­ SEAFARERS  LOG  FoortteH  'Alls WeU:'  SS Emilia  Things  seem  to  be  going  pretty  smooth  aboard  the  Bull  Company's  SS  Emilia,  according  to  Seafarer  Roman  Topski.  The  fooij is  extra­ good  and  the  crew  gets  along  very  well  . . . making the  trip  an  ideal  one from  most every  point  of  view.  Here are some  photos sent  in from  the  ship.  Details are  below.  These  SS  Emilia  stewards  &  cooks,  serving  the  men  the  "best  food  on  the  ship  in  a  long time," are: Seated, I to r)  T.  Nerosa,  3rd  cook;  W.  Heartlov.e,  chief  cook; L Ga­ rabedian,  steward;  (second  row, I to r)  M. Endres, Galley­ man;  R.  Wajcik,  BR;  (third  row, I to r) F. Monzo  and R. E.  Ferebee, Messmen; and  E. C.  Danner,  2nd  cook.  *  Some  of  the  healthy­looking  members  of  the  crew  on  the  Emilia  are: (1st  rOw,  I to  r)  E.  Swiontkowski,  R.  Jopski,  Tex  McKinney, Art Rowhedder,  A!  Hansueldt,  (standing,  I  to  r)  F. Bona, t. Gladhill, J. Webb,  F.  Hipp,  and  E.  Joyner.  Photos  by  Roman  Topski.  LOG­A­RHYTHM:  I  Librarians  By  Roy  Fleischer  (Inspired by  the librarians in the  Seaman's  Church  Institute  on  South  Street.)  What  do  librarians  think  As  they  sit  at  their  desks  In  the  Conrad  room?  Well, I  can  only  guess.  I  They  have  a  worldly  frown  As  they  flip  dusty  pages  And  meditate  I'm  certain.  The loisdom  of  the ages.  Or  do  they  think  of  files  And  books  on  wrong  shelves.  Mixed  and  scattered  By  Seafaring  elves?  Perhaps they  think  of  Nice,  Vienna, Troy, or Rome,  Or  only closing  time,  And  sailing  straight  for home.  Sm  HAIL  DIRECTORY  SlU,  A&G District  SECRET ARY­fhEASURER  Paul Hall  ASST. SECRETARY­TREASURERS  J. Algina, Deck  W. Hall, Joint  C. Simmons, Eng.  J. Volpian, Joint  .  E. Mooney. Std.  BALTIMORE  1216  E.  Baltimore  St.  Earl Sheppard, Agent  EAstern 7­4900  BOSTON  376  State  St.  G. Dakln,  Acting Agent  Richmond 2­0140  HOUSTON..  4202  Canal  St.  R. Matthews. Agent  CApital 3­4080; 3­40BC  MIAMI  744  W.  Flagler  St.  Louis Nelra. Agent  FRanklin 7­3564  MOBILE  1 South  Lawrence "St.  Cal Tanner. Agent  HEmlock 2­1754  NEW  ORLEANS  523  Bienville  St.  Llndsey WilUams, Agent  Tulane 8626  NEW  YORK  675 4th  Ave.,  Brooklyn  ,  HYacinth 9­6600  NORFOLK  416  CoUey  Ave.  J.3uUock, Agent  MAdison 7­1083  PHILADELPHIA  337  Market  St.  S. CarduUo, Agent  Market 7­1635  SAN  FRANCISCO  450  Harrison  St.  Marty Breithoff, Agent  Douglas 2­5475  SANTURCE.  PR.. 1313  Fernandez  Juncos,  Stop 20  Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep.  Phone 2­5996  JACKSOITVILLE. .920  Main  St.,  Room  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Cortland  7­7094  WILMINGTON  .505  Marine  Ave.  PORTLAND..'.  523  NW  Everett  St.  Terminal  5­6617  CApital  3­7297­8  SAN  FRANCISCO...  240  Second  St.  DOuglas  2­4592  HONOLULU....81  South  Nlmltz  Highway  SAN  PEDRO  ....296  West  7th  St.  PHone  5­1714  TErminal  3­4485  NEW  ORLEANS........523  Bienville  St.  SEATTLE..:.­­,.  2333  Western  Ave.  RAmond  7­428  MAin  2­6326  SUP  MFOW  MC&S  �December  18,  1959  rage  Flfteea  SEAFARERS  LOG  yMd. Port Plan Revealed  Imer MTD Cdlfl For Action  Absorbing Literaturo  At Union Hail  \l.BALTIMOBE—The  Maryland  Port  Authority—following  ipme prodding by the Maritime Trades Department, AFL­CIO  has4)egun taking steps aimed  at modernizing  its Baltimore  ' facilities in an effort to attract f'  pr'^e  cargoes  and  steamship  all  goes  well  the  Port  Authority  will  own  all  the  general  cargo  an«i^  to the area.  W  has  approached  major  rall­ piers  in  Baltimore.  /'roads which  own  the general  cargo,  At  present,  Baltimore  depends  />iers in  Baltimore,  and  is attempt­ almost exclusively  on  bulk  cargoes.  ' jng  to  buy  all  these  facilities.  If  The  addition  of  the  package  cargo  trade  will  enhance  shipping  con­ ditions,  and  offer  more  employ­ ment  for  seamen,  among  other  things.  VI  The  issue  of  port  inactivity  was  made  known  to  Maryland's  Gov­ ernor  Tawes  recently.  An  MTD  resolution  charged  the  authority  with  discrimination  against  mari­ time  labor  by  failing  to  include  The  deaths  of  the foUovoing  Sea­ labor representation  in  that  organ­ farers  have  been  reported  to  the  ization,  despite  the  big  stake  labor  SIU  Welfare  Plan  and  the  death  has  in  the  port's  operations.  benefit  hos  been  paid  to  their  While  the  port  group  is  now  showing signs of  acting on  its long­ benejiciarics;  overdue  program,  there  has  been  Carl  I.  Franson,  64:  Brother  no  indication  as  yet  that  the  state  Franson  died  of  a  pulmonary  con­ administration  intends  to  give  dition  at  his residence  in  New  Or­ maritime  labor  representation  on  leans  on  November  25.  He  had  the authority.  been  a  member  of  the  SIU  deck  department  since  1944.  He  is  sur­ vived  by  his  wife.  Burial  was  in  St. 'kary's. Cemetery,  New Orleans.  • r  • 't—  •). ' I'T.  Edward  M.  BurgOs,  53:  Brother  Burgos,  a  steward,  passed  away  October  25  in  Portland,  Oregon,  of  a  heart  ailment.  A  member  of  the SIU since  1956, he  was a  native  of  San Pedro,  Calif. Place  of  burial  was  not  given.  1  nmm!  EVERY  I  SUNDAY  I DIRECT  VOICE  I BROADCAST  •  'v  •   • •   •   I  I  TO SHIPS IN ATLANTIC  EUROPEAN  AND  SOUTH  AMERICAN  WATERS  • ),•  MTD"  •  •   i'  "THE VOICE OF THE  )  EVERY  SUNDAY,  1620  GMT  (11:20  EST  Sunday)  •  i  WFK­39,  19850  KCs  Ships  in  Caribbean,  East  Coast  of  South  America,  South  Atlan­ tic  and'  East  Coast  of  United  States.  1#  VFFL­65.  15850  KCs  Ships  in  Gulf  of  Mexico,  Carib­ bean,  West  Coast  of  South  America,. West  Coast  of  Mexico  and  US  East  Coast.  IVFK­95,  15700  KCs  Ships  in  Mediterranean  area.  North  Atlantic,  European  and  US  East  Coast  vx­;.­.  N"  i  fx  •   "• fi  X  !.)  1.­  •   !.  I  IJ  n •  •  .  Meanwhile,  MTD  'Round­The­WorJd  Wireless  Broadcasts  Continue . . .  • '1,­ _  V,  Every  Sunday,  1915  GMT  (2:15  PM  EST  Sunday)  WCO­13020  KCs  Europe  and  North  America  c  WCO­16908.8  KCs  East  Coast  South  America  .V;'  "i  WCO­22407  KCs  West  Coast  South  Americg  "V; ­v  Every  Monday,  0315  GMT  (10:15  PM  EST  Sunday)  WMM  25­15607  KCs  Australia  J 11 ^ •   I''  •  WMM  81­11037.5  Northwest  Pacific  #  1  kr  .  ­jif­stf. JX'd' *­•   MARITIME TRADES DEPARTMENT  ^  ^  J"*  ­• •     Nick  Chrisomalis,  steward  dept., and  his  nephews  (l.­r.)  Andrew  and  George  Litos  review  some  cur­ rent  magazines in  the  lounge  at Union  headquarters.  •   VA  Researcher  Backs  PHS On  Cigs  After  five  years  of  experimentation,  involving  the  miscroscopic  examination  of  20,000  slices of  lung tissue  taken  from  402  dead  bodies, a  New Jersey  medical researcher  has come  up with  what he calls  the "final link" connecting  lung cancer  with cigaret smoking.  His  findings  were  ques­ •   tioned  by  the  tobacco  indus­ tee  countered  with  claims  that  his­ selves  by  using  suntan  machines;  findings  were  inconclusive  and  getting too much  sun. It  seems that  try.  Dr.  Oscar  Auerbach  of  the  Vet­ erans  Administration  Hospital  at  East  Orange,  NJ,  reported  to  the  American  Medical  Association  the  findings  of  his  study.  The  study  demonstrates,  he  said,  that  cancer  and  the  abnormal  changes  that  lead  to  cancer  were  many  times  more  numerous  in  the  lungs  of  smokers  than  non­smok­ ers,  and  that  there  was  a  correla­ tion  between  the  cancerous  and  pre­cancerous  damage  done  the  lungs  and  the  amount  of  smoking  done. Damage  to  the lungs  was  the  worst  among  the  heaviest  smokers.  "These  anatomical  observations  seem  to us  to  indicate  that  cigaret  smoking  is  a  major  factor  in  the  causation  of  lung  cancer  in  man,"  Dr.  Auerbach  said.  In  brief,  Dr.  Auerbach  found:  Of  the  402  bodies  examined,  63  had  died  of  lung  cancer,  all  of  whom  were  smokers;  the  remain­ ing  339  had  died  of  other  causes.  The  microscopic  investigations  showed  that  seven of  the lung can­ cer  deaths  had  one  or  more  tiny  lung  cancers  in  addition  to  the  cancer  causing  the death.  He  also  examined  the  tissue  for  changes  and  abnormalities  that  lead  to  cancer,  and  found  that  these  pre­cancerous  changes  were  more common  among smokers  than  non­smokers.  The  Tobacco  Research  Commit­ Unions Sift  SItip Control  (Continued  from  page  3)  and not  on foreign  policy consider­ ations  of  the  moment.  SIUNA  President  Paul  Hall, who  attended  the  ITF  session  in  An­ twerp,  subsequently  took  part  in  the  meeting  of  the  International  Confederation  of  Free  'Trades  Un­ ions  as  an  AFL­CIO'  delegate.  Other  delegates  included  Joseph  Curran,  NMU;  Walter  Reuther,  UAWl  Joseph  Keenan,  Electrical  Workers  Brotherhood^ James  Suf­ fridge,  Retail  Clerks;* A.  P.  Ran­ dolph, Sleeping  Car Porters; James  Carey,  lUE;  William  Doherty,  Let­ ter  Carriers;  Richard  Walsh,  lATSE;  Karl  Feller,  Brewery  Wor'Kcrs;  George  Harrison,  Rail­ way  Clerks;  Herman  Kenin,  Musi­ cians;  C.  J.  Hagerty,  Calif.  AFL­ CIO;  Irving  Brown,  Michael  Ross  and  Jay  Lovestone,  AFL­CIO  na­ tional  office; Victor  Reuther,  UAW  and George Meany, AFL­CIO  presi­ dent  as  head  of  the delegation.  that  smoking  does  not  necessarily  lead  to  cancer.  In  addition  to  the  smoking  dam­ age,  it  seems  that  a  number  of  Americans  are  also  injuring  them­ suntans  have  a  negligible  health'  value  but  can  have  considerable  bad  effects.  These  harmful  effects  include  skin  cancer,  usually result­ ing  from  overexposure.  Hector  Conrad  Anyone  knowing  the  . where­ abouts  of  Hector  Conrad,  missing  since  October,  1957,  please  get  in  touch  with  Mr.  C.  H.  Conrad,  32  Berea  Rd.,  Durban,  South  Africa.  Ernest  C.  Anderson,  Claude  D.  Berry,  Donald  L.  Christensen,  Arthur  L.  Craig,  Jr.,  Boleslav  J.  Dzelak,  Fong  Yao  King,  Sheffield  Nerkitt,  Bernardo  Tombocon  and  Ding  Hai  Woo.  Jack  H.  Roberts  Please  get  in  touch  with  Harold  L.  Lokos,  3189  NW  19  Terrace,  Miami,  Florida.  He  has  your  book  and  Social Security  card.  ^  Emil  and  Bill  Wedding  off.  She  married  some­ one  else  the  weekend  of  October  23.  Will  arrive  in  NY  around  Christmas.  Write  me  at  my  home  address.  Your  friend  Walter.  Members  having  baggage  stored  in  present  Philadelphia  hall  are  urged  to, claim  it  within  30  days.  The  new  building  will  be  opened  shortly  and  all  baggage  will  have  to  be  removed  from  the  old  Union  hall.  4  4  SIU  BABY  ARBIVALS  t  Gordon Chambers  Please  get  in  touch  with  your  mother,  Mrs.  A.  Chambers,  1145  Kimberly  Ann  Farrier,  born  Oc­ Woodycrest  Ave.,  Bronx,  NY.  tober  28,  1959,  to  Seafarer  and  Mrs.  Walter  C.  Farrier,  Baltimore.  1"  . t  George  W.  Flint  4  4  4  Please  contact  Richard  R.  Hart,  Alan  Gwin  and  Effie  Lynn  Mc­ American  vice­consul,  at  the  AH,  born  November  19,  1959.  to  American Consulate General,  Yoko­ Seafarer  and  Mrs.  Richard  E.  Mc­ hama,  Japan.  This  is  in  reference  AIl,  Saraland,  Ala.  to  a  matter  of  utmost  importance  4  4  4  Robert  Vernon  Roberson,  born  to  you.  November 14,  1959, to  Seafarer and  Mrs.  Charles  V.  Roberson,  Prich­ Frank  Rossi  Any  friends  of  Frank  Rossi  can  ard,  Ala.  visit  him  at  the  USPHS  at  Staten  4  4  4  Theresa  Anne  Saboy,  born  Oc­ Island.  Mail  and  visits  will  be  ap­ tober  14,  1959,  to  Seafarer  and  preciated.  Mrs.  Joseph  J.  Saboy,  Baltimore,  Md.  Jose  Silva  Luna  Anybody  knowing  whereabouts  4  4  4  James  Michael  Thompson,  born  of  the  above,  please  contact  Manu­ el  S.  Luna,  3505  Date St.,  Houston,  October  5,  1959,  to  Seafarer  and  Mrs.  Ronald  J.  Thompson,  Everett,  Texas._  Mass.  4­  t  Crewmembers  4  4  4  Rosilyn  Bernadette  Alien,  born  SS  Steel  Advocate  October  2,  1959,  to  Seafarer  and  Feb. 6—May  15, 1958  Please  contact  Seafarer  Martin  Mrs.  James  Allen,  New  Orleans,  Pederson  as  soon  as  possible.  La.  Urgent.  He  can  be  reached  at  356  4  4  4  Brenda  Diana  Loper,  born  Oc­ 55th  St.,  Brooklyn  20,  NY.  tober  24,  1959,  to  Seafarer  and.  4.  4  t  Income  tax  refund  checks  are  Mrs.  Collie  Loper  Jr.,  Mobile,  Ala.  being  held  for  the  SIU  members  '4  4  4  "  , . ;  listed  here  by  Jack  Lynch,  Room  Joan  Penelope  Pitiak,  born  Au­ 201,  SUP  Building,  450  Harrison  gust 11,  1959,  to  Seafarer and  Mrs.  Street, San  Francisco 5. California:  Steven  Pitiak,  South  lAmboy;  NJ.  ,3  �;i' v f  •  Vol. XXI  No. 26  If. "  ax  SI^IFARERS  »  OFFICIAL  ORGAN  OF  THE  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION ' ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  DISTRICT  •  AFL­CIO  ®  s^• .  i  I'  • ­U^.  ft­.  • il:  .  pr^  \ 'i  p5}:.' •   .{  •'  .  '  J0>  „  J  • >  '  L f ^  '  ,  /''  ­^'i''''­:'  i'­­ f  • '  •   r'^''  n  ji4»"  ; I  W'Wf  *  *  if  • ""'.  '• '.*•  ­"• .'• • '**'"• •   "  ''.• Vlv"""­m.  A'  1*^,:  maa^ y • • • .;­  .. : . •r•  r'^  .• ­' .  �r I  T.­  •" ''li •  GRIFFIN­LANDRUM  LABOR  ACT  An Act  To  provide  for  the  reporting  and  dUcloture  of  certain  financial  trantactions  and  administrative  practices  of  labor  organizations  and employers,  to prevent abuses  in  the  administration  of  trustee­ ships  by  labor  organizations,  to  provide standards widi respect  to  tlie  election  of  oRicers  of  labor  organizations, and  for other  pur­ poses.  Uc  il  enacted  by  the Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  of  America  in  Con­ gress assembled,  _  Short  THIo  Section  1.  This act may  be cited  as the "Labor­Management Report­ ing ;ind  Disclosure Act  of  1959."  .Paclaratlon  of  FIndlnca,  Pnrpiw**,  and  Folley  Sec.  2.  (a)  The  Congress finds  that,  in  the  public  interest,  it con­ tinues  to  be  the  responsibility  of  the Federal  Government to protect  employees'  rights  to  organize  choose  their  own  representatives,  bargain  collectively,  and  otherwise  engage  in  concerted  activities  for  their miitual aid or protection; that  the  relations  between  cinplaysTi  and  labor  organizations  and  the  millions  of  workers  they  represent  •h   ave  a  substantial  impad  on  the  commerce of  the  Nation; and  that  in  order  to  accomplish  the  objec­ 'tive of a free flow of  commerce it is­ essential  that  labor  organizations,  employers, and their officials adhere  to the  highest standards  of  respon­ sibility  and  ethical  conduct  in  ad­ ministering  the  affairs  of  their  or­ '  ganizations, particularly  as  they af­ fect  labor­management  relations.  (b)  Tlie Congress further finds,  from  recent  investigations  in  the  labor and  management fields,  that  I  there  have  been  a  number  of  in­ stances  of  breach  of  titist,  corrup­ tion, disregard of the  rights of indi­ vidual  employees,  and  other  fail­ ures  to  olmrve  high  standards  of  responsibility  and  ethical  conduct  which  require  further and  supple­ mentary legislation  that will  afford  necessary  protection  of  the  rights  and  interests of  employees and  the  public  generally  as  they  relate  to  the  activities  of  lalior  organiza­ tions,  employers,  labor  relations  ,  consultants,  and  tlieir  officers  and  representatives.  (c)  The Congress, tlierefore, fur­ ther fintls and declares that  the en­ actment of  tills Act  is necessarysto  elimiiiate  or  prevent  improper  practices  on  the  part  of  labor  or­ ganizatioiM,  employers,  lafior  rela­ tions consultants,  and  their officers  and  representatives  which  distort  and defeat the policies of the Labor  Management  Relations  Act,  1947,  as  amended,  and  the  Railway  La­ lior Act,  as amended, and  have the  tendency or  necessary eflect  of bur­ dening or obstructing commerce by  (1)  impairing the efficiency,  safety,  or Operation  of  the  instrumentali­ ties of commerce;  (2), occurring in ,  the current'of commerce;  (3)  mate­ rially affecting,  restraining, or con­1  milling  the flow  of  raw  materials  or  manufactured  or  processed  goods into or  from  the channels­of  coitimerce  or  the  prices  of  such  materials  or  goods  in  commerce;  or  (4)  causing dimintition  of  em­ ployment  and  wages  ­in  such  vol­ ume as  substantially  to  impair  or  .disrupt  the market  for goods flow­ ing  into  or  from  the  diannels  of  coinmerce.  Daffnltlpna  Sec. 3.  For the  purposes of  titles  J,  If,  III,  IV,  V  (except  section  505), and VI of tills Act­ (a)  "CtHiimerce"  means  trade,  traffic,  commerce,  traiisi>ortation,  transmission,  or  communication  ainong  the  several  States  or  lie­ tween any  State and any place  put­ side thereof.  (b)  "State", includes  any  State  f the United Sutcs,  the District of  Columbia,  Puerto Rico,  the Viigin  Islands,  AUieriCan  Samoa,  Guam,  Wake  Island,  the  Canal  Zone,  and  .Outer Continental Shelf  Lands de­ fined  in  the  Outer  Continental  .Shelf  Lands­Act  (43  U.S.C.  1331­ 1343).  .y­'  ­  '•   (c)  .  'yndiislry  affecting  com­ mote" metins any activity business,  '  or  industry ­  in  comtnerce  or •   in ­ which a labor dispute would hinder <  or ol^truct  cominerQ:  or the  fiw  Iflow of commerce  and includes any  .activity  or intlustry "affecting  com­ merce"  within  the  meaning  of  the  Latior  Management  Relations Act,  1947,  as  ameiuled,  or  the  Railway  Labor ­Vt, as  amended.  ­ (d)  "Person"  includes  one  or  more  individuals,  labor  organiza­ tions,  partnerships,  associations,  corporations,  legal  representatives,  mutual companies, joint­stock  com­ panies,  trusts,  unincorporated  or­ ganizations,  trustees,  trustees  in­'  bankruptcy, or receivers.  (e)  "Employer"­ means any em­ '|doyer or any  group or  association  of  employers engagnl  in an  indus­ try  affecting  commerce ­  (1)  which  is,  with  respect  to  employees  en­ gaged iri  an Industry ailecting com­ merce,  an  employer,  within  the.  meaning of  any  law of  the  United  States  relating  to  the  employment  of any employees or (2)  which may  deal  with  any  labor  organization  concerning  grievances,  labor  dis­ putes, wages,  rates of  pay, hours of  employment, or conditions of wprk,  and  includes any  person  acting di­ rectly or  indirectly as  an employer  lor  as  an  agent of  an  employer  in  relation­1^ an employee  but  does  not  include  the  United  States  or  any  corporation  wholly  owned  by  the  Government  of  ­  the  United  Statn or any State or  political sub­ division thereof.  • •    ... .­.­r  • • *" •   * mganhatioa; or  (5). is a conference, general com­ mittee,  joint  or  system' board,  tir  joint council,  subordinate to a  na­ tional  or  international  labor­  or­ ganization, which  includes a labor  organization  engaged  in an  iridus­ try  affecting  commerce  within  the  meaning  of  any  of  the  preceding  paragraphs of this subsection, other  than a  State or  local  central  body.  (k)  "Secret  ballot"  means. the  expression  by  ballot,  voting  ma­ chine, or otherwise, but in no event  by  proxy,  of  a  choice  with respect  to any election  or vote  taken upon  any matter,  whicli  is cast  in su^ a  manner  that  the  person expressiiig  such  choice  cannot  be  identifi^  with  the choice  expressed.  (1)  "Trust  in  which a  labor or­ ganization  is  interestc'l"  means  a  trust or  other fund or organization  (1)  which  was  created  or  estab­ •   lished  by  a  lalior  organization,  or'  one or more  of  the trustees or one  or more members of  the governing  body  of  ­which  is  select^  or  ap­ pointed  by  a  labor  organization,  and  (2)  a  primary  purpose  of  which is  to provide benefiu for the  members.of such labor organization  or  thelV  beneficiaries.  (m)  "Labor  relations  consult­ ant"  means  any  person  who,  for  compensation, advises or represents  an  employer,  employer  organiza­ tion, or lalior organization concern­ ing employee organizing, concerted  activities, or  collective  bargaining  activities.  (n)  "Officer" means  any  consti­ tutional  officer,  any  person author­ izetl  to  perform  the  functions  of  president,  vice president,  secretary,  treasurer,  or  other executive  func­ tion  of  a  labor  organization,  and  any member  of  its executive  board  or similar governing body.  i(o)  "Member"  or  "member  in  good  standing",  when  used  in ref­ erence  to a  labor  organization,  in­ cludes any person  who has fulfilled  the  requirements  for  membership  in  such  organization,  and  who  neither  has  voluntarily  withdrawn  from membership  nor has been  ex­ pelled or suspended  from member­ ship 'after appropriate  proceedings  consistent  with  lawful  provisions  of  the  coiutitution  and  by­laws of  such organization.  (p)  *'Secreury"  means die  Sec­ retary of Labor.­ (q) "Officer, agent, shop steward,  or other representative", when lised  with  respect  to  a  labor  organiza­ tion,  includes  elected  officials  and  key  administrative  personnel,  whether elected or appointed  (such  as business agents, heads  of depart­ ments  or major  uiu'ts,  and  organ­ .izers who exercise substantial  inde­ pendent  authority),  but  does  not  include  salaried  non­supervisory  professional staff, stenographic, and  • '  service personnel.  '  (f)  "Employee" means any indi­ vidual  employrf  by  an  employer,  and  incliidn any  individual whoso  work  has  ceased  as  a  consequence  of, or, in connection  with, any  cur­ rent  lalior  dispute  or  because  of  any unfair labor practice or because  of  exclusion  or  expulsion  from  a  labor  organization  in  any  manner  or for any  reason inconsistent  with  tlie requirements of  this .\ct.  (g)  "Labor  dispute"  includes  any  controversy  concerning  terms,  tenure,  or  conditions  of  erajiloy­ ment, or concerning the association,  or  representation  of  persons  in  negotiating, fixing,  maintaining,  changing,  or  seeking  to  arrange  temris or conditions of employment,  regardless  of  wheUier  the  dispu­ tanu'stand  in  the  proximate  rela­ tion of  employer and  employee.  (li)  "Trusteeship"  means  any  receivership,  trusteeship,  or  other  method  of  supervision  or  control  whereby  a  labor  organization  sus­ pends  the  autonomy  otherwise  available  to  a  subordinate  body  under iu constitution or  bylaws.  (i)  "Labor organization" means  a labor organization engaged  in an  industry affecting commerce and in­ cludes  any  organization  of  any  kind, any agency,  or employee rep­ resentation committee, group, asso­ (r)  "District court of the United  ciation,  or  plan  so  engaged  in  States" meaiu  a United  States  dis­ which'  employees  participate  and  trict  court  and  a  United  States  Which  exists  for  the  purpose,  in  court  of  any  platx  subject  to  the  wliole  or  in  part,  of  dealing  with  jurisdiction of  theUnfted $ta.tcs..  employers  concerning  grievances,  labor disputes,  wages, rates of  pay,  hours, or other terms or  conditions  jof  employment,  and  any  confer­ ence,  general  committee,  joint  or  system  lioard,  or  joint  council  so  engaged  which  is subordinate  to  a  national  or international  labor oxr  ganization',  other  than  a  State  or  local  central  body.  (j)  A  labor  organization  shall  be  deemed  to  be  engaged  in  an  industry  affecting commerce  if  it—  (1)  is  the  certified  representa­ Sec,  lOl.  (a)  (1)  Equal  Rights'—'  tive of  employees  under the  provi­ Every member of  a  labor organiza­ sions of  the  National  Labor  Rela­ tion . shall  have  equal  rights  and  tions Act, as  amended, or the Rail­ privileges within  such organization  way­Labor Act,  as amendedfor  .  to nominate candidates,  to vote  in  (2)  aliliough not  certified,  is a  electioiis or referendums  of  the  la­ national  or inteniational  lalior or­ bor  qrganiration,  to  attend  mem­ ganization  or  a  local  labor  organ­ bership  meetings,  and  to  partici­ ization  recognized or  acting as  the  pate  in  the delifierations  and  vot­ representative  of  employees  of  an  ing upon the business of sUch meet­ employer or  employers engaged in  fngs,  subject  to  reasonable  rules  an  industry affecting commerce;  or  and  regulations  in  such  organiza­ (3)  has ciiartered  a local  labor  tion's constitution  and bylaws.  organilation  or  sutnidiary  body  (2)  Freedom  of  Speech  and  As­ which  is  repte^nting  or  actively,  sembly.­^Every  member  of  any  la­ seeking  to  represent  einployees  of  bor  organization  shall  have  the  employers  within  the  meaning  of  right  to  meet  and  assemble  freely  paragraph  (1)  or  (2); or  with other members; and to express  (4)  has been chartered by a labor  any vievys,  arguments, or opinions;  organization representing or active­ and  to express  at  meetings  of  the  .  ly  seeking  to  represent' employees  labor organization  his views,  upon  ­ within  the roe»ning  bf  paragraph'  candidates  in  an  election  of  the  (1) or  (2)  at die local  or stibordi­ labor  oiganization  or  upon  aiiy  nate body through which such  em­ business  properly before flie  meet­ ployee* may  enkiy membership  or  iiig.  subject  to die  organization's  bcciime  affiiiattn  with  such , labor  ­cstablishetf  and  reasonable  rules  Title I i  ­ Bill Of  Rights  Of  Members  Of  Labor  Organizations  'penafning to the txmduct 6t rbeet­ Gee  of  luds  igbor  tirgantzation  ii­ ings:'Provided, That nothing here­_  located.  in shall be construed to in^ir the'  Rotoiitlon  of  ExIaUns  RfKhte  Sec.  103.  Nothing contained  in  .­right  of ft  labor  organization  to  this  title shall  limit  the­rights and  ­adopt and  enforce reasonable rules  remedies of  any member of  a  labor  as  to  the  responsibility  of  every  organization  under  any  State  or  memlier toward the organization  as  Federal  law or  before any  court or  an institution and to bis refraining  other  tribunal,  or  under  the  con­ from  conduct  that  would  interfere  stitution  and  bylaws  of  any  labor  with its ^formance  of  its legal or  organization.  contractual obligations.  (3)  Dues,  Initiation  Fees,  and  RfCht  to  CoplM  of  Colloetlvo  BorKainlnft  AftrMmonIs  Assessments.—Except  in  the  case of  Sec.  1(».  It shalj be  the duty  of  a  federation  of  national  or  inter­ the secretary or corre$]ionding prin­ lutional  labor  organizations,  the  cipal officer of  each  labor organiza­ rates  of  dues  and  initiation  fees  tion,  in  the . case  of  a  local  labor  payable  by  members  of  any . labor  organization,  to forward  a  copy  of  organization  in  effect  on  the  date  each  collective  bargaining  agree­ .of «iuctment  of  this Act  shall  not  ment made  by such  labor organiza­ be  increased,  and  no  general  or  tion  with  any  employer  to  any  special  assessment  shall  be  levied  employee who  requests such a  copy  upon such members, except—  and  whose rights  as such  employee  (A)  in­ the case  of  a local  labor,  are directly  affected  by such  agree­ organization,  (i)  by majority  vote  ment,  and  in  the  case  of  a  labor  by secret  ballot of  the members  in  organization  other  than  a  local  good  sunding  voting  at  a  general  labor  organization,  to  forward  a  or special  membership meeting,  af­ copy of any such agreement  to each  ter  reasonable  notice  of  the  inten­ constituent  unit  which  has  mem­ tion to  vote upon such question, or  bers directly affected by such agree­ (ii)  by  majority  vote of  the mem­ ment; and  such .officer shall  main­ bers  in  good  standing  voting  in a  tain  at  the  principal  office  of  the  memlienhip referendum conducted  labor  organization  of  which  he  is  by secret  ballot; or  an officer  copies of  any such  agree­ (B)  in  the  case  of  a  labor  or­ ment  made ­or  received­ by  such  ganization, other than a local  labor  labor  organization,  which  copies,  organization or  a  federation of  na­ shall be  available for  inspection by  tional or iiiteiiMtiqnal labor organ­ any  member  or  by  any  employee  izations,  (i) by majority  vote of  the  whose  rights  are  affected  by  such  delates voting  at  a  regular  con­ agreement.  The  provisions  of  sec­ vention, or  at a  special convention  tion  210 shall  be applicaflle  in  the  of  such  labor  organization  held  enforcement of  this section.  upon  not  less  than  thirty  tlays'  Information  as  to  Act  written  notice  to the  principal  of­ ­  Sec.  105.  Every  labor  organiza­ fice  of. eacli  local  or  constituent  tion  shall  inform  its members  con­ labor organization  entitled  to such  cerning  the  prcrvisions  of  this  Act.  notice,  or  (ii)  by majority  vote  of  the  members  in  good  standing  of  such labor organization  voting in a  membership referendum conducted  Title II  by secret ballot, or  (iii) by majority  vote  of  the  members of  the  execu­ tive  board  or  similar  governing  body  of  such  labor  organization,  pursuant  to express  authority  con­­ tained  in  the  constitution  and  by­ laws  of  such  labor  organization:  Provided, That  such action  on the  part of  the executive board  or sim­ ilar  governing  body  shall  be  effec­.  tive  only  until  the  next  regular  convention  of  siich labor  organiza­ tion.  (4)  Protectioa  of  the  Right  to  Sue.—No  labor  organization  shall  limit  the  right  of  any  meinber  thereof  to  institute  an  action  in  any  court,  or  in  a  proceeding  be­ fore  any  administrative  agency,  ir­ respective  of  whether  or  not  the  labor organization or its officers are  named  as  defendants  or  respond­ ents  in such  action  or  proceeding,  or  the  right  of  any  nfember. of  a  labor  organization  to  appear , as ft  witness in  any  judicial, administra­ tive,  or  legislative  proceeding,  or  to  petition  any  legislature  or  to  communicate  with  any  legislator:  Provided,  That  any  such  member  may be required  to exhaust reason­ aWe  hearing  procedures  (but  not  to  exceed  a  four­month  lapse  of­ time)  within such organization, be­ fore instituting legal or administra­ tive : proceedings  against  such  or­ ganizations  or  any  officer  thereof:  And  provided! further.  That  no  interested  employer  or  employer  association  shall  directly  or  indi­ rectly finance,  encourage,  or  par­ ticipate  in,  e.xcept  as  a  party,  any  such  action,  proceeding,  appear­ ance,  or  petition.  (5)  Safeguards Against Improper  Disciplinary  Action.—No  member  of  any  labor  organization  may  be  fined, suspended,  expellet), or  oth­ envise  disciplinetl  e.xcept  lor  non­ payment of  dues by  such organiza­ tion or by  any officer tliereof  unless  such  member, has been  (A) served  with  written  specific  charges;  (B)  given a  reasonable  time  to prepare  his defense;  (C) afforded a full and  fair hearing.  (b)  .\ny provision of  the consti­ tution  and  bylaws  of  any  labor  organization  which  is  inconsistent  with  the  provisions'of  this section  shall be of  no force oi­ eflect.  Civil  Cntoreamont  Sec.  102.  .Any  iierson  whose  rights secured  by  the provisions  of  tliis  title  have  been  infringed  by  any violation of this title may bring  a civil action  in a  district court  of  the  United  States  for  sucli  relief,  (including ^tijiinctions)  as may  be­ appropriate.  .Any  such  action  against  a  labor  organization  shall  be brought  in the  lUstrict court  of  the  United  States  for  the  disuicc  whert  the  alleged  violation  oc­ ttuxed, or  where  the  principal of­.  Reporting  By  Labor  Organizations,  Off iters  And Employees  Of  Labor  Organizations,  And Employers  Roport  of  Labor  Orsanlxationa  • '  s"'^'ii.y%''• "I­.­­ ."^'(  I appeal  procedures,  (J)  authoriub  tion  for  bargaining demands,  (K)  ratification  of  contract  terms,  (L)  authorization  for strikes,  and  (M)  issuance  of  work  permits.  Any'  change in  the information required  by  this Subsection shall  be reported  to  the  Secretary  at  the  lime  the  reporting  labor  org.iniz.­ition filet  with  the  Secretary  the  annual fi­ nancial  report  required  by  subsec­­ tion  (b).  (b)  Every  labor  organization  shall file  annually  w­itfi  the  Secre­ tary a financial  report signed  by its  president  and  treasurer  or  corres­ ponding  principal  officers  contain­ ing  the  following  inrormatton  in  such  detail  as  may  be  necessary  accurately  to  disclose  its financial  condition  and  operations  for  its  preceding fiscal  year—  (1)  assets  and  liabilities  at  tlie  beginning  and  end  of  the  fiscal  year;  (2)  receipts of any kind and  the  sources  thereof;  (3)  salary, allowances, and other  direct  or  indirect  disbursements  (including  reimbursed  expenses)  to  each  officer  and  also  to  eacli  employee  who,  during  such fiscal  year, received more than  310,000 in  the  ag^gate  from  such  labor  or­ ganization  and  any  other  labor or­ ganization affiliated with  it or with  which  it  is  affiliated,  or  which  is  affiliated witli  the same  national or  .international  labor organization.  14)  direct  and  indirect  loans  made  to  any  officer,  employee,  or  member,  which  aggregated  more  than  3250  during  the fiscal  year,  together  with  a  statement  of  the  purpose,  security,  if  any,  and  ar­ rangements  for  repayment;  (5)  direct and  indirect loans  to  any  business  enterprise,  together  with  a  statement  of  the  purpose,  security,  if  any,  and  arrangements  for repayment; and  (6)  other  disbursements  made  by  it  including the  purposes  there­ of;  all  in  such  categories  as  the  Secretary may  prescritie.  (c)  Every labor organization  re­'  fpiired  to  submit  a  reimrt  under,  this  title  shall  make  available  the;  information  required  to  be  con­ tained  in  such  report  to  all of  its  memben, and  every such  labor or­ ganization  and  its  officers  shall  be  under  a  duty  enforceable  at  the  suit of  any memfier of  such organi­ zation in  any State court of  compe­ tent  jurisdiction  or  in  the  district  court  of  the  United  States  for  tfie  district  in  which  such labor  organ­ ization  maintains  its  principal  of­ fice,  to  [lermit  such  member  for  just  cause  to  examine  any  books,  records,  and  accounts  necessary  to  verify  such  report.  The  court  in  such action  may,  in  its  discretion,  in  addition  to  any  judgment  awarded  to  the  plaintiff  or  plain­,  tiffs,  allow  a  reasonable  attorney'!  fee to be paid by the defendant and  costs of  the action.  (d)  Subsections  (f),  (g),  and  (h)  of  section  9  of  the  National  Labor  Relations  Act, as  amended,  (e)  Clause  (i)  of  section S(a)(3)  of  tlie  National  Labor  Relations  .Act,  as  amended,  is  aiiieiidetl  by  striking  out  the  following:  "and  has at  the  time  the  agreement  was  'made  or  within,  the  preceding  twelve  months  received  from  the  Board ft notice  of  conipliance  with  sections 9  (f),  (g),  (h)."  Sec. 201.  (a)  Every labor organ­ ization  shall  adopt  a  constitution  and  bylaws  and  shall file  a  copy  thereof  with the Secretary, together  witli ft  report,  signed  by  its  presi­ dent  and  secretary  or  correspond­ ing  principal  officers,  containing  the following  information—  (1)  the  name  of  the  labor  or­ ganization, its mailing address, and  any other address at which it main­ tains its principal  office or at which  it keeps  the records  referred  to in  this title;  (2)  the  name  and  title  of  each  of  its officers;  (3)  the initiation  fee or fees  re­ quired  from  a  new  or  transferred  member and fees  lor work  permits  required  by  the  reporting  labor  organization;  (4)  tlie regular  dues or  fees  or  other  periodic  payments  required  to remain a member  of  tlie report­ ing labor  organization; and  (5)  detailed  statements,  or  ref­ Iloftort  of  Offiears  and  erences  to  specific  provisions  of  • inployns of  Labor  documents filed  under  this  sub­ Orftanizatlons  section  which  contain  such  state­ Sec.  202.  (a)  Every  officer  of a  '^ments, showing  the provision made  and  procedures  followed  with  re­ labor  organization  and  every  em­ spect to each of the following;  (A)  ployee  of  a  labor  'organization  qualifications for  or restrictions on  (other  than an  employee  perform­ ing exclusively  clerical or custodial  membership,  (B)  levying of  assess­ ments,  (C)  participation  in  insur­ services)  shall file  with  the  Secre­ ance  or  other  benefit  plans,  (D)*  tary  a  signed  rejiorc  listing  and  describing  for  his  preceding fiscal  authorization  for  disbursement  of  funds  of  the  labor  organization,  year­ (1)  any stock, bond, seairity,  or  (E)  audit of financial  transactions  other  interest,  legal  or  equitable,  of  the labor  organization,  (F)  tlie  which  he  or  his  spouse  or  minor  calling of regular and special  meet­ child ^lirectlyor indirectly held  in,,  ings,  (G)  the  selection ^of  officers  and any  income or any other  bene­ and stewanls  and of  any represen­ fit with  monetary  value  (including  totives to other bodies comp^ of  reimbursed  e.xpenses)  'which he  or  labor  organizations'  representa­ his spouse  or  minor  child  derived  tives;  with  a  specific  statement  of  directly or  indirectly  froih,' an  em­ the  manner  in  which  each  officer  .^iloyer whose  employees such labor  was  elected,  appointed,  or  other­ wise selected,  (H)  discipline or re­ lorganizatioii  represents  or  is  ac­ moval  of  officers  or  agents  for  jtively  seeking  to  repf­eseiit,  except  breaches ofhheir trust.  (I)  imposi­ Inpayments  and  other  benefits  rc­ tion  of  lines,  suspensions,  and  ex­ ceiveil  as  a  bona  fulc  employee  of  pulsions of members, including the  such  employer;  (2)  any transaction in  whicli he  grounds for  sndr  action  and  any  pwbioa made for notice, hearing  ,or  his  spouse  or  minor  cliild  .ea­ judgment  on  die  evidence,  and  .  • gagetl. direcdy  or  indirectly.  m  �m  BaVpleiiieii^Pase  Two  SEAFARERS  LOG  Deeenliar 1«,  l»5|  'k'Wc^:­ iv  §?­ M''  lii­­ Ife­ ;T.'^  .  .• ij"­ W  tf.­'  >•   'jlsV  'Vs''  • J '4'^'  m'­ •   m­:  i;i  Lfti:!  '  • voiving  any  atock,  bond,  security,  • or loan  to or  from, or  other  legal  or equitable interest in the business  • of  an  employer  whose  employees  'such  labor  organization  represents  ior  is  actively  seeking  to  represent;  (3)  any stock,  bond, security, or  • other interest,  legiil  or  equitable,  which  he  or  his  spouse  or  minor  chilli directly  or  indirectly held  in,  and any  income or any other  bene­ .fit with  monetary value  (including  .reimbursed  expenses)  which  he or  'his spouse  or  minor  child  directly  or  inilirectly  derived  from,  any  business  a  substantial  part  of  which consists of  buying from, sell  ing or leasing to, or otherwise deal­ ing  with,  the  business  of  an  em­ ployer whose  employees such  labor'  organization  represenu  or  is  ao,  lively seeking  to represent;  (4)  any stock, bond, security, or  other  interest,  legal  or  equitable,  which  he  or  his  spouse  or  iniix>r>  child directly or  indirectly held  in,  and any  income or any other bene­ fit with  monetary value  (including  reimbursed  expenses)  which  he or  his sqpiw  or jninor  child  directly  or iiiditectly  derived  from,  a  busi­ ness any  pan of  which  consists of  buying  hom, or  selling  or  leasing,  ilirectiy  or  indirealy  to,  or other­ wise  dealing  with  such  labor  or­ ganizations;  (5)  any  direct or  indirect  busi­ ness' transaction or arrangement be­ tween  him  or his  spouse or  minor'  child and  any employer  whose em­ ployees his  organization  represenu  or  is aaively  seeking  to represent,  except  work  performed  and  payr  menu  and  benefiu  received  as  a  bona  fide  employee  of  such  em­ ployer  and  except  purchases  and  sales of goods or services in the r^­ ular  course  of  business  at  prices  generally  available  to  any  em­ ployee of such  employer; and  (6)  any  payment  of  money  or  other thing of  value  (including re­ imbursed  expenses)  which  he  or  .his spouse  minor diild  received  directly or  indirectly from  any em­ ployer or  any  person who  acu as a>  labor  relations .consultant  to  an  employer,  exwpt  paymenu  of  die  kintis referred  to in section  302 (c)  of  the  Labor  Management  Rela­ tions Act, 1017," amended.  (b)  The provisions of paragraphs  ^1).  (2),  (3). (4), and  (5)  of sub­ section  (a)  shall  not  be constru^.  to require  any  such  officer  or  ployee  to  report  his  bona  litle  in­ vesimenu  in  securities  traded op  a  securities  exchange  registered  as  a  national  sectirities exchange  under  the'  Securities  Exchange  Act  of  1931,  in  shares  in  an  investment  company  registered  imder  the  In­ v'estment  Company  Act of  1940, or  in  securities  of  a.  public  utility'  holding  company  registered  under  the  Public  Utility  Holding  Com­ pany Act  of  1935, or  to report  any  income derived  therefrom.  >­ (c)  Nothing  contained  in  this '  section  shall  be  construetl  to  re­ quire any  officer  or  employee  of  a  labor  organization  to  file  a  report  tinder  subsection  (a)  unless  he or  his spouse  or minor  child  Itolds  or  has  held  an  interest,  has  received  inctnne  or  any  other  benefit  with  monetary  value  or  a  loan,  or  has  engaged  in  a  transaction  described  therein.  Raport  of  Empfoyora  Sec.  203.  (a)  Every  employer  who in  any  fiscal  year made—  (1)  any  payment or  loan, direct  or  indirect,  of  money  or  other  thing  of  value  (including  reim­ ­  bursed  expenses),  or  any  promise  .or agreement therefor,  to any labor  organization  or officer,  agent, shop  steward,  or flher  representative  of  a  labor  organization,  or  employee  of  any  labor  organization,  except  .(A)  payments  or  loans  made  by  any  national  or State  bank,  credit  union,  insurance company,  savings  and loan association  or other credit  Institution  and.  (B)  payments  of  the  kind  referreti  to  in  section  302 (c)  of  the 1­abor  Management  Relations .\ct, 1917, as amended;  (2)  any  payment  (including re­ imbursed  expenses)  to any  of  his  employees,  or  any  group  or  com­ mittee  of  such  employees,  for  the  .purpose of  causing  such  employee  or  group  or  committee  of  em­ ployees  to  persuade  other  em­ ployees  to  exercise  or  not  to  exer­^  cisc,  or as  to  the  manner  of  exer­ ;ci$ing,'  the  right  to  organize  and  bargain  collectively  through ' rep­  •  rtentatives of  their  own  chdosing  hiiesi such payihehts were  contim­ j^afoedu'sly or  jlrevlousif disclosed;  to such other  employees;  ji!2  slitiofis of employment or'the nego­ ­ •   ten requited  to be reported which'  Sec  SOI.  (a)  ­Every  labor  or­ .  Mlutfon  thereof.  will provide  in sufficient detail  the  tiation  of  an  agreement  or  any  ganization  which  has  or  asstimesj  (b)  Any  peison  who  wiflfun.  necessary  basic  information  and  trusteeship  over  any  subordinalej  fj[uestion arising thereunder,  violates  this, section  shall  be finetl  dau  from  which  the  documents  (d)  Nothing  contained  in  this  labor  organization  shall file  witli:  not  more­than  $10,000  or  impris­ filed with the Secretary may be  ver­ section  shall  be  constnied  to  re­ the  Secretary  within  thirty  days:  oned  for  not more  than  one  year,  ified,  explainetl  or  clarified,  and  quire an  employer  to file  a  report  after  the date  of  the  enactment  of'  or both.  untler subsection  (a)  unless he has  this  Act  or  the  imposition  of  aiiy.  checked for accuracy and  complete­ • nforMmont  made  an  expenditure,  paynfont,;  ness,  and  shall  include  vouchen,;  such  trusteeship, and  semiannually  .Sec.  .304.  (a)  Upon  the written  loan, agreement, or arrangement  of|  worksheets,  receipts,  and  applica­i  thereafter,  a  rci>ort,  signed  by  its  complaint  of  any  member or  sub­ the  kind  described  therein.  Noih  president  and  treasurer  or  corres­ Ue resolutions, and shall keep such  ordinate boily  of  a  labor org­aniza­ ing contained  in  this  section Shall  |>on'ding  principal  officers,  as  well  rKords  available  for  examination  be construed  to require  any  other  as by  the  trusted  of  siich  subordi­j  tion  alleging  that  such  organiza­ for a  period  of  not  less  than five  person  to file  a  report  under  sub­ nate lalior­organization, containing;  tion has  violated  the  provisions ol  years  after  the filing  of  the  docu­ section  (b)  unless  he  was  a  party  the following  information:  (I)  thej  this  title  (except  section  301)  the  ments  based  on  the  information  to an agreement or arrangement of  name  and  ­address  of  the  subordi­!  Secretary shall  investigate  the com­ which ^ey contaiit,  the kind describetl  therein.  nate organization;  (2)  the date  of|  plaint  and  if  the  Secretary finds  EffMtlvo  Dat*  (e)  Nothing  contained  in  this  establishing  the  trusteeship;  (3)  a|  l>robable cause  to believe  tliat such  .  Sec 207.  (a)  Each labor organi­ section  shall  be  construed  to  re­ deuiled statement  of  the reason  or;  violation has  occurred and  has not  zation  shall file  the  initial  report  been  remeilied  he  shall,  without  quire  any  regular  officer,  supers  reasons  for  establishing  or contin­i  required  under  section  201 (a i  disclosing the  identity  ol  the  com­ visor,  or employee  of  an  employer  uing  the  trusteeship;  and  (4)' thei  within  ninety  days  after  the  date  plainant,  bring  a  civil  action  in  '  to file  a report  in connection  with  nature and  extent  of  participation  on which it first becomes subject, to  any  district  court  of  the  United  by  tlie membership of  the subordi­ services rendered  to such employer  this Act.  States  baving  jurisiliction  of  the  • nor shall any employer be r^uiretl  nate  organization  in  the  selection  (b)  Each person required  to file  labor  oq;anizatioii  for  such  relief  to file  a  report  covering  expendi­ a report under section 201 (b), 202,,  of  tielegates  to represent  silch  or­ (including  injunctions)  as may  be  tura  made  to  any  regular  officer,  g.anizati6n  in  regutaf  or  special  203 (a), or  the  second  sentence  of  apiHopriate.'Any  member or  sub­ supervisor,  or  employee  of  an em­ conventions  or  other  policy­ileter­ 203 (b) shall file such report  withiii  ordinate boily  of  a  labor organiza­ mining bodies  and  in  the election  ployer as  compensation  for service  ninety  days  after  the  end  of'each  tion  affected  by  any  violation  of  as  a  regular  officer,  supervisor  or  of offircix  of  the labor oiganiZation  of its fiscal years; except  that where  this title  (except section  301)  may  empk^ee of  such employer.  which has assuqjetl  trusteeship over  such  person  it  subject  to  section  bring a  civil  action  in any  district  (f)  Nothing  contained  in  this:  201 (b), 202, 203 (a), or the second  such subordinate organization. The  court  of  the  United  States  having  initial  re|>ort  shall  also  include  a  section  shall  be  construed  as  an  sentence ot 203 (b), as the case may  jurisdiction  of  the  labor  oiganiza­ full  and  complete  accotinf  of  the  amendment  to, or  modification of,  be,  for  only  a  portion  of  such' a­ lion ­for  such, relief  (including  in­ financial condition of stich subordi­ the righu protected by  secuon 8(c)  fiscal  year  (because  the^date  ol  junctions)  as  may  be  appropriate.  nate­orgaiWzation  ­as  of  the  time' ­ of  the  National  labor  Relatimu  enactment  of  this  Act occurs  dur­ (1^ For  the  purpose  of  actions  trusteeship  was  assumed  over  dt.'  Act, at amended.  ing such person's fiscal year or such  under  this  section,, district  couru  During  the continuance  of  a  trus­ per^ beomies subject to  this .\ct  (g)  The  term  "interfere  with,  of  the  United  ­  Sutes  shall  be  teeship  the  labor  organization  during iu fiscal  year)  such  person  restrain, or  coerce" as used  in this  'deemed  to  have  jurisdiction  of  a  which has aisnmed rr.usieeiliip oyer  section  means  interference,  .re­'  may  coinidcr  ibat  portion  as  the  hhor Ofgaiiiuiiion  (1)  in  the  dis­ enu're fiscal  year  in  making  such'  a  subordinate  labor­ organization!  straint, and coercion whidi, if dime  trict  in  which­ the  principal  office  shall file  on bepalf  of  the siibonli­'  report.  with  respect  to  the  exercise .  of  of >sncb  labmr. organization  it  lo­ nate labor organization  the annual,  rights  guaranteed  in­  sectipii ­7  of  cated,  or  (2)  in  any  district  in  Rulaa  and  RacuiaMna  financial report requited by section­  .  die National  Labor ReUtions  .\ct.  Sec.  208.  The  Secretary  shall  which  its  duly  authorized  officers  201 (b)  signed by the president  and'  as  amended,  would,  under  section  have authority to issue, amend, and  or agents  are engagedi  in  conduct­ treasurer  or  correspowh'ng  princi­'  8 (a) of  such Act,  constitute an un­ rescind'rulm  and  regulations  pre­ ing­the affairs of  the­trusteeship.  pal­officers of  the  labor  oiganiza>  fair  labor  practice.  scribing  the  form  and  publiqition  (c)  In any  proceeding punuant  tion  whidi  has assumeil  such  trus­;  of  reports  required  to be filed  un­ to this  section  a  triisteesliip csub­ iHttoriioy­Cllont  teesliip and tlie­trustees of  the sub­'  der this title and such other reason­ lishcd  by  a  labor  organization  in  Communleationa  EitMiitod  ordinate labor organization.  conformity  with  the procedural  re­ Sec.  204.  Nothing  contained  in  able rules and  regulations  (includ­ (b)  Tlie  provisions  of  section:  ing  rules  prescribing  reports  con­ quirements of  its constitution  and  this  Act  shall  be .construed  to  re­ %  201 (c). 205, 206, 208, and  210 shall  bylaw's  and  authorized  or  ratified  quire an attorney  who is a member  cerning trusts  in  which a  labor or­ be aiqilicable to reiiorts filed umler  ganization  is interested)  as he may  after  a  fair  hearing  either  before  in good  standing of  the bar  of any  this title.  find  necessary  to  prevent  the  dr­ ihe executive board  or before such  State,  to  include  in  any  report  re­ other body. ds  may  be  proviiled  in  (c)  Any  jierson 'who  willfully­'  ijuired  to  be filed  pursuant  to  the  itimvention  or evasion  of  such  re­ porting  requirements.  In  exercis­ violates  this  section  shall  be fined  accordance  with  its constitution or  provisions  of  this  Act  any  infor­ not  more  than  .310,000  or  impris­ bylaws shall  be­piesiimed valid  for  |  mation  which  was  lawfully  com­:  ing  his  power  under  this  section  the Secretary shall prescribe by gen­ oned  for  not  more  than one  year,  a  period of  eighteen  months from  municated. to such  attorney by any  eral  rule  simplified ­reports  for  la­ or both.  the  date  of'its  establishment  and  of  his  clieiiu  in  the .course  of  a  bor organizations  or employers  for'  shall­ not  be  subject  to attack  dur­ (d)  Any  person  who  makes  a  le^timate  attorney­client  relatioiy­ whom  he finds­that  by  virtue  of  (b)  Every  person who  pursuant  ing  such  jiei'iod  except  upon  clear  false sti.tement or rcpresenution of  their  size  a  detailed, ix'port would  to  any  agreement, or  arrangement  and convincing proof  that tlic  trus­ ji material  fact,  knowing  it' to  be  Raporta  Ma4a  Rublla  be  unduly  burdensome,  but  the  with an employer  undertakes activ­ InforMatioii  teeship  was  Jiot  essablished  or  false, or wlip knowingly fails to dis­ ities  where  an  object  thereof  is,  maintained in good  faith for a put^  close a  material  fact,  in any  report  Sec.  205.  (a)  The  contents,of  Secretary  may  revoke  such  provi­ sion  for  simplified  forms  of  any  directly of­Indirectly—  )>Ose  allosvable  nndec .section  302,  required  under  the  provisions  of  :he  reporu  and  documents, filed  labor  organization  or  employer  if  (1)  to persuade employe^ to ex­ .\fier  die  expiration  of  eighteen  this section  or willfully  makes nny  with  the Secretary  pursuant  to sec­ he determines, after such investiga^  ercise  or  not  to  exercise,  or  per­ months  the.: trii.sieeship  shall  be  false  entry  in  or  willfully  with­ tion ^I, 202, and 203 shall he pub­ suade  employees as  to  the  manner  presiimetl . invalid  in­any, such pro­ holds,  conceals,  or  destroys  any  lic  information,  and  the  Secretary  tion  as  he  deems  proper  and  due  of  exercising,, the right  to organize  ceeiling  and  its  discontinuance  may  publish  any  information ­ and  notice and  opportunity for  a  hear­ dtMaiments,  books,  reomr­, reports,  and  bargain  collectively  througli ^  data  which he obtains  pursuant  to  ing,  that  the  purposes  of  this  sec­ shall  be  decieeil  unless  the  labor  or statements  upon  which such  re­,  tkm  would  be served  thereby.  representatives of  their own  choos­ organization  shall  show  by  clear  the provisions of this title. The Sec­ port  is  based,  shall,  be fined  not  •   Criminal  Rravlsiona  ami convincing  proof  that  the con­  '  ing; or  retary may use the information and  more  than  $10,000  or  imprisoned  Sec  209.  (a)  Any  person  who  (2)  to supply an  employer with  linuatioii of  'he  trusteeship is  nec­ data  for  statistical  and  reseaith  for  not  more  than  one,  year,  or  information  concerning  the  activi­ essaiy  for  a  pni'|>ose  allowable  un­ purposes,  compile and  publidi  willfully  violates  this  title shall  be  both;  fined not more than  $10,000 or im­ ties of  employees or a  labor organ­ der section 302.  In the  latter.event  such studies, analyses,  reports, and  (e)  Each individual  re(|uired to  ization  in connection  with  a  labor  the  court may  dismiss  the ­com­ surveys  based  thereon  as  he  may­ prisoned  for  not  more  than  one  sign  a  report  under  this  section  year, or  both.  dispute  involving  such  employer,  plaint or  retain  jurisdiction  of  the  deem  appropriate.  shall  be  jiersonally  res|>onsible  for  (b)  Any  person  who  makes  a  except information for use solely, in  (b)  The Secretary shall by re­ the filing  of  such  re|>oi't'and  for  cause  on  such  romlilions  and  for  conjunction with an administrative  such  perioti  as  it  ileems  appropri­ lation  make'  reasonable,  proviuon  false sutement or representation of  any  statement  contained  dierein  a material  fact,  knowing  iD  to  be  or  arbitral  proceeding  or  a  crim­ 'ate.­ ­  '.  ­  .,  .  ­ for  the  inspection  and  examina­ which he knows to be false;  inal or civil judicial proceeding:  tion, on  tlTe  request of  any  person,  false, or who knowingly fails to div  Rurpeaos  for  Which  a  .  ReBorf t4  ConsrMS  close a  material  fact,  in  any docu­ Truatooship  May  Bo  shall file within  30 days after enter­ of  the  information  and  data  con­ Sec, 31)5.  The Secretary shall sub­ EsUbliahad  ment, report,  or otiier  information  ing  into  such  agreement  or  ar­ tained in any  report or other docu­ mil  to  ibe Congress  at  tlie expira­ rangement a  report with  the Secre­ ment filed  with  him  pirrsuant  tt^  required  under' the  provisions  of  tion .of  three  years  from  the  date  .  See.  302.  Trusteeships  shall  be  this  title  shall  be fined  not  more  tary,  signed  by  its  prnidem  and  section  201,  202, or  203.  of  enaciment  of  tin's  .\ct a  rejiort  established  and  administered  by  a  .tlian $19,900 or imprisoneil  for not  treasurer  or  corresponding  princi­ (c)  The Secretary shall by regu­.  tqxni  the o|>eration of  this title.  labor organization  over  a  subordi­ pal  officers,  containing  the  name  lation  provide  for  the  furnishing  more than one year, or both.  nate boily  only in  accordance 'svith  ^  Any  person  who  willfully  under  whith  such  person  is  en­ by  the  department  of  Labor  of  Coinitlqint  By  Secretary  the constitution  and bylaws  of  the  makes a  false  entry  in  or  willfully  gaged  in  doing  business  and  the,  copies  of  reports  or  other  docu­ Sec. 306.  The rights  and  reme­ organization  svhich  has  assumed  conceals, withholds, or destroys any  address  of  its  principal  office,  and  dies  provided  by  this title  shall be  ments filed  with  the Secretary  pur­ trusteeship  over  the  subordinate  a  detailed  statement  of  the  terms  in  addition  to  any  and  ail  other  yiant  to  this  title,  upon  payment  books,  records,  rejiorts,  or  state­ body  and  for  the  purpose  of  cor­ and  conditions  of  such  agreement  righu  and  remedies  at  law. or  in  of  a charge  based upon  the cost  of  ments  required  to  be  kept  lyr  any  recting corruption or financial mal­ or arrangement.  Every suclt  person  equity:  Provided, That  upon  the  the  service.  The  Secretary  shall  provisioti of  this iitle'shall  be fined  practice,  assuring  tlie  performance  shall file  annually,  with  respect  to  filing  of  a  complaint  by  die Secre­ make available without payment of  not  more  than  .$10,000  or  impris­ of collective  baiga­ining agreements  each fiscal  year during  which  pay­ a charge,  or require  any  person  to  oned  for  not  more  than  one  year,  tary the  jurisdiction of  the district  or other duties of a bargaining rep­ ments are  made as  a result  of  such  court over such trusteeship shall  be  furnish^  to such  State  agency  as  is  or both.  resentative,  restoring  democratic  (d)  Each individual  retjuired to  an agreement or arrangement, a re­ exclusive  and  the final  judgment  designated  by  law  or  by  tlie  Gov­ procedures,  or  othenvise  carrying  sign re]>oris  under sections 201  and  port  with  the Secretary,  signed  by  ihall be  res  judicata.  ernor  of  the  State  in  which  such  out  the  legitimate  objects  of  sii­ch  203 shall  be  )iersonally  res|xinsible  iu  president  and  treasurer  or  cor­ person  has  his  priiKipal  place, of  for  tlie filing  of  such  reporu  and  labor organization.  responding  principal  officers,  con­.  business  or headquarterg,  upon re­ Unlawful  Acta  Ralatlng  to  for any  statement contained  there­ taining a  statement  (A)  of  iu  re­ quest  of  the  Governor  of' such  Labor  Organlaatlon  Under  ceipts of  any kind  from  employers  Truatooahip  State,  copies  of  any  reports  and  in which  he knows  to be  false.  on  account  of  labor  relations  ad­ '  Sec. 303.  (a)  During any |>eriod  documents filed,  by  such  person  Civil  Rnforeemont  vice  or  services,  designating  the  when a subordinate iHxIy of a labor  with  the Secretary  pursuant  to sec­ Sec  210.  Whenever  it  shall  ap­ sources thereof,  and  (B)  of  its dis­ organization  is  in  trusteeship,  it  tion  201,  202,  or  203,  or of  infor­ pear  that  any  person  has  violated  Term*  of  Office;  Election  bursements of  any kind, in connec­ shall  be unlawful  (I)  to count the  mation and data contained therein.  or  is  about  to  violate­any  of  the  Rrcceduree  tion  with  such  services  and  the  vote  of  delegates  from  such  botly  No  person  shall  be  required  by  provisions  of  this  title,  the  Secre­ .Sec.  401.  (a)  ­ Every  national or  puri>oses thereof.  In each suclt­case  in'  any  convention'or  election  of  reason  of  any  law  of  any  State  to  tary  may  bring  a  civil  action  for  such  information shall  be set  forth  officers  of  the  labor  organization  . iiiiernational  lalxir  organizaiion,  furnish  to any  Officer  or  agency of  sutdi relief  (including injunctions)  in  siich  categories  as  tiie  Secretary  such  State  any  information  in­ unless  the  delegates  have  been.  .  except  a  federation  of  national  or  as  majj  be  appropriate.  Any  such  International  labor  organizations,  may prescribe.  chosen  by  secret  ballot  in an  elec­ cluded  in  a  report filed  by  siich  .­action  may  be  brotiglit  in  tlic  dis­ sliall  elect  its officers  not  less often  (c)  Nothing in this section  shall  tion  in  which  all  the  members  in  person with  the Secretary  pursuant  titan once every five  years either by  be  construed  to  reipiire  any  em­'  to  the  provisions of  this  title, ­if  a  trict  court  of  .the  United  Sutes  good standing, of  such  subbrdinate  wliet­e the  violation occurred  or»at  .­lecret  ballot  among  the  members  ployer  or  other  jrerson  to file  a  copy of  such reijort,  or of  the'por­ body  were  eligible  to^ participate,  tlte  option  of  the  parties,  in  the  in goml stamiing or at a convention  re|)ort covering  the services of  such  Vw  (2)  to  transfer  to  such  organi­ tion thereof  containing such  infor­ United States Distria Court for the  III delegates chosen by secret ballot.  jserson  by  reason  of  his  giving  or  zation any current receipts or other  mation,  is furnished  to such  officer  (b)  Every  iocal  labor organiza­ agreeing  to  give  advice  to  such  or agency.  .\ll moneys  received  in  District of  Columbia.  funds of  the subordinate  boily  ex­ tion  shall  elect  its  officers  not  less  employer or  representing  or  agree­ cept the  normal  per. capita  tax and  payment  of  such  cha^^ fixed  by'  orteii  than  once  every  three  years  ing  to represent  such employer  be­ assessments payable by  subordinate  the Secretary  punuant  to this  sub­ fore  any  court,  administrative  section  shall  be  deposited  in  the  bodies not in trusteeship: Provided,"  by  secret  ballot­among,the  mem­ liei's  in good  standing.  That  nothing  herein  contained  agency,  or  tribunal  of  arbitration  general  fuml  of  the  Treasury,  ot  engaging or  agreeing to engage  shall  prevent  the  distjribution  of  (c)  Every  national  o'r  intermi­ Ratontlon  at  Raaorda  ill  collective  bhrf^ning.on  behalf'  the assets^f aTabor organization in  'Sec.  206.  Every  iierson  required  tional  labor organization;' except a'  of  such  employer  with  respect  to  to file, any  report  itndeir  this  title  accordance  wiilv  its ' cbnititiition  federation  of  national  or  and bylaws  u|M>n*he bona fide  ills­.  lUonal  labor^twganizations,  and  ev­ wages, hours, or other terms or con­ shall maintain  records on  the ma^  (3)  any expenditure, during the  fiscal year,  where an object thereof,  directly or indirectly, is to interfere  witli,  restrain, or  coerce employees  in  the  exercise  of  the  right  to or­ ganize  and  bargain  collectively'  through  representatives  of  their  own  choosing,  or  is  to  obtain  in  formation concerning  the activities  of  employees  or a  labor  organiza­ tion  in  connection  with  a  labor  ilispute  involving  such  employer,  except for use solely in coiijunrtion  with  an  administrative  or  arbitral  proceeding  or  a  criminal  or  civil  judicial  proceeding;  (4)  any  agreement  or  arrange­ ment  with  a  labor  relations  con­ sultant  or  other  independent  con­ tractor or organization punuant  to  which  such  person  iinderukes  ac­ tivities where an objea thereof,  di­ rectly  or  indirectly,  it  to persuade  ercise, or persuade  employees as  to  the manner of exercising,  the r^t  to  organize  and  bargain  collec­ tively  through  representatives  of  their  own choosing,  or underukes  to  supply  such  employer  with  in­ formation concerning  the activities  of  onployees  or  a  labor  organiza­ tion  in  connection  with  a  labor  dispute  involving  such  employer,  except  information  for  use  solely  in conjunction with an administra­ I tive  or  arbitral  prboceding  or  a  criminal  or dvil  judicial  proceed­ ing; or  (5)  any paymetit  (including re­ imbursed'  expenses)  pursuant  to  an  agreement  or  arrangement  de­ scribed  in subdivision  (4);  shall  file  with  the  .Secretary  a  re­ port,  in a  form  prescribed  by him,  signed  by  its  president  and  treas­ urer or corresponding principal  of­ ficers. showing  in  detail  the  date  and amount of each stich  payment,  loan,  promise,  agreement,  or  ar­ rangement  and  the  name,  address,  and position,  if any,  in any firm  or  labor organization of  the person  to  whom  it was  made and  a  full  ex­ ­planation  of  the  circumstances  of  all  such  payments  including  the  terms  of  any  agreement  or  imder­ .standing  pursuant  to  which  they  were matle.  •   ~  •  •  •  Title IV  f/cfdfons  TiileUI  Jfrusieeships  *«por#s  •  !  �Becember  18, 1968  cry loral bbor aritanization, and il*  ofRcen,  shall  be  under a  iliity, en­ forceable, at  the  suit  of  any  bona  fide  candidate  for  office  in  such  labor  orKani/ation  in  the' distria  raiirt of  the United Slates  in which  such  labor  or)^ni<aiion  maintains  its priiKipal  office,  to comj)ly  with  all  reasonable requests  of  any  can­ didate  to  distribute­  by  mail  or  otherwSte  at  the  candidate's  ex­ pense  lampaign  literature  in  aid  of  such  jrerson's  candidacy  to  alf  members  in  noosl  stamling of  such  labor  organi/ation  and  to  refrain  from  diM'rimination  in  favor of  or  against any  candidate  with­res|)ect  to the  use of  lists of  members, ami  wlienever such  labor  organizations  or its officers authorize the distribii­.  lion  by  mail or  otherwise  to mem­ bers of  ram|>aign  literature on  be­ half  df  any  candidate  or  of  the  labor organization  itself  with refer­ ence  to  such  election,  similar  dii­ tribiilion  at~  the  request  of >  any  other bona  fitle candidate  shall  be  matle  by  such  labor  organization  and  its members,  with equal  treat­ Bieiit as to  the expense of  such dis­ tribution.  £very  bona fide  candi­ date  shall  diave  the  rights  once  tcHhin W days i>rior  to an election  of  »  labtzr  organization  in  whicli  he­is a  candidate,  to  inspect  a<liit  ctmtainiiig  the  names  and­lau  known adtlresses of all  members of  die  labor  oiganiziitibii  wlio  arc  aiibjcCl  to  a  cullcciivc  bargaining  agreeiiieiit  r^uiring  .membership  therein  as  a  cotHlkiun  of  employ­ .  ment,  srhich  list  shall  be  main­ laiii«l  and  kept  at  the  priiici|Ml  office of  such'labororganizatitm by  a  designaicd.official  thereof:. Ade­ quate 'Safeguards  to  insure  a  (ait  election  sliall  be  providetl,  hicluil­ {sig tbc'. right of  any  candiilate  to  (have  an  olMcrver  at  tlie  jtolls  and  at  tile counting  of  ilie  ballots.  (<l)  Officers of  intermediate botl­ ies, such as general committees, sys­ lesu­ boiirds,  joint  boanls.  or  joint  ceimcils:  shalMie  elected  not less  pften. than mice every four years by  secret , ballot .among  the jgiembers  in .gooti stamluig  or  by  labor  or­ ganizaiiim officers  representative of  such  .members  who  have  been  elected  by  secret  ballot......  (c)  In any  election re<|iiired  by  tin's seriimi  which  is  to be held  by  secret  ballot  a  re.­isoiial>le opportu­ nity  shall'be  given  for  the  nom­ .fnation'  tif'  candidates  and  every  meniber in  good  stamling shall  be  ' eligible  to be  a  candidate  and  to  hold'office  (subject  to section  504  .'and  to  re.­isonable' qualifications  uniformly Imposed)  and sliall have  the  right  to  vote  for  or  otherwise  Sup|ioit  the  candidate  or  candi­ dates of  his chm'ce,  without  being  stibject'  to  penally,  discipline,  or  improper  interference  or  reprisal  of any kind by siidi organization or  any: member thereof.  Not lass  thait  fifteen  days  prior  to  the  election  notice  thereof  shall  be  mailed ­to  each  member  at  his  last  known  home  address.  Eacli  mfinber  in  good  standing  shall  be entitled  to  one vote.  No member  whose  dues'  have  been  withhehl  by  his. em­ • p  loyer  for payment  to such  organ­ ization  pursuant  to  his  voluntary  authorization  provitTed  for  in  a  collective,  baigaining  agreement  shall  be declared  ineligible to  vote  • r be a candidate  fur office  in such  oigaiiuation  by  reason  of  alleged  .delay or default  in theqtaymeut of  dues.  The  votes  cast  by_ nieiubers  of  eadi  local  lalzor  urgauization  shall  be  cuuuted,  and  the  results  ptiUisheil, se]>ar.itely. The election  officials tlesigiiated  in  die constitu­ tion anil bylaws  or the secretary,  if  no  oilier  official  is  designated,  shall  preserve  for one  year  the bal­.  lots  aiuKjill. other records  jicrtain­ ing  to  the  election.  Tlie  election  '  dtall  Ire  condiictdl  in  accordance  .with  the  constitution  and  bylaws  uf such organization  insofar as t^ey  • re not. inconsistent  with  the  pro­ visions of this  title.  {!)  When officers  are choseii  by  "  • conveittinn    of  delegates  electeil  fey  secret  ballot,  tlie  conveniion  shall  be  conducted  in  accordance  Swth the constitution and bylaws  of  the  labor  organization  insofar  as  they  are  nrtt  inconsistent  svTih  the  provisions  of  this  title.  The  offi­ cials designated  in  lire constitution  . and  bylaws  or  the secretary,  if  no  other  is  tlesignated,  shall  preserve  for  one  year  the credentials  of  the  delegates  and  all  niinntes  and  mhcr  records  of  the  convention  ;.'to  the  election  of  of­ SEAFARERS  LOG  ^ No moneys received by any  labor org:iiiizaiioii  by  way of  dues,  assessment,  or similar  levy, and  no  nioneys  of  an  employer  shall  be  contributed  or applied  to promote'  tiic candidacy  of  any  jiersop  in ats  election  snbject  to  llie  jirovisions  of  this  title.  Sufti  moneys  of  a  lalior urganizaiiun  may  be  utilized  for  notices,  factual  stateineius  of  issues  not  involving  candidates,  and  other  ex|)cnses  necessary  for  die holding of  an election.  (Il)  If  the  .Secretary,  iijion  air­ plication of  any member  of a  local  labor organization, fintis after Iiear­ ing  in accordance with  the Admin­ istrative  Procetliire  Act  that  the  constitution  and  bylaws  of •   such  labor  organization  ilo  not  provide  an adequate  procedure  for the  re­ moval of an  elected officer guilty of  serious  misconduct,  such  officer  may  be  removed,  for cause  sliown.  and  after  notice  and  hearing,  by  the members  in good  standing vot­ ing in  a secret feallot conducted  by  the  officers of  such  labor organiza­ tion  in  accordance  with  its consti­ liMion  ami  bylaws  insofar  as  they  are  not  inconsistent  with  the  pro­ yiiions of  this title.  .(i). Tlie Secretary shall  promul­ gate rules and regulations  prescrib­ ing  minimum  standards  and  pro­.  cedures  for  detennining  the  ade­ <|uacy of die removal procedures  la ­ which  reference  is  inade  in  sub­ section  (b).  .  ' KntorceiiMnt  Sec. 402;  • (  a)  member of a Iti­ l)i>r  organization—  '  (I)  'svho has exhausted  the retn­ ediM  available  under  the  cbnstitu­ ikm­and  bylaws  of  such  organiza­'  lion and of any parent hotly, or  (2)  who has invoked  such avail­ able remedies  without  obtaining a  hiial detnsion  within three calendar  months after ilieir invocation,  may­ file a complaint  with  the Sec­ retary  within  one  calendar moiuh  thereafter .alleging  the  violation of  any  provision  of  section  401  (in­ cluding  violation  of  the • c  onstitu­ tion and bylaws of  the labor organ­ i/ation  pertaining  to  the  election  and removal of  officers).  The chal­ lenged  election  shall  be  presumed  valid  pending  a '  final  decision  thereon  (as  hereinafter  provided)  and  in  the  interim  the  affairs  of  the organization shall be conducted  fey the  officers  elected  or  in  such  other  manner  as  its  conttitiHion  .ind  bylaws  may  provide,  (b)  The Secretary  sliall  investi­ gate such complaint and, if­iie finds  probable  cause  to  believe  that  a  violation of  this  title has  occurred  and  has  not  been  remedied,  he  shall,  within  sixty  days  after  the  filing  of  such  complaint,  bring  a  invil  action  against  the  labor  or­ ganization  as  an entity  in  the  dis­ trict court  of  the Unit^ Stales  in  which  sudi  labor  organization  maintains its  principal  office  to set  aside  the  invalid  election,  if  any,  and  to  direct  the  conduct  of  ah  election or  hearing and  vote upon  llie  reiiiuval  of  ulKcers  under  the^  lupenision of  tlie Secretary and  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  title and  sufli  rules and  regu­ lations' as  tlie  Secretary  may  pre­ scribe.  The court shall have power  to 'take  such  action  as  it  deems  proper to  preserve  tlie assets of  the  labor  organization.  (c)  If, upon a preponderalice  of  the evidence after­a  trial  upon the.  merits,  tlie court  rmds—  (1)  that  an  election  has  not  been  held  within  the  time  pre­ scribed  by section  401, or  (2)  that  the violation  of section  401  may have  affected  the outcome.,,  of  an  election,  the court shall declare  the election,  if  any,  to  be  void  and  direct  the  conduct  of  a  new  election  under  supervision of  tlie Secretary and, so  far  as  lawful  and  practicable,  in  conformity  with  the  constitution  tion. The  .Secretary shall  promptly  certify  to  the  court  the  names  of  the  persons  elected,  and  ilie court  shall  thereiqion  enter a  decree  de­ claring such  persons  to be  the offi­ cers  of  the  labor  organization.  If  . the­proceeding  is  for  the  removal  of  officers  pursuant  to  subsection  (h)  of  section  401,  tlie  Secretary  jiiiall  certify  the  results of  the vote  and  the court  shall  enter a  decree  declaring  whether  such  persoiu  have  been  removed  as  officers  of  the  lafenr  organization.  (d)  .4n  onier  dii­ecting  an  elec­ tion, 'dismissing  a  complaint,  or  designating electeti officers  of  a  la­ bor  organizatitkif  fhail  be  appcal­ afele  in  the  .same  manner  at  fhe  final  judgment  in  a  civil  action,  but :|u order  direriing  an  election  shall not  be stat ed pending apjieal.  Agglleatlan  of  Other  Ltiwa  See.  403.  No  labor  organization  shall be re<|iiired  by law  to conduct  elections  of  officers  with  greater  frecpiency  (or  in  a  dilfeient  form  or  manlier  than  is  required  by  iu  own  constitution or  bylaws,  except  as'oilienvise provided  by  this  title.  Kxisiiiig rights and  remedies  to en­ force  tlie  constitution  and  bylaws  of  a  labor  organization  with  re­ t|>ect  to elections  prior  to  the con­ iluct  thereof  shall  not  be  aHected  by  the provisions of  this title.  The'  remedy  provided  by  this  title  for  challenging  an  election  already  condutted  shall  be  exclusive,  • ffwtlva Date  Sec.  404.  The provisionT of  this  • t  itle  shall  become  applicable—  (1)  ninety days after the date  of  enaament  of  this .Act  in  the  case  of  a  labor, organization  whose con­ stitution  and  bylaws  can­ Jawfully  be modified  or amended  by  action  of  its constitutional  officers or  gov­ erning body,  or  (2)  where such modification can  only  be  matle  by  a  constitutmniiil  convention,  of  the  labor  organiza­ tion,  not  later­than  the Jiext  con^  atitutional  conveniion, of  such  la­ bor  organization  after  the date  of  eiuclnient of  this .{'ct,  or. one year  after such, date,  wtrichewr  is soon­ er.  If,no such  convention  is'hekl  within  such  one­year  period,  the  executive  board  or simiffif  govern­ "ng  body 'empowered  to  act.  for  such  labor  o^nization  betwecn­<  conventions is  em]>owcrfd  to make  such interim  constitutional changes  as  are  necessary  to  carry  out.the  provisions  of  this  title.  Title V  Safeguards  For  Labor  Organizations  Fiduciary  Rasiianclblilty  of  Offleara  of  Labor  Orcanlaotlons  Sec. 501.  (a)  Tlie officers, agents,  shop  stewards,  and  other  repre­ sentatives  of  a  labor  organization  occupy  positions  of  trust  in  rela­ tion  to  such  organi/ation  and  its  .  members  as  a  group.  It  is,  there­ fore, the  duly of  each such  person,  taking  into  account  the  special  problems  and  functions of  a  labor  organization,  to  hold  its  money  and  property  solely for  the benefit  of  tlie  organization  and  its  mem­ bers and to m.'inage,  invest, and ex­ pend the  same  in  arcordaiice  with  iw  constitution  .­Ind  bylaws  and  any  resolutions  of  the  governing  bodies  adopted  thereiiiMler,'to  re­ frain  from  dealing  with  such  or­ ganization  as  ati  adverse  party  or  in  behalf  of  an  adverse  party  in  any  matter  connected  svith  Tiii  duties and from  holding or acquir­ ing  any  pecuniary  or  personal  in­ terest Which, rondicts  with  the  in­'  teresLs of  such  organization, and  to  account to  the organization for any  profit  received by  liim  in whatever  rapacity  in  connection  with  trans­ .­ictions  conductnl  by  him  or  un­ der  his  direction  on  belialf  of  the  organizaticifi..  .A  general  exculpa­.  lory  provision  in  the  cons'titiition  and  bylaws  of  such a  labor  organ­ ization  or  a  general  exculpatory  resolution  of  a  .governing  body  purporting to  relieve a.ny  such  per­ son  of  liability  for  breach  of  the  duties declared by  tliis section shall  be  void  as agaiiist  public policy.  (b)  VVlieii  any  officer,  agent,  sliup  steward,  or  representative;  of  any  labor  organizatioi'i  is  alleged  to liave violated the duties declared  in  subsection  (u)  and  the  labor  oigaiiiz.atioh or its governing board  or  ollicer^ refuse  or  fail, to  sue  or  recover  damages  or  secure  an  ac­ counting  or  other  appropriate  re­ lief  wiiliin a  reusoirable  time  after  being  requested  to  do  so  by  any  member of  tlie  Jafeor  organization,  sucli  iiiember may  sue siicli  officer,  .igeiit, sliop  steward, or  representa­ tive  in  any  district  court  of  tlie  United States  or in aiiy State  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  to  re­ oiver  damages  or  secure  an  ac­ 'txiiiiiting  or  other  appropriate  re­ lief  for  the  benefit  of  the  iai.Mjf  oigatiiz.at(t)n.  No  such  proceeding  shall be luought except upon  leave  uf  tlie twuit obtain^ upon verified  |;  applicatioiT  and  for  good  cause  shown,  which  application  may  be  made  ex  parte.  The  trial  judge  may  allot a  reasonable  part  of  the  recovery  in  any  action  under  this  subsection  to pay  the  fees of' coun­ sel  prosecuting  the  suit  at  the  in­ stance of  the member  of  the  lairor  organization  ami  to  compensate  inch  member  for  any  expenses  necessarily paid or incurred by him  in  connection  with  the  litigation.  (c)  Any  |ierson  wlio  embezzles,  steals,  or  unlawriilly  and  willfully  abstracts  or  converts  to  his  own  use,  or  the  use  of  another,  any  of  the moneys,  funds, securities,  prop­ erty,  or  mher  assets  of  a  labor  or­ ganization of  whicli he is  an officer,  or by whidt  he is employed, direct­ ly or  indirectly,  shall  be fined  not  more  than  $10,000  or  imprisoned  for  not  more  than five  years,  or  both.  502^'  (a)  Every officer, agent,  shop  steward,  or  btlier  representa­ tive  or  employee  of  any  labor  or­ ganization  (other  tha'h  a  labor or­ ganization  whose  property and  an­ nual financial  receipts  do  not  exceed  $5,000  in  value),  or  of  a  trust in  which a labor organization  is inierested,  who handles funds or  tither  property  thereof  shall  be  bonded  for  the  faithful  discharge  of  his  duties.  The  bond  of  each  such  person  shall  be fixnl  at  the  beginiling of  the organization's fis­ cal year  and slmll  Ijc  in an amount  not  less tlian  10 per  centum of  the  fuiiils handletl  by him  ami his  pre­ decessor  or  pr^ecessors,  if  any,  during  the  preceding fiscal  year^  but in no case more  dian $500,000.  If  the  labor  organization  or  the  trim in  which a  labor organization  is  iinciestetl  does  not  Iiave  a  pre­ ceding fiscal  year,  the  amount  of  llie bond  shall  be,  in  the rase of  a  local  labor  organization,  not  less  than $1,000,  and in  the rase of  any  other  labor  organization  or  of  a  trust in  vriiidi a  lalmr organization  is inteiestetl,  not less'tlian .$10,000.  Such  bonds  shall  he  individual  or  schedule  in  form, and  shall  Jiave  a  corporate surety  company as surety  thereon.  Any  person  wlio  is  not  covtued  by siidi bonds  slia'll  not be  permitted  to  receive,  handle,  dis­ burse, or otherwise exercise custody  or  control  of  the  funds  or  other  property of  a labor  organization or  of  a  trust  in which  a  labor organi­ zation  is interested.  No such  bond  shall  be  placed  through  an  agent  or broker or with a surety company  in whidi  any labor organization  or  any officer,  agent, shop  steward, or  other representative  of  a  labor  or­ gjiiiziitiiMi  has  any  direct  or  indi­ rect  interest.  Such  surety  com­ pany  sliafl  a  t'oi'iKirate  surety  sdiich  holds  a  griiiit  of  aiiihoriiy  from ilie Secretary  of  the 'X'reasiii y  under  the  .Act  of  July  3(1,  J<>17  (6  U.S.C. 6­13), as ail  acceptable siire­ • ty on  Fetleral  bonds.  (b)  .Any  person  svlio  willfully  violates  tliis  section  shall  be fine^  not  more  than  .^10,000  or  impris­ oned  for  not  more  than  one  year,  or  both.  Maklac  of* Leans;  Paymsnt  of  Finoa  Sec.  5U3.  (a)  No labor  oigaiiiza.  tion shall make diieclly or indirect­ ly any  loan  or  loans.to any  officer  or  employee  of  such  orgmization  which  results  in  a  total  indebted­ ness  on  die part  of  such  officer  or  employee to  the labor  organization  in c.xcess  of $2,000.  (b)  No  labor  organization  or  emjdoyer shall  directly or  indirect­ ly  pay  the fine  of  any  officer  oi:  employee, convicted  of  any  willful  violation  of  this  .Act.  (c)  Any  person  who  willfully  violates  this  section  shall  be fined  not  more  than  $5,000  or  impris­ onetl  for not  more  th.­in  one.year,  or  both.  Prohibition  Aaalnst  Cortaln  Porsons  Holdlns  Offlco.  Sec.  504.  (a)  No  person  who  is  or has been a member  of  die Com­ munist Party  or wlio lias  been con­ victed  of,  or  served  any  part  of  a  prison term resulting  from his con­ viction of,  robbery,  bribery,  extor­ tion, embezzlement,  grand larceny,  burglary,  arson,  violation' of  nar­ cotic .  laws,  murder,  rape,  assault  with  intent  to  kill,  assault  which  inflicts grievous bodily  injury, or a  violation  of  title  II  or  IU  of  this  Act,  or  conspiracy to  commit  any  such  crimes,  shall  serve—  (1)  as  an  officer,  director,  trus­ tee, member of any exmidve board  .or similar governing b^y, businest  agent, manager, organizer, ortothei  Supplement—Pa^e Thre*  employee  (other , than  at  an  em­ ployee performing  exclusively cler­ ical  or  custodial  duties)  of  any  labor  organization,  or  (2)  as a  labor relations  consult­ ant  to a  person  engaged  in  an  in­ dustry  or  activity,  ­affecting  com­ merce,  or  as  an  officer,  director,  agent,  or employee  (otJier  than  as  an employee  performing exclusive­ ly  clerital  or  custodial  duties)  of  any  group  or  association  of  em­ ployers  dealing  with  any  labor  or­ ganization,  during  or  for five  yean  after  the  termination  of  his  inembership  in  the  Commzinist  Party,  or  for five  yean  after  such  conviction  or  after  die. end  of  such  imprison­ ment,  unless  prior  to  the  end  of  such five­year  period,  in  the  case  of  a  i>erson  so  convicted  or  im­ prisoned:  (A) his citizenship rights,  having  been  revoked as  a  result of  such'  conviction,  have  been  fully  restored, or (B) the Board of  Parole  of  the  United  States  Department  of Justice determines iliat such per­ ron's  service  in  any  capacity  re­ ferred  to  ill  clause  (1)  or  (2)  would  not  be contrary  to  the pur­ poses of  this Act.  Prior to  making  any  such  determination  the  Board  shall hold  :in  administrative  hear­ ing  and  shall  give  notice  of  such  proceeding by  certified mail  to the  .Slate,  county,  artd  Federal  prose­ niting  officuds  in  the  juiisdicdon  or jurisdictions  in which' such  per­ son  was  convicted.  The  Board's  determination in  any such  procecd­ itig shall  be final.  No labor organ­ ization  or  officer  thereof  ^ail  knowingly permit any  person to as­ sume  or  Iiold  any  office  or  paid  position, in  violation  of  this  sub­ section.  (b)  '.Any  person  who  willfully  violates  diis  section  shall  be fined  not  more  than  $10,000  or  impris­ aned  for  not  more  than  one  year,  or  both.  (c)  For  the purposes  of  diis sec­ . tion,  any  person  shall  be  deemed  to  have  been  "convictetl"  and  tin­ der  the  disability  of  "conviction"  from  die  date of  the  judgment  of  the  trial  court  or  the  dale  of  the  final  sustaining  of  sucli  judgment  on  ap))cal,  wlu'ciiever  is  die  later  event,  regardless  of  whether  such  conviction occurred  before .or after  the date  of  enactment  of  tliis  Act.  AmandnMnt  to  iMtloil  SOS,  Labor  Manaaomont  Ralatlana  Act,  1947  Sec.  505.  Siibsetiioiis  (a),  (b),  and  (c)  of section  302 of  the Labor  Management  Relations  ­Act,  19­17,  as  amended,  are  amendetl  to read  as  follows:  "SEC.  302.  (a)  It shall  lie unlaw­ ful  for any employer  or association  of  employers  or  any  |)erson  who  acts as a  lalmr relations expert,  ad­ viser, or consultant  to an eiiiployir  or  who  acts  in  the  interest  of  an  employer  to  pay,  lend,  or  deliver,  or  agree  to  pay,  lend,  or^deliver,  any  money  or  other  thing  of  value—  " (1)  to  any  representative  of  any of  his employees  who are  em­ ployed  in  an  industry  affecting  commerce; pr  "(2)  to  any  labor  organization,  or any  officer or  employee  thereof,  which  represents,  seeks  to  repre­ sent,  or  would  ailmit  to  member­ ship, any  of  the employees  of  such  employer  who are  employed  in  an  industry affecting  commerce; or  " (8)  to  any  eiiqiloyee  or  group  or committee of  employees of  sudi  employer employeil  in  an  industry  affecting  commerce  in  excess  of  their normal  conipensatioii  for  tlie  purpose  of  causing  such  emjiloyee  or  group or  committee  directly  or  indirectly  to  influence  any  other  employees  in  tlie  exercise  of  the  right  to  organize  and  bargain  col­ lecdvely dirougli  representatives of  tlieir own  choosing; or  " (4)  to  a'Uy  officer  or  employee  of  a'labor organization  eiigageil  in  an  industry  affecting  commerce  with intent  to iiilluence  liim  in re­ s|iect  to  any  of  his  actions,  deci­ sions,  or duties­as  a  l epresentalive  of  employees  or  as  sutii  officer  or^  employee  of  such  labor  organiza­ tion.  " (b)  (1)  It  sIuilL be  unlawful  for any person  to request, demand,  receift,  or  accept,  or  agree  to  re­ ceive  or  accept,  any  payment,  loan, or  delivery  of  any  money  or  other tiling  of  value prohibited  by  subsection  (a).  • •(2)    It shall  be unlawful for any  labor oigaiiizaiion, or  for any  per­ ; SOD  acting as  an offictftr^  agent, rep­ resentatives  or  employee  of  sudi  labor  organization,  to  demand  accept  from  the  operator  of  any  motor  vehicle  (as  defined  in  part  il of the  Interstate Commerce Act)  employed  in  the  transportation  of  ])ro|)erty  in  commerce,  or  the  em­ ployer  of  any  such  operator,  any  iiioney or other  thing of  value pay­ able  to such  organization  or  to an.  officer, agent,  rei>rescntative or em­ ployee  thereof  as  a  fee  or  charge  for  the  unloading,  or  in  connec­ tion  with  die  unloading,  of  the  cargo  of  such  vehicle:  Provided,  • f'liat  nothing  in  this  paragraph  shall  be  construed  to make  unlaw­ ful  any  payment  by  an  employer  to any of  bis employees as  compen­ sation  for  their  services  as  em­ ployees.  "(r.)  The  provisions  of  this  sec­ tion shall  not lie  applicable  (I)  iiF  res|>ect  to  any  money  or  other  tiling  of  value  ]>ayable  by  an  em­ ployer  to  any  of  iiis  employee*  whose  established  iliilies  include  acting ojieiily  for siirli  employer in  matters  of  labor' relations  or  peiv  soniiel  administration  or  to  any  representative of  his em|)!oyees,  or  to any  officer  or  employee  of  a  la­ bor  organization,  who  is  also  an  em]jIoyee  or  former  emjdoyee  of  such  employer,  as  com|)en$ation  for,  or  by  reason  of,  his service  as  an  employee of  such  employer;  (2)  ss'iili  resjiect  to die  payment  or de­ livery of  any  money or other  thing  of  value  in  satisfaction  of  a  judg­ ment  of  any  court  or a  decision  or  award of  an arbitrator or'im|»rtial  chairman  or  in  compromise,  atl­ jiisiment,  settlement,  or  release  of  any claim,  complaint, grievance, or  dispute  in  the absence  of  fraud  or  duress;  (3)  with  respect  to  the  sale  or  jiurchase  of  an  article  or  conimodiiyT at  the  ]>ievuih'iig  mar­ ket  price  in  the  regular  course  of  business; (4)  witli  resiject  to money  deducted  from  tlie  wages' of  em­ ployees  in  jiaynieiu of  memliersliip  dues  in  a  labor organi/ation:  Pro­ vided,  Tliat  die  enijdoyer  has  re­ ceived  from  each  employee,  on  whose account  sticli  dediictioiis are  made,  a  written  assignment  which  shall  hot  be  irrevoi'alzle  for a'jicrt­ od  of  more  than  one  yc:ir,'  or  be­ yond  the'teimiiiaiioii' diite  of  the  ajrplicable'  collective  iigreement,  whichever'occurs  stxmer;  (5)  with  re.si>ect  to money  or other  thing of  value  paid'to  a  trust  fund  estab­ lished'by  such  representative,  for  lite  sole  ami  exclusive  lieiiefit  of  the  employees  of  such  employer,  :ind  their  families  ami  de|>eiidenls  (or  of  such  employees,  himilies^  ami  ilependents  jointly  with  the  employees of  other employers mak­  •   iiig  similar  payments,  and  their  families  and  dejiemients):  Pr<^  vidcd. That  (.\) such­  jiaymeiits are  belli  in  trust  lor  the  pur|M)se  of  paying, either from  principal or  in­ come  or  both,  for  the  benefit  of  employees,  their  laiiiilies  and  de­ jiendents,  for  meiliraf  or  linspital  care,  pensions  or  retirement  or  death  of  em|)loyees,  compensaiion  for  injuries  or  illness  resulting  from  occupatiuiial  activity  or  in­ surance  to provide  aiiysif  the  fore­ going,  or  imcmployment  lienefits  or  life  insiiiaiice,  disability  and  sickness  insiiiauce.  or  accident  in­ surance;  (B)  the  (Igtailed  basis  on  wliich  sudi  paymeiiis  are  to  be  made is s])ecified  in :i  written agree­ jinent  with  the  employer,  ami  em­''  |ployees  and  employers  arc  e<|ually  represented  in  die  admiiiisiiatiun  uf  sucli  fumi,  together  wiUi  such  neutral  persons  as  the  i'e|>reseiita­ tives of  the eniployers and  the rep­ resentatives  of  employees  may  agree  upon  and  in  the  event  the  employer  ami  employee  giuiqis  deadlock  on  the  admiiiistratluii  of  such fund and  there are  no iieuti::!  jiersons  emimwered  to  break  such  deadlock,  sudr agreement  provide*  that  the  twxi  groups  shall  agree  on  an impiqt'ial  uiiijiiie to ilei ide such  dispute, or  in event of  their laihire  to agree witliiii  a  leasumible length  .>f  lime,  an  inijiartiai  umpire  to •   decide  such  dispute  .shall,  on  |>eti­ tioii  of  either group,  he ap|wliited  • by the district  court  of  the  United  States  for  tlie  district  wliere  the  trust  fund  has  its  principal  office,  and  diall  also  coiitaii'i  provision*  fur  .m  aiuiual  audit  of  the  trust  fund, a  statemeiu  of  the  lesiilts  of  wlilidl stall be  available for  iiisjiec­.  tioii  by  interested  jiersons  at  the  jirim'ijKiI  office  of  the  trust  lofd  iuid at  sucli otiier  pl:iccs as may  be  dcsigiiatesl  in  siicIi  written  agree­ iiieiit;  ami  (C)  such  jxiyments  a*  ,:ire iiiteuded to be usesi fur  the pur­ m  �• npplemeni—Pase Four  SEAFARERS  LOG  pose  o{ (iroviding  pensions  or  an­ nuities  (OT  employees  are  made  tp  a  sepanite  trust  which  proviilei  • liat the  fumls held therein  cannot  be used  for any purpose other  than  paying such  pensions or  annuities;  or  (ti)  witli  resjject  to  money  or  otiter  thing  of  value  paid  by  any  employer  to  a  trust  fund  estab­ lished  by  such  representative  for  the  purjrose  of  pooled  vacation,  holiday,  severance  or  similar  ben  efits.  or  defraying  costs of  appren  tireship  or  other  training  pro­ grams:  Prmiidrd,  That  the  re­ t|uirements  of  clause  (B)  of  the  proviso  to  clause  (5)  of  this  sub­ section  shall  applv  to  such  trust  ftmds."  SM. fiOI.' (a)  The Secretary shall  have  jjower  wFien  he  believes'  it  iierevsary ­  in  order  to  determine  whether .any  iterson has violated  or  is about  to violate any  jsrovision of  diis Act  (except Title  I  or amend­ ments  m:ide  by  this  Act  to  other  statutes)  to  make  an  investigation  and  in  connprtion  theretvith  he  may  enter  such  places  and  inspect  such  records  and  accounts  aiul  ijtiestioii  such  [lersons  as  he  may  (ieem  necessary  to  enable  him  to  (leteriniiie  the  facts  relative  there­ to.  The  Secretary  may  reiiort  to  iiui­icstcd  persons  or  officials  con­ ceiiiing  the  facts  to  be  shotvn  in  any  report  required  by  this  Act  and  conteniing  the  reasons  for  failure or  refund  to fife  such  a  re­ port or  any other  matter which  he  deems to be appropriate  as a result  of siidt  an  investigation.  j(b)  For  tlie  piii'iMise  of  any  in­ vestigation  provided  for  in  this  Act,  the  provisions  of  sections  9  and  10  (relating  to tlie  attendance  of  witnesses and  the production  of  ^bboks,  papers,  and  documents)  of  'tlid Federal Trade Commission Act  ,  of Sei>tember  10, 19H,  as amended  (l.'r  U.S.C.  49,  50),  are  hereby  made  applicable  to  tlie  jurisdic­ tion, {lowers, and  duties of  the Se£  retary or  any officers designated  by  hltn.  Extortlonat*  Plckatlng  Sec. 002  (a)  It shall be  unlawful  to cany  on {licketiiig  on or  about  .tlie  premises  of  any  employer  for  tlie  pur|>ose  of,  or  as  part  of  any  ,  conspiracy  or  in  furtherance  of  any  plan  or  purjiose  for,  the  |ier­ lonal  profit  or  enrichment  of  any  individual  (except  a  bona  fide  in­ crease  in  wages  or  other  employee  benefits)  by  taking  or  obtaining  any money  or other  thing of  sralue  from sudi employer against his will  or with his consent.  (b)  Any  {lerson  who  willfully  violates  this section  shall  be  lined  not  more  than  $I0,(H)0  or  impris­ oned  not  more  than  twenty  years,  or  both.  k:.­ u.  mm  'i&y  Amendments To  The Labor  Management  Relations  Act, 1947,  As  Amended  Sec.  606.  The  {novisions  of  the  Administrative Procedure Act shall  be  applicable  to  tlie  issuaiKe,  amendment,  or  rescission  of  any  rules or regulations, or any  adjudi­ cation,  autliorized  or  required  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this  Act.  InvMtlsaUaiia  i.  Sarvlc*  of  Proeo**  Administrative  Preeeduro  Act  Miscellaneous  Previsions  1  provision  to'any person  or clrcuml  stances,  shall  be  held  invalid,  the  remainder'oC this Act  or the  appH­ catipn of  such provision  to jiersons  or  circumstances  other  than  those  as to which it is held  invalid, shall  not be  affected  thereby.  Sec. 605.  For the  pur(X)ses of this  Act, service of summons, subpoena,  or other legal  process of  a court  of  the  United  States  upon, an  officer  or agent of  a  labor organization in  his capacity as such shall constitute  service  upon  the  labor  organiza­ tion.  Title VI  'fi­ shall  be  construed  to  impair  or  diminisli  tlie  authority  of  any  State to  enact and  enforce general  criminal  laws  with resjiect  to  rob­ bery,  bribery,  extortion,  embezzle­ ment,  graml  Larceny,  burglary,  ar­ son,  violation  ^ narcotics  laws,  murder,  rajie,  assault  with  intent  to  kill,  or  assault  which  inflicts  grievous  bodily  injury,  or  conspir­ acy  to commit  any  of  such crimes.  Othar  Agonel**  and  Oopartmont*­ Sec.  607.  In  order  to avoid  un­ necessary  ex|)ense  and  duplication  of  functioiu  among  Government  agencies,  the  Secretary  may  make  such  arrangements  or  agreements  for  cooperation  or  mutual  assist­ ance  in  the  {lerformance  of  his  functions  under  this  Act  and  tlie  functions of  any such  agency as  he  may  find  to  pracucable  and  consistent with  law.  The Secretary  may utilize  tlie facilities  or services  of  any  department,  agency,  or  es­ tablishment  of  die  United  States  or  of  any  State  or  {lolitical  sub­ division  of  a  Sute,  including  the  services  of  any  of  its  employees,  with the  lawful consent of  such de­ partment,  agency,  or  establish­ ment;  and each  department, agen­ cy,  or establishment of  the  United  States is authorized  and directed  to  cooperate  with  the  Secret.­iry  and,  to the  extent {lermitted  by  law,  to  provide  such  information  and  fa­ cilities  as  he  may  request  for  his  assistance in the jierformance of  hit  functions under  this  Act.  The .At­ torney  General  or  his  representa­ tive shall receive from the Secretary  for  appropriate  action  such  evi­ dence  develo|ied  in  the  jierfbrm­ ance  of  his  functions  under  this  Act  as  may  be  found  to  warrant  consideration  for criminal  prosecu­ tion  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act or  other  Federal  law.  Criminal  Conta  Sec. 608. No {lerson shall  be pun­ ished for any criminal contempt al­ legedly committed  outside  the  im­ mediate  presence  of  the  court  in  connection  with  any  civil  action  prosecuted  by  the Secretary  or any  other  {lerson  in  any  court  of  the  United States under  the  provisions  of  this Act  unless the  facts consti­ tuting sudi  criminal  contempt are  established  by  the  verdict  of  the  jury in  a proceeding in  the district  court  of  the­Unitetl  States,  which  '  jury  shall  be  chosen^ and  empan­ Ratantlon  of  RIshts  Undar  eled  in  tlie  manner  prescribed  by  Other  Fadaral  and  .the  law  {governing  trial  juries  in  Stat*  Law*  Sec. 00>t.  (a)  Kxcept as explicitly  criminal  prosecutions  in  the  div  provided  to  the  contrary,  nothing  trict courts  of  the United  States.  in this .\ct shall reduce or limit the  Prohibition .on  Certain  responsibilities of  any  labor organ­ DIseiplIno  by  Labor  4/ation  or  any  officer,  agent,  shop  Orsanlzatlon  Sec. 609.  It shall be unlawful  for  .steivard.  or other  representative of  a labor organization, or of any trust  any  labor organization,  or any  offi­ in  which  a  labor  organization  is  cer,  agent,  shop  steward,  or  other  representative  of  a  labor oiganiza­ interested,  under any  Federal  law  or under the laws of any State, and,  tion,  or  any  enijiloyee  thereof  to  except as explicitly provided  to the  fine,  sus|>end,  ex|)el,  or  otherwise  contrary,  nothing  in  this Act  shall  tliscipline  any  ol  its  members  for  take away any right or bar any rem­ exercising any  right  to Wtiich  he is  etly  to  which  members  of  a  labor  'Mititled  under  the  {irovisions  of  organization  are  entitled  under  this ­Act.  The jirovisions of  section  such  o(her  Federal  law  or  law  of  102  shall  be applicable  in  the  en­ I'oiccment  of  this  section.  9ny  State.  Doprlvatlon  of  RIEHU  Undor  (b)  Nothing contained  in  titles  Act  by  VIolonc*  ­ I, II.  fir,  IV, V,  or VI,of  this Act  Sec.  610.  It  shall  be  unlawful  shall  lie construeil  to  supersede  or  fyr  any  {lersoii  tlirougli  the  use  of  im|rair or  otherwise affect  the  pro­ visions of  the  Railway  l­abor  Act,  force  or  violence,  or  threat  of  the  use of force  or violence, to restrain,  as  amended,  or  any of  the obliga­ tions,  rights,  benefits, privileges,  or  coerce, or intimidatCrOr attempt to  restrain,  coerce,  or  intimidate  any  immunities  of  any  carrier,  em­ member of a  labor organization for  ploj­ee,­  organization,  representa­ tlie {lurjiose  of  interfering  with  or  tive, or  person subject  thereto; nor  preventing the exercise of any  right  shall  anything  contained  in'  said  to  which  he  is  entitled  under  the  titles  (c.xcept  section  505)  of  this  provisions of  this Act.  Any  person  Act  be  construetl  to  confer  any  who  willfully  violates  this  section  righto,  {iriviJeges,  immunities,  or  shall be  rmctl not more  than .'JLOOO  defenses  u{ion employers,  or  to im­ pair or otlicrw'ise  affect  the  rights  or  imprisoned  for  not  more  than  of  any  {lerson  under  theJN'ational  diiis  year,  or  both.  • pparabllKy Pravialans  '  ­  Labor  Relations  Act,  as amended;  Sec. 611,  If any  provision of  this  'V  • " **• *• Low*    Act,  or  the  application  of  such  •   ^  Nothing  in  tliis  1U  'i  • J­:.'­­ Title VII  r*d*ral­SUt*  Jurlsdlattan  Sec.  701.  (a)  Section  14  of  the  National  Labor  Relations  Act,  as  amended, is  amended by  adding at  the end  thereof  the following  new  subsection:  " (c) (I)  The  Board,  in  iu dis­ cretion, may, by  rule of decision or  by {Miblished  rules adopted  {iiirtu­ ant  to  the  .Administrative  Proce­ dure  Act,  decline  to  assert  juris­ diction  over  any  labor dispute  in  volving any class or category of em­ ployers,  wiiere,  in  the  0{>iiiit>ri  of  the Board,  the effect of  such  laboi  dispute  on  commerce  is  not  suffi­ ciently  substantial  to  wamiit  the  exercise  of  iu  jiirisdiction;  Fro­ vided,  That  the  Board  shall  not  decline'to assert  jurisdiction  over  any  labor  dis|Hite  over  which  it  would assert  jurisdiction under  the  standards  prevailing  u[>on  August  I,  1959.  "(2)  Nothing  in  this  .Act  Shall  be  (teemed  to {irevent  or  bar any  agency  or  the  courts  of  any  State  or  Territory  (including  the  Com­ monwealth  of  Puerto Rico,  Guam,  and  the  Virgin  Islands),  from  aV  siiming  and  asserting  jurisdiction  over  labor disputes  over which  the  Board  declines,  pursuant  to  para­ graph  (1)  of  this  subsection,  to  ^assert jurisdiction."  (b)  Section S (b)  of  such Act  Is  amended  to read  as  follows:  "(b)  The  Board  it  aiithorized  to delegate  to  any  group of  three  or more members any  or all  of  the  (lowers  whidi  it  may  itself  exer­ cise.  The BoanPis  also authorized  to dclegiitc to  iis I'cgional  directors  its powers under section 9 to detCT­ 'liiiiie  the  unit apprbpHa'te  for  the  puqxMe of collective bargaining, to  investigate  and  provide  for  liear­ ings,  and  detennirlF  whether  a  question  of  representation  exists,  and  to direct an  election or  take a  Kcret  ballot under  subsection  (c)  or  (e)  of  section 9  and certify  the  results  thereof,  exce|H  that  iijion  the filing of a request Uierefor with  ^the  Board  by  any  interested  per­ son,  the Board  may Rview any  ac­ tion  of  a  regional  director  dele­ gated to him under  this paragra|>h,  but such  a review  shall not,  unless  specifically  ordered  by  the  Board,  operate  as  a  sUy  of  any  action  taken  by  the  regional  director.  A  vacancy in  the Board  shall not im­ pair  the  right  of  the  remaining  members to exercise all of  the pow­ ers  of  the  Board,  and  three mem­ bers  of  the  Board  shall,  at­all  times,  constitute  a  quorum  of  the  Board,  except  that  two  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum  of  any  group  designated  pursuant  to  tlie  first  sentence  hereof.  The  'Board  shall  have  an  offici;il  seal  svhich  shall  be  judicially  noticed."  Economic  Strlkora  Sec.  702.  Section 9 (c)  (3)  of  tlile  NatioiiTil  Labor  Relations  .Act,  as/  amended, is  amended by  amending  the second sentence thereof  to read  as follows:  "Fniployees engaged  in  an economic strike who are  not en­ titled  to  reinstatement  shall  be  eligible  to vote  under such  regula­ tions  as  the  Board  shall find  are  consistent  with  the  purposes  and  provisions  of  this .Act  in  any  elec­ jion  conducted  within  twelve  months­after the commencement of  the  strike."  Vacancy  In  OHIc*  of  aanaral  Counsal  Sec.  703.  Section  3(d)  of  the  National  Labor  Relations  Act,  as  amended,  is,  amended  by  adding  after  the {leriod at  the end  tliereof  the  foOlowing:  "in  case  of  a  va­ ewicy  it  the  office  of  the  General  Cotmio  die  President  ii  author*  ued to designate  the officer or  em­ ployee  who  shaU  act  as  General  Counsel  dti.*{ng  such  vacancy,  but  no {lenon or {lersons so designated  shall M act  (1)  for more than forty  days  when  the  Congress  is  In  ses­ sion  unless  a  nomination  to  fill  sudi  vacancy  shall  have  been sub­ mitted  to the  Senate,  or  (2)  after  the  adjournment  sine  die  of  the  session of  the Senate in which such  nomination  was submitted."  Royostt*  and  RacaRaHlM  PlekatlnV^  Sec.  704.  (a)  Seaion  8(b)  (1)  of  the  National  Labor  Relatioiu  December  M,  19S9  oontratx  or agreement,  expieii  or  tm(>lied,  whereby  such  emidoyer  ceases or refrains or agrees to cease  or  refrain  from  handling,  using,  selling,  trans{>orting  or otherwise  dealing  in any  of  the  products  of  any othn­ employer, or  to cease do­ ing business with any other (iers<m,  and any contract  or agreement  en­ tered  into  heretofore  or  hereafter  containing such an agreement shall  be to such  extent unenforcible and  void:  Provided,  That  nothing  in  this  subsection  (e)  shall  apply  tp  an  agreement  between  a  labor  or­ ganization and  an'einployer in  the  construction  industry  relating  to  the  contracting  or  subcontracting  of  work  to  be  done at  the  site  of  the  construction,  alteration,  (Mint­ ing, or  re|>air of  a  building, struc­ ture, or other  works: Provided  fur­ ther, That  for  the purposes  of  this  subsection  (e)  and  section  8(b)  (4)  (B)  the  lerms  'any  employer,*  any  (lerson  engaged  in  commerce  or an industry affecting commerce',  '' and 'any  (lerson'  when  used  in re­ lation  to  the  terms 'any  other pro­ ducer,  processor, or  manufacturer',  'any other employer', or 'any  <Hher  person'  shall  not  include  (lersons  in  the  relation  of  a  jobber,  man­ ufacturer,  contractor,  or  stilKon­ tractor  working  on  tlie  goods  or  (ireniises  of  tlie  jobber  or  manu­ facturer or (lerforming  (larts of  an  ­  integrated process  of production  in  the ap(iareljind  clothing industry:  Provided further. That  ncHliing in  this Act  shall (irohibit  the enfoiee­ ment  of  any  agreement  ­which  is  within  the foregoing  exception."  (c)  Section 8 (b) of  the National  Labor  Relatkms Act.  as  amemTed,  it  amended  by  striking  out  the  word  "and"  at  the  end  of  (lara­ gra[ih  (5), striking out  the (lefiod  at  the end  of  (xiragriq^h  (6), ami'  inserting  in  lieu  thereof  a  semi­ colon­and  the  word  "and,"  knd  adding a new  (lamgraph as follows:  "(7)  to  picket  or  cause  t(i  be  (ticketed,  or  threaten  to picket  or  cause to  be (lirketed, any  em[iloyer  where  an object  thereof  it  forcing  .or requiring  an em)iloyer  to recog­ nize or bargain with a  labor organ­ ization as  the represenutive of  his  employees,  or forcing  or requtring  the  emidoyee  of  an  employer  to.  accept  or select  such labor organ*  ization  as  their  collective  bargain­ ing .representative,  unless  such  la­ lior organization  is currently  certi­ fied  as  the  representative  of  sudi  em(sloyees:  Act,  as  amended,  is  amended  to  read  as  follows:  "(4) (i)  to  engage  in,  or  to  in­ duce  or  encourage  any  individual  employed  by  any  {lerson  engaged  in commerce  or  in an  industry  af­ fecting  commerce  to  engage  in,  a  strike or a  refut.al  in the  course of  his  employment  to  use,  manufac  ture,' {irocess,  transport,  or  othei>  wise handle  or work on  any goods,  articles,  materials,  or  commcKlities  or to  jierform any  services;  or  (ii)  to threaten,  coerce, or  restrain  any  {lerson­ engaged  in commerce of  in­ :in  industry  affecting  commerce,  where  in  either  case  an  object  thereof is—  "(A)  forcing  or  requiring  any  employer  or. sejf­employed  {lerson  to  join  any  labor  or  employer or­ gahi/atjon  or  to  enter  imo  any  agreihient  whidr  is  prohibited  by  secti  ?^.(e);  "(B)  forcing  or  reqidring  any  person  to cease  using, selling,  han­ ^lling,  transjiorting., or  otherwiw  dealing  in  the  products  of  any  other  producer,  processor, or  man­ ufacturer,  or  to  cease  doing  busi­ ness with any other  jiei­son. or forc­ ing or requiring any  other employ­ er  to  recognize  or  bargain  wiUt  a  labor organization as tlie represent­ ative of  his employees  unless  such  labor  organization  has  been  certi­ fied  as  the  representative  of.  such  employees  under  the  provisions  of  section 9:  Provided, That  nothing  contained  in  this ciause  (B)  shall  be  construed  t6  make  unlawful,  where  not otherwise  unlawful, any  primary  strike  or  primary  picket­ ing;  '(C)  forcing  or  requiring  any  employer  to  recognize  or  bargain  with  a  (larticular  labor  organiza­ tion  as  the  representative  of  his  employees  if  another  labor  organ­ ization  has  been  certified  at  the  representative  of  such  employees  "  "(A)"where  the  employer  hai:  under  the'provisions  of  section  9;  "(D)  forcing  or  requiring  any  lawfully  recognized  in  accordance  employer to assign  particuliy: work  with  tliis  Act  any  other  labor  or­ to employees  in  a  (nrticiilar  labor  ganization and  a qUesticin  concern­ organization  or  in  a  particular  ing representation  may  not appro­ trade, craft, or  class rather  than  to  priately  be  raised  under  section  employees in  anotlier labor organi­ 9 (c)  of  this Act.  zation or in another  trade, craft, or  "(B)  wliere  within'the  preced­'  class,  unless  such  employer  is  fail­ ing twelve  months a  valid election  ing to conform  to an order  or cer­ under section  9 (c) of  this Act  has  tification  nf  the  Board  determin­ lieen conducted, or  "(C)  where  such  picketing  has  ing  the  bargaining  representative  for  employees  (lerforming  such  been  conducted  without  a  (icti­ work:  Provided,  That  nothing  tion  under  9(c)  being filed  with­ contained, in  this  subsectiiin '  (b)  in  a  reasonable  (leriod  of  time  shall  be construed  to make  unlaw­ not  to  exceed  thirty  days  from  ful a  refusal by  any (lerson to enter>  the commencement  of  such  picket­ iqion the  premises of any  employer  ing:  Provided,  That  when  such  a  (other  than  his own  employer),  if  (setition  has  been filed  the  Board  the  employees  of­  such  employer  shall  forthwith,  without  regard  to  are  engaged  in  a strike  nitilied  or  the (irovisions  of  section 9 ((:)  (1)  iqijiroved  by  a  representative  pf  or  the  absence  of  a  showing, of  a  such  employees'  whom  such  em­ substantial  interest  on  the  part  of  the  labor  organization,  direct  an  jiloyer  is  required  to recognize  im­ der  this  Act:  Provided  hirlher.  election in such iinit'as  the  Board  finds  to  be  aiipropriate  and  sluill  That for  the {lurjioses of  this {lara­ graph  (4)  only, nothing contained  certify the  results thereof; Provided  in  such  panigrapli  shall  be  con­,  further. That  nothing  in  this suli­ striied  to  (irohibit  publicity,  other  paragraph.  (C)  shall  be  construed  than  (licketiiig,  fur  the  |>ur|iose  of  to­(irohibit  any  picketing or'other  (lulilicity  for  the |iur]iose  of  truth­ truthfully  advising  the  public,  in­ cluding consumers and members of  fully  advising  the  public  (includ­ ing  consumers)  that  an  employer  a  labor  organization,  that  a  prod­ uct or (irikiucts are produced by an  does,  not  em|iloy  members  of,  or  have  a  contract  with,  a  labor  or­ employer with  wliopi  the labor  or­ ganization  has  a  primary  dispute  ganization,  unless an  effect of  such  and arc'distributed  by another em­ .(licketing  is  to induce  any  individ­ ployer,  as  long  as  nich  (lublicity  ual  enijiloyed  by any  other  (lerson  does  not  have  .an  effect  of  induc­ in  the  course  of  his  ein|iIoyment,  ing  any  individual  employed  by  not to pick  up, deliver or trans(iort'  any  (lerson other  than  the (irimary  any  goods  or  not  to  (icrform' any  services.  employer  in  the  course  of  his era­ "Nothing in  this  panigrapli  (7)  [iloyment  to refuse  to  pick  up, de­ iver,  or  traiiqiort  any  goods,  .or,  shall  be. construed, .to  jiennit  any  not  to perform  any service.s,  at the  act  which  would  othenrise  be  an  establisliment  of  tlie  employer  en­:  itnT­iir  labor  (irqctice  under  this,  section  8 (b)."  giged  in  such  distribu!;.;:;:".  (d)  Section lO (1)  of the  Nation'­ (b)  .Section  8  of  the  National  Lalxir  Relations  Act,  as  amended,  al  Labor  Relations Act,  as amend­ is  amended  by  acldiiig  at  the  end  'sd. Is amended  by adding after  tlie  thereof  the  following  new  subsec­ words  "section  8(b),"  the  wrords  tion;  ,  'or  section  8(e).  or  section  8(b)  (e)  It shall  be an  unfair labbr:  (7)," and by striking out  the (leri­ pmctiw, for any labor otgani^tloii *  dd.at  the end of the third  sentence  and aiiy employer to enter into any  and ^jrting in lieit  thereof  a ix>­  .  J •  !• •  ;  I'­c io­  ­a.  ion  and  the following: "Providf  further.  That  such  officer  or  gional attorney shall  not apply  for  any restraining order under sectkm  8(b)  (7)  if  a  charge  against  tho  emidoyer  under  section  8 (a) (2) •   has been filed and  after the prelim;  'inary  investigation,  he  has reason­ 'able  cause  to  "believe  that  such  Icharge is  true and tliat a complaint  .should  issue."  (e)  .Section SOS (a)  of  the Labor  Management  Relations  Act,  1947i  is amended  to read  as follows;  "(a)  It shall be unlawful, for tlic  (impose of­this  section only,  in an  industry  or  activity  affecting  com­ merce,  for  any  labor  organization  to  engage  in  any  activity  or  con­ duct  defined  as  an  unfair  labor  practice'in  section  8(b)  (4)  of  the  National  I.abor  Relations  Act,  as  amended."  Rulldlng  and ConatmotlaN  Industry  Sec. 705.  (a)  S.eciion 8 of the Nt­r  '(ional  I.abor'  Relations  .Act,  ae  amendetl  by section  704 (b)  of  thi*  .Art.  is  amended  by  adding  at  the  end thereof  the following new  sub­ stction;  ;  r  '  "(f)  It  shall  not  be  an  unfair  labor  practice  under  subsections  (a)  and  (b)  of  this section  for ait"  employer engaged  primarily  in the  building and  construction industry  to tmike an agreement covering em­"  ployecs  engaged  (or  who,  u|ion  their  employment,  will  be  en­ gaged)^ in  the  building  and  con­ 'struGtiofj industry  with a  labor or­ ganization  (if  tyhich  building  and  construction  cm(iloyeet  are  mem­ bers  (not  establish^,  mainuined,  m aswted by any action defined ia  section  8(a)  of  this Act  at an  un­ fair  labor  (iractice)  because  (1)  the  majority  status  of  such  labiir  organization  has  not  been  estab­ lished  under  the  (irovisions of  sec­ tion 9 of this .Act  prior to the mak­ ing of such agreement, or  (2). such  agreemenLrequires  as  a  condition  of  employment,  membership'  in  such  labor,  organization  after  the  seventh  day  following  the  begin­ ning  of  such  employment  or  the  effective  date  of  the  agreement,  whichever  is  later,  or  (3)  such  'agreement  requires  the  employer  to notify such labor organization of  o|i(iprtunities for etnployment with  such employer,  or gives such  labor  organization  an  opiidiftiinity  .t(s  refer  qualified  apjilicants  for  siich  em[>loyment,  or  (4)  such  agree­ ment  specifies  uiiiiimiun  training  or exjperience qualificationsior ^n­ (doyment  or  provides  for  priority  in  o|iportunitiet  for  employment  bated  u(ion  length  of  service  svith  such  emjiloyer,  in  the  industry  or  .  in the (larticular geographical area:  Provided,  That  nothing  in  this  .subsection shall  set­aside  the final  proviso to section. 8 (a) (3)  of  this  • Act:  Provided  /Mir(/ier,..'riwt­>any  agrrement which would be  invalitl,  but  for  clause  (1)  of  this  subsec­ tion, shall not be a bar to a(ietition  filed  (Miftuant  to section  9(c)  or­ 9(e)."  ­  (b)  Nothing  conuined  in  tlie  amendment  made' by  subsection  (a)  shall  be constnieil  as authoriz­ ing the execution or application of  agreements' requiring  meittbtuihip  in a  labor organization  as a  condi­ tion of emyiloyment  in any State  or  Territory  in which  sudi execution  or  apjilication  is  (irohibited  by  State or "jferritorial  Law.  Rrlorlty  lii  Cas*  HISndllnR  Sec.  706.  Section  10  of  thc­A'.i­ tioiial  I.abor' Relations  .Ac|;,j­:.  as  amended, is  amended by  adding at  the  end  thereof  a  new  sub^ion  us follows:  " (ill)  Whenever  it' is  charged  that any  person  has engaged  iii an  unfair  labor  (iractice  within  the  nicaning"of  subsection  (a) (3)  or  (h) (2)  of  section  8,  such  charge  slAll  be • g  iven  (iriority  over  all  other castei e.xce(H cases of like char­ ­acter  in  the  office  where  it  is filed  or to which  it is  referred and  cases  given  (iriority  unijzyr  subsectian  (1).'.'  Eftaetiv*  Rat*  of  Am*ndm*nta  Sec.  707.  The  amendments  matie .by this  title shall  ­take  effect  sixty  days  after  the  date  of  the |  enactment of  this .Act  and  no pro­ "vision of  this  title shall  be deemed  to  make  an  iiufair  labor  praciico;  any  act  which  is  (lerformed  prior  to  sudi  effective  date  wlwcli  did  not constitute an unfair labor prac­.  tice  prior  thereto.  Approved Septepiber  14,  1959.  /  (fi  .mm  � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource December 18, 1959 Description An account of the resource Headlines: LAKES SIU WINNER IN 12-SHIP FLEET SHIP CO. SPELLS OUT REGISTRY COVER-UP GRIFFIN-LANDRUM BILL URGE WORLD TRAMP CREWS TO FORWARD $ VOUCHERS ICC OFFICIAL ASKS END OF RAIL BIAS SENATE GROUP EXPLORES MEDICINE PRICE-GOUGING US UNIONS CHECK GREEK SHIP PACTS PROBERS FIND KINGS PT. IS UNHAPPY SHIP VALCHEM CRASH WITNESS TESTS CONSTITUTION RIGHT ILA MEN VOTE OK TO NEW DOCK PACT NEWFOUNDLAND BLACKBALLS LOGGER UNION MEMBERS ALCOA STARTING NEW TRINIDAD-GULF RUN WHO FOUND ATLAS? SIU MISSILE SHIPS ENTER COUNTER-CLAIMS NY GETTING SHIP BOOST FOR HOLIDAYS MSTS CUTS BACK ITS TANKERS N’ORLEANS GIRDS FOR RUSH; DEL NORTE READY JAN. 25 SIU, LAKES CO’S JOIN FIGHT AGAINST PRO-RAILROAD PROPOSAL BOSTON GETS WHEAT CARGO AS SEAWAY SEASON ENDS SEEK MILLIONS IN REFUNDS FROM SHIPS ON PR RUN VALIANT FREEDOM GROUNDED ON CUBAN BEACH VA RESEARCHER BACKS PHS ON CIGS Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/18/1959 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXI, No. 26  1959 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/acbddc0b7d93a438adaa398a8ad1babe.PDF c429713838492e3c21ca1705ba71e552 PDF Text Text -' .V .-V -•"• •-".•.'£^•^11 _ --'i ,Official Organ of the Seafarers International Union of North America VOL. IX. SlU Guards DemandRaise OnWestCoast "Mr. Chairman" Seafarers, as well as mem­ bers of other unions, have a chance to leam Parliamen­ tary Law and Public Speak­ ing under the leadership of Joseph Glass- prominent la­ bor attorney. The classes are held each Tuesday evening from 6 to 8, in the SlU Hall, 51 Beaver Street, New York City. All Seafarers are urged to attend so that they can learn how a meeting should be conducted. Other unions have been invited to send members, and the class, which had a preliminary session on De­ cember 16, will start in earnest on December 23. Here's a chance to become a real smooth orator at no cost. And in addition, coffee will be served and the tele­ vision set will be turned on after school. SAN FRANCISCO — At a special meeting held on Decem­ ber 4, members of the Seafarers Guards and Watchmen's Union voted unanimously to demand a fifty cent hourly increase in wages. The companies involved have until December 22 to com­ ply with this demand. , At the present time, three com­ panies are being negotiated with. They are American Patrol, Young's Patrol Service, and U. S. Protective Service. Pledges of all-out support for the Guards and Watchmen were immediately forthcoming from the Masters, Mates and Pilots, and other AFL 'Unions. Aecording to the Taft-Hartley law, guards and watchmen are not allowed to belong to any in­ ternational union. This leaves those workers no way in which to gain the same conditions and wages which union men and wo­ men receive through the unions representing them. The Seafarers Guards and NEW YORK — The American Watchmen's Union, affiliated to Federation of Labor's proposal the American Federation of La­ that the United Nations inve.sti-. bor, has declared that it will gate slave llabor conditions is continue organizing' and fighting scheduled for review by the Eco­ for union wages and working nomic and Social Council on conditions for all Guards and Feb. 2, it has been announced Watchmen. by Matthew Woll, chairman of Poor Ship Construction Has Been Responsibie For Many Sea Accidents . By W. j. BRADY Accidents o c c u r 1 n g aboard freighters seem to happen too often, to say they are just acts of God. We hear of a ship breaking in two, of a ship traveling without ballast or cargo in heavy seas and losing its propeller, and of still many dther ships having engine trouble which delays them for days. Of course, it would be foolish to expect a perfection in which there are no accidents but, the AFL Asks UN Investigation Of Slave Labor In Russia AFL Pursers Win Eiection in Grace Line After a two-year organization­ al drive, the • Merchant Marine Staff Officers Association, the Pursers Division of the SIU, won a smashing victory in an NLRB election held aboard the ships of the Grace Line. The Company received just two votes to 50-odd for the Un­ ion, Tom Hill, the division's east coast representative, revealed. Although 15 votes oast by Chief Pursers were challenged by the company as being cast by su­ pervisory personnel, the vote as it stands is sufficient to assure recognition for the Union. As soon as the Union is certi­ fied, the Staff Officers will begin negotiations with Grace, and will seek the standard rates for Pur­ sers and . Purser-Phai-macists Mates which are provided for in other contracts. , The new rates will mean raises in excess of $20 a month for Grace Pursers who will also demand improved general work­ ing conditions.™ No. 51 NEW YORK, N. v., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1947 the AFL International Relations Committee. Charging that probably 10,000,000 pefsons are nov/ in Russian concentration camps. Woll, a con­ sultant to the Council, stated bluntly that tne Investigation, if launched, would be directed chiefly against forced labor in the Soviet Union. Woll's proposal was- a followup to the resolution adopted at the October convention of the AFL in San Francisco. The reso­ lution referred'to conditions found in several countries after the war as "a callous and crass violation of the Geneva Conven­ tion of March 1940 and a-* de­ liberate flouting of the Nurenberg verdict against forced la­ bor." percentage is too high to blame Mother Nature for all of them. If some ships last 30 and 40 years without breaking, and others break up in a few years, that certainly is indication that a weakness exists in either the design, the construction or the material. This kind of weakness is pure carelessness. A tanker lying in Boston for repaii-s split in two injuring 14. The press report on the acci­ dent says, "Built in 1944 at a California yard, the Ponagansett was of all welded "construction and officials said splits were not uncommon in such , type of ships. One such occurred at Swan Is­ land on the west coast in 1943." Here v>re have a clear admis­ sion on the part of officials tell­ ing us there is weakness in the construction. Just what happens to ships at sea with this kind of weakness is best, understood by the re-, ports of accidents. The press reported in the month, of November that a Vic­ tory ship operated by the Army Transport Service broke in two in heavy seas off the coast of British Columbia. Only a few of the crew were saved. As further illustration of what I'm driving at, I myself I ; « Because of the recent "rup­ tures" and "splittings" suf, fered by a number of T-2 tankers, the Coast Guard has ordered that all vessels in the T-2 classification be strengthened. The strength­ ening will consist of steel straps an inch thick and 18 inches wide riveted to the BELLY BANDS deckplates inboard of the Another clear admission of this gunwhales and similar straps weakness concerns Liberty ships. in the bilges. All vessels will Because they were originally be permitted to complete cur­ weak, many Liberty ships had rent voyages. to have an addition of strength. This addition is the belly band, even with the main deck on the have seen old ships take a tor­ outside of the hull running from pedo better than a war built forward of No. 2 to aft of No. 4 ship. I refer to one old rustbucket, hatch. In some cases this addition is the SS Greylock. I saw her get placed on deck running fore and hit coming back from Murmansk. All hands had ample time to aft from No. 2 to No. 4 hatch. make for the life boats. And again I have seen Liberty ships get hit and disappear like magic with high loss of life. I am not saying here we ought to build ships to stand the rigors of war, I am just pointing out SOLID LABOR SUPPORT (Continued on Page }) Membership Says Very Merry Xmas To III Brothers Labor leaders gathered on Thursday evening, December 9, to spark the drive of New York's hospital workers for a forty-hour week and increased pay. One of the featured speakers was a representative of the Seafarers Internadonal Union. With true Christmas spirit, the membership of the SIU, assem­ bled in regular meetings • on. Wednesday, December 17, votedto give all bookmembers and permitnien in hospitals an addi­ tional $10.00 for the holidays. Speakers who took the floor on the motion pointed out that just sending money to the hospi­ talized Brothers is not enough. What the men in the hospitals need, they said, was more letters from their old shipmates and friends. -M �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, December 19, 1947 SEAFARERS LOG Published Weekly by the si i SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District • Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y.' HAnover 2-2784 * J. P. SHULER m i ^ _ _ - - 4 4^£eey y-v Secretary-Treasurer Editorial Board J. p. SHULER PAUL HALL JOE ALGINA . fe/£NPS Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912, .' George K. Novick, Editor 267 \ A Very Merry Christmas Our Union has a great deal to be happy about this Christmas season. During tha past year we have won gains in wages and v/orking conditions and, above all, we came to grips with the mighty Isthmian Steamship Company and won an outstanding victory. New companies have been added to the already im­ posing list of SlU-contracted outfits, and there are indi­ cations that the organizing drive will gather many more companies under the Seafarers banner in the next year. Through our traditional use of economic action at the point of production, our Hiring Halls and the Rotary Shipping System have been protected, and this in spite of an all-out attempt on the part of the government to do away with these features. It is true that the Taft-Hartley law is an ever-pres­ ent threat to the existence of free labor unions. The full strength of the American labor movement must be massed against the "Slave-Labor" Law, and we must not rest until the Act is wiped off the books. But, on the whole, it's been a good year and members Staten Island Hospital : of the Seafarers International Union have the right to You can contact your Hos­ review the happenings of 1946 with pride in their achieve­ pital delegate at the Staten ments. Besides fighting our own battles we found time Island Hospital at the follow­ to go to the aid of office workers, waiters and waitresses, ing times: the ClO Shipyard Workers, and any other honest union Tuesday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 5th and 6th floors.) which came to us for assistance. Thursday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Two Halls have been purchased, one in New Orleans (on 3rd and 4th floors.) and the other in Mobile, and plans are underway to buy Saturday — 1:30 to 3:30 pan. other Halls whenever such purchases will benefit the (on 1st and 2nd floors.) membership. In the few short years since its inception the Union These*are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, has come a long way. Many past Christmases have looked as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging E. M. LOOPER E. G. WALKER dark and dreary, but the fight was never given up, and heaviiy on their hands. Do what you cw to cheer them up by J. DENNIS writing to them. now the membership of Seafarers can look forward to L. GROVER STATEN ISLAND E. DELLAMANO the future with confidence. C. MASON J. LEWIS J. E. MAGUIRE This Christmas season finds the SIU in excellent con- J. BURNS P. CASALINUOVO A. A. SAMPSON V ditipn, well set up financially, and ready, willing and able H. WATSON T. BOGUS R. BUNCH G. J. MILLER to complete the job of organizing the unorganized mer­ J. ANDERSON G. CARLSON 111 chant seamen of the United States. It*s a big job, but it J. McNEELY H. STONE MOBILE HOSPITAL E. HAMATY can be done, and only the SIU can do it! W. J. SULLIVAN J. M. G'ARDNER lis E. L. MYERS G. RODRIGUEZ NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL W. C. JEFFERIES O. A. HESS J. C. RAMBO O. S. SHAHAN J. DUBUQUE W. C. CARDANA W. K. WUNG E. T. BROWN M. W. BUSBY J. J. O'NEILL C. SCHULTZ Voting for officers for the Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ R. V. GRANT G. CURL N. B. EDRINGTON trict closes on December 31 so there is still a little time W. D. JOHNS A. S. CONTI W. VAUGHN left to cast those last ballots. Members can vote in anv E. CARAVONA C. W. BARNE C. T. WHITE SIU Hall. R. L. McGREW • R. L. GRESHAM 111 GALVESTON MARINE HOS. F. R. DE VASHER It is the duty of all members to vote in this election. 4, J. M. FLANNIGAN I. E. MATHERNE FOHT STANTON HOSPITAL The officials who are being chosen now will represent the W. CANANAN (SUP) M. LIUZZA JOHN P. WILLIAMSON Union for the coming year, and it promises to be a year E. G. TARLTON (SUP) G. A. WILLIAMS R. B. WRIGHT of growth for the SIU, but at the same time a year of ' G. D. WINN (SUP) G. HARDEMAN CLIFFORD MIDDLETON tenfion and crises. J. CARROLL L. A. HOLMES ARCHIE McGUIGAN H. TENA (SUP) W. C. COLLEY . R. S. LUFLIN More votes are being cast in this election than were J. E. SILKOWSKI 111 ever cast before. That's a good sign, and shows that Sea­ JULIUS SUPINSKI NORFOLK ! R. E. TRULY M. D. PENRY farers are aware of their responsibility. FRITZ KRAUL L. CLARKE » S S The Union can only be as strong as the membership. 'CECIL WILLIAMS C. C. RAYFUSE BRIGHTON HOSPITAL CHARLES LORD ; J. E. PENCON Votmg, like living up to the Constitution and Shipping C. CREVIER JACK WOOTON : A. .J. LE JEUNE R. LORD Rules, is a duty. No one must shirk. P. ALLGEIER MARJORY "LINDA" EVANS vV-iT.' J. BARRON . Now is the time to have your say. This is your W. A. YAHL J. B. GEISSLER J. RIDDLE Union—pick its leaders and support the men you pick. SAMUEL J. STEELE E. E. DAVIS J. O'BYRNE > /• Men Now In The Marine Hospitals Have You Voted Yet? I I kr: i-.- •: ri^.' JVVi-. t;..: �THE SEAFARERS Friday, December 19, 1947 LOG AjejjOR^ By J. P. SHULER. Secretary-Treasurer Negotiations The Negotiating Committee for the Union has met twice with the Calmar and Ore Steamship Companies. The steamship) companies have agreed to the overtime and wage increase which is now in effect with the other operators, but no progress has been made in. the General and Working Rules. There is a meeting Scheduled for Tuesday, December 23, 1947. This matter has been discussed with the Mar­ cus Hook and Philadelphia officials and meets with their approval. JACKSONVILLE TO CLOSE As per the Committee's recommendations, the Jacksonville area has been surveyed and it is found that the NMU no longer has a Hall in that Port, and that ships are no longer being put out in the Brunswick, Georgia, Shipyard. Those were the primary reasons for opening the Jacksonville Heill. There are hardly any payoffs in the Port of Jacksonville, and most of those ships that are in transit in that Port hit other A&G Ports where we have Branches. Therefore, it is recommended that the Port of Jacksonville be closed and that James Banners, Jacksonville Ageht, be assigned to the Port of Savannah as soon as the Union's affairs can be wound up in Jacksonville. The Port of Savannah will be instructed to notify Headquarters whether they can still ope­ rate at the same weekly expense they now have after Planners has been assigned to that port. Tf any representation is necessary in the Port of Jacksonville, it can easily be covered by some other Port. Headquarters Office is investigating other recommendations made by the Quarterly Finance Committee, and will be able to report further on this at the next regular meeting. ' Page Three Many Accidents Caused By Poor Construction this rate, the statistics must be very high over a period of a year. The weakness in ship con­ struction may have an excuse, because the ships were built for a war emergency. However, a ship-building pro­ gram of the future could not justify bad construction in the As recommended by the last Quarterly Fin­ light of present experience and ance Committee, Headquarters Office has reduced knowledge. its personnel by three persons. The work in Headquarters is now being laid out so that in If accidents through careless­ the future it will be possible to let a fourth ness continue to be too high, the person go. Union may be forced to take I have received letters from the Branch of on the added responsibility of New York and the Branch of Baltimore stating insisting on greater safety in that they are making arrangements so that they the care and operation of ships can let a man go from each port, week ending to protect its members. December 19, 1947. As one who was lucky to miss As recommended by the Committee, the Hall having the foremast of the Manin Marcus Hook is being closed as of week end­ dan Victory fall on him, I feel ing December 19, 1947. The membership has justified in submitting my criti­ QUICK PROFITS previously gone on record to close this Hall as cism for better safety at sea for soon as it was possible without interfering with Many companies, in their de­ seamen. Union representation in that Area. sire to make quick profit with It is recommended to the membership that little expense, run ships without Steve Cardullo, Agent in the Port of Marcus ballast when they can't get car­ Hook, and Bob Pohle, Patrolman in that Port, be go. Running a ship light too of­ transferred to the Port "bf Philadelphia as Pa­ Stamps for annual assessments -are being sent ten in heavy seas is bound to trolmen. Philadelphia at this time is operating to all Ports now, and assessments for the year strain its machinery. shorthanded, and these two men will replace 1948 can be paid in any Port where we have A ship may go through some the part-time Doorman and Patrolman, and the Branches. tough crctesings this way but staff will consist of Agent Ernest B. Tilley, who sooner or later it has its effects recently relieved Organizer William Higgs, Dis­ patcher Bill Brown and two Patrolmen, Cardullo The next regular meeting would fall on New and you may lose a propeller like The General Council of the In­ and Pohle. Year's Eve, December 31, 1947. Because of the the Clay did. I don't think it is asking too ternational Transport Workers' This will be a saving of approximately $350 fact that a lot of the guys want to be home weekly to the Union and will give proper rep­ with their families, or celebrating, it is recom­ much for the law to compel Federation, meeting in London, resentation in the Philadelphia area, including mended that all Ports hold their next regular ships to carry ballast when they November 25 to 27, noted with have no cargo, especially in the great satisfaction the substantial Marcus Hook, Camden, and Delaware. meeting on Friday, January 2, 1947. north latitudes in the winter increase in membership which months. the organization has enjoyed The other story in the LOG during the past few years. The vihich seems to me to indicate membership of the organization neglect in care of ships was the now stands at 3,000,000, with story sent in by M. O. Carroll, over 100 unions affiliated in 35 Chief Stweard on the MV Cape countries. "Be it ever so humble, there's Horn, Mississippi. no place like home." Since the end of the war two member organizations from Aus­ The story relates the plant That familiar tune is now the tria and one from Greece have broke down, making all facilities favorite song of Seafarer Matt been reinstated, and seven useless and spoiling the food. Fields, and after reading Jjis groups of merchant marine offi­ The crew and passengers also story, it will be easy to see why. cers have joined the ITF since had to drink brackish water and Matt took sick while in Ant­ the dissolution of the Interna­ catch rain water as a substitute. • werp, Belgium, and after argu­ tional Mercantile Marine Officers' The story does not say their ing' with the Captain and the Association. supply of water was limited, but company agent, was finally al­ There have further been ad­ everything points in that, direc­ lowed to go to the hospital. mitted thirteen new organiza­ tion. The first thing that struck* • There, instead of the care he tions in Ceylon, Denmark, Egypt, me when I read this story was needed, he was treated so mis­ Greece, Ireland, Jamaica, Leban­ that it looked like a case where erably that within two weeks fuel and water were sacrifice^ on, St. Lucia, and the United after he entered the hospital, his States. to put on more cargo. weight dropped from 155 pounds Recently the Masters, Mates, My reason for this opinion is to 122 pounds. and Pilots and the Railway La­ based on my own experience Another seaman who was in bor Executives' Association join­ aboard the Nelson W. Aldrich, the hospital th,e same time, An­ ed the Seafarers International South Atlantic. While taking thony O'Brien, a member of the Union as affiliates of the ITF. coal in Charleston for Trieste, Irish Seamen's Union, became so Italy, the Chief Engineer was angry at the way Fields' case DECISION OKAYED asked to take off 100 tons of was being handled, that he went water to make room for 100 tons In a far-reaching move the to the hospital director and com­ Matt Fields, right, and friend Bill Wild. more of coal. Council endorsed the decision plained. After that the nurses A ship running with a limited of the Executive Committee to took slightly better care of office to tell his story, he made condition was still bad and so a stipply of fuel and water, with readmit the German trade imBrother Fields. the point that if O'Brien had not few days later he went to the the possibility of a breakdown, ions of transport workers and In a letter to the LOG, O'Brien come to his support, there was St. Vincent's Hospital. is gambling with the life and welcomed Adcif Kummernuss, states ^Tie rase plainly, "Being no telling what might have hap­ The difference between the health of seamen. the leader of the transport work­ as I am a seaman myself," says pened. two hospitals was like night and ers and seamen of the Hamburg Brother O'Brien, "and belonging JUSTIFICATION ENDED "I was dying, and nobody gave day. Under the care of Dr. Bruno area. to the Irish Seamen's Union, and a damn," he said. "The company Fierens, Fields soon recovered If more cargo has to be trans­ Affiliation of the German trade knowing Fields for five weeks agent and the American Consul enough to be able* to return to ported, that's a very easy matter unions covering seamen will be­ in the hospital, and knowing him were only interested in getting the United States. to settle. Instead of laying up come effective only with the ap­ to be a strong SIU man, I could me out of the hospital as fast Right now Brother Fields is in ships in the boneyard, put more proval of the Seafarers' Section not, on principal, stand by and as possible. The USS man didn't the Staten Island Marine Hospi­ ships back into operation. In.this of the ITF, and only after it see him treated' so bad by peo­ care what happened to me and tal, and it will be a little while way the health and life of sea­ has been established that the un­ ple who are supposed to be if Anthony O'Brien hadn't helped kind to the sick. It would not before he can turn to again. But men will have better safeguards, ions have taken steps to deny me, I sure would have died." arid the sacrifice of fuel and membership to war criminals, have been just of me if I had as he puts it, "It doesn't make water won't be necessary. especially the officers of U-boats. As soon as he was able to not complained to the director. I any difference which hospital The four mi.shaps referred to The next Congress of the ITF was not asked to complain, but move. Brother Fields checked I'm in as long as it's in the will be held in July, 1948, prob­ in this article have all occured out of the hospital and went to it was my duty." ably in Oslo. in a very short space of time. At When Matt came into the l^OG stay at a hotel. However, his United States." Expenses and Finances Assessments Next Regular Meeting (Contimud from Page I) how -war exposed the weakness of some vessels. The responsibility for safe construction of ships rest largely with the government, and the best our Union can do is to put pressure in this direction by ex­ posing this deficiency. Looking over the issues of the LOG for November 28 and De­ cember 5, I find two articles written by seamen exposing the shortcomings of freighters at sea. The SS Alexander S. Clay re­ ports she lost her propeller in a moderate gale off Brindisi, Italy. Can it be that these Liberty ships are reaching the straining point and that they • fall ' apart through lack of care? .• ) T .1 ITF Meeting Notes Growth In Strength Seafarer Got Bad Deal In Hospital 1 a I • I -.21 .ii �•^. {J : '-• Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Fridsy^, • D*c«nib*r 19, 1947 " I . I 1 . ttaiiiK QUESTION: What suggestions do you have to heighten interest at shipboard meetings? ALBERT BAGLEY. Wiper: I think more coordination is needed between the action de­ cided upon at the meeting and what takes place. Many times the crew votes to do something or to take action on a beef, but after the meeting it is forgotten and nothing comes of it. Dele­ gates should be instructed at the meetings to carry out the ex­ pressed desire of the crew. At the meetings it is a good idea to call upon oldtimers to tell what they know of the Union's waterfront record. All of us can stand more knowledge of the Union's past. HAROLD SHEPROW. Oiler: If the meetings can be kept orderly to insure the quick dis­ posal of business, I believe that there will be interest enough from the crewmembers present. At the first meeting the proced­ ure for holding a meeting should be pointed out; after that all business will be handled smooth­ ly through the chair and elim­ inate a lot of confusion. I be­ lieve too much time is spent on discussing communism. If that time were devoted to discussion of the Union and its structure a lot more would be gained by SIU members. Education is al­ ways in order at any meeting. WICK CALZIA. AB: There should be some time set aside at the meetings for educat­ ing the new members and permitmen. The Union should put literature on the ships pointing up the Union's history, policies, etc. Many men, being at sea so much, cannot keep up on what is taking place in the Union. I believe two meetings a month are sufficient to handle most matters and if something unusu­ al arises, a special meeting can be called. Most of all, sound off at the meeting if you have a beef; don't wait until later and beef in your foc'sle. Desirous of doing their bit to make Christmas more enjoyable to their hospitalized brothers, the officers and crewmembers of the SS Thomas Heyward donat­ ed $164 to the SIU-SUP brothers in Fort Stanton (New Mexico) Marine Hospital. At the payoff in Galveston on December 13, a muster of the entire crew and officers was call­ ed, out of which was produced the money to be given the hos­ pitalized Seafarers for Christmas presents. In turning the money over to Galveston Agent Keith Alsop for transmission, the crew enclosed a note which road: "Season's Greetings to our Brothers at Fort Stanton Hospi­ tal. The officers and crewmem­ bers of the SS Thomas Heyward desire this donation to be given to our Brothers suffering from tuberculosis. This donation is to be used for Christmas presents of their choice. SPEEDY RECOVERY "We sincerely wish our Broth­ ers a Merry Christmas, a Healthy New Year and Speedy Recovery. May you soon return to us." The Seafarers members now undergoing treatment at Fort Stanton are: John P. Williamson^ R. B .Wright, Clifford Middleton, Archie McGuigan, R. S. Luflin and Julius Supinski. Handling the ship's muster were the Heyward delegates: R. Garofalo, Deck; Joe Martin, En­ gine and J. RoWan, Stewards. New York Recreation Deck As Seen By Seafarer Maffie A busy day .on the New York Hall's third deck viewed by a talented Seafarer artist, Norman Maffie. A full page of photographs of activities in the •.v., i Jleyward Men Play Santa To R Stanton WHAT CLARENCE LOHNE, Wiper: At present, there is too much talk in shipboard meetings about things we newcomers know noth­ ing about. I've only been in the Union eight months, and there is a. lot I'd like to know about small details of everyday Union life aboard ship that we don't hear about in the meetings. An­ other thing: the way some of the meetings are run there are too many people talking at once. You hardly get a chance to open your mouth to ask a question or get something off your chest be­ fore everybody chimes in. v; ' kM-i Headqup,rters recreation room appears on page 16 of this issue. Additional sketches by Brother Maffie will appear in later issues. �Friday, December 19,* 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOC Page Five Ship Union's Plaque To Baltimore IsTestimoniai To Waterfront Unity By WILLIAM (Curly) RENTZ BALTIMORE — The plaque Most of the crews realize this given to us by the CIO shipyard and cooperate right down the workers for our aid in their line. It shouldn't be too long be­ beef is now hanging on the wall fore all SIU crews will be able here in the Hall. to hit port and go straight It was a nice gesture by the I through a payoff in short order. shipyard workers and one we I It just takes a little order and think highly of, but when we systematic presentation of beefs went all out to give them aid it and repair lists. wasn't with the thought in mind In spite of our cautioning men of receiving any reward or to stay away from Baltimore due award. to the slow shipping, more and The plaque is there though, for more men are streaming in here all to see as proof that there for ships. can be unity on the waterfront We can't stop them from com­ in legitimate beefs. ing, nor will we try to do so, When they gave us the award but unless you have a hatful of at our membership meeting two dough, and afe prepared to spend weeks ago they went on record quite some time on the beach, to support us in any battles we it' is still a good idea to stay may have on the economic front. where you are. When we hit a boom week and This is a far cry from the inter-union battling the shipown­ run short of men we will put ers would like to see, and bodes out a call—that day, however, go,od for the future of maritime is rather remote. NEXT OBJECTIVE? unionism. On the shipping front we Now that Isthmian is safely handled payoffs on seven shipi nestled in the SIU fold, the one less than last week—but on members here are asking what sign-ons we handled eight which the next organizing objective was double the previous week. will be. Well, I can't give them At the same time we handled a direct answer, but they can six vessels stopping off in tran­ rest assured that the organizing department is not snoozing. sit. It takes time to put an or­ SIMPLE WAY Of-the ships handled, we had ganizing drive into action and no cause to complain ^bout over­ it takes men to do the job. When work. They came in clean for the next target is announced, all the most part and those with Seafarers will hear of it, and I beefs had' everything ready for know the membership will re­ spond as it has in all former the Patrolmen. Being able to get right at the drives. Everyone knows now how im­ heart of a beef instead of spend­ ing an hour rounding up guys portant it is for us to continue to get the full story, makes for growing and the c^e sure way fast payoffs and quick beef set­ is to go out and bag these re­ maining unorganized companies. tlements. Shipping On The Rise In Port Of New York And Men With Ratings Are Ouitkly Plated By JOE ALGINA NEW YORK—Before plunging into the week's activities of this buzzing port, in behalf of the New York Branch and Head­ quarters piecards, I want to wish every member of the SIU a Merry Christmas and Best Wish­ es for the New Year. It is fast approaching the time for summing up the year of 1947; and when doing so garlands are more than due the member­ ship of the SIU. Someone else will cite the rec­ ord of the Union during the year; one of victories and ad­ vancement. But no matter how glowing the words are, the cred­ it goes to the men who make up the Union: the membership. • We can all be proud of what we have accomplished during the past year, and in the year com­ ing up I'm sure we will add more trophies to our growing list. SHIPPING CLIMBS Slowly but suf-ely, shipping is climbing to the level it held a couple of months ago when there were jobs for the asking. This week jobs were more abundant and rated Engine and Deck men had little trouble in taking ships; LSU Is Greatest Enemy Of Lakes Seamen Stewards Department bookmen also got out with little difficulty. I'm not stating that shipping is assuming boom proportions— it's far from that, but there are jobs enough around for the fel­ lows who "have cooled their heels on the cold New York beach for a week or two. During the past week we met several Isthmian ships and tank­ ers. The number of tankers hit­ ting this port has increased quite a bit and account for a good part of the men shipped. On the Isthmian ships, all of which paid off under the old set-up, the men were in good spirits. They had just sailed their last trip under Isthmian with­ out a full Union contract, and that's reason enough for rejoic­ ing. Next trip—as the old saying goes—will be different. In the payoff parade we had some fine ships. An Alcoa ship, the Charles Nordhoff, came in THINK TWICE Men piling off ships should bear this in mind and give it a second thought if there is a pos­ sibility of their changing their mind. If you give notice of piling off and your relief appears, pack your gear and hit the gangway. Tip of the week: Men paying off ships in New York should register for a ship and then ap­ ply for unemployment pay at 277 Canal Street. Even if you expect to be on the beach only three or four weeks, it will pay you to apply. No money is paid for the first week aftqr applying, but after that you are due $21 a week. This money is yours, having been deducted from your pay, and paid off without any diffi­ so go after it. culty. This is almost an unbe­ lievable occurrance on an Alcoa ship, but it happened. The crew had a good word for the Skipper and the rest of the officers topside. We have a lot of trouble with Alcoa but when By EINAR NORDAAS one of their ships has a good payoff, we are always ready to DULUTH — Shipping on the give credit where credit is due, Upper Lakes is now through for and in 'this case it is due to the the year with the last ship leav­ men and officers of the Nord­ ing this Port on December 10. hoff. No more ships are expected to ABs, 4 OS, 1 Cook and 6 Porters. are going to have to open their Among the ships laying up in eyes to this child of the ship­ CHICAGO — Considering that the Chicago area and nearby are owners, the LSU, or they will Great Lakes shipping is practic­ the Gilbert, Daniel McCool and have this phony outfit crammed ally over for the year, with a the Boardman. The Gilbert will down their throats whether they few hardy exceptions, shipping make her Winter quarters at 95th like it or not. has been fair for the past week. St. and the River; the Boardman Any time that the bosses and Shipped 3 Firemen, 3 Oilers, 4 at Muskegon; and the McCool at their stooges on the ships start Manitowoc. The SS Boardman pushing for any outfit, you can was a 1947 newcomer to the SIU be damn sure that it isn't in the as a result of winning the Huron interests of the crewmembers on election. the unorganized ships. That's Both the SS American and the why all the stooges were shout­ SS Michigan will wind up their ing for the LSU. Orders went By JAMES MANNERS season this week. Rumor still has out from the various companies it that the American will be that the SIU Great Lakes Dis­ JACKSONVILLE—Shipping is heading for the Coast where she trict must not win! still slow in this port, but every will do some fill-in work. As THREE SMOOTHIES It's up to the SIU members— indication is that there will be for the Michigan, she'll be mov­ who know the score — and the a real supswing in the near fu­ Two Waterman ships, the War­ ing again as soon as the ice is men sailing the Cleveland-Cliffs ture. rior and City of Alma, had good The Southwind, South Atlantic, over. ships under the LSU to let all payoffs as did the Janeway, Continuing operations during Lakes seamen know how dan­ is scheduled to hit here the first Smith and Johnson. of the week, and we will be the Winter will be the SS Do- gerous this Lake Sailors' Union The Janeway came in, paid off ville. She also pumps sand in able to get rid of most of the really is. and signed on immediately, so gang now on the beach. It's the Lake, and was another new­ It's time for all Lakes seamen we didn't see much of her. She comer to the SIU Great Lakes to realize that when you start about time, you can be certain. was in fine shape which ac­ organizing on the Lakes, you're counts for her ability to make In addition, we have the New District this year. LOOKING BACK ON '47 up against each individual com­ •a quick turnaround. London in the- shipyard here for Now that the 1947 season is pany, the LSU and the LCA. repairs. She will be around for We crewed up the Evangeline Together,. this is a powerful once more and saw her off on another week or so, but when practically over, SIU Great Lakes she is ready to sail there will members can sit down and re­ gang which will stop at nothing her southei'n rum run. She is view the SIU organizing pro­ to prevent the SIU Great Lakes in and out of this port more than be a few jobs on her. As a matter of fact, shipping gram on the Lakes this past sea­ District from organizing the the harbor tugs, but she never here should be picking up son. Great Lakes. We, in the SIU- gives us much trouble—so who We signed the best contracts AFL, have met tough competi­ ai'e we to complain. enough to be called good for the next few weeks, according to all on the Lakes, forced the Lake tion before and come out on top. On the other two score or Carriers Association to come With the cooperation of all SIU more ships in port this week, reports. The New Northland, Seaway through with an increase on members and union-minded men the Patrolmen ran into the usu­ Lines, sailed from here on De­ Sept. 1, and won some new ad­ on the Lakes, we'll whip these al beefs and problems, but like cember 8. There were a lot of ditions to the SIU. open shop advocates to a frazzle. men who know their business beefs on her, but we got them Sure, we ran into some tough Meanwhile, the members of the they disposed of everything all settled okay. opposition from the finky Taft- Chicago Branch extend to all thrown their way and the world We still have not been able Hartley Act, the powerful ship­ SIU Districts and affiliates with­ once more revolves on its axis. to get a balloting committee owners' union—the Lake Carriers in the AFL Maritime Trades De­ Speaking of beefs, there is one together in Jacksonville, but we Association and the so-called "In­ partment our warmest wishes which is causing considerable hope to have one going by the dependent" Lake Sailors' Union. for a Merry Christmas and a hardship to the membership due end of the week. Certainly, the Lakes seamen Happy New Year. to the thoughtlessness of a few By HERBERT JANSEN Jacksonville Expects Spurt I.. members. This is what usually happens: A fellow will come in saying he is quitting his ship so a re­ placement is dispatched, but when the replacement goes aboard, the man reconsiders and decides to make another trip. Once a man informs the de­ partment head of his desire tp quit and a replacement is or­ dered, he should pile off. The man coming aboard as a replace­ ment has probably been on the beach for a few weeks and is probably hard pressed for cab­ bage. Moreover, chances are that he has probably lost out on other jobs he could have taken in the meantime. Duiuth Shipping Ends For Season arrive until the opening of regu­ lar navigation once again in the Spring. Two ships are at the Knudsen Shipyard. They are the SS Cres­ cent City (Browning) and the SS Nettleton (Great Lakes). A few SIU members have been coming this way since laying up their ships .However, we don't know whether we'll have enough for a quorum to hold meetings or not. Our Duiuth area AFL Mari­ time Port Council is functioning quite smoothly now, and we are holding regular monthly meet­ ings. The next meeting is sched­ uled for Tuesday, Dec. 16, and will be held in the Port of Su­ perior, As for the weather, it's settling into a typical Minnesota winter with plenty of snow, ice, an^ sub-zei-o temperatures. That's how we breed men in this North country. Either you can take it, Bx'others, or you don't survive long! �Page Six fWE Miami Spends Very Hectic Week, Good Future Is Seen For Fort SEAFARERS LOG Friday) December 19< 1947 NIANTIC CREWMEN GETTING THEIR VITAMINS Members of the Deck Gang aboard the SS Niantic Viclory hold a bull session on deck (below) while they enjoy Ihe warming rays of the sun. In photo at left, crewmembers are seen celebrating Thanksgiving Day with a sum­ ptuous meal served up un­ sparingly by a crack Stewards Department. All hands were equally unsparing in their deep thanks to the ship's Chief Steward Hannegan, the Chief Cook and all the other mem­ bers of the galley gang. Photos were sent in by the SlU's San Francisco branch. MIAMI—After a hectic week the end of the lush spending of shipping, this port has slowed 'days, this place is it. Florida is a good barometer down somewhat and we are able for the rest of the country's to catch our breath long enough purse strings. The boys with to take stock of what took place. the dough to throw away hit Last week we had five ships this place every year, but the in, four of them at once. To one little guys in between who man­ of the ships v.'e dispatched a full aged to come to Florida during crew and several men to the the war years are not coming others. For a while things were this year. They've had their fling pretty muddled and confused in and can't afford it any more. This place may be a holiday the confined spaces in which we paradise, but it's no place for operate, 'but everyone cooperated a working stiff. The best thing and we got the jobs out of the for a seaman to do in this town way. is to grab a ship quick—a few Now we have two ships in days here will clean out any the Florida and the Winslow ordinary guy. Homer, Waterman. I found a fine bunch of men aboard the Homer who had put everything in order for my arrival. In no time at all everything was squared away. "As for the Florida, it is never any problem. The Florida men By C. SIMMONS have homesteaded this ship so TAMPA — In genei-al there at us and our ports, especially long that there never is any hasn't been too much going on Tampa and Miami. trouble that they can't handle. We do not think this is fair in this port, but we can report CAVALIER DUE since, as most of the Brothers that there have been quite a know, Tampa is largely a tran­ We have been awaiting the few coast-wise jobs in and out, sit port and the collections arrival of the Cavalier, Wilkerand a few ships on foreign runs. ai-e accordingly small. For this son Steamship company, for a reason, Tampa has been running We had the SS John Bai'ton, long time and have now been in the red for quite a spell. assured that she will be here Waterman, but she only needed Miami has been going better in a few days. one replacement. We shipped recently, and we should all give Yesterday I spoke to the En­ our thanks to the Miami Agent gine Delegate who had flown in Brother Buddy Bass on her as for the job he has been doing in from Central America. He told |Oiler. that high price port. In the me that she definitely will be in; ^e also had the George Pren- near future, we hope to be able the first of the week. tiss, another Waterman, loading to help ourselves out in both He also told me that this ship rock for Japan. Naturally, she Miami and Tampa. makes thirty knots. I didn't be-1 was on foreign articles and there lieve my ears the first time he was a little trouble on her. said it, but after he repeated The Prentiss was already to it a few times I got the fact sail Thanksgiving Day at dawn, through my head. |l was called out at five in the By FRED J. FARNEN condition and require plenty of ently thought that his refusal to Thirty knots is a fast baby, morning by the Port Captain and improvements. pay this money was the final She must make real time; no the Shipping Commissioner, DETROIT — During the past Costs of the improvements and w'ord. wonder the delegate had to fly They wanted me to replace week, we have met with «the modernization of the D&C ships However, the SIU member did here to beat her. three Cooks and two Firemen D&C management on three dif­ should have been spread over a not take this lying down, and When she arrives she will take' who had gotten gassed up and period of many years. Now, at immediately reported this beef general cargo to the islands and walked off at sailing time. We ferent occasions. So'far, nothing a time when this company is in to the Buffalo agent. will carry bananas on her return, j got the new men, but we had to has resulted from these meetings poor condition due to the short­ Agent Alex McLean took up With her speed she should hit hold the ship until three o'clock other than that the company is sightedness of the former own­ the matter with the U. S. At­ this port every two weeks once in the afternoon. making it's usual plea of poverty ers,'the SIU members who sail torney stationed at Buffalo, and she hits schedule. .) HAPPENS TOO OFTEN as an excuse for not wishing to these ships are being asked to Captain Thorpe was served with When this company puts into. meet the union's demands. take it on the chin. a subpoena to appear at the U. S. operation the rest of the ships Other than the three men who This particular company, the If they expect to operate dur­ Attorney's office to explain why contracted for, this port will be fouled up the sailing, the PrenD&C Navigation Company, seems ing the 1948 sailing season, the the law was not complied with. a busy place just handling Wil- tiss crew was 100 percent okay. FULL PROTECTION However, this sort of thing has to think that they exist in a D&C management must realize kerson ships. vacuum. By that, we mean they that they will have to pay wages Chiseling operators 'and Skip­ It's hard to believe that Christ- -happened on other ships and desire special consideration and and provide conditions equal to pers should realize that it does mas is just around the corner.' happened too often. Somespecial treatment despite the that of other SIU contracted 'not pay to try and break either riere the warm weather makes ^^^"6 ought to be done and is fact that they are engaged in a ships. the law or an SIU contract be­ ' going to be done to keep it from highly competitive business. We As far as we are_ concerned, cause SIU members are fully —^ „ T) i happening in the future, especialbelieve that the new President no special consideration which protected at all times by com­ JINSLP BELLES' ly on ships on foreign articles. and General Manager, Mr. will reflect itself in smaller pay petent Union representation. ^ Another ship we had was the George Kolowich, is endeavoring checks for D&C employees <?an A couple of other beefs with Gateway City, also a Waterman Q&C on a paying basis, be given to this particular ope­ this same operator- (Browning vessel on foreign articles. She „ ^ OTTT x T i rator. D&C, like other Great Steamship Company) regarding had a hell of a lot of trouble Lakes operators, must meet the transportation are still pending, aboard her through the fault of and we expect to make the same the Skipper, an old "Captain with Mr. Kolowich in an ef- going scale on the Great Lakes. speedy settlement of these griev­ x"^"uV' fort to put D&C back on its feet Bligh' who has given us trouble ^ . „ , , , . .^ TRANSPORTATION BEEFS ances, too. financially, but we do not inbefore. Whenever a Great Lakes sea­ „ , , tend to sacrifice the rights, of our Recently, 'we have been con­ But through the cooperation members in so doing, fronted with several beefs from man carries an SIU book, he is of the crew, articles were broken protected - against any Members of the SlU-who sail­ the Browning ships, that SIU fully and men were replaced. That members have been paid off chiseling like the above. An ed on the five D&C ships have the end of the trouble. it seem more like the Fourth was _ , „ , . fo pay the same high prices as these vessels without the inclu­ SIU book is your insurance pol­ of July. We haven't even had Two of our Brothers who ^ther workers today. Just Be- sion of transportation costs due icy for job protection, job secur­ a cool day to break the monot­ dropped in to see us the other oau.se this part.ionlar oompany them. ity, and Union representation on day were Don Hall, the whip- has been unfortunate enough to ony of the heat. all legitimate beefs. Definitely, this is against the cracking Bosun, and Bill Hall, remain in the hands of the Mclaw, and Browning repi-esentaTOURISTS SCARCE the head Pearl Diver. Right, Lilians for five generations is tives must be made to realize The outlook for a good tourist now we have quite a few men reason why SIU members that transportation for seamen season is not too good. Last year beach, mostly oldtimers should be penalized. who are being paid off must be there were ten times the number to ship, paid according to the SIU con­ LARGE DIVIDENDS of tourists in town as there are tract with this company as well HOPES FUTURE BRIGHT now. Money is scarce in this For many years this company as the law. The easiest thing for anybody has paid large dividends. They town; but prices continue to be The latest of these transporta­ to do in Tampa, however, is to have taken all of the benefits, terrific. tion beefs developed last week Even the racetrack at Gulf- enjoy the sunshine and hope for and put very little back into aboard the SS Hewitt at Buffalo. stream is feeling the pinch; the the best. the operation and improvement An SIU member who paid off We have noticed here in the of their ships. As a result of this this ship before laying-wp w-as owners claim they're dropping Gulf that some of our northern milking over a long period of refused his transportation homo 50 grand a day. If there is any indication of Brothers have been taking blasts time, the D&C ships are in poor by Captain Thoipe, who appar- Port Tampa Has Mainly Transits But Florida Weather Is Perfect No Pact Changes At Expense Of Seamen �THE Friddy. December 19, 1947 Norfolk Seamen Stay At Home For Hoiliiays SEAFARERS LOG San Juan Branch Has Trouble With Island Marine Hospital Stick To It Every log slapped against By SAL COLLS crewmember for missing or leav­ SAN JUAN—We have had so j replace him to top and lower ing the gangway watch is many odd things happening these booms, and so on. contract violation by the Union At the" same time, the Bull We can't very well press com­ past few days that we don't pany violations of the contract know exactly where to start or company and its stooges would what to tell you. Perhaps the have the satisfaction of setting if we, too, are guilty. most important story is that the a precedent that would take If someone with a legitimate Bull Line seems to want to run away some of the hard-won gripe gets a quick shuffle by the San Juaq Marine Hospital. rights of seamen. the company, he may find the And the hospital itself is another In addition, the company blame lies in the fact a fellow important .story. would set a precedent of telMng crewmember decided to knock One of our Union Brothers the staff of the Marine Hospital off his gangway watch for a few where to get off and how to -do from the SS Beatrice, a Bull hands of poker. c ship, fractured a finger. He went their work. This matter has been the topic to the Marine Hospital. When DOC A CALAMITY of considerable shipboard com­ he returned to his ship. Dr. ment and in eveiy case the men This would come on top of the Springer's .slip stated that he agree that a man who leaves fact that we have been getting was to remain ashore for a pe­ the gangway is as guilty as very little cooperation from this riod of four weeks during which man who leaves the wheel, look­ calamity named Dr. Springer time his finger was to be kept out or the fireroom without be­ they have at the hospital and in a cast. ing properly relieved. his stooges. We have had noth­ So far so good, but it seems ing but complaints lately from This beef came up recently that the Chief Mate of the Bea­ this so-called Marine Hospital. here aboard a ship from New trice was determined to live up Most of the patients call it the York in transit to the Far East. The crew, however, had a stop­ to a reputation which was strict­ "Springer Concentration Camp." per. When they found they had ly N.G. I have been down there cjliite As soon as he saw this letter a few times and I am inclined a gangway watch with the urge to travel, they called a special from Springer, he blew his cork to agree with what the boys say. meeting for the Deck Depart­ He tried to accuse the injured The doctor has gone so far as to NEW ORLEANS — One of the contract provisions our negotiat­ ing committee fought for and NORFOLK — Santa Glaus has won is that which reads: "In knocked the socks off the Union port when sea watches are bro­ business in this port. ken, a gangway watch shall be Mamma has been telling Papa, maintained at all times. A sailor "Darling, don't ship out 'til a'f- shall be assigned to maintain ter Christmas." Papa, ever on the this watch ..." alert for an opportunity to toast During negotiations the com­ his toes at the family fireside, is panies opposed the inclusion of happy to get Mama's sanction. this clause, but the Union stuck Not many-members are-worry­ to its guns and it was finally ing about the situation. However, written in. The committee felt in the last week, Jimmie Bullock, it had done a good thing here Norfolk Dispatcher, pried himself as it provided extra work and loose from home berth 124. More­ pay for the deck department. over, there is quite a bit of ac­ Now the shoe is on the other tivity around here although we foot. The companies are insist­ had no'payoffs last week. ing that the crews live up tc BLACK DIAMONDS APLENTY this clause; but, for unknown Several ships which had been reasons, men ajaoard some of lying around unassigned, waiting the ships are not abiding by the for Congress to make up its agreement. mind what to do about Europe, During the past few weeks slipped their rusty moorings, ships have arrived in port with loaded coal and sailed. , logs against men for leaving the Since there are several thous­ gangway without being properly and cars of coal sitting on rail­ relieved. ment and warned the itchy foot­ road sidings in this area, we ex­ It is understandable when a ed . brother. pect more activity of the same man leaves for a few minutes to Too, they told him if he was kind next week. We also look get a cup of coffee or a smoke, guilty of leaving his watch for two Bernstein ships and one but the majority of the logs have again, he would be taken off Waterman ship to arrive here for been levied against men who gangway watches for the remain­ have been caught in the messpayoffs; der of the voyage. The Robin Kirk, a baby flat­ room playing cards or in their The crew's fast action on -what top converted in a Norfolk yard foc'sles grabbing forty. could have become a thorny beef into a. fine freight and passenger In several cases we have man­ is • commendable. This ship is vessel for the South African aged to have the logs lifted and now enroute to the Far East, and run, is having her shakedown the offender let off with a warn­ I'm sure that when she hits the ing. cruise this weekend. States again this beef will not If this beef continues to arise If accepted, she will calh a come up at the payoff. crew Monday. A good many we are going to finjJ ourselves' on the short end of the stick. Johnny Johnston Brothers are waiting for her. By BEN REES Why Bosuns Get Grey Hair Well, Brothers—suffering Bro­ By G. W. (BILL) CHAMPLIN ther Bosuns—what do you .think the lifeboats until "we got to of the idea of this column? The sea and have time." This was LOG is looking' for additional contributions from the wealth of just before V-E Day. What he wanted us to do in­ your practical experience. stead was turn to on long-splic­ I know a lot of you can tell ing a wire spring-line that had" some rare yarns. parted ten feet from the eye! I quit and called for a Patrol­ About that schoolboy Mate I mentioned last week, the one man. The latter called the Coast who wanted to lash a seaman's Guard. It shouldn't be any sur­ ankles together so he could climb prise to hear that the schoolboy a topmast: Finally there came Mate was thrown off pronto and the day in a U.S. port when he that sailing was delayed until wanted to discontinue fixing up the lifeboats were okayed. Shipping Boom Hits Port Mobile, Seafarers With Ratings Needed By CAL TANNER MOBILE—Shipping here real­ ly is booming now and we have them going out of here to al­ most any place a man could want to go. In fact, at present our main trouble is a shortage of qualified men, especially ABs and Oilers. We have plenty of unrated men, but' there just aren't enough rated men right now. If the expected relief cargoes ever start rolling. Mobile is go­ ing to be one of the busiest ports in the country, mark my words —so all you rated men who want to ship before Christmas come on down and see us. The Patrolmen report that last week was a busy one with six liaybffs and eight sign-ons. For­ tunately, most of the payoffs were very clean. » Page Seveu We had an Isthmian scow in here this week with the usual old story of scratched-out over­ time. However, we straightened things up as much as we could, and shipped a real SIU crew on her. When she gets back from the new trip it will be a different matVr, because the new crew is working under the new contract. Brother Morris Weisberger of the SUP was in town for a day and gave the SUP members here a chance to cast their ballots. We hope Brother Weisberger will be able to get down this way again in the near future as we really enjoyed his visit. I There are only a.few of the boys in the hospital in Mobile, and since they are all scheduled to get out in a day or two we won't bother to list their names. I think one of the funniest boners ever pulled on me was on a "Victory ship on which, as most of you know, the lifeboats use the gravity davit. Well, we were on the home stretch from the South and East African coasts with the old girl freshly painted. We were clean­ ing up odds and ends of work including stencilling. I was sitting in my cabin mak­ ing up stencils for the boys and having a bad time of it, because I was short of letters and had to do most of the work in bunches. At the moment, I was making up small ones, possibly one-inch ones or thereabout. I called to one of the acting ABs and said: "Son, take this foot-rule and let me knolv how high those life­ boat letters are: the for'ard. and of No. 1 boat has the cover un­ laced." "How do I get at it?" .he ask­ ed. "Go on the cabin deck," I told him, "step across onto the boat and reach down." "I'M SORRY" About half an hour later he came back. "Bosun," he said, "I'm sorry I took so long, but I had to get a heaving line." "What for?" "To measure with. The rule wasn't long enough." , "What?" I yelled. , "Bosun," the lad said, "I mea­ sured those letters all right. They're 14 feet above the boat deck." And they wonder why Bos­ uns' hair gets gray. damned near pick guys up out of bed and throw them out of the hospital. I have also heard that he has called a lot of men names which the law prohibits from diction­ aries. All in all, some of the pa­ tients refer to him as "Heil" Springer. If any institution is to be in­ vestigated by the Commissioner of Marine Hospitals, this hospi­ tal in Puerto Rico certainly ought to have lop preference. (Ed. note: As the first step of e.ji investigation of condi­ Brother of attempting to fake tions at the San Juan Marine sickness in order to get a day Hospital, Union Headquarters or two off. has written a letter to the Surgeon General of the United "LIGHT DUTY" States Public Health Service Next, the Mate took the doc­ in Washington.) tor's statement to the Beatrice's -< Captain. Between them, they de­ ¥' cided to send the Pui-ser over to the Hospital to get a new slip stating that the man with the Check the slop chest be­ broken finger might stay on the fore your boat sails. Make ship to perform only light duties. sure that the slop chest con­ Now a man assigned to "light tains an adequate supply of duties" would impose a hardship all the things you are liable on his fellow crewmembers be­ to need. If it doesn't, call the cause somebody would always Union Hall immediately. ha've to stand his wheel watches, Check It - But Good New York Revises Shipping Hours By W. PAUL GONSORCHIK NEW YORK — Shipping has turned out to be quite good these last few weeks, probably due in part to the holidays. Outports, too, have been callings us for men, so the general shipping upswing seems to have hit the nearby ports. With the good shipping, book­ men are beginning to pass up jobs on the board, and ha'v'e made it necessary for us to issue permits. A little more cooperation from the bookmen in this matter will save trouble later if and when the story becomes too many men for too few jobs. Brother Slug- Seikmann has been helping out in the Dispatch­ ing Department during the ill­ ness of Benny Gonzales. Benny has had a tough siege of pneu­ monia but seems to be well over the hump now. He'll rest up a few weeks and then will be back at his post as good as new. We've made another change in the shipping hours. The 2nd floor shipping deck is now open from 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. daily and Saturday until 12 Noon. No 2nd deck business on Sundays and Holidaj's. LATER HOURS ! The 3rd deck, however, will be open frorn 5 P.M. to 11 P.M. daily and Saturday f.-om 12 Nobn to 6 P.M. On Sundays and Holi­ days the 3rd deck will be open from 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. There the boys will be able to read, write letters and en­ joy the television set while wait­ ing for emergency shipping calls. Most men sailing Cities Service have probably heard from the organizers that another election will be held soon. This means sticking to these ships a little longer to see the battle through to the end. Men anxious to lend a hand in bagging this outfit can do so by contacting the organizers in any port. If you land a job, stick to it until the certification has been made. Cities Service is close to be­ coming SIU; just a little more effort on the part of all hands should do it. �^•%-'. THE Page Eight SEAFARERS Galveston Shipping Takes Jump; f'oit Is Host To Three Payoffs LOG Friday, December 19. 1947 Good Shipping For Rated Meii In Philadelphia By KEITH ALSOP GALVESTON—The old ship­ red on the Westervelt, where the ping barometer swung around Mate had the gangway watch By E. B. TILLEY from cloudy weather to fair dur­ riding herd on a stowaway in­ PHILADELPHIA — This is my ing the past week, when three stead of watching the gangway. ships came in for payoffs. The work involved amounted first report since relieving Wil­ The Legion Victory, Isthmian; to 180 hours of overtime all of liam E. Higgs as Port Agent of ; Nathaniel Currier, Waterman; which was collected. IS MARRIAGE NECESSARY, by store job and Duke, a paid es­ the City of Brotherly Love. At and the James J. Westervelt, YOICKS! YOICKS! George A. Bartlett. Pelican cort, swaps his dinner jacket this time, I'd like to state that Mississippi, terminated trips here Books, 179 pages. 35 cents. for mechanic's overalls. shipping still remains good here and in Houston. Immediately the The local boys who have been The trials of this new strange and that, from reports I've heard The author, who as a Reno Currier took on a new crew and seafaring into the hinterland for life of living together for love from various steamship compan­ prepared to head out for another wild game have been grounded judge granted thousands of di­ vorces and performed almost as proves to be most difficult at ies, it will remain good for a for the past week due to rain. • trip. many marriages, believes the first, but in the end they find While she was here we hand­ Our supply of jerked venision few days to come—but not for storybook happiness. led beefs pertaining to shipboard and bird is getting mighty low, house of matrimony is an instieverybody. X X % duties. The air was much clearer but if the weatherman is right, tution worth preserving. YOUNG LONIGAN. by James A tip to rated men, ABs Fire­ But Judge Bartlett has reser­ after we showed the Engineers things should be better as he Farrell. 186 p^ges. Penguin. men and Oilers: This is a good vations. "... any old institution that Oilers standing throttle pi-edicted fair and cold weather. - 25 cents. spot to head for if you're in a that is governed by a narrow, watch, and the Mate that nonMaybe Til oil up the old foul­ The first novel in James Far- slow shipping port. routine duties on deck while ing piece and stalk a bird or two hidebound, inelastic limitation relTs trilogy tracing the tragic is not healthy," he points out. standing gangway watches, were Also a tip to OS: This is a life of Studs Lonigan in Chica­ if the huntsmen come back with Anything that is wrong should . taboo without the payment of good port to stay away from, we go's Irish slum. From the end of empty bags — I'm beginning to not be compelled to remain ' overtime. have plenty of OS around. his formal education in gram cultivate a taste for game. permanent, the judge says, and Another similar matter occurmer school through his experi­ Another tip to the wise: In Organizing work is pretty divorce is one way of righting ences exploring life with a local case you decide to come to Phil-, much at a standstill here for the a wrong.. gang, the author develops the adeiphia, don't forget your top­ simple reason that no unorgan­ Bartlett's treatment of the sub­ character of Lonigan with the coat. We've had snow and ice ized ships of the fleets we are ject that has been a storm cen­ strength and realism which made on the ground for three days working in are in port. ter of controversy ever since him one of the outstanding writ­ this past week. This won't last long, however, Adam took a bite out of Eve's ers of the '30s. We had several payoffs during as these ships hit this area apple makes this book thoughtFarrell, in this his first suc­ the week, with all beefs being By JOHN MOGAN pretty regularly and, in all like­ rovoking reading, regardless of cessful novel, convincingly makes settled to the satisfaction of the BOSTON—Shipping and busi­ lihood ,a swarm of them will hit what side you take. Studs a prototype in an environ­ crews. We will try to keep the ^ % X> ness in this area might weU be port all at once. ment which breeds bigots and payoffs that way—to the satis­ With Christmas just around THE ABORTIVE HUSSY, bj criminals. shown on a graph showing the faction of everybody. James Woodford. 191 pages. vagaries of the Russian ruble. the corner, the gashounds have XXX Avon, 25 cents. One week it reaches a high point become scarce. Not that they're BAGGAGE RE-STOWED SHORT STORIES, by Thomas where it is necessary to send to laying off for the holidays, it's The story of two "profession­ Wolfe. 158 pages. Penguin. 25 We have made different aiv New York for men, thus giving just that the local law enforce­ als" who give up their plush cenfs. rangements in our baggage room. the boys in the Gotham area the ment boys are doing their shop­ parasitic trade of consorting with A collection of some of the It j?as been moved to the second impression that things must be ping early and seem to be con­ fuddy-duddy business men and best short stories by the wellfloor, the same floor on which centrating on the gashounds. pretty good up here. frustrated old women to live to­ known author of "Look Home­ the Dispatcher has been operat­ If you want to enjoy Christ­ gether and heal the wounds of ward, Angel" and "You -Can't ing. Then, by the time they ar­ rive here for a look-see, there is mas, be on your good behavior their' past. Go Home Again." Among them Incidentally, there is a lot of Virginia, a southern gal who is "Only The Dead Know Brook­ nothing in the harbor and no in this port—Santa Claus finds it unmarked gear here which we V immediate prospects of anything kinda rough in squeezing made good on Park Avenue, lyn," a masterpiece in Brookwish the owners please would abandons her mink for a book- lynese dialect. arriving. And so it is right now through those bars. claim. In the future, in this port, —very quiet. Sometimes called the Prose all baggage checked will bear Poet, Wolfe was a master of In the beef department, there the name, book number and description and- often in his was only the SS Yamhill (Amhome address of the member on books took a chapter to describe pac). This one, which recently the check. a single person. Taken in small­ ; paid off after a long trip, arrived If the gear is not called foxer doses, as in this book, he does in pretty tough shape. in 60 days, it will be shipped not become boring and is easily The gang that paid off left a By CHARLIE STARLING COD by Railway Express to the digestable. •sizeable repair list behind, and address on the check. to five. We also have one set SAVANNAH — Things have XXX it was a case of giving constant This is to prevent baggage RELIGION AND THE RISE OF attention to the many beefs iri tarted rolling here at' last, and up for Savannah. from being kept so long that it CAPITALISM, by R. H. TawIt sure looks as if we will be • order to get the ship straighten­ we all hope it stays that way. piles up and uses too much of ney, 235 pages. Penguin Books. going out of town for a good ed out. Everything is shaping up We have learned that we will what small space we have. 35 cents. many men. If any of you want • well now, and chances are the This reprint of a searching That about winds things up Yamhill should be leaving here .ave two more payoffs in Charle­ to save yourselves some money study first published 20 years for this week, except to say that by getting out before Christmas, ston this month than we ex­ coastwise within a day or two. ago is especially timely. Highly Bill Brown and I wish aU the pected. One wiU be December hurry on down Savannah way. readable despite the formidable mem'oers a Merry Christmas and COOPERATIVE CREW 26, the other on or about Decem­ TO AND FRO title, it probes the historical a Happy New Year. On the other hand, the SS ber 30. We had a rush something like background of what many be­ Arickaree (Pacific Tankers) paid These will bring the total pay­ this in Charleston the first of lieve is a basic problem of the : off in Mellville, R. I., in excel­ offs in Charleston in the immed*modern age, ,the alpiost com­ lent style. The gang was very ate future to four, and perhaps the year and, as a consequence plete break between Man's ec­ we were over there nearly every cooperative and left their quar­ onomic life and • what for wanf day for three weeks. ters in apple-pie order, besides of a better word is called his At the same time, the Moran spiritual life. giving Patrolman Sweeney ex­ tugs were tied up, . one- in Charcellent assistance with the OT Tawney, an a . — economist and The sale of all remaining disputes. leston and one in Savannah, member of the British Labor available Government tankers Every member making a Moreover, during one of those Party since 1906, finds that with-has been authorized by the U.S. This crew collected - a $58.00 donation to the Union for three weeks, we paid off five donation, and after a short meet­ the rise of the conception that Maritime Commission, in line ships in Charleston and signed success is to be measured by with the agency's program for any purpose should receive ing, voted to donate $15.00 of it ,on seven up there. to the LOG and to divide the material and monetary gain putting all seaworthy*" fuel car­ an official receipt bearing Sure hope the next Quarterly remainder among the patients at alone life has lost all moral riers into' operation. the amount of the contribu­ Finance Committee - will realize focus. He is not particulai'ly the Brighton Marine Hospital for It. was announced that 464 tion ^d the purpose for that we do have a rush in Char-! concerned with theology but tankers have already been sold Christmas. which it was made. leston and — sometimes •; —J that we '^•vvith 'the disappearance of any of which 390 were T-2 type ves­ Together with the funds pres­ are 120 miles from Charleston. moral basis for life de.spite Man's sels. ently on hand and the donation If a Union official to whom Of course, we ought to point incredible technical progress. voted by the Union, our boys contribution is given does Of these, 140 tankers were -in the Brighton Marine Hospital out that we now have things ar­ not make out a receipt for sold to purchasers who were not and all other Marine hospitals ranged so that we almost never the money, the matter should citizens of the United States. should be assured of a brighter have to go there to sign on a immediately be referred to Of those sold to citizens of,this Christmas. ship, but only for payoffs which J. P. Shuler. Secretary-Trea­ country, 186 T-2's, 71 will be Talking about Christmas—since are "musts." surer. SIU. 51 Beaver Street, transferred to Panamanian reg­ this will be the last article of It has been raining here for New York 4. N.Y. istry. -mine to appear before the holi­ the last three weeks and I think 'In advising the SecretaryThe rest, mostly Liberty-type, day season is upon us, I would most of the boys would like to Treasurer of such transac­ were sold to U.S. citizens forlike to take this opporuntiy, on have some snow for a change. tions. members should state service under the American flag. behalf of the Boston staff and Anyway, I would. the name of the official and myself, to wish all the members All the Brothers here take Out of the 186 T-2's spld jtq" the port where the money everywhere a Merry Christmas this opportunity to wish all of American operators, "77 haye airwas tendered. oand a New Year for good ship­ you everywhere a Merry Christ­ ready been delivered. Delivery; ping and prosperity for all. mas and a Happy New Year. on the others is expected soon'. ' ' Boston Returns To Slow Days Savannah Calls For Seamen As Shipping Takes Upward Turn US To Sell All Lald-Up Tankers Get A Receipt I �THE SEAFARERS Friday* December 19* 1947 LOG Page Nine SHIPS' MINUTES AND NEWS ISTHMIAN SEAFARERS I "3^ ¥#;:• •'::;•!•- ;ii -:• • '• Wgi?;v Log Available In Bound Volumes Seafarers who wish to keep a chronological record -of Union activities can do so very easily. There are avail­ able a number of bound volumes of the SEAFARERS LOG at nominal cost, and are to be disposed of on a first-come, first-serve basis. Prices, which tover costs to the Union, are $2.00 for the January-April 1946 edi­ tion; $2.50 for the May-De­ cember 1948 volume and $2.50 for the January-June 1947 edition. Bindings are of sturdy buckram with dates lettered in gold. All those who want to set up a permanent file with a minimum .of effort should act promptly. Orders for any of all of the available edi­ tions should be sent to the Seafarers Log, 51 Beaver St., New York 4, N. Y. Checks or money orders for amount of order should be made out to the Seafarers International Union. Enclose address to which volumes are to be sent and they will be mailed pre-paid immediately. These bound editions may also be purchased directly at the 4th floor, baggage room, of the New York Hall. Make sure you get your copies by acting now. SS Gervais Completes Rough Trip To Persian Gulf; Was Out 8 Months The SS Gervais, Pacific Tankers, took eight months ant] 20 (days to get from New York to Melville, R. I.— by way of the 'Persian Gulf, Japan and Antwerp. More­ over, the whole experience was 'one of the roughest trips any of us ever made," according to John Dugina, AB and planning. The ship was supposed Deck Delegate, who has gone to be stored for six to nine home to Pittsburgh to recover. months but rah out of meat in All beefs that could be settled about four. At various times the were squared to the satisfaction ship was out of eggs, flour, sug­ of the crew by Boston Patrol­ ar, and salt, not to mention the From way out in Bombay, India, came this photo of crewman James Sweeney when the above-noted cigarettes. In the members chewing up aboard the SS Steel Inventor. Sorry, ship hit Melville, December 4, latter connection, Dugina says identification did not accompany picture. , but there were some beefs that the slopchest was short of a were beyond squaring. It was number of items on different oc­ just too late. Nevertheless, the casions including razor blades payoff was very clean, Dugina and working gear. reports. NO CAMEL STEAK There wasn't much a Patrol­ The Captain picked up stores man could do in Rhode Island at one time or another in Port about the bum chow the boys Said, Japan and Antwerp. But For the second time within four days, tragedy was had to eat in the Persian Gulf apparently Australian and Bri­ when the ship ran out of im­ tish tinned sausage and similar felt aboard the SS Cornelia when a pilot boat approach­ portant stores. Or the lack of ing the vessel capsized in heavy seas causing two of the cigarettes. Or the heat. Or the HAH-SO - ME three occupants to lose their* Z .-c • , : 7I three-and-a-half months, without mu • u 1 a- lered artificial respiration to the tiO SMOKt'MEUCAN/ ME/.FEAIPEL, lives. The mishap occurred off i , , , , , . , shore leave. ClSAREttE/J ! riO! Cuba Dec 1 hours before hope DlPJA SEE A Ho! SAriiS.kof ' • • of reviving him was abandoned. CAMEL'ROOMP POINT TO POINT TbsrcWDS MAVSE f MERE? Crewmembers of the Cornelia The surviving member of the Follow the route of the Ger­ rescued the sole survivor from pilot's crew was reported in vais and you'll get an idea of the treacherous waters, along good condition despite his harwhy the trip was "tough. She with the small boat's 71-year-old rowing experience. Neither he left New York in March and pilot, who succumbed despite the nor the dead men were identiwent down to Curacao where determined efforts of Deck Dele- fjecj she picked up some oil. She took gate Albert Ulrich to revive him. Last week, the LOG reported that load to Vado on the Italian The other casualty, whose body the death aboard the Cornelia coast near Genoa. was not recovered from the sea, of Seafarer Frank Jaskolski. He Then she went out through the was the pilot's son. j suffered a fat«l heart attack two Suez Canal to Bahrein Island, Seafarer Ulrich, forrfier life- and a half hours after he fell and* to Kuwait in the Persian meats are not up to the Ameri­ guard in Philadelphia, adminis- through a hatch. ulf and back to Haifa in Pale­ can standard — or at least the stine; and after that back to the crew didn't think so. Some weeks Gulf to Abadan, and then to were "very trying," Dugina ex­ plains. He thinks that the Arabs The growing feeling for a Italj^ again; still on the shuttle, around Port Said and Aden hid change in the shipping rules to she went back to Abadan, then their Camels in fear that some­ stop shipboard promotions, gain­ hit Aden where the boys had body would butcher a few for ed further support when the crew the last.shore leave on July 26 steaks and roast prime ribs. Af­ John Bunker, former Seafarer of their trip, especially sur­ of the Alcoa Polaris approved until the Gervais hit Antwerp on ter Antwerp things were better, and member of the LOG staff, vivors of the Troubador or unanimously a motion to, revise November 4. In between, those however, all the way to Melville dates, she hit Bahrein Island who is working on a book de­ Iron Clad. the rules. again, Kuwait again, Haifa again, —via Aruba. picting the American merchant The men of the Polaris made 2. The early period of the A couple of times the Captain seamen's contribution in World war when the ships sailed their sentiments known at a Raslanura and steamed all the picked up British cigarettes — War II, will be in New York for alone is important, too. How shipboard meeting held at sea. waj'' out and around to Yokosuka, and they sold at 40 cents a pack a month beginning Jan. 5 to about the boys from the Bien­ In the minutes, the motion was Japan, and came back to. Bah­ aboard ship. Other supplies, not­ rein once moi-e. gather material. ville. Coast Farmer and others? recorded as: "The crew of the ably razor blades and working When the boys went ashore at Brother Bunker will be on Write plenty, boys—the more Alcoa Polaris goes on record in gear were acquired from passing support of a change in shipping Antwerp they didn't waste any leave of absence from his job the better. American ships. rules to end shipboard promo­ time getting the feel of dry land as shipping news reporter in On one of the trips into the 4. The Malta convoys. Only tions and calls for the filling of again, Dugina says, and adds Boston for the Christian Science a iovf ships made it, but some Persian Gulf, the boys did get all vacancies through the Union that a little steam was blown off Monitor. shore leave. They got about three SIU lads were among them Hall." in the process. hours one night in Abadan which He is especially interested in and I'd like to have their Following lengthy discTUssion PRICES HIGH meant a few sour beers and a getting help from SIU men who stories of the trips. in which various crewmembers Antwerp is one town where bad show at the British sea­ sailed during the war and is As Brother Bunker has point­ pointed out the abuses of the you can get most anything you men's club. anxious to speak to all brothers ed out, the job. done by the sea­ present set-up, the crew voted want, he attests. He saw U. S. whose experiences would be^ men has not yet been properly in its favor without dissent. THAT PANAMA FLAG' automobiles, refrigerators, wash­ helpful. The action by the Polaris crew ing machines and other prod­ presented to the public in spite One thing that disturbed the Bunker outlined the material of the fact that "it's a really follows a growing stream of let­ ucts in abundance, but reports Gervais crew was the sight of ters urging revision of the ship­ that prices were a bit above so many former American tank­ he is interested in as follows: great yarn." ping rules. Of the letters on the U. S. prices. However, he is a ers sailing around under foreign 1. I would like to hear from The story should be told and subject, stimulated~^y Paul Hall bit surprised by the way prices flags. Just to show what this* any men who made long voy­ all Seafarers who can help in in Clearing the Deck several at home ha\fe risen since the situation means to American sear ages in ships' boats, such as telling it should pass along their weeks ago, none of them has Gervais sailed out last March. men, Dugina cites one flying the the survivors of the James stories to Bunker. Brothers who been in favor of retaining the Most of the beefs on the Ger­ Panama flag and carrying an Denver, Star of Scotland. Pru- wish to submit material can send present ruling. vais focussed on the food,, the Italian crew. According" to the sa, Robin Moor and others. I it to the Seafarers Log, 51 Bea­ Following its actibn in ^e lack of cigarettes, the bucko tac­ scuttlebutt, the Captain was am interested in as much of ver St* New York 4, N. Y. matter of shipboard promotions, tics of the Master and the Chief drawing a measly $150 a month. their experiences as they cein Or if they prefer, they can the meeting turned to education Mate, the lack of shore leave and "What the crew was being paid give. see Bunker in New York any­ under which , delegates gave the the heat. The overtime situation is anybody's guess. 2. The "road to Russia in time after Jan. 5. Those inter­ members present a full picture was not too bad, and the Master, Dugina thinks that for these 1941-42-43." If there are any ested can leave- their names and of the Union's structure, SIU if not the Mate, softened up con­ long tanker trips there ought'to SIU men who sailed in the where they can be reached at constitution and history of the siderably on the way home. be some pretty careful checks famous Fourth of .July convoy the LOG office, where the in­ SIU and SUP. The minutes re­ Principal beef concerned the made of ships' stores and slopof 1942, I'd like to hear from formation will be turned over to port that all hands participated food, and Dugina points out that chests. The Persian Gulf is a and all questions were answered. this must have been due to bad tough spot to run short. them, with all the incidents Brother Bunker. 2 Lives Lost As Pilot Boat Capsizes Near SS Cornelia Bunker Seeks Members' Aid For Story Of Ships In War Polaris Men Back Move To Change Promotion Rule �Page Ten THE SEAFAHERS LOG Friday, December 19, 1947 SIU Ships' Minutes In Brief i •/> CAPE CORWIN, Oct. 24 — , Chairman Malcolm M. Cross; (Secreiary not given). Tripcarders. voted to retain their tripI caifas. Steward recommended • tha^t New Orleans Agent instruct every ship to hold meeting at beginning of voyage to acquaint eafii member of Stewards De­ partment with his job. Motion carried that Ship's Delegate con­ tact all tripcard men who have not acted in a way becoming to , a -Union man and get them , squared away. Motion carried to leave ship in a clean and order­ BULL RUN, Sept. 28—Chair ly condition and instruct tripman Burns; Secretary Campbell car/l men to do likewise. Delegates spoke on efforts to S* ^ ^ make ship an SIU vessel and LAHAINA VICTORY, Sept. 21 lectures were' delivered on the —(Chairman and Secretary not Union and explanations were given.) Delegates reported no made as to the contract's pro­ beefs. New Business: Recom­ visions. New Business: Suggestec mendation signed approving the stiff fine for anyone caught smok­ Chief Steward for his position, ing on deck. Good and Welfare and being a permitman he is Suggestion to have dogs on doors recommended for full book. Mo­ repaired. One minute of silence tion carried for delegates to for Brothers lost at sea. make up a repair list for next S. ' trip. Good and Welfare: Chief GROVER C. HUTCHESON, 'Engineer refused to put light in Aug. 19—Chairman H. G. Har­ the heads; men are taking show­ ris; Secretary J. W. Pulliam, Jr. ers in' the dark. One minute of New Business: No one is to sign silence for Brothers lost at sea. on until all beefs are taken care v-U GEORGE M. BIBB, Oct. 19— Chairman B. H. Amsberry; Sec­ retary E. Rhoades. New Business: Motion by L. Warden that a list be posted showing who are book, permit and tripcard members. This to show any member the others in the crew. Good and Welfare: Suggestion that in place of fines, everyone donate some­ thing to the Old Seamen's Home in Flagstaff, Arizona. XXX L. S. WESCOAT (Great Lakes Transport) Oct. 7 — Chairman Fred Leonard; Secretary N. McLeod. M/S/C regardihg mates hooking up hoses on dock, which is considered crew work. To be taken up with Mr» Collins. There will be no hourly rate of pay other than overtime. Regular pay based on a monthly basis. Two wipers M/S/C wanted direct ac­ tion for wages Saturdays and Sunday. Sunday wages for day men and Wipers. M/S/C new contracts be sent down to ship to let crew ratify same. Good and welfare, washing machines be kept clean. M/S/C meeting be adjourned. AMtRRYOJRISTA^AS TO us ALL? ..SQAAAERRC , 'CHRrsnM4S.BB5IH^! CUT and RUN of. Patrolman to be called aboard to check all repairs and slopBy HANK chest. Good and Welfare; Man It sure looks like the shipping board will be, looking bright making coffee is to clean bag. All enough until Christmas. In fact, the first words we heard from men to return their cups at cof­ "Caricoa Red" Benway, the oldtimer, were: "Look at that board fee time. One minute of silence XXX with all those ships. She sure looks like those old times during CONNEAUT (Wyandotte SS for departed Brothers. the war." Brother Benway confessed that he was anchoring in Co.) Oct. 29 — Chairman John ^ ^ ^ ^ NOONDAY, Oct. 1—Chairman F. T. FRELINGHUYSEN, Aug. Rottaris; Secretary E. L. Wicker. town for this Christmas.. . This week we saw Brother Roderick Workman; Secretary D. Angelo. 17 —Chairman Daniel Clifford; Meeting called to order. Reading Smith, the Bosun, who presumably got off his home of a ship New Business: William Mcllveen Secretary Kenneth Bastien. Dele- and discusion of contract. Agreed to spend Christmas, too, in New York. He was asking about his elected ship's delegate. Motion ^ gates reported on number of that deckhands should be issued shipmate. Brother "Lucky Lee' Luciano ... Brother Daniel "Blackie" carried that all repairs be made ^ books, permits in their depart- towels every day. Specified bet­ Boyce, the oldtimer, said he sure could give a swell story of his before signing on. Repair list ^ ^ents. New Business: Motion ter grade of toilet soap. Coffee experience aboard ship during the war if he could get the time made up and attached to min- | carried that no clothing is to be time to be put in contract. Over­ and the patience. He read about John Bunker asking for Sea­ utes. Good and Welfare: Sugges- left soaking in the laundry tubs. time to be paid when tarps are farer's to write up their experiences so he could write a book. Brother Boyce was on the famous SS Robin Moor. This week • tion that one man be designated Motion carried that any one who put on out in lake. "Blackie" grabbed a Robin ship and whispered a promise to write to • keep recreation room clean ig late" for meals use P.O. Mess. Men being called to stand by from those foreign ports. Say, Blackie, our shipmate. Brother and each man donate $1 for his Motion passed that ship's Dele- during temporary mooring with­ A1 Baer, the cook, was in town a few weeks ago. Probably far servkes. One minute of silence gate see Captain to transfer a out sufficient payment of over­ out in the world now ... for Brothers lost at sea. mirror to Steward's department time. Specified time for linen is­ '* X X sued to crew members. Night t head. This is a remark by a Seafarer which •was overheard at GEORGE M. COHAN, Aug. 24 lunch to be improved, and watch the door: "I don't go to sea because I need the money. I just —Chairman Florenze Palowski; system of putting out night go to sea to wear out my old clothes." One man's opinion and Secretary Frederick A. Rouncelunches to be adopted. Investi­ a rare one, at that... Attention Brother Malcolm M. Cross, iield. Delegates had no beefs to gate closed galley every after­ aboard the SS Alcoa Pointer: You didn't send your home ad- report. New Business: Motion noon. Overtime slips to be fur­ dress in your request to have the LOG sent weekly to your : carried that delegates see Pur­ nished for overtime. Election of family... To Brother George Meaney: The Merchant Marine ser about opening of slopchest delegates. M/S/C meetings are Rest Center in Gladstone, New Jersey, just closed up. You must ' two times a week. Motion carto be held first Sunday after have heard about it some time ago since you said you had no ' ried that next repair list call t t i payday. In event ship is in port, place to go to rest up after your operation in the Marine Ira' installation of scupper in FRANKUN H. KING, June 10 to be held following Monday. hospital... Steward Fidel Lukban is in town right now... •crews pantry deck. Motion car- _chairman Dod-ge, Secretary M/S/C meeting be adjourned. While his shipmate, Ozzie Okray, shipped out due to the high ried that Deck Engmer inspect „ Delegates reported no beefs, XXX cost of eating and sleeping ashore and the low income dwindl­ 'heads and showers of Sewards^„^„ ANTINOUS, Nov. 16—Chair­ ing from the last payoff. Brother - Leo Siarkowski sadly • Department. Good and Welfare: . „ „ I that minutes be made out in man Ewald Freidrich; Secretary confessed that he was getting out—no matter what ship comes •Suggestion that all men using i . ,.„i- a 1 au quadruplicate so a copy could William S. Varro. New Business:^ up or whether it would be coastwise, to the island or to jams, bread, etc., replace them be left for the crew following. Motion carried to have patrol­ Europe... in their proper place. One min­ Good and Welfare: To save un­ men check t'ue meat aboard ship X X X ute of silence for Brothers lost tidiness in heads and showers, as meat was taken from another Here's a bit of a letter from Brother "Red" Braunstein from at ^ea. dust cans put in each shower ship and crew is beefing over his ship in Oxelosund, Sweden: This is some place. No liquor and head so Brothers can de­ bud meal. Decision to stiaighten unless you buy a meal and then only one shot every four hours posit any waste material that is out steward who has been show­ (Say, Red, that sounds like the Marine hospital, not a Swedish lying around. Education: All ing preference to officers and bar). We will be back about December 20... Here are some oldnew brothers aboard ship can passengers. timers who may still be in town: J. W. Stycron, B. Rivera, P. ask any book-holding Brother in Pringi, J. L. Nusser, H. R. Lar&on, A. Marco, W. Walden, S. Mann­ , XXX any department the SIU rules. ing, Steward M. Galina, and W. Gonzales... In person or by BETHORE, Sept. 14—Chairman One minute of silence for Broth­ telephone you Seafarers in Ne'w Orleans can get a library of C. Fry; Secreiary Herman Lewis. ers lost at sea. books and magazines for your ship by contacting the American Delegates reported no beefs. Re­ XXX Merchant Marine Library Association, -Foot of Poydras Street, pair list made up calling for reCOASTAL STEVEDORE, Nov Telephone: Magnolia 3849 ... 'pair of ice-box, new mattresses , 9—Chairman Parrish; Secretary X X X • and springs, time clock for P.O. F. J". Steppe. Delegates' reports From Brother William R. Bloom, the oldtimer, we have • mess, large percolator for crew accepted. New Business: Motion MILWAUKEE CLIPPER (V7isword he isn't landlubbing in Brooklyn as presumed previously. .J an^ a large supply of matches. carried that in future any man consin & Mich. SS Co.), Oct. 7— Brother Bloom has been anchored due to five months in the ; • c' XXX given a period of more than Chairman John Josefeck; Secre­ hospital and will soon be returning for more hospitalization. PONCE DE LEON (Date not twenty-four hours off from work tary, Same. Meeting called to "Good luck and fast recovery. Brother Bloom... Brothers, don't given.) Chairman WUliam J. aboard :;hip shall call a replace- or^er. Ageht Jansen reported to forget to remember this: Save those LOGS you bring aboard Jones; Secretary Hay M. Cas-, ment from the Hall as per ship- crew of results reached through or the Patrolman brings aboard after you read them. Don't anova. Delegates reported no ping rule.s. Motion carried that negotiations with Wisconsin and throw them away. When you hit those foreign ports bring a beefs. Good and Welfare: Sug- any man missing a meeting Michigan SS Co. for changes for few LOGS to that other SIU ship in port, too. Save the other g^ted repairs: portholes ,in Bo- aboard vessel without cause shall winter operation. Discusion fol­ LOGS for the next foreign port you hit where there may be sufi's" room, keys to all crew be fined the sum of .$15. Educa­ lowed ending with results of the another SIU ship there. You'll be surprised how appreciating fo^'sle doors, repair ice-making tion: Discussion on importance negotiations reached between the it will be to your other union brothers to get some copies m^phine and new chairs for of all members performing their Union and Company be accepted of the latest LOGS—from you guys who save them for other crew. One minute of silence for duties and being a credit to the by the crew members. M/S/C SIU ships which may be away from the home ports for Brothers lost at sea. Union while aboard ship. months—wishing to read up the latest news of our union. meeting be adjournet^. 'V., • p-.'> .'• • �THE Friday, December 19, 1947 SEAFARERS LOG Page Eletnen THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS Log-A -Rhythms SS THOMAS MacDONOUGH CREWMEN Woes of a Wiper Submitted by a Crewmembe: of the SS Del Sdl To the Editor: When fuel oil spills on" deck. it's "Call the Wiper i" ivhen the dyno engine is a wreck, it's "Call the Wiper!" When there's real work to do below, or only boiler tubes to blow. Whether hot or cold, it's "Call the Wif>er!" The Oiler nowadays is a gag. he stuff his pockets full of rag; see him strut, hear him brag: "I ain't no Wiper." he knows little and mostly less, •oils by gosh and oils by guess and leaves things in ah awful mess, he says. "Call the Wiper!" "Where's the Wiper?" hear the First yell, the Second wants him on the hot well, and the Third is always crying: "Hejl, I need a Wiper." When it's real work, like swing­ ing a sledge, the oiler gets sick and Delegate Thinks Engineers Toted Punchboard Licenses Shown here are the members of the Deck Department aboard the Alcoa Liberty ship, which just completed a four months trip to Venezuela. From left to right, rear row: Jack Smith. AB; Johnnie Quimby. Bosun; Jerry Paraham, OS; Eden King, AB; Larry Lachapell, AB and Jimmy Dearing. AB. Kneeling are George Marshall, OS; Alvin Broussard, AB; William Robinson. AB, and Carl Amundsen. Deck Maintenance. Y'ou men of the Black Gang who were not in the New York Hall when the jobs on this scow, the SS Lahaina Victory, Robin Line, were called off can consid­ er yourselves lucky. The Chief Engineer and the First Engineer are really Com­ pany stooges, the form.er being in addition an egotistical sort of fellow — that big word means that he loves him.self best. I am of the personal opinion that these t w o so-called engineers v;on their licenses off a punch board or pulled them out of a couple of boxes of Crackerjacks. I have yet to see either one of these birds enter the engine room to repair something \vithout having a manufacturer's Anti-Communist NMUer Lauds SIU Stand On Parley To the Editor: begins to hedge and Ihe First gels made and all on edge, say: "Go gel Ihe Wiper." Ihey wanl Ihings clean bul Xuo one helps. Ihey Ihink loo much of Iheir precious selves, and Ihe iillhiesl guy is Ihe firsl lhal yelps: "Whal's-a-maller wilh Ihe Wiper." Call il h joke, bul brothers Si's true; ihe black gang is a helpless crew and I don'l know what they'd do without the Wiper. Some of us will die early, and some will die late, and when our ghosts gather 'round Heaven's gale, we'll be pondering our sin and pondering our fate; Si. Peter wilh the keys will then come out and wilh a heavy frown will look all about; I'm belling iwo-lo-.one first thing he'll shout will be "I want a Wiper." Porter In Hospital To the Editor: While enroute to Baltimore from Mobile I was taken sick and am now in the McGuire General Hospital, Richmond, Va. I would be very glad to get the LOG sent to me as I will be here about six weeks. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all! James R. Porter As an anti-communist NMU member I think your Union es­ teemed itself among members of the NMU who are opposed to communism mixed with trade unions, by your refusal to join the NMU in a wage parley. . Being a crewmember of the SS America and one who helped to build the NMU, I can truth­ fully say that ninety percent of the crew is against communism and is hoping to get rid of our communist officials even if we have to split our union. CREW FED UP The crew feels as I do that we don't, want to go to next June under the present set-up. At the present there is much talk aboard the America about the merits of your union—es­ pecially the lack of communists in your ranks. There is also much talk of members bolting the NMU and joining the SIU because of this. (Name Withheld) Nepoiisit Men Thank SIU Send Holiday Greetings To the Editor: On behalf of the SIU men in the Neponsit Marine Hospital, we wish to thank the Union for the Christmas "donation we just received. We are all very grate­ ful for same and would like to lake this opportunity of extend­ ing a hearty greeting to all our active brothers for a happy Christmas and prosperous New Year. Thanks again to all responsible for making our Christmas cheer­ ful. James Hanchey R. Blake Here are the bellyrobbers of Ihe MacDonough. Standing, from left to right: Tony Schiavone. Steward; James Gurnino. Chief Cook; Ernest Miller. 2nd Cook; Charles Godchaux, 3rd Cook and Donald Ticke, Messman. Kneeling are F.ord Hanrahan. Messman. Louis Tauzan. Messman and Castal Lo Cigno. Utility. William Roberson submitted the photos. Cheers Gains In Isthmian To ihe Editor: vor of telling them once and for all. "Live up m the contract or Having read the account in suffer' the consequences." They the LOG, Nov. 28, of having can do as the rest of the -com­ brought Isthmian, the mighty oc­ panies have done and still make topus of the Far East, into the i money. They deserve the works; fold of the SIU, I lake great we'll settle for a better contract. pleasure in giving a grand sa­ lute to Brothers. Curly Rentz George H. Seeberger and Morris Weisberger for the Marymar tremendous effort they put into the drive, making it a real suc­ cess. As President Roosevelt once said: "Another job well done." Each man who makes a Now for the not-so-mighty donation lo the LOG should Calmar line, a similar set-up. receive a receipt in return. This outfit needs a good houseIf the Union official to whom cleaning. They have finks con­ a contribution is given does stantly waiting at the piers to not make out a receipt for board these ships at the last min­ ute when the hall is closed. the money, call this to the • attention of the SecretaryGETTING THEIRS Treasurer. J. P. Shuler, im­ Their officials disregard any­ mediately. thing union at every opportunity. We must not forget their ships Send the name of the of­ are fully loaded both ways and ficial and the name of the are not losing any money. The port in which the occurence stores they attempt to put abo­ look place to the New York ard would not properly feed the crew of a river tug. Believe me, Hall, 51 Beaver Street, New this outfit sure whittles the York 4. N. Y. stick. I for one am strongly in fa­ Attention Members book in one hand and a wrench in the othei". A crescent wrench at that, for it may have been too hard to guess the proper' size of an open wrench. STRICTLY BY THE BOOK In case you men think U am just throwing the scuttlebutt your way, here are a few., ex­ amples: The economizers started, to leak. Down came the book. _ The books on the ice machine, gen­ erator, feed water pumps, .eondenser pumps, and on the, fire and bilge pUmps followed, along with books on regulators .and governors. It's a good thing the shaft alley bearings aren't a lit­ tle more complicated. No'.v to swing into the stooge part of the story. When a man is afraid of los­ ing his- job through lack of abil­ ity he must rely on something el.se to try and make his posi­ tion secure. The "something else" generally means that he becomes known as a stooge. The less the ability the bigger the stooge. WHOSE OVERTIME One day the 4-to-8 Fireman, having gone to the hospital, was unable tcf return on time for his watch due to the Company's launch service being inadequate. The Chief told him he'd have to pay another Fireman two hours overtime out of his own pcfcket for standing his watch as' "we" can't afford it, "we" being the Company. The Delegate stopped that noise and "we" the (Com­ pany okayed the overtime, c ' The Chief came down to^the Black Gang Delegate one i day with the following proposition: "The Captain wants the tship clean by the time we get into port and I believe the Oiler . and Fireman in each foc'sle shquld do their own room. So see how much you can do tomorrow in one hour." 3 He seemed greatly annpyed when the Delegate told him jthat neither he nor anyone els| in the department intended doing contract work then or at • any other time. One Sunday at sea, the Deck Maintenance had been painting the Old Man's room and inSthe evening wanted to take a sliower. The light bulb was outt^and the shower head was bad in^^the other shower. So instead of hav­ ing the Chief Electrician re^ace the light bulb, the Chiefj as Company stooge took his "pwn shower head and replaced , the bad one, avoiding payment of ,a little overtime. Most annoying news is ^'that we hear the Chief Engineer nnce wms an SIU member. If so, I suggest that we make him B:T3Sident of the 99-Year Club. iV Black Gang Delegate SS Lahaina Viciotyf(Editor's note: The above letter does not refer to the trip of the Lahaina. Victory which paid off October 6. That was 8. clean payoff. Apparehtly, the writer is referring'ft« an earlier trip.) ° - 'f/i- • .AIM �m THE SEAFARERS Page Twelve Bails Canadian District's Display Of Brotherhood L0C Friday, December 19, 1947 Spurlock Looks At Life: Leaves From A Seafarer's Sketch Book rived—too late. However, we ar­ From down Puerto Rico way, where the tropical clime seems to nourish rived at Port Alberni the next Ag "Brotherhood of the Sea" morning and there stood Dave the talents of Seafarers, comes several samples of Brother Homer Spurldenaonstration really got fast ac­ Joyce and Jerry Proud. As soon ock's black and white sketches. Spurlock, for some reason, mirrors the grim­ tion from our Canadian Brothers as the gangplank was down, our of the SIU. When the smoke Canadian officials showed what mer aspects of life. Subject of Spurlock's portrait cleared up, a genuine 19-caret Union loyalty was. sketch at the right is Vincent drip was minus his book and a (Blackie) Kane, a member of STEADY AS SHE GOES job, and a new Brother was the SIU since 1942. He saw ac­ made happy by his discovery To MacDonald, Joyce and tion in all theatres of operations that the SIU and SUP, a loyal Proud we extend our sincere during the recent war. Kane sails bunch of Union men, could dem­ thanks for their quick coopera­ as an AB or Deck Maintenance, onstrate what real unionism tion in seeing justice done, and says the information accompany­ should be. I think that the Chief Steward ing the sketch. Arthur Boone, SIU Canadian should know our views. At the present moment he is District, was dispatched as MessAs for Brother Boone, he is reported basking in the benefi­ man on the SS Samuel Colt, with us again, waiting in the of­ cial sunlight in San Juan, where Ajnpac, an SUP ship. He was a ficers mess. he is renewing friendships with permitmah and a clean cut young To our hard-working Canadian former shipmates and Union kid, and he was assigned to the Brothers we should take off our Brothers. officers mess. He was a trifle slow, bats. Moreover ,we should give To Brother Spurlock and other but a willing worker. There was them every moral and financial seafarer-artists, the Island pre­ no question but what he soon support possible. Yes, boys, sents a multitude of subjects. would leam the ropes and be a "Keep her steady as she goes." The harbor in San Juan, Morro good Messman. Everybody aboard Castle and the lazy streets of Edward G. Fries. SUP ship liked him. SS Samuel Colt, Ampac the Island's cities make excellent material for the brush, pencil or FOUL TRICK pen. FORT ERIE CREW The drama comes. A new Chief To put down on paper life as Steward was also dispatched and CLEANS UP SHIP; it is among the unhurried island­ the first thing he suggested had DUKE FIXES MATE ers is a temptation easily .suc­ such an • anti-Union smell, that cumbed to by those with the ar­ only a man of his caliber would To the Editor: tist's heart. While they find a cari^ out such a trick. This shortage of materials with which From the looks of the Fort Steward approached the Skipper Erie when we went aboard it to work, they find no lack of on the quiet and told him that recently some of the brothers people willing to model. all the officers were complaining don't give a damn what they do Brother Spurlock intends to that the officers' Messman was to the ship or the damage, they submit other copies of his work too slow and that he was too do to the union's prestige. from time to time. Pencil sketch­ dirty to be handling food. He The vessel was in pretty poor es of other Seafarers, he says. prevailed upon the Skipper to shape and it took a lot of labor sign Boone off on mutual agree­ to put her back on her keel. We ment. went at it with a will because Brother Boone signed off, but, we wanted a decent place in as he was paid up to midnight, which to work and live, and also he worked his supper hour. we didn't want anyone to get The officers, hearing that he the impression that the mess was quitting, asked him why. left by the previous crew was typical of the SIU. We straightened up the ship alright, but I also had to do a little work on the mate. This guy thought he could do • as he pleased regardless of who was in charge of a particular job. Once, while drunk, he chal­ lenged me for my seatime. I guess he thought he was going to show up a greenhorn. I told him I had been going to sea long enough to qualify as a rank and file seaman and my I0 union book was stamped "bos­ H15 LAST NICKLE. un"—nothing else mattered. AT" A CUrtw OAK BoOne spoke up and stated that I think I hurt his feelings, but the officers didn't like his work. what else can a guy do when This turned out to be a rank someone like this tries to make lie." No officer had entered any things rugged? Here are some observations made during Spurlocks experiences in far-flung ports. But be­ Duke Himler conjplaint against Brother Boone. low shows another scene of life in the raw. SS Fort Erie It was only the cunning mind of a false BeUyrobber who de­ vised the dirty rmtruth so he Khaki-Clad Brother could get his own buddy aboard Yearns for Deep Blue ship with him. To the Editor: HATS OFF To the Editor: •• ;V. /^/ • But the plans of mice and men often go astray. A new Messman was dispatched from the Hall. On learning what the score was, the new man refused to sign on. To Brother Archie Chisholm, the new man dispatched, hats bfl. Being Delegate for our depart­ ment, I got busy and soon we had a petition rolling, for we had foupd out that not one single of­ ficer had signed a complaint against Brother Boone. Moreover, every officer aboard signed the petition denying any such asser­ tion, and nearly every crewmember also signed. We were just leaving New Westminister, British Columbia, for^ Port Alberni. Just as the ship pulled away from the dock Brother Alan MacDonald ar- I want to thank all the Bro­ thers and the Union for all they have done for me while I was an active member of the SIU. Right--now I am in the army, as the address below indicates. Enclosed find $20 as a donation for the LOG. Sorry it can't be more. Well, here's hoping I will be back to sea soon. S/Sgt. Ben H. Miller. 6282803 B Troop. 8 Cav. APO 201. Unit 2 c/o PM. San Francisco. Cal. (Ed. Note: The LOG deeply appreciates Brother Miller's generous contribution. and hopes he will be able to shed the khaki very soon. Mean­ while, his old shipmates might keep him up to date on the score by dropping him a line now and then.) THEtJ He MEEl 5 "LWe" ON& 11^ ^^ "LWE" A SHACK OW THE BEACH �Friday. December 19. 1947 THE SEAFARERS 'COOKING' WITH ELBOW GREASE LOG Patje Thirlera Pre-Contract Isthmian Run Grim Reminds Of Unsavory Conditions Wiped Out By SIU (Editor's nole: The conditions described in the following letter occurred prior to the Union's negotiation of a fuU contract with the Isthmian Steamship Company. Now that the contract provisions are in full force on all Isthmian ships, conditions experienced by the writer of this letter are relics, which, like blue linen and maggoty chow, must take their place with other pre-Union abuses. Certainly, the letter Jkoints up the vital need for SIU contracts aboard all vessels.) To the Editor: 1 shall remember Sept. 12, 1947, for a long time. That was the day 1 got a job on the SS Beaver Victory of the Isthmian Line. The board in Baltimore said she was going to the West Coast and then to Europe. Being very embarrassed financially, 1 de­ cided 1 had to ship out, even if it was an Isthmian scow, so threw in for the job and got it. The Dispatcher told me to go down to see a Captain Flynn at Locust Point, so 1 headed for my room, threw some gear in a suitcase and was off to see Flynn. COMPANY QUESTIONS Here's the indisputable proof that should put an end to a long-sta.nding legend nourished by some wags who opined they'd "never see the day" Frenchy Michelet would strain his muscles. This exclusive LOG photo shows the New York Hall building superintendent precariously perched on the top rung of his well-used ladder as he recommissioned a broken door on the sixth deck the othei? day. One observer, after being revived with a bucket of ice water, admitted he had "seen everything." The door, by the way. was working as smoothly as a 21-jeweled watch after the versatile Michelet left triumphantly to attend to another of his many chores. Claims Bookmen 'Hog' Jobs Unnecessarily In San Juan, To the Editor: I'm not very good at writing letters, but, in an organization like ours, everybody has to take a hand and help build it up. And as long as we can't do it any . other way well (that is, some of us), we can do it by writing and getting a few things off our chest. Here in the San Juan Hall there are quite a few boys wait­ ing for ships. Most of the book­ men are running from the win­ ter cold as are many of the permitmen. But let me get to the point. FOR EXAMPLE Let's take the case of Book No. X-1 (let's keep the man's identity out of the LOG until his case is disposed of, since he is now being brought before a committee). There's a job on the board -for a Messman and this bookman is registered as a Chief Cook. He is out of the Hall when the Dispatcher calls the job. No bookman wants it and a permifman throws in for it. Here's the point. All the time this is going on, the Chief Cook­ ie is watching from the outside. All of a sudden he decides not to .ship Chief Cook, he wants to go Messman. LO, THE POOR PERMIT Well, as you know, the poor permitman — I'm a permitman myself—is out of the deal. The bookman goes. Of course this is a regulation. But what I'm driv­ ing at is that the bookman needs a couple of bucks. So he goes around the Island and comes back to San Juan after he gets them. He decides he's made enough to stay on the beach, so he waits for the last minute to pile off. The Steward has no ... time to call the Hall because the ship has to sail, so the ship takes any salt from the pier and gets, who knows, perhaps even an NMU stooge. And the bookman has his stretch on the beach here. And that brings me to the conclusion where my permit boy has to stay here for another week—maybe to " go through the same story again. Many of the Brothers are do­ ing this. What do you say fel­ lows? Even if you are independ­ ent, there are others who may have 10 kids apiece. Daniel Duran Ruiz San Juan FRENCH MEDICO, NURSE TREATED SEAFARER WELL After getting by the Isthmian guards at the gate, 1 finally gained entrance to his office. For a' long time 1 filled out ques­ tionnaires which would have made the questions asked by a Jean Men Ask Use Of Hospitals For Families To the Editor: W? the crew of the SS Jean feel that Brother George Meaney's letter urging the treatment of seamen's families in marine hospitals should be run again and again in the LOG. Brother Meaney points out (LOG, Oct. 31) that treatment is extended to the families of Coast Guard men and civil service em­ ployees and therefore should be extended to the wives and chil­ dren of seamen. On this he's absolutely right. There is an urgent need for the admittance of seamen's de­ pendents into these hospitals and we believe a constant stream of publicity along this line will have some effects in making this a reality. Thd entire crew of the Jean hopes steps will be taken to open the doors of marine hos­ pitals to our families. Entire crew SS Jean To the Editor: Please put the address below on your mailing list for the LOG. This is the hospital "here where merchant seamen are sent when sick, and 1 am sure this doctor will give the LOG to any SIU Brother who gets in here. Dr. James L. Dueassou Hospital Saint Aude Bordeaux, Gi];pnde France Also, it ought to be noted in the LOG for the benefit of sea­ men that anybody going to a hospital in France should take soap and towels with him. Since the French can't furnish them. 1 am sure they just don't have the soap and towels. And, if anybody is in the hospital in Bordeaux, please treat Dr. Dueassou to anything that is possible. He and the dear nurse who was in charge were father and mother to me, and 1 thank them with all my heart. Blanco T. Williams Senate investigating committee look childish. When that was all over, 1 was told to go see the Doc who turned out to be on O'Donnel Street which is on the other side of Baltimore. From there, so help me, 1 had to go back across town to the Mary­ land Drydock where the iEager Beaver' was tied up. 1 finally got there—exhausted. 1 had to sign on at the gang­ way—strict Company rule, the guard said. 1 asked the guard what the Beaver was in drydock for and he gave me a story that should have made me turn right around and head back for the Hall. She had been loaded for an intercoastal run and got as far as the bay when they tried to start up a boiler without any water in it. You figure out the rest. She laid up at Pratt Street four months and in the shipyard an­ other month getting a new boiler. 1 headed for the midship house to look for an empty foc'sle, and found them all empty. No crew yet. 1 found the Chief Mate and asked "When do we eat?" He said, "No food." 1 said, "Money Send In Letters On Your Voyages Dear Brothers: We've been getting plenty of letters from you about the stinkers and the bum ships. But we feel sure some of the other Log readers would like to hear about the good times you have in strange ports, too. There afe a lot of boys on the beach today who'd like to know what goes on in Rio or Copenha­ gen, Yokohamaa or Cape­ town. So drop us a line and let us hear what you've been doing. Try to keep your letters to about 300 words or less, so we can ]>rint them all. Many thanks. Brothers. The Editor will do." No dice. 1 told him all 1 had was 40 cents, and he told me that was enough. 1 looked for the Steward to get my linen. Hah, no Steward. Then a guy in khakis came up to me and wanted some more of my life history. "Are you the Purser?" 1 inquired. He was the Third Mate. You guessed it, no Purser yet. CHEROKEE CHIPS mian stiff. That's how he <got his book, he hasn't paid one cent to the Union. Well, we all hjave full books too, so you can tbe sure he will never sail Carpen­ ter again. , 'CAPTAIN MOLOTOV One day, the Mate* told the Bosun he'd give a watch a day off in every port. The Skipper overheard him and dashed into the Mate's room yelling, "1 veto that." Since that day the Skipper has been known as "Captain Molotov." The department heads ,are mere figureheads on the Beayer. We go, • dd of an agreenyent Isthmian had for their crews. Everything said "as the Master directs." ^ There are plenty of new ideas aboard this ship. The Mate told the Bosun to fuel-oil the hpat deck. It was the Skipper's idea, the Bosun learned. Better tban fish oil, the Old Man said. We put it on. It ought to dry'by 1950. WANTED: STRAITJACKETS One of the new boilers started to leak and' we are now making 11 knots an hour with a threeknot current. Maybe the Wipers know enough about the things to fix it. Who knows? The Second Engineer keeps running around shutting off lights to save fuel and wear and tear on the generators. The First is also quite a boy who is al­ ways yelping that the SIU and MEBA are phony. He is also under the impression that if the Black Gang uses too many rags, U. S. Steel will drop four points on Wall Street. As usual these days, the TaftHartley Act is' widely discussed aboard ship. To prove that a Union crew is really democr^ic, none of us gets burned up if someone is in favor of it. 6ur Purser is a damned good Joe and a good pinochle player, but strictly for Taft. But neaprly everybody is now convinced the law is sti-ictly no good. Well, we are scheduled to play­ off in Baltimore around Decem­ ber 18, so if anybody has a sipply of straitjackets for salehe could do a hell of a good bfisi-' ness aboard the Eager Beave^ Yes, You Too Can Go To Sfea,' But God Help You. ^ Now I'll tell you about some of the crew. Down at Flynn's office, the guy asked Chips if he was a cerpenter. "1 got my own tools," Chips answered. Chips claimed Jerry Lonsky to be a full blooded Cherokee SS Bpaver Victory Indian, but he was the first In­ .9 dian we'd ever seen with curly Story Crewmember hair. He also claimed that the Deck Maintenance not he was In Dublin Hospital supposed to grease the heel and To iffe Editor: gin blocks. We let the beef go all the way I am the Deck Delegate on the to Seattle and back to Wilming- SS Joseph Story. One of our ton. Calif., where wo got a Pa-'deck cre\v is in the hospifol trolman to tell him what his here in Dublin, Eire. He woijld job was. like to have the LOG sent Ho In one port, the Pilot hollered him as he will be confined for (; for one shot of chain in the some time. water. The ever-efficient Chips His name is Edward Denehly. put in nine — said the brake The hospital address is: Mercer's wouldn't hold. On two occasions Hospital, Ward No. 1, Dublin, while we were heaving up the Eire. Perhaps some of his ship­ anchor he had the brake on. mates will write to him. Chips was always screaming Robert J. Kennedy that he had a full book. He was (Ed. note: The LOG wiU be even going to take the Delegate's sent to Brother Denehey. Bro­ job until 1 intervened. Now here thers are requested to drop is the clincher: he was an Isth- him a lin?.) c -"ar JI �THE Page Fourteen SEAFARERS Friday, December 19, 1947 LOG BIIU^TIN MONEY DUE The following have checks in the Detroit office of the Seafarers Int'I Union—Great Lakes District, which can be obtained, by writing to 1038 Third Street—Detroit 26, Michigan: TROY BROWNING STEAMSHIP J. Gordon, Edward Collins, Rajr Muiray, Raymond Andruseiewicz, COMPANY George Gregorson, Hector MacGeorge Sanderson, Harry Gil­ Lean, Cecil Burley, Leo W. Branbert, Bernard L. Malila, Harry ecki, Leo D'wyer, George GunSuleri, James Dunigan, Edward derson. BOSTON SS YAMHILL H. picci, $5.00; A. Dos Santos. $5.00; H. Prytulak. $5.00; R. Bailey. $4.00; T Dawes. $4.00; W. Nesta. $4.00; M. Ochmanowicz. $4.00; J. Hart. $4.00: J. Lnsor. $4.00; W. Carr. $3.00; M. Sughrue. $3.00; J. Walkowicz. $3.00; L. Parasamlis. $3.00; A. Fancellu. $3.00. NEW YORK -IS' INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS G. W. Lowry. Jr.. $1.00; E. Salgado. $20.00; J. GriflFith. $5.00; S. C. Mazur. $2.00; David F. Fernandez, $5.00; E. M. Gonzalez. $5.00; C. M. Peddie. $3.00; C. H. Green. $3.00; J. P. Mackey. $5.00; A. Porcari. $4.00; W. -R. Mills. $3.00: J. M. Mulligan. $3.00; L. A. Dick. $3.00;' F. A. Spateda. $3.00; A. E. McKinstry. $1.00. Manuel B. Lopez, $5.00; B. H. Mil­ ler. $20.00; Lew Hee. $5.00; David Pashkoff. $1.00; W. Dunbar. $4.00; J. J. Stochowicz. $3.00; F. Lijo. $5.00; H. D. Burdette. $3.00; R. A. Hilton. $1.00; M. Ljnduai. $.25; C. N. Bolton. $3.00; Robert Bowley. $1.00; N. Voskian. $3.00; B. Gjertsen. $5.00; N. M. Korsak, $3.00. SS NEW LONDON W.i Bohan. $5.00; N. Kuczynski, $5.00; R. Jones. $3.00; C. Fontenot. $1.00; S. Miskow. $2.00; D. O'Rourke. $2.00 i J. Conner. $1.00; C. Birdwell, $3.00!- F. Moren. $1.00; B. Scott. $2.00; R. Ktenan. $2.00. t SS SEATRAIN NEW YORK G. ,W. Cook. $1.00. SS WACOSTA O. h. Smith. $2.00. % SS CASA GRANDE H.^Nason. $2.50. SS CARLYN I. Garcia. $1.00; A. Heinvali. $1.00; A. D^ Cano, $1.00. SS LUNDY R. ijM. McGee. $3.00; N. Bigney and Crewg $30.00; H. C. Mancke. $3.00. CsS SETON HALL VICTORY C O. Hort^. $2.00; R. A. Funk. $3.00"^ M. Ru^so. • $5.00; S. Nichols, $5.00t W. D. Basler. $5.00; A. Surdock. $5.00; R. Vellinga. $2.00; IVJ. Smith. Jr.. $1.00; V. Gilliland. $1.00; R. Jo­ seph. $5.00; F. Hohenberger. $5.00; G. Isnor. $2.00; G .Black. $2.00; N. Reitti. $4.00. SS ANTINOUS S. L. Torina. $1.00; G. E. Marshall. $2.00; M. J. Quinn. $2.00; N. D. Abennathy, $1.^; L. Bruni. $3.00. SS GOODYEAR R. J. McConnell. $1.00^ Lloyd Kitcham, $3.00; H. LaBorde. $2.00; F. Nigro, $1.00; T. N. Applewhite. $2.00; J. Falasca. $2.00; J. Stanga. Jr.. $1.00; I. T. .Annal. $2.00; W. E. Riviere. $1.00; C. A. .Alton, $5.00; J. Boritz. $5.00; rj. A. VanBuskirk. $5.00; A. L. Shep/perd. $3.00: W. J. Worthy. $2.00; J. A. DeVera. $2.00; R. J. Pourciaux. $2.00; L. DeHon. Jr.. $2.00. SS COASTAL STEVEDORE H. Morey .$1.00; J. Skipper. $1.00. SS FARALLON ^ Geo. Armitage. $1.00; R. G. Styron. $1.00. SS FRANCIS E. V. Erazo, $1.00. SS LONGVIEW VICTORY K. Pali. $2.00; J. Offsianik. $2.00; D. N. Gallo. $1.00; W. Anthony. $1.00; W. E. Quimby. $1.00. SS SEATRAIN HAVANA G. Villacres. $1.00; Carlyle Harrison. $1.00. SS STEEL ARTISAN J. Foo. $5.00; P. Blanco. $1.01?; C. Bryant. $5.00; J. J. Stanton. $?.00; M. C. Fautlet. $3.00; R. S. Mott. $3.00; R. W. Spence. $3.00; J. J. Doyle. $3.00; V. Sherman. $3.00; V. Gervacio. $3.00; J. C. Carvalho. $3.00; D. C. Haskell, ard. $3.00; T. N. Olsen. $2.00; J. Al$2.00; B. R. Wilson. $3.00; J .R. Howvares. $5.00; P. Heulu. $3.00; L. DeJessie. $3.00; R. F .Nielsen. $5.00; T. W. Walker. $3.00; S. L. Zubrzycki. $3.00; R. Carr. $3.00; R. J. Jopski. $3.00; Lee Sue. $5.00; M. Martillano. $3.00; Albert J. Bagley. $3.00; Benito Gardoza, $3.00; C. Pardo. $3.00. SS MINNESOTIAN R. J. Barger. $2.00; A. R. Bailey. $1.00; J, H. Bethea. $1.00; A, J. Dor- Notice To All SlU Members The SEAFARERS LOG as the official publication of the Sea farers International Union is available to all members who wish to have it sent to their home free of charge for the enjoyment of their? families and themselves when ashore. If you desire to have the LOG sent to you each week address cards are on hand at every SIU branch for this purpose. However, for those who are at sea or at a distance from a Sic hall,' the LOG reproduces belov/ the form used to request the LOG. which you can fill out, detach and send to: SEAFARERS LOG, 5' Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y, PLEASE PRINT INFORMATION To the Editor: I I would like the SEAFARERS LOG mailed to tht address below: N^me Street Address I., /i-.- •- City State Signed c. Book No ough. $1.00; R. G. Rosenquist. $1.00; C. B. Bishop. $1.00; F. E, D'Amato. $5.00; J. A. Pennington. $2.00; W. Lanning. $1.00; M. A. Downey. $2.00; T. Glynn. $2.00; J. B. Acy. $1.00. E. W. $1.00. SS MARINO Rekst. $5.00; R. P. Sirois. -SS JOLIET VICTORY E. J. Spodar. $5.00; W. H. Cahill. $5.00; M. R. Perez. $2.00; A. Jones. $5.00; T. H. Little. $2.00; G. F. Shaf­ fer. $1.00; A. Aawa. $5.00; T. H. Graskjaer. $4.00; A. L. Driessens. $1.00; G. Reyes. $1.00; D. P. Hanley. $3.00; M. J. Delaney. $2.00; R. G Palchanes. $2.00; G. A. Brummer. $5.00; T. E. Richardson. $2.00; A. Cramasta. $2.00; P. Winiarczyk. $3.00; J G. McStravick. $2.00; A. B. Hitas. $2.00; E. R. Crowell. $2.00; J.' Enriquez. $1.00; C. Fernandes. $2.00; D. G. Sout.hwood. $2.00; D. Srvyder. $2.00. SS MADAKET T. P: O Rouke. $1.00; E. Suris. $1.00; P. C. Bligh. $1.00; A. R. Back. $1.00; G. T. Payne. $2.00; H. Put. $2.00; I. S. Cardeal. $1.00; J; Rylick. $2.00. SS WM. CODY C. George. $1.00; W. Coker. $1.00; O. Hendrix. $1.00; J. Barlow. $2.00; C. McLemore. $2.00; J. Larson, $1.00; J. Fitzpatrick. $1.00. SS CAVALIER S. C. Foti. $1.00; D. Zappia. $1.00. SS SIGNAL HILLS H. Cornelius. $1.00. SS STEPHEN LEACOCK A. B. Gutierez. $1.00; P. W. Bentley. $1.00; N. R. Cardos. $1.00; |.. Eriksen. $4.00; J. Yonick. $2.00; L. J. Cekus. $1.00; G. Lukacs. $2.00; James C. Sharp. $1.00; J .B. McMahon. $3.00. SS CAPE CATOCHE L. Benito. $10.00; W. G. Butler. $10.00; J. Rosinka. $1.00; C. T. Rich­ ards. $10,00; O .L. Richardson. $10.00; T. Lynch. $10.00; R. Horodecky, Jr.. $10.00; A. C. Felix. $10.00; G. W. Pal­ mer. $10.00; A. Wiessner. $10.00; Z. A. Sipolis. $10.00; J. Fan Lo, $10.00; D. W. Kessler. $10.00; S. B. Setliff. $10.00; S. Guglielmo. $2.00; B. K. Johnson. $10.00; M. A. Lopez. $10.00. SS CARLSBAD H. C. Mclsaac. $1.00; C. P. Duncan. $1.00. SS HAWSER EYE N. DeSantis. $5.00; B. Garreffa. $5.00; SS Hawser Eye — Crew. $75.00; J. Wright. $4.00; S. Wawzinak. $5.00; Raymond A. Hestres. $5.00; M. Moroccia. $5.00; R. Benjamin. $5.00; H. W. Eayrs. $5.00; F. Stephens. $5.00. SS HASTINGS H. Hillion. $1.00; S. Mavromichalis. $2.00; J. Eidshaug. $1.00; C. S. Lienne. $1.00; S. Makewski. $1.00; L. E. Monson. $1.00. SS STEEL AGE J. Dames. $1.00. SS CARTAGENA HILLS J. Melante. $3.00. SS GLACIER PARK T. C. Thompsap. $1.00. SS EL MORRO Crew of SS EI Morro. $8.00. SS SOUTHLAND M. Sorenson. $2.00; L. F. Sego. $2.00; A. R. Fernandez. $3.00; R. A .Pomykala, $1.00; B. B. Tippins, $1.00; J. Easterling. $1.00; A. E. Panton. $2.00; R. G. Pattison, $2.00; J. C. Laaeter. $1.00; D. Visser, $2.00; J. T. Mann. $2.00; P. Lopez, $2.00; W. L. Smith, $2.00; M. C. Wells. $1.00. SS TOPA TOPA G. S. Velie, Jr., $1.00; J.. H. Kelly, $1.00; M. Riechelson, $1.00; E. E. Rob­ erts, $1.00; F. Szwestka, $1.00; P. P. Guimond. $1.00; T. H. Tuohy, $1.00; G. Djian. $1.00; J, A. Adams, $2.00. The men below can obtain their checks by writing to the Great Lakes Transport Company, 3112 Book Build­ ing, Detroit 26, Michigan: GREA-r LAKES TRANSPORT Mills, Regis Murphy, Julius Scott, James Thomas, Stanley COMPANY Wayzinak. R. C. Alderton, 'Thomas Dona­ S.. B. Atler, Floyd Barron, hue, Emil Franke, Fred Hughes, Donald Bayley, Frank Brewer, Louis Leszkiewicz, Charles Lyn- James Corbett, Carl Diemer, ski, Frank Milko. Henry Grady, William Heil, Peter Leonard Miller, John Baldwin Heinbuck, Bernard , Kramp, George I.ande, Adolf B. Lange, Allan Mallory, Daniel Monley, Robert Morgan. Bernard Morrison, Elmer NaiiHAROLD MERCHANT man,- Monte Nutton, Italo.PanozYour sister, Mrs. Alice Melendy zo, George Paskier, Casfimer desires that you get in touch Rachfal, Edward Rekst, Weston with her c/o Kresson Road, Had- Richardson, Hans Sandvik, Wil­ donfield, N. J. liam Shuler, John Sitzler, Frank » t & Sment, Howard Smith, Leo Statmen, Floyd Thompson. GEORGE MITCHELL Your sister. Miss Mary Leon­ ard, 56 E. Bellevue Place, Chica­ go, 111., wants you to communi­ cate with her. BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. X % X Calvert 4539 JOHN ROSS BOSTON 276 State St. Your sister, Mrs. F. W. Pol­ Bowdoin 4455 10 Exchange St. lock, requests you tq contact her BUFFALO Cleveland 7391 immediately at White House, CHICAG6 24 W. Superior Ave. Embo, Scotland. She has news to Superior 5175 your advantage. CLEVELAND 1014 E. St. Clair Ave. Main 0147 4" l" 4" DETROIT 1038 Third St. MELVIN E. RICE Cadillac 6857 531 W. Michigan St. Your mother and sister ask DULUTH Melrose 4110 you to get in touch with them, 308Va—23rd St. care of Mrs. Laverne Rice, 524 GALVESTON Phone 2-8448 South 14th Street, Belleville, 111. HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. PERSONALS SIU HALLS Phone 58777 920 Main St. Phone 5-5919 MARCUS HOOK 811, Market St. Chester 5-3110 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Phone 2-1754 MONTREAL 1440 Bleury St. MIAMI 10 NW 11th St. NEW ORLEANS 339 Chartres St. Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW YORK ..51 Beaver St. HAnover 2-2784 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Phone 4-1083 PHILADELPHIA 9 South 7th St. Lombard 3-7651 PORTLAND Ill W. Burnside St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND, Calif 257 5th . Phone 2599 5AN FRANCISCO 105 Market St. Douglas 25475 3AN JUAN, P.R. ...252 Ponce de Leon San Juan 2-5996 iAVANNAH .220 East Bay St. Phone 3-1728 3EATTLE 86 Seneca St. Main 0290 TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. Phone M-13Z3 TOLEDO .; ..615 Summit St. Garheld 2112 VILMINGTON .....440 Avalon Blvd. Terminal 4-3131 VICTORIA, B.C. ...'602 Boughton St. Garden 8331 VANCOUVER 665 Hamlltorf St. PaciRc 7824 lACKSONVILLE, NOTICE! MALCOLM M. CROSS SS ALCOA POINTERIn your application for the LOG, -you omitted your home address. Please forward this in­ formation so -paper can be sent to you. ,4-44 ALPHEE BRUNET A United States Customs Re­ ceipt for the gear which you left aboard the SS .Capitol Reef is being held for you at the bag­ gage room, 4th floor, New York Hall, The receipt was turned over by the ship's Purser, Edwin M. Stern, who brought the gear back to the States. MONEY DUE Meseck Towing Company is holding checks for Albert Dia­ mond and Carlos Fernandez of the Judith N. Meseck. Money can be collected at the company office, 39 Broadway, New .York, N. Y. �/ iFriday, December 19, 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Fifleea Unclaimed Wages i.27 Francis, Vernon H Eldhuse, Anton 1.70 9.17 Francis, "Warren C Eldridge, Andrew H '5.60 Franciakovick, Zdavko 1.37 Eley, Rufus M 6.88 Franke, Marvin O. H. ..... 2.75U Elf, Knute 9.90 74.251 Franken, Louis Elfers, Fred G 18.41 Franklin, Henry R 117.50 Elier, Robert L .r. 7.26 Franklin, Herchel E. 64.86 j Ellingsworth, James G 16.14 9.95 Franklin, Joseph S. Elliott, Gharles L 36.41 Frankmanis, Pauls 2.54 Elliot, Edwin H 01 501 HIBERNIA BLDG., NEW ORLEANS, LA. Frankowski, Stanley 2f.88 Elliott, Jas 5.15 Franson, Carl I 2.23 Elliott, Jesse K 5.14 The following is a list of unclaimed wages and Federal Old Age Franzella, Salvador i26 Elliott, Julian M 5.14 Benefit over-deductions now being paid by the Mississippi Steamship Com­ Franzen, Leonard C. 4.39 Elliott, Milford W. Jr 13.47 Fraser, A 9.30 pany covering the period up to December 31, 1946. Ellis, Frank F 4.27 Fraser, Donald J 10.74 Ellis,' Homer A 3.72 Men due money should call or write the company office, 501 HiberFraser, Noble 4.87 Ellis, Jack Eltorf 6.58 Fray, Henry J. Jr 1.60 nia Bldg., New Orleans, La. All claims should be addressed to Mr. EllerEllis, John W 1.48 .46 busch and include full name. Social Security number, Z number, rating, Frazier, Dan Ellis, Lloyd 93 Frazier, Francis |.92 Ellis, Robert D .... 1.44 date and place of birth and the address to which the money is to be sent. Frazier, Lee Roy 21.55 Ellis, Roy Van 08 Frazier, Leslie D f.94 Ellvanger, Ernest N .... 1.25 Faber, Arthur 3.17,Flodin, Holger 29.57 4.20 Fernandez, M. C Frazier, Wilborn 1.34 Ellyson, Jos. S .... 3.15 Faciane, Allen R 6.69 11.19 Florence, Aubrey L. 4.20 Fernandez, Raul Frazier, William \40 Elrod, Roy F 15.21 Fackler, Robert R 2.68 3.26 Fernandz-Cordero, Juan V. 7.94 Flores, Manuel T. ... Freshette, Joseph A .33 Elston, Kenneth M 94 Fagan, Wede A 2.75 35 Flores, Richardo 2.06 Feroli, Ernest R Frederick, John 1.40 Ely, Edward R 6.20 Fagan, William T 1.40 69 Flores, Robert F. 1.37 Ferrara, Frank Frederick, Robert 19.22 Emcken, Carl C 36.46 Fagerbafid, Gustav Mi 7.76 53 Flory, Harris E 3.28 Ferrara, Frank S Fredericksen, Axel I5.87 Emeri, Raymond E. V. .... 13.58 Fagg, N. E 7.29 29.56 j Floyd, Harris E 1.68 Ferreira, Raymond Frederickson, G 24.35 Emmart, Donald A 4.66 Fahringer, Sheldon 6.80 11.38, Floyd, Jessie W 11.85 Ferrence, Michael A Frederickson, Geo. R. ^.26 Emmons, Audren ... 8.48 Faifua, Mike T Fluence, Humella 10.05 Ferrera, Duva F 2.40 20.11 Frederiksen, Verner M. ... . 35.11 Endres, Edwin .L 3.44 Fain, Dolphus R. .^. 2.34 69 Flynn, Alphonse C 41.82 Ferrero, John Free, Byrd T 4.66 England, Fred R. #. .45 Fair, David C Henry G 133.72 Ferri, Benjamin G 3.46 Flynn, 99 FreelSnd, Thomas E. 16.32 Englehard, G !... 10.00 Fair, Harry J 1.42,Flynn, J : .02 Freeman, E 19.33 Ferri, Edward V 9.90 Engles, Joseph N .94 Fairchild, Glen 45 Freeman, H 1.78 Flynn, James A 45 Ferris, Benjamin 7.14 . English, Thomas ....: ... 9.24 Faircloth, Harold D 8.27 j Flynn, James Norman .... 16.79 3.44 Feri'ondini, Antonio J Freeman, Joseph A „24 Englso, Minyard D. , 2.64 Faircloth, John T 2.97 Flynn, James P 15.28 Freeman, Leslie D 2.92 Ferullo, Joseph L. 5.48 ' England, Arthur N. 5.89 Fajatowski, Jacob .46 Flynn, Michael 49.32 Freeman, Robert L 11.96 Fetterhoff, J 17.21 Engst, Ernest D 24.94 Falana, John M .89, Flynn, Milton Edward 27.30 14.30 Fettgather, Melvin L. Freese, Clarence 7.92 6.00 Flynn, R Ficaratto, J Engstrom, Chas 01 Falasca, Joseph A. 1.33 Freimanis, Edgars 4.87 82.20 Engwall, J. 8.21 Faley, J. E 2.79 Flynn, R .79 Freitas, John L 7.18 Ficarelli, Donate . 6.22 Enna, Joseph Jr. .72 Falk, Bernard 33.61 Field, Lloyd M. . Flynn, W 2.82 •. 1.48 French, Dinestead 3.56 Ennis, James P. . 23.20 Fallon, Charles R 40.80 Foersteij John W. 3.28 French, E 13.55 Field, R. B .11 "Enoches, E. . 3.62 Falnes, J Field, Robert ."i 21.00 Fogelburg, Stig Y. 15.03 O. 10.56 French, Harry Dale .......... l;40 Enos, Gilbert J 35.80 Falter, J. T 7.93 Fogel, Richard .46 French, John , 22.27 Field, Robert J 9;24 Enriquez, Jacobo 2.48 Fanacone, George 2.25 Fogt, Donald E 3.37 French, Lyle Arnold 7.93 Fields, Delbert 4;i6 Enz, Phillip H 2.88 . Fanelli, Steve J 9.18 Fogu, John 2.34 Frenzill, Ravmond J. 2.64 Fieldson, Charles 1.98 Epperson," Hebert A 6.51 Fanger, Henry .39 Foin, Jules C 2.40 Freon, Raymond 01 Fifer, .Edward 4.20 Erb, George W 5.35 Fanning, William J 3.28 Foley, F 2.47 Frew, James H 11.20 Filch, R 24.59 Erco, E 1.65 Farley, Ramsey 3.00 I Foley, S. E 7.80 Freydos, Louis J 12.43 Filipovich, L. A. ...f.. 5.02 Erdle, Francis E 95.62' Farner, Cary C Filippone, Walter W. 3.30 Folkoloski, J 18.20 Freyman, Joseph Jr 4.00 28.pO Erickson, Gavin Victor .... 8.66 Farnen, William L. . 33.60|Folsky, L 3.96 Friberg, Gunner 1.65 Fillingane, Melvin L. -V 2.82 Ei'ickson, Irvin C 1.74 Farney, Wm. S 21.931 Folsom, S. P 7.11 Filloon, Raymond 17.10 Frick, Harold 3;58 Ericksson, Karl A 21.16 Farm, Thomas B 2.17 jFondila, Friedof .28 Findley, James Louis 3.73 Frick, Harold 3,58 Erickson, Lief H 1.71 Farrar, M.- G 1.00 Fonov, Hildurth 51 Friday, John W .35 Finger, Louis A. 45 Eriksen, A 1.46 Farrell, John D 5.14 Finigan, John R 4.82 Fontan Harold Peter '^•30 iFriddle Barton E 35.14 Eriksen, Edmund 59 Farrell, William E. 7.59, Fontenot, Dillon 18.15 Friedburg, John 6.53 Fink, John T. 25.70 Ernst, Frank E 12 Farre Bros., Paul A. 3.46 Fontilla, Fernando 182.06 jFriedrich, Ewald W 1:40 Finklestein, Albert 6.00 , Ernst, George W. Sr 2.33 Farrington, William .. 6.70 Foon, Lambert Yee 5.23 Friedrichs, James C 4.69 Finlayson, Robert C 45 Erwin, Bennie M 18.38 Farris, Oliver C. J. .01 Forbes, John H 3.39 Friel, Hugh 3.26 ' Finnegan, J 33.93 Er^in, Harold K • 2.56 Farrow, Jack 10.72 Forcelline, R. C 1.07 Fristoe, Ashby J 2.64 Finnegan, Thomas H 3.30 Erwin, James E 36.54 Farrow, John 12.80 Forehand, O. A 3.82 Fritz, Robert v. 7.20 Finnelli, James W 26.60 Edwin, John C 5.94 Farsjo, Jorge T 48.96 Ford, Jack M. 2.79 Firkins, Duaine D 2-341 Fritz, Ronald C 7,42 2.11 Ford, James A Damian W. .; Escalante, Justo 18.77 Farthing, Roger J Fischer, 5.94 'Fritzler, Robert E 1.90 10.74 6.83 Ford, J. M Eschete, Hem-y Lee 23.41 Farthorn, W 1.87!i Frost, W. A. 3.26 Fischer, Fi-ancis J ,88 2.23 Fordyce, Gen Austin Escoffier, John .*..... 34.08 Fassinger, John F 4.04 Fruge, Herman 4.98 Fischer, John L 5.38 71.24 Foreman, Howard Eskew, Jonas H 8.86 Fath, J. A 10.74 Fruge, Oremus Jr 3.71 Fischer, Walter V 37.54 28.93 Foreman, Steely Eskew Joseph L 27.83 Faulk, Dillon A. 3.96,Fisher, Benjamin L 1.92 Fruh, Emil 25!20 33 Forester, Harvey A Esplin, Karl 1.44 Faulkner, Thomas F. ... 8.00 Fisher, aDniel W 5.04 Fry, Bobby Jean 6O.60 6.18 Fdrrest, John H Esposito, P 69 Fawcett, Paul G 2.13 Fisher, Francis A 6.40 Frye, R 2.42 Fisher, Harold 2.08 Forrest, John H Esquivel, Jose 3.39 Fay, J. F. 6.39 45 Frye, Raymond W. ^ : 3.96 2.23 Forrest, Norman Francis .. 3.62 Fuddy, Stepnen F Esteve, Edwerd J 13.44 Fay, John A 16.37 Fisher, Harry M. Jr 8.39 Fisher, James G 4.66 Esteve, George Luc 4.19 Fayard, Edward E 6.21 Forsman, John A 110.40 Fulford, William G 3.00 17.72 Forst, Raymond Estrella, M : 1.39 Fazzio, Antonio 28 Fulkerson, Barnett Keith 11.02 2.18 Fitch, Richard T 6.39 Foi'stei% Joel R Etheredge, William L 55.64 Fearon, J. R 11.19 Fulmer, James Harvey .... 2.23 Fitts, R. 2.16 5.64 Forsther, Edward C Etherton, Teery G 14.75 Federoff, P 12.34 Fitzgerald, Charles 2.06 Fulsebakke, K. M 98.75 7.13 Forsythe, E Ethington, Herman G 1.87 Feds, Edward J. 5.35 Fitzgerald, Harold J 2.54 Fulton, George Michael .. 40.DO" 11.56 Forsyth, Joseph H Etter, Rex 46.77 |Feeny, Arnold Robert 12.84 Funk, Clarence' W 31.76 Fitzgerald, John D 2.11 8.43 Forsyth, Joseph H Ettinger, John J 104.69 Fegan, Arnold Robert 8.35 Funken, Nicholas (..fl 7 Fitzgerald, John R 21.39 * 28.35 Fort, Robert Eubanks, Marshall B 1.71 Fegan, M. A 51.34 Funtes, Manuel J. 2.00 Fitzgerald, Robert J 15.07 3.22 Fortner, Livingston C Eudailey, William G 40.23 Fegan, Robert E. Jr; .85 Furlong, James M 10.59 Fitzgerald, Thomas J 7.65 02 Fortner, W Eudy, Clifford D 4.65 Fehrenbach, Wm 1.34 Fitzgerald, W. E 5.13 Furman, Robert Gerald .... 11.66 Eure, Willard M 46 Felder, Brad 10.40 Furr, Carl B ,......,...r .14 Fitzgerald, William John .. 69.67 Foshey, Donald Q 2.75 10.86 Foss, Edward L Evens, Auston G 97.33 Felicko, Steve 36.19 Furrer, Douglas 1.78 Fitzpatrick, Charles 21.94 99 Foster, Edward M Evans, C 35 Felippis, A. D 6.54 Fitzpatrick, John J 10.50 Furrow, Douglas 0 29.34 Flaherty, James J 13.66 Evans, Corbit 12.38 Feliv, Arturo 14.02 Foster, George S 1.88 Fuselier, Clayton C. 17.|2 83 Foster, Hubert Evans, E 2.30 Felix, Frank M 16.74 Fuselier, Edward L. . 4.95 Flarherty, John J .99 10 Foster, J. C Evans, Frank J 42.66 Feller, Bill C 9.15 Flanders, Franklin B 3.73 Fuselier, Edward L. 14.78 94 Foster, James M Evans, J 1.20 Feller, Richard Patrick ... - .01 Flannery, John B 2.01 Fuselier, Ludger J. . .70 34 Foster, Joseph H Evans, Leonard N 21.81 Felton, Nicolas W. .59 Flaves, J 26.41 Fussell, James . 15.00 16.70 Foster, Mahlon Evans, Overdown 12.23 Felty, John 1.98 Flawhearty, William — 4.20 Fyhn, Knut 8.72 2.06 Foster, Richard Evans, Robert A 1.98 Fenn, R. 2.81 Fleck, Jerome Charles 8.00 G 1 2.16 Foster, Ronald L 5.94 Fleming, Berney Evans, W • 1.00 Fenton, H. E. . 10.74 .94 5.26 Fleming, Clive Evans, "William H 16.01 [ Fentren, L. L. Foster, Samuel 60.00 Gaard, Anders 97 .01 Fouts, James G Evensen, Even 14.85 Feraci, C. E .66 Fleming, J 16.71 Gaaso, Hallder 7.23, 2.13 Fowler, Bruce N Everett, Alphas T 24.79 Ferdenshy, John A.. 6.82 Fleming, Thomas H 13.00 Gabbard, Vernon K 4.^ 4.20 Fowler, Henry G Everett, Moncre F 54.19 Ferdinandsen, Alfred Ed. 18.40 'Flesher,-Emit M 60.00 Gable, Henry 56 .89 Fowler, James F. ..^ 5.51 Fletcher, Edward A Ever.Sole, Charles L 56 Fereno, Jozsef 14.25 Gabor, Frank 12.Sft.30 Fox, Charles H 1.88 Fletcher, Ferdinand Everson, Russell S 7.20 Ferguson, George J 27.54 Gacer, Marcello .06 .45 Fox, George J 40.57 Fletcher, Richard A Eves, James T 3.05 Ferguson, James E 1.07 Gachetti, R .59-1.27 Fox, Paul A Evry, August 32.30 Ferguson, John O. 30.63 Fletcher, Russell G 1.24 Gaddie, Daniel A 1.78 30.77 Fracker, Paul Ewing, Ralph .....P.. 3.91 Ferguson, Maurice E 4.70 Fletschinger, Francis 49.83 Gaddy, Monroe C 25.38 .~ .04 Frahse, Roy 33.23 Fleury, Arthur Ewing, William F 10.66 ; Ferguson, Ralph J 35.96 Gaffney, J. J 8.90 6.24 Fraley, Forrest 10.26 Fleury, Wilfred D Ezell, Columbus R 2.13 Ferguson, Richard M 1.34 Gafford, Ben P 5.44 224.26 Frame, Thomas H Fernandes, Mauel C 5.56 Fline, Robert Roy 24.74 Gagnet, Harold A .14 .r 5.77, France, James C Fernandez, Carmelo T 2.48 Flippin, Richard Lee 2.67 Gail, J. A 2.79 Faanes, Byron 27 Fernandez, Francisco 0 19.88 Franciose, Mario 24.50 Flippo, James C 94 Gailbraith, Robert W. 32.75 Fabel, Gabriel V, 21.27 Fernandez, Jose D Flockhart, David G 18.72 Francis, Joseph P 37.96 56.40 Gainey, Gilbert 1.98 Mississippi Steamship Company J • 4,' i �irI Hage Sixteen IT' THE SEAFARERS EOG Friday. December 19. 1947 , Television 'n Everything For Seafarers Can Be Enjoyed In The New York Hall m ip- i- • U',-, • SIU Halls are homes away from home for the members of the Sea.farers International Union. Picture above shows the Christmas wreath donated by Brother Jerry Markantonatus hanging in the recreation room of the New York Hall, and the shot at the left is of men relaxing and enjoying the many facilities to be found on the third deck. '}i 'i| ^ 'I / I *- > V 1 :{ Fights, wrestling matches, baseball and football games—all for the asking. SIU members have front row seats to all events without shelling out a red cent. They don't even have to guzzle beer in a ginmill when they want entertainment. All they have to do is visit the New York Hall and park themselves in front of the television screen. A new addition to the many entertainment features is the television set. The Seafarers is one of the few unions to have a television set in the Hall, where it can be enjoyed by all members. r,• m For Brothers who like more active sports, this skill machine will give Ihiem a good run. Out of the picture on. the left is the poca-Cola machine which is kept in constant operation by the thirsty Seafarers. • ^ i' "Ask her if she's got a friend for me." The public telephone on the recre< ation deck gets a good play from SIU men. They transact business, make dates, and call home when they get in from a long trip. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1939-1949 Description An account of the resource Volumes I-XI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. 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Title A name given to the resource December 19, 1947 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. X, No. 51 Description An account of the resource Headlines CITIES SERVICE ADDS 8 SHIPS,TO GET 3 MORE BRASS HAT CALLS FOR HEARING UNIT RETURN - UNDER COAST GUARD REAL LOWDOWN ON SHIPS SALES;US SHIPPERS WANTED WANTED BARGAINS ALIENS URGED TO APPLY FOR VISAS AS FIRST STEP TOWARD CITIZENSHIP PRESENTING 10 WHYS TO UNIONISM SEAFARER SURVIVES SWANK PHILADEPHIA CONCERT NEW YORK BRANCH SEES FILM OF SHIPYARD STRIKE ALCOA BUILDING WORLD'S BIGGEST BAUXITE PORT THINGS THAT EVERY SEAFARER SHOULD KNOW SHIPPING STILL STRONG IN BOSTON; TANKER IN WITH PLENTY OF BEEFS FEW GASHOUNDS FOUL THINGS UP IN FRISICO ISTHMIAN CREWMAN HAIL NEW AGREEMENT SHIPPING HOLDS FAIR IN MOBILE PROSPECTS GOOD EXTRA SHIPS KEEP MIAMI BUSY;MORE VESSELS EXPECTED IN PORT NEW YORK ENJOYS WEEK OF GOOD SHIPPING;NEARBY PORTS ASL BRANCK FOR SEAMEN SAVANNAJ GIVES WORD ON REAL HUNGRY SKIPPER WAIT FOR PAYOFF PATROLMAN,SAYS MARCUS HOOK NOT MUCH DOING IN JACKSONVILLE GREAT LAKES DISTRICT BUSY ON CONTRACTS ;BEEFS ARISE ON LAY-UP WORK SATURDAY NORFOLK AWAITS RETURN OF COAL BOATS TO PORT CORAL SEA PAYOFF HEIGHTS OF COOPERATION BROTHER ASKS UNRELENTINGWAR ON COMMIES,OTHER DISRUPTERS WHY BOSUNS TURN GRAY INJURED CREWMEMBER IS REMOVED FROM SS SPARKS IN HEAVY SEAS QUICK-WITTED SEAFARER SAVES SHIPMATE FROM DROWNING IN SAVONA SKIPPER MAKES A NIGHTMARE OF NAMPA TRIP ALCOA CALVALIER LOGS A FINE TRIP Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/19/1947 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1947 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/50e6c0ff5b234c6dc98747495290d127.PDF ca5b8a951eff986a7decd0d356ecaa46 PDF Text Text i;',- ; J'i'i '• I SEAFARERS • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT « AFL-CIO 4i .-i! 'I'-' I. •^f .''Jt 'j I: "vv .• • , ^ I I!; « f 1 •; [i'-'A Story On Page 3 Delta Line Shows Safety Gain Story On Page 2 >• •r •rf - •. •-!(" '-A ^ ai—LL -.J Trying to avoid serving of court order KUnOWOy NObbCO* seeking payment of back bills for fuel, the Panam&iian-flag cruise ship Arosa Star was tied up by Ber­ muda police after it skipped there instead of going into New York. Pas­ sengers read court order posted on mast. The ship is former SIUmanned Puerto Bico, now Swiss-owned. (Story on Page 5.) : -•-.'V. :r.: A: '}:W' \\\'d A€. .\a'- •l-At- " n J - e-.021 the lookout for Santa a week ahead KCOay rOr dflllfu* of time, Susan Pow, 3%, and brother Louis, 2%, children of Seafarer Jerry Pow, stood watch at Christmas tree in cafeteria at New York hall. The SIU has arranged for the tra­ ditional holiday dinner to be served in all ports on Christmas Day. (Story on Page 2.) P One of 59 ships that inched their way through UCDp rfCCXC^ the ice-choked Ladiine and Soulages Canals in effort to clear the Lakes on time, the SIU Canadian District-manned steamer George S. Cleet waits for frozen lock gate to open so it can move out. Most of the ships made it before the waterway was all iced in for the winter. Season is now over until ApriL ''' �SEAFA*Ema\LQG Oceember 19.U#t • vjl Delta Line Hails Sharp Decline In Ship Injury Rate • '-^l . J ^:'>l . ^'ifM Sales Boost NEW ORLEANS—sharp fall in the accident frequency WASHINGTON—A Goveiamentsolicited study bas conduded that rate for the SlU-contracted Mississippi fleet was noted in the tke nation's farm surplus program company's latest accident report, covering the period from must be continued for at least an­ Jahuary through November, other five years to get rid of $10-13 1958. This year's rating of out a single accident of any kind. billion worth of farm surplus. If 8.34 compares favorably with The Del Oro had several minor the recommendations are accepted, injuries but hone of the lost-time the mark of 10.78 for a similar It will result In a considerable period last year and 11.38 for 1957 variety. Only one lost-time acci­ boost In tramp fleet operations. dent was sustained by the Del as a whole. The indnp, which Is principally The Del Rio led the fleet with- Santos and the Del Vtento. Three engaged In bulk cargo movements, others followed with two while has carried most of the farm sur­ only two of the 14 vessels had 10 Obviously enjoyipg their holiday dinners are Seafarer Jhmes Terry plus commerce. Under the "50-50" accidents or more. with Mrs. Terry and daughter, Che^ Lynn. Terrys were guests ef law, half the cargo has to bo Sailors Union of the Pacific at the bUP i San Francisea ha|L Last year only two ships com­ shipped on AmeFkan-Sag ships. piled an accident frequency rate Foreign operators have also han­ below 7. This year seven sMps aredled a good deal of thes.e ship­ between B.61 and 0.00, as in the ments. case of the Del Rio and Del Oro. Begun In 1954 as Public Law 480 i jpHILADELPHlA — The first Apparently, the joint companyChristmas dinners for Seafarers and their families on the to help deplete surplus farm stocks Harbor and Inland Wateiways ionlon safety program Is providing aeach and a $25 Christmas bonus for men in the hospitals are In this country and bolster waver­ Division $ 3 0 0 0 a good measure of success. n the offing during the holiday season. Both the dinners ing economies of friendly foreign death benefit in nations, the tn^granr Included less One factor wWch proved disturb­ arid the bonus have long been an SIU tradition. this area went to ing was the Increase in passenger than a billion dollars In surplus the family of An­ Injuries, from 21 for The $25 Christmas payment, as voted by the trustees of the at Its Inception. Since then, the year's drew Boyd of first eleven months, to 24 this Seafarers Welfare Plan, will go to all Se^arers who are hos- amount has risen steadily because Chester, Pa., who year. Twelve of these accidents >italized for at least one day between December 21 and De- of Improved agricultural produc­ passed away Oc­ took place aboard the Del Norte, »mber 27. It is in addition to the regular we^y hospital tion which has been adding to the tober 31 at the resulting in a r^mmendatlon that )enefit paid to Seafai^ers. farm surplus. Chester Hospital passengers be indoctrinated in The farm surplus'program has The Christmas dinners, like those on Thanksgiving Day, been attacked by predominantly at the age of 70. shipboard safety, especially on the He had been 111 necessity of gripping handrails are held in all SIIT halls where eating facilities are available, agricultural nations as undermin­ since June, 1958. when ascending and descending or in local restaurants. Dinners on the West Coast are pro­ ing their own exports by selling kt Boyd had been employed by the ladders, the cause of most of the vided through halls of the Sailors Union of the FaciJfic. below market prices. Delaware River Ferry Company mishaps. for 28 years. An outstanding safety perform­ He is survived by his wife, Mrs. ance was recorded by the Del Ruby Boyd, fom: children, four step Viento which recently went 356 children, eight grand children, four days without a single lost-time great grand children and nine step accident until its record was WASHINGTON—A proposal that runaway-flag shipping owned by Americans be^taxed broken. grand children. on the same basis as American-flag shipping has been made by Represoitative ITiomas M. Felly (Rep.-Wash.), a member of the House Merchant Marine Committee, Felly's proposal was the first legislative re-4* sponse thus far to the success­ shipowners have did not compare barred from competing with USful foiur-day demonstrations with the complete exemption en­ flag ships and would require them conducted by -US sea unions against joyed by the runaways. to maliitalu IntefnaUooal standards the runaways. LeglsUtlon to curb runaway on safety, manning anS crew ac­ V Pelly wrote to Rep. Wilbur D. shipping Is not new, but this is the commodations. However,-the Pelly proposal goes BALTIMCRE—The AFL-CIO sponsored a three-day con­ Mills, chairman of the Ways and first proposal to deal with the tax Means Committee of , the House, ference in Washington last week to review the provisions of that the loophole through which problem Involved. In March, 1957, further than the Magnuson bill, the Fair Labor Standards Act, at which he was present. Earl the runaways escape taxes should Senator Warren Magnuson (Dem.- which did not touch on the tax ex­ Wash.), chairman of the Senate In­ emptions enjoyed by runaway oper. Sheppard, port agent, reports, be closed. "It only seems fair," he terstate and Foreign Commerce ators. The Magnuson bill would The SIU has urged the exten­ of this Act, he said, would vastly wTole, "that all US steamship Committee, Introduced a blU which effectively prevent any further sion of this Act, which includes Improve Conditions In some areas operators, tax-wise, should be on would have placed very tight re­ transfers of tonnage to the run­ such basic requirements as a mini­ on the Avers and Great Lakes, as an equal basis." strictions on further transfers of away flags but the Pelly. proposal mum wage and the child labor well as In some deep-sea ports. If a bill Incorporating the Pelly American-flag ships to a runaway would go far toward removing the laws, to cover tiie now unprotected Sheppard congratulated the proposal is Introduced In Congress flag. edge enjoyed by the runaways In merchant seamen and other water members of the SIU and other It would certainly get the support The Magnuson proposal caUed their direct coibpetltlon with Amer­ transportation workers. unions who took part In the recent of all American maritime unions. for any transferred ships to be ican-flag sHps. The Washington State Congress­ Sheppard said that thousands of ITF demonstrations against run­ water transportation workers are away-flag vessels. Special thanks man said that the tax legislation now working under sub-standard are In order, he said, for the mem­ proposal derived from the unions' wage scales, and are making up bers of the- Harbor and Inland protest on ships flying the run­ the difference In pay through Waterways Division whose tugs away flags. For some time, he extra-long hours. The extension refused to move any of the run­ said, the House Merchant Marine away ships. Committee has been aware of the Shipping for the port held its runaway problem, but now, he con­ own during the past period. While cluded that the tax approach was YOKOHAMA-—One of thfe worst storms seen in the Faeific It was not enough to boast of. It the best way of meeting the is­ in the past quarter century battered the SlU-manned John did ease the registration lists In sue head on. He added that the tax and sub­ G en-route to this port. The ship limped in with heavy the engine and steward depart­ sidy benefits which AmerlcanTflag damage and a sizable injury overboard, but the waves picked ments. list. A bright spot In the coming him up and threw him back on the For days, while air and sea deck. period Is the news 4hat the SeaSiU membership meet­ rescue vessels waited for the "They sure didn't have their mar will be coming out of lasmp ings ore held regularly and chanc-8 to .come to their aid. Sea­ number coming up yet for Davey taking on a full crew. In every two weeks on Wed- addition to this ship, a runaway farers aboard the John C battled Jones' Locker," he added. the wind and waves. The storm, A .number of the crew were hurt nesdoy nights at 7 PM in freighter has transferred back to according to ship's delegate F. from being tossed about, Johnson American registry and Is expected all SIU ports. All Sea­ to call for a crew. The ship Is WASHINGTON—SIUNA Presi­ Whltey" Johnson, brought waves reported, and had to wait until farers are expected to being operated by an SlU-con- dent Paul Hall has been appoint­ from 40 to 50 feet high. "It was the ship hit port for proper care. ed to the AFL-CIO Social Secu­ of the worst blows Z ever was They could not get any air rescue attend; those who wish to tracted company. rity Committee by President George one In, though I got caught In. the because of the winds. Attsihpts to The ships paying off In this port be excused should request Meany. Pres'. Meany said the typhoon In 1937 on the old Gen­ transfer them to a large JapanMO the period were the Jean, appointment was made because of permission by telegram during Mae, Evelyn, Emilia, Edith (Bull); Hall's knowledge of the problems eral Pershing and we had to fight passenger liner failed because of (be sure to include regis­ Bethcoaster (Calmar); Marore confronting those Cng^ed In the It for three days from Manila to the rou^^scas. tration number). The next (Marven) and the Steel Apprentice maritime trades, "and the leader­ Kobe," the veteran Seafarer said, However the captain and chief (Isthmian). The Harare, Beth- ship you have shown In the devel­ ^ut It didn't compare to this one." mate radioed for medical, advice SIU meetings will be: coaster and the Apprentice signed opment of welfare programs for It wks^a miracle the vessel made and treated the men as best they on. In transit were the Marymar, those engaged in such, trades." Yokohama with her fqU crew, John­ could until the ship hit Yokohama. December 24 Floihar (Calmar); Alcoa Runner, The committee makes recom­ son reported. "We saw two of the '1 Hiu very proud of every on# Alcoa* Polaris (Alcoa); William mendations to the Executive Coun­ crew washed right over the rail of the SIU crew abroard this ship," January 7 Camith, Penn Explorer (Penn- cil and the AFL-CIO convention In Into the sea and thought they were Johnson said, "for they all chipped trans); Robin Gray (Robin); Steel the welfare policy field. Many goners. However they were washed In to do more than their share of .^. January 21 Age asthmlan) and the LaSalle have been translated Into leglsla- right back on the deck. The bosun, the work, from helping serve the (Waterman). Uoa. Karii .He|\mfU, y/ga also, .washf dj. food to assisting the Injured men." PhUa, HiWD Pays Benefit Hospital Bonus Voted Tax Runaways, Congress Told Seek Pay Floor On Harbor, River Jobs SIU Vessely Crewmen Battered IriT yphoon SCHEDULE OF SIU MEHINGS NAME HALLTO AFL-DIO POST 5w;», rK\ - -V • ^ • �;i .;A>vr, •; V - • > ^ftoeeititer It. IMS ^^^iF'AnEnS LOG V Tage Tiwis* Cdntlnue 'QUIT ITF/ GREECE TELLS SEA UNION . With a succ^sful four-day diemonstration against 160 runaway ships in the r^rd, the Anierican Committee of the International Transportworkers Federa­ tion is now drafting proposals-to follow up on the initial gains. Specific moves to be taken against run-^ of recommendations which 124 were Liberian-flag ships, 23 away shipping, to eliminate series wlU be made by the American Panamanian, 7 Costa Rictm and 6 the threat to the jobs and Committee in a report to the next Honduran. In ship types, 49 were of the ITF which vnll be tankers and 111 were dry cargo security of American sea­ session held early in 1959. The recom­ carriers, many of them large bulk men, are now being dis­ mendations are expected to in­ carriers. Of the 49 tankers, 38 cussed in a series of clude specific proposals for a mas­ were under the Liberian flag and Heavy pressure by runaway ship operators is apparently what prompted a sharp attack by the Greek government on the four-day world demonstration against runaway shipping meetings between the SIU sive joint attack on the runaway most of these were in the super­ December 1-4. A govern —~~— shipping problem. They are now tanker category. ment spokesman said Greek Liberia, in turn, with only five and the National Maritime being put into final shape and an Favorable Legal RuUngs Union. seamen would withdraw from ships in 1948, has 965 today. setting forth many The operators themselves con­ It has already been concluded announcement the world sea labor movement as The heartening outcome of most of the details may be forthcoming a result of the protest action by cede privately that the new con­ that the coordinating committee within the week. of the legal actions initiated by the the International Transportwoi-kers struction and transfers back to the set up under the joint leadership against the unions is a The success of the anti-runaway operators Greek flag in recent yeats merely of Shannon Wall, NMU vice-presi­ major factor in future planning. Federation. campaign to date is reflected both Almost half of the runaway fleet reflect a sentimental attachment to dent, and Cal Tanner, SIU vice- in the figures on ships tied up and Very few of the moves to halt under the flags of Panama, Hon­ the mother country. Such gestures president, will continue to function in the area of court rulings as well picketing were successful, and it duras, Liberia and Costa Rica is are what enabled runaway shipping on a permanent basis. The com­ as in the reaction of the press, was apparent that Federal Judge Bryan's finding that the runaways registered by Greek nationals, and tycoon Stavros Niarchos to have mittee was established initially for public and government. should come under the jurisdiction the bulk of the remainder is Amer­ Queen Frederika of Greece christen the purpose of handling all the Breaking down the results, the of the National Labor Relations his newest supertanker here last details involved in the four days ican-owned. committee found that of the 160 Board' in many instances- is "a The Greek consul in New York month. It is one of the few'Niar­ of demonstrations. Under preparation now are a ships affected in the United States,- most significant development. attacked the protest demonstra­ chos ships luider Greek registry. In other legal moves in Norfolk, tions as "sabotage" based on "for­ Virginia, a state court refused to eign antagonism" and "envy." His consider the operators' petition statement indicated that the Panbecause proper procedure had .nqt helienic Seamen's Organization was been followed. In Philadelphia an planning to quit the ITF "next injunction was denied on grounds month." Apparently under con­ similar to those made in the New siderable government and ship­ York ruling. owner pressure to do so, the Greek In Mobile, anti-picketing in­ seamen's union has so far neither junctions were issued on behalf of confirmed nor denied the report. a local shipyard where two Liber­ If the union does withdraw from ian ships were being picketed and the ITF, its decision will likely be on behalf of another ship with based on an implicit threat by perishable cargo. When additional Greek runaway operators—^with operators sought injunctions, they government backing—to also switch were first turned down by the local the ships they still maintain under Mobile court and subsequently by the Greek flag to runaway registry. the Alabama Supreme Court. About 20 percent of an estimated In Houston and Galveston, no in­ 1,000 ships now flying house flags junctions were issued except in the 01 Greek nationals are still under case of one banana boat. The in­ the Greek flag. Less than half of junction actually was effective only all these ships are manned exclu­ a few hours. In New Orleans in­ sively by Greek seamen. junction moves did not have any Government Switch direct effect as the protest was The Greek's government's role in closed out before they were acted the maneuvering on behalf of. run­ on. away operators is also noteworthy By and large, up and down the as a complete switch of its position coast, very few of these operators' only a few years ago. In 1954, when moves had any deterrent effect. Canadian Seafarers too did a the big switch by American, Greek In only one case did a run­ bdng-up {ob on the runaways and other owners to runaway regis­ away operator go to the National hanging up 14 ships in various try began, the Greek merchant Labor Relations Board for relief. Canadian ports. Here gang fleet was among the hardest hit. This was in Philadelphia, but be­ of pickets keeps tight watch on At that time, the Greek govern­ fore any action was decided by the snow-covered dock where Liment, condemned the runaway gimBoard, the company withdrew its -~mick for destroying the Greek-flag berian-flag Perseverance Bay charge because it appeared it would (Continued on page 15) fleet. Later, after almost 200 ships was tied up. WASHINGTON—-Advocates of a strong American-flag had fled the Greek flag and the op­ erators began using their savings merchant fleet were heartened last week by the news that on wages and taxes to buill new Rep. John J. Allen, Jr., has been named Under Secretary of tonnage exclusively for runaway Commerce. Rep. Allen has registry, the government worked in the Department. Up until now, out arrangements to bring some been selected by President the Commerce Department and the Eisenhower to replace Lpuis^S. Maritime Administration have not ships back under its flag. Despite this, the Greek-flag fleet Rothschild. As Under Secretary actively opposed the foreign-flag today is still only slightly bigger of Commerce, Allen -will have transfers and have, in fact, encour­ than it was ten years ago, when its good deal of authority in maritime aged them. NEW ORLEANS—An important victory was won in this 223 ships represented 1.9 million port for class B Seafarers last week. The Louisiana Division A resident of Oakland, Cali­ deadweight tons. Today, even with niattera since the Martirae Admin­ fornia, in the San Francisco Bay of Employment Security finally conceded that class B and G the vast growth of the Greek- istration is a branch of the Com­ area. Rep Allen was first elected men. are entitled to collect un-"^ owned fleet, only 263 vessels total­ merce Department. to Congress in 1946. He is an at­ employment insurance pay­ nated in accordance with the 60ing less than 2.3 million dead­ Rep. Allen represented the 8th torney and a graduate of the Uni­ ments in those cases where day rule of the contract, he was weight tons ai-e Greek-documented. District of California in Congress versity of California. their jobs are affected by seniority entitled to collect unemployment for 12 years until his defeat in clauses in the SIU collective bar­ insurance without being penalized. the recent elections. While in the gaining agreements with the ship­ In applying for such benefits Notify Union then, the Seafarers involved should House of Representatives he was owners. the respective unemploy­ About Sick Men an active member of the House Dec. 19. 1958 Vol. XX, No. 26 A favorable decision by the notify ment insurance' office that their Merchant Marine Committee and Board of Review for the Louisiana Ship's delegates are urged to staunch supporter of legislation Division, handed down in an appeal jobs were terminated because of a notify the Union immediately adesigned to strengthen the USof a test case, brought to successful contract agreement to which the when a shipmate is taken off flag fleet. ' conclusion a fight of several years employers are a party. the vessel in eny port because duration waged by SIU officials Before this puling, most of the Allen's predecessor, Louis of illness or injury. Delegates PAVZ HALL. Secretary-Treasurer denied benefits to the men should not wait until they send Rothschild, had formerly been HBBBCRT BRAND, Sditor. BERNARD SEA­ and attorneys in this port to estab­ states involved, claiming "voluntary quit" Maritime Administrator. It was lish the right of these men to full MAN, Art Editor, HERMAN ARTHDR, IRWIN in the ship's minutes but should SPIVACK, AL MASKIN, JOHN BRAZIL, ANA- unemployment insurance benefits. as the cause. handle the matter in a separate during his term of office in that TOLE LEVKQFF, Staff Writers, Bux MOODT. Previously, SIU attorneys had The favorable Board of Review communication, so that the Un­ post that wholesale transfers of Gulf Area Representative, American tohnage to the runaway established the principle in test decision was based on an opinion ion can determine in'what man­ from State Attorney General Jack flags took place, starting in 1953, Publishoe bIWMkiy *T tn* hMdquartart cases in several major maritime ner it can aid the brother. P. F. Gremillion holding that "un­ of the S«af«rari International Unlen; resulting in the loss of over .500 states, among them New York, Mas­ It. would also be helpful If lantic • eult ulttrict, AFL-CIC, i7S Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn S3, NY. Tel. HYaclnth sachusetts, Pennsylvania, Georgia, der the circumstances, a seaman the full name, rating and book ships and over 20,000 jobs to mem­ >-«60e. Second clan postage paid number was sent in. Address bers of American maritime unions. et the Feat office in Brooklyn, NY, under Delaware, Alabama and California. such as the claimant [Luther C. In .all instances, a ruling was ob­ Mason, a class B man] is forced to these notifications to Welfare With Allen in the Commerce the Act ef Aug, 34, 1*13. lU tained that where a class B or C leave the ship pursuant to the conpost, there, is hope of a change in Services at headquarters. (Continued on page 15) man had his employment termi­ dttitude' on the runavvay-flag i^ue Rep, Allen Named To Commerce Post SIU Wins Louisiana OK On Jobless Benefits I IfV,'-' -I SEAFARERS LOG • �Faiie Fonr • SEAFjiRERS^ tOQ IMoni^ It^ -V- - U. SEAFARERS ROTARY SRIPPING ROARD 'r '"•'*>•; November 26 Through December 9, 1958 The usual ~spurt in shipping as a result of increased job turnover during the holiday season hasn't shown itself yet. Accordingly, the total number of jobs dispatched dropped to 1,002 last period. Registration fell off by almost the same amount to 1,059, so that the number of men left on the beach by the end of the two-week period went down also. Most of the decline was among class A men in all departments. A total of 208 payoffs, sign-ons and in-transit visits were reported by all ports, the same as last period. This covered 56 ships in the payoff column, 31 sign-ons and 121 in-transits. New York, New Orleans, Houston and Baltimore accounted for 118 of these. (See "Ship Activity" summary at right.) Five ports did manage to show some impsovement in shipping, however, including Boston (which shipped, no men last period), Balti­ more (still slow), Norfolk, Lake Charles and Houston, Tampa showed no change; the rest declined. The drop was only a small one for New York, which accounted for almost hMf of all the shipping. Mobile and the three West Coast ports were very slow. New Orleans fell off just a little; Philadelphia and Savannah were quiet New York dispatched over 80 percent of all class C newcomers shipped last peridQ, with the result that one of every four jobs sbipjjled from New York was filled by a "0" man. In turn, Boston^ Philadelphia, Wilmington, San Francisco and Seattle shipped no class C men. at alL Sixty-five percent of all jobs shipped in the District went to class A, 24 percent to claSs B.. and 11 percent to class C. These figures represent a rise for all but the top seniority (class A) group. By the end of the period, eight ports had less than 100 men on. hand in all departments. These were Bostra, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Savan­ nah, Tampa, Lake Charles, Wilmington and Seattle. All of these except Philadelphia and Seattle bad fewer than SO class A men registered on the beach. It is expected that shipping throughout fhe District will show some improvement in the coming period due to the heavy job turnover that is traditional at this time of year. The following is the forecast port by port: Boston: Slow . . . New York: Very good . . . Miiladelphia: Fair . . . Baltimore: Slow . . . Norfolk: Fair . . . Savannah: Quiet . . . Tanva: No change . . , Mobile: Should be better .. . New Orleans: Steady . . . Lake Charles: Quiet.. . Houston: Good .. .Wilmington: Fair . . . San Francisco: Good . . . Seattle: Good. Ship Aeiivify Pay Offs Rostoo 4 Now Yorfc ... 24 PMIodefplita.. > BolHaieio ... • TOTALS ... S4 2M DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Boston New York PhUadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Tampa Mobile New Orleans.... Lake Charles Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTAtS Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CUSS B Milpped CLASS C • GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GBOUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 t 3 ALL 1 2 3 . » — '•aa 1 5 3 9 2 1 3 2 4 6 27 55 10 92 1 14 22 37 23 61 12 96 1 13 26 40 1 3 24 6 3 1 6 2 10 — 1 — 1 1 9 ^. _ 2 2 _ 9 23 2 34 3 3 9 15 4 18 2 1 1 3 24 1 — 4 1 5 — 1 4 2 — 3 1 5 1 4 3 8 — — 3 — 1 6'— 1 1 — 3 2 — 2 — 2 — ' 1 1 1 — 1 1 I 1 '- — 10 13 3 26 — 4 2 3 4 2 7 .' 10 28 8 5 8 46 1 14 10 26 8 44 1 10 11 1 1 >— . — 7 — 4 1 2 1 — 6 5 1 w—. 1 t • ' 10 18 3 31 — 1 5 6 7 22 7 36 _ S 9 _ _ — 3 2 _ 2 5 — '— — 2 . i 2 ... 4 12 1 17 1 — 3 4 6 4 2 _ 2 — 2 — 4 — — — 1 1 — — 1 1 78 174 37 289 7 28 63 98 52 156 35 2431 4 23 56 33 1 3 27 aa. a^ GROUP GROUP CLASS B C ALL 1 A 2 8 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 3 4 2 6 4. 12 3 19 6 50 33 96 40 28 164 91 165 45 301 3 17 30 ma. 2 3 32 9 2 5 11 10 20 2 24 3 27 41 103 10 154 4 16 48 68 3 4 6 • 11 4 15 3 22 10 3 3 _ 2 5 6 1 2 7 2 3 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 7 _ 7 29 42 8 77 1 1 9 11 44 11 85 43 60 15 118 3 , 10 9 22 5 2 7 . 6 6 1 1 7 9 6 8 36 12 48 21 37 2 60 14 2 _ 9 2 9 18 1 '6 I . 4 6 3 9 11 24 6 1 41 2 8 — 1 1 — 29 — 1 3 2 14 11 4 4 31 243 83 81 1 357 277 512 98 887 15 65 130 210 mm aa. .oam 'a. aa mm •a. a— aa. —a a. u s «a. a^- •am ami •a.m mm ma. mm 'mm 'am. mm aaW aa. a..; am mm a— •am mm a_ ^ a.a ma .aia • Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B TOTAL SHIPPED mm mm am mm aa. •am a. ENGINE DEPANTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Boston New York PhUadelphia.; Baltimore............. Norfolk •.............. Savannah... Tampa Mobile. New Orleans Lake Charles.......... Houston............... Wilmington" San Francisco Seattle 70TAL5 Registered CLASS B m. Shipped CLASS B GROUP . GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL — 2 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 8 44 8 60 5 42 17 64 16 61 4 81 — 1 15 — 16 — -— — 6 1 7 4 13 5 8 8 22 — 16 2 15 6 23 — 5 — 5 — 6 — 1 5 7 — 7 — — 4 — 1 — 4 — 1 — — 5 — 5 1 —. — 1 1 1 2 3 16 3 22 — 1 1 2 1 6 2 9 4 23 5 32 1 10 7 18 2 22 4 28 3 5 — 8 — — 2 2 1 5 — 6 6 16 — 22 — 5 1 6 8 25 4 87 — 4 1 5 — 1 2 8 1 2 8 5 5 2 4 3 12 — 7 3 3 2 8 — 4 1 5 — 1 — 1 1 — 1 34 161 26 221 7 75 48 130 35 155 23 213 mm •am mm mm mm •— mm Shipped CLASS C GROUP 2 2 ALL I 1 1 8 25 16 44 . 2 4 . 6 mm 2 2 .4 8 3 6 •am mm mm mm am mm am am mm ma mm am 1 8 2 7 __ 1 1 1 48 45 2 14 4 12 _ 2 1 96 am m. ' mm aa. 1 6 2 5 ma ' mm am* 3 TOTAL SHIPPED ReglMered On The Beach CLASS A ClASS 1 GROUP GROUP GROUP CLASS. B C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 2 8 ALL 1 1 2 3 ALL A 5 2 7 1 —2 • 5 2 7 1 16 66 15 81 44 Iff 140 51 129 24 204 8 40 18 6 _ 3 2 5 7 13 1 24 2 27 28 7 95 12 114 1 30 31 82 1 4, 1 I 23 'ala — 7 9 5 12 2 14 2 6 .18 16 b— 11 11 1 2 8 _ 8 4 4 1 1 2 mm 1 _ 6 7 64 2 1 13 1 1 9 12 14 44 6 .3 28 14 3 45 25 58 9 19 3 92 2 10 7 7 3 8 4 1 11 3 1 1 6 10 3 2 5 5 37 12 5 54 10 18 1 29 _ l.-- 4 13 . 3 16 __ ' 6 7 3 1 13 2 __ '8 30 3 5 . • 10 6 23 1 2 — 20 — 5 2 7 1 — I 2 2 17 1 27 213 96 27 336 120 460 62 642 13 121 93 227 1 26 am : aaa mm mm am mm mm mm am am am •aa mm am aaa'' a— mm ma. mm mm. am mm •am 'mm mm . •am •mm mm mm mm ' mm 'mm .am mm aa. mm mm STEWARD DEPARTMENT m: lift/' Shipped CLASS A Port Boston New York. Philadelphia''. Baltitnore ...~. Norfolk............... Savannah .............. .Tampa. . • Mobile New Orleans Lake Charles Houston Wilmington..... San Francisco.. Seattle ;. TOTALS Registered Registered Shipped Shipped CLASS A CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 1 23 ALL 1 23 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 2 — 3 5 — _ 3 3 — 2 2 30 15 45 90 1 1 20 22 29 11 44 34 13 15 4 2 8 14 2 1 6 9 1 1 14 4 6 24 1 — 11 12 6 3 15 24 4 4 2 — 1 3 2 2 2 6 1 — 3 4 4 2 2 2 5 3 — 2 2 — 2 4 5 5 4 4 1- — 1 1 1 2 2 — 4 4 6 14 9 9 1 7 1 1 8 11 5 21 37 12 12 9 — 24 33 6 6 1 4 — 5 2 3 1 — 6 1 ~6 9 1 4 14 10 6 8 11 20 ~1 — 12 13 1 — 1 2 1 1 — 1 1 4 9 7 16 2 3 1 1 6 —• 2 3 93 40 104 237 5 75 84 57 25 116 198 56 6 46 1 ^ 47 2 TOTAL SHIPPED Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP CLASS 2 3 ALL ABC ALL 1 2 8 ALL 1 — 5 6 16 2 11 — 6 2 — — 1 47 51 48 84 . -15 48 147 99 32 113 244 1 6 7 22 3 6 9 1 — JO 13 45 2 41 92 2 24 4 — 28 43 18 31 3 7 12 3 1 11 2 4 6 2 12 7 2 2 JO 4 6 4 2 2 1 — 2 "2 ~ — 25 25 66 9 26 16 24 • 1 — 1 24 25 41 41 13 58 112 33 6 2 6 — 1 1 4 — 7 2 1 6 — — 4 « "s 20 13_ 8 36 21 2 3 26 8 2 4 10 1 r- 7 1 4 4 13 1 7 8 14 81 — 8 2 8 7 12 IS — 15 198 86 55 309 301 99 263 668 16 11 179T206 Shipped CLASS C GROUP 1 23 ALL 1 *2 "s "i I "2 — 84 SUMMARY Registered CLASS A iKife.'r'< I DECK' ENGINE •RTFIilf ABO • GRAND TOTALS Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped Shipped CLASS B CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED Registered 0>n The Beach CLASS B CLASS A GROUP GROUP GBOUP GROUP CLASS GROUP • GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 123 ALL 123 ALL 1 £ 3 ALL 12 3 B C ALL i 2 3 AI.L 1 28 ALL A 78 174 37 289 7 28 63 1 98 52 156 35 243 4 23 56 81 243 83 31 857 277 512 98 887 15 65 130 3 27 83 1 34 161 26 221 7 75 48 1 136 35 155 23 213 3 48 45 I 26 27 213 96 27 386 120 460 62 642 13 121 93 96 — oa ooa AS4 . 10 (i IC >71C t KA ICR KT Oft 2 1a BAB A- ' 'A MM 1 Q.O 4Aa QAi 03 40 104 11 Au XX 179 X.I9 wUlVtP MVV % D fa 1 QJ 54 07 llNf DO DD wW XO llo 198 55 4.0 40 86 1 — 54 teos 375 167 747 18 108 186 1 312 144 836 174 654 11 88 197 402 2192 698 1071 428 2 4 107' ftU 684 285 118 1002 14« aa ^.VWW 4^ ALL 219 22^ , ',;il sno IQUW 637 {I iff �rrT" Deeember 19. 195t SEAFARERS LOG Cops Play Skip-Tracer, Nab 'Runaway' Runaway In^Transifs Prove Boon To Houston HOUSTON—With the exception of one banana boat, the ITF beef was very successful in this area, Robert Matthews, port agent, Aoted. The ship, the Azua, man­ aged to slip out of port after her owners got an injunction barring ITF pickets. However, she was a small factor in the total number of vessels hit by this beef. Shipping for the period has been excellent, Matthews said. Al­ though there were no vessels sign­ ing during the past two weeks the 20 in-transit ships took on a large number of replacements as many of the Seafarers got off to cele­ brate the holidays with their famiies. • There were only two ships pay­ ing off during the last two weeks. They were the National Liberty (American Waterways) and the Nicholas Sitinas (Tramp Ship­ ping). In transit were the Val Chem (Heron); Del Mundo, Del Oro, Del Alba (Mississippi); Almena (Clo­ ver); Seatrain Texas, New Jersey, New York (Seatrain); Ocean Dinny (Ocean Clippers; Steel Appren­ tice (Isthmian); Bienville, Ideal X, Beauregard (Pan-Atlantic); Royal Oak, Fort Hoskins, Bents Fort (Cities Service); The Cabins (Texas City); Mae (BuU) and the Hastings Waterman). Most disappointed bunch of Seoforers was this gang in Lake Charles when runaway ships failed to show up in their port. Coffee and sandwiches tasted good anyway. Lake Charles Downcast: No Runaways Show Up LAKE CHARLES—The most disappointed pickets in the whole United States are tuidoubtedly the jSeafarers in this city. They were all set to go on the nmaway-flag beef, but not a single runaway strip showed up in the port, leav­ for the runaways, but dam it, they ing the men in the port with would not come in here. Oh well, maybe next time we can catch a nothing to do. few." Port agent Leroy Clarke reported With the runaway beef ove?, the that "we, even had one of the brothers, C. E. Savant, who has a port is now facing a new "right to broken leg and ii on crutches, work" drive by the law's Louisiana ready for duty. He reported to the backers. They are busy trying to hdll for duty if needed. We had corral enough votes and support for their proposition at the next enough cars for all our needs. Also, state legislature meeting; Mrs. Guidry, who runs Terry's Bar Shipping for the port picked up near the freight docks, was ready a good deal the past two with her coffee pot and sandwiches, weeks, Clarke over 'said. In fact the free of charge. "So all in all, everything was set port was cleaned out of rated men in the engine department, but was able to get the necessary replace­ ments from the outports. The OS Baltimore made Christmas some­ what better for five .men on the beach here-recently'as she called in for a standby gang to paint her hull. The extra work and mohey QUiESTION: Did yow do your Christmas shopping overseas? will come id Very handy, Clarke said. - James Sanders, eblef steward: Paul P. Lopes, Srd eoofc: I did Calling into the area over the No, I purchase most of 'my Christ­ some shopping in France and Ger­ past two weeks were the CS Noiv many where I folk, Chiwawa, Cantigny, Bradford mas presents here in the states. find the goods Island, Winter Hill, Council Grove, One reason is be­ cheaper,, fancier Bents Fort, CS Baltimore (Cities cause I never and stylish. I Service). The Almena (Penn Ship­ have enough time don't think you ping) was also in port and signed to do any exten­ get Jhe right 12-month articles before taking off sive shopping styles here as fast for the Far East. overseas. Besides, as you can by The membership is reminded while it may be picking them up that- the SIU annuai Christmas cheaper over overseas. Take Dinner there, by the time provided for all one of those big Seafarer'swillandbe their I pay the duty families in and cart the gifts department stores in France, you this port at one of the local hotels. home, I find it a lot cheaper and can't beat them on quantity or easier in the long run to shop here. quality. 9IO CAECVrOAf t MU-r: Michael Lynn, FWT: You could say I do about one-half of my shop­ ping overseas and the other half here in the States. 1 pick things up each voyage and store them until Christmas. I find practicaliy the same quality in goods and work-manship abroad as I can here, and the price is light. " John Walqulst, steward: No. The only things I pick up overseas are articles such as clocks and other knick-knacks for my family. I rather do my Christmas shop­ ping here in the US, especially in 5 s Q . Francisco where I can get better quality than I can get overseas You usu­ ally save money too in ,the long tun> and it is less 8train> Pace Fit# S t Reginald Tasques, cook: I did some of my shopping overseas, and some of it here in the States. However, I think American - made, goods are much better than the stuff in some foreign: countries, and the price does not make that much of a difference. It's the flfiality that counts. t i lb • T. E. Smith, FWTt I did some of my shopping overseas, but I've distributed my gifts already. Or­ dinarily I find that the foreign product is not that good unless you get it in a store run by the government, as in J^mbay. But out­ side of chinaWare, some wool, and seme furniture, buying here Is better. Countries usually export their better foreign products to. the enyyiray; > Trailerships Add Stop^ln Jacksonville PORT NEWARK, NJ—Pan-At­ lantic's SlU-manned trailerships will begin calling at Jacksonville, Florida, early next year. Upon completion of special loading facil­ ities at the port, trailerships will make regular calls on the north­ bound voyage from Puerto Rico to Port Newark. The intemediate stop was made necessary with the extension of Fan-Atlantic's Sea-Land Service to Puerto Rico last summer. This had been the first expansion of the line's operations since the trailership service was inaugurated. Weekly Puerto Rico runs are provided by the' Azalea City and Gateway City while four trailerships make weekly sailings from New York to the Southern ports of Houston, Miami, New Orleans and Tampa. These four are the Beapregard, Bienville. Fairland and Rapbpel! Bqnimes. ..oi HAMILTON, Bermuda—A first-hand sampling of the way runaway companies operate was handed to the 183 passen­ gers aboard the Panamanian liner Arosa Star (formerly Bull Line's 88 Puerto Rico) when^" she abruptly was diverted by the company, the Arosa Sun and from New York and landed the Arosa Kulm, both in England. The Arosa Star action was remi­ here instead. The Swiss-owned vessel was returning from a 15-day niscent of what happened two Caribbean cruise when its owners months ago in Washington. Then learned that the vessel was to be the runaway-flag cruise ship Yar­ attached because of over a mil­ mouth abruptly cancelled a pro­ lion dollars in fuel and supply bills jected cruise, stranding its pas­ senger list, and pulled out to sea pending against the company. to evade an SIU picketline. Upon learning of the pending As the SS Puerto Rico, the attachment, the vessel swung into Bermuda, only to find police wait­ Arosa Line ship had formeriy been ing at the dock to seize her. operated on a New York to San Writs attaching the ship and her Juan run with an SIU crew. The cargo amounted to some $1,300,- 7,000-ton vessel had maximum ac­ 000, most of it, ironically enough, commodations for 200 passengera from Esso. and Standard of Cali­ when it was operated by Bull Line fornia, two major runaway opera­ but, for practical purposes, it never carried more than 140, since most tors themselves. of the smaller cabins were usually Wha Hoppen? rented as singles. Passengers who were anxious to However, after Bull Line sold get home were stunned by the the vessel, she was cut up and re­ development with one girl exclaim­ made into a dormitory-type carrier, ing: "What's happenmg? We were with accommodations for 800 pas­ having such' a good time." Some sengers or better. passengers thought at first that the ship was being diverted to es­ cape the anti-runaway demonstra­ tions. In addition tq the disruption of the passengers' plans as a result of the seizure, ,the company has outstanding several hundred reser­ vations for next spring and sum­ mer's transatlantic crossings. Also under attachment are two other Panamanian ships operated Lakes SIU Wins Three NLRB Votes Seafarer In 2nd Rescue During Fire For the second time this year. Seafarer Anthony Skillman put his seaman's fciiow-how to use in res­ cuing fire victims. Two weeks ago, on November 25, lie climbed into a burning building to help city firemen rescue a mother and her four children trapped in their apartment. Last January, Skillman rescued a mother and her two children and guided several other tenants to safety from a blazing house in the same Brooklyn neighborhood. . Skillman had just returned to his Brooklyn home from a trip on the Hilton when be heard fire en­ gines in the street below. Looking out the window, he said, he saw smoke pouring from a top-fioor apartment of a tenement house down the block. Pausing only to put on a pair of heavy work gloves, he climbed over backyard fences and up the fire escape into the apartment. Along with a fireman who had climbed a 35-foot aerial ladder, Skillman passed the ebildren to firemen forming a human chain down' the aerial ladder to the street. A Sanitation Department worker also participated in the rescue, Skillman said. In the January rescue, the fire broke out when one of the child­ ren involved set fire to clothes in a closet with a lighted candle. Gne small child'died in her crib and the Seafarer wound up with a mild case of smoke poisoning. Rescues are not new to the 39year-old Seafarer. In 1953 he in­ jured his back and right side pull­ ing a shipmate to safety after the latter was knocked unconscious by a heavy _ swell which swept the bow. A member of the deck depart­ ment, Skillman jbined the SIU in Baltimore in 1944. DETROIT—The SIU Great Lakes District has announced organizing victories in three separate National Labor Relations Board elections. The most recent vote was aboard the eight ships of the Gartiand Steamship Company, with the tally showing 72 votes for the Lakes Dis­ trict, 71 for "no union," one chal­ lenged and one void ballotJ Tho challenge was made by the Lakes District on a ballot cast by a su­ pervisory employee. A determina­ tion of the ballot results is now be­ ing made by the NLRB. In past years, Gartiand has vig­ orously battled organizing attempts and defeated other imions' elec­ tion bids three times. Earlier, Lakes District won rep­ resentation rights for crewmembers of Cargo Carriers Inc., and the newly-formed Steel Products company. In the Cargo Carriers vote, the Lakes District won in voting aboard the Harry Jones. The company also owns two other ships, a tug and a barge, and the NLRB certification covers all these ves­ sels which were inactive at the time. A unanimous victory was reg­ istered in the election on the first ship of the Steel Products Co., the steamer Venus, by a 23-0 count. Outlook Poor In Wilmington WILMINGTON —Shipping here remains slow, reports Reed Hum­ phries, port agent. There were no payoffs or sign-ons, mth the entire activity being via the in-transit route. There were six of these in port during the past period. They were the Pennmar and Alamar (Calmar): Jean LaFitte, City of Alma (Water­ man), and the Cities Service Mi­ ami. Due in were the Mas,smar and Marymar-(Calmar); Topa Topa and Chickasaw (Waterman); Natalie (Intercontinental); Longview Vic­ tory (Victory Carriers), and Steel Fabricator Isthmian). Si j �WW^>"-^-' SEAFARERS LOG^ '" • • Deeember 19, MSI: NY SMS Conjinuing Shipping Boom U- llj NEW YORK—Shipping for this port during the past period continued to hold up very well, staying over the 450 mark, Bill Hall, assistant .secretary-treasurer, reports. There were a number of vessels, including the 88 Wang Pioneer and the Kathryn, which came out of lay-up and took on full^*--^—^ —^ — crews. of them came in from fairly long needed, there are a nuinber of From £he shipping figures-. trips, such as the Ocean Eva which vessels coming in from long trips Hall noted, it would seem that a paid off after a lOV^-month voy­ and they will be taking on full large number of Seafarers plan on age. The Eva is crewing up again crews. So far three vessels, the spending Christmas at home this for another long trip. Headquar­ Maria H, the Atlas and the Aryear. Of the 451 men shipped from ters wishes to commend all of the monk, are scheduled to come out this port over the past two weeks, ships' and department delegates of lay-up, and three runaway Lib01 of them were class C cards. This who have be'en doing such a fine ertys are transferring back to means that any seniority men, he job keeping their vessels in order American registry and will be look­ said, who wanted to, could have and clearing iip most of the beefs ing for crews. shipped during the past period befdre hitting port. There was a total of 54 vessels from this port. The outlook for the next period calling into this port over the past "What a mess" is the report from voted to give a donation to the All of the ships hitting the area is very good. Hall said. In addition period. Twenty-six of them paid the SS Jean LaFltte, and it's all Christmas fund for the New Or­ diu-ing the period paid off with to the usual large number of holi­ off, 12 signed on and 16 were in • very few beefs although several day replacements which will be traiysit. because of the holidays. The ves­ leans hall. sel, the report The following were the vessels said, crossed the paying off in this port during the international date past two Uteeks: the' Beatrice, line on Novem­ Suzanne, Elizabeth, Frances (Bull); ber 11, Armistice (Banner); Penn Explorer, A new twist to the old "Government check-up" gimmick used by collection and credit Atlantic Day, and the William H. Carruth (Penntrans); crew decided agencies has been reported to the 8EAFARER8 LOG.-The come-on Is called.the "8emi- Seatrain New Jersey, Georgia (Seathey would cele­ Annual Employment Record."-^ train); Atlas (Tramps and Tankers); brate it on differ­ The form, printed on what Andrew Jackson, John B. Water­ ent dates. The is apparently an IBM card and man, La Salle iWaterman); Alcoa , black gang, for mailed from a Washington, Patriot, Alcoa Runner, Alcoa Po­ gOOM SOr iiiiiiiiliiilM laris Joseph example, decided DC, address, contains a question­ (Alcoa); Steel Architect, Steel 3434 "K" SfHSSr. N.W., WASMtNGTON S, to take off the following day so naire delving into the employment Designer (Isthmian); Robin Trent, Alt; <4; Owe); Alt Ostitiam Mutt tk» Aiitwnttt^ CiwnKftjt CwnMtiy onrf end *»n» SemntMiii wwe) ' they could help celebrate Bill Ev- record of the addressee and his Robin Gray (Mormac); OS Balti­ Itt's birthday. Bill is the electri­ wife more, Bents Fort (Cities Service); cian on the ship. The deck gang Ocean Eva (Ocean Clippers) and If the card is filled out and re­ not to be outdone, took off the turned it could possibly be used the Azalea City and the Bienville second day so they could paint the either to attach a person's salary (Pan-Atlantic). ship red on Sam Joseph's birthday. or can be sold to various firms Signing on were the Seastar (Traders); Longview Victory (Vic­ seeking credit information. t t 3; This is just one of the many tory Carriers); Steel Architect With Christmas coming along ^ ' If KXrff wot fo'wtinSnil pteaw . /A (Isthmian); Seagarden (Peninsular next week. Seafarers hitting Dan­ devices used by private credit Nav); Kathryn (Bull); Atlantic zig, Poland, had better give up agencies. One, previously reported (Banner); Wang Pionee^ (InterInformailon cord used by celleciicn and credit agency resembles the idea of buying presents for to the LOG, sent out what ap­ Ocean); Robin Hood (Robin); Al­ the folks here at home. Accord­ peared to be an official Govern­ an official Government form. coa's Patriot and Polaris, and the ing to the gang on the William ment check voucher, requesting Penn Explorer and William H. Car­ Carruth, Polish customs is very the individual to fill out and re­ ruth (Penntrans). strict on the amount of currency turn the "confidential office ques­ In transit were the Gateway they are allowed to bring ashore. tionnaire" on the back. Carried Eagle Insignia City, Beaiu-egard, Raphael S'emme* LONDON—U8 East Coast ports like Baltimore and Phila­ (Pan-Atlantic); Mermaid (Metro The check and form were also Names of ships' captains also delphia will suffer a slight shipping decline when the 8t. Petroleum); Arizpa (Waterman); entered into the reports from the printed on an "IBM" card and car­ Lawrence 8eaway Opens in 1959, Weston Ltd., London's ship­ Seatrains New York, Savannah* ried a picture of the American ships during the past two weeks. Louisiana, Texas, New Jersey (Sea^ The gang on the Seastar, meeting Eagle. It was sent from the '"Preas- ping analysts, indicated." As a result of studies of Other findings in the study were: train); Val Chem (Heron); Losmar chairman P. M. Meth noted, voted urer's Office" in Washington, DC. (Calmar); Steel Architect (Isth­ thanks to skipper for the good To complete the deception, the facts and figures of tonnage care he has been giving the sick card also carried a picture which gleaned from American and Cana­ ' • The demand for cargo liners mian); Coeur D'Aleae Victory (Vic­ members of the crew during the was a replica of one of the many dian publications, the agency pre­ and possibly the chartering of tory Carriers);" Amonk (New Eng­ land) and the Ocean Eva (Ocean last voyage. They had "excellent US Treasury buildings. dicted there would be a decline tramps for general cargoes will Clippers). continue to rise. care" he said. Since the card stated that the in general cargo and grain exports, • There will be no appreciable On the Del Norte, one of agency would "forward you a which make up only a smaU per­ movement of coal since most of it the SIU's floating baseball teams, Treasurer's Certificate with a centage of'the coast's shipping. ship's delegate J. W. Altstatt said small sum of money" if the form Weston also felt that steel fac­ is still required by local steel fac­ , that Captain Kinney donated $50 was filled out and returned, the tories around the Lakes will enjoy tories. to the fund to purchase new base­ agency usually did mail back a a sharp growth with a large supply • Total shipments on the Sea­ ball equipment for the Norte team. small sum of money—^in fact, ten of domestic and foreign ores avail­ way should rise three or four times The crew in turn, Allstatt said. cents. able. over the 1936 level. SlU SHIPS AT «"•— New Credit Come-On Pops Up , * .,. . r~~ iiiliiiiiif' Seaway To Hurt East tiiMiiovecAt •';|> ''•i. • L ^Crates Are ior Oranges' The use.of makeshift devices such as chairs, wooden boxes and the like as substitutes for proper staging still pops up from time to time as -o cause of shipboard accidents. The kinid of crates used to pack fruit In are seldom sturdy enough to hold a man's weight, and even if they ore, they are o poor substitute for o properly-rigged stage. Take time out to do the job the right way ond there may be one less accident re­ port coming froiR the ship. • .;• - .. • •• •i • 'y ' 'y • y ||;A ISO v.,. . . ' ; J •••• '' . f®-- ' .V - ' ? ; '.i -ite' �SEAFARERS LOG Deeottber 18, 1951 TOUlt DOUM'S WORTH Seafarer's Guide To Better Buying Pare Seres Discuss Plans For Frisco Center '• 4-'''4 By Sidney Margoliua Buys In Encyclopedias This department's recent comment on encyclopedias kicked off controversy, and also brought out some useful information for mod.erate-income families seeking values. ^ A helpful librarian, Evelyn Colcord of Arlington, Mass., writes: "Used encyclopedias are apt to be about ten years old, and dut-ofdate information today is'very bad. Certain'fields of information change almost from day to day: satellites, submarines, etp. As library ians we feel that it is important in supplementing school Work to use only late and accurate information. ^ ^ "Your article gave the impression that World Book is useful only through Junior High. -The Hart Chart lists it for adults as well as for children from seven up. "The Lincoln Library, which we use a great deal, has the advantage M, D, Wiljeyifc (right) from Gsniorniuj operatio!! of being accurate for children ten years and up through adult, and of SfU New York Health Center with Dr. Joseph Logue, director costs only around $25. of the Medical Department of the Seafarers Welfare Flan. Dr. "Thank you for warning people about the 'package deals' by sales­ Willcutts is sotting up similar facility for SlU Pacific District mem­ men who use all sorts of strategy. If there is a good public library wtdch keeps Its reference books up to date, it is much better for people bers in San Francisco. to use It instead of putting money into books whkh become obsolete so soon. Chain-store, bargain encyclopedias also are poor quality." Any family considering buying an encyclopedia should get a copy of the Hart Chart, to which Miss Colcord refers. It gives price, size, strong points, other buying facts, and evaluation of all major encyclo­ pedias, and is thoroughly fnmk in its ratings and criticisms.- You can get a copy by sending 35 cents plus a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Laurance B. Hart, 14 W. Walnut St., Metuchen, NJ. Additional copies are 15 cents. The Lincoln Library mentioned by Miss Colcord is available in one WASHINGTON—Perhaps somewhat envious of the success or two volumes. It contains 3,000,000 words, 800 illustrations and ten of some large corporations in setting up tax-exempt runawaymaps—about half the wordage provided by Compton's (6,500,000) and flag shipping fleets, business organizations have launched a World (7,000,000). The Lincoln costs little more than some of the drive to obtain special tax^ cheap encyclopedias sold in super­ treatmait on American invest­ runaway operations. Shipowners markets, which most of the ex­ perts feel are poor quality and, in ments in foreign countries. with runaway vessels have no in­ The US Chamber of Commerce, vestment in Panama or Liberia some cases, falsely advertised. Machinery and Allied Products but simply use those fiags as a If you can't find a local agency Institute, American Tariff League tax and wage loophole. Other in your phone book, the Lincoln and New York Board of Trade businesses with investments abroad Library is published by Frontier were among groups proposing such have a genuine connection with Press Co., Lafayette Building, a step in hearings before a House the countries in which they in. Buffalo 3, NY. vest in the form of offices, pro­ Ways and Means subcommittee. Another recommended one(Thif is the same committee duction facilities and employment volume encyclopedia is Volume that has been called upon to close of native personnel. Library published by Educators the tax loophole on the runaway Association, 307 Fifth Ave., New fiags. See story on page 2.) York 16. It's usable for age 8 In their testimony, the spokes­ and up, costs $27.05, has 3,250,000 men called upon the Congress to words, 1,650 illustrations, 77 msps. provide for deferral or elimination The thumb-lridex deluxe edition of United States taxes on income of Vpltime Library $33.9Si. ; earned, abroad.. One. spe^er Members of the Brotherhood of You can get a ten per cent disr called for outright tax exemption Marine Engineers now' operating count on Volume Library as well- for all foreign Income. Curtis Bay Towing Co. .ships in as some of the other one-volume Washington observers pointed out Philadelphia will not be -affected encycloBedias, dictionaries,, and that the ^fect of such legislation, by the sale of the company to other reference, science and tech­ if approved, would be to encourage Moran Towing. The fleet will nical books, from Consumer Book US businesses and investors to continue to operate as a Mwan sub­ Club, PO Box 634, New Rochelle, NY, BuL the larger encyclopedias sink their'funds into foreign tax- sidiary, the company announced. are. available only from company agents. Nor have we, been' able'to' free Investments rather than here find any discounts on Tlie Lincoln Library. in the United States, with the re­ Boscoe Fancher, Wisconsin district manager for Compton's, writes: sult that this country could be The Marine Cooks and Stewards VThere are several Inaccuracies in your article . . . specifically: faced with growing unemployment Union unhappily reports the theft "1—Compton's can still be purchased for $104.50. This places it and declining industrial produc­ of $15,000 from tbe union vault in San. Francisco headquarters. For­ under World Book at $11^5. tion. "2—Compton's. actually has more articles than World Book . . . This is ^exactly what has hap­ tunately, the funds are fuUy cov­ However, all of the brief articles are given in the Fact-Index at the pened in the maritime industry ered by insurance. back of each \'alame, rather than in the general alphabetic sequence. where the investment of funds in 3^ 4^ "3—Both Compton's and World Book are commended as useful from ships built for runaway registries, Joining the ranks of the retired the third or fourth grade through high school. Many recommending which operate tax free, has result­ were Ludvig Thostrup and Oscar agencies also add 'for the whole family,' or 'adults also will find the ed in a shrinkage of ships and'emOsterholm, of the Sailors Union of set useful.' ployment in the US merchant ma­ the Pacific. Thostrup. who began ,"4—The top cost of Compton's in the best binding with all, of the rine. extras, is $179.50. The set most often sold, still including all the As in maritime also, the tax sailing at 15, will devote much of extras, is $149.50. Our installment plan is $10 with the order, and exemption would go to businesses his time to his hobby, photography, either $10 or $6 per month. A 50-cent carrying charge is added for Mdiich, by and large, show a much while Osterholm; who has been on each month. With installments of $10 a month on. a balance of $140, higher margin of profit for a com­ the high seas since he was 16, will the cost of financing would be $7. This amounts to 5 per cent on the parable operation because they are try seeing what the interior, of $140 for the 14 mcmths, or about 4.3 per cent for the year. L ain sure run with far lower labor costs this country looks like. you will agree this is a modest service charge, compared, for example* than in the United States. t 4" With the amounts charged on department-store purcliases. Obviously though, there is one The SIU Paolflo District and Us "It is regrettable that an article of this kind has been published floajor differeilce between shore- affiliates, celebrated Thanksgiving without sufficient study, and that as a result' many homes may ,be side .investment abroad and the with holiday dinners at SUP head­ deprived of the reference materials so desperately needed in these quarters in San Francisco. Pres­ of crisis in education" . ent were men from the Marine BeSureTo^t Fireman. Marine Cotto and Stew­ First, to correct the inaccuracies in Mr. Fancher's letter correctin| our inaccuracies: The charge of $7 on a balance of $140, is not a true ards, Inland Boatmen's Union and Dues Receipis rate, of 4.3 per cent for the year, as he says. It's an actual effective SIU Atlantic and Gulf District. Headquarters again wishes to Interest rate of almost double the stated rate. The fact is, the bnymr remind all Seafarers that: pay­ Turkey and ham were featured. a finance charge of $7 on an average debt of only $75. ments of funds, for whatever ^: jWe are glad an adltion of Compton's still is available at $104:50. Union purpose, be made 'only A new hall in Buffalo has been But the district office we consulted originally, quoted $124.50 and up. to autborirod A&G representa­ Xt% revealing that the finn sells more of the $149.50 set with "extras.", tives and that an official Union acquired by the SIU Great Lakes The salesmen can't be pushiiig the $104.50 set very hard. receipt be fiotten at that lime. District, ha its second move at imThe whole drive of .mmy encydopedia puUh^Bieia is to sell hj^hcr- If no receipt Is offered be sure provini facilities in Lakes ports. piriced sets., The Hai$ Chart warns that"Combinations and premiums to «n^eci yourself by lm(iBei.i- The building, at 914 Main St., three i ; : are becoming^a rmdcet. It.ghlHild be possible for wyone to obtain any ^ .te^ brjegtng iiie mailer lb the blocks north of the Greyhound ter­ set by itself Jit the pHoo of Ifie cheapest biiidingSv Why must one buy: jdlention of Ihe 4ie»etaryj4««a- minal. -will seat 206 wd provide a variety of services. (HMming 4s a h<><fiapasfu globed OT anything ^e. to ^ ureFa office. due by the fhrst of the year. the aet ItsellT": Shoreside Rrms Now Seek Runaway Outlet " 4 Ala. Docfcs Economize; Lose Yachts MOBILE — The financial prob­ lems which have halted the expan­ sion program on the Alabama state docks are still under scrutiny at the Governor's office and in the local press, Port Agent Cal Tan­ ner reports. The new governor sent down a member of the state's auditing staff to check into the financial status of the docks and to make recommendations for its future operations, Tanner said. One of the first moves was an order to sell the dock's two yachts, one air­ plane and one new fire truck. Some 85 persons were reported laid off. : as the local newspapers increased. . their pressxne, claiming that the-.' docks' difficulties result from inef* ficient management in the last two years, '; The recent ITF protest was a big > success in this port. Tanner noted, | as a total of 17 vessels were tied i up during the four-day demonstra- • tion. One ship managed to get away without the aid of tugs and a pilot, but was forced to leave most of her cargo still on tbe docks. Shipping in this port for the past period was fair but should pick up during the next period. The Margarett Brown is still in lay-up here but is expected to call for a crew within the next few days. The following ships paid off and signed on during the past period: The Alcoa Cavalier, Alcoa Roamer, Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa >; Monarch of the Seas and the Claiborne (Waterman). The in-transit ships were the Coeur D'Alene Victory, (Victory Carriers) Cbickasaw (Waterman) and the Natalie (Interconfnental). .•is •'iil •M SIU crews in the ,Great Lakes District have alread;- contributed $2,500 towards a fund set up to a d the EO children left fatherless in the sinking of the freighter Carl Bradley last mohth. Over $25,000 from all sources has already been collected. i t i -i • • •m , An increasie In sick benefits to $50 a week for 39 weeks and a re­ tirement pension of up to $150 has been approved by the Brotherhood of Marine Engineers' Welfare Plan. Moreover, a man will receive $20, a day for his first 12 days in the hospital. Previously, disabiLty benefits were $30 a week for 28 weeks if at home and $25 a week indefinitely while hospitalized. Special disability benefits of $25 weekly have now been extended to life. ' Canadian District Seafarers are abuzz with the construction under­ way at the headquarters building in Montreal. Three stories are due to be added to the building, making It, according to the "Can­ adian Sailor," "the finest union structure in Canada." . Outside, the brick work is finished, whilq inside the galley has been en­ larged and "it is a foregone con­ clusion that the members of the union will be enjoying Christmas dinner in the most modern union hall in the country." -••ij M . ••:S3| ' ' 1 �Paee Eiglil SEAFARERS LOG Mates Add To Cains In Completing Pact All Ready For Seafarers La. Unions Poiiticai Action Drive LABOR ROUNB-UP End Hears For French Luxury Ship P'-'- /i The Masters, Mates and Pilots and the American Merchant Marine Institute have reached agreement completing the terms of a new contract covering deck officers on East and Gulf Coast ships, which added more items from the so-called Mobile last August, and the bulk BATON ROUGE, La.—AFL-CIO of nine other items from the "Mobile Pact." trade unionists from throughout The MM&P and the 21 ship- Mobile agreement. Louisiana met here last week for Substantial gains in imion secur­ owners came to terms following the Louisiana State Labor Coun­ negotiation of nine items that had ity and job opportunities for Mates cil's first Officers* Political Educa­ been left xmsettled by AFL-CIO were won by the MM&P in the tion Conference which concluded President George Meany in his renegotiations. High on the list with organization of a State Com- ' December 1 arbitration award. were new provisions governing re­ mittee on Political Education. . The new pact concludes negotia­ lief mates and night relief jobs. An sru. delegation headed by tions that collapsed October 1 and Under the new agreement, relief New Orleans Fort Agent Llndsey set off a six-day tie-up of East mates will be furnished on the J. Williams, who served as vied coastwise leg of foreign voyages, and Gulf coast shipping. chairman of the conference, was all reliefs will be assigned The terms of the agreement are and among those which heard a succes­ through the MM&P hiring hall. expected to cover mates sailing Night relief mates will be fur­ sion of speakers emphasize the with companies not affiliated with nished importance of effective poiiticai to MM&P-contracted ships the Institute that had not signed in all continental United States action .to maintain recent major with the Mates. legislative gains won by* Louisiana Steward department mess on SS Atlantic was picture of a well­ ports, and night relief watches will labor. MM&P officials hailed the pact run from 4:30 PM to 12:30, and -ordered dining room after it was set up for Thanksgiving Dinner. as a'"hell of a good agreement." from 12:30 to 8 AM. Many friendly members of the Menu included such items ds fresh pineapple; assorted fresh fruit, It includes the full West Coast Louisiana legislature appeared be­ cookies, punch. Walnuts, mince pies plus the usual turkey and trim­ The companies also'have agreed contract, 28 provisions of • the to furnish the MM&P with an fore the conference to warn trade mings. agreement negotiated with a annual list showing what seniority union leaders that already they group of shipping companies in the mates have in the company, are being propagandized by such labor enemies as the Louisiana and to keep the MM&P informed Free Enterprise Association, Louis­ of changes in the list. Mates also iana Farm Bureau Federation, and must be given written notice that various other big business "front" they're being fired 24 hours before groups who are forming for an allpayoff or termination of the voyage. As part of a campaign to bring eight weeks after eight years' ser­ out attack on Louisiana labor's , Earlier, AFL-CIO President about a settlement of the year­ vice. Meanwhile, pilots at Ameri­ gains of the last two sessions. can Airlines gave notice of a strike These gains, they all warned, long strike by sales clerks at an Meany had awarded the Mates PHILADELPHIA — Shipping continues steady here as the year many of the most important pro­ R. H. Macy outlet in Toledo, Ohio, scheduled to start tonight. The will be under attack at. the next , draws to a close. Some of the men visions they had asked for in the Retail Clerks Union will picket pilots strike had been barred earl­ session unless trade unionists re­ on the beach are planning to sit negotiations. Among the key the company's 34 stores through­ ier by a Federal Court injunction. double their efforts to support the campaigns of friendly candidates. if 4 4 it out until after the holidays in items were a minimum manning out the country during the Christ­ order to spend Christmas with scale of two 3rd mates on all four- mas shopping season. The Clerks Editorial and business employees The drive against labor includes their families. This has made it mate ships, overtime pay while started picketing the Toledo store, on the "Washington Evening Star," such major items as reenactment easy for a man to register and working cargo in foreign ports on LaSalle and Koch, in November, members of the AFL-CIO News­ of the so-called right-to-work act ship out quickly, which has hap­ weekdays between 3 PM and 8 AM, 1957, after the > company refused paper Guild, have voted to accept which was repealed in the 1956 pened on a number of ocasions maintenance and cure for masters, to negotiate a 'renewal of their a new contract offer and end their session, and watering down of and improved transportation contract with the union, thereby three-day., walkout which forced sweeping liberalization of the lately. rights. ending a bargaining relationship the paper to suspend publication. state's unemployment insurance The Petrochem (Valentine), Flomar (Calmar) and the Cantigny The Mates also gained major which had run for 20 years. The The new agreement provides for a and workmen's compensation pro­ (Cities Service) paid off during the increases in pension and welfare store then hired strikebreakers and $14-a-week wage increase in top grams enacted by the 1958 legis-. benefits, additional job security held an election in which strikers minimums over a three-year pe­ lature. last period. The conference, first of its kind and severance pay when , jobs are were not allowed to vote. In con­ riod. There will be a $7 a week In transit were the Steel De­ permanently lost because a ship to bo conducted in Louisiana since junction with the • nation-wide raise llie first year, $4 the second signer and Steel Architect (Isth­ is sold or transferred foreign. merger of AFL and CIO unions at mian); Robin Gray and Robin Trent Agreement on the last items of picketing, the union plans an ex>- and $3 the third. The top minimum the state level, was conducted in. tensive publicity campaign to tell wage for experienced editorial (Robin); Wang Pioneer . (Intercontract was reached Decem­ the public of the company's re­ workers on the "Star" under the an atmosphere of complete harr Ocean); Longview Victory (Victory the mony and indicated a united and ber 9 following two days of nego­ fusal to negotiate a settlement. old contract was $127 a week. Carriers); Ideal X (Pan-Atlantic); tiation. determined effort will be made , The new three-year pact Emelia (Bull), and the Petrochem expires June 15, 1961. 4 4 4. to conduct a successful political. . The United Mine Workers and (Valentine). The United Auto Workers have action program in the 1960 elec-. reached agreenaents ending strikes the bituminous coal operators have tions. There were no vessels signing signed a contract providing' for a on. at Studebaker-Fackard, the last The meeting was presided over holdout in the auto industry, and $2 a day wage increase for some jointly by Victor Bussie, president The recent boycott of runaway 186,000 soft-coal miners. The new at Caterpillar Tractor plants in ships was a huge success in this of the State Labor Council, and East Peoria, Morton and Decatur, agreement set a precedent in that Gordon Flory, director of the port, Steve Cardullo, port agent, 111. The agreement with Stude­ it was signed in two separate con­ Council's Department of Legisla- reports. Of 30 ships that pulled in, baker-Fackard provides for a tracts. One agreement, covering tive and Political Activities. only four were able to get away. wage boost of from 7 to 15 cents mine operators who are members Around-the-clock picket duty an hour, and gears the company's of the Bituminous Coal Operators v/as maintained by the Interna­ Association, bars' the operators tional Transportworkers Federa­ LE HAVRE—The lie de France, contributions to the supplemental from buying, selling or handling unemployment plan to the sale of tion. Picket boats maintained a one of the most famous of the non-union coal. The other agree­ constant vigil around the run­ transatlantfc luxury liners, is being Studebaker cars. The union has ment, which covers mines produc­ agreed to allow the company to aways in the harbor. withdrawn from service, the French ing for one buyer only, such as a Line has announced. Excessive drop its five cent an hour con­ steel mill, left this clause out as the operating costs were given as the tribution to the fund 'until the operators feared it would subject sales e«f the 1959 model reach the reason for the decision. BOSTON—There was activity 60,000 total. The full five-cent them to prosecution for violation on all fronts during the last period When buUt In 1928, the He de contribution will be restored when of Federal anti-trust laws. with four payoffs, five sign-ons France was the sixth largest pas­ 90,000 cars are sold. and five ships in transit, most of senger liner in the world and the The Caterpillar agreement ended them in Portland, Maine, as cold flagship of the French fieet. With a seven-week walkout by some weather brought the tankers out. a tonnage of 44,356, a length of 14,000 UAW members and brought BOSTON—^A man who worked 764 feet, a speed of ^31^ knots and added pressure on International Faying off were the Bradford Is- ; briefly for the .Textile Workers accommodations for 1660 passen­ Harvester where 37,000 have been land . (twice 1 and council Grove; Organizing Committee in 1938 but gers, she was one of the first ships on strike for a month. The agree­ (Cities Service); and The Cabins who has served as public relations that proved to the world that a ment provides for increases rang­ (Texas City), ^ NORFOLK A dark shipping counselor for several large firms liner could be both big and fast. Signing on .were the Bradford ing from 8 to 17 cents am hoiir, picture'here was brightened some­ iii the last decade, was described Early in the Second World War, of which 6 to 15 cents is retroac­ what by the signing on of a full Island (twice) and Council Grove as a "former textile union organ­ the lie was converted into a troop­ tive to Aug. 14. crew by the Fandora (Epiphany), (Cities Service); The Cabins; izer" by the local press. The union ship but was taken over by the after she had been tied up for (Texas City) i. and the Fandora 4" .tf if tag was applied after he had been British in July, 1940, after the (Epiphany). . , afrested for possession of part of a Germans occupied France. With Members of the International As­ several Weeks. Those in transit \yere the Robin ^ One other sigri-on, that of Interhalf-million haul of securities from the allies she proved invaluable, sociation of Machinists voted over­ whelmingly in favor of ending their Ocean's Wang Fioneer, was re­ Trent and Robin Gray (Robin); • two Canadian banks last year. as much as 9,700 troops a walkout at Trans World Airlines ported by James Bullock, port Steel Architect (Isthmian); Royal • The man, Bernard J. Erhazy, carrying trip at times. and accepted, the company's latest agent. There wjere no payoffs dur­ Oak ( Cities Service) ; and the: was taken into custody by FBI • After the war, the liner under­ contract proposal. The strike ing the period and" none in yght. Fandora (Epiphany); agents, when he was found with Forty of the . men here spent a : Fort Agent James -Sheehah re-: $50,000 in securities from one of went reconditioning, a project halted the company's domestic and which lasted two years. In 1949, internBtional operations for 16 hearty Thanksgiving together at ported a big turnout at the annuel.; the banks in his possession. In the last ten years he has been minqs her third funnel, she re­ days. The agreement contains im- the Puritan Rest, a local restaurant, Thanksgiving Day dinner, held, at ;" consultant to the Electric. Boat Co;, turned to service on the L'Havre provementii ih the method of which did a good job of keeping nil the Hotel Essex. He urged alt Bates Manufacturing Co., and Col­ r-Southampton — New York run. handling grievances, company-paid stomachs well-fiUed; Since it . will Seafarers'' Planning;: to -attend lins & Aikman. Hou'ever, no ref­ Its' cuisine and .high-style luxu^ life insurance for .hazardous duty not, , be open for Christmas, the. ,Christmas., 'dinner,to, bo ^..held. at erence was miade td these afliiia*- brought the lie de France Inter- ,and lay-off'pay'ranging from two hoiiday dinner on that Occasion. the 'same place;' to- makeAirange^^'jw^^i^ tlons In the newspaper Stdrtes; - ' national fame. ^ jwilFA9«''iwld:.eisewhbiie;'^ • ',m£nts.-.thtouglr • him; .iw)eek4 After tlvo'yehx^^^ Big Turnover Boosts Phlla. 9.1 - December 19,. 195a Union Label Stieks Fast Winter Spurs Norfolk Has Liftle Action �• =/ Deoembar 1», 1958 SEAFARERS LOG Tnge Nia« Press Opinion On Runaways When the lines went down in US ports on midnight December 4, after hitting a total of 160 runaway-flag ships in the previous four days, it was apparent that the demonstra­ tions^ by American isea unions against runaway shipping had been outstand­ ing successes. Totaling the results, the American Committee of the ITF found four major accomplishnrients to its credit; • Of the 160 ships picketed, 137 were completely tied up. The 23 that got away in most instances had to ciit lines and leave cargo' xmtouched. ' • Press reaction throughout the country was very favorable. For the first time, the spotlight was turned on the evils of runaway registries and it was apparent that the press and public were jolted by the exposure. • A series of court rulings rejected most attempts to block the demonstrations and, in many instances, spelled out clearly that the American Committee had a legltima^ trade union beef with the runaway oper­ ators. • The major unions involved, the SIU and the NMU, demonstrated their ability to work efficiently and in complete har­ mony on this issue. In light of the initial success of the deiponstrations, it became apparent that loMg-rango plans are needed to follow up the advantage gained both on the legisla­ tive and organizational fronts. Of the 160 ships picketed here 124 were described as Liberian, 23 Panamanian and the rest Honduran (7) and Costa Rican (6). There were 49 tankers and 111 freight­ ers involved. The runaways had their troubles in other countries as well. Cana­ da's Seafarers hung up 14 ships in grim reprisal for runaway activities by Canad^n shipowners • which have decimated that country's deep-sea fleet. Cuban sea­ men reported nine ships locked up tight in that country's ports and in far off Israel, the nation's labor federation, "Histadrut," reported with satisfaction that "the longshoremen and stevedores In the Port of Haifa refused to handle the cargo of two ships flying 'flags of convenience*, from Deceniber l-4th." Other nations reported similar actions. . , So it went around, the world, but-the . higgest -impact was in the United: Stiaites, ; which is understandable in light of the fact ^ that the biggest slice of runaway shipping is owned or controlled by .Aniericansj, ;j"^l,Aside ftom. the ;unlons' : direct j-inent of the, runaways , via pic]keting, , reaction in the press made it clear that the runaways' mask of respectability had been removed and* that they stood ex­ posed as wage and tax dodgers. For ex­ ample, the "Washington Post" on Decem­ ber 4 declared: "As AmerlcSta ^axes and costs have steadily risen . . . the convenience flags have become a convenient 'out' for American fleet o^wners. But the Paniibhonco flags afford the seafaring man pre­ cious iittle protection, inasmuch as wages and working conditions are notably in­ ferior in most cases. The transfer policy takes no account of this and in this respect, at least, is indefensible . . ." Other editorial opinion, some of which appears on this page, was in much the same vein. On the legal front, the runaways suf­ fered a shattering setback when the major operators went into; Federal Court and were told by Judge Frederick van-. Pelt Bryan that he found nothing in the -law "which prevents . . . American labor unions from acting in concert . . . with foreign trade unions . . . to. carry out legitimate Ijbor objectives in the course of a labor dispute . . He added to the IIM'M II ' ti bargain that "majority ownership and control by Americans of the corporate owners of foreign vessels" might give US trade unions a perfect right to pick­ et, strike and organize such ships. Other judges to* whom the runaways appealed for injunctions came to similar conclusions. Federal Judge William O. East in Portland, Oregon, noted: ". . . what flag any given bottom car­ ries is not of importance. The question is: Who are the true owners, the true operators and the true charterers of any given vessel upon any given voyage? If it should develop that the owners, op­ erator, or charterers are engaged in some sort of conspiracy, or some sort of activity that tends to relieve them of their true obligation of dealing:collectively vrith bargaining, agents of American, seamen, . then the American seaman has had a wrong cqmmitteed against him ..." "That, pf jtself, pretty well sums up the . whole issue. If the protest accomplishes nothing more than to get this kind of policy established in the courts and in the National Labor Relations Board, it will have laid the groundwork for an ef­ fective attack on the runaway problem. at I wbM'Vt** • WW ,where the tne iihlp* smpa •re'lwtihert; ««'• Mftnflay, Ihp rpsul^f an Pickftta caiTiwl plnrmtH wltku stated. 'Condiuors, jtifrnntionril wsxM and not up lo mil' of International Transport Worhiinrifp IgM^MtloMtandftrds.' fn'-e." . -Hie . -. VANCOUVER PROVINCE, Van­ couver, Canada "Ships are registered under flags of convenience to avoid taxation . . . "Freedom from taxation has en­ abled the flags of convenience to earn exceptional profits during the post­ war shipping boom. The shipowners who operate under these flags are not members of any of the recognized shipping federations, nor parties to collective agreements on wages and conditions for seamen." 1 flogs'm ^onfirnQ The boycott aHecfe sMjw o* I Iberian, ranamanian. H«n Kn and Cost* Rlcan regis to-. Many shipowners have sought registration undo Ihesa llaat to paylnf union warns, taxes. nt*'" Ulrting safely .jtamUidi, IN KDMK American poris lhlunrtior.s hiNw heen granlc^, l.i. -hipping <oniEaPiesj*6* • rilnAlt-,.. f/ons • ; *;?: a fry,.. rpccialiy ,l I Ji®?' L.H^ . '«.'l w'w International boycott hits five ships in pprt IrtadliiBof nve'Ubcrtnn|»-TSKn to rroM 11 FINANCIAL TIMES, London: *'The international labour boycott is a dangerous and, in principle, un­ desirable practice; on the other hand, these shipowners have deliberately put themselves outside national loy­ alties and camiot claim their protec­ tion. They cannot ask for the benefit of responsibiiities they do not accept, or of taxes they do not pay." • ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH "... These are ships actually owned in the United States or other countries but registered in Panama, Honduras or Liberia. The false flags are raised to escape wage standards, taxes and regulations imposed by the countries in which the ships are really owned ... What if these ships had to depend on Panama, Honduras or Li­ beria for the navigational aids pro­ vided for modern shipping, not to mention the protection afforded only by the true countries of origin?" • DAILY PRESS, Newport News, Ya. . . . "The registry of American vessels under the flags of Panama, Liberia, Honduras and Costa Rica is not capricious nor purposeless. The unions are correct In their conten­ tion that by these foreign registries the crews can be paid less, working conditions below American standards can be maintained, and perhaps even safety regulations are . not the same ... "The ideal, of course, would be to have them under the . Stars and Stripes . . . suppose an enemy at­ tacked one of these ships—how quick­ ly the owners would run to Wash­ ington for naval protection!" Vif-'-. Four Days' Pkkefing Fo€uses Spotlight On Tax-Wage-Dodging Jil vinofr'i , 'O^eor/jCA'. tX-—J |j„ioii Pi ole5lIiivolvtiS I . ucs«"' ., o.# 10 Vessels ill Porl ,u. ..rW. V JiJ >" J* "'S' \ firrt d*y Jo* J*'*' • u., ,1. * Mostofthep»ckcimgwasf*li ^ 5 oji ^n^•«^Monc m -Nc-.vpi.rt as \ uf ihejcieh'.hniif • :'•'h;^fI , • .ioql bjiriumeipickt lin« 75™ .'J M'trt IntKnaiion- entrance to the • Iv.av toal piers.. I>cU\^ toidiat I ^Crcck. »• e sr\-ci» ;A few samiptes of jprw coverogo i>f |hq: i^navoci^aa pro- f 1 U5 cprried the seqtnen's unions' argomenls as Id wHy - f 1 .-.ji-V: �race Ties ' s E A:P'M if >iy ^ Launch W4,SW^6n Tanker KURE, Japan—The world's largest supertanker, the 104,500-ton Universe Apollo, was launched here last week after her builder, shipping maf^ate Daniel K. Ludwig, received "guarantees" that the ship would be Imder charter from an American company for a long period of time, While most shipowners pany. Gulf Oil, the vessel wUl be ;-2, her crew Is Just 17 more than e T-2*8 complement. Of course, were complaining that the bot­ registered under a runaway flag, her wage bill will also be far less tom dropped out of the tanker giving her Immunity from-Ameri­ than that of an American-flag T-2. can taxes, conditions and stand­ charter market, Ludwig had held The ship, which will be under ards. off laying the keel to the ship In order to cut down on operat­ charter to Gulf Oil for an undis­ until he received assurances that the vessel would be employed on ing costs, the,ship will only carry closed • period; will carry oil from a crew of 60. Whllie the Apollo is ttie Penlan Gulf to Tokuyama. delivery on January 31. seven times the size of a 15,000-ton Japan Ludwig is the owner of National Bulk Carriers, which owns, builds and operates one of the largest ^Daily Worker' Pipedreom; private merchant fleets in the world. The Apollo was built by National Bulk at its Kure ship­ yards. Although the vessel Is owned by en American company and will be under charts to an American com- I Deda^ber U. IMS tlATRAIII NIW JIRSIY (SaatralM), NOV. ts—ChaliMaa, P. arauiw S«cr*tarw V. RaMW. T«m». gaag* and teMRW'llao Rnai ansUUtr etaOmasn oat or w«w. Aft. msebUra at biad to b* replaced. Rblaf fond Sicie. ushta on dack f bo raised and larsar buUM InataUed. Naw delasaU alaalad, lMl«|ata to b« roatatad avary twa trips. Ne pises ts dry clothaa. Dryar naededi tabs in laundry room rostad. Sussaation to iiistan atalnlaaa tuba. Another 15 i' I?-!,- , T-'y-'- • i:;y' Libertys On Scrap Heap Food net up to par. Short on bacon,Jama. praaerves and catsup. Need new washing machine. Some mix-up In hot eekss end bHCkwheat «•!:«•• Discus, ston on food shortage. Delegate to see patrolmaa about shortage. ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcoal, Nov. U— ATLAS (Cargo), Nov. 3—Chairman', J. FIcou: Saaratary, V. Stsnklowici. HaU situaUon improved. Ship's fund S7a.lS. Few hours disputed OT. One man hospitalized in Pedro. Vote of thanks to deck dept. for help after iiufiil and rwUgh Wcatlier. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for good chow, oqpedally chief cook. Jobs Slaik In Savannah MARORH CMaivan), Nay. M—Chafiman, G. Rabartsi Saeratary, C. Kant. SiAOARORN (Pann.), Sapi. 11— Chairman, J. Crows: Seeratary M. Cox. Chairman, M. RUHM; Saeratary, J. No communicaUons or LOGS received. Lakartlk. Ship needs general clean Movie fund S288.53. New delegate up. roc'alea, mesa and recreation elected. Do not place chewing gum on deck. Keep biscuits hot at break­ roonu and bathrooms to bo painted, Nov. SO—Chairman, I. Morsavli Sec fast time for watch: post notice for ratary, J. Lakwyk.. Ice box riiacked— hours of washing and pressing ma­ okay. -One man hoipitaUted. Pew chine. houra disputod OT. Carpenter work SEAMAR (Calmar), Nov. S—Chair­ man, v.. ReM: Secretary, D. Forrest. Repair list submitted. Membership urged to vote in coming elecUon. Several houra disputed OT. To write letter to hq. re: food shortages. Bold? Get 'Arry In White House Harry Bridges may or may not know it, but the fondest dream of one "Worker" columnist is to' wake up one morn­ ing and find him the president of the United States. That interesting bit of information-*^' SAVANNAH—It has been a very was contained in the Sunday, President," he wrote, "and It added slow period on the shipping front December 14, "Worker," offi­ years to my life . . . I had Just for this port as the only Jobs cial organ of the Communist Party about given up believing in the hu­ called in were for replacements In Uie US. man race T. . I thought our coun­ on the six In-translt ships hitting try was finished and though the the area. The outlook for the fu­ The columnist, Michael Gold, whole world had gone socialist, we spun himself a fantasy In which ture Is about the same. would stay dumb and capitalist Calling Into port over the last Bridges, long-time head of the forever. ' , West Coast longshore union, was two weeks were the Fort Hosklns, "How wrong I was, children. CS Norfolk (ClUes Service); Sea- elected president in 1964 on the Never give up your fight for a train Georgia, X^outslana (twice) ticket of the "United Front Party.' good cause -.. ffelt'So gosh damed That 1964 election sent Harry good when Hai^-Bridges and our Seatrain) and the Robin Hood Bridges to the White House as new United Pmnt Party made It (Robin). that my hair riarted growing back on my bald head." There was more of the same, but the drift ought' to lie clear by how. Bridges, meanwhile, was making no'apparent move for the presiden­ cy. but hls offidal publication "The Dispatcher" carried an attack by him on US opposition to the sur­ render of Berlin to Communist (Ed. note: The column this issue is devoted to three retired Sea­ East Germany. farers, an over 75 pears old, who are receiving the ISIU $150 disability Other editorials and stories In benefit.) the same Issue applauded Egyptian George Jackson . . . 73 . . . and preparing to join Golden Age Club President Nasser and denounced In his Baltimore community . chief steward . . . SIU member since US policy In the Middle East; called for trade with Red China, 1938 . . , received commendation from former and demanded, the ouster of Secre­ Secretary of Navy Frank Knox in 1942 for action tary of State Dulles, None of these In combat against German submarine . . . had been objectives are the kind with which aboard SS Elizabeth (Bull Line) which was tor- the "Worker" would quarrel. -pedoed . '. . started sailing in Virgin Islands in 1909 . . . preferred rims to Europe because of bigger payoffs . . . still keeps in touch with former ship­ mates Claude Fisher, Frank Antonettl and Jose Garcia . . spends most of time watching television . . , vividly recalls the hardships of the ^"old days" Jackson ... remembers how the shipowners fought the unions all the way . Is proud of the dignity and decent conditions seamen enjoy today . last sailed on the Seamar in 1952. 4", it 4> Ernest Trotmaa . . . 77 . . . first shipped out from Barbados, British West Bidies, in 1893 . . . Union member since 1938 . . . sailed in both World Wars on the SS George Washington and WASHINGTON — Another 15 others . . .-most trips'he made on one ship was on battered Liberty ships are on sale SS British Guiana . . . 141 round trips between as part of the Maritime Adminis­ New York and West Indies . . . also served 514 tration's Liberty-scrapping pro­ years on Robert E. Lee . . . still In touch with gram. Inaugurated last December, shipmates Frank Moore, Wilfred Grant, Ollva Lake the Junking program has disposed . . . lives in New York City with wife and daughter of 86 damaged or unstrengthened ... occasionally visits the hall to trade stories about Libertys so far. The fleet presently old times .. r sailed for the last time in 1955 aboard numbers 1437 ships. Bidding will open on January 6, the Robin Sherwood . . . urges newcomers In the Trotman Industry to appreciate the good conditions they 1959, with no bids below $70,000 inherited . . "never dreamed" back In '98 of benefits he enjoys in being considered. ' leisure years. A total of $6,595,997 has been collected for the 86 Scrapped Lib­ William Johnson ... 76 ... also an SIU member from the begin­ ertys, an average-of $76,696 per ning . -. . sailed in steward department . . . began in New York in vessel. All Items of machinery, and material and 1917... saw Europe "from one comer to other" equipmeat consumable-Stores- and fuel are ... Referred "any ^Ip I could get a. Job on" . Included in the sale. When con­ Uves with wife and son in Orlando, Florida . . . structed during World War H, attends church whenever he can ^; stiffwed recent Libertys were valued in the area strrico but is "not giving up" . . . "I am stlU hrid- of tZmiUlon. , Jdany ed the 2,7M built for war­ Ing my head up and praying to the Lord for all of time ptirposcs were sunk by enemy my brothers and their families" . . . stlU recom­ torpedoes, sriiUe a considerable mends a taste of a seaman's life for youngsters first numbm' have bera'sold to domestic starting out on. their own . . .. last ship was the and foreign operators under the Wflliun Camrih in 1954 . . . misses oldtlmers who Ship Sales ihet of »46. The inajoef sallect with him and arent around today . . . proud of his fife a« a aytdOM liberty. 9eet^ id J|a^ jeamwi,. , would still fflw to more trip;; 'I^Ulr 'r' : -• dent dgarattes. Heat net turned off in hot weatbor. Veto of thanks ta steward dept.. socially baker. on grain abuts. Sea patrolman abaut ebiat cook, maaaman and pantryman. Clean frarii waUr tanks, check salt water ahewera. repair list made out, washing martilna ta be repaired— needs apara partA Cake atixing ma. china needs spare parts. No perform­ ing at payoff. MORNINO LIOHT (Watorman), Nov. It—Cbalrman, L. Kyaori Socrstary, J. Mumtariynn. Now delegates elected. General diacuaaion on welfara of crew: report on safety meeting. Vote of thanks to steward dept. far axceUent meal provided Thankagiving. PORT KOSKINS (CHIaa Sarvlee), Dac. 9—Chairman, J. Narvsas: Seero. tary> J. MtcLeushlln. Soma disputed or. One pierhead in.Houston. Dis­ cussion on aqualizaUen. Sea steward ahont caid drinks in hot weather. Sea patroiman abaut roaches. Have fan* taU washed down more often. BIENVILLR (Pan-AtlanHc), Dee. 7— Chairman, A. Thompson: Saeratary. R. Wardlaw. Ship's fund S1.72. New delegate elacted. Recreation room to bo cleaned. See patrolman about pay­ ing ship off earlier. Ship to ho fum­ igated for roaches. TBXMAR (Calmar), Nov. 3—Chair­ man, D. Stana: Saeratary, V. Manta. Repair list ta be aubmitted in tripUcate. Bvarytblns running smootUy. New waahlBg macbine and fan to be placed in laundry romn. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for Job well done—fine food end lots of milk. STEEL DESIGNER (Itfhmlan), Nov. IS—Chairman, J. LaFolntat Saeratary, J. RlwaH. New wasblns machine or­ dered. Suggestion to send letter to bdqrts. re: OT for no shore leave. All disputed OT taken care'-of. Eng. dept. watch standees ataould have individual foc'dea for each arateb in order not to waka up other men not on watch. Veto of thanks to steward dept. for Job well done—good food and service. Linen this trip vary poor, to bo taken up with patrolman at payoff. eOUER D'ALRNE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Nov. U^Chalrman, H. Krehn: Saerotsry, H. Robinson. Dele­ gate called for .safety meeting. New delegate elected. Ship to be fumigated for roaches and rats. Bombs and spray guns have no effect. WACOSTA (Waterman), Nov. 3S^ Chairman, R. Hodgesr Saeratary, J. Fursall. No ctgarettes to be issued on coastwise; Twa men missed ship. Some disputed OT.' New delegate elected. Foc'alo door to bo repaired. Water Tine not repaired—crusty water coming through faucets. ORION STAR (Orion), Nov. 33— Chsttman, C. Smith: Secretary, J. . Baldarsten. AU draws to bo given as ' men requested." Ch. Cook hospitalized - in Sasebo—may return. Ship's fund SO. Some disputed OT.- Two men short. Reports scesptsd. Keop per•onal opinions to ones self—do not spread rumors. Suggestion to havo PORTMAR (Calmar), Nov. 3—Chair- ice tongs or large spoon for ice cubes. man, E. Bayns: Saeratary, B. Ruckar. Request chairs be brought in fromBhlp'a fund $5. New treasurer elected. decks and fantsU in bad weather. SUZANNR :(BuU), Nav.. IS—Chafr-v ALCOA RANGER (Alcos), Nov. 33— man, J. Bracht: Sccratsry, A- Fedroa. Chairman,, D. Jordan: Secretary, C. New delegate elected. Reports ac­ Crabtree. Milk beef—on board tod cepted. . long. Suggest some be left out for' lunche ALAMAR (Calmer), Nov. IS—Chair­ man, J. McPhaul: Secretary, B. Agel. ROBIN GOODFELLOW (Robin), Nov. Ship's fund SSAS. Written menus to Itr-Cbalrmsn, H. NeiMn: Soeratsry, be used. Letter read cencemlhg food R. Slerk. Need keys, to foc'des. beef and conditions in general. Re­ Foc'slea heed phihtinA Improvement' quest mora IXJGS. Delegate to sew in steward dept. this trip. New dele­ that proper stores are put aboard.^. gate and treasurer elected. Ship's fund to be started. Take care of all HILTON (Boll), Nov. •—Chtlrnlan, Unen. Library to bo locked, ndien in ^J. Winn: Saeratary, W. Bodnar. Few port. hours dlqnited OT. Not enough steaks ' to order. Keep bathrooms cleaner. ROYAL OAK (CItiol Service), Oct. 33—Chairmen, E. Bryan: Socrstary, D. . DEL ORO (Miss.), Nov. 33-:-Chalr- Board. SMp'a fund $3.82. Reporta acman, G. Trexclair: Secretary, F. Wol- cepted. New delegate elected. Dis­ debrand. Ship's fUnd SS.6S. Delegato cussion on limit for coastwise draws. to pick up bo<du from union halL Bathrooms need sougeeingl Repair list Vote of thanks to steward dept. to be made up. Clothes may be dried in fire room fidley not in passageways. MYRIAM III (Int. Nay.), Nov. 37— Chairman, E. King: Seeratary, F. SuiDEL SUD (Miss.), Nov. 33—Chair­ llns. Steward dept. to take care of man, W. Forktni: Saerotsry, T. Novak. recreation room; other dept. to take Capt. allowed one bottle aboard in . St. care of laundry. Keep bathroomc Thomas. Ship's fund 3324. Purchasedclean. Galley range and ovens to be projector parts, movies and library. repaired. Kequest company send mall New treasurer, librarian, athletic di­ rector elected. To procure shrimp in to ship in foreign ports. Brazilian port for X-maa party. Dis­ PBNN TRADER (Pann.), Nov. 33— cussed shoreside workers aboard in Chairman, H. Wostphali: Saeratary, M. So. Amer. ports. MacDonald. One man missed ship in ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Robin), Nov. V M«nr»-r. Old man ran SIU. Canadian patrolman off" shii^—letter to NY by • —Chairman, W. Noma: Seeratary, R. Rsyos. Bequlra more night lunch at delegate. Few disputed OT. Crew uq^t. Do not molest dog. Chang# does not went ddp's fwd. linen on day designated. While on STIEL FLYER (isthmian), Nov. 33— African coast, keep all coolies away Chairman, D. Ksddy: Saeratary, A. from water cooler. Maldanade. AU repairs made. Awn­ LUCILLR BLOOMFIILD (BlObming baric aft requested. Ship's fund •irman, F. Rowsll: SUA7. Hdqtrs. tu consider pesslbUity Beld), Nov. of having ghots given to crew three Saeratary, L. da Farller. Crew warned days before aalUng. NEW delegate and if necessary ta shift ship mst to mha reporter eleeted. Members requested same. Capt. says no LOGS lifted. No to pass LOGS along when Rnlahed overdraw la Bnropo. 8 men to bo :pBid off in NO. Taka it oaay en reading. drinking. Repair list squared eway MASSMAR (Calmar), Oct. 33— except wariiihs macbine wringer. Oho Chairman, T. Butorakos: Seeratary, M. man .paying off 1, NO. New delegiato RIbtsch. Extra gervices arc OT. Some elected. OT Oimntta. mat* to equalize OT. Re­ KY8KA (Waterman), Nov. 13—Chairi pair liatg Afi be made up. Discussion on motiene and amendmenta. Economy man, J. MacKamldf Saeratary, R; Cat.fesKUng •Btatcsm was necessary to es- tat. Check wttb. pat-?tma« yd: rittd aure voyage—adequate atorea aboard wlaytag aftar U .FIS. EafUnf. board Wef aettled wUb Capt Reprir Hat now, • iuraed in. aup'x fund EU.fik. Two. WACOSTA XWatorman), Nov. A— men UL To. fvoiac out Cbalrman, «. •Hadgai: Seerolary, A Tauncb acedule; Yum in foc'alo Iceys ta delegates. Beefs-te -ba -mben ii* dt ;Puraan, Aaa oadet for ,el<»F TfOui -row bonra dispntod OT. Fr^ meeting, BiNdaeer t»segif|aib»AeaUag. water faube -to be; cleaiwd. rangiritt-', •ystem aft. (tf. AZALIA CITY (Pan-Atlairtic), Qae. 7—Chairmsn, S. Cisa.t; Sssrstsry, J. Davia. Need new washing machine: Ship's fund St.78. Need chairs for mtss haUi water cooler to be repaired: keys for wipar's foe'sle. Vote of, thanks to steward dept. �December 19, 1959 Pace Elevea SEAFARERS IOC 'Out Of The Depths' 1 STRIKif. BR£4%, BME Votes Organizing Funds; Elects Officers Members of the Brotherhood of Marine Engineers have voted to assess themselves $50 a year to pay for the union's organizing and legislative program. The $50 annual assess­ ment carried by better than 4-t to 1 in a two-month referen­ cember 1. Ten candidates com­ dum that ended December !. peted for the seven open posts. BME engineers also have elected officials for a four-year term be­ ginning January 1. Raymond McKay was reelected president, Leon Berlarge, treasurer and Jack Regan, vice-president, businessmanager In the port of San Fran­ cisco. Gordon Spencer was elect­ ed first senior vice-president and business-manager of the port of Phiiadelphia. BME members also elected three union trustees. The successful candidates were William Gammill, William Verwilt and Harry Miller. The trustees represent the mem­ bership directly at meetings of the BME executive board. Results of the referendum and the election of officers were an­ nounced December 9 at the mem­ bership meeting at BME head­ quarters in Brooklyn. The bal­ lots were counted and tabulated by a five-man committee elected by the membership. A total of 286 votes were cast on the assessment. There were 235 votes in favor and 51 against. A two-thirds majority was required for approval. The BME secret referendum began in October 1 and ended De­ SS Uberte Boasts Own Tote Board 600 Eng'rs For years, despite all evidence to the contrary, the National Vote To Join Association of Manufacturers has claimed that it is not really "against" labor and the working man, but only against Canada 51U "abuses" by unions. However, the NAM recently discarded MONTREAL—Some 600 marine engineers, representing the east coast division of the National As­ sociation of Marine Engineers of Canada, have voted to quit the NA of ME and to join the Li­ . Passengers aboard the French censed Division of the SIU Cana­ Line's Liberie were betting win, dian District. According to the place and show shortly after the "Canadian Sailor," the engineers, ship sailed from New York last fed up with years of inactivity on week. The horses. Jockeys, start­ the part of the association, voted ing gate and finish line were all almost unanimously to join the ^present—only they were on the SIU. film. The move came about after the In what was the first known at­ engineers, represented by John tempt to bring horse-racing to the Wood and Peter Scragg, aided by sea, the ship carried electronic the SIU- officials, negotiated a films of actual races at leading vastly-improved contract for Cana­ American tracks. A pari-mutual dian engineers on the Great Lakes. ticket machine was available forAlthough the agreement was to the customers as well as a minature board, flashing odds and final wipThe old SS Puerto Rico, well-remembered by many Seafar­ cover all marine engineers on the ning prices. ' ers on the San Juan run, now lies dead at the dock in Ham­ Lakes, neither the head of the org­ Advertised as "genuine horse rac­ ilton, Bermuda, with writs representing $1,300,000 worth of anization nor any of his appointed ing but without horses In the unpaid bills tacked *to her mast. Now the Arosa Star of the deputies sat in on the negotiations. As members of the licensed divi­ flesh," the races provided viewers with the traditional joys and dis­ Panamanian-registered Arosa Line (Swiss-owned), she and sion, the engineers received an appointments of the track. Losers two sister passenger ships have apparently come to the end immediate cut in union dues from $60 a year to $4 a month for still tore up worthless stubs and of the line as far as continued operations are concerned. The Arosa Star represents one aspect of the runaway pic- the nine months of the inland winners debated whether to keep betting or call it a night. The one ture-i-the aging ship which can no longer make a go of it in navigation season. In addition the advantage-was the omission of the regular competition, Switched to a runaway flag where there engineers will be able to sail as long, cheerless trip home after a are no taxes to pay and precious little wages. Even in this oilers during the slack, periods without having to pay additional day at the track. area, the ship couldn't make money, although her new owners initiation the Canadian Dis­ stuck bunks in eyery inch of space to squeeze in something trict. 'Thisfeesis tomost important in like 809 or more accommodations on a 7,G00-ton ship! view of the opening of the St. Law­ This situation outlines the evils of permitting aging ships rence Seaway which is expected to to transfer foreign instead of being scrapped or going into cut the activities of canalers now Seafarers mailing in checks the reserve fleet. Despite all the corner-cutting oh wages, used on the Lakes. The en^neers wiU also be rep­ or money orders to the Union taxes and passenger accommodations, despite ducking the to cover dues payments are bill-collector, the ship could not make a go of it. But in the resented on the" board of trustees urged to be sure to make all of process, she did a great deal of damage to legitimate carriers. of the Canadian Seafarers Welfare them payable to the SIU-A&G Thousands of passengers who would ordinarily have trav­ Plan and Will have the full use of Canadian District facilities, in­ District. eled on American-flag ships, and who would have supported all cluding the new hotel now being -Some Seafarers have sent in a flourishing passenger operation on modem, efficient ships built for seamen by the Canadian checks and money orders in the were diverted to aging,' inefficient ships under a runawaySIU at Thorold. names of individual Headquar- flag. The only satisfaction that could be derived from this tors officials. This makes fof a situation, if any, is that the concerns that were burned., for. Elections will be held soon among the engineers en all matj' problem in., bookkeeping which can be avoided if'checks are $1,300,000 in unpaid bills werie Esso Standard and California tdrs i^rtaining to the operatiqn of made out to the Union directly. Standard, both of them big-sc^^e runaway-operators them-: t^eir.fiivkiibn - Mid the selection .of ' selves.,, VI.;• oS-.-' fleers for all posts. J* " the mask of benevolence and made it plain that it is ^hat the unions have charged it to be all along—an organization dedicated to the destruction of unions and union contracts. The NAM established its identity by giving its "man of the year award" to an employer who has spent the last four years operating with scabs in an effort to break the union. The same employer has been cited for 11 unfair labor prac­ tices in violation of US labor law, has utilized an elaborate labor spy apparatus against thr union and stocked a, tear gas arsenal in his plant. It matters little who the employer involved is. In this instance, it is Herbert Kohler. "WTiat does matter is that the NAM thinks that this is the ideal way for an employer to behave. The End Of The Line Make Checks To/SIU-A&G' BME members voted by mail in continental US ports and on ships overseas. 1,000 Vote So Far In New Orleans f 'I :4 • •••*9 NEW ORLEANS—Voting in the SIU's biennial election has been very brisk in this port. Lindsey Williams, port agent, reported. Al­ though there are still two weeks left in the balloting period, over 1,000 Seafarers voted in this hall so far. The ITF protest against the flag of convenience vessels affected a total of 25 ships during the fourday demonstration in this port. The support given this beef by all of the maritime unions in the port, and especially by the men on the beach was gratifying, Williams said. In fact, so many volunteers turned out for picket duty that the captains had to cut the watcli to six hours in order to allow all hands a turn on the lines. As has been the custom in the past, the SIU will hold its Christ­ mas dinner here in the hall. All the members and their families are invited to attend. Shipping for-the port was fair during the past period with the exception of a few key ratings. In addition to the 141 regular jobs shipped, 10 relief and 38 HIWD jobs were called during Ihe pe­ riod. Paying off during the past period were the Del Oro, Del Alba, Del Mar, Del Viento (Mississippi); the Alice Brown (Bloomfield) and the Hastings (Waterman). Signing on were the Del Santos, Del Sol, Del Mar, Del Oro (Mis­ sissippi); Alice Brown (Bloomfield); Northwestern Victory (Vic­ tory Carriers) and the Natalie (In­ tercontinental ). Among the in-transit vessels were the Alcoa Ranger, Alcoa Roamer, Alcoa Corsair (Alcoa); Claiborne, Chickasaw, Warrior (Waterman); Raphael Semmes, Gateway City, Almena (Pan-At­ lantic) and the Ocean Dinny (Ocean Clippers), Plan Blockade Of Red Ships An economic blockade of East Germany, which would include a maritime boycott, will be staged by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions if the West is pressured to give up its hold on West Berlin. Tife announcement came in the wake of increasing Soviet pressure upon the allies to . puU out of the city. The boycott would not only bar the loading of cargoes for East Germany and unloading of East German ships, but would call on • ail East German crews in nonCommunist ports to quit their ships. * Some 55,000,000. million workers from 137 trade unions of 97 coun- • tries comprise the JCTFU, : •'i *;i-. '^ �• I': On The Job SEIkFMEIS IN DNYDOC Good news is the best news—especially around the holiday season—so the encouraging reports on brothers in the hos­ pitals this period are welcomed by all hands. Among those due for discharge from the Galveston drydock by the end of next week are Bjom Granberg, cx-Almena, who came in with a stroke but is due out soon. The same goes for Fernando Tiago off the Steel Seafarer and Thomas Oliver, ex-Wild Rangen Tlagb checked in with pneumonia and is Hearing the end of his confine­ ment. Troubled by pleurisy, Oliver is likewise iihproVing under capable care. Savannah now has a trio of brothers at the local US Public Gillikin Henze Health hospital. Harry Henze, exGovernment Camp, and William Stanley, ex-Bradford Island, have Joined Marvin S. Forrester since last period. Hospitalized due to stomach trouble, Stanley is reported doing fine now. Ditto on For.rester, off the National Liberty, who had an accident ashore. Henze is progressing slowly. He's been bothered by a loss of memory. Both the surgeons and Brother Paul Llotta had a bad time of it out in San Francisco, with Liotta*under the knife for a total of seven houre. Off the Wild Ranger, Uotta suffered an arterial occlusion but feels pretty fair today. Leo Gillikin, ex-Northwestem Victory, had a cyst removed from his lower spine and is also coming along okay. A skin fungus that had been troubling John Clapp has been brought vnder control at the Baltimore hospital, with the result that his dis­ charge is expected soon. He's off the Oceanstar. M. Kulon, ex-Evelyn, is also getting ready to pack his gear after treatment for a hernia condition. Under surgery for a serious stomach condition, Domingo Orbigoso is making fair progress toward recovery. His last diip was the Steel Age. These brothers and airothers in the hospitals appreciate vlsit^ and mail from their shiinnates. Remember them when you're in port.The following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospitals: USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Sidney Anderson Henry A. Janicke Ralph Armstrong Woolridge King James Barnes Edward Knapp Robert G. Barrett Leo H. Lang John Bl'twood W. A. G. Marjenhoff Claude Blanks Alonro Morris Alphonse Bosarge WUUam E. Nelson Joe Brown Jr. Dominic J. NeweU Jacob L. Buckelew William A. Padgett Winford PoweU . Eugene Cheramie Paul R. Cook James O. Price Fess T. Crawford Joseph A. Proulx Jeff Davis R. Richardson Lee A. Smith hlatthew Eurisa Henry Foy Thomas H. Stevens James C. Glisson Pedro ViUabol James Ward Herbert E. Grant Wayne F.~ Harris Leo Watts Hayden Henry George WflUama Cleopbas Wright James Hudson Benjamin Huggins Clifford Wuertz J. W. G. Iglebekk Charles E. Wynn Ramon Irizarry USPIIS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY W. Kenny J. Abraham James T. Alien J. Lelinski Nicholas Anoustis Henry Maglnness AUen C. Mason James Antoniadis L. McGlone Mariano Arroyo Anthony Pisanl John Ausiitz A. Pisano R. Bunner Fi-utuoso Camacho John L. Roberts Salvador Rodriguez August Charous W. M. SikorsU Thomas Danbeck E. Toro Rupert Daniels • S. Trzcinski J. Eaton Ramon Varela J. Furr M. Velez Erling A. Hansen James H. West John Hawkins Joseph Wohleti John A. Jackson USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. Francis J. Boner Mars I.- Gall<9 I •<': USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Joseph H. Berger Paul D. Liotta J. V. Bissonnet Arthtir J. Scheving Michael J. Coffey Henry J. Schreiner Myron E. Folts Wm. E. Thompson Led Gillikin Henry Waller USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH. NY Lewis R. Akins Frank Hernandez Manuel Antonana Donald Hewson Eiadio Aris Antonio Infante Fortunato Bacomo Claude B. Jessup Ludwig Krlstiansen Joseph J. Bass Thomas R. Lehay Melvin W. Bass Kenneth Lewis Matthew Bruno Warren J. Mclntyre Leo V. Carreon James F. Clarke Leo Mannaugh C. Osinski Joseph D. Cos George G. Phifer Juan Denopra Winston E. Renny John J. DriscoU Frledof O. Fondtla G. E. Shumaker Almer S. Vickera Otis L. Gibbf Pon P. Wing Bart E. Guranick Boyce Yarborough Taib Hassan Clarence Hawkins USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. M. S. Forrester Joseph ScuUy Harold D. Cause Randolph C. Shedd Harry Henze WUiiam Stanley John M. Power Victor Tubo USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Joseph Arnold Mieczislaw Kulon Hennlng Bjork Robert L. LitUeton Wm. BrightweU John A. Morris Gaetano Buscigiio C. G. Murray Sr. Kermit Bymaster Augustin G. Oporto Domingo Orbigoso John Castro John Clapp Bajrmond Potorski Vincent Rlzzuto Rosario Copani George Schmidt Peter DeVrics Lucius DeWitt William F. Smart WUIiam Dunn Jr. NIghhert Straton Fred England Paul Strickland John M. Gallagher John J. SypniewsU John Jacobs Gewgo Warrington Edgar Krotzer UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. John E.' Jacobs Jr. USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASHINGTON D. H. Anderson Joseph Sharp C. H. Andrews P. J. St. Marls Juan Mojica J. W. Wait* USPHS HOSPITAL ^ BOSTON. MASS. L. J. CampbeU Raymond L. Perry A. C. Harrington Ray Peters John Keegan USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Donald K. Fisher Thomas Oliver Bjom A. Granberg Fernando Tiago Norman Longtine SEASIDE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LONG BEACH. CAUF. Jacob L. Zimmer SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY Victor B. Cooper Thomas Isaksen VA HOSPITAL KECOUGHTAN, VA. Joseph GUI VETERANS flAMP MT. MCGREGOR. NY T. Cunningham VA HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. TO AVOID DUPLICATION; If you or* an old tubscribo: and have a Thomas W. KiUlon VA HOSPITAH . cbanga of oddrast, plaaia giva your BUTLER. PA. James F. Markel formor address below: VA HOSPITAL COR.VL GABLES. FT-A. Aimer Ralford VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON. TEX.^S B. J. Arsenauli VA HOSPITAL RUTLAND HEIGRTS. MASS. . Charles BarUetj DnnM Ftteptdrlck VA DOMICIABY , SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG —please >ut my name on your mailing ist. (Print Information) STREET ADDRESS ItKl' ,1'/ CITY .. ZONE ... STATE ImM'. ADDRESS .V 'iW^- '., ZONE, STATE DeMmber 19, 195t SMAFAItEltS iOG Paf« Twdlvc L.; SUP Brother Dies In Azores Te tte Editor: Brother Juan S. Nlve8, 'who was a crewmember on the SS Eagle Traiuporter, died Novem­ ber 28 on an island in the Azores < after being stricken by a heart attack. He had been a : bookmember of the Sailors Union of the Pacific for many years. The company has flown his letters To The Editor All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names toill be withheld upon reouest, - Enrouto to VugosTavia •on th« Valley Forge, 3rd cook M. Guerro (top) grinds away fop a spaghetti and meatball din­ ner. In his turn, bosun C. Negron !s (iiictiired liking the holes in the dedc of the saloon messhall. with C.. Truenski looking on. Negron fixed all the holes in the foc'sies, too. Photos by "reporter A. Doni- luk. ; • ^ body back to New York where his family lives. Brother Nives was A good shipmate and ail members of the crew share the grief of his family. This is the only news from the ship so far on its first voyage out. M. D. Green Ship's delegate (Ed. note: 'The deceased was flown back by military plane to an East Coast airfield and then was shipped on to New York, where the SIU assisted Brother Nives' wife in making funeral arrangements.) ir Ir i- Seeks Pix, News On WW 2 Ships LOG-A-RHYTHM: By W. WUIdrldse Who are we but wand'rers? No port do we call home. While sailing all the seven seas. Around the world we roam. From New York to Madagascar, Down to Singapore; Spending weeks and days at sea. So we can go ashore. Seldom knowing where we're bound — : Each trip's a different run. No matter what our destination. We hope to find some fun. •t Maybe in Spain with' a senorita. Or a geisha (Jepanese), Perhaps a colleen from Ireland, Or a lovely gal in Greece. We may head for the Equator, Down to Rio or B-A, Or maybe a Kttle port in Chile, Or down to Uruguay. Maybe it'll be a northern port. To -Norway,. Denmark or Sweden. Any Scandanavian spot Is a little bit of Eden. In Europe there are BaDcan ports Of these we're not so certain; They're linked up with the Soviets, Behind the Iron Curtain. No matter where we stop off. It's different In some way. We'd like tdSinflter longer. But there is no time to stay. Europe, Asia, Austratid, Each one has its special ports; Every one a little different. Where we meet all kinds, all sorts. But when we've had our fill Like good teefarin^ men. We're ready^ be on our way; It's back to 'sea again. And nomatter inhere we travel. Every hmtr, every day. There's none wtve found to rival To the Editor: I have been receiving the LOG for quite some time and it. is interesting to note the ships still being mentioned that I saw ' during World War II in many^parts of the world, I'd especially appreciate hear­ ing froid anyone Who sailed on the foiiowing ships during 1944 or 1945: SS Clement Clay, SS Lucius Fairchiid and SS. Alcoa Pointer. If they have pictures . of these ships or would be ing to write about the old days during 1944-45 I'd like them to write to me at the Monroe For­ estry Camp, RFD, Readsboro, vt. i was a ihemhpr of the US Navy armed guard on ail three ships and hope to hear from anyone then aboard during the trip to Europe and Africa on the Clement Clay In ^r the trip to Hawaii, Le:^ and Okinawa on the Alcoa Pointer. Thank you for sending me the LOG, as I can assure you I have always been deeply interested in maritime affairs. Frank D. MeNeli. Sr. t Rates Shipmate Tops in Taient To the Editw: Roscoe Aiford, better known as "Ai" to all his shipmates, has been on the Alcoa Clipper for quite a spell. He has the crewmembers and passengers alike wondering where a young fellow like he is acquired such skill in deborating and dressing pp dishes. He joined the Union in *46, and has sailed with Isthmian, Waterman and Alcoa principaiiy, WhUe on the Ciippm: a num­ ber of years back, he became! interested in the fine art of pre­ paring hers d'oeuyres and cana­ pes, and different types of dress­ ings and salads that would de­ light a gourmet. Incidentally, he was requested by his ship­ mates to sail chief pantryman, and has been doing so ever since. Man, Seafarers can certainly recall the wonderful job he did on Christmas dinner at the hall in New Orleans with Brother Frank Palmer, chief cook ex­ traordinary. - "Ai" v.?a.s struck by illness just recently, hut our luck held out and he is hack with us. Three cheers, and hats off to a man I think belongs in the "hail of fame" for chief pantryman. Maurice "Duke" Duet 'X> if Backs One-Year Limit On Jlobs To the Editor: After reading the article in the LOG (Nov. 7, 1958) on limit­ ing the time a man can spend on a ship, I agree 100 percent with Brothers Art Lomas and Bob Johnson. I believe one year on a ship is plenty long enough^and after that a man should get off. Why should a certain few enjoy the good runs for years? Besides, if a man thinks anything of his family and his health he'll get off. Increase the job turnover and do everybody some good. I've spoken to a lot of feiiow;s. and a great many are in favor of a one-year limit. I say let's have a vote on it and .not wait until shipping is rough. Now is the time for it. The entire membership, not just a few, would profit from this, and it would be fair to everyone. Why should we fall behind like the NMU? Let's hear from mprq,^of the brothers on this. As for me, 1 would like to see a one-year limit so that everybody would have a chance. I believe this is the democratic way. Ernest C. deBautts SS Atlantio • i ail $1 Miami Crew Draws Thanks To the Editor: I'm a retired seaman and was and dfrcharge from the Cities Servicie Miami in order to get my vacation pay. While I'm at It. I'd like to offer my thanks to the boys 1 sailed with to thank them for the line treatment. I have never sailed with any better crew. I'm a retired seamen and was OB vacation' in Japan when the ship came in needing a man, so I took the job. I'm happy I did, because I could not have sailed with a finer bunch of good union men. W. R. Wallaca - t i Benefits Help Again And Again To the Editor: My wife and I think that the welfare services of the SIU are wonderful. We have received benefits for the birth of pur last two children and, while I was away just this last trip, the benefits came in handy again when two of the chiicfren had their toiisiis taken "out. It makes a person feel good to be able to tell the doctor what kind of Insurance hacks him up. Also, Our bat is off to the negotiating committee- for the last raise. I am proud to' be a member of the SIU. •. Alton Booth 'V �I ;a, nptamhee 19, 198t RAPHAEL SEMMES (P«n-AtUntle), Nov. 17—Chalrmanf R. Jonas; Socrotory, B. Varn. Moat repairs taken care of. No beefs. DeleKate resigned wtth vote of thanks from crew for Job well done. Ship's fund $28.29. New deler gate elected. Have lights rigged aft port and stbd. side. Cannot see with present lighting system. Have extra rail put up forward where crossing is by No. 1 hatch. Install chain rails on cranes with snap—on hooks. Re­ quest ttoi using water fuuntala as spitoon and mouth washing station. Suggest cups be brought back to pan­ try. Vote of ^anks to steward dept. for good food and service. SEASTAR (Triton), Nov. 17—Chair­ man. C. Taylor) Socrotary, P. Moth. One man missed ship at beginning of trip. Letter written to union. One man left in Axores due to sickness. SEAFARERS SEATRAtN TEXAS (Seotrain), Nov. SO—Chairman, P. Patrick; Socrotary, T. Moore. No beefs. Motion to ob­ tain new waAing machine. Have air conditioner fixed. Kcportcl on re­ pairs of TV set. RARHARA FRIRTCHIH (Liberty Novigatlwi), Nov. 14—Chairman,' O. Payne; Secretary, E. KarczswAI. Ship's fund $13. Six hours OT dis­ puted: no other beefs One man left ttaip in Canada duo to accident. New delegate elected. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Soatrain). Nov. 14—Chairman, F.' Boyno; Socro­ tary, J. Sweat. No beefs. Request taking care of kerosene can in pas­ sageway. Make effort to get books to patrolman on time. Take up empty stool butts from deck in messhaU. SEATRAiN LOUISIANA (Soatrain), Nov. If—Chairman, J. Clonn; Socro­ tary, N. Romlay. No beefs. Ship's fund $98.90. Mattresses uncomfortablo because of large size. Discussion about repairs on last repair list not taken care of. No rye bread or pumper­ nickel delivered in New Orleans, al­ though reqiUsitloned~by steward. Too many Incorrect orders served. Re­ quest rectifying tiiis. Oct. 19—Chairman, J. Clonn; Socro­ tary, N. Romloy. One man missed Alp in New Jersey. Ship's ftmd $43.80. Some disputed OT. No major beefs. Delayed sailing dieted. Mo­ tion made and seconded to contact patrolman about milk and bread in Texas City. Beef on quality of food. MAR (Bull), Nov. S3—Chairman, R. SHIia; Secretary, R. Tapman. Elect one man from each dept. to act on safety committee. Ship's fund $42.72. Discussion on different types of food to be ordered. Poultry to be inspected by patrolman en arrlvaL More night lunch, to be put out. ROYAL OAK (Cities Service). Nov. 24—Chalrmsn, P. Hammel; Secretary, D. Reard. Repair list made up. Settee In- recreation room to be repaired. Payoff to be on new wage scale. Ship's fund sa-.sa. Reports accepted. New delegate elected. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for good chow and especially to baker. Menus to be typed out for messhall. MUk supply should be ehecfced leaving port. Re­ quest less canned apricots, more peaches and more pitchers. Coopera­ tion urged in keeping messhaU and pantry clean. Need better grade of bathroom tissue. THE CARINS (Toxas City Ref.), Oct. 34—Chairman, E. Mlnyard; Socrotary, R. Orant. Ships needs fumigation. Rooms need painting. Te retain ship's delegate another trip. Mo)» coopera­ tion urged. Delegate wants steward dept. feed for full hour. Parties aboard ship to quiet down. Nov. 23—Chairman, S. Frank; Soc­ rotary, H. Starck. Delegate reported on men fired in Fhila. Deck dept. beefs squared away. Some disputed OT. New delegate elected. Repair list to be made np. AU soiled Unen to be turned in. Blankets to be put on board next port. Vote of thanks to stewdard dept. OCEAN DINNY (Maritime Overseas).' Oct. 19—Chairman, R. CuArell; Sec­ retary, P. Napell. No beefs. One man hurt and went te hospitaL New dele­ gate elected. Nov. 9 — Chairman, J. Robertson; Socrotary, P. Jonos. Requested repair list. Chief electrician to be order In Norfolk. Capt. pleased with, deck A cngr. depts. Two men in steward dept. logged and one In deck. Chief CS MIAMI (Cities Service), Nev. IS— electrician hospitalized in Rotterdam. Chairman. C. Burns; Secretary, C. Men dissatisfied about chow In port Ward. Draws te be In checks—requlof Rotterdam. Five hrs. disputed OT Aion for supplies to be okayed by —no oAer beefs. Meeting to be held master. Few miner beefs. Report ac­ in port of payoff to prefer charges cepted. -Keep messroom and pantry against steward dept.. member. Mo­ clean. Need more LOGs. tion made to ronew galley exhaust fan as promised prior to this trip. HASTINGS (Waterman), Nev. Chelrman, H. Mailman; Secretary, J. VALLEY POROE (Penlnsutor Nav. .E. Wells; One man hospitalized in Corp.), Nov. 14—Chairmen, W. Ollli' Gibraltar—headquarters Four Secretary, S. Aralea. New treasurer men logged. Repair listnotified. to be made elected, ship's fund $14.50. Suggest up. SA patrolman at payoff regard­ changing tsrpe of soap powder. Pan­ chief and 2nd mate. Few hours try and messroom- to be kept clean.- ing disputed OT. Discussion about sick Vote of thanks to night cook and men working. Check slop chest for baker for fine job. Vote of thanks to steward Sapt. 27—Chairman, W. Olll; Socro­ supplies. tary, S. Aralot. New delegate elected. dept. No beefs. Suggest repair list bo ARMONK (New England Ind), Dee. turned in. Messroom, pantry, and rec­ N. Matthey; Secretary, reation room to be kept neat at all S—Chairman, L. HIckey. One man hospitalized in times. Germany. Repair lists submitted. LA SALLE (Waterman), Nev. 17— Ship to lay up in Brooklyn and some men may be Irept to secure Aip. Few Chairman, P. Ken; Secretary, E. Moran. Two men hospitalized: ono hours disputed OT. Report accepted. man returned to slUp. Three men All foc'sles to be cleaned up. Turn In .missed sliip—one returned. Some dis­ all Ailed linen and f A'sle keys. puted OT. Everything running OCEAN EVA (Marltimo Ovcrtsas), smoothly. Nov. 23—Chairman, T. BrtghHul; Secraiary, H. Schwartz. Request patrol­ JEAN LAFITTE CVatarman), Nov. 9 —Chairman, W. Evitt7 Sacretary, S. men hold meeting with crew before Joseph.' Good launch Ai-vlce. DUlcus- payoff. Reports accepted. Repair Ust sion on draws In Far East. Request to be made up. Request safety greenbacks and not local money.. meetings. Greenbacks should be put out 24 hours MANKATO VICTORY (Victory-Car­ before arrival. Crew pleaAd on sign­ riers), Nov. II—Chairman, J. Morgan; ing on under new agreement and new Secratary, L. Peppor. AU repairs to wage scale.' AU rooms' and showers painted. AU repair Usts turned in. be made aa Aon as possible. See del­ egate concerning any beefs about pa­ No beefs. Ship's fund $6.75. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for fine Job. trolman. Some disputed OT. Need ice box and washing machine. Quar­ Request painting aU insdie pasuge way de6ks. Suggest watch foc'sle for ters to be Augeed. Company maU eng. dept. Patrolman to check medi­ Arvlco handled poorly. ' Discussion about garbage disposal In portcine cabinet. should be placed in cans. Ship needs •EAUREOARD (Pan Atlantic), Nev. fumigating. Vote, of thanks to steward 15—Chairman, F; Sullivan; Secretary, dept. and aU delegates for job weU T. Vlelanto. Repair Ust turned in. dono. Three men missed ship. Ship's fund MAI (Bull), Nov. I—Chalrmsn, W. $19, No beefs. Few hours disputed OT. Change of Unen schedule dls- McltvMn; SMretary, R. Tspman. Ship's fund $42.74. New delegate ciused. Engine m$n has day's pay disputed. AppUcations for vacation elected. Repairs to deck eng. foc'sle. pay to bo distributed on ship. Vote PENN EXPLORER (Psnn Shipping), ef thanks to steward dept. for good Nev. 23—Chairman, E. Thompson; food and Mrvlco. Secretary, J. Anderton. Three men SHINNECOCK BAY (Msr Trtdo), hospitaUzed in Honolulu—^two replace­ Nov. II—Chairman, P. Boyer; Stcre- ments received. Two promotions. Re­ ;iiiry. None. New delegate elected. pair list to be turned in to Capt. Arrangements made to kAp doors Some disputed OT. Return aU cots cloAd In port—aU men to cooperate to steward dept. MeuluU and pantry With gangway watch. No beefs. Some to be kept clean. Return cups and dlAutcd OT.' glasAS to pantry. BINTS POST (CIHet Service), Nov. 1<—Chairman, W. WUidrldge; Secre­ tary, A. Hobsrt. AU npalrs taken care of. No beefs. Delegate resigned after three months—reotected 1»y acelamatlofc New boatswain to be toUt Pace Thlrteea The Gulls Went Hungry.., to wash down poop deck. 1st asst. to look at scuttlebott in messhall to get cold water.- STERL KING (Isthmian), Nov. II— Chairman, H. Burgotsos; Secretary, P. HoWe. Beef about innerspring iqattressra. Ship's fund $134.01. Need new mattresses. Paper baskets' not delivered. Suggest vote of thanks bo given tn captain for good earo of sick men.. 23 hours disputed OT, cleaning deep tanks. No beefs. Two hrs. OT for oUef cook under pew agreement— clarification will be necessary. Delor gate to see about lay-off slips. Dele­ gate to be reimbursed at payoff for cost of telegrams. Vote of tlianks to steward dept. for Job well done. Sepa­ rate copies of diluted OT for men and captain to be made. LOG ^t.AJKTON (Clover), Now. 4—chair­ man. J. Schilling; SMretary, P. Hai^ aye. Bequest pool for ship's fund. AU Beefs to be taken te delegates. Vote of thanks to brother far aeUnE at delegate. Outgoing . . . going . ., gone! Passing out orders from the galley during Thanksgiving dinner en the Del Mar (left) era crew cook Nicky Bastes (left) and 2nd cook Brown Huszak. On the right, helping to demolish the big teedi were "(seated, I to r) Anthony Russo, Nathan J. Benonate, Louis Suslovitz and Manuel Archibald. In background. William Lennox end Doyis P. Danos serye. Photos by George E. Annis. Thanksgiving Day has come and gone and, with it, a mountain of stripped turkey car­ casses, hams and prime ribs. As usual, this trio proved to be the mainstay of all SIU holiday menus, along with a variety of other fixings. •>Some, like the Mankato Vic­ tory, als(F featured roast shyinff away from meat and poul­ the "Ambrosia spirits" reported chicken and baked Alaska sal­ try, while t h (r Mfwnliiff Light as one item among the Hurricane's mon. Tile Andrew Jaekson offered prepared "filJt of flounder a sauce broiled filet 9t perch for those tartare" to round out the menu. The meeting minutes from the Cities Servfce Baltimore offered no details on the bill of fare, but pre­ sumably it was equal to the occa­ since the steward department EVERY SUNDAY sion draw an enthusiastic vote of thanks for its efforts. The Del Mar sub­ DIRECT VOICE mitted a menu plus pictures BROADCAST (above). Since it's a passenger wagon, its menu naturally reflected long, hard labor by the galley staff for the holiday. Extra touches appearing on some of the menus ranged from such items as "champagne sauce" to complement the "baked sugar cured smoked ham" on the Mankato to "Yorkshire pudding, hard sauce" on the Del Mar and "hot home-made rye. bread * for the gang on the Jackson. How the baker managed to produce home­ - To Ships in Atiantic made bread at sea is a puzzle, but South American of course SIU cooks and bakers do accomplish magic at times in cater­ and ing to their shipmates. European Waters , Another menu spell-binder was many dinner offerings. Perhaps somebody on there will write and let everyone in on the secret of what that is. If the dish matches the advance billing, it must really jiave been something fit for the gods. Ambrosia wassupposed to be the food for the gods in a couple of eons ago. Whatever the CLSJ, all hands concur that the gulls salvaged very little by the time the holiday was over. (Comments from ether ships will be published as they come in since, due to the problems in shipshore mail communication, only a few reports have been received so far. Thanks to John Carey (.Mankoto), George Annis (Del Mar) and M, N. Evans (Morning Light) for the details available.—Ed.) UdOWl, fo-NBWS' Every Sunday, 1420 GMT <11:20 AM EST Sunday) • WFK-39, 19858 KC» Ships in Caribbean. East Coast of South America. South Atlantic and East Coast of United States « WFL-4S, 15SS0 KCS Ships in GaU of Mex­ ico, Caribbean. West. Coast of South AmMica. West Coast of Mexico and US East Coast • WFK-93, IS700 KC» Shipa in Mediterranean area. North Atlantic. European and US East CASt Meanwhile, MID Round-the-World Broadcasts continue ... Every Sunday, 1915 GMT (2:lSPJIf EST Sunday) I WCO-130te KC$ Europe and No. America WCO-l490$.t KCs Bast Coast So. America WCO-92407 KCs West Coast So^ America Every Mondsy, 0315 GMT (10:15 PM EST Sunday) WMM 25-15407 KC$ Australia WMM OI-11037.S Northwest Padfle MARITIME TRADES DEPARTMENT AFbGIO That Was No 'Fish Story' A mighty cautious man, ship's delegate Bob Musselwhite on the Cce Victory backs up his fishing yarns witl^^he facts. Musselwhite had written in-(LOG, Oct. 10) how anglers on the ship COu9 ht two sharks in Aqaba Boy—one 7' long weighing 195 pounds and the other a 500pound 11-footer. fHe's now sent in a photo showing the smaller one flanked by R. Beale, OS, and A. Queary, MM, after Bill Gurner, FWT, brought it in. Just for the record, we also have a picture of the 500-pounder after it was las­ soed by A. Kasinski, DM. Both fish were hauled up at the stern by the after capstan. One thing is cer­ tain from the photos. Both fish were big fellows that must have put up quite a fight. • "ITB �-- .i ,•*i5®- .'- V ••»• • SEAFyii^WliltS LOG Mca Foiirtieea V r.. . Lull Before The Storih LOG'S Best Cure Nest To Sea Air To the Editor: Receiving an occasional LOG from a fellow sailor is a Joy in itself here in Texas, Since the nearest water—the Rio Grande —is dry three-quarters of the time. Needless to say, eveiy SIU sailor Who served in the Army at one time or another hSs had the longing to have, good old steel and bolts back under, him Letters To The Editor A pretty capable-lopking crew, the galley gang and the crew mess on the Portmar get ready for the meal hour before the hun­ gry hordes descend on them. Pictured (I to r) P. Garvin, chief cook; A. Flores, 3rd cook; F. Smith, cook & baker, ond J. Malyszko, MM. Ship's delegate E. Bayne sent in the photo. SlU, A&G District . ' \J I: . BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sheppard. Asent EAstem 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. James Sbeehan. Asent Rlchmuod 2-0140 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. Robert Matthews. Asent Capital 3-4089; 3-4080 LAKE CHARLES, La. 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Claike, Agent HE3nlock 6-5744 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. Louis Neira, Agent FRankiin 7-3564 MOBILE I Soutb Lawrence St. Cal Tanner. Agent HEbniock 2-1754 MORGAN CITV 912 Front St. Tom Gould. Agent Pbone 2156 NEW ORLEANS . 523 BienviUe St. Lindsey Williams. Agent Tulane 8626 NEW YORK 075 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn HYacintb 9-6600 NORFOLK ... 127-129 Bank St. J. BuUock, Agent MAdison 7-1083 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. S. Cardullo. Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO ... 450 Harrison St. Marty Breitboff. Agent Douglas 2-5475 SANTURCE, PR 1313 Fernandez Juncoi Sal Colls. Agent Pbone 2-5996 SAVANNAH 3 Abercorn St. E B McAuley. Agent Adams 3-1728 SEATTLE 2503 1st AVe. Jeff Gillette. Agent Main 3-4334 TAMPA 1609-1811 N. Franklin St. Tom Banning. Agent Phone 2-1323 WILMINGION, Caiil .. 505 Marine Ave. Reed Humpbries. Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS 675 4tb Ave., Bklyn SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall ASST SECKEl'AKV-'rKEASURERS I Aleina De'-k W HaU, Joint C. Simmons. Eng. R Matthews. Joint E i>i •iic.v Sid. J. Volpian. Joint SUP |i' .• L- ^ ^ F' i-' • HONOLULU... 51 South Nimltz Highway PHone 502-777 PORTLAND 311 SW Ciay St. CApital 3-4336 RICHMOND, Calif. .. SIO Macdonaid Ave. BEacon 2-0023 SAN FRANCISCO. 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 SEATTLE' 2505 1st Ave. ^ Main 0290 WILMINGTON ... 905 Marine Ave. Terminal 4-3131 1 fe"' Seafarers overseas who want to get in touch with headquar­ ters In a huri-y can do so by cabling the Union at its cable • '-ess, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address will assure leedy transmission on all mes­ sages and faster rarvice for the men inv'ved. again, so you can understand why I am sending in a plea. If you have a few extra LOGs lying around in some corner I would be more than happy to receive them. Incidentally, any of you old salts who wish to break away from the w'ater for a vacation will find Juarez, Mexico (walk­ ing distance from El Paso) not only a long way from the ocean but also a land of gorgeous senbritas and Bacardi rum sell­ ing for 80 cents a fifth. . I wish also to. extend hopes for fair sailing to all, especially everyone who's already been through this ordeal. I'll be see­ ing yop chaps in another year and a half. Pvt. D. L. Skelton ""nVa'dinTOoS MC&S HONOLULU....51 SoUtb Nimltz Highway PHone 5-1714 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacintb 9-6600 PORTLAND 211 SW Clay St. CApitol 7-3222 NEW ORLEANS 523 BienviUe St. RAmond 7428 SAN FRANCISCO 350 Fremont St. SUtter 1-1995 SEATTLE .2505 — 1st Ave. MAin 3-0088 WILMINGTON..... 505 Marine Ave. TErminal 4 8J3J MFOW HONOLULU....56 North Nimitz Highway PHone 5-6077 BALTIMORE 1216 East Baltimore St. EAstern 7-3383 NEW ORLEANS 523 BienvUle St. MAgnoUa 0404 NEW YORK 130 Greenwich St. COrtland 7-7094 PORTLAND 522 hTW Everett .St, CApitol 3-7297-8 SAN FRANCISCO 240 Second St. DOuglas 2-4592 SAN PEDRO 296 West 7th St. TErminal 3-4485 SEATTLE 2333 Western Ave. MAin 2-6326 Great Lakes District ALPENA . 1215 N Second Ave ELmwoOd 4-3816 180 Main St. Phone; Cleveland 7391 CLEVELAND 1410 W. 29 St. MAin 1-0147 RIVER ROUGE ..10225 W. Jefferson Ave, River Rouge 18. Mich. VInewood 3-4741 DULUTH 621 W. Superior St.. Phone: Randilph 2-4110 FRANKFORT. Mich PO Box 287 ELgin 7-2441 MILWAUKEE 633 S. Second Ave. BRoadway 2-3039 BUFFALO. NY Canadian District HALIFAX N.S.. Union Has Cable Address All letters to the editor for ^publication in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. 128V4 HoUis St. Pbone 3*8911 MONTREAL 634 St. James St. West Victor 2-8161 FORT WILLIAM 408 Simpson St. Onfario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNB 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. £. EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA, BC 617V4 Cormorant St. EMpire 4531 VANCOUVER. BC 298 Wn 8L Pacific 3468 SYDNEY. NS... 304 Charlotte St. _ Phone: 6346 BAGOTVILLE, Queboe ...20 Elgin St. Phone: 945 THOROLD. Ontario......52 St. Davids St. OAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 44 SauIt-an-Matelot Queheo Phone: 3-1569 SAINT JOHN m Prlnco William St. NB 'OX 2-5431 J, Sees A Solution For Mail Delays To the Editor: While in the Port of New York, one of our able seamen went around to several company offices trying to locate a lot of back mail; Upon his return to the ship, he had a story worth telling. In one office he found a gang of bop-silly personnel lying on the fioor listening to rock and roll with a record player going full blast. Everybody was too busy to pay any attention, to him so he had to create a scene to shake.up someone with a little authority. , His mail was finally found right on the desk. The gal re­ sponsible thought the Chicka­ saw was a Norwegian ship. Speaking for myself, I am fast developing a sense of hu­ mor like Jack the Ripper, I had not heard from my wife for five months. When I finally do get through on the phone, I find out that my little boy fell oil bis hike and broke his wrist three months ago. I understand that the Union has taken care of iMeenlNir 19; IsKl everything, hut it's sUU a hell of a time for me to he finding out about it. I would like to recommend that we appoint a committee to go around in each port and find out just what kind of facilities are being used to handle our , mail. Then, with proper reports filed at headquarters, maybe the next negotiating committee can do something about it. I know these companies like to save money, so maybe we can help them. Why waste money on a mail clerk when, for a bag of salted peanuts, we can go to the local lunatic asylum and get someone to do the job? Theycouldn't possibly foul up things any worse. Daniel D. Backrak $1 Wives Support ID Card Plan To the Editor: As an SIU member's wife, 1 -(oo think it would he a very good idea if we wives had some kind of identification card show­ ing we are dependents of SIU men, I often find it very difficult to cash my check when my hus­ band is out at sea, as people in many towns and cities don't like to cash checks from out of town. I think that if I had some kind of identity card this would make things much easier. Like Mrs. Gillespie in the Nov. 21 LOG I too would like to say, "Come on, wives, let's hear from you if you're for the idea." Mrs. Elnora A. Parks * • • To the Editoh I would like to join the other Seafarers' wives in their request for ID cards as well as the pen­ sion. We do need both. The SIU has done a wonder­ ful job taking care of the sea­ faring man's families and we wives do appreciate - it. I am proud to be the wife of an SlU seaman. Mrs. David W. Liete • * * To the Editor: I was reading in the LOG about a plan to issue identifica­ tion cards for the seamen's wives. My husband is a seaman and I think it would he a great idea. I vote 100 percent for it Here's an example why we need them. I went to the Baltic more hall for Thanksgiving din­ ner and had a very hard time getting in. Since my husband is out to sea and Christmas is com­ ing up, no doubt I will have the same problem then. Of course, I don't blame them at the halL They want to keep out freeload­ ers and keep down trouble, as we have a very nice hall here in Baltimore. I hope you put this in the . next issue of the LOG to get this idea rolling, so we wives can get an ID card and avoid a lot of red tape and arguing. Mrs. Clarence R. Brocket! Welfare Cash CPmes In Handy To the Editor: I wish to express my' thanks to the SIU and the Seafarers Welfare Plan for the $200" maternity benefit and the $25 US savings bond which we re­ ceived after the birth of our daughter Kathy Georgeann. I am very proud that my hus­ band is a member of the SIU, and, I'm sure that when Kathy is older she too will be proud to -be part of an SIU family. Mrs. George F. Clock • • 4: To the Editor: I was recently advised by the Seafarers Welfare Plan that I became eligible for the SIU dis­ ability benefits as of November 2, 1958. My wife and son join me in thanking you all. We ehall pray for the well-being and long life of ail of you. Gregory Morejon 4 4 4 To the Editor: I should like to offer my sin­ cere appreciation to ail SIU offi­ cials and the Seafarers Welfare Pian for the payment of the death benefit left me by my brother, Rufus Freemaii. I am grateful to all of you for your kindness. Mrs. Sadie L. Jackson t- ^ a. Lauds Aid After Brether's Death To the Editor: Please print this letter of ap­ preciation to all the members of the SIU, SUP and MCS for their kindness and help to my broth­ er, Frank B. McCollian, who passed away November 4, 1958, in Baltimore. I wish to extend my personal thanks to Steve Cardullo, SIU agent in Philadelphia; Marty Breitboff, San Francisco agent, and Ed Turner of the Marine Cooks & Stewards for all their help and kindness to Mrs. Frank B. McCoilian. Due to circumstances beyond my control at ; this time and at the time Frank died, I could , do nothing. Thank God for the Broth|erhood of the Sea, our unions and the men who lead them. Jack MeColIian. SUP. 4) i , MIsGlng Watch Gets Home Again To the Editor: A while hack I wrote to you for yoiir assistance in getting iny watch repaired by the man who was to repair it hut had kept it for eight months. I am happy to report tljat the watch has been returned and ; was repaired finally. Your ready cooperation was- certainly appreciated. Without your help, I am fairly sure 1 ^ would never have seen the watch again. Thank you all very much. " Mrs. T. B. Grlffitk ^ AWORP,, 1 ^SKIPPER/ BEEN DESISA/ArED By-rWEe«Ev\/,'3iR,i& PRBSENTTO YdD... .. T — WISH WHSRECfF VoU.ASViEP^Rr/ / YOU A OF-TriE FIRST MRT W RESPECT MERRY. •TO ATDREME/^TIONED AMTTFR, / MERRY , NEVERTWELESSAND^WlTTHB ENTIRE CRE.W POES HEREBY— OULF! v„ ^ k-' �Deeember 19, 1958 SEAFARERS 10 a 60-Day Provision Upheld; Louisiana To Pay Benefits Christmas Card (Continued on page di tract under which he is.employed. It could not therefore be correctly held that the claimant voluntarily quit the job. A review of the con­ tract between the Company [MisEissippi Shipping Co.] and the Union,. contained in the file sub­ mitted to u^, leads us to the con­ clusion that this is a bilateral agreement and, under those cir­ cumstances, we do not feel that the seaman should be disqualified for leaving employment without good cause connected with the work." 'Thanks to the diligence of At­ torney General Gremillion, this de­ cision, coupled with action of the 1958 Louisiana Legislature in liberfilizing unemployment insurance benefits, means that SIU class B imd C men shipping out of Louisi­ ana ports now will enjoy equal treatment with ehoreside workers and with Seafarers in other states where this principle previously was established," New Orleans Port Agent Lindsey J, Williams said. The 1958 Louisiana legislature increased maximum unemployment insurance benefits to $39 a week for 28 weeks. In previous cases, Louisiana un­ employment insurance agencies have refused to pay benefits to Sitl men in such cases on grounds that their employment was interrupted by. a Union shipping rule, By so doing, the agencies completely ignored the fact that the 60-day rule is part of the seniority provi' sions of the. SIU's collective bar­ gaining agreement negotiated bi­ laterally by Union and maoagement It was this latter position which was argued-successfully by SIU attorney C. Paul Barker and up­ held by Attorney General Gremil­ lion ih his opinion. Tampa Sees Better Days TAMPA—Shipping for this port has been on the slow side over the past period. The future is not too bright, for While there are over 12 ships scheduled to call In dur­ ing the next 12-14 days, all are in transit. There were no shijii paying off or signing on in this port during the past period. In transit were the Alcoa Polaris (Alcoa); Raphael Semmes. Gateway City (Pan-At­ lantic); Chiwawa, Fort Hoskins (Cities Service) and the Almena (Penn Shipping). - EVERY I SUNDAY i DIRECT VOICE I BROADCAST I I TO SHIPS IN ATLANTIC EUROPEAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN WATERS "JHE VOICE OF THE MID' EVERY SUNDAY, 1620 GMT (11:20 EST Sunday) , WFK-39, 19850 KCs Ships In Caribbean, East Coast of South America, South Atlan­ tic and East Coast of United States. WFt-SS; 15850 KCa Ships in Gulf of Mexico, Carib­ bean, West Coast of South America, West Coast of Mexico and US East Coast. TVFK-DS. 15700 KCs Ships in Mediterranean area. North Atlantic, European and US East Coast Meanwhile, MTD 'Round-The-Worfd Wireless Broadcasts Continue . • • . Every Sunday, 1915 GMT (2:19 PM EST Sunday) WCO-1S020 KCs Europe and North America WCO-16908.8 KCs East Coast South America WCO-22407 KCs West Coast South America Every Monday, 0315 GMT (10:15 PM EST Sundoy) ' WMM 25-15607 KCi Australia ~WMM 81-11037.5 . Northwest Pacific MARITIME TRADES DEPARTMENT rare nfteea Ovw 5,400 AA6 Votes Cast; Election End Near n:..: Voting in the SIU A&G District's biennial election picked up early in the second month of balloting to put the totS well over the 5,000 mark. With 14 days remaining in the balloting period, a total of 5,483 Seafar--* — ers cast their ballots in 15 posts are . contested in Tampa, SIU halls throughout the Philadelphia and New Orleans. Seafarer Pedro Villabol sends seoson's greetings to all from the Dei Sud, where he's serv­ ing OS smoking room steward. Scene is festively-decerated lounge aboard the cruise ship. She's due home Jan. 1. Unions Will Press Drive I (Continued from page 3) have' to disclose the true identity of the American ownership. In any event, SIU attorneys believe that they would have won the case be­ fore the Board. Attorneys are studying the con­ tents of all the legal proceedings to determine their collective im­ pact on the methods to be used in dealing- with the rufiaways. (For some interesting quotes from the courts,. and for details of press reaction, see feature on page 9.) Nor could the runaways get much encouragement from devel­ opments in the legislative and diplomatic areas. Congressman Pelly's call for closing of tax loop­ holes (see page 2) was followed by the announcement on Wednesday that the State Department would meet with representatives of major maritime nations in "February to discuss the whole issue of runaway registries. Spokesmen from Norway, the Netherlands, Denmark, Great Srltain, Sweden, Finland and West Germany are expected to partici­ pate and to seek US action re­ straining the runaway flags. Personals And Notices Dominick D1 Male Please contact your wife at 1321 Ronan Ave., Wilmington, Calif. Harold S. Lelond You are urged to contact LuciUe Lelond at 700 Michele Dr., Mart­ inez, Calif. You can caU person to person at 2417 J. ' Donald it. Pitman It is important that you get In touch with Mrs. Floyd Pitman at 435 North K St.. Muskogee, Okla. Ellis Samhi Please contact Leo Brown, at­ torney, at 165 Broadway, New York 6, NY. Important. Ernest L. Magers The Welfare Services Depart­ ment in headquarters is holding your shot card. Donald French Please contact your mother at 2540 Garfield Street, Hollywood, Florida. WilUam F. EUlott, Jr. UrgeuL that you contact your sister, Mrii. Fannie Lester, in Chatham, Virginia. She is serious­ ly concerned about you. -- country and Puerto Rico. The two-month baUoting period, which started oii November 1, will end as of December 31. As of December 15, the voting- breakdoym port by port was: Boston, 73; New York, 1,425; Philadelphia, 351; Baltimore, 680; Norfolk, 86; Savannah, 70; Tampa, 47; MpbUe, 553; New Orleans, 1,056; Lake Charles, 56; Houston, 554; Wilmington, 163;' San Fran­ cisco, 236; Seattle, 83; and San ,ruan, 50. As Is provided In the Union's constitution, all baUots cast in each port are placed in a sealed envelope and mailed by certified or regi-stered mail to a central location in New York. All of the poUs committee members are also required to write their names across the flap of each envelope after it has been sealed. The baUots are then deposited in a safe deposit with the Commercial State Bank and Trust company in New York City. A total of 73 candidates are on the baUot this year for 38 elective posts. Heaviest competition is for the eight Joint patrolmen posts open in headquarters. Other con­ tested offices are joint patrolmen in Boston, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans and Houston. Agents CS Baltimore Rescues Five A 14-man taUying committee tyill be elected at the next branch meetings, on December 24. The committee wiU consist of six men from headquarters and two each from Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans and San Francisco. It will be their job to take all of the ballots from the bank vault in which they have been deposited and make the official tally for the District, as soon as balloting ends December 81. Freeze-Up Hits Ships On Lakes MONTREAL —Caught by tho sudden drop in temperatures two weeks ago, which froze over many portions of the St. Lawrence, over a score of ocean ships almost found themselves ice-bound for the winter. The two-day exten­ sion of the canal's closing by the Canadian Government ^nd the "flying squads" provided by Can­ ada, staved off this wintry fate, but even at that, many of the ships barely managed to beat the new deadline by only a few hours. I'he oc€an vessels, en route to Atlantic Coast ports which they will use during the winter months, found the going extremely diffi­ cult in the narrow ice-blocked waterway. A breakdown in one of the new locks forced a shutdown in one section, which tied up about a dozen vessels, adding to the trouble. With ice-breakers finally paving the way, the vessels made it to the safety of MontreaL A large fleet of domestic ships were westward bound when they too were trapped. They managed to break through without much difficulty and continued on their way to winter quarters on the Lakes. The number of ocean vessels is expected to more than double in the inland trade when the new St. Lawrence Seaway opens next Spring. NORFOLK — The SlU-manned Cities ServiciB Baltimore an-ived in Virginia waters in the nick of time to save the five man crew of the floundering yacht Kyma. Efforts to salvage the yacht by lashing her to the hull of the Baltimore were In vain, however, and she capsized after a 12-hour struggle. The severe storms that plagued the Atlantic Coast two weeks ago found the yacht ready prey, bat­ tering the vessel and forcing its crew to signal for help. In the area at the time was the Balti­ more, which took the five aboard, and. made the yacht fast alongside. The crew reported that a Coast Guard cutter was summoned but before it could arrive,, the yacht broke loose. Quick action by the deck gang secured her until two hours later, the rough seas broke the craft away a second and last t|me. In the ensuing turmoil the yacht collided with the tanker, -damaging her hull and sending AH of the following SIU families her to the bottom. have received a $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Three Payoffs Coming in SF SAN FRANCISCO—While ship­ ping was on the slow side^^uring the last period, Marty Breithoff, port agent, reports that "all men who want to ship should be able to get out" in the next two weeks. Three payoffs are due in the com­ ing period. There were no ships paying off during the past two weeks, while the Kyska (Waterman) was the only sign-on. In transit were the Jean LaFitte and DeSoto (Waterman); Alamar and Kenmar (Calmar); and Isthmian's Steel AdmiraL -I Francis Negron, born Octobei 25, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Crua Negron, Bronx, NY. Michele Regan, bom Novembex 18, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. DoviUe P. Regan, MobRe. 3) i 3^ Ernest-M. Lurikin, born Novem­ ber 22, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Lester N. Larkin, Woburn, Mass. ^ 3> 3» Faund All, bom November 19, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Fazil All, Brooklyn, New York. 4, Ji, , ^ Margaret A. Bomgamer, bom August 5, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jerry L. Bumgarner, Nor­ wood, NC. vr-- �SEAFARERSALOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEA FA RE RSINTERNATI ON ALUNION® ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT* AFL-CIO • f. This holiday season, like any other, finds Seafarers cele­ 4:\ brating it in all corners of the globe. Many have come off the ships to spend the time ashore with their families, determined , "K * during the holiday season at least, to make up for the months of JS' • enforced separation that are part of the Seafarers' lot. Others, - who have replaced them aboard ship, might spend Christmas ' Day bucking a North Atlantic gale or Sweltering under a tropic sun. But in any case, there will be a gala Christmas dinner and .a well-decorated messhall to remind them of home. Those who mi^ht happen to be ashore in some foreign port may spend the day participating in the universal celebration in ways that differ from those they know, but still represent the spirit of the season. « Wherever they may be, and however they might celebrate the holiday, the SlU extends to each and every Seafarer warm­ est holiday greetings. .... -r'. ••v::,-- Seafarers International Union Atlantic & Gulf District yrtAFL'CIO • " ''5. V t. •' •' " V" • .• '• • K.V. -L. \ • •. . - .• •f? > .'A- to ..-vo. • Tkw , -A , •' ^ • • •. 'I.'H' • *• • ' -....i-j !-1 i. . ^ i -;^v, - • .•-j;.,.. V'./',. ... -••. -5r i- t'.j.fe-:];;c••• • ".y^ -••-—'-J ry •O.-y iy ^h:- -yy -yyj . ( • 'V' ;»Vv'~ ^ ••,' -'•t' }• -•y."-' • r::y:y-y : ' cvt vV. .-A•frSJ.V.-'.vraV~ ; , LI. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource December 19, 1958 Description An account of the resource Headlines: UNIONS PLAN NEW RUNAWAY ATTACK DELTA LINE SHOWS SAFETY GAIN TAX RUNAWAYS, CONGRESS TOLD SIU VESSEL, CREWMAN BATTERED IN TYPHOON RUNAWAY DRIVE TO CONTINUE ‘QUIT ITD,’ GREECE TELLS SEAUNION REP. ALLEN NAMED TO COMMERCE POST SIU WINS LOUISIANA OK ON JOBLESS BENEFITS COPS PLAY SKIP-TRACER, NAB ‘RUNAWAY’ RUNAWAY LAKES SIU WINS THREE NLRB VOTES NY SEES CONTINUING SHIPPING BOOM NEW CRDIT COME-ON POPS UP SHORESIDE FIRMS NOW SEEK RUNAWAY OUTLET MATES ADD TO GAINS IN COMPLETING PACT LA. UNIONS SET POLITICAL ACTION DRIVE THE RUNAWAY PROTEST LAUNCH 104,500-TON TANKER BME VOTES ORGANIZING FUNDS; ELECTS OFFICERS 60-DAY PROVISION UPHELD; LOUISIANA TO PAY BENEFITS OVER 5,400 A&G VOTES CAST; ELECTION END NEAR Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/19/1958 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XX, No. 25 1958 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/10b3d1054fa2730910629cc0edc4b84a.PDF a6374d7b5c69b4160683c2ad94aaf3ef PDF Text Text r5Vol. XXII No. 20 • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . AFL-CIO i W-^ MTD CONFERENCE SET UP ON LAKES I®i-' m '»r If l(': 4 SEAFARERS^LOG Decejnber 1960 - .«r. Story On Page 3 1^4— • - i • m I I -jr-ft f .5^V.-0 • w — adian maritime unions are shown in Montreal headquarters of Canadian SIU during formation of Great Lakes Conference of MTD, Conference was set up to fight both US and Canadian runaway-flag opera­ tions. Meeting hit use of British fiag as refuge. (Story on Page 3.) HolfffflV Chg^g^r ^ broken arm isn't so nonaay wneer. bad if, like seafarer Man­ uel Rodriguez, you have USPHS nurse Ellen Yannon to give you a hand with Thanksgiving dinner. Rodriguez, who suffered injury aboard Beatrice, was further cheered, like all hospital patients by SIU gift of fruit. (Other photos on page 5.) 1% C/I/A CAfn Examining SIU Safety iJflfjP# Award aboard Warrior are^ (1 to r) Waterman Safety Director Earl Smith, Capt. E. Patronas, Ship's delegate Ami Bjornsson, Mobile Patrolman Robert Jordan. • a-.6.^-• . .-II'." •i®'' ''I '•'S • T'.' •- ^1^'' ^ �SEAFARERS Vate Two LOG Deeemlier, 19f<t NY Port Council Meeting '75-25' Proposed 41 US Ships M^y Get Bigger Cargo Slice 4 WASHINGTON—There are strong indications that th§ Government is going to give the American-flag shipping industry i belated boost through a brand new "Ship America" policy, including a 75-25 break on government cargo. The new program, if put into effect, would result in vastly-in-^ ~~ ' creased cargoes for American many vessels now under the run-.^ represent a reversal of the Admin­ istration's practice of encouraging ships and possibly the trans- away flags. The "Ship America" policy would the use of runaway-flag ships. It is being considered because of the unfavorable balance of payments Situation which is causing US gold and dollars to leave the country in large quantities. Use of runawayflag and foreign-flag shipping is one of the major factors in the loss of currency. (See feature on page 16). Anthony Scotto, ILA, chairs first formal meeting of MTD Regulations Under Scrutiny % New York council. Seated at dias (1. to f.) are: Field Rep­ Under-Secretary of Commerce resentative Raymond "Chuck" Connors, ILA; Executive John Allen, a former Congressman Secretary Joe Powell, OEIU, and Vice-President Jerry from California with a strong mari­ Wurf, State, County and Municipal Employees. time background has already de­ clared that officials are consider­ ing regulations which would give "an even break" to US-flag ships# It is believed that two procedures are under consideration. The President by presidential difective, would order US Govern­ ment agencies to revise the "50-50" law upward so as to give US-flag The first formal meeting of the Maritime Port Council of ships as much as 75 percent of all Government-financed cargoes, The Greater NY Harbor adopted a constitution and set in motion law simply sets a floor of at least a program to assist member unions in their problems in, the 50 percent, but most of the agen­ cies involved, particularly the Portof New, York. Agriculture Department, have re­ In addition to adopting a President, Jerry Wurf, executive garded the 50 percent figure as a constitution, the December 6 director. District 37, State, County ceiling. The Department has been meeting at the Hotel New Yorker and Municipal Employees Union; Executive Secretary—Joe Powell, openly hostile to the use of Amer­ agreed ^o extend the terms of the international organizer, Officie ican-flag shipping. present interim officers for six Employees International tlriipn; To Woo Private Shippers months. This will enable organi­ Field Representative—Raymond ^ J, "Chuck" Connors, ILA Local 79i, Other executive action would be taken to make it more attractive zations who affiliate with the coun­ for private shippers to serid their cil subsequently or who were upPrize-winning LOG cartoon which appeared able to attend the first formal cargo abroad on US ve^els. December 19, 1959, issue is shown above. meeting to participate in the elec­ Rep. Thor Tollefson, the ranking tion of officers. Republican member of the- House Merchant Marine Committee, has Hits Waterfront Communism already called on President Eisen­ An immediate situation which hower to give as much as 80 to 90 the port council will deal with is percent of Government-financed the plan for a protest against the cargoes to US ships. He also sug­ Bi-State Waterfront Commission's gests that the next Congress set a iron-clad control over the laveUDETROIT—The SIU has won its 26th labor press award fixed percentage quota for private hood of members of the Inter­ in the last 14 ygears and its 12th in the last four years since cargoes to be carried on American national Longshoremen's Associa­ the'merger of the AFL-CIO. The 1960 International Labor ships. tion. The delegates agreed that a Foreign nations have earned ap­ mass meeting be held under the Press contest chose a SEA--* FARERS LOG cartoon out of and other standard drugstore proximately $1 billion for carrying auspices of the port council to US cargo and passengers in 1959, protest the commission's power to 21 entries as the best in the items. In all, there were .five categories a good deal of which could «'be license longshoremen for work on Labor Press field. Each of the 21 entries was permitted to submit in which the LOG' enterfed iaiong saved by the "Ship America" the piers. with publications of international policy. up to five samples. The meeting will be set up at unions. While it is the publication The award-winning cartoon was Fojr background story on dollar the convenience of the longshore drawn by LOG staff Art Editor (Continued pn^ page 7) drain see feature on page 17. union, probably in Madison Square Bernard Seaman. Entitled "Take Garden. As Directed," it dealt with the The port .council meeting drew problem of excessive prescription wide representation from unions in ILA President William drug prices and pointed out that the New York area. Attending Bradley discusses the Wa­ sick patients had no alternative but were some 120 delegates represent­ terfront Commission at to pay the exorbitant tariffs ing 25 international unions whose NY MTD meeting. Group charged by the self-styled "ethical" members are employed in various drug manufacturing concerns. agreed to organize a pro­ The SIU Inland Boatmait The SIU industrial Worker phases of maritime activity. Among In choosing the LOG caption, test meeting. —Pages 8, 9 —Page 25 those present was John Strong, the judges from the faculty of the president of Teamsters Local 807, University of Michigan Department New York, the largest general SIU Siofefy Department of Journalism made the following SIU Social Security Dep't trucking union in the metropolitan • —Page 7 comment; "Professional craftsman­ —Page 13 area and one which handles the Dec., 1960 VoL XXII, No. 20 ship in drawing; an effective cap­ bulk of waterfront trucking. Strong tion; a subject of wide interest arid SIU Medical Deportment participated as an observer since concern." The Pacific Coast Seafarer —Page 19 the Teamsters are not affiliated Seaman's- LOG cartoons have —Pages 22, 23 with the AFL-CIO. ' won seven citations, including two PAUI, HALL, President SIU Food. Ship Sanitation first prizes, in the last 14 years. Group Receives Union Support The Great Lakes Seafarer Dep't • —Page 20 HERBERT BRAND, Editor. BERNARD SEA­ The cartoon had originally been Messages of support were also MAN, Art Editor. HERMAN ARTHUR, —Pages 10, 11 proiripted by the outcome of Ke• read at the meeting from the struc­ AL MASKIN, QIIAHLES BEAUMET, ALBERT fauver committee hearings irito • Editorial Cartoon —Page 15 tural ironworkers union, as well as AMATEAU, JOHN BRAzy,, Staff Writers, excessive pricing by the drug in­ from the'Metal Trades Department, • The Fisherman and dustry. Subsequently the SIU and Putillsheo RioniTily ar ma htadquarlars which is directing its affiliates to of fha Seafarers International Union. At­ Cannery Worker 12 other New York unions com­ A&G Deep Seo Shipping lantic Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters participate in the council. —Page 18 bined to set up the Medstore plam; District) AFL-CIO, 47S Fourth Avenue, Report -r-Pw6 32, NY. Tel. HYscinth The interim Officers, who will Brooklyn The Medstore \vill consfcst of a Second class postage paid at thd Post Ooirtinue to serve on the port body, Office in Brooklyn, NY, under thg Act chain of non-profit retail drug­ The Canadian Seafarer . Shipboard News for another six iripnths are: Presi­ of Aug. 24, 1912. stores (Which will supply Union . . —Page 21 ; —Pages 27, 28,89, 30 dent—Anthony Scotto, organizing members and their farniUes- ivith djrect(^:;L9ML -Vicelow-cp^t prfe^pciptiott medjcinea fer back to the American flag of I 'Take As Directed' if' ii NY MTD Plans Action , On Waterfront Beefs ? LOG Cartoon Wins Labor Press Prize i: INDEX To Departments SEAFARERS LOG f ,• • -i. - r �December, IflM is » ii r- • SEAFARERS Set Up Regional MTD On Lakes (': Conference Will Combat US, Canadian Runaways I'' V c* MONTREAL—A coordinated attack on runaway shipping on both sides of the US-Canadian border is in the making as the result of the establishment of a Great Lakes Conference of the Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO. The establish­ ment of the conference, Canadian coastal waters. The con­ The conference agreed to press of which SIUNA Vice- ference made it clear that it in­ for legislation to promote both President Hal Banks was cluded in its definition of runaway- Canadian-flag and American - flag II'" I .• Montreal press, radio and TV representatives interview Hal Banks, secretary-treasurer, SIU Canadian District and SIUNA President Paul Hall on formation of Great Lakes MTD Conference, / named chairman, first of its kind within the MTD, took place at a meeting of Ameri can and Canadian maritime unions at the headquarters of the SIU Canadian District here on November 22. The primary targets of the conference are the operations of runaway-flag shipping on the Seaway, in the Great Lakes and in i' C" t? r V ] A England, British Colonies Long Used As Ship Refuge MONTREAL — The formation of the Great Lakes Conference of the Maritime Trades Department is sure to bring to a boil long-simmering discontent among American and Canadian martime workers over the use of the British flag and British colony labels to escape Apierican and Cana-^~~ ^ dian wage scales. tional Steamship fleet to the flag though the vessels operate ex­ The problem is not a new of Trinidad in the middle of a clusively in Canadian waters. one. In fact it dates back almost ten years to the elimination of the Communist - dominated Canadian Seamen's Union from Canadian shipping. Once the CSU went out of busi­ ness and the SIU Canadian District started winning Improved condi­ tions for Canadian seamen, Cana­ dian shipowners started looking for an easy out. Thanks to lax Cana­ dian shipping rules, they could transfer to the British flag, or to the flag of a British colony such as Bermuda and Trinidad. As a result, Canadian deep-sea shipping was largely wiped out. A famous example was the at­ tempt to transfer the, Canadian Na­ Canadian District strike. This move was blocked by the refusal of West Indian seamen to scab on the Cana­ dians. Subsequently the ships were sold to Cuba but never were able to operate behind the Canadian District picket line. Not content with transferring all deep-sea shipping, Canadian ship operators, and American business­ men with heavy investments in Canadian mining and transporta­ tion started transfers of domestic shipping as well. The problem be­ came particularly acute with the opening of the St. Lawrence Sea­ way, with the result that more and more ships were being placed un­ der British and colony flags even SIU Safety Dep't Hits Atom Peril; CG To Act NEW YORK—An effort by the SIU Safety Department to ward off "potentially-dangerous" situations involving radio­ active cargoes aboard ship is now being taken up by the Coast Guard, Responding to-*""^ ' ^ an inquiry from Safety Di­ training to handle them in an rector Joe Algina, a CG emergency anyway. .-i Pace Three LOG headquarters spokesman "ftas prom­ ised to initiate further action. The exchange with the Coast Guard followed a series of infor­ mal discussions held by Algina with various industry representa­ tives and officials of the Atomic Energy Commission, as reported earlier in the SEAFARERS LOG. He cited the complete lack of "basic measures" to protect sea­ men on vessels carrying atomic cargoes or "empty" containers that might still be radioactive. Inflrest has centered on the problem due to the growth of off­ shore traffic in atomic materials during recent years. Crewmembers unfamiliar with the speciai labeling practices on such cargoes seldom know they are aboard and, in addition, have neither the equipment nor the The growth of offshore trade in radioactive materials has also been accompianied by specialized prob­ lems in disposing of atomic waste matter at offshore sites near major US cities. However, in this in­ stance, specially-buiit or modified vessels are used and they have generally operated in /relativelysheltered coastal waters. This practice is made possible by lax Canadian shipping regulations. Unlike the United States, where domestic ship operators must use American-built ships under the American flag, Canada permits British shipping a free hand in its domestic waters. ' This situation is the product of .the Commonwealth Shipping Agreement signed in the 1930's, granting vessels from every part of the British Commonwealth the right to trade in Canadian domestic waters. One result of the policy has been that British and West Indian sea­ men are being compelled to work at British and West Indian wage scales while spending all their working time in Canada. Talks With British At a meeting of the Seafarers Section of the International Transportworkers Federation in Janu­ ary, 1959, the problem of Canadianowned British shipping as well as British-owned shipping in Cana­ dian waters, was taken up along with discussions of the Panlibhonco flags. Discussions were held be­ tween Hal Banks, secretary-treas­ urer of the Canadian District, and Sir Thomas Yates, head of the Na­ tional Union of Seamen of Great Britain, as a result of which an understanding was reached recog­ nizing the Canadian SIU's right to represent Canadian ships in Cana­ dian waters no matter what flag they might fly. However, nothing has been done since on the British side to impler ment that understanding and to protect Canadian seamen from the inroads of the new runaways. flag shipping not only the conven­ tional runaway flags of Panama, Liberia and Honduras, but also the practice of Canadian ship operators in registering Canadian-owned ves­ sels under the flags of Great Brit­ ain and the British-owned Bahama Islands. Indicative of the determination of the unions involved to take ef­ fective action on the issue was the presence of representatives from virtually every waterfront union including the longshoremen, steel workers, mates, marine engineers, operating engineers, cement work­ ers, sugar workers, iron workers, carpenters, and, of course. Seafar­ ers. Also in attendance as obser­ vers were Canadian Teamster Union representatives. The unions present are involved in ship construction and repair, manning of ships, unloading of cargo and cargo transportation. The action to set up a conference on the Great Lakes was an out­ growth of an MTD Executive Board meeting in Chicago on Au­ gust 15 and 16 of this year. At that meeting, it was agreed to set up a series of regional MTD con­ ferences to work on regional prob­ lems, one of them being the Great Lakes. Banks Named Chairman The Montreal gathering chose Hal Banks, secretary-treasurer of the Canadian District as pro tem chairman of the conference. Jo­ seph R. Chrobak, representative of the United Steelworkers of Amer­ ica, Local 5,000, was named vicechairman and Patrick J. Sullivan, secretafy-treasurer of the Great Lakes District, International Long­ shoremen's Association, was chosen as secretary-treasurer. As its initial program, the con­ ference declared as its objective as "combating the runaway-flag vessels that are plaguing Canadian and American-flag shipping on the Great Lakes," shipping, while going on record "as condemning the use of the flags of Great Britain and the Ba­ hamas as a cover for runaway ves­ sels and to further document in­ stances of this and call them to the attention of the international labor movement." It was generally agreed that the most pressing threat to the inter­ ests of maritime workers generally and to Canadian shipping at large is the use of the British flag as a flag of convenience in Canadian coastai waters. As a result, the conference in­ tends to submit a strongl.v-worded protest tq,the International Transportworkers Federation against the practices of utilizing British regis(Continued on page 7) Hospitalized Men Will Get Bonus The annuai Christmas bonus for Seafarers in the hospitals, as well as SIU men receiving disabilitypension benefits, has been ap­ proved by the trustees of the SIU Welfare Plan. All Seafarers in the hospitals who are eligible for the regular hospital benefit qualify for the $23 Christmas bonus as well. Ths bonus is paid to men who are in­ patients for more than one day during the period from December 19 through December 26 inclusive. In addition to the cash bonus, eligible Seafarers will receive « carton of cigarettes, Christmas Day is also an occa­ sion for serving Christmas dinners in Union halls to Seafarers on the beach and members of their fami­ lies in line with long-established tradition. BULLETIN Court Rules Against Runaway HARRISBURG, Pa.—The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, by a five to two vote, has thrown out a bid by Universe Tankships, owners of the Ltberian-fiar Ore Monarch, for an injunction against union pick­ eting. The court characterized the runaway-flag registry as a fiction, hoiding that the corporation was subjeet to US labor law and that the picketing was cieariy a domestic labor dispute. The ruling Is » major victory for American maritime' unions In the fight on run­ away shipping. (See earlier story on page 7.) Conferring at Great Lakes MTD conference in Montreal are Anthony Anastasio (left) representing the Inter­ national Longshoremen's Association and Joseph Chro­ bak, head of Local 5,000, Steelworkers Union. �fir- SEAFARERS Pare Foar Build Close Working Tie 1 I- Si A year of close collaboration between the SIU and Local 25, the Marine Division of the International Union of Operating Engineers, has paid off for both organizations. As a result of the close working relationship between the two unions, both Local 25 and the SIU have made considerable"* ning of seven agreements in the the Inland boatmen's field, particu­ headway in their respective South and our progress in the larly on the Lakes and in the Gulf jurisdictions in the inland Great Lakes area find their origin area. Numerous opportunities for boat field, both along the Atlantic Coast and on the Lakes. It was just one year ago, on December 17, 1960, that the newly chartered local moved into the SIU's Brooklyn headquarters as part of its plan to work hand-inhand with the SIU on organizing and otiier problems. Originally, the membership of Local 25 was known as Local 825D, the dredgeman's branch, of Local 825, Operating Engineers. The lat­ ter is a hoisting and portable equipment union with jurisdiction embracing the State of New Jersey and five upstate New York coun­ ties. Started In 1940 The dredgeman's branch first came, into existence in 1940. Steve Leslie, now president of Local 25, was its original organizer in an effort to bring representation to men working dredging equipment from Maine to Maryland. The new branch did well until the late 1950's when, having organ­ ized the dredging operations in its jurisdiction, it .was unable to progress further into the South Atlantic and Gulf areas. However, because of the nature of the dredging industry, with dredges going to all areas, the branch faced loss of employment and competition from non-union operations along the rest of the coast. As a result, the membership sought a separate charter with jurisdiction which would parallel that of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. Leslie, himself a former deep sea sailor back in the early 1930's, then met with SIUNA President Paul Hall asking him to support the dredgeman's move for auton­ omy before the executive board of the Operating Engineers, which was done in August, 1959. A sep­ arate charter as Local 25 was granted to the group in November and it subsequently made its move Into SIU headquarters. Gains In South As a result, Leslie reports that the local union has gained approxi­ mately 1,000 new members, par­ ticularly in, the hitherto neglected •outh Atlantic and Gulf area. It also has a self-insured Welfare Plan and • hiring hall patterned after that of the SIU. "Our hiring hall set-up, the win- in the cooperation extended by the SIU," he declared. The next step for Local 25 will be the establishment of a branch office in the Seafarers' hall in Philadelphia. On the "SIU's side, the collabora­ tion between the two unions has g^atly assisted In its progress in Deeemlicr, 19M LOC joint organizing drives by the two unions are now being explored. And since Seafarers have qualifi­ cations to fill certain classifications on the dredges, SIU men have an opportunity for dredge employ­ ment whenever there are no quali­ fied dredgemen available to fill open jobs. LABOR 'ROUND THE WORLD 4 4t . THE INTRODUCTION OF JET AIRLINERS on International travel routes has brought about numerous complications in determining the wage standards of working conditions of aircraft employees. Accordiifgly, the International Labor Organization recently held a meeting of civil aviation unions in Geneva which was attended by 14 unions of aircraft employees affiliated with the International Transportworkers Federation. One of the resolutions passed called for the ILO to develop retraining procedures for flight or ground personnel who have been displaced by new technological developments. " ' t it FIFTY YEARS AGO IN TORONTO, a trolley motorman worked standing" up or not at all. Consequently, when in 1910 the Toronto Railway Employees Union negotiated a new contract, it waS agreed that the company would provide a seat for a motorman in a closed trolley car. The agreement, the "Labour Gazette" reports, also provided for increases up to cents an hour, with the top wage scale being 25 cents an hour for men with three years' experience. 4" 4 4 DANISH SEAMEN ARE GOING OUT for a 40-hour week in their current contract negotiations. The Danish Seamen's Union, repre­ senting approximately 7,000 seamep is asking for wage increases'and a penson fund similar to what other Scandinavian seamen enjoy. Present wage scales on Danish ships are approximately $135 per month. 4 • 4 4 TWO STRIKES OF LONGSHOREMEN in Brazil, and in Genoa, Italy, took place recently. The Brazilian strike lasted just one day and re­ sulted in a 35 percent wage increase plus holiday pay equal to five per­ cent of annual wages. The 35 percent figure, while enormous on paper, merely reflects the galloping inflation that has made Brazilian currency nearly worthless. The Genoese longshoremen, on the other hand, weren't concerned about wages. What was bothering them was the possibility that mechanical loading equipment would do aw^y with the jobs of many of the men. They were looking for assurances that the men displaced in the process 'get adequate compensation. ' 4 4 •> 4 CHRISTMAS BONUS PAYMENTS ARE STANDARD on West Ger­ man railways, and this year, the bonus for members of the German Railwaymen's Union has been increased. Married men will get 100 marks (about $25) and single employees 80 marks (about $20). This is double or more than bonuses given last year. Bonuses of $5 will also be given for each dependent child. ' 4 Local 25 Operating Engineers President Steve Leslie <left) and SIUNA President Paul Hall discuss maritime ques­ tions at recent Maritime Trades Department meeting. See New Orleans Hall Completion Next Month NEW ORLEANS—Barring last-minute hitches, the new hall for Seafa,r^s yrijl;b,e, completed at the end of January or the early part of February. Finishing touches now being installed in .the brand-new"^ hall on Jackson Avenue in- building will be another step in the long-range plan to provide Seac ude a giant mural portray­ faacrs in. all ports with modern ing the history of the maritime union movement. The new building is in th^e heart of the French Quarter, approxi­ mately two miles from the present Bienville Street location. It will provide space for Union services as well as the functions of the Sea­ farers Welfare Plan. Located at Jackson between Chippewa and Phillip Streets, it is just two blocks from the Jackson Avenue ferry landing. The archi­ tecture of the hall is in keeping with the architectural require­ ments of the French Quarter, so that it will differ considerably in appearance from the other modern SIU halls in Philadelphia, Balti­ more and New York, The two story building covers an approximate area of 110 feet by 135 feet, plus surrounding landscaping and parking facilities. It will have a cafeteria, lounge, recreation facilities, ample meeting space and hiring hall space and other desir­ able features. Completion of the New- Orleans quarters for both' business and rec­ reational purposes. Drugstore Takes A Sea Voyage An unusual cargo operation was recently demonstrated by the SIUcontracted Sea-Land Service in a cargo shift from Chicago to Puerto Rico, A national drugstore chain was opening a branch store in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, and had to ship all of the fixtures from Chicago. The entire shipment was sealed in a 35-foot trailer van, and then travelled by railroad flatcar and trailer truck from Chicago to Port Newark, the northern terminal of the Sea-Land operation. At Port Newark the van was loaded - aboard a Sea-Land containership headed for San Juan, where it was again discharged ai)d hauled by trailer to Bayamon. 4 ts 4 BY COINCIDENCE, THE DAY THE SEAFARERS LOG published its account of the earnings and working conditions of- Russian seamen, the Soviet Government announced that it was issuing a new ruble. The in­ tention is to make the HCw Russian ruble worth, more than four old Ones. On the international front, the revaluation of the ruble is de­ signed to have propaganada effects, since it will be"officially rated as being worth more than the dollar. (For practical purposes it will be worth about 40 cents). But it is the domestic impact of the new ruble that concerns Russian workers. In most of the Iron Curtain countries, "moonlighting," the practice of holding two jobs, is the rule, rather than the exception, but in the Soviet Union, "moonlight­ ing" takes on a special character, to judge from the complaints in the Soviet press. It usually involves the conduct of some kind of street corner business operation—selling and buying used clothing, bootleg­ ging American jazz records, supplying hard-to-get consumer commo­ dities of one kind or another and similar operations which are frowned upon by the Soviet authorities. It's the customary practice of the moonlighters" to hoard their profits in the form of large-denomina­ tion bills. When the new rubles are issued, the old currency will have to be turned in, or will become worthless. That puts the "moonlight­ ers" on the spot. If they don't turn in their old currency, they might as well paper the walls with it. If they do, then the authorities might want to ask a few questions. J f* E 4-44 THE AFL-CIO IS GETTING ALL OF THE CREDIT for keeping France in alliance with the United States since thie end of World War 11. At least that's the word from the official publi<^tion of the Communistrun World Federation of Trade Unions. The latest issue of the pub­ lication, entitled "l«ternational Bulletin of The Trade Union and Working Class Press" declares that back in 1947 'at the instigation of the United States of America, which is scarcely ever sparing the flesh and blood of other peoples, there was a change of alliances: the Soviet Union . . . became the enemy. . . . A united working class" (Communist jargon for a Communistdominated union movement) "was an obstacle to such a policy. The United States intervened directly, through yts famous Irving Brown, in the French trade union movement. . . . From then on . . . our country was bound up in a policy that was absolutely contrary to its interests" (in Communist" jargon again, that means pro-U.S. and anti-Russian). The Irving Brown referred to, of course, represented the AFL-CIO in foreign labor affairs and is a favorite whipping boy of the world Communist movement. Stay Put For Jobless Pay Seafarers who are collecting state unemployment benefits while on the beach waiting to ship are-urged to stay put and avoid changing their mailing addresses if they want to continue re­ ceiving their cheeks regularly. Several Seafarers have already experienced interruptions of from three to five weeks In ^^tting their next check after they notified the state unemployment offices that they had moved and changed their mailing addfess. An average delay of a month is reported in most cases, causing considerable hardship to the men involved. •f" ^ / • \ �rrr^. fV^ '> Deeenber, 19M SEAFARERS • '¥ By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS Toy Price Index Down r l-J-X r d h .- •>"' # This Is a poor year for toy manufacturers but a better one for parents and other gift givers. Trade reports indicate that toys are selling for as much as 20 percent less than last Christmas. One reason; everyone is selling toys—supermarkets, drug stores, discount houses, even cloth­ ing stores. For example, 20-inch vinyl dolls with rooted hair that were $10.98 last year now are $9.98. Twenty-piece sets of fiberboard jumbo blocks with triangles and squares, are available for $2.65. Even such standard playthings as the "Playskool Nok-Out Bench" (for ages 2-5) now sell for $1.79 and less. Toy retailers and wholesalers say in their trade papers that the biggest sales increases in playthings this year will be in: —Science toys, games and kits. —Dolls, particularly novelty dolls. —Games of all types. Parents still need to watch out for durability and lasting play value, and distinguish between genuinely educational playthings and com­ mercial toys which explore space-age developments but don't really teach anything. Some of the missile toys have been reduced sharply. For example, a "superthrust" two stage missile set that cost $8.95 last year now sells for $6^.66. But such rocket-gun and rocket-launcher toys have only fleeting play value, and add nothing to a child's development. One .widely-sold' rocket launcher sells for $8-$10 plus the extra cost of batteries. It blazes rockets 25 feet into the air. It has three rockets. You can imagine how long they will last. If you have a couple of hundred dollars to toss around, and we're . sure most of our readers haven't or won't, you can even buy your child a real motorized car—this year's new craze. These cars go five to seven miles an hour, steer, reverse and brake. They cost from $159 in Montgomery Ward's catalog to one advertised in th% Wall Street Journal as a "real battery-powered child's car." This one is $249.50. But the manufacturer assures that it has a low operating cost. But besides the. rash of rocket guns and launchers, there also Is an increase in genuine scientific and educational playthings, such as astronomy, physics, ultra-violet, computer, weather and math kits. One •authoritative source is the Science Materials Center, 59 Fourth Ave., New York 2, NY. It will send you a catalog which will also be useful as a guide to kits, games and books recommended by teaching and scientific experts. Among the kits and playthings the science center recommends are; Pre-Electricity Physics Lab., $5.95, for ages 10 and up. Static Electricity Lab, $2.95 (ages 11-17). —Mobile of the Planets (and their moons), $3.95, kindergarten up. —Magnetism Lab, $3.95 (ages 10-14). —Beginner's Microscope, $7.25. —D-Stix Construction Kits; juniors, $3; intermediate, $5. —Math Magic, a game and kit, $3 (ages 9-14). The center also recommends a new set of two books, "Intelligent Man's Guide to Science," by Isaac Asimov, at $11.95, for high school level and up. • •' i The Gilbert science and chemistry kits are considered good quality and well-planned. A new manufacturer of science and chemistry kits Is'the Porter Company, with kits priced competitively with the Gilbert sets. The Porter biochemistry set is especially good. Museums are a "good source for natural history and science materials, such as rock speciments, shells, weather kits, etc. You can get catalogs and price lists from local museums and also from the Chicago Natural History Museum Book Shop, Chicago 4; American Museum of Natural History Shop, Central Park West at 79th St., New York, and Museum of Science and Industry, Jackson Park, Chicago 37. MEBA Calls Conference On Maritime Problems Face five LOG KENNEDY GALLS FOR DOMESTIC SHIP AID; SAYS IFS ESSENTIAL WASHINGTON—President-elect John Kennedy has gone on record calling for US as­ sistance to the domestic shipping industry to restore it to a healthy and flourishing con­ dition. The Kennedy statement "Prior to World War II there present indications; if we stand was actually issued during the were some 700 vessels, including idly by. summer. It has now been tankers in these domestic trades, "Why is this? A basic reason is printed as part of the record of the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee in its report on the coastwise and Intercoastal shipping industry. In his letter, Kennedy called the domestic shipping industry "one of the great bulwarks of our nation's defense" The text of the Kennedy stateis as follows: "The depressed condition of our country's once-flourishing domes­ tic shipping industry should be a matter of deepest concern to every­ one interested In our country's economic progress and national security. "Unless strong measures are taken, promptly, to preserve and strengthen the dry cargo fleet now operating coastwise and inter­ coastal, one of the great bulwarks of our nation's defense may soon' be a thing of the past. representing nearly two-thirds of our total ocean freight capacity. Today, despite our greatly ex­ panded economy, the important dry cargo segment of these trades is but one-fifth, or less, of its 1959 size. "Nor is that one-fifth in any­ thing like good health. It is beset not only by adverse economic fac­ tors but also by throttling surface competition, aided and abetted to a disturbing degree, by adminis­ trative complacency in the face of alleged unfair competition from other forms of competition. "When the United States entered World War II, the domestic mer­ chant fleet was taken over almost in its entirety by the Government, for military logistics purposes. In any future emergency the need for such a fleet, ready at hand to serve defense needs, would be equally urgent. But there may not be any such fleet to requisition, from 51U Halls Thanksgiving Hosts At The Hall... Part of the group of over 600 Seafarers, family members and members of affiliated maritime unions who attended Thanksgiving dinner at headquarters are shown in head­ quarters cafeteria. At The Hospital... Plans for dealing with the problem of the US maritime industry and its employees are being discussed today at a conference of maritime unions called by the Maritime Engmeers Beneficial Associa-"^^ : of maritime unions to draft such tion, AFL-CIO. i Among subjects* to be taken a policy and to act on behalf of up at the meeting are the status of the various collective bargain­ ing agreements in the industry and discussion of union policies on future bargaining. Under consideration at the meet­ ing are suggestions that some kind of national collective bargaining policy be established across the board on the part of all the marine unions. One suggestion being brought-up before the meeting is the feasi­ bility of establishing a committee the member unions in dealings with the ship operators. The role of ship operators in working with unions on industry problems is also due for examination. . Also to come up for discussion are new approaches to runhway shipping, the Interstate Commerce Commission's regulation of the domestic trades and similar mat­ ters, in light of the now adminis­ tration coming, up in Washington. At present, the contracts of the various unions expire at different times and run for different lengths of time. There have been proposals made In the past to establish single expiration dates for all maritime agreements and the conference wyi discuss the advisability of such a program. " that, while the coastal-intercoastal vessels were away at war, the do­ mestic trade pattern was expanded to absorb the services formerly rendered by these vessels. The tiade thus lost has never been re­ gained. Thus, postwar, the shipping companies found themselves with few cargoes to carry,-with old ships costly to operate, and new con­ struction costs three to four times prewar rates. "If the domestic merchant fleet, so strategic to the nation's econ­ omy and to its defense, is to be kept alive—and it must be—Gov­ ernment must lend a hand. Steps must be taken to insure fair treat­ ment of domestic shipping vis-a-vis other forms of transportation. Beyond that Government has real and long neglected responsibility to assist in' the formulation of a rational overall transportation pol­ icy in which intercoastal transport has a vital position." Patients at the Staten Island Public Health hospital enjoy assortment of fruits and other holiday delicacies supplied by the SIU along with their Thanksgiving dinners. NEW YORK—Several thousand Thanksgiving dinners were served to Seafarers, members of their families and guests in the tradi­ tional holiday festivities conducted at all SIU halls Thanksgiving day. The headquarters hall in Bi;ooklyn was host to some 600 diners, who were served in the headquar­ ters cafeteria. Baltimore also served over 600 guests. Dinners were served either in Union hall facilities in the various ports, or in outside restaurants where the halls are not equipped to prepare and serve food. The elaborate headquarters menu included a selection of appetizers, shrimp cocktail, choice of three soups, choice of turkey, ham or roast beef, choice of seven vege­ tables, two salads, and an elaborate dessert list including three kinds of ice cream, three kinds of pie, plain cake, plum pudding, fresh fruit, nuts and candies, after din­ ner mints and beverages. Similar dinners will be served on Christmas Day and, as is the practice in several ports, there will be gifts and prizes for the children attending, along with a well-uphol­ stered Santa Glaus. Court Balks Sea-Land BALTIMORE—A Federal court here has enjoined Sea-Land Serv­ ice, Inc., an SlU-contracted com­ pany, from using Baltimore as a collection point for Puerto Rico cargo. Sea-Land, a Waterman subsid­ iary, has been trying to offer equal rates from Newark and Baltimore on cargoes originating in the Carolinas and Virginia areas, mostly to­ bacco, canned goods and other good revenue bearing freight. After the Federal Maritime Board refused Sea-Land permission to charge a single rate, the com­ pany took over a forewarding firm which has been receiving all car^o in Baltimore, then transshipping to ships in Newark at no extra cost. Bull Lines and Alcoa Steamship, both SlU-contracted firms, have protested the move. The Federal court issued the injunction while the FMB is studying the case. �Pace Sb SEAFARERS December, 19M LOG 4tn SEAFARERS ROTARY SHIPPING HOARD 1- i.' t. (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.) November 1 Through November 30, 1960 . iy. ii Although ship activity was virtually identical with that of October, total shipping dripped off in November in com­ parison with the previous month, with 2,394 jobs going off the board in-all SIU ports. October had seen 2,682 jobs shipped and September 2,496. In contrast to the decline of 288 jobs shipped, vessel activity was virtually identical with the previous month. A total of 471 ship calls were registered as compared to 473 in October. Payoffs dropped slightly, down to 115 from 119, but most noticeable decbne was in the number of sign ons, 50 as against 63, while in-transit calls actually rose. The decline in the sign ons is probably the Jcey in the dropoff of November jobs, although another factor could very well be the desire of crewmembers to make just one more trip before getting off for the Christmas holidays. I:P-.- Ship Activity Actually, as analysis of the figures shows, the class A "registered-on-the-beach"». total, 2,480, was less than 100 over the month's total shipping figure, showing that vir­ tually every class A seafarer could have gotten a job if he wanted to throw in for it. In actual fact, tlie class A men took only 60 percent of the available jobs, and class C ship­ ping rose. In all departments, class B and class C men took a healthy number of group 1 and 2 jobs. In fact 90 group 1 jobs went to the lower seniority categories and 344 group 2 jobs. The most active port, by far, was New York, with 90 ships, 42 of them payoffs. New Orleans boasted the most sign ons, ten, and Houston, as usual, had the heaviest intransit load, 69. Pay Sign In Off* Ons Trans. TOTAL BettoR 4 New York ... 42 Philadelphia.. 10 Baltimore .... 14 Norfolk — Jacksonville ... 2 Miami ^ 1 Mobile 10 New Orleans.. 12 Henston ^ Wilmington ... 1 Son Francisco.. 4 Seattle 4 TOTALS .... IIS 5 4 7 1 4 10 4 5 4 SO 3 43 20 22 17 41 7 0 38 *9 13 10 14 304 7 90 34 4S 17 43 9 2S 40 80 14 19 24 471 • I DECK DEPARTMENT )•;, Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Miami Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTAIS Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Miami Mobile'. New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS • TOTAL Registered Registered Shipped Shipped Shipped Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B CLASS C CLASS B SHIPPED CLASS A GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP £:LASS GROUP 1 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 2 2 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL A 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 3 ALL 2 1 C ALL 1 2 B 1 8 2 11 0 2 2 6 0 . 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 6 38 0 11 0 0 0 0 6 6 23 7 4 0 9 43 108 19 170 1 47 34 19 27 61 20 115 6 10 115 68 34 3 11 17 3 4 26 39 34 10 159 93 149 42 284 3 5 8,. 18 13 7 29 0 3 2 9 0 30 4 - 30 0 6 0 0 0 11 4 2 13 35 6 6 0 36 14 8 0 5 13 34 11 58 3 36 14 9 24 49 3 61 26 0 4 49 9 2 13 18 3 1 89 21 148 ' 5 18 71 38 19 37 4 18 2 4 11 3 8 3 2 4 12 2 21 4 5 5 0 0 12 1 2 0 0 5 0 17 11 25 5 41 9 11 1 7 17 2 9 1 3 10 4 11 0 5 6 1 5 0 11 11 13 4 1 7 4 9 5 11 27 8 12 0 20 1 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 2 3 0 5 0 2 27 30 66 0 9 7 12 3 4 26 , 4 42 0 7 15 1 4 11 6 42 86 0 5 1 4 6 63 36 2 15 42 8 27 65 22 114 1 7 18 26 *15 75 2 47 '13 32 12 14 28 0 9 75 4 5 2 11 19 28 84 25 169 9 112 60 46 74 14 134 1 32 31 30 64 31 61 21 113 6 27 28 61 1 8 113 15 10 4 3 98 5 61 8 182 38 40 20 5 11 18 3 2 11 4 4 4 6 3 13 5 10 18 3 7 6 0 4 13 19 0 6 4 1 18 35 8 11 0 4 18 31 57 4 8 6 31 17 21 25 51 7 9 25 1 3 13 10 8 39 9 4 9 14 51 25 14 90 23 15 1 1 22 45 1 19 4 6 16 15 21 6 9 42 3 4 6 14 2 16 11 29 42 3 1 5 14 29 85 15 11 2 28 0 220 417 103 ! "740 18 117 129 264 160 304 99 1 563 34 88 107 229 14 41 40 1 95 563 229 95 887 352 517 141 111010 18 118 150 1 286 •• ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered Registered CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 1 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 2 0 2 3 5 0 0 3 3 29 82 10 121 3 60 33 24 6 18 25 0 1 6 14 8 4 41 3 48 3 20 19 42 3 4 4 11 0 7 3 4 2 5 0 7 1 12 15 2 02 0 2 0 0 0 0 38 9 4 51 2 9 17 6 17 74 S 49 8 41 19 17 18 60 4 82 4 30 26 60 3 10 3 16 - 0 7 2 9 7 28 3 38 1 15 3 19 7 18 6 31 0 3 ;»• fir 8 105 357 49 1 511 19 161 115 295 Shipped Shipped Shipped- TOTAL CLASS A CLASS B CLASS C SHIPPED GROUP 1 3 ALL 2 0 8 4 4 66 14 105 25 2 14 6 22 45 40 1 4 0 5 5 • 10 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 6 25 19 18 56 10 84 50 17 85 18 4 5 2 11 6 27 8 41 U!I19 3 28 82 307 80 1 469 GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 0 1 1 2 45 2 27 16 7 12 5 0 23 0 1^ 11 5 3 1 1 11 1 6 4 0 0 0 0 6 19 4 9 26 2 14 10 57 33 20 4 13 0 11 2 15 2 9 4 0 6 5 11 135 87 239 Registered On The Beach - CLASS B CLASS A GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 2 3 ALL A 1 3 ALL 2 B •C ALL 1 1 3 ALL 2 0 1 8 0 1 11 1 9 8 0 2 1 1 1 3 4. 11 10 22 115 1 34 10 159 47 148 20 215 30 26 61 5 0 2 4 22 38 4 Z 12 4 31 0 24 3 10 5 5 8 45 0 4 76 9 4 23 8 64 10 67 83 3 34 30 0 0 10 0 0 0 15 7. 18 5 7 18 4 29 3 8 7 3 21 2 1 3 3 11 7 0 7 0 5 6 5 11 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 1 1 51 13 0 5 7 25 7 61 0 2 19 45 3 id 5 5 18 84 2 12 26 18 128 34 97 4 55 8 3 23 22 48 20 85 57 20 162 37 80 3 1 14 5 38 5 10 7 20 30 0 0 6 11 6 3 3 13 10 2 12 1 3 4 8 67 8 0 6 11 41 15 11 5 30 40 0 2 6 7 1 56 3 17 28 2 11 11 17 4 13 3 19 1 6 1 8 60 52 121 479 228 109 816 165 460 61 686 19 136 118 273 9 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered Registered Shipped Shipped CLASS A CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B GROUP1 GROUP GROUP GROUP Pert 1 2 3 ALL 123 ALL 12 3 ALL 12 3 ALL Boston 2 1 4 4 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 New York 50 26 72 148 4 4 40 48 28 10 57 95 2 33 2 29 Philadelphia 9 2 15 0 4 0 14 14 8 7 3 15 0 7 4 0 Baltimore 26 10 19 55 0 2 17 19 15 6 16 37 2 0 19 21 Norfolk 1 1 3 0 1 3 1 4 0 0 2 2 0 2 3 1 Jacksonville 8 2 3 13 1 1 3 5 1 1 1 3 . 1 1 2 4 Miami 4 3 4 11 0 0 1 1 2 3 3 8 0 0 0 0 Mobile .1 24 8 40 72 0 0 18 18 10 2 12 24 0 16 1 15 New Orleans 38 6 78 122 0 0 28 28 19 6 53 78 1 28 1 26 Houston 36 14 27 77 3 2 26 31 32 9 31 33 36 72 3 0 Wilmington 13 5 . 3 21 3 0 2 5 4 2 10 1 5 4 1 3 San Francisco 15 7 13 35 0 2 8 10 18 5 17 40 3 15 2 10 Seattle ......... 12 2 10 24 2 1 10 13 12 4 14 30 1 3 9 13 TOTALS 238 87 275 1 600 13 17 169 199 149 51 215 415 U 15 156 L182 Shipped TOTAL Registered Oi1 The Beach CLASS C CLASS A SHIPPED CLASS B GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL A B C ALL 12 3 ALL 12 3 ALL 3 5 3 7 15 2 0 0 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 2 9 95 38 122 245 4 61 2 0 7 33 9 137 85 7 50 0 0 1 15 23 10 8 22 0 15 1 7 4 0 15 1 0 1 37 90 2 37 0 1 21 59 43 17 30 1 5 30 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 13 5 23 2 5 18 8 8 3 16 20 3 27 13 18 2 1 4 20 3 2 2 5 1 0 2 > 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 4 0 1 1 0 11 24 16 11 1 0 10 51 36 15 42 93 0 0 9 9 0 10 10 78 0 28 10 116 52 11 113 176 0 0 31 31 36 .18 124 15 1 40 4 12 13 5 13 2 13 .16 72 22 16 13 0 6 1 1 10 5 1 20 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 9 9 .40 15 9 64 12 4 13 29 0 0 3 3 0 2 18 21 30 13 21 64 4 0 5 9 1 0 3 4 5 7 88 100 409 182 100 691 301 120 363 784 18 28 166 1 212 SUMMARY Registered CLASS A DECK ENGINE STEWARD _ GRAND TOTAIS Sip- Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B TOTAL Registered On The Beach SHIPPED CLASS A CLASS B CLASS GROUP GROUP ALL A B C ALL 123 ALL 12 3 ALL 95 563 229 95. 887 352 517 141 11010 18 118 150 I 286. f lZl 479 228 109 816 165 460 61 I 686 19 136 118 I 273: I 100 409 182 100 691 301 120 363 I 784 18 28 166 | 212 fSlO 1451 639 304 2394 818 1097 565 12480' 55 282 434 j 771 Shipped CLASS C GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 1 23 ALL 12 3 ALL 123 ALL 123 ALL 1/2 3 220 417 103 I 740 18 117 129 I 264 160 304 99 I 563 34 88 107 1 229 14 41 40 105 337 49 I 491 19 161 115 I 295 82 307 80 I 469 "17 135 87 I 239 9 -60 52 238 87 275 1^00 13 n 169 I 199 149 51 215 1415 11 15 156 I 182 5 7' 88 563 841 427 J1831 50 295 413 j 758 391 662 394 12010 62 238 350|650 28 108 180 \ �j -^ • '• * . D(t^einher, 1999 SEAFARERS . LOG SlU Widow Receives Benefit Check V SrU SAFBTX • > Joe Alcina, Safety Director V f • •ONE HAND FOR THE SHIP... ONE HAND FOR YOURSELF' /' SIU Social Security Director Joe Volpian presents $4,000 death benefit check to Mrs. Anita Keyes, at her home in New York. Her husband, Newell, died aboard ship. Runaway Ore Ship Still Idle In Philly PHILADELPHIA—Operators of the runaway-flag Ore Monarch, which has been tied up here by an International Ma­ rine Workers Union picketline, have been rebuffed twice by the Pennsylvania Supreme-t Court. However,' the State other Ludwig bulk ore carriers have been diverted to Baltimore, Supreme Court still has under Mobile and other ports. Baltimore consideration a petition by the operator, Daniel Ludwig, for an in­ junction against the IMWU picketline. . The Ore Monarch, a Liberianflag ore carrier, has been tied up in Philadelphia since October 1. Previously, the Court of Commoh Pleas had upheld the picketline, upholding the union contention that the matter properly belonged in the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board. Labor Practices Protested The IMWU picketlines were put up here in protest against the oper­ ator's unfair labor practices. After IMWU secured pledge cards from a majority Of the Ore Monarch's crew, the operator came up with an "independent" union, the socalled "Global Seamen's Union," set up in the West Indies. The IMWU charges that the crews of Ludwig vessels were forced to sign cards in the "union." Picket Boat i In additioiF to the shoreslde picketline — which is maintained 24-hours a day—the IMWU also is using its own picket boat,:., As a result of the incketing, ore tonnage has climbed by more than 600,000 tons as a result. Since the ore was destined originally for the Fairless Works of US Steel, north of Philadelphia, the diver­ sion means a costly overland rail haul for the company. The Fairless Works were built originally on the Delaware to take advantage of for­ eign ore sources and cheap run­ away-flag ore-carrying services. Runaway Vessel Wrecked; Crewmen Held 'Undesirable' Somebody thought up the above safety slogan many years ago and it's a good one— ptovided it's followed. Accidents on ladders are still a major cause of shipboard casualties^ While the use of non-skid treods end non-skid paint helps, it also helps to hang on with one hand. If the oad is too big to take in the other hand, make two trips and save yourself one trip to the hospital. An SIU Ship r -:.; : Is A Safe Ship . i'X'X ^ pvpSi'-" •en- TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.—Six of the 14 crewmembers of the wrecked Liberian freighter Fraacisco Morazan have been detained by the US Immigration Service as "undesirable aliens." The detention came after their vessel wa? blown strong local Communist groups on on the rocks in Lake Michi­ the waterfront and in the local gan by an early winter storm. The six men were then placed in the custody of the ship's New York agent for transportation to New York from which they will leave the country, The incident tends to substanti­ ate contentions by the ^ SIU and other US maritime union's that the so-called "effective control" policy is a sham. The SIU has pointed out that runaway-flag crewmem­ bers, unlike seamen on Americanflag ships, do not undergo any screening. Many of them, in fact, are recruited in areas which have (Continued from page 2) of a district, rather than an inter­ national, the LOG competes with newspapers put out by such unions as the United Auto Workers, the Machinists, the International Brotherhood of Electrical -Work­ ers, and others of similar nature. The latest LOG victory keeps alive a string of successes in re­ cent years. The SIU publication won the first prize for Editorial Excellence in 1955, and second prizes in that category in 1956. 1957 and 1958. It also won a first prize last year for the best feature article, a first in 1957 for the best front page and a first in 1956 for the best editorial cartoon. The best year was 1956, when the union newspaper took six cita­ tions in all. In commenting generally on thb labor press entries, one of the judges, Ben Yablonky, had this to say: "As one who has had a personal involvcmicnt with the labor press ... I have been greatly impressed with the professional quality of the publications. They are generally fine looking jobs, using attractive formats, well-edited and well-writ­ ten, indicating that the publica­ tions are relying more and more on professional journalists. "The publications, too, display a sense of responsibility to the en­ tire community in dealing with questions which go beyond the primary problems of the individual union—questions.of war and peace, of unemployment and high prices, of health and old age—questions which are the concern of all Amer­ icans, not just those of union mem­ bers. And in many cases the pub­ lications deal more effectively with such big questions than the daily newspapers which ought to do • better job." Form Lakes Croup To Fight Runaways (Continued from page 3) try as a runaway-flag operation. (See story on page 3.) MTD President Paul Hall, In calling the conference declared: "It is becoming increasingly evi­ dent since the advent of the St. Lawrencq Seaway that steveddbing eompshie^ shlp(^ repair companies, ship chandleiy companies, shippingcompanies and steel companies are seeking ways and means of transJej^ing-their transportation to for­ eign bottoms. labor movements. ° Under the circumstances, the Union has pointed out, the Uniteci States could not count on the re­ liability of such crews in the event of a national emergency.'" The "effective control" theory put forth by the State Department, holds that runaway-ffag ships would be available to the United States in any emergency. " The claim suffered a damaging blow when it was revealed recently that a considerable number of runawayflag tankers are now in the employ of the Soviet Union. - ^ "•-"-..vJ: 1 Par* Sevw LOG Wins Award In '60 Contest Home Fires Do The Most Burning All the taik about on-the-job accidents, among seamen or any other group, tends to make us overlook how most accidents occur. The truth is they happen righ^t home, from people fooling with electric wiring, slipping in bathtubs, falling off chairs and makeshift ladders or tripping over kids' roiler skates and toys. The best available figures show exactly twice as many accidents at home as there are on the job, and that'iipplies to fatal accidents also. These figures don't include car accidents, whieh are in a class by themselves. The main point is that at home people are less cautious about things they'd be finicky about at work, and a lot of grief is the result. December is one of the worst months as far as home accidents are concerned because everybody gets a little carried away by the holidays and all caution is thrown to the winds. Fires are the big hazard because of excess paper from gift wrappings, home-made wiring on Christmas trees and dried-up trees that go up in smoke from the least little spark. It's worthwhile considering all these things as Christmas rolls around and to check out the house for possible hazards. There are all kinds of accidents at home that seem "impossible"— but they continue to happen anyway. A woman using a vacuum cleaner that had a short in the wire was electrocuted right on the living room floor where she stood . , . Bad wiring that should have been fixed long ago was the culprit ... A man building an outdoor storage s^ed had his two-year-old son In the yard with him and, when he turned his back for just a minute, the baby walked under Mie blade of the power saw and was killed ... Another type of home accident which constantly claims the lives of many old people and the very young—children under five—is fire. On board ship there is fire and boat drill and in school there are .fire drills and the same should apply at home. la most homes, espe­ cially upstairs, there usually Isn't even a glass to put water in to throw on a fire. Another item that applies this time of year in many areas is that most homes are equipped with storm windows which are a real hazard when you start to think about it. When a fire starts, particularly on upper floors, there isn't a free window to get out of. A good idea Is to leave one window free with just a screen in the bottom so that chil­ dren or adults can get out. If possible, the window without the storm glass should be over a garage or shed so someone could climb out on it if necessary. There are several Inexpensive but effective fire-warning alarms on the market designed just for the home: These gadgets are worth their weight in gold if they can give you warning about a fire. An­ other item should be in the home, the same as we have aboard ship for fire-fighting, is a hose that can be quickly connected up so that in the event of a fire there's something to fight it with. This doesn't mean everybody has to try to be a "hero" and do the job of the fire department. It's just something "to think about as a little extra margin of safety for the whole family. ,.• •• •• - • "In the past two months activity along this line has been acceler­ ated to the point where it is ob­ vious, that if the trend continues it will mean the complete annihila­ tion of this type of work for Amer­ icans and Canadians. "The increase in transfers of American and Canadian ships to British and Bermudian registry makes it evident that Great Britain and Bermuda are on the way to becoming fully-fledgdd flags of con­ venience countries." The conference was attended by 39 delegates in all, representing 27 unions, with a combined - member­ ship of over three million. Those present were: Banks; Steve Leslie, Operating Engineers; Teddy Gleason, ILA general or­ ganizer; Patrick Sullivan, ILA; Raymond McKay, Marine Engi­ neers; Chrobak; William HoCh, Op­ erating Engineers; Tony Anastasio, ILA. Also Cal Tanner, SIU; L. J. Mc­ Laughlin, Canadian SIU; Ray Con­ nors, ILA; J. Colozzo, ILA;- Earl Sheppard, Steve Cardullo, SIU; Rod Hayes, and Jean JLariviere, Teamsters; Bill Evans, State, Coun­ ty and Municipal Workers; Gaby Cormier, Cement Workers; Lew Carcione," Sugar Workers; William Durkin and John Anello, Carpen­ ters; A1 Franz, Distillery Workers; Melvin J. Greeley, Fire Fighters;. Ralph Keller, Iron Workers; John Mastiller, Roofers Union. Port agents were also present from the major ports of the SIU Canadian District. �SKAFARERS •-X »- - • •*i IBU Lakes Dredgers In Pact Talks IV/#^ four Newly-Vion Cof§ ;v-.. Systematic DETROIT—The SlU-affiliated International Dredge !W(>rfters' Union is now in the process of negotiating first time con­ tracts with four Great Lakes dredging companies whose sweep-raft men, range men**" and service truck drivers voted almost unanimously last month for union representation. In the four elections, the SIU affiliate took all but two of the votes cast, climaxing a year-long organizing campaign. Preliminary Meeting A preliminary contract meeting with the four companies was held earlier this month, at which time the union presented its contract proposals for negotiation. Talks are continuing in an effort to wrap up the agreements. The four companies involved in the negotiating are Dunbar and Sullivan, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock, Western Contractors and Aljon Kiewitt. They operate in and around Sault Ste. Marie, De­ troit and Port Huron. Since dredge operations are now shutting down, there is no pres­ sure for a hasty contract settle­ ment. One-Sided Victories In the course of the year-long organizing drive, the Dredge Work­ ers Union collected pledge cards from more than 95 percent of the workers employed at these firms. The union originally sought pledge card recognition, which the com­ panies refused. It was after this that the union sought and obtained National Labor Relations Board elections in the four companies, resulting in the one-sided election, victories. As a result of these latest suc­ cesses the Dredge Workers now have approximately 95 percent of the Great Lakes dredging compa­ nies under contract. Bcccaibav lift LOC NEW ORLEANS—New and increased welfare benefits for members of the SIU Inland Boatmen's Union and their de­ pendents have been voted by the trustees of the Inland Boat­ men's Union Welfare Plan.-^ ^ The increases, approved by tion on surgical benefits had not trustees at their regular been exceeded. Wilson Boats Co To Yard For Season NEW YORK —The IBU-manned Wilson Line cruise ships Hudson Belle and John A. Meseck have laid up for the season and are pres­ ently undergoing repairs in Wil­ mington, Delaware, where the Wilson Line has its headquarters, according to the company. Both vessels, which operate on a seasonal basis only, are normally in service from around Memorial Day to Labor Day. The Belle regularly transports racing fans from New York to a .special bus in Atlantic Highlands, NJ which provides them roundtrip transportation to Monmouth Park race track. The one-way trip takes less than two hours and the track buffs are back to the ship by seven at night for the return jaunt. The John A. Meseck caters to families who wisli, to get away from the rigors of city life—for at least-a day, anyhow. This boat makes half-day trips from New York to Rye Beach on Long Is­ land Sound. Passengers debarking at Rye can spend the day swim­ ming or picnicking. When both boats go into lay-up after the season, IBU crews usually take side jobs until spring. Many of these Inland Boatmen are "reg­ ulars" -and they usually keep in close touch with the company to ascertain the exact date the boats will go back into operation. IBU Tug Services Norfolk Ship Crew of IBU^ontracted tug F. M. Whitaker (Chesapeake : & Ohio) prepares to assist freighter in getting underway at Norfolk, Vai Boost Hospital^ Surgical Benefits For IBU Men The President of the SIUaffiliated Dredge Work­ ers, Bob Jones (loft) dis­ cusses re-vamping of Un­ ion's office system with CPA Gerald Morrissey, at hq in River Rouge, Michi­ gan. Bait. IBU Notes Work Increase « BALTIMORE—A pick-up in job activity for IBU men in this port was noted during November when the IBU-contracted Arundel Cor­ poration rehired all of its 28 laidoff tugmen to turn them to on a new channel being dug at the Sparrows Point yards of Bethle­ hem Steel Co. This Bethlehem job, according to IBU representative Ray Herold, will provide IBU men with plenty of work for an esti­ mated 18 months. The job involves providing addi­ tional facilities for ore-carriers. Most Employed Out of all the IBU members In this port, there are only 10 cur­ rently out of work at the moment, says Herold and with prospects looking good for the month of December, when additional tugs tfSljbe used to handle ships in seasoiially high winds, it's felt that these men will be provided with ample work. Herold also reported that two IBU deckhands—Eugene Nickels, of Curtis Bay-Towing and John Zeller, of Harper Towing—were the recipients of IBU maternity beneiit checks. IBU men drydocked at the USPHS during, November were: Charles Berick and Joe McLaugh­ lin, both of Baker-Whiteley and Charles McNamee of Harbor. Tow­ ing Co. . ^ The activities of the varions inland boatmen, railroad marine tugs, deep sea tugs and harbor craft under the SIU banner are dealt with here. The SIU fam­ ily includes various groups of boatmen throughout the nation —on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, the Great Lakes and in Pacific Coast ports. These craft operate in support of deep sea shipping and sup­ plement such shipping in conlined waters. Their activities concern ail seafaring trades. monthly meeting, provide that In"land Boatmen will receive benefits and protection comparable to the superior conditions enjoyed by SIU deep sea men and their fami­ lies. The new benefit schedules take effect as of December 1, 1960. Hospital Costs The major changes in. the new IBU benefits schedule are in the area of allowances for surgery and for various hospital costs. The trustees, in acting on the increases, were recognizing the fact that there have been increases in hospital charges and surgical costs since the benefits were first established in 1956. The new surgical sched­ ule provides for more generous al­ lowances for most surgical bene­ fits to offset such increases. In addition, the trustees of the Plan voted to increase the maxi­ mum amount allowed for hospital extra charges to $175 from" the $100 provided in the original bene­ fit schedule. Blood Benefits A new benefit was also added by the trustees. It consists of an al­ lowance of a maximum of six pints of blood for transfusions, with pay­ ment allowed at the rate of $30 per pint. ^ Before the separate blood trans­ fusion benefit was set up, reim­ bursement for transfusions was covered within the surgical sched­ ule at the rate of $20 a pint up to a six pint maximum. However, such reimbursement was provided only if -the $300 maximum limita­ Now, by separating the two benefits, the plan, in effect, pro­ vides a maximum combination of $480 in blood transfusion and sur­ gical benefit allowances, although the maximum would not apply in all cases. IBU Tugmen Set For Lakes Lay-Ups DETROIT—Reports from this port indicate that many of the members of the SlU-affiliated Tu8 Firemen and Dredge Workers' Unions are ready to dig in for the winter and wait for the ice to thaw. Nevertheless, some dredge and tug work is still going strong in the last push to beat the big freeze. Merritt, Chapman & Scott and Dunbar & Sullivan are work­ ing their crews 24 hours a day, seven days a week in hopes of com­ pleting their jobs. MCS hopes to work on the Belle Isle channel deepening at least until the 22d of this month, while D&S will con­ tinue its efforts on the Port Huron project until weather forces them to discontinue the job. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has completed work at Port Huron and is through.for the season. This company's equipment has been moved to Bay City, Mich., for a job which will get underway in the spring. The IBU-contraeted tug Howard E; Simpson (Baltimore & Ohio) slows down as it prepares to come alongside dock on Jersey side of river from which photo was taken. �Peeember, 19i» SEAFARERS 9»g» MM LOG x SlU Railroad Marine Tugmen Approve Vote On New Constitution IBU RR Tugmen Hear Sen. Williams JERSEY CITY—The first important step towards upgrad­ ing the union into a more effective instrument for member­ ship, welfare has been taken by the IBU Railroad Marine Division. Meeting at the-*union's new headquarters in formal opening of the Division's Jersey City here on Decem­ new headquarters at 99 Montgom­ ery Street here. The proposal for a referendum vote on the constitution was car­ ried after copies were distributed to all members present and the entire document was read and dis­ cussed in detail. Copies of the constitution are being mailed to all members of the Division who were not present at the various port meetings. Among those who addressed the meeting was US Senator Harrison "Pete" Williams (Dem.-New Jer­ sey) who welcomed the SIU to the PHILADELPHIA —Members of Garden State. Williams pointed out that new the Inland Boatmen's Union in^ this port were saddened last month port developments in Port Newark by the sudden death of Captain and Elizabeth are making New Jer­ Lorin Livingston. The 43-year-old sey's waterfront increasingly im­ boatman, a veteran of World War portant in the\ Port of New York II, passed away in his sleep on pidture. Senator Williams said he Veteran's Day,, November 11, re­ was aware of the good reputation ports. IBU .representative Joseph enjoyed by the SIU as a trade un­ ion, and he was pleased at the Trainor. opportunity to attend one of its Captain Livingston was a mem­ ber of, IBU Local 1700 in this membership meetings. Williams is a member of the Sen­ port. He had •worked for P. F. ate , Labor and Public Welfare Martin, Inc. (Mc­ Committee. SIUNA President Paul Hall pre­ Allister's) since December, 1955, sided at the session. The Railroad and prior to that Marine Division represents tug time had sailed deckhands on major eastern rail­ as a mate on roads, such as the Pennsy, Balti­ deep sea ships as more and Ohio, Chesapeake and a member of the Ohio, New York Central and New ... , Masters, Mates Haven, among others. Livingston He The SIU division won the right ;was. widely respected here for his to represent the deckhands in a Ability both as a captain and as a series of bargaining, elections under the Railway Labor Act last pilot. Surviving the captain are his summer, in the course of which wife. Peg; a daughter, Karen, and .the SIU routed the Teamster Union, two sons, David and John. ber 7, the membership unani­ mously approved a proposal to hold a secret ballot referendum on a proposed new constitution. Similar meetings of the Diviaion's members in Baltimore, Phil­ adelphia and Norfolk also approved the ballot. The meeting also served as the Death Of Boatman Saddens Philly IBU Fact-Finders Reject Demands; RR Tugmen Discuss Strike r; Iv-^v US Senator Harrison "Pete" Williams (Dem. of New Jersey) addresses the first constitutional meeting of the Railroad Marine Division, SIU Inland Boatmen's Union, in Jersey City early in December. G. P. McGinty, Rail­ road Marine Division director, shares the dias with Sen­ ator Williams. The meeting, held in the newly completed Railroad marine hall, was called to consider a constitu­ tion for the division. Houston T ugmenWi n Award for Safety HOUSTON — Employees of the G & H Towing Co., here 'were honored with a safety plaque in November at the com­ pany's fourth annual safety award dinner at the Houston Executive Club. "* Some 92 members of the SIU G&H Towing Co., are taking more Inland Boatmen's Union, in and more interest in the safety the G&H fleet, were presented with individual safety awards for compiling a record of no time lost injuries during the period from July 1, 1959 to June 30, 1960. Four Tugs Honored The tugs which made the safety record are the Grampus, Mes­ senger, Titan and the Propeller. Representatives of licensed and un­ licensed crews of the four tugs were present at the award dinner, IBU representatives noted that each year the employees , of the program. The interest of the crews is paying off in fewer accidents, with company-union cooperation on this program proving successful. Executive Vice president of the company, Capt. J. G. Leech, is vitally concerned with the safety of the tug crews in his company as is the Union. Holding down crippling accidents is very much the business of the IBU,, and the company, also eager to keep Che crews healthy, is in pailneirship with the Union in thd safety prdgifAm. ; JERSEY CITY—In view of a Presidential fact-finding i)oard's flat rejection of every demand of the Union, the Rail­ road Marine Division of the SIU Inland Boatmen's Union is now free to strike marine rail"* facilities from New York to steam and diesel tugs and ferries, and a pension and welfare plan Norfolk. Railroad Marine Division repre­ sentatives are meeting with other unions of the NY harbor council to consider a strike against the railroads. Rank and file members of, the unions have already author­ ized strike action.. '' - The fact-finders said that rail­ road marijie workers should be subjiect to the moratorium on fur­ ther wage increases until Novem­ ber 1, 1961, as negotiated between the roads and the , on-shore rail :]«^rkefs. * , in their December 11 ruling thefact-fihders. rejeeted every single union demand, dhcltidirtg the RMD rej^iuests for: a general wage in­ crease; improved vacation benefits; minimum mAPnitig scale for all similar to the SIU deep sea unions. The fact-finders' refused union demands for freezing the minim'um manning scale to that of Novem­ ber 1 of this year, A key request by the unions that they be consid­ ered separately from the resf of the railroad industry as marine workers was also flatly refused. The RMD has asked for a gen­ eral 55 cents an hour wage in­ crease; four additional paid holi­ days, in addition to welfare and manning provisions. Railroads involved in the, nego­ tiations include the Baltimore & Ohio; Bush Terminal; Lehigh Val-, ley; New York Central;»New Haven;, Pennsylvania, and New York Docks Terminal. Receiving the fourth annual safety award for G & H Towing Co. emplwees in Houston are IBU members (1 to r) Dellwood Whitehead and Don P. Morgan, deck­ hands on the tug Titan; Atma J. Hughes, chief engineer of the Titan; William H. McKenzie, master of the Titan; Capt. J. G. Leech, executive vice president of the com- ,. pany and Edwin Van Ben Thuysen, assistant engineer of the tug Messenger. Norfolk IBU Petitions In Three Fleets . NORFOLK—As the result of an all-out effort to organize the crcwn of tugboats from this city to Wil­ mington, NC, the SIU Inland Boat­ men's Union has filed preliminary petitions with the National Labor Relations Beard for elections in three tug fleets. Other tugboat fleets in the vicini­ ty are also targets of the organiz­ ing drive with an estimated 1,000 tugboatmen involved In the various ports. Backing up the IBU's drive is the 15-union AFL-CIO Hampton Roads Port Council, whose presi­ dent, R. L. Merrick, pledged his group's support to the campaign. More Firms Expected The three companies which the IBU has already requested colleptive bargaining elections are: Gulf Atlantic Towing, Norfolk; Gulf Atlantic Towing, Wilmington, NC and Cartaret Towing, Morehead City, NC. It is expected that additional petitions will be filed at other companies as the drive progresses. Some of the tugs which are targets of the drive are under contract to the coal miners union, the United Mine Workers, and the men in the fleets involved are anxious for representation by a seamen's union rather than Dis­ trict 50 of the UMW. Others are non-union companies which have, been free to operate without cohtracts over the past several years, as a result of District 50 ih action. MobilelBUSSow Biit Sees Gain MOBILE — Though activity in the Inland Boatmen's Union has been slow here because of the win­ ter season, one IBU contracted company has expanded its activi­ ties and another has added new equipment, reports agent Louis Neira. Bay Towing & Dredging has broadened its work activity by mov­ ing some of its dredges into Mis­ sissippi for a job. Mobile Towing & Wrecking has added a new 100footer to its tug fleet, the Titan. IBU members receiving welfare benefits in the port of Mobile last month included: Franklin Borsage of Pilot Service Corp., $390 for hospital and doctor care; Paul Cazalas, Mobile Towing, $250 for hospital and doctor; R. R. Nunny, of Curtis Bay, $200 for a materni­ ty benefit, and Marion J. Raley, Mobile Towing and Wrecking, s^250 for hospital and doctor care. Send'em to tbe LBG �- '• ' • • •' •./''•:::V-V., - •' •• - • /;-r:;h.i r SEAIfARERS Great Lakes Seafarers Try Out New Buffalo Hall OPEN NEW SlU HALL IN BUFFALO '1^ Ii|, •ffU:.. tfjVr Ir:;: BUFFALO—SlU members from all over the Great Lakes are now enjoying the fleluxe facilities of the spanking new SIU Buffalo hall. The hall, which is now officially ©pen to all SIU members, is locat­ ed at 735 Washington St. in the heart of Buffalo. The opening of the new hall was hailed as symbolic of the giant strides the SIU has taken in the last few years. This past period has seen Duluth, Alpena and Chi­ cago all Jicquire new SIU halls and completely refurbish them. Frankfort Also The port of Frankfort has also joined the ranks with the purchase of a building on the main street of Frankfort, Michigan. The Buffalo hall is a beautiful two story structure with the first floor serving as the central office for the SIU. In this building will also be the SlU-affiliated Tug Fire­ men, SlU-affiliated Dredge Work­ er's Union, the International Long­ shoremen's Assn. and the Marine Engineers Beneficial Assn. The first' floor will also serve as a lounge and a shipping center for Seafarers. The complete remodeling of the structure inside and out began dur­ ing the summeifand was completed in time to handle the heavy flow of lay-up activity in the port. The recreation facilities for all members include pool tables, writ­ ing tables, television and shuffleboard. Members, who ai'e now lay­ ing up boats in the area, are tak­ ing full advantage of the equip­ ment. Teletype System The new Buffalo hall, as well as all the SIU halls in the Great Lakes, is equipped with the SIUoperated teletype system. Constant and instantaneous contact with all ports on the Great Lakes is main­ tained for speedy membership service. A bright look during these cool snowy winter days is that next spring, when the tulips start bud­ ding in the newly landscaped beds surrounding the building, the SIU hopes to provide a sundeck with lounge chairs and umbrella tables for ail members. The SIU Great Lakes Union is. a nnigp of, by apd for Great Lakes seamen which has made tremendous progress in advanc­ ing the security of SIU men sailing under its banner. One of its greatest accomplishments is the seniority and job security system whicl^ gives Lakes men protection mider the seasonal shlpp^g set-up. Once confined to inland waters, activities of SIU men on the Lakes now have greater signif<'c.-?zice with ,tbe .opening of the Secway and its use by hundreds of deep sea ships. The Lakes haVe become Anjerlca's fourth seacoast and developments there are of in­ creasing interest to all men in the SIU family of unions. Dcecmber. IMt LOG >• ,1 First SIU member to register at the new SIU Buffalo hall (top photo left) is Richard Prenatt, OS. Holding Prenatt's book is Buffalo Port Agent Roy Boudreau. En­ joying the old game of pool (top photo right) on the new pool table in the recently completed SIU Buffalo hall are brothers (1 to r) Charles Davidson, retired; Edward A. Lorenz, AB; James Mercer, OS, and William Rush, fire­ man. The new two-story SIU hall in Buffalo (bottom photo right) is shown the way it looked when it greeted the first SIU men to officially open it to the membership. The Tennessee red brick building is also the Buffalo, home of the SlU-affiliated Tug Firemen and Dredge Workers. •MMi ^ ^ vfe: ^ Lakes Port Reports Alpena Jobs Rise ALPENA—Shipping has risen in the past period, writes SIU Port Agent Norman Jolicoeur. Huron Portland Cement Co. plans a new kiln which will "be the largest ever built here. A new sidewalk has been built for easier accessibility to the boats at the request of seamen who man the SIU - contracted Huron Cement fleet. SIU full books are being held at the Alpena hall for: Merton Lyons. Walter Lancewicz, Thomas Menter, Robert Larsen, Wm. LaLonde, Herman Vogler Jr. and Edward D. Woolverton. SIU pro books are being held for: Reginald Preston, V/allace Bonin and James Ash. t> if Buffalo Enjoys Hall BUFFALO — Between shipping out men on SlU-manned ships that are still running and filling layup jobs, reports SIU Port Agent Roy Boudreau, the port of Buffalo has held its own. Boudreau reports that there are 19 ships laid up in this port with an average of one or two conUng in each day. Thanks go to the delegates 61 these ships for their cooperation in handling the lay-up crew lists. SIU members are now enjoying the facilities of the new hall with many of the crewmembers off the various ships laying up coming in. The new hall has also been visited by almost all of the labor representatives in the area, i. Chicago Lays Up CHICAGp-^The daily calls to agents of steamship companies here, writes SIU representative S66tfie Aqbusson, are ringing the bell on the-1960 season with the news of vessels laying up. Ship­ ping is just about finished for this year. Aubusson adds that he can be contacted anytime at the SIU Chi­ cago hall or at his home by calling Edison 3-7947. If no answer, sea­ men are asked to call Bdison 9-0776, the number of a special regording service. Cleveland Season Good CLEVELAND—SIU Port Agenf Stanley Wares reports that Cleve­ land's winter lay-up fleet now numbers 15 ships with four loaded with storage grain and at least two more boats expected to lay-up here. Last year 25 ships were laid up in this port. A recap of foreign shipping in the area shows an approximate total of 420 foreign-flag ships steaming into this port in 1960. Wares says that this last period has seen very little shipping in Cleveland as the end of the sea­ son nears. The 1960 shipping sea­ son was very good for SIU mem­ bers thanks to the SIU Job Secur­ ity Program which helped attract new fleets to the Union. i t' i Detroit Thanks Delegates DETROIT—With the laying up of many, of the SlU-manned ships for the winter, Headquarters wishes to thank eveiv delegate aboard all ships for the fine job they have done in carrying out their duties as delegates. The Jack Dalton; formerly owned by the Detroit Atlantic Navi­ gation on the piggy-back run be­ tween Detroit and- Cleveland, has gone out of busin.ess. Bonus checks have been mailed-out to the ship's epewmembers. ' v'. ' Seafarer Rares To Dying Son _____ V • '* The Browning Steamship Co. has advised the SIU that they will have the Sparkmam D. Foster on the winter run from Detroit to Toledo. The Boland & Cornelius Steamship DETROIT—A Lakes SIU sea­ Co. is also planning to have one man was rushed off his ship |n a ship on this winter run. losing race to be with his son. on i i i his death bed. SIU deckwatch Frankfort In New Hall Francis Amend, who was taken off FRANKFORT—SIU Port Agent the SlU-contracted Norman W. Foy Floyd Hanmer reports that the (Browning) to be with his son Wil­ new Frankfort hall at 415 Main Si. will be occupied * this month. liam, 16 at the" University of Mich­ Hanmer says that (he old hall has igan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, been sold to a business establish­ arrived too late. His son had passed away before ment. Shipping was very good last he reached his bedside. month with the Ann Arbor Num­ Brother Amond was told by the ber 5 was back in operation. The doctors at the Medical Center a Ann Arbor Railroad Co. changed few weeks prior to his son's death , schedule when No. 5 came out, and that William, a leukemia victim, it is believed that she may be put might live only a few months at out of operation and the rest of the most. Francis then returned the carferries put back on the 20 to his boat. and 8 schedule. Tom For Worse SIU member Irvin Donegan, coalHowever, his son took a sudden passer off the Wabash, is in the turn for'the worse Thanksgiving Detroit Marine Hospital and is night and the hospital notified the wished a speedy recovery. state police at Ypsilanti who in i i ^ i turn contacted the Belle Isle Coast Toledo Hosts Fleets Guard station. TOLEDO—SIU Agent Ed DoThe Coast Guard located Iferty writes Lhat, as usual, this Amond's ship by radio in the port is a busy place during the lay Keweenaw l^terway, an inside up season.. By the end of this passageway across the Kewe.enaw month about 25 SlU-manned ships Peninsula. should be laid up in thO Toledo State Police Help and Sandusky area. the steamer Foy wais scheduled These include ships of the SIUcrewed Reiss, Hutchinson, Gart- to pass the Hancock lifeboat sta­ land, Huron Cement, Steinbrenher tion and arrangements were made to take Brother Amond off his-boat and Tomlinson fleets. Many of the seamen from non­ and rush—him via state police to union ships are visiting the'SlU- Ann Arbor. Amond-'s wife' was cqntracted boats and the SIU, hall. waiting for; him ot the medical Doherty again extends a welcome center. ; The SIU Wishes to-express their hand andean open dpor to. all non­ union ' seamen to stop-in .at the deepest and heartfelt' sympathy .to Toledo ball and discuss the SIU's BrothOr Amond and his wifO for jprograiti,,, •' thfi'loss of their• son.' ' A - v.. -iy, IV •T-w- �, -•/ -.Ai '•-• December, 19M Non-Union P-M Crews Hard Hit SEAFARERS Pace Elerea LOG Enjoying SIU Job Security SIU WAGES HARD FIGHT FOR OHIO JOB BENEFITS CLEVELAND—Legislative opposition to extending unem­ ployment compensation 13 weeks on an emergency basis in Ohio may prove to be indicative of what the SIU will face in its upcoming fight for unem-"^ : ployment compensation for Great Lakes seamen who are DETROIT—Lacking the benefits of a union-negotiated industry­ wide seniority program, non-union affected by the Ohio law, when the seamen who man the PickandsOhio legislature opens this Mather Great Lakes fleet were January. hard hit by uiiemployment this The SIU has based its fight for past season. 'Only six of the com­ Ohio seamen on the fact that the pany's 31 ships were working. seamen of all companies located Crews of the remaining 25 vessels in Michigan, New York and other were idle for the greater part of states receive jobless pay during DETROIT—The crewmembers the 1960 shipping season and had the winter and only Ohio seamen of the Roen Steamship Company no prospects of shipboard employ­ With the majority of Great Lakes freighters laying up for or seamen employed by Ohio- are now under the full protection ment. the winter, the SlU-contracted Sparkman D. Foster owned companies are denied this of the SIU with the formal signing Consequently, the SIU Great by their company of an agreement Lakes District has again alerted (Browning) is another example of SIU job security. The right. with the SIU for an interim con-, the Pickands-Mather men to the Blocked Proposal Foster along with another SlU-manned ship of the Boland need for a }ob security program. In a special session of the Ohio tract. Job Security Program and & Cornelious line will operate all winter between Toledo The SIU pointed to the protective legislature which began in Colum­ the welfare trust agreement. and Detroit. Part of the Foster's crew are (stooping from The contract was signed upon seniority and security features en­ bus on November 28, the 11 Re­ the left): Henry Howard, porter; John Raubolt, OS and company recognition of the SIU joyed by SIU seamen sailing on publican senators present voted Jens Ronning, wheelsman. Standing from the left: Pete against the extension of unemploy­ wlien the union presented pledge union-contracted ships in a letter 'to all P-M men. Fagan, porter; Art Chenoweth, AB; Clare Otis, deck- ment compensation 13 weeks on cards signed by a majority of the Reminding the P-M crews that watch; Harvey Peck, oiler and Lawrence Kiley, 2nd cook. an emergency basis. The 11 dis­ Roen crewmen. The agreement, which covers ap­ it had promised to serve as a senting votes blocked the emerg­ watchdog to check on the com­ ency measures which cleared the proximately 70 crewmen who work pany's promises to its employees, Senate Commerce and Labor Com­ on tugs and barges, gives each sea­ man the full benefits and protec­ the SIU said it would-continue to mittee. tion of the SIU's program. This fight for economic security and The 20 favorable votes from the includes job protection among all benefits for P-M men. senate Democrats were two shy of SlU-contracted fleets in the pro­ The ,SIU had pledged to this the two-thirds majority needed to gram. fight in light of the fact that 220 pass the bill. Roen Steamship Co., which has P-M men had voted for union rep­ DETROIT—^As the SIU crewmembers who are now com­ The emergency bill would havd its headquarters in Sturgeon Bay, resentation and that a shift of just 50 votes would have given them pleting lay up in preparation for the winter look back at the become effective immediately and Wis., has become the 21st company covered those workers who. had to sign the SIU's Job Security Pro­ the union protection they needed. 1960 season, they have eyery reason to be proud. exhausted their compensation and gram since the program was first Instrumental In the unfavorable The past season was a ban-^ were still jobless before April 1, initiated. outcome of the election had been family. The Tug Firemen's Union 1961. ner year for the SIU and its the company's false promises of members. It was a year which and the Dredge Worker's Union GOP Won Rule security. saw five Great Lakes companies received charters from the SIUNA At the time of the voting, P-M's In last month's election the Re­ manager George Callahan prom­ join the ranks of the SIU. The on May 1 of this year. publicans recaptured control of The Unions, although under ised that all men in the P-M fleet seamen of Pioneer, Buckeye, Stein­ the Ohio Legislature by margins of separate charter and completely brenner, Boland & Cornelius and were protected by seniority and 84-55 in the House and 20-18 in were to be placed on jobs aboard Roen Steamship Co. all became a autonomous with their own con­ the Senate. The GOP gained two tracts, constitutions and electsd The SIU crewmembers of the other vessels if their ship laid up. part of the Great Lakes District. seats in the Congressional races to This was the year the member­ officials, are constantly working tanker Clark Milwaukee have rati­ The company also promised that hand in hand with the SIU in give the Republicans a 16-7 edge officers were to be bumped back ship adopted by secret referendum haifdling problems that affect all in the Ohio delegation to the fied a new agreement recently negotiated with the Clark Oil & only on the basis of seniority and vote certain changes in its con­ unions in the maritime field. House of Representatives. Refining Corp. Once the formal would not displace unlicensed men stitution. The SIU members also The SIU has gone on record signing is completed by the com­ Last, but not least, the SIU's conducted its biennial election of with more seniority. floating library, which meant books and pledged that it will not .stop pany the agreement will go into officers to serve the membership •The SIU's letter pointed out that for the membership, were passed fighting until all Great Lakes sea­ effect. The agreement covers all a quick look at the figures show of the District. out on all SlU-manned ships by men effected by this law are al­ unlicensed men of the tanker Clark The addition of new halls in that with the mid-season lay-up of lowed to collect unemployment Milwaukee which operates in Lake the boarding patrolmen. 17 vessels approximately 425 men Duluth, Alpena, Chicago, Buffalo, during the lay up period. with Frankfurt to come, have added Michigan. were immediately out of work with Helping the SIU in its upcoming to the SIU's reputation of being The new agreement spells out no place to go in the P-M fleet. fight is Senator Frank King of numerous contract benefits includ­ Add to that the bump back of of­ the "best membership Union on Toledo, who led the fight in the ing wage adjustments, welfare plan ficers to the seven operating P-M the Great Lakes." senate, and Representative Carney extension and the protection of the The SIU in 1960 successfully ships and at least 100 or more un­ of Trumbull, who led the past fights SIU's Job Security Program. licensed P-M seamen are out of protest-picketed the "runaway" in the House. These legislators will foreign flag ships that are coming The signing of the Job Security jobs. again be fighting for all Great Program makes the Clark Oil Corp. into the Great Lakes and reducing For 1960 over 525 PickandsLakes seamen in the house and in the 20th company to become part Mather seamen were jobless by the Great Lakes seamen's jobs. The the senate this January. of the program protest picketing by the SIU has mid-season During the actual, shipping sea­ forced the issue in the spotlight for son, when the majority of the P-M legislative attention. The past year saw two Unions MASSENA, NY —The St. Law­ seamen were on the b^ch, the un­ licensed seamen of Buckeye, Pi­ become part of the growing SIU rence Seaway has closed its locks and canals to shipping, ending a oneer, Steinbrenner and Boland & busy 1960 shipping season. Cornelius, who laid up ships, con­ The Seaway canals closed Decem­ tinued sailing, thanks to the SIU. ber 1. Closing was o'riginally sched­ Under the seniority provision of PORT DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL uled for the last day of November, the SIU where a man's vessel is but the Seaway Authority post­ Alpena HEADQUAKTERS laid up, he can take a job with an­ 17 19 8 44 River Rouge US, Mich. poned the closing for a day. other company in order to con­ 10225 W. Jefferson. Vinewood 3-4741 Buffalo 23 8 The Welland Canal in Canada, 10 43 tinue working. At the time he is Fred J. Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer Stanley F. Thompson. Asst. Sec.-Treas. between Lake Ontario and Lake called, on the basis of his seniority ALPENA 1 Chicago 11 127 River St. 12 24 with his own company, he can then Norman Joiicoeur, Agent. .Eimwood 4-3616 Erie, closed its locks to shipping December 15. The Sault Ste. Marie BUFFALO, NY 735 Washington St. -leave the job he has held in tiie Cleveland 20 22 8 50 Roy J. Boudreau. Agent TL 3-9259 Canal was closed to shipping on meantime and return to his orig- CHICAGO 9383 Ewing Ave. December 12. Detroit 65 65 20 150 -inai company. South Chicago. III. SAginaw 1-0733 The SIU expressed its regret Seafarers who transit the SeaDuluth 22 9 3 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25 St. 34 that the men of P-M did not be­ Stanley Wares. Agent MAin 1-0147 •way next year will be greeted by come a part of the SIU as they DULUTH 312 W. 2nd St. a new sight when the Ogdensburg- Frankfort 36 39 33 108 . would undoubtedly all have worked Gerald Westphal, Agent..RAndoIph 2-4110 Prescott bridge across the St. FRANKFORT, Mich 415 Main St. Toledo 24 4 4 32 and enjoyed no loss of wages dur­ Address Mall to: P.O. Box 287 Lawrence River opens. The bridge ELgin 7-2441 site is a few miles up river from ing the time when they have to Glen Beaucock. Agent 220 TOTAL 173 87 J 483 120 Summit St. the Iroquois lock and dam. earn a living for the iay up period. TOLEDO CHerry «-mi SIU Signs Roen To Contract SIU Great Lakes Year-End Review Clark Milwaukee Crew OK's Pact ) f i' ' 1. !> • V i 1^ ::i •'. •'4-y ' '\l \V. Seaway Shipping Is Ended Great Lakes Shipping SIU Great Lakes Union Halls •/ • . • ' Nov. I,-Nov. 25,1960 �m Vacc Twelve SEAFARERS Sea Level idled By US Embargo On Cuba Textile Union Fights Jailing Of Strikers 5' •^' 5' • i--. •; I December, MM LOG NEW YORK—The Textile Workers Union of America has called upon the organized labor movement to assist it, in securing the release of eight of its members sentenced to prison for lor "their "tneir role in thef two-year-old strike against the local press and state and local the Harriet and Henderson officials, the union charged. "They were tried net so much Cotton Mills of Henderson, NC. The eight men, including Boyd for conspiracy," the resolution de­ Payton, the union's regional direc­ clared," as for what has been hap­ tor in the C^rolinas, three oth^r pening in Henderson, NC, since officers and four rank-and-file November 17, 4958 . . . when the members were sentenced to from bitter struggle of nearly 1,100 two to ten years at hard labor on member.? . , . again.st union-bustlng the ground of an alleged "con­ began. They were convicted in line spiracy" to dynamite company with a theory that the quickest, and most effective way to undermine property. "This charge is a sham," the the resistance of the Harriet and union resolution declared, "since Henderson Workers was to jail the Formerly manned by Seafarers as the old Seatrain New Orleans, the Liberian-flag SS the alleged 'plot' was fostered and leaders of their strike." Sea Level is now idle. The vessel, which had been running between New Orleans nurtured by an agent provocateur The SIU, along with other un­ and Havana, was the target of SIU organizing. Charges against her owners are still in the hire of state authorities, who ions, has heeded the Textile Work­ pending at the National Labor Relations Board. The US embar"go on Cuban trade also happens to be an ex-convict ers call for flnancial assistance. with a grudge against the union." caused the lay-up. The TWUA pointed out the fol­ lowing in connection with the case: • There never was any dyna­ mite attempt, despite the "deliber­ ate prodding" of the provocateur. • The trial was "fundamentally NEW ORLEANS—While the National Labor Relations Board is still considering unfair labor charges filed by the SIU against runaway operators, one of the companies involved unfair" in that the Indictment was handled with "extraordinary haste" is apparently going out of business. The company is the West India Fruit arid Steamship, and tried before a special judge by operators of the SS Sea Levels: special prosecutor. in the Cuban trade. rights of the crews for union rep­ course, will have considerable • The entire trial took place in The Sea Level lay-up is at­ resentation and rule against the bearing on the rights of US unions an atmosphere of hysteria whipped SAN FRANCISCO — Harry tributed to the recently-announced unions on the basis of US policy. to organize runaway-flag ships. up against the union by the boss. Bridges, president of the West Coast longshore union, and James. US embargo on trade with Cuba. The intervention of Government The Cuban grew of the ship was agencies in support of the policy of Hoffa, head of the Teamsters, Voyager's Popular Radio Man laid off on November 12, and the so-called "effective control" has are making joint platform appear­ office force of the company has been denounced by the SIU as an ances. The two union heads, who been notified of layoffs coming on attempt to bring political pressure have made much of a mutual aid December 31. agreement in recent moaths, spoke to bear on the legal issues befmre Meanwhile, there is no word the Labor Board. at a forum* in the Oakland Civic from the NLRB on the long-pend­ Auditorium on Monday December The Sea Level is well known to ing charges of the SIU in this case, 12. Their topic was "Wherp is the in the case of the SS Yarmouth, SIU oldtimers as the old Seatrain labor movement going?" the SS Florida and in the case of New Orleans—the original SS SeaThe forum wound up as a blast the NMU charges against runaway- .train. After being sold by Sea­ against the AFL-CIO's policies'arid flag United Fruit ships. As had train, she was subsequently trans­ activities, indicating joint action ferred foreign and put on the New been previously reported, the US against the Federation. State Department and Defense De- Orleans-Havana run. The forum was prominently ad­ During the worldwide five-day p tment have both intervened in vertised in "The Dispatcher" offi­ boycott of foreign flag shipping by the case on behalf of the runaways, cial publication of Bridges' union. c;!lling on the NLRB to ignore the the International Transportworkers The Bridges-Hoffa alliance has Federation, the Sea Level was one taken the form of joint contract"" of the ships hung uP in New Or­ Don't Send Your leans. Subsequently, the SIU suc­ negotiations in the warehouse field on the West Coast. In Hawaii, the ceeded in oranizing a majority of Baggage COD ILWU is invading the construction the Cuban crew and petitioned for ''salarers are again warned field and is warring on the Operat­ not to send their baggage COD a Labor Board election. The own­ ing Engineers' rights to discharg­ to any Union hall. The Union ers' response was to fire 26 of the ing bulk cargo vessels such as the cannot accept delivery of any crewmembers, later restoring them Kaiser gypsum carriers. to their jobs. Crewmembers sub­ baggage where express charges mitted sworn affidavits to the Other sections of "The Dispatch­ have not been prepaid. er", in which the forum appeared, Men who send bcgage COD NLRB to the effect that they got dealt at great length with the Cu­ to Union halls face the prospect their jobs back only if they signed Radio officer Herb Semon on the Steel Voyager Was given ban situation, with the publication of having to go to a lot of trou­ statements revoking their SIU unanimous vote of thanks from crew for helping them going down the line with the Cas­ ble and red tane with the Rail­ pledge cards. It was then that the SIU filed the pending charges. forget the heat on Persian Gulf run. Semon piped World tro version of that country's diffi­ way Express Co. 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'MM �Dumber, 1964 SEAFARERS race Thlrteea LOG m Vacation Pay Tops $15 Million MOBILE—One of the largest SIU vacation checks ever paid- helped boost the total of SIU vacation payments over the $15million-mark last month. Seafarer Demetrios Miofas was the man on the receiving end> when the check .was issued later, in March, 1960, the annual rate of vacation pay was increased here recently for $789.26. to $400 from $360. Miofas earned the. king-sized vacation payment when he signed off after a 29-month-8tint on the SS Warrior. It represented aimost three months' base pay for his rating of bedroom steward. The payoff, at Portland, Oregon, also led to his first vacation since mid1938, largely due to his alien status. A. native of Greece, Miofas had been unable to get any time off because US Immigration officiais would not grant him shore leave for the usual 29 days. , T'his problem was overcome when Miofas married the former Katherine Gevros of Mobile a short time ago and, when he re­ ceived his vacation check, the happy Seafarer announced he was using the money for a honeymoon in. New York, The $15-milIi6n-milestone for the SiU Vacation Plan was reached right "on schedule," as it had been foreoest in the SEA­ FARERS LOG last February. The story at the time noted that the Plan was paying out benefits of $200,000 monthly. One month 'Stern Line' Still Tied To The Sea ; / |1 \'\ " •' - .i ^ " . MOBILE—One of the first 20 Seafarers to qualify for SIU disa­ bility-pension benefits ' back in 1953, Pete Henderson is still a rela­ tively hale and hearty oidtimer with the list now crowding the 200 figure. Known best to his shipmates as "Stern Line Pete," Henderson re­ cently passed his TSrd birthday but still recalls the highlights of a 52year-iong seagoing career that he began as a boy of 13 in his native Norway. The sail­ ing ships were In their heyday then . . . "and a seaman's life in those days. was the closest thing to slavery." He put eight years in on sailing ves­ Henderson sels before shift­ ing over to steam. "The sailor today has the life we could only dream about then," he points out. An old-line maritime unionist, Henderson shipped with the old ISU long before the '21 strike that eventually led the climb to today's strong unions and the conditions now commonplace for all Joc'sle hands. He joined the SIU in 1941 at the Port of New Orleans, shipping out in the deck gang until poor health forced him to call it quits just eight years ago last week. Henderson has no family today except the sea, the ships and the shipmates he sailed with for many long, hard years. With the secur­ ity of the $35 weekly disabilitypension, he spends his time brows­ ing around town talking with other old hands -and going over the days of - long ago. Today's top annual vacation pay­ ment of $400 is almost three times the $140-figure the Plan started operations with back in 1952. The rise came in five steps; to $176 yearly in 1954, $244 in 1955, $260 in 1956, $360 in 1958 and $400 this year. First of its kind in the. industry, the SIU Plan pioneered by setting up a centralized fund to assure every Seafarer a paid vacation no matter how many ships or com­ panies he works for during the year. The companies are the sole contributors on. the basis of the number of men they actually em­ ploy each day. This guarantees an adequate reserve to cover benefits for each man at all times. * Joseph Voipian, Soeial Security Director Labor Sets The Pace For Progress Seafarer Demetrios Mio­ fas (left) receives $789.26 SIU vacation check from . Mobile SIU Agent L. Neira. Recently married, he'll use cash for honey­ moon in New York. Labor Eyes New Congress For Welfare Bill Action WASHINGTON—A brightened prospect for action by the incoming Congress on key social welfare measures has, been forecast by the AFL-CIO Committee on Social Security. V/ith the change of administration" in January, labor observers minimum tax on all employers in are hoping for passage of a order to spread the cost of bene­ It is a fact of our economic.life, though only grudgingly admitted in some quarters, that the growth of the modern American labor move­ ment has been the greatest single force in promoting prosperity for all our people over the past three decades. Thus, today, with the talk of another developing business recession, it is the organized labor movement again spearheading change, and new social legislation, to cope with the problems of poverty and joblessness. The newly-elected national administration, which formally takes office on January 20, 1960, appears to recognize the challenge of these problems. These are nowhere near the same as those pictured by the late Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937, at the time of his second inauguration, when he spoke about one-third of the nation "iil-housed, iil-clothed, iil-fed." But these very conditions stili exist in some measure for a number of Americans. What it is important to recognize is that the rise of the labor move­ ment, and its basic concern over wages, working hours, occupational disease, safety hazards, holidays, vacations and all the rest, promoted general prosperity and economic growth. Before labor as an organ­ ized force entered the picture in those erratic days, the social worker and the social agencies were preoccupied in working with individuals and individual problems. They were busy working on small bits and pieces of the overall issues confronting a particular family or an isolated section of a larger community. And while this was going on, poverty grew and grew all around them. It was the labor movement which came in, its leaders raw, inex­ perienced, uneducated and fresh from the firin^line on the job, to press for urgent improvements on a broad national scale. Given the right to bargain coileetively, to strike and to fight to raise the con­ ditions of hundreds of thousands and, later, millions of workers and their families, they helped produce the vast changes we see all around us. It is impossible to calculate where we would be today without such progressive laws as the Social Security Act and its benefits for older people, the unemployed and others with little income or none at all, ..Again, who was in the forefront of the battle for minimum wage legislation, improved wage-hour laws, job security codes and regu­ lations to supplement hard-won gains on the strike lines and at the bargaining table? Many take these benefits for granted today; they are treated like something out of "ancient history". Yet we cannot forget what these changes have come to mean to all of us and to the nation; they are the foundation on which we must build and re­ build again for the future. (Comments and suggestions are invited by the Department and can be submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) $1.25 minimum wage bill, liberal fits more fairly. Attending the session as an ob­ medical care program for the aged, a Federal aid to education measure server was Joe Voipian, director of and amended Social Security leg­ the SIU Social Security Depart­ ment. Members of the AFLislation. Analysis of the make-up of the CIO committee include SIU Presi­ new Congress indicates safe going dent Paul Hall. for these programs in the Senate. The House is rated "close" but White House Influence is expected to narrow the gap. The formal meeting of the AFLCIO committee was held in ad­ NEW YORK—^Routine benefit claims sornetimes give SIU representatives and Welfare vance of the designation of a new Plan staffers a merry chase, although a little diligent detective work sometimes turns the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare by President-elect John F. trick. Such was the case with a ror in misdirecting the papers. gether again (see photo below), Kennedy. Connecticut Gov. Abra­ dependents* benefit claim by Union and conapany trustees and live, in a new home at West ham Ribicoif has been named to this Cabinet post, subject to Sen­ Seafarer Jimmie Pederssen, agreed that this was cause to waive Islip, Long Island, NY, An SIU man since 1951, Pederssen ships ate approval, replacing Arthur S. but the check finally found the the rules. as a chief electrician. The Pederssens are now all to­ man. Flemming. The story, starts' out with the Gov. Ribicoff echoed Sen. Ken­ nedy's strong support for Federal hospital confinement of Pedersaid. to education and a broad pro­ sen's wife for a short time in May, gram of medical care for the aging 1959, and it's there that the "rou­ in a statement last week. He said tine stuff" ends. Fully eligible for action in these two areas would be SIU benefits, Pederssen was at sea the first order of business when he most of 1959 and the early part of 1960. It developed,, however, that takes up his new post. A broad cross-section of vital the hospital had misdirected its welfare legislation was explored by bills and claim forms to another the AFL-CIO group when it met union, and a chain of correspond­ here on November 22. There was ence began. When the SIU Welfare Plan particular concern over develop­ ments in the field of unemploy­ finally got the misdirected" papers, ment insurance, with joblessness'in it attempted unsuccessfully for two months to contact the family, the US continuing-to rise. One item discussed at some length which had moved and left no for­ was the "experience rating" fea­ warding address. Pederssen him­ ture of the unemployment system, self was still at sea. Once he returned, he had a wliich provides tax rebates for em­ ployers whose companies show low brand-new claim covering hospital job turnover. In labor's view, "ex­ benefits for his wife during 1960 perience ratings" generally defeat and the Plan in turn contacted him the purposes of the unemployment about completing the outstanding insurance program, as,they encour­ 1959 claim. But as soon as he did, All together again, the Pederssen family is pictured en­ age employers to fight ail claims another bottleneck arose: The pa­ joying a lunch at the SIU headquarters cafeteria. On tap for benefits so they can secure a pers on the old claim were now are Seafarer and Mrs. Jimmie Pederssen, J^nold, 7% high rebate. The AFL-CIO Com­ filed too late under the Plan's Victor, 9; Debra, 3%, and Glenn, 1%. mittee indicated its support for a rules. Because of the hospital's er­ 'Welfare Always Gets Its Man...' �Pace FonfcM m SEAFARERS LOG December, 19M Seafarer's Daughter At Union Clinic Wave Lashes Ames Victory; 6 Hurt SEATTLE—Five Seafarers and the chief mate of the Ames Victory (Victory Carriers) were injured, the mate most severely, when a giant wave rolled over the ship while they were working around the chain locker. The accident took place- while the freighter was in the North Pacific, enroute to-* Korea. days which had done some damage ship and completely submerged As a result of the accident to the vessel. Water pouring over the bow. The chief mate said be «V',. u I f,. the chief mate, Edward H. Connell, and Seafarers Earl H. C. Poe and Ronald Wheeler were hospitalized. Others who received treatment for injuries were Clyde Brown, bosun, and Burton Hirsh and Walter Sikorski, ABs. All of the men involved agreed it was a miracle that none of them wa.s .swept out to sea by the huge wave. Another unidentified crewmember escaped almost certain death when he went into the chain locker just a moment before the wave struck. Had he been stand­ ing in the open hatch, as he was a moment before the accident, he could not have survived. Ironically, the accident took place the day before Thanksgiving normally an occasion for fes­ tivities on board ship. The vessel returned to Port Angeles immedi­ ately and the men were then flown to Seattle for treatment. The Victory Carriers' ship was 630 miles out at sea at the time of the accident. It had been bat­ tling heavy weather for several the bow during the storm had washed out cement on the spill pipes through which the anchor chains pass through the deck to the chain locker. Cementing Spill Pipes The five men, under the direc­ tion of the mate, were recementing the spill pipes at the time of the accident. In the process, they had opened the chain locker hatch cover and secured it in place with an iron bar and pins. It was just a few minutes before the men were to knock off for lunch when the wave, estimated at 30 to 50 feet high, struck the Sikorski Brown grabbed on to the hatch coaming to avoid being swept out to sea. The force of the wave bent the iron bar out of shape, with the re­ sult that the hatch cover slammed down on ConnelTs fingers, sever­ ing four of them on each hand. The skipper and first assistant engineer perforined emergency surgery, sewing up the torn fingers without an effective anesthetic. Poe, one of the deck mainte­ nance men, suffered leg injuries. He was submerged so deeply in water, he said, that he couldn't see any light at all. "I opened my eyes, but it was all black above me." The other deck maintenance, Wheeler, was slammed up against the anchor windlass, suffering in­ juries to his left leg, groin and ribs. The most fortunate crewmember was the one who had been stand­ ing in the open hatch. Since the hatch cover slammed down in the accident, he undoubtedly would have been crushed to death had he not ducked back inside the hatch just before the wave struck. An SIU medical clinic staff physician examines Nancy Ann Cruz, 7, while her father, Seafarer Bartolo (Ralph) Cruz looks on. All clinics offer complete medical examina­ tion facilities for dependents one day each week. SEAFARERS IN DRYDOCK Tlie following is the latest list­ ing of men in the hospital: trSPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Mack Acosta James Faust Edwin Ainsworth George Gallagher Cornelius Allison Gorman Glaze George Balasfeos Loyd J. Griffis Elden Bartlett Walter Harris Charles Berick Earl Hartman Francisco Casasco Robert HeUg Joseph Cox Julio Lazu James Curry Marion Lukas James Dillon Roy McCannon i Otis Mckinncy WilUam H. RoUins George Marcotte James Selman Edgar Marguardt Frank Van Dusen Avis Meadows Clyde B. Ward Samuel Powell Richard Waters Vincent J. Rizzuto USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS James B. Harrison Julian Lelinskl Troy A. Cousins George Mills Allen Crosby Archie J. Milne John F. Dixon D. B. Patterson John G. Gregory Bobby R. Stalswortb John A. Hudgins Robert C. White Ben G. Ladd Edwin Whitehead Physical Exams—All SIU Clinics Month Of October, 1960 Port Baltimore' Houston Mobile Npw Orleans New York TOTAL Seamen 110 72 46 114 361 Wives 8 3 7 2 22 703 42 Children TOTAL 7 125 2 77 3 , 56 .7 123 18 401 37 782 SIU Welfare, Vacation Plans Cash Benefits Paid October 24—November 20, 1960 Number Of Benefits AMOUNT PAID Hospital Benefits (Welfare) .... 5747 $16,062.00 ^ Death Benefits (Welfare)..... 12 43,858.55 Disability Benefits (Welfare).. 768 26,880.00 Maternity Benefits (Welfare).. 31 6,200.00 Dependents Benefits (Welfare) .' 128 35,264.01 Optical Benefits (VVelfare).... 141 1,272.86 Summary (Welfare) ....... 6827 $129,537.42 Vacation Benefits 1320 * TOTAL WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD... 8147 $219,629.08 $349,166.50 None of the figures in the above summaries indicate the amounts paid for various other Welfare Benefits for SIU men and their de­ pendents, such as scholarship payments,, meal books, training facilities, medical examinatibns, and similar items. tJSPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON. MASS. Walter Foster USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GEORGIA Jesus Landron Palmer Smith S. G. Morris Tony Sosa Ivey M. Peacock' Ernest H. Webb R. J. Sherman J. F. WunderUcta USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Emil Herek M. M. Lockliar E. W. Anderson 'Emmett W. Mayo W. Barrilleaux John C. Moore Charles Cooper James T. Mooro Ancil Cunningham Fred Morris Jerry DeLoulse William Paris LoweU W. Ditsch J. Pendergrass E. E. Engelhard Dewey A. Penton John R. Epperson Eugene Plahn Hug Gallagher Veikko Pollanen G. L. Glendenning Anthony Rodriguei Edgar Goulet. Calvin A. Rome Wade HarreU Horace Roundtree Alvin Henderson Paul Slgnoiino Samuel N. Hurst Jay C. Steel James P. Jones WUliara ThcrntoB William T. Jonea Roy E. Truly A. J. Jordan, Jr. Pedro VlUabol Leonard Kay Ernest C. Vlton Edward Knapp George Williams Leo Lang Philip WoUe USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Oscar Adams M. Michalik Leonard Bailey A. Mitchke Ernest Bailey Dan Muhro James W. Barnes W. Murphy Henning Bjork August Frincen Richard Cavanaugb Winford Powell Wilford Chapman Leonard Rhino Galind Colon Emeterio Rivera Joseph Felton Jsoe Rodriguez^ George Fiance Jorge Rodriguez Edward Glazder Manuel Rodriguez Thomas J. Gray Cecil Rush Daniel Gurrero Benjamin Schwartz James Helgoth Colisto Siaran Frank Hernandez Stefan Sobczyk Bo Karlsson Andes E. Strom Thomas Lauer John Thompson loannis Loukas Jessie B. Voliva Mai McAIister Arthur A. Wilfert Charles Martino N. J. Wood Louis Martonrsik USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Earl T. Congleton M. Hudgins Herbert Fentress Henri J. Robin, 3t. Hamilton Hadiey USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO,. CALIF. James Barrett Ernest Kunlckas Allen Boone Andrew Mazurek Matthew Bruno Herman C. Mora A. A. Franklin Donald Peterson James B. Har.'is Carlos L. Sy Samuel Joseph Christos Teambls F. R. KazluVe—'ez TTrw.iTq HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. Dar,-an O. Coker Edwin Phillls Arthur Furst UNIVERSITV OF WASHTVrfTON HCSP. SEATTLE. WASH. B. R. Hubbard VA HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, VA. , Woodrow DavHi Clarence A.' Mazoue NAVAL AIR STATION HOSP. JACKSONVILLE. FLORIDA Wm. H. Newsom VICTOR CULLEN STATE HOSP. CULLEN. MAR-YLAND Alvino Terrazas SAMPAN COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSP. CLINTON. NORTH CAROUNA • David Gilmore. Jr. VA HOSPITAL WEST ROXBURY, MASS. R. Arsenault VA HOSPITAL NEW YORK. NY Chas. O. Bergagna VA HOSPITAL KERRVILLE, TEXAS WiUard T. CahiU VA HOSPITAL WEST HAVEN. CONNECTICUT Henry E. Smith John J. DriscoU TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL TAMPA. FLORIDA Robert A. Jackson US SOLDUSRS HOSPITAL WASHINGTQN. DC Wm. H. Thompson PINE CREST HAVEN COVINGTON. LA. Frank Martin TRIBORO HOSPITAL JAMAICA, LONG ISLAND. NY James Russell VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON, TEXAS Edward Talbot SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND, NY Thomas Isaksen A. B. Gutierrez Bart Guranick USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS Benjamin Deibler Woodrow Meyerz Thomas R. Lehay Bozo G. Zelenclc SIU Blood Bank ^ Inventory Period: October, 1960 Pints Contributed 76 Pints Credited 38 (Under a standard arrangement with the Brooklyn Donor Center Inc., 50% is alloted for service, processing and storage.) Credits Jletnmed .... 6 Previous Balsnee .... 92Vk 1361,6 Pints Used Balance On Hand November 1, 1966 39 97Vk BANK NEEDS 402V4 PINTS TO MEET GOAL OF 506 An SIU Blood Donor Certificate (sample above) is given to every person donating to the SIU Blood Bank, which is maintained through the SIU Clinic in Brooklyn. The bank supplies Seafarers or members of their families with blood anywhere jn the United States and has been in operation since January, 1959. Through an arrangement with a national clearing house, blood can be supplied on short notice in any emergency. Donors can arrange appointments on.the 2nd deck at SIU headquarters; one block from the Clinic. The whole procedure fakes only a few moment's time. �'"1 SSAFAktRS rag0 fttteem t6& 'Secref Ingredient' Xieeislatiire RAY MURDOCH, Director NLRB.—According to NLRB the five member board has made rul­ ings in 864 unfair labor practice and employee representation election cases during the three month period from July 1, through September 30, 1960. This represents a 14 percent increase over the same -threo month period of one year ago. There were 738 representation cases de­ cisions and 126 unfair labor practice cases were decided. NLRB Trial Examiners, who conduct hearings and issue findings in unfair practice cases, wrote 185 Intermediate Reports—an all-time high—during this three month period." The report also says that unions won 57 per­ cent of the 1,673 collective bargaining elections held during this period. AFL-CIO unions participated in 1,146 elections. They won a majority in 581, and lost in 565. Independent unions participated in 710 elec­ tions. They won a majority in 368 elections and lost in 342. Fifty two elections were conducted upon petitions by employees asserting that an incubent labor organization no longer represented a majority -of employees. Thirty five resulted in decertification of the union and seventeen wefe won by the unions involved. V. y ^ !'' V' V' I N-' -t . i Z.Otf I 1 1 L ) .• I^i \i I • >. 't '••. A--:,' •• 'ir:x.., 1^:1,•> ' ••- ^ it BALANCE OF PAYMENTS DEFICIT.—According to a study made by Sigfrid G. Unander, FMB member, the US could effect a dollar exchange savings of approximately $812 million per year on commer­ cial and defense cargoes by taking steps to assure that more American foreign trade is carried in American ships. Unander said that if the unysed capacity of nearly 4.9 million tons of cargo on American-flag liner service were utilized, a saving of $121 million in additional dollar exchange savings would result. He said, "A study of cargo deadweight and bale cubic utilization of US flag ships in liner service during 195d indicates" it is possible to increase our liner carryings by about 4.9 million long tons, or from 13.8 million tons to 18.7 million tons, an increase of abut 36 percent. If total liner cargoes carried by all flagt in our foreign trade in 1959 (46.2 million tons) are used as a base, th<t additional 4.9 million tons would increase US flag participation in liner trades from 29.8 percent to just over 40 percent, approximating a ration which obtained for a number of years during, the post-war period. . . The report also noted that US-flag ships, in 1959, carried 25.6 million long tons of cargo, or 9.7 percent of the total commercial tanker and dry cargoes moving on merchant ships in the ocean-bortui export and import trades of this country. Since 1946, the actual tonnag# carried by US-flag ships has "decreased steadily. The relative positioa of US-flag ships in our foreign trade is the lowest since 1921. If doctors' bills start going up slightly one reason may be the new "assessment" which the American Medical Association is planning to impose upon its membership. What's the assessment for? Not for some worthy cause such as promoting medical research or education. Far from it. It's to raise a "war chest" to combat passage of Federal legislation which would provide pjedical care for retired Americans. The AMA, of course, didn't put it that bluntly when it. voted to jack up its dues. But on a subsequent broadcast interview, its president made it quite clear that the organisation was going to twist every Con­ gressman's- arm just as hard as it could to defeat legislation which would place medi­ cal care for the aged under the Social Security program. The attitude of the medical association is no surprise. After all, it was the AMA which fought bitterly against the broaden­ ing of Social Security to cover disabled' Americans over 50., What merits examina­ tion are the reasons for the AMA opposition. After all, neither the Federal disability benefit, nor health insurance for retired Americans under Social Security, has any impact on the doctor-patient relationship. Patients still continue to go to their private doctors. They still pay doctor bills and hos­ pital bills. The difference is the Federal Government covers part of their medical costs through Government benefits and Government insurance. This is a far cry from the AMA bugaboo of "socialized medi­ cine"'in which the doctors would be in the employ of the Government. The. people who are affected by these measures are the insurance companies who have made such a good deal out of peddling health insurance and then canceling out on Americans over 65. . There is another angle to the AMA's op­ position that's worth mentioning. If the Social Security Administration starts handling medical care payments, what hap­ pens tn some of the privately-owned hos­ pitals and their padded bills? Or the exces­ sive charges of some medical men and the practice of fee splitting and ghost surgery, which the AMA regularly condemns and regularly ignores? The AMA is not fighting for the interests of elderly Americans, or for the doctors who care for them. Its fight is designed to pro­ tect the vested interest of health insurance companies as well as to ward off any deveh ppment which might tend to limit over­ charges and other abuses in medical prac­ tice. That's what the AMA is worried about when it Screams "socialized medicine." il, p ^ i* t i 4" LABOR MATfAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT.-* Two expelled" members of the'International Association of Machinistg have filed an action, in the Federal District Court, in Chicago seeking reinstatement into the union. The two men, Marion Cieplay and Irwin Rappaport, accused the leadership of the Machinists union of conspir­ ing to deprive them of their rights of free speech and self-government. These charges were brought under the so-called "union democracy pro­ visions" of the Landrum-Griffin Act. Norman Thomas, many times the Socialist candidate for the Presidency of the United States, an­ nounced that a committee had been- set up to raise funds to pay th# legal costs. Thomas said the-case demonstrated the need for th« the establishment in all unions of impartial appeals boards to review disciplinary actions taken b'y union officials aganst their rank and file critics. lAM officials noted that the union's first convention upheld the expulsions. The two men failed to make a personal appearance before the convention's appeals committee, although they could have done so to present their case. CONTAINERSHIP.—According to an examination of the nation's shipbuilding program, the maritime industry is approaching the whole question of containerization with great caution. The problems raised by automation and corkainerization are of vital importance to maritime labor and management. At the present time, a little over five percent All the talk about the dollar drain and of the nation's privately-owned ocean going dry cargo fleet is capable the hhn on the US gold stock may sound of operating containers either as partial or full container ships. In like high finance but it's very simple. The addition to the 37 ships already in service or been delivered, II vessels US is spending more money abroad than it ^ are uhder construction and 14, with full container capacity, are ia is earning abroad. It is getting into, debt the .planning stages. In the maritime industry certain advantages to the rest of the-world. To pay its debts seem quite obvipus, lower insurance costs, most efficient packaging ^it has to export gold and dollars. If this and lower losses resulting from damage and pilferage. The disadvau'* tages include the as yet unsolved problem as to who will pay and ar­ keeps up, the value of the dollar .Will b^ range for the consolidation into a full container load of the many small undermined, prices will go up and the packages offered by a number of shippers. Another disadvantage is standard of living of American workers said to be the greater degree of outbound container shipments in th« would be reduced. international trade. This creates the problem of "deadheading" empty The people who are responsible for this, containers back to this country. Still another problem is the lack of to a very large degree, are the same people prompt return of containers. However, the SlU-contracted Erie and St. the SlU and other unions have" been fight­ Lawrence Corporation up until now has confined its containership twiceweekly service between the Port of Newark and Jacksonville, Florida. ing'—the runaway operators. Whether it's The company has announced that it will extend its containership serv­ a. steel company building ships in foreign ice to the port of Miami. ^Runaway Dollars' yards and registering them Liberian; a; movie company producing motion pictures in Spain; a chemical company sinking money into a plant in Holland, the motive is the same—to escape US wages and taxes. The Administration in Washington has, in the past several years, encouraged this trend and made it convenient for some seg-. ments of business to profit this.way at the expense of all other Americans and the American ieconomy. Fortunately, the realization has come in Washington that steps must be taken to remedy the situation. Some of these steps, if followed through, could mean a consider­ able boost in ships and seamen's jobs under the American flag, where these ships belong. 4 t ^ AUTOMATION.—The president of George G. Sharp Co,, a firm of naval architects, told a meeting of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers that technical advances must be accompanied by lower labor costs on ship and dock if American cargo ships are to com­ pete with foreign-flag ships. Douglas C. McMillan, the president of th» company, said that if it were possible to cut a ship's fuel bill and th«' initial cost of construction in half, it still would not be possible td make up the wage differential between US and foreign crews. Labor costs aboard conventional ships account for 50 to 60 percent of tht cost of transporting cargo by sea. About 65 percent of this labor cost goes io longshoring costs. McMillan said "maritime labor costs in the postwar period have risen 7.7 percent per year and this has not been accompanied by a rise in productivity. . . . The shipowner sho^d bf entitled to some improvement in productivity without further increase# in labor rates. Mechanieatioir can produce a vessel that can be operated safely with less than half of the present crew." According to McMillan's estimates, some 25,000 seafarers and longshoremen could be eliminated through automation. ' �Pkf» Sfaitcai Iff I 111 1? SEAFARERS LOa Ship, Shareside Runaways Push Us Into Dollar Crisis DMcmber. Mft Seafarers And Sons At SlU Clinlo WASHINGTON—Runaway ship operators and runaway shoreside businesses are largely responsible for the present crisis in the stability of the US dollar—a crisis which affects the purchasing power and standard of living of every American worker. That's the conclusion that's being drawn as the US Government engages in a se^ the giant industrial firms which the dollar drain. For example, ries of near-desperation ma­ own or support them, are contribut­ Esso Tankers, Inc., recently placed ing heavily to the outflow of dol­ orders for 11 supertankers in Eu­ lars. Here are a few ways in which ropean yards, probably represent­ the runaways-do their bit to wreck ing an investment of around $100 the US dollar—with the official million. encouragement of US Government • Shoreside runaways are the agencies; most responsible for the problem. • An average supertanker or ore Investments by business companies carrier costs anywhere from $8 mil­ and individuals abroad are at a lion up to build in a foreign yard. yearly rate-of $4.1 billion. For ex­ There are 500 such bulk carriers ample, Ford Motor Company alone in operation under the Liberian is planning to plunk $358 million flag, most of them American-owned into the British Ford Motor Com­ or American-financed representing pany. The obvious purpose is to a total investment in the vicinity promote sales of British-made of $500 million. Fords in the world market at the expense .of the American product. $1 Billion A Year Lost Other companies that have in­ • Most of these ships are en­ gaged in American commerce. But vested .heavily abroad to get tax the dollars they earn do not come an^ wage benefits include Rem­ At New York SIU headquarters is Seafarer Partha back to the States. That includes ington Rand, General Motors, IBM, (Jerry) Jernigan, engine department, with his two sons, the earnings of hundreds of other General Electric and a host of Jimmy (left) and Jerry. Occasion for visit was check-up other industrial giants. ' ships originally built under the for sons at SIU clinic. American flag but subsequently In the face of the problem, all-, transferred. In fact, the total spent that the Government has done thus in 1959 on shipping freight charges far is to cut off travel to overseas alone, on foreign-flag and Libe­ bases by dependents of men in the rian-flag ships, was $382 million. Armed Forces. This, in itself, is Passenger and freight revenues to­ an immediate setback to the ship­ gether earned from Americans by ping industry which up until now foreign shipping amounted to over had carried household goods and $1 billion in 1959, a good part of other freight in connection with it on runaway-flag passenger dependents' movements, as well vessel^ as sotne; pas^ngers. DETRQIT—The Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, • The trend is continuing despite Won't Touch Runaways Great Lakes District, has scored its fourth straight organizing ; What , the Government hag re­ victory on the Great Lakes this year, winning representation fused to touch up' until now is .the investment by shipping run­ rights for engineers in the'' aways and shoreside runavrays. "US Nicholson Transit fleet. News and World Report," in its In the process, the MEBA December 5 issue, declares: "There defeated the Foreman's Association ' DECEMBER 15, 1839: 32 German iseamen, quartered in a Baltimore is no present; intention to dfscbiirhotel, are sitting out the war. The American shipping company that age investment in plants abroad.f* of America, one of a ^multitude of was employing them was paying their rent and board and giving them .The obviOus solution to the prob­ "independent" unlpbs operating in each 50 cents a day spending money. The German crews .quit their lem would be to discourage such ships and went to a hotel shortly after Germany invaded Poland. The investments and to bring back run­ Great Lakes'ehipptag; The final men are not allowed to work, and their 60-day permit given by the away shipping under the American margiU Yn a 'se^et ballot, election Government has expired. . ^ flag. "New York Times" columnist •was 24 for the MEBA tp 2 for the WASHINGTON—Election ijosl4 4- lCyrus Sulzberger put It this wajr Foremen's Association. The asso­ DECEMBER 9. 1940: 323 men out of a total of 340 polled in NLRB in the November 28, i860, issue: ciation had held collective bargain­ mortem studies of the results ia various state legislatures have elections aboard the Calmar Line ships voted to have the SIU represent "Our outmoded tax system still, ing rights in the Nicholson fleet given the AFL-CIO little cause for them. This is the third SIU triumph on the East Coast in the past optimism as far as repeal of "'right three months, the others being the P & O and the Baltimore Insular induces US firms to fabricate goods since 1M6. to work" legislation is concerned. ships. The Union has been in existence on the East Coast only two in branches c^erseas which are In earlier organizing campaigns then sold at cheaper prices in A round up of, the local" votes years. this year, the MEBA was chosen world markets. The corporate, ovm- as bargaining agent by engineers shows that with he exception ef t 4. 4 DECEMBER 23, 1941: (Two weeks at war); No more gleaming white ers .make profits in the end; And in Cleveland Tapkers, Wilson California. and Pennsylvania," mcit superstructure on the old rust buckets from riow on. No more red Uncle Sana loses exports. Marine Transit and Republic Steel, statPs showed a trend to more con? "This is the real problem , stacks, or green, or blue, or yellow. Nothing but dull battleship-grey These three companies operate 34 servative candidates lb state legis­ latures. ~ i from stem to stern. Furthermore, all identification marks, flags and vessels on the Lake's. other insignia must be covered by the new battleship colors . . . After In Indiana, the. one major'-indusIn a related vote, the MEBA-afa year of attempted appeasement of Marshal Petain and the French flliated Associated Maritime Offi­ trial state with a "right to work* Government, the United States finally was forced to recognize that the cers won bargaining rights for law on .the books. Republicans French are firmly tied to the Axis, and last week seized all French deck officers at Nicholson - by a won- control of the state houSe'of representatives, although . the ships in American waters. The biggest prize was, of course, the supercount of 17 to 2. Democrats took the governorship liner Normandie. There is speculation as to what use will be made of Job Security and the state senate. her. She could be converted as an aircraft carrier within three months Ray McKay, president of the SIU membership meet­ or four. Or she could be made a transport unequaled anywhere in the However, in Delaware, the elec­ Lakes District, attributed the vic­ world for speed and cruising radius and capacity. (A fire during con­ ings are held regularly tion of Elbert N. Carvel as gov­ tory to the desire of Nicholson offi­ version cut her career short, and the Normandie was a total loss.) is seen as a block to efforts once a month on days in­ cers for job security and employ­ ernor of the "right to work",, group there. 4- 4 4 ment guarantees "that are possible - DECEMBER 10, 1942: Four SIU seamen were the only survivors of dicated by the SIU Con­ New Mexico is considered a pos­ m torpedoing off India. After 20 days on a raft they sighted a ship. stitution, at 2:30 PM in only in a national union with thou­ sible danger spot because of the sands of jobs under contract in the election of a conservative gov­ But the. lookouts aboard the ship tailed to see their frantic waving, and passed them a mile and a half off. Two turtles were swimming the listed SIU ports below. Great Lakes and other areas." ernor. There has been some "right about the raft. In desperation they pulled one aboard. With a jagged All Seafarers are ex­ ' The Nicholson engineers won the to work" activity in the state In the edge of a bottle they cut away the shell after, pecking at it for four pected to attend;. Those right to a representation election past. after a four-day strike last April. hours. The warm blood revived them, and enabled them to last four who wish to be excused The election was ordered by the more days before they were picked up. should request permission Wayne County Circuit Court after 4 4 4 • DECEMBER 24, 1942: The Baltimore port agent found out "there's by telegram (be sure to a hearing in which the engineers produced information that the two sid_es to every story" when he went to bat for a member only to Foreman's Association was in vio­ find out that he was in wrong because he: had been peddling liquor. include registration num« lation of the laws and had no sup­ '•That's the kind of stuff that pulls down the Uiiion and gets the patrpl- ber). The next SIU meet­ port from the engineers. Bien in wrong. As far as we are concerned, any liquor peddler can go ings will be: hire himself a lawyer; we've got too many legitimate beefs to attend to The head of the Foreman's Asso­ without taking on one like that," he said, ciation was compelled to admit New York . Jan. 4 under oath that his organization 4. 4 4 Philadelphia ^ Jan. 5 DECEMBER 3, 1943: The heroic story of , the Alcoa Scout and its had iipl held elections in nine Baltimore . Jan. 6 SIU crew; a small, slow ship of World War I vintage, facing a vicious years and had; np authorization North Atlantic storni and. because of the seamanship of the crew, Detroit / Ja^^^^ from engineer to' negotiate, con­ coming through with flying, colors. She steamed into an East, .Cbast tracts. Houston > . Jon; J l . port with only six inches of free-board aft and four feet forward. She' The strike wai called after the New Orleong Jon. 12 was twisted completeiy out of alignment, the holds carried a large company refused - tP . meet the quantity of water, all lifeboats Imd been .-swept away,, one- anchor was Mobile Jon. 12 MBBA's demand .for a representa­ tion election. neuvers to stop the flow of gold and dollars from the United States into foreign lands. If the flow continues, then the Government would be forced to cut the value of the dollar in rela­ tion to other currencies. This would cut back the purchasing power of millions of American workers through price mark-ups and inflation which would follow. On the other hand, if the Gov­ ernment takes some proposed steps now under consideration, the re­ sult could be increased use of American-flag shipping, transfersback of Liberian-flag tonnage to the American flag, and vastly-im­ proved job opportunities for Amer­ ican seamen. One snch program now being considered is a 75-25 di­ vision on Government cargoes to replace "50-50." (See story on page 2). . The hard, core of the situation is that the United States is spending $4.3 billion a year more in foreign nations than it is taking; in from those nations. Such a practice, if continued indefinitely, would put the US in debt to the re,st of the world and lead to cuts in Ameri­ cans' living standards. Runaway' ship operators, and MEBA Scores 4th 'iSO Win In Lakes Voting Remember When.. Prospects Diiii For Repealing 'Wreck' La#'V SGHEDULEOF SIUMEETINGS PHorc^ �Deeeefcer, 19M' ••-if SEAFARERS •? . ';• .• LOG Fag* ScTCBteaa • r^:: i-'i^ ' ' -. /.'• jy.- J y-'i '• :• '•:-3 r'r^ • •* • • CONTRACTED \l.' ^'' . I'i-. • •I A new confainer-carrier, the Erie & St. Lawrence Corp., has recently entered the coastwise trade. The SIUcontracted carrier, with two new vessels in operation, utilizes a; combination of lift-on shoreside cranes for deck stordge, as well as fork-lifts which drive right up a stern rqmp into the hold carrying.small cdrgo boxes. Pictured here ore the ships' operations in Port Newark. ^ 'tv FLORIDIAN'S^ DECK receives trailer box- deposited by shoreside crane. Boxes are smaller than thos^ on SeaLand ships. CHUCK WALLACE, wiper, is doing just that on New-Yorker. CHESTER MAKUCH, AB, sits at built-in desk in two-man foc'sle. Note spacious lockers, fixed ladder on bunks of New Yorker. I iiiiilil X J Hi! SPACIOUS INTERIOR hold is used for "roll-on" cargo such autos, as: weU as additional trailer bodies brought in by ftok-lift. CHARLES BEDELL, {cook, bones a ham on the New Yorker. LARRY OOONAN, MM, serves delegate R. Sikwart. At right is James Anderton. Others are Jim Warlick (left) and Chuck Wallace, all New Yorker crewmen. T-'i* -*1 �<#^-- I^ClgliteeB SE Af AREJtS Deisitnber; im' tOG COMACSRCXA.X' SlU Atlantic Fishermen On Deck Part of the crew of the fishing vessel Carol & Jack, contracted to the Atlantic Fisher­ men's Union, wait on deck at the Fulton St., dock in New York. The crew, <1 to r) Os­ wald Olsen; Clay Rosand (both deckhands); Jack Enis (cook) and Jack Sandhaland (deckhand) has just returned from a nine-day trip and is getting ready to spend 48 hours at home before going out again. Atlantic Fishermen Begin Big Drive For Members • ;g- BOSTON—The SlU-affiliate Atlantic Fishermen's Union has started a membership drive which began December 1. The Union has dropped its initiation fee requirement in all all-out effort to organize all the fishermen in the Northeast. The Atlantic Fishermen are will make some effort to protect organizing to recoup the England ^Anally seems to realize them from this unfair competition. that they have to be united in one losses sustained after three solid organization if anything is to The ironic part of this situation years of trying to operate as an be done about the terrlAc import is that the foreign fish industry has been developed mostly with US independent union outside of the competition: capital and US Government aid. AFL-CIO. Three months ago, the Industry Hard Hit AFU voted by an overwhelming New England fishermen have Our own Government has seen majority to affiliate with the been hit the hardest on this coast fit to help to destroy one of om industries with their proSIUNA, by imports. In the last ten years greatest grant and by allowing US capital Great Interest the cost of living has risen ap­ to be invested abroad at the ex­ proximately 20 per cent while the Officials of the Union declare pense of our fisherman. Foreign that evetr during this short period ex-vessel price ,of fish has dropped boats, for example, 'are more mod­ 40 percent in this same period. of affiliation with the Seafarers, a ern than the American vessels. tremendous interest In the AFU Frozen fish from other countries Has been shown by the unorganized is largely respohsible for the de­ The AFU is also conducting its regular election .of officers in the fishermen. cline in the domestic industry. month of December. All candidates Everyone connected with the Everyone In this area has high hope that through their affiliation domestic fishing industry of New hopes that the new .administration with the SIUNA that all the fisher­ men of this country can unite as a single body in en effort to re­ store this industry to its former importance.' . , .f: New Bedford Fishermen Hold First 2-year Vote NEW BEDFORD, Mass.—In the first full two-year election' since the New Bedford Fishermen's Union affiliated with the ^ SIU, members of the Union have reelected Howard Nickerson,, as secretary - treasurer and^ chosen Jack Ostensen as dele­ tion, which took place shortly • gate in secret ballot voting after the fishermen affiliated with i which closed- on November 30. the SIU, had been for a short The election had been conducted term. Following the affiliation, the fishermen had revised their con-. for one month. Tallying by a three-man rank stitutipn and set up an initial elec­ and file committee chosen at the tion in June, 1959. union's December 6 membership The New Bedford group had meeting showed the following been independent, but had quicks ly found that it needed the sup­ results: port and strength offered by .For secretary-treasurer: Howard Nickerson ....... S90 affiliating with a naUonal union. Edward Patenaude ...... 278 As a result of the affiliation, tho ' Irwin Taylor 16 fishermen have obtained welfare, Void or Blanks 30 plan protection for the first time. The New Bedford union ipans For delegate: Jack .Ostensen .......... 230 scallopers and draggers out of .the James Almond ......... 181 Massachusetts port. New Bedford . ' Ray St. Don 110 is generally recognized as (he, Joseph Bourassa 98 "scallop capital" of the US. Romeo Tremblay 53 Voids cr Blanks 42 There was a total of 714 votes cast, the committee reported. The successful candidates will serve for the twp-year term begin­ ning January 31. The previous New Bedford elec- SIU Signs Puerto Jtfco ; Tuna Pact Among anions In the SIU are a number of groups of commer­ cial fishermen on all coasts, as well as shoreslde fish canneries and processors. They are In­ volved In such widely-diversi­ fied fiahinr operations as scal­ loping, tuna fishing, salmon fisheries, cod, halibut and many others. Groups involved include the New Bedford Fishermen's Union, Alaska Fishermen's Union, tnns fish and cannery unions operating out of Callfomls ports and^ groups in Bristol JBsy, Kodisk, and else-, where In th* far northwest Pscltio. •ri*! SAN JUAN—The SIU Puerto Rico Division has signed a two-' year contract covering about 300" workers at the National Packihg' Co., producers., of Cliicken O' tho' Sea tuna. The plant, .organized recently^ with the help of Mrs. Andtea Gomez, Presideint of the SlU-affili­ ated Cannery Workers Union of the Pacific, was won by the SIU 255 to S over the Teamsti!>rs in am NLRB election. The tuna cannery workers get a 10 cents per hour wage increase In the nevv eontraft. A |S9;000 company-paid Welfare plan is also Included in the agreement. Gova Brbwn At SIU Cannery Show Alaska Union Revamping its i i|r yr^. ; Richard Dodd (left) of Brooklyn, a member of the At­ lantic Fishermen's Union, stands near a hatch aboard the Gloucester fishing vessel Austin W. with master and owner Albino Pereira (right). They are unloading a catch of porgies and butternsh at " -the " Fulton Fish Market in New York.- SEATTLE—The Alaska Fisher­ men's Union Is working nn fishing regulations for the 1961 fishing season, according to reports from George Johansen, secretary-treas­ urer of the SlU-afflliate. The recently concluded fishing season in Alaska waters was a good one, in fact, the best since the 1948 season. Officers of the Union have been touring Alaska ports at the close of the current season. They are currently working our rules to govern flshing-in Alaska waters for next year. The Cannery Workera Union, of the Pacific, SIUNA, hfil an important visitor to their exhibit at the Union Label; Show in Log Angeles in October. California Governor' Edmund (Fat) Brown (second from left) stopped by the exhibit during his tour of the show. Also shown in front i of a display of products-made at Cannery Workers Un- ; ion-contracted plants are (1 to r) Chris Moran, Cannery i Workers representative; the New Horizons Queen of the exhibit; Jim Waugh, SIUNA representative; and Thffmas L. Pitts, secretary-treasurer of the California Labor Fed­ eration, AFL-CIO. ' ^ I ' �Dc^bcr, 19M SEAFARERS Pace Niaetcca, LOG Voyager, Hurricane Get Sill Safety Awards 151X7 MBDXCAZa JOSEPH B. LOGUE, MD, Medical Director Trend To Heart Disease Gets Worse f w > WJ > V IJ * J. Coronary occlusion is one of the most dramatic of medical emergen­ cies. The sudden onset of pain, shock and, often, impending fear of death makes it feared by the informed public. Dr. Arthur M. Master's article in a recent American Medical Association Journal has thrown some interesting light on this subject. Through a question­ naire study of 2,600 cases, he and his colleagues have come to some very definite conclusions. To most people, a heart attack is just that; it makes no difference to them whether it is an occlusion (closing) of the blood vessel that supplies the heart, an insufficiency of the blood supply to tlje heart Caused by a diseased and narrowed blood vessel that supplies blood to the heart, or any other type of heart disease. Dr. Master's study confines its -observations to acute coronary occlusion, which is the sudden blocking by a thrombus or blood clot of one of the blood vessels that supplies the heart. This must be thoroughly understood; otherwise, a person with a disease of the vessels, with narrowing, which gives insufficient blood supply to the heart, might do grave danger to himself by dqing some of the things which, in his opjnion, will not produce acute coronary occlusion. In a study of occupation and coronary occlusion, the research team reviewed cases from all walks of life, such as laborers, skilled and unskilled; office workers; sales and professional personnel, etc. The study included the time of day of the attack; the day of the week of the attack; the type of activity at the time of the attack, whether sleeping or walking, mild or moderate activity or unusual and severe exertion. They were not impressed that physical effort could produce acute coronary occlusion. The question of shoveling snow was especially discussed. A person with angina pectoris or coronary artery disease of course should not shovel snow. Heavy work in a cold atmosphere places strain on the circulation. The extra demand on the heart for oxygen cannot be supplied by the narrowed coronary arteries, and an attack of acute coronary insufficiency without occlusion might occur. Thus, shoveling snow may not be dangerous or even fatal to an ill person, but it does not cause acute coronary occlusion. Is it a "doctors' disease?" They doubted that. Since a doctor would be more familiar with the symptoms of heart disease, he would likely be more prompt in his diagnosis of heart disease, and perhaps more prone to coronary insufficiency due to the strain of his profession. But there was no special tendency to acute coronary occlusion for doctors as a group. Is it on the increase, or is there an epidemic? On the increase, "yes"; an epidemic, "no." Coronary occlusion is on the increase be­ cause we live longer than we used to, and thus more people reach .the age when they are most susceptible to the conditions that bring about coronary occlusion. In addition, due to better diagnosis, cases are more frequently recognized. There were many questions raised regarding coronary occlusion. Can it be prevented? Does one attack predispose an "individual to an­ other? Can a patient who has had a coronary occlusion ever return to heavy labor? Does sleep hasten this condition and others? The question that stands out is this: "What causes coronary occlu­ sion?" Dr. Master and his colleagues are convinced that the only known cause is the presence of atherosclerosis, which is a lesion of the Inner lining of the blood vessels, consisting of yellowish plaques con­ taining cholesterol and other materials. The cause of this condition is the subject of extensive research. The only known contributing factor is probably physiological shock, causing the slowing of the circulating blood, and thus allowing a clot of thrombus to form. Some of the conclusions were that "acute coronary occlusion was not produced by effort or occupation"; that is it not a "doctors' dis­ ease." Pei;sons with coronary artery disease should not shovel snow, but mostly because of the possibility of producing coronary insuffi­ ciency without occlusion. Coronary disease is on the increase due to aging population. One acute attack of coronary occlusion does predispose to another attack due to the underlying atherosclerosis. A person recovered from an attack of coronary occlusion should return to work, but certainly not a job that is too strenuous either mentally or physically. At this time, neither the cause nor the prevention of acute coronary occlusion is known. ' It is their firm belief, however, that it is the end result of atherosclerosis of the coronary vessels, and is not influ­ enced by any known external process. (Comments and suggestions are invited by the Department and can be submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) I;', ) 1li. > U I:' ^ I C' h h'I In the hospital? I- aMI SIO Hill immediately! SIU safety awards honoring six-month accident-free records by Seafarers on the Steel -Voyager and Hurricane (right) are displayed by crewmembers. Seafarer Edward Ter­ rell (foreground) accepts certificate for the Voyager from SITJ Safety Director Joe Algina, as (1-r) Harold Laird, David Edwards> G. S. Lynch and T. D. York look on. Laird and Edwards earned individual awards by being on the vessel for the full period. On the Hurricane, Mike Filosa, John McHale, Eugene Ray, Bob McCutcheon, Bob Martyn and Joe DeJessa. (seated) show off award for their ship. Thirty SIU vessels have earned six-month awards so far. ICC Primed For Overhaul; Domestic Shipping May Benefit WASHINGTON—^The pro-railroad, anti-ship Interstate Commerce Commission is slated to be one of the prime targets for overhaul when the Kennedy administration takes over next month. Two reports have already been filed with the outgoing Eisenhower adminis­ tration calling for the over--* haul of the much-eriticized dermine and destroy the domestic member of the ICC to replace re­ tiring chairman John H. Winchell. shipping Industry. agency. The ICC has been the target of repeated attacks by the domestic shipping companies, by the SIU and other maritime unions as well for its pblicies and procedures. The Unions and the ship operators have accused the ICC of supporting and approving railroad rate - making policies which are helping to un­ Similar criticism of the agency has come from Great Lakes ship operator* as well as operators in the tug and barge Industry on in­ land waters. A key indicator of the new ad­ ministration's attitude will come when incoming President Kennedy is called upon to appoint 2 new Business Giants Confess Crime Of Price-Rigging PHILADELPHIA — Nineteen major electrical manufac­ turers,. including the industry's giants. General Electric and Westinghouse, have pleaded guilty to criminal charges of illegal conspiracy to rig bids-^ ; TTTT"! Z and fix prices on heavy elec- $8 million. trical equipment. In addition, the corporations The guilty pleas ended the largest criminal case of its kind in the history of the anti-trust laws. Involved was approximately one and three-quarter billions in con­ tracts. a large part of them being sales to Government agencies. Involved, in effect, was collusion to make the government agencies involved and private buyers pay considerably more than they would have had to if the bidding on the contracts had been legiti­ mate. General Electric, Incidentally, is the company which has a policy of actively participating in politi­ cal issues and in anti-qnion politi­ cal campaigns such as state "right to work" campaigns as well as sup­ porting Federal legislation regu­ lating the activities of trade unions. Attorney General William P. Rogers had described the cases in court as involving "as serious in­ stances of bid-rigging and pricefixing as have been charged in the more than half-century life of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act." The acts of which the corpora­ tions and individuail officers were held .guilty could result in fines of up to $50,000 on each charge, plus up to a year in jail for the officers of the corporations involved. Maxi- could be sued for triple damages under the Sherman Act by the cus­ tomers who were the victims of the rigged bids. Government attorneys are ex­ pected to ask for jail sentences in view of the serious nature of the offenses. The SIU and ship operators have, charged that up until now the ICC has been dominated by men com­ ing out of the railroad industry. The Union has called for represen­ tation on the commission from shipping as well. Consequently, the SIU and the industry will be interested in seeing who is chosen to replace Winchell and what in­ dustry he comes out of. Hit Procedural Delay While the two reports—one to the Budget Bureau and the other to the ICC itself—did not deal specifically with the problems of the shipping industry, they did touch on one of the operators' spe­ cial complaints, the delays in the ICC's rate making procedures. SlU-contracted companies such as Sea-Land and Seatrain have com­ plained bitterly that it sometimes takbs many months before the ICC will act on a rate protest. In the meantime, the protested railroad rate stays in effect, and the ship­ ping companies lose out heavily on the cargo involved. Both reports also accused the ICC oL inefficiency, delays and confusion and called for revamping the agency for more effective' ad­ ministration. The long anti-labor record of the Sears Roebuck Company is now under fire from the Retail Clerks International Association. A notional "don't shop at Sears" campaign by the union wos touched off by the firing of RCIA members in Son Francisco be­ cause they refused to cross a pick­ et line of striking machinists. Some of the fired clerks were later restored to their jobs, but downgraded in pay. Others are still jobless. The unjpn is asking all union members and their fam­ ilies across the country to stay away from Sears until the firm treats its employees fairly. •r-_'. ^ �A, -... jv;-' iu • V Pag* Twenty SZX7 700D Md SEAFARERS Deeembejr, IMI LOG Kyska Seafarer At Controls Office Pact Cliit Wilson, Food and Ship Sanitation Director NEW YORK—A three-day strike of office employees of American Export Lines came to 4n end with agreement on a first-time contract covering 325 clerks. The strike was called by Local 153, Office Em­ ployees International Union, after the union won representation rights for the Export Line office staff; The agreement provides for a 7V4 percent weekly increase, a union shop and a foUr-week vaca­ tion after 20 years' service. Picket lines of the office work­ ers at Export Line -piers in New York and Hoboken had been re­ spected by members of the Inter­ national J-ongshoremen's Associa­ tion. The Maritime Trades Dep,artment, AFL-CIO, called upon the company to negotiate with the un­ ion prior to settlement of the beef. Proper Feeding is Universal Issue • m i9 _IO£ia Wins Some yenerai comments about the importance of £' balanced diet for seamen were noted here in the last issue of the SEAFARERS ' LOG. Now along comes a report on feeding conditions for Norwegian ' seamen as a feature in the Internationrl Transport Workers' Journal published by the ITF. The discussion outlines some of the feeding problems aboard Norwegian vessels and, particularly, the health problems that poor diet ccn create for seamen. It's obvious from all this that seamen's food beefs aren't something to be lightly brushed aside; they're a problem throughout- the mari­ time world. The article emphasizes the following, for example: "In Norway'it has been gstcblished that apart from accidents on board it is rheumatism and digestive troubles which make up the seafarers' worst ailments. But nervous diseases have lately come to the fore­ front in a sensationd manner. ... "Meals on board are to blame for many of these—although doctors do not hold them responsible for all complaints of nervous origin. Tiiere is general agreement on the great importance of regularity— Standing at the Bailey Board aboard the SS Kyska a feeling of contentment—in mealtimes." (Waterman) is Seafarer E. Dickens, FWT. Vessel was The article klso make's this point: "But gastric ulcers and other in New York at the time, but has since departed for the stomach troubles are not necessarily the result of bed food. There Far East. is also the possibility that seafarers' physical troubles in work on board ship can lead to mental stress which in fact can be a cause of gastric ulcers and other similar diseases-" All this boils down to the fact that proper, regular and nutritious feeding aboard ship—any­ where—i:} best way to maintain "a happy ship," and all that this ex­ pression has come to mean. NEW YORK—An increase in the number of ships using containers, or in ships converted Part of the problem confronting Norwegian seamen is believed to to container cargoes, may emerge as a result of an arbitration award issued here. A threestem from the fact that Norwegian government regulations for mer­ up a scale of royalty payments ranging from 35 cents to $1 chant vessels date back to 1937, an^ efforts in the past to amend them man arbitration board has se have been unsuccessful. The-1937 date is important because it pre­ per ton for export-import car­ cedes many of the developments and innovations in food processing go handled in the port of New longshoremen for job losses result­ fected by the award which covers ing from the use of containers in­ only transoceanic and Puerto Rico and preparation that came about during and since the war. It also York. cargoes. The arbitration dealt with an un­ stead of conventional cargo. fails to take into account improved storage facilities built into new With the financing of the fund The SlU-contracted Pan Atlantic construction since 1945, which make it easier to provide a reasonable resolved issue in the contract beset, the union and tbo shipping Steamship company has been run­ tween-the International Longshore­ variation fti diet. ^ Another side of the issue pointed out in the ITF article is the fact men's Association and the New association will now negotiate on ning fully-containerized ships into that "Norwegian shipowners have managed to get by with evasions of York Shipping Association. The the way the fund will be applied to San Juan, while Bull Line has been even the outmoded rules put in force by the government in 1937 . . . royalty system will be used to protect longshoremen'from the im­ carrying containers on a limited Job displacement. scale. However, Bull has plans with the tacit permission of the authorities, due to a certain non­ build up a fund to compensate pact of any Fees Vary pending for purchase of one or chalance, if not negligence, in the latter's attitude to the question Under the arbitration award, more C-4s out of the Governmerit " of meals on board ship." We now come around full circle—to the conventional cargo ships which reserve fleet and conversion of the fact that proper feeding is largely an economic question. carry a limited number Of contain­ vessels Into combination general Our experience on SIU ships through the Food and Ship Sanitation ers will pay the 35-cent fee. Com­ cargo and container carriers. Un­ Program clearly indicates, however, that good, balanced food' plus bination ships, partially converted doubtedly, other shipping compa­ improved service can be provided at the same or lower cost as before. for container use, will pay 70 cents nies have been considering similar This can be done if meal planning is based on real inventory controls a ton and full container ships $1 a moves. and effort is consciously made to cut waste, duplicate ordering and SAN FRANCISCO—All the 25- ton. Now that the container royalty improper storing. The various steps we have taken through the vol­ cent muscatel drinkers will be Up until now, the container provision has been set, it is ex­ untary feeding improvement programs of recent years and now with glad to hear that wine is good for trade has been largely limited to pected that much of the talk aboutthe full-time Food and Ship Sanitation set-up are paying dividends their health. At least that's what coastwise service and Puerto Rico container ships may be translated for everyone concerned. Part of this is due to the handling of feed­ the Wine Institute of California calls. Coastwise trade is not af­ into something specific. ing questions and minimum standards as a collective bargaining mat­ is trying to prove. As part of its ter between the Union and the shipowners, not as something sufijecf campaign the Institute recently to some governmental code, which is too easily' abused. We certainly haven't eliminated every feeding and service problem; we never expected everything to be letter-perfect. But we can say today, as far as SIU vessels are concerned, that the feeding and serv­ ice is the best it's ever been and improving all the time. SIU vessels Indonesia is rolng to get Its own used In Mediterranean service at have always been recognized as good feeders and we want to keep Kings Point soon. Members of the speeds of 47 to 53 knots. Mean­ that record going. faculty of the United States acad­ while, a Panamanian-flag'operator emy are helping organize a similar is putting a smaller hydrofoil, the (Comments and suggestions are invited by the Department and can school for maritime officers In Flying Fish, into service between he submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) Jakkrta, while several Indonesians Bellingham, Wash., and Victoria, have been observing the operation British Columbia. The Flying Fish of the Long Island school. is a 65-footer which can operate at 40 knots. t In preparation for Its maiden The Lucke-nrbach Steamship voyage, the SS Savannah has be­ gun d'ockside tests of Its atomic Corporation, one of the last re­ engines. The testing, which began maining domestic operators, has late In November, will continue purchased three ships for use on. for two months before the actual its intercoastal runs. Two of them nuclear fuel Is loaded aboard the are Navy surplus vessels purchased vessel. Part of the testing will be' from Isbrandtsen! The third Is a operation of the plant on a round- Socony T-2 tanker. All three will the-clock basis for several weeks.. be converted Into containerships threw a party for hospital adminis­ The plant will be powered by con­ capable of carrying 825 20-foot ventional power sourcei^during the containers. The ships will be trators. lengthened to 635 feejt In the con­ The Institute and an associated test period. version process and -will operate at ^ t . group, the Wine Advisory Board, Talk about homesteading, there's 17 knots. is spending over $100,000 this year 4" 4" to sponsor medical studies on the a British seaman on the liner Britannic who beats them all. The Several of the newly-created na­ beneficial effects of wine. Ads placed by the Industry Britannic, a Cunard passenger tions of Africa are looking toward group In the , California Medical liner, has been in service for 30 establishing their own merchant Association Journal speak of the yfears. It is now headed for the fleets,'mostly for prestige purposes. appetite-stimulating properties of scrap heap. One of its crewmem- They are seeking to emulate the wines. Another ad described wine bers, John Dacey, a member of the example of Ghana which, with the as a vitamin supplement, but was engine department, was aboard the aid of Israel, has established the SIU galley force aboard SS Del Norte receives certificate cancelled when It was found that ship on her maiden voyage and has Black Star Line under its own flag. Of course Liberia has long had a from US Public Health Service in N»w Orleans after in­ one or two gallons, a day would made every trip since then. ^ nominal shipping fleet registered be required to extract'any appre­ spection earned vessel a 98% rating, considered excellent A Swiss engineering concern Is urider its flag, but these new ciable amount of vitamins. for a passenger ship. Seafarer William P. Kaiser, chief In addition, the Advisory Board qbout to. Jjuild the largest hydro­ African nations are talking about steward (left), aOcepts award from W. B. Griffin, USPHS has a booklet out called "Uses of- foil ship yet for passenger service! ships which actually belong to sanitation specialist, while Rufus. E. Stough, Jr., chief Wine in Medical Practice," and The boat will be 120 feet long, ac­ their own nationals, or to the cook, and S. P. Mitchfell, Mississippi port steward, look on. offers lectures to interested groups. commodate 240 passengers and be governments involved. ILA Wins Automation Fund Wine Growers Plug 'Health' Maritime Roundup a, :..a: • �DMcnbcr. 1»M SEAF 4RERS Pagm Twenty Oag LOG > d Engineers Halt Pay Cut Move iJ. 1 i i- Huge Engine Room On SIU Laker MONTREAL—The SlU Canadi­ an District defeated an attempt by some members of the Association of Lake's Carriers to impose a con­ tract on engineers of the district's Licensed Division which woiild have slashed wages and working conditions. Protesting marine engineers walked off their ships early last month but returned to work after three days when they were prom­ ised a meeting with Federal Minis­ ter of Labor Michael Starr. Hal Banks, secreUry-treasurer of the Canadian District and SIUNA vice president, in a telegram to Starr, The Interior of the engine room of the John A. France, pointed out that no jurisdictional recently completed for the Scott, Misener company, shows dispute was involved. the elaborate, new equipment in-the giant new Canadian Banks noted that th^ Labor De­ Lakers. The ship is under contract to the SIU Canadian partment had on file. contracts be­ District. tween the Licensed Division and the Association of Lake Carriers which pointed out the obviously phony nature of the new "con­ tract." Handed 'Contract' On-November 7, aboard ships operated by some member com­ Montreal Holds Steady Quebec Shipping Slow panies of the Association, engi­ MONTREAL — Snipping neld .QUEBEC — Shipping has been neers were handed a "contract" steady early last month as sis ves­ allegedly reached with the Great sels which had been laid up were slow here because of the full grain Lakes and Eastern District of the reactivated In the Lakes-Seaway elevator, but increased activity is . National Association of Marine trade. Three deep sea vessels were expected when Port Churchill closes. A dredge and a tug operat­ Engineers. also serviced here. ing in Pjort Cartier wfll provide But, four years ago, members of First of the reactivated ships the NAME voted to merge with the was the Beaconsfieid canaiier Red- winter jobs. The MV Eskimo has been re­ SIU Canadian District, thus mak­ fern, followed by the Patterson paired and has picked up a steel ing the group legally dead,^ steamers Saskadoc, Fort Wildoc The "agreement" was. signed by and Coteaudoc. The Scott Misener load for British ports. The first Richard Greaves and M. Carson, canaller Wheaton took' on a full tanker has unloaded its first cargo both associated with the red-tinged crew and the Norco (Ahearn) was of oil for the new British Petro­ leum refinery recently completed Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, reactivated. when the SlU-contracted dredge Transport and General Workers. John Holden finished her sixCalled 'Yellow Dog' months job. Toronto Is Active The "contract," wich the Cana­ 'I'ORONTO—Toronto remains an 4, 4> dian District called "yellow dog" and "a sellout," would have cut active port despite the new Owen New Owen Sound Hall salaries of second engineers by Sound hall and the summer tie-up $31.91; sliced $26.51 from the pay of ships. From January 1 to .Octo­ .OWEN SOUND — The Owen of third engineers: cut vacation ber 24 there were 1,156 ratings Sound liall has moved to new and larger quarters at 1002 Second pay by more than half; destroyed shipped from Toronto. Port Agent Dick Hardiman re­ Avenue East overlooking the har­ the closed shop; given up -retro­ activity; committed engineers to a ports that the SIU secured $289 bor. As the season draws to a close 48-hour week for four years, and for for a member injured on the here, more and more ships are a final piece of arrogance, forced Alexander Leslie in September. laying up with a total of six in the engineers to pay the CBRT, t t 4. Owen Sound harbor. Early last through Greaves and Carson, five Vancouver Donates month saw the first heavy snow­ dollars per month, which is a dol­ VANCOUVER — The SIUlar a month more than SIU dues. manned SS Waitomo (Union SS of fall. 4) 4^ 4^ When the ships berthed, the en­ New Zealand) ran up on the reef gineers walked off followed by at the entrance to a Samoan har­ Fort William Fair unlicensed men. On November 10, bor jn October and was freed FORT WILLIAM — Shipping at Starr promised a meeting with three days later. The ship pro­ engineers and also, promised: that ceeded to 'Vancouver under her the Lakehead has been fair as the negotiations with the SIU Licensed own power and after repairs in ore trade slowed down for Cana­ dian ships. The ore dock closed Division would continue; that the drydock, went back into service. the fourth week of November. The slashes and cohditions in the SIU men in Vancouver donated Greaves-CBRT contract would not more than $200 to buy a wheel­ port continues to average 10 ships be' put in effect. With these assur­ chair for Brother Pat Tressler who a day in grain with no ships tied ances, engineers and unlicensed contracted polio earlier this year. up locally. Grain elevator projects are ^men returned to their ships. 4« • 4» underway at Port Arthur which will raise storage capacity by Thorold Solves Beef ' THOKOLD—A major beef was 6,150,000" bushels, bringing total solved here recently, according to lake- head capacity to 17,000,000 huohcis. agent Paul Gagne. 4> 4> 4> Brother Irving Benson was fired from the Chicago Tribune by the chief engineer for no reason. The Halifax Calls On Board crew took a stand and Benson reHALIFAX — Contract negotia­ ceiv|d all money due him. tions between the SIU and the Dock employees at Ei'ieau have CPR for the Princess Heien,e have submitted their demand for a new gone before a Board of Concilia­ contract before their present tion. The compahy, pleading "pov­ agreement expires at the end of erty," has tried to fob off a con­ this month. tract which would have lowered Shipping has been good, here wages, eliminated security, and es­ recently. tablished an open shop. In Canadian Ports k '! ,!< I, I' > I . ^ 1'' I •' 1960 Season Roundup Canadian SIU Wins Top Lakes Pact, Other Gains 1 sll MONTREAL—As the 1960 shipping season drew to a close, the SIU Canadian District, was able to point to a greatlyimproved new contract with the Association of Lakes Car­ riers among its accomplish-'* ments for the year. Treasurer Hal C. Banks opened In another important de­ talks with the Association of Lakes velopment, the Canadian District continued its fight on runaway Canadian ships to the British and other flags. In this connection, the SIU aided seamen on these ships in "their fight for improved wages and conditions. Shipping on the Seaway ended November 30 and the Weiland Canal closed December 15. The Sault Ste. Marie Canal closed De­ cember 12. Canadian District SecretaryCanadian Seafarers, members of the SIU Canadian District, are a vital element In the mari­ time picture generally and in the SIU family of unions. They man ships under Canadian flag across-the-board—deep sea off the Atlantic Coast, on the Canadian West Coast, on the Great Lakes and the Seaway. The Canadian SIU also repre­ sents large groups of Canadian tugboatmen, dredgemen and al­ lied crafts. The Canadian Dis­ trict works closely with the other SIU unions throughout North America and the mutual relationship has been of great advantage to all SIU members. Canadian SIU Men Start Vote MONTREAL—Election of offi­ cers of the SIU Canadian District got underway recently after a de­ lay caused by the need to print new ballots. Voting is taking place at headquarters, outports and aboard ships. Hal C. Banks, secretary-treas­ urer, is unopposed for the top post in the Union. Also unopposed is L. McLaughlin, assistant secretarytreasurer (Eastern). M. Sheehan is candidate for Montreal patrolman while D. Swait and J. Hunter are candidates for Montreal Dis­ patcher. Other Candidates Rod Heinekey of Vancouver is running unopposed for assistant secretary-treasurer (Western). J. Campbell and W. Sawadsky are candidates for Vancouver port agent, while J. Bloomfield, A. Brough, T. Osborne, C. Neville are candidates for Vancouver patrolman. Paql Gagne is Thorold port agent candidate and H. Cahill is Thorold patrolman candidate. R. Turcotte and A. Paton are candi­ dates for Toronto port agent. W. Glasgow is candidate for port agent at Fort William and J Royce is Fort William patrolman candidate. Roy Doucet is the Que­ bec port agent candidate and Stan Devine fs randidate for port agent in Halifax. Carriers at the end of last year, but by September of this year a Conciliation Board began studying the question. Later in September, after the board rejected SIU demands, the membership in turn rejected the board findings, opening .the way for a strike. The SIU walked off Patterson ships on September 29. Other as­ sociation members threatened to lock seamen out of other fleets in the group. However, by October 4, Patterson signed a memorandum of agreement with the Union and the other companies fell in line. Five-Percent Raise The new contract gave Lakes Seafarers a five per cent acrossthe-board pay increase; provided a 44-hour week through the 1961 navigation season; set up a central pay fund entirely administered by the Union and improved various overtime rules. In its fight on Canadian-owned runaways and on British-flag inva­ sion of the Canadian domestic trades, the Canadian SIU succeed­ ed in signing an agreement with one such ship at the request of the British crew wiiich manned her. Assistance was also provided to British and other seamen seek­ ing improvements in their condi­ tions while they were in Canadian waters. Another step foreward taken by the SIU Canadian District was the signing of Miron Freres Limited to its fivst union contract. The company's Oka Sand and Gravel Division signed an agreement with the SIU on behalf of its marine workers in September. Atlantic Trade Early in the 1960 navigation sea­ son, the SlU-contracted MV Es­ kimo entered the Atlantic trade, marking the return of the Cana­ dian flag to the Atlantic. Several' victories over the CBRT were registered during the year. The SIU won over the railroad union in an election in the Federal Commerce "and Navigation Com­ pany when the firm returned to the Canadian flag, bringing a 100job potential into the Union. On the West Coast, seafarers with Mackenzie Barge & Marine, Canadian National Steamship and Kingcome Navigation all chose the SIU over the red-tinged CBRT. SIU Canadian District Halls FORT WiLLWM Onlarlo HALIFAX, N.S 408 Simps; n St. Phone: 3-2.''21 128'4 Hollis St. Phone 3-snil MONTREAL . . 634 St. James St. West victor 2-8J61 QUEBEC 44 Sault-au-Malelot Quebec LAfontaine 3-l.'569 THOROLD, Ontario 52 St. David St. CAnal 7-52ia TORONTO, Ontario 272 King St. B. EMpire 4-5719 VANCOUVER. BC . 298 Main St; ST. JOHN, NB .177 Prince William St OX 2-5431 f �I..V mr t/ \ct •' race Twenty-Tw» ry ^ SEAFARERS LOG • • •-•••• .December, UM W-.:- r ALASKA SS PACT NETS 7% FOR SlU PACIFIC DISTRICT CREWMEN •l. -N" ill••S' :; S/f,, SIU Pacific District Members Ratify Wage Hike SAN FRANCISCO—The three unions of the SIU Pacific District—the Sailors Union, Marine Cooks and Marine Fire­ men—have reached an agreement with the Alaska Steamship Company calling for a 7 per-> cent increase in wages, over-' Alaska Steamship negotiates time, penalty and cargo rates, separately from the Pacific Mari­ and for improvements in welfare time Association. The Alaska Steamship agreement, however, benefits. follows closely the lines of the agreement reached between the three SIU unions and the PMA late in October. Besides the wage and overtime increases, retroactive to October 1, SAN FRANCISO—The construc­ the company agreed to contribute tion of a brand new SS Philippine five cents per man per day to an Bear got under way here last optical care program, as well as month when the keel was laid for five cents a day for medical centers the $13 million Mariner-type when centers are established in freighter at the Bethlehem Steel ports other than San Francisco. yard to be manned by members Both the Alaska Steamship and of the MFOW, MCS and SUP. PMA Increases were won under The keel laying marked the start the terms of wage reopening of a two-ship construction project clauses in the three-year con­ for Pacific Far East Lines which tracts which expire next Septem­ will give the company an all- ber 30. Mariner fleet in about seven years. The keel for the new SS China Bear will be laid shortly.. The Philippine Bear is sched­ uled to be launched in mid-1961 and to be completed by the end of the same year. When completed, the new ship, and later her sister SAN FRANCISCO—The Pacific ship, will operate in PFE's Cali­ District crew of two Mcjtson liners fornia-Far East trade. —the Mariposa and Monterey—are The company is planning still going to be treated to the sight of more modern vessels in a new pro­ a new South Pacific island, it has gram that will get under way in been announced. The new port of 1970. call is Raratonga, in the" Cook Is­ land group, which frow now on will be a regular stopping point for both Pacific District Ship Pacific District-contracted ships. To Carry Automobiles Raratonga, a protectorate of New SAN FRANCISCO—The freighter Zealand, is inhabited mostly by SS Hawaiian Fisherman of Mat- Polynesians. It has no pier facil­ son Lines, which is under contract ities or launch service, but the is­ to the unions of the SIU Pacific landers are expected to board the District, is being converted into a ships, while they are at anchor, special automobile carrier by to entertain and to display' their handicrafts. Pacific Ship Repair, Inc. The contract calls for Pacific A special postman will also board Ship Repair to modify the Fisher­ the ships to stamp letters with the man to provide a total capacity of distinctive Cook Island postmark. 464 compact and standard sized The Matson liner will hit Rara­ cars. tonga about a day and a half after Matson will operate the special they leave Tahiti, heading south. auto carrier on a triangular route Outside of irregular inter-island between San Francisco, Los An­ boats, Raratonga's only contact with geles and Honolulu. The ship is ex­ the outside world is by a small pected to carry her first load of steamer from New Zealand 10 cars to the islands next month. times a year. SIU Unions Man Two New Mariners Obviously satisfied with the gains scored in their behalf, members of the SIU Pacific District unions voted overwhelmingly last month to accept the new wage agreement reached with the Pacific Maritime Association. Besides the 7 percent across-the-board increase in wages and overtime, the agreement also calls for added contributions for optical care and medical centers. The above photo shows the ratification meeting at MCS headquarters in San Francisco. Feminine MCS Members Show Hits Ladies Are Good Sailors, Too Matson New Port •.' • : iff — 'V Part of the lar^e contingent of women members in the Marine Cooks and Stewards Un­ ion, are shown in the Union's San Francisco headquarters. Two Matson Line vessels car­ ry waitresses, while other women serve in various steward department jobs. Pacific District Shipping Port SUP MFOW MC&S 10/18 to 11/14 11/1 to 11/31 11/1 to 11/31 San Fran. 742 169 573 1,484 Seattle 92 66 55 213 Portland 51 48 38 137 A I; Wilmington 349 (no hall) 96 445 New York . 79 44 61 184 New Orleans ,— Honolulu 64 2 66 22 90 San Pedro Total '•i- -Q Total 24 (no hall) 1,401 (no hall) 44 55 426 (no hall) 847 55 2.674 SAN FRANCISCO—Seafarers may like to think they're doing a "man's work," but there's a fair share of women in the industry, too—particularly on the West Coast passenger liners under con­ tract to the unions of the SIU Pacific District. That's the result of a Matson line poiicy of em­ ploying waitresses on two of the company's new passenger ships. Women have been traditionally employed on the West Coast ships for many years, in such jobs as stewardess, nurse, children's nurse, telephone and PBX operators, beauticians, hostess, librarian, yeomanette and waitress. It was not until late in 1956, however, that women really came into their own in the industry. Prior to 1956, there were only about 45 Jobs available to women on the West Coast ships. In' October of 1956, however, the number of Jobs was greatly increased when the Matson liner Mari­ posa went to sea, carrying for the first time on the West Coast 29 waitresses, one yeomanette and one hostess. With the launching of two more Matson passenger vessels, still more jobs were opened for^ womem Apparently, the novel experiment has been' suc­ cessful because Matson has continued the practice of employing women for these jobs. The waitress jobs have been restricted to two ships, tl^ Mariposa and Matsonia, because of a maritime law stating that segregation of sexes must be maintained aboard the ships. The MCS. representative points out that the union is not quarreling with the law but does question the shipowner's contention that it would be difficult to-arrange living quarters flexible enough to per­ mit Jobs being taken. �DcccnW, 1M« SEAFARERS Fu« Tweaty-Tbrc* LOG P /> MFOW Men Take Coffee Break 53 VYING FOR 17 POSTS IN SUP ELECTION; MCS, MFOW VOTING CONTINUES SAN FRANCISCO—^Members of the Sailors Union of the Pacific began voting Decem­ ber 1 on the 53 candidates who are competing for the 17 elective positions lis'ted on the SUP ballot. The election, which is being conducted in all SUP halls during the regular busi­ ness hours, will run through January 31. Meanwhile, voting is continuing in the elections of the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union and the Marine Firemen's Union. In the MCS election, which got under way No•"vember 1 and will continue through the end of December, 78 candidates are competing Relaxing at coffee tirtie in the ittessroom of the President Monroe (APL) are the following black gang crewmembers (1 to r) John Bruce, Jesse Stashin, Ed Auzion, Charles White, Thomas Collins and Bernard Zetumer, all members of the Marine Firemen's Union. Pacific Port News Honolu/u Terminals Due (HONOLULU—Piers 7 and 8 be­ ing torn down lb make way for new terminals .. . When ,completed, terniiinals should rank with best in States, says MFOW agent . . . .;AISO, State Legislature will take up inter-island ferry question when It meets in January . . . Three fcrIries have been recommended for |nter-island"~runs . . . Hawaii's healthy, and ships calling there are In good shape, says SUP agent . . . |Jo men in hospital at last report. t 5. > iSan Fran Gets 2 C-3's SAN FRANCISCO — MFOW members looking', forward to man­ ning two C-3's they're familiar with ... These are SS William Luckenbach and SS. F. J. Luckenbach . . . They've been bought by Pope & Talbot and'are being renamed P&T Pathfinder jnd P&T Seafarer, respectively . . . SUP has advised its members that Welfare Plan office is making up permanent ID cards which will eliminate necessity of obtaining new cards every year . . . MCS re­ ports it is preparing ship's delegate handbook to aid delegjates in per- MCS In Seattle Boosts Blood Bank 'y SEATTLE — The Seattle branch of the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union reports that it has re-registered all the non-seniority men onto a spe­ cial shipping list in accordance with the l^eniority rules. Each noh-seniority man who donates blood to the branch's account at the Kings County Blood Bank will have his name acjvanced 10 places on, the list. The Seattle, branch claims that,, as a ,result, of its action, it probably has (the richest ,blood bank of any union on the West Coast, . At the last report, nvade at the, end of. November, .,41, pints .were pn baiyii ., ,, forming their job and encourage other members to seek this role. Portland Office Painted PORTLAND—MCS reports its hall and offices here have been newly painted . . . SUP says report on wage negotiations with Pacific Maritime Association overwhelm­ ingly concurred in . . . SUP mem­ bers also heard Asa Williams, pres­ ident of District Council of Car­ penters, report on progress of "Portland Reporter," new newspa­ per being supported by SIU. and other West Coast unions. San Pedro Ships Firemen SAN PEDRO — MFOW reports 96 men shipped here during last reported four-week period ... Wip­ ers led list with 27, oilers had 16, Catalina reliefs, 15, and FWT's, 13, ^ ^ t- t- Seattle Will Mark Xmas SEATTLE—Members here plan­ ning annual Christmas party, says MFOW . . . Many members have already made donations and crew of MV Susitna brought in party delicacies from Juenau . . . Mem­ bers here looking forward to medi­ cal and optical programs negotiat­ ed in PMA agreement, MCS re­ ports . . . Alaska SS may get new charters for a couple of Libertys as it did last year . . . This would be a big help to this port, says SUP. . _ 3> J- ^ Wilmington Advises MDs WILMINGTON—As-a result of numerous complaints from mem­ bers, SUP here has advised com­ pany doctors that they have no right to ask seamen being exam­ ined to surrender; their seamen's papers . .. . MCS reports discussion with Pacific District medica) pro­ gram committee re'lative to some of particular problems of this i>ort. MCS, SUP Voting On Constitution Changes for 15 elective offices. In the MFOW election, which got under way November 7 and will continue through the end of January, 45" SAN FRANCISCO—Besides voting for new officers, mem­ candidates have been certified for bers of the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union and the Sailors the 16 union-wide and port posi­ Union of the Pacific are also voting on constitutional changes. tions on the ballot. In addition, the Firemen have nominated six Members of the Marine Fire--*members for positions to run as men's Union approved a new amended constitution as a whole. delegates to the SIUNA conven­ constitution in September, On the shipping rule change, the tion in Puerto Rico next year. following its passage by an 8-1 members are yoting '^yes" or "no" SUP Election margin in a 90-day referendum on a proposal which would give Besides the 53 candidates seeV which ended August 31. men on a laid-up ship the privilege ing the 17 headquarters and port The MCS ballot this year con­ of returning to their ship provided tains six constitutional .changes the ship has not been laid up more positions on the SUP ballot, five proposed by the constitutional com­ than 21 days, inclusive. The pres­ candidates are running for the five mittee. These deal with seniority, ent rule provides that the ship jobs open as SUP building corpora­ election safeguards, charges, and must not be laid up more than 10 tion trustfees, and five are running for the four positions as delegates a proposed hall in Honolulu. days, inclusive. to the SIUNA convention. SUP members, besides voting for The Committee on constitution, Morris Weisberger, SUP secre­ officers, are also voting on an in making its report to the mem­ amended constitution and on a bership, pointed out that some of tary-treasurer, is running opposed. proposed change in one of the the constitutional changes were Also unopposed are the San Fran­ cisco dispatcher, first and second shipping rules. recommended for reasons of econ­ Placing the constitutional pro­ omy. With the exception of these, patrolmen at San Francisco, New posal and the proposed shipping the proposed constitution sets forth York agent and New York patrol­ rule change on the ballot was rec­ existing SUP practices and qhanges man. There are three candidates for ommended by the SUP Committee required by law, particularly the the post as assistant - secretaryon Constitution elected on Octo­ Landrum-Griffin Act. treasurer, 11 for third patrolman ber 17, and was approved by the Comparison of the proposed and at San Francisco, four for engine members on October 31. present constitution have been run On the constitutional proposal, paragraph by paragraph in the and steward patrolman at San the SUP members are voting "yes" SUP newspaper, "West Coast Sail­ Francisco, two for Seattle agent, or "no" on adoption of the proposed ors," and copies have also been three for Seattle patrolman, four for Portland agent, 10 for Portland posted at headquarters and in all patrolman, three for Wilmington branches. agent, two for Wilmington patrol­ man, three for engine, and steward patrolman at Wilmington, and two for Honolulu agent. 102 Nominated SAN FRANCISCO—The WeyerA total of 102 book members hauser Steamship Company, whose were nominated for the 17 SUP SUP ships are manned by SIU Pacific HONOLULU posts when . nominations were ......Pier 8. Room 206 District members, has announced PHone 502-777 opened originally at the regular 523 BienvUle St. meeting at headquarters and the that it plans to modernize its fleet NEW ORLEANS Jackson 5-7428 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn branches on October 17. In addi­ of intercoastal vessels at a cost of NEW YORK HVacinth 9-6605 $51.^ million. The modernization PORTLAND 211 SW Clay St. tion, 21 candidates were nominated Cj^itol 3-4336 program will also add 15 years of SAN FRANCISCO for the five regular positions as 450 Harrison St life to the eight Liberty ships Douglas 2-8363 SUP building corporation trustees, SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. and 22 members were nominated making up the fleet. Main 2-0290 WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave. for the four posts as delegates-atAlterations Listed Terminal 5-6617 large to the SIUNA convention. The program includes renewal MC&S The nominations remained open, of crew quarters and of piping and HONOLULU Room 206, Pier 8 in accordance with the SUP con­ wiring systems. New folding pon­ PHone 5-1714 523 Bienville St. stitution, through Monday, Novem­ toon hatch covers will be installed, NEW ORLEANS RAmond 7-428 ber 14. Following the deadline, 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn ent shipping rule provides that the NEW YORK HYacinth 9-6600 the duly elected Committee on and the ships' hulls will be PORTLAND..... 211 SW Clay St. CApitoI 7-,3223 Candidates examined the qualifica­ strengthened after some bulkheads SAN FRANCISCP 350 Fremont St. tions of all candidates and prepared EXbrook 7-5600 are removed. The engines will be 2505 1st Ave. the ballot. overhauled but there will be no SEATTLE MAin 3-0088 The Committee on candidates, WILMINGTON 602 Broad Ave. change in the ships' present TErminal 4-8538 elected at the headquarters meet­ propulsion system. ing of October 31, consisted of MFOW A company spokesman said HONOLULU. ..56 North Nimitz Highway Fred Jensen, Douglas Crute, A1 Weyerhauser would finance the PHone 5-6077 Lambert, Knud Anderson and ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. entire program without govern­ NEW . MAgnolia 0404 Charles Russo. NEW YORK 130 Greenwich St. mental assistance. Besides voting for new officers, COrtland 7-7094 522 NW Everett St. MCS" and SUP members are also Weyerhauser is a common carrier PORTLAND CApitol 3-7297-8 of lumber from Pacific to East SAN FRANCISCO........240 Second St. voting on constitutional changes in - • > DOuglas 2-4592 Coast ports, and of general .cargo SAN. PEDRO..-v.: JS96 West 7th. St. line with the revisions required on \yestbound voyages from Phila­ TErmin.al 3-4485 in union constitutions by LandrumSEATTLE ..2333 Western Ave. delphia and. Baltimore. . MAin-2;832e Griffin. See story on this page. Pac. Dist. Fleet To Be Modernized SIU Pacific District Halls r>. �SEAFARERS Pas* Twenty-J'ear 11: RR Dreams Up Way To End Shore Leave^ Longshore Jobs . ^'C'" I ?; tors looked on, the helicopter lifted the container off a Weehawken dock and deposited it on the deck of a United States Lines freighter anchored in the Hudson The Federal Bureau of Public Roads has frozen all payments in­ volving Federal funds to a bitterly anti-union Florida roadbuilder, Cone Bros. Contracting Co., as a result of charges that the firm made payoffs to state road inspec­ tors for various contracts. At the same time, the State Road Depart­ ment revoked the certificates of qualification of the firm and its subsidiaries, a move which bars the company from even bidding on fu­ ture new road jobs. Cone Bros., which has received $11.7 million in road contracts since 1958, has con­ sistently fought any and all union organizational efforts. Several months ago, the Tampa AFL-CIO Building Trades Council called for a strike in an effort to gain recog­ nition. S?" . 4' 4 4> o Letter Carriers' President Wil­ liam C. Doherty has been absolved of charges that he violated the Hatch Act when he allowed his name to be used in a pre-conyention advertisement promoting Lyn­ don Johnson for the presidency. The decision was made by the Civil Service Commission, which announced that Doherty had been Get Polio Shots, PHS Urges The Public Health Service urges Seafarers who have not already done so to get their polio shots as soon as possible. The shots can be gotten at any PHS hospital without charge. Plenty of vaccine is available so there is no delay in the admin­ istering of the shots. The few minutes a Seafarer takes to in­ sure himself against the crip­ pling disease by getting the shots are well worth the saving of time, money and, most of all, the avoidance of suffering and possible disability. !§• KNOWING YOUR SIU CONTRACT NEW YORK—^The New York Central Railroad has come up with a new cargo-loading gimmick that would do away with the jobs of longshoremen altogether—if it worked. The new system involves the use of a heavy-duty helicopter which would transfer containers directly from railroad flatcars^ to the deck- of a freightship.' River. Just in case, a Coast Guard structions, a helicopter could load While skeptical ship opera­ launch cruised alongside the sl^ip the ship without the operator hav­ '! TJ:- ife December. Uf(| LOG as the helicopter's rotor blades flirted with the ship's booms. Theoretically, at least, given container type ship with a deck free of cargo booms and other ob- absolved of the charges because of lack of evidence. Doherty said he regarded bis vindication as a "demonstration of democracy." ^ i Two of three automotive giants —Ford and General Motors—have flatly-jejected a proposal that la­ bor and management hold regular meetings to.discuss mutual prob­ lems. Such meetings—which would not be concerned with collective bargaining—were first suggested by President Eisenhower in Oc­ tober. United Auto Workers Presi­ dent Walter Reuther followed up the suggestion with letters to the heads of the three auto firms. So far, he "has received replies from Ford and General Motors, both of which have turned down the pro­ posal. It's expected that Chrysler will act similarly. 4" 4" 4" 4?AFL-CIO unions took part in 1,146 representation elections, win­ ning 581 of them, during the third quarter of this year, according to the National Labor Relations Board. The NLRB reported that there were 37,803 workers in bar­ gaining units which voted for'rep­ resentation by AFL-CIO affiliates. During the first nine months of 1960, 1,808 elections were won, as compared with 1,720 in 1959, ac­ cording to the NLRB. A commonplace misunderstanding that arises on SIU ships deals with the subject of transportation back to the port of engagement. It is normai for many ships, before going offshore, to run coast wise, or intercoastal, making a number of stops and picking up replacements here and there. Then the foreign articles will be signed at the iast stop in the continental United States. For example, a ship might cail at Boston, Norfolk, New York, Baltimore and Mobile, and then sign foreign articles in New Orleans before going offshore. If such a ship should pay off on the West Coast, for example, it is not unusual to find some crewmembers expecting transportation back to the port of sign-on—namely. New Orleans. Actually, as the contract clearly specifies, the transportation is payable back to the port of engagement—jnot the port where the foreign articles were signed. For example, seamen who shipped to the vessel in Baltimore would get transportation, on the basis of first-class railroad fare, back to that city. Section 57 (f) also makes it clear that the Seafarer must present himself at the port of engagement within 30 days in order to get wages and subsistence for his travei time back to that port from the port of payoff. The travel subsistence is at the rate of $& a day, in addition to the rail transportation, which covers lower berth sleeping facilities where needed. MA Gains On Liberty Fleet, 'Only' 1,300 Left 4^ The Retail Clerks' National Chain Store Committee last month voted to intensify the union's na­ tionwide boycott against Sears, Roebuck and Co., which started last May after a Sears store in San Francisco laid off 262 of its work­ ers for honoring the picket lines Of the Machinists Union. The leaders of the Retail Clerks plan to ad­ vise union members and the pub­ lic of Sears anti-labor policies and also to step up demonstrations in various cities served by Sears. 4> ing to come into a dock. This, of course, would save considerably on docking fees as welLa's longshore wage costs. Igor Sikotiky, aviation designer whose firm built the heli­ copter, Imagined a ship discharg­ ing and loading cargo without ever coming into port. What this would do to a shipload of seanien suffer^ ing from channel fever can well be imagined. Lifts 4,400-Lb. Box In the demonstration, the heli­ copter hoisted a 20-foot cargo con­ tainer weighting 4,400 pounds. The maximum capacity of the model of helicopter involved is five tons, but presumably, bigger 'copters could take on more of a load. Even so,- industry spokesmen pointed out, unloading a ship by SECTION 57. TRANSPORTATION AND PAYING OFF PROCEDURE "I. (b) It is also agreed that the Articles shall terminate at the final port of discharge In the contjnentai United States of Amerioa. If the final port of discharge is located in an area other than the area in the continentai United States in which is located the port of engage­ ment, first-class transportation shall be provided to only those men who leave the vessel, pins wages and subsistence to port of engagement in continentai United States . . . "(f) It is further agreed that if within 30 days of signing clear of the articles, a seaman who accepted first-class railroad transportation in cash presents himself in the company's or agent's office at the port of engagement, he shall be paid an amountNequal to wages- and sub­ sistence for the number of days ordinarily required to travel from port of signing off back to the port of engagement." this method would be a long, drawn-out process. After the demonstration, all of the guests retired to the Biltmore Hotei for lunch—courtesy of the railroad — where the railroad's president, Alfred Perlman, made a speech hailing the system as a labor-saving" device. "We must cut waste" (i.e., waterfront jobs) to compete with totalitarian coun­ tries," he said. He called for "co­ operation" between ships and rail­ roads in the transportation field. The New York Central, like other eastern railroads, has from time to time juggled its long and short haul rates so as to deprive coastwise ship operations of vari­ ous cargo offerings. Japanese Unionists Study SIU Aeaith Center '•iC\ ft' • p'l?'' • t'H. Visiting Japanese trade union team, one of many foreign union delegations to visit SIU, gets briefing on operations of SIU health center^ from Dr. Joseph Logue, medical director, (fight, back to camera). Group toured SIU's headquarters facilities. WASHINGTON—The Maritime Administration is making modest headway in its program of disposing of over-age Lib­ er tys in the nation's boneyard fleet. After some three years of sales, the MA has succeed--*•" * ed in selling 288 ships, leaving War II emergency ait a cost dt be­ a modest 1,300 left in the re­ tween $1,300,000 and $1,700,00() serve. The Liberty disposal program is' complicated by the fact that m^ss sales would flood the scrap market. Originally the Maritime Administratioi) had set a floor price pf $60,000 in the American market and $90,000 to foreign scrap dealers. Consequently It had to of­ fer the ships in dribs and drabs in order to make sales. Up until now, the program has realized about - $21,250,000. The vessels were built during the World '61 Outlook; Five, Million Unemployed WASHINGTON—Economic fore­ casts on unemployment indicate that as many as 5,300,000 Ameri­ cans will be out of work this winter. The forecast is based upon traditional seasonal increases in unemployment in the winter months. The figure could go higher unless economic conditions im­ prove sharply this winter. The estimate of total unemploy­ ment over five million is based on mid-October figure showing 3,579,000 Americans out of work. Normally, winter months see a rise in unemployment because winter weather shuts down con­ struction activity, roadbuilding, agricultural employment and ship­ ping on the Great Lakes and many inland^ waterways. Railroad carloadings, mining and trucking also drop off in the winter, particularly after, the Christmas holidays. each—and the World: War II dollar was worth about twice as much as .today's currency. Asking More BiJi At present^ Maritime has asked for bids for another 30 ships to foreign buyers at the $90,000 min­ imum. But on the domestic market, it is offering the ships without minimum bids, and, is accepting purchase prices of $'45,000 and iip —all of which makes if a good deal to be in the scrap business. One reason for the_ disposal of the shiifs at such modest prices is the cutback in the Maritime'Ad­ ministration's budget for " main­ tenance of reserve fleet ships. This put pressure on the agency to "un­ load ships or face the prospect of them becoming true rustbuckets. €BAF^ARER& �Deib(»fcer, l96i SEAFAkERS Pace Twen^-Five LOG I Industrial Union Members Are Weekend Football Pros Regjonal NLRB Rejects Charges By 'Independenf In Jay-Kay Plant Vote •^1 ^s| 1 NEW YORK—An "independent" union's eleventh hour tac­ tics aimed at forestalling the certification of the SIU's Marine Allied Workers Division as bargaining agent for the em­ ployees of the Jay-Kay Cor-'*poration failed miserably as minutes resulted in the "alleged" the National Labor Relations pro-SlU employees being paid Board in New York recommended overtime and, therefore, that the to its head office in Washington employer, by cooperating with the that all charges leveled against the MAWD was, in effect, paying the MAWD by Local 355 after the re­ voters to cast their ballots for the cent NLRB election be thrown out MAWD. • That the employer's (Jayand that the MAWD be certified as striking a pose familiar to sports fans are four MAWD'members of the Hussmann Re­ Kay's) further efforts to insure vot­ Jay-Kay employees' bargaining frigeration Co, All are weekend professional players for the Swedesboro 'NJ) Devils. ing by pro-SlU workers were ap­ agent as soon as it's feasible. From left: Frank Steedley, Thomas Meron, Norman Wilson and Sal Caltabiano. The workers of Jay-Kay had parent In the unsuccessful attempt voted overwhelmingly for MAWD by two official observers to per­ representation in the NLRB elec­ suade platform employees to vote tion held a few weeks ago here. late in the afternoon on voting Almost immediately after the polls day. • That Amalgamated officials had closed, however, the Amalga­ mated union worked up several had to remain across the street allegations against the MAWD and from the polling place while filed them with the Labor Board MAWD officials were allowed to in an attempt to not only forestall congregate near the voting booth. The Marine Allied Workers Division Welfare Plan paid out the certification of the election but In the Regional National Labor All unron^ members should regularly aftend the member­ 100 benefit claims to MAWD members or their dependents also as an excuse for it to continue Relations Board report released at during the month of November, according to the Plan, This collecting dues from Jay-Kay New York it was announced that ship meetings in their area. workers who had heretofore re­ all charges were thoroughly in­ was slightly higher than the'*' These meetings are devoted ceived little or nothing in return vestigated by NLRB staff members received benefit payments during 96 claims paid out during Oc­ to discussions of matters vital to for them. The main "charges" filed and that in each instance that tober, and came to a total of the month. MAW® or Jay-Kay was charged by the welfare and security of $9,640.25, with the Board were: • That the Board Agent's exten­ Local 355, all such allegations wero every MAWD member and his Three most sizable benefits Meet Your Shop Steward sion of the voting period by 37 found to be "without merit," family. among the 100 paid out went to; Lewis Atkinson of Schaevitz Engi­ What's more, these meetings neering, $795.70; George Baker, of provide every MAWD member Hill-Chase Steel, $732.85 and Berwith the opportunity to speak up nice Vigoreta, $611.60. All dis­ and state his views obout these bursements to the three covered Arthur Shepard, a lonjgtime em­ hospital, surgical and disability vital matters. ployee of Wire Rope Trading Co., benefits. Here is the schedule of the at 17th Street One maternity benefit was paid and Willow Ave., out during the .month^ It went to next meetings: Hoboken, is the Vincent Murillo of Airmaster Cor­ NEW YORK-Tuesday, Jan­ poration. He received a check in shop steward uary 3, at 7 PM, SlU Half, 675 the amount of $182.50, representing his fellow MAWD Fourth Ave,, B'klyn. Airmaster Benefits member workers Of the benefits paid out to BALTIMORE - Friday, Janu­ at the Jersey ary 6, at 8 FM, SlU Hall, 1216 MAWD members or their depend­ firm. ents, during November, those em­ E. Baltimore St. Shepard, a 36ployed at Airmaster Corp,, .Phila­ year old truck SUNBURY - Sunday, Janu­ delphia, collected the largest driver for Wire Rope, first started number among MAWD-contracted ary 8, at 2 PM,' Friendship plants, while seven claims were with the firm in 1946 as a cable Fire Company. paid out to employees of Schaevitz helper. His job was to assist in cutting and re-rolling cable used PHILADELPHIA - Tuesday, Engineering, Six Paulsen-Webber aboard ship and in aircraft. After January 10, at 7:30 PM, SlU workers received benefits during two years, he was promoted to the November, Three employees of Hall, 2604 S. 4th Street. Hill-Chase Steel, Baltimore, also position of truck driver. He liked this job so well he's still at it. 4Brother Shepard, a native North Carolinean, is married and lives in Three-man rank-and-file balloting committee was elected New York with his wife Doris and at last MAWD meeting in NY to count ballots on con­ a son, Edward, 4^^ years. His offstitution voting, . L-r are W. F. Swann, Nilsen & Mills • This is one in a series of features whith the SEAFARERS LOG duty interests are confined mainly shop steward :W,A, Buccarelli, Durham Canvas, and to attending sports events—espe­ iinll publish regarding members of SlU-affiliated unions working in Tony Fasano, Standards Metals shop steward, cially baseball and football games. maritime production and allied fields. These Are Your Union Meetings —Attend Them! Welfare Benefit Totals Hit $9,640 Last Month Arthur Shepard Of Wire Rope MAWD Acts In Six Ports On Constitution, Officials With SlU Industrial Workers BROTHER CHARLES CARTER BROTHER ERIC B. HAGEN Is Is employed by the MAWD-con- a set-up man and tool grinder with ^ the MAWD-contracted Seatrain -"• - ^ tracted Milo Ma­ Lines of Texas chine Co., of 72 City, Texas, as a Sedswick St., shoreside worker. Brooklyn, . NYs Carter has been H a g e h became with the firm employed at the now for better company last than 13 years, April after hav­ having first gone ing worked about to work'there in two years at an­ August, 1947. A resident of Eagle Pass, Texas, other machine shop. Milo Machine Brother Carter is' a former ship­ Co, recently signed a new contract board oiler, having worked last on with the MAWD which gives a pay the SS W, L, R, Emmett. The increase and other benefits to IMAWD member lives at 305 1st Brother Hagen . and all MAWD members employed by the firm. Avenue, south, In Texas City, The news on this page deals with people working under the SIU banner in. shoreside estab­ lishments engaged in. maritime production and allied fields. Included among the items made are cordage, canvas, lifesaving equipment, ship's gear and related industrial products. Because there had not been any organization avail­ able to them, many of these workers were formerly without any union protection, until they came under the SIU banner. Developments In their area will be reported here because they are an impm-tant part of the maritime industry. NEW YORK — MAWD members in six ports met earlier this month to discuss a proposed new constitution and to se­ lect nominees for five official union posts. The nominees go on the ballot for interim posts to be filled by secret ballot on ports have received a copy of the January 3, At this time, the proposed new constitution, along voting on the proposed new^ con­ stitution will take place. Within 30 days or by January 6, 1961, the membership will be advised by the MAWD Executive Board of the results of the voting on the con­ stitution. The first regular convention date of the Marine and Allied Workers Division will be in May of next year, and at this time the member­ ship will elect five regular offi­ cers, AH MAWD members in the six with an instruction sheet designed to familiarize them with the details concerning the need for such a constitution under the require­ ments of the Landrum-Griffin Act The nominees whose names were submitted for interim officers posts at the meeting were: Steve Cardullo, for MAWD national director; Jack Miller, for Atlantic Coast area director; Lindsey Wil­ liams, for Gulf Coast director; AI Tanner, Great Lakes director and Al Kerr, secretary-treasurer. •A. �Vaaw ihrenly^-Six AU of the following 5IU families have received a $200 maternity benefit plus a $25-bond from the Union in the baby's name, representing a total of $8,400 in maternity benefits and a maturity value of $1,050 in bonds: , [;, ••.! J!>'' •K' 'T 5 (<• m-'i\ '!:• Dawn Marie Drazawicki, born July 23, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs, Thomas Drazawicki, Wilmington, Del. John Anthony HoiTinann, born August 23, 1960, to Seafarer arid Mrs. Eugene C. Hoffmann, New Orleans, La. Leyden Tyrone Spencer, born July 20, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Robea-t T. Spencer, Mobile, Ala. Samuel David Thompson, born September 1, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Harold W. .Thompson, Timonium, Md.. Roger Dale Witherington, born September 17, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Arthur C. Witherington, Daphne, Ala. . Daniel V. Guilles, born August 21, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jacinto Guilles, Bronx, N. Y. Leslie J. Gpillot, born September 20, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Leslie J. Guillot, New Orleans, La. Kirk A. Lund, born September 2, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Russell Lund, Sonoma, Calif. Jack E. Thomas, born September 8, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Houston Thomas, Jr., Mobile, Ala. Alicia K. Pavlos, born September 12, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ulachou Pavlos, San Francisco, Calif. John Philip Jordan, born June 9, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. John Jordan, Jersey City, NJ. Raymond J. Richardson, born May 31, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Roland Richardson, Beltsville, Md. Janet Mary Borawick, born September 8, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Alexander Borawick, Baltimore, Md. Wayne Mark Douzat, Jr., born August 10, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. P. J. Douzat, Thibodaux, La. Gia Terez Fraone, born August 10, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Fran­ cisco Fraone, New Orleans, La. Mark Daniel Gilas, bom flpctober 2, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Walter Gilas, Brooklyn, NY. : Suzanne Johnson, born October 4, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Claud Johnson, Destin, Fla. Karen Miller, born August .3, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. JoaquI^ Miller, Baltimore, Md. William Miller, born September 30, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. William Miller, Baltimore, Md. Michael Granger, born September 16, 1960, to Seafarer Sward Granger, Basile, La. Gecrge Douglas Jordan, born August 11, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. James Jordan, Mobile, Ala. Mary Donovan, born October 5, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Joseph Donovan, Roxbury, Mass. Nicholas Comias, born October 22, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Michael N. Cornias, Baltimore, Md. Michael Alvardo, born October 25, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jose Ciro Alvardo, Texas City, Texas. Albert Robbins, born September 21, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Douglas Robbins, Dorsey, Miss. . Emily Brdwer, born September 19, 19^0, to Seafarer and Mrs, Jack E. Brewer, New Orleans, La. , ' John McNellage, born October 24, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. John W. McNellage, Mobile, Ala. Orlando Aragones, born September 20, 1960, to Seafarer and ^s. Abraham Aragones, Pajardo, Puerto Rico. Victoria Kaduck, born September 9, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Raymond Kaduck, Miami, Fla. Jeremiah and George Harrington, born August 26, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Arthur Harrington^ Charleston, Mass. Cheri Ann Redding, born September 24, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. John Redding, New Orleans, La. Ray Jordan, born September 25, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Dewey Jordan, Wilmer, Ala. Stephen Frankewicz, born September 12, 1960, to Seafarer and ]^8. Stephen J. Frankewicz, Baltimore, Md. Robin Tagliafarri, born August 16, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Joseph Tagliafarri, Baltimore^ Md. Andria Lukowski, born December 24, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jerome Lukowski, Baltimore, Md. , Edward Burke, born October 6, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Edward Burke, Dorchester, Mass. Terri BattagUa, born September 28, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Joseph Battaglia, New Orleans, La. Alma Wilkersop, born October 9, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Murray Wilkerson, Creola, Ala. Frances Peragallo, born October 4, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Joseph Percgallo, Levittown, NY. Laurie Pehler, born -September 14, 1960, to Seafarer and Mr$|. Frederick Pehler, Mobile, Ala. Tina Hatgimislos, born September 26, 1960, to Seafarer and Mrs. Kosta Hatgimislos, Philadelphia, Pa. SEAFARERS IM^1»e». INIr LOG The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported to the Seafarers^ Welfare Plan and a total of $45,000 in benefits was paid, (Any apparfint delay in payment of claims is normally due to late filing, lack of a benefit ciary card or necessary litigation for the disposition of estates,) Philip I. Griffin. 38: Brother Griffin died on May 15, 1960, in an accident at the Howard Hotel, Norfolk, Va. He began sailing in 1960 as a messman. Mrs. Mattie B. Griffin of Belhaven, NC, was appointed admin­ istratrix of his estate. Belha^n Community Ceme­ tery, Belhaven, NC, was the place of burial. Total benefit: $500. John Gorman, 37: Brother Gor­ man died of injuries sustained during the colli­ sion of the SS Alcoa Corsair on October 22, 1900. He had been sail­ ing in the stew­ ard department since 1953. Sur­ viving is his widow, Mrs. Naomi M. Gor­ man of New Orleans, La. Burial was in Lakelawn Park, New Or­ leans. Total benefit: $4,000. James E. Cornelius, 41; A heart ailment was listed as the cause of death for Brother Cornelius on May 10, 1960 .at Gal­ veston, Texas. He had been sailing as'a tugboat engi­ neer since 1957. Surviving is his widow, Mrs. Bar­ bara Cornelius of Texas City, Texas. Galveston Memorial Park, Galves­ ton, was the place of burial. Total benefit: $4,000. 4" 4" it Walter B. Orman, 45: Brother Orman died of injuries sustained during the colli- , sion of the SS Alcoa Corsair on October 22, 1960. He had been sail­ ing in the stew­ ard department since 1947. His mother, Mrs; Irma C. Pertuit of^ SUdeU, La., survives him. Burial was at St. Mary's Cemetery, New Orleans, La. Total beriefit: $4,000. Edward Kctchke, 45: Brother Ketchke died of injuries sustained during the colli­ sion of the SS Alcoa Corsair on October 22, 1960. He had sailed since 1951 in the steward depart­ ment. Surviving is his sister, Mrs. T. Russell of Woodihont, Conn. Burial was at Westlawn Memorial Park, New Orleans, La. Total bene­ fit: $4,000. ^ 4> 4i Nork City. Burial was at St. Mary's Cemetery, Oswego, NY. Total benefit: $4,000. 4* 4> 4' ' Jackie W. Graham, 30: Pneu­ monia was the cause of death for Brother Graham at the U n i o n Memorial Hos­ pital, Baltimore, Md., on May 26," 1960. He had been sailing in the engine de­ partment since 1959. Mrs. Willie Mae Graham of Thomas Boarman, 29: Brother Hamlet, NC, was appointed adminr Boarman was assumed drowned istratrix of his estate. Burial was and lost at sea in Raeford Cemetery, Raeford, NC. on November 25, Total benefit: $500. 1958-, while 4> 4> 41 aboard the SS John B. Water­ Fred Turok, 53: Brother Turok man. He had been died of accidental Injuries on May sailing since 1951 30, 1960, while in the deck de­ aboard the SS partment. He is Steel Apprentice. survived by his He had been sail­ mother,- Mrs. ing in the stew­ Margaret Boarman of Brooklyn, ard department, NY. Place of burial Is listed as at since 1946. Alex­ sea. Total benefit: $4,000. andra A1 b a n 0 and Ann Roth 4* 4* 4> . were appointed George Griswold, 57: A heart ail­ joint administra­ ment was the cause of death for trix of his estate. Burial was id Broth C'r Groswold Long Island National Cemetery*, on September 18, Farmingdale, NY. Total benefit; 1960 at Brooklyn, $4,000. ><;. i New York. He X i. X' , had sailed since Harry Clafk, 47; Brother Clark 1946 in the en­ gine department. died of a heart ailment gt. sea aboard the SS Surviving is his Penn Explorer on mother, Mrs. Eliz­ August 15, I960.: abeth C. Gris­ He had, been sail­ wold of St. Paul, Minn. His place of burial is Rose ing in the" engine department since Lawn Cemetery, Roseville, Minn. 1956., Surviving; Total benefit: $4,000. is his. widow, Mrs.j 4* 4" Helen P. Cl.arki Francis Regan, 59: Brother Regan of Galveston,' died at sea aboard the SS Steel Texas, riis placej Voyager on Oc­ of burial is listed as at sea.. Total; tober 4, 1960 as^a beriefit: $4,000. , , j, result of a heart 4* X 4" • " • condition. He Elmer Pilkington, 41:' Brother' had been sail­ Pilkington died of accidental gun-ing in the stew­ shot wounds on' ' ard department April 2, 1960 at since 1951. He is Wayne, NC; He survived by an had sailed in the aunt. Miss Anna deck department' Regan of New since 1959. Mrs. Esther A. Pilking­ ton, his widow, of Goldsboro, N C, was named ad­ ministratrix of his estate. Burial was at Progressive Cemetery, Goldsboro. Total bene­ fit: $4,000. Penti Explorer Honors Shipmaie. •'X Solemn last rites for Seafarer Harry Clark are. conducted aboard SS Penn Explorer following his death at sea. / X X ' Philip Bilbao, 64: A lung condition was the cause of death^or Brother Bilbao on - Sep­ tember 1, 1960, at the Spanish Beneficiaries So­ ciety Hospital in Puebla, Mexico. He had sailed since 1951 in the steward depart­ ment. He is sur­ vived by his wid­ ow Mrs. Teresa R. Bilbao of Pu­ ebla, Mexico. Burial was in Puebla. Total benefit; $4,000. I' ^'1 �9.1 < l'-. DMembcr, 19M SEAFARERS Par* Twenty-ScTca LOG Claiborne Crew Enioys Barbecue In Style Of Sailing Ship Days The following article, submitted to the LOG hy Seafarer C. E. Turner, T-38, steward aboard the SS Claiborne (Waterman) brings to mind the days of the old sailing ships when livestock was carried on clippers on long voyages in order to provide the crew and passengers with fresh meat. The livestock carried on the Claiborne recently, however, was partly used for a barbecue which was greatly appreciated by the crew. The star of the barbecue story on board the SS Claiborne was this calf munching hay on the deck just before slaughtering. The animal was donated by Mr. Bass of Bass Pecan Co. of Lumberton, Miss. The barbecue calf which was slaughtered aboard ship is finally cut up by Pablo Gonzalez (left) MM, and chief cook J. A. Elliot as the time draws near for feasting and fun aboard the SS Claiborne.. . Seafarer's Wife Passes Away not even knowing a person. I ' know my husband, who is now working with you men, has thanked you all. But I myself and my father wish to thank you all by putting this in the LOG. Thank you again. Virginia Brockett George Roth To the Editor: 1 would like to advise my many friends and shipmates who knew her that my wife, Valzora H. Collins, died at home In Brooklyn, NY, on September 27, 1960. She passed away due * t t to heart disease. Burial was at Garden City Offers Seamen Cemetery, at St. Paul, in the state of Minnesota where she Argentine Tour was born. To the Editor: My many thanks to those who As a retired Seafarer and suffered with me at the time of pre-war member of your Union, this loss. the SIU, I would like to advise Herbert Collins you of my partnership with the (Ed. note: Mrs. Collins, as a Argentine travel organization^ retired hospital attendant, was • Delfino-Turismo. well aware of the value of blood I shall be pleased to serve in emergencies and was one of any Seafarer at the most inex­ the earliest donors to the SIU pensive rates for any transport Blood Bank. Our condolences within the Argentine Republic to Brother Collins on his loss.) as well as for excursions or sightseeings that are arranged by us with the lowest possible Thanks Crew rates for seamen. For Flowers All tours are personally con­ To the Editor: ducted by myself. This agency To each crewmember who is is the oldest and most reputable or was aboard the SS Penn organization of its kind in Vanguard on October 16, 1960: Argentina. We have an espe­ My father, Mr. Roth, and I, Mrs. cially popular "Fiesta Gaucha"/ Clarence R. Brockett, both tour which covers a cattle deeply thank and appreciate ranch in the Argentine pampas. the very kind thought for send­ I thank you wholeheartedly ing the beautiful flowers for for mailing me the LOG. It is •my mother, Mrs. George Roth, to me the most interesting sea­ Vho passed away October 16, man's newspaper and impresses 1960. me for the outstanding work of I think it just wonderful of your Union. all the men to do this when Charles S. Roettger Being a member of the Seafarers International Union of North America, I know that we have been first in quite a few things in the maritime industry. I think that we have another "first" for us on the SS Claiborne. We have been having barbecues on deck lor quite some time. They're usualiy held on Sunday afternoons when most of our union brothers are off duty. The pas­ sengers and officers also partic­ ipate in these events. The story on our last barbecue, however, was different. We started with a young animal on the hoof— alive. It was given to the crewmembers of the Claiborne by Mr. Bass of the Bass Pecan Company of Lumberton, Miss. Mr. Bass has been shipping cat­ tle on this Waterman ship for some time and he still is. We were tak­ ing another load of cattle a few months ago from New Oorleans. Mr. Bass heard of our barbecues and made the generous gift which was appreciated every much by everyone on board. Food For Survival I understand that many years ago in the days of the sailing ships, they carried live animals. But that was food for survival. Ours was for recreation and the pleasant feeling of being full of good barbecue. To make the story short, we started with a live calf, skinned and prepared the meat, and the* final outcome was another successfull barbecue. The enclosed pic­ tures show the scenes of the fes­ tivities, but the real proof was in the eating. F Ttll it to the IfOj! Enjoying the end results of a barbecue which started with a live calf are creWmembers of the SS Claiborne. (L to r) H. W. "Buck" Weaver, deck maintenance; C. E. Turner, steward; K Turner, OS, E. E. Ritchie, second cook; F. W. Chavers, chief electrician, and Oscar Karlbom, first engineer. Thanks Union For Needed Aid To the Editor: My son, Thomas, always told me, "Mother," if you ever are in trouble, go to my Union; they will help you." The receipt of your death benefit check for $4,000 proves how very right he was. It is hard for me to put into words my feelings about this matter. Indeed, 1 am grateful r" / ' ^ V... ' J '•5 All letters to the Editor for publication in the^EAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. my deepest gratitude and ap­ preciation to the Seafarers International Union and all connected with it. Sincerely yours, Margaret Boarman - 4 3^ Seaman Gives School Report To the Editor: School is not as difficult as it was in the beginning. It is still a struggle to comprehend the basic concepts of subjects completely outside of my per­ sonal experience. Perhaps hard work and perseverance will be enough to overcome these ob­ stacles. Sincerely yours, George F. Johnson (Ed. note: Seafarer* George Johnson, of New Orleans, won an SIU schlarship last year and is attending Loyola University in New Orleans). i 1. t for all you have done for me in the name of my son, but some­ British Seaman how these words hardly seem to be enough. Your E. B. Mc- Clarifies Point Auley was kindness itself; he •To the Editor: did everything possible to help In your September issue of us in this tragic matter over the SEAFARERS LOG you the past two years. state that British seamen have Even now your letter- to me a five and a half day week and offers more help if needed. This a non-contributory pension I will surely keep in mind, for scheme. it is a wonderful thing to know The NSU and the owners have you have someone to go to who recognized the five and a half is,willing and able to give aid day week in principle. In prac­ tice we are paid by the calen­ if necessary. In closing, I again thank you, dar month, with the days of a and once more, must express part month being paid on the basis of a 30-day month. The five and a half day week ap­ plies only to ships in port at the week's end. The pension is to be paid only to contract men, and without going into details, is as phony as the five and a half day week. I draw this to your attention as I know that plenty of British seamen read the LOG when it comes their way. G. Holloway 3. i i • New Orleans USPHS is Tops To the Editor: The Public Health Service Hosiptal in New Orleans has the most efficient, most pleas­ ant, and experienced staff of doctors, nurses, nurses aides, at­ tendants, porters and clerks. Every department of the hos­ pital is wonderfully staffed. I've just got to say to them, may God bless you all and I very sincerely thank you from the bottom of my heart. I want to thank you for the wonderful recreation programs for the pa­ tients. To all the people in charge of arranging the activ­ ities, thank you so much. I would like to shoot it to the high heavens that the USPHS Hospital in New Orleans is the best in the country. The whole staff of the hospital doesn't have to take a back seat to any­ one. Keep up the good work. Fraternally, James Thomas Moore �• • T-HSir;--; • Faf Twenty-suit SEAFARERS Coalinga Invasion Ends In A Truce The following article was submitted to the LOG over the names of Ed Kresz, ship's reporter on the SS Coalinga Hills (Marine Carriers), and a fellow who signed himself as "Big Jack Roach, delegate." Kresz and his opposite number, Jack, declare that the Coalinga Hills has "gone bugs." We of the Coalinga Hills are on one of the buggiest trips ever tak­ en by an SIU crew. Visitors and patrolmen are not to be alarmed if, when boarding the ship, they see spots before their eyes. The white spots are the deck deapartment roaches, the red spots are black gang roaches, and the green spots are the steward department roaches. This color scheme was decided upon so that the roaches of each department could be iden­ tified. Everything was going fine until the roaches started to take too many liberties, such as sleeping in our sacks and resting in the sugar bowls. Meeting Called A meeting was called among the department delegates and Big Jack. (For the record. Big Jack is the boss of the roaches.) An agreement was made: The roaches were to stop sleeping in the sacks if the crew put brighter lights In the passageway so as not to step on any of their boys. Everything is now going fine, but it is a blessing that this trip is nearly over. because it has been rumored that the roaches, who now outnumber the crew eight to one, were planning an uprising. If they had won, they intended to paint the sailors white, the black gang'red, and the steward depart­ ment green for identification pur­ poses—so let's get off before we all go bugs, s/ Ed Kresz, Ship's Reporter, and Big Jack, Roach Delegate. PS. Not responsible for any roaches in the envelope. ' NORTHWISTIRN VICTORY (Vie.. ting out • draw in Inchon. Korea on tory Carrlan), Nov. IJ—Chalrman> ' October 10 Korean currency. Crew refused draw under the impression R. V. Hayloek; Soerotary, Allan Man. ual. Everything it running imoothiy. Each man to donate 50 cents for the ship's fund. It is requested that the ship be auppUed with new and better linen. ALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), Oct. 30 —Chairman, C. Heuchint; Sacretary, A. Farrara. No beefs. No disputed OT. Ship's delegate to see about a washing machine. MAIDEN CREEK (Waterman), Oct. 30—Chairman, James H. FIsherj Sec­ retary, Johnny P. Ballday. Everything running smoothly. Will have SiU agent see the skipper for better lunch schedule In Korea. OlO.OS in the ship's fund. Expenditures $3. It Is suggest­ ed that the agent see the captain about keeping Koreans ami Japanese out of messhails and pantries. A vote of thanks to the steward department for Ane food and service. ALCOA ROAMER (AlCoa), Oct. 5— Chairman, Hemar Starling; Sacretary, John R. Tllley. Ship's delegate failed to rejoin the vessel in Ponce. New delegate was elected. There was S1S1.85 In the ship's fund before tehting movies In Mobile. Vote of thanks to the steward department for good service. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), Nov. 12—Chairman, P. Patrick; Secretary, C. Dammeyer. One man missed ship. WiU elect a new ship's delegate. Ship's fund stands at S361. There will, be more soda purchased because the ship Is going into lay-up. Vote of thanks to Clifford Dammcyc.- for a Job well done as the ship's delegate. KATHRYN (Bull), Oct. 16—Chair, man, M. Simon; Secretary, E. Rosade. Some disputed OT. Chief stewaid using supplies with care In order not to run short during the voyage. LUCILE BLOOMFIELD (Bleomfleld), Nov. 6—Chairman, Danny Byrne; Sec. retary. Lea Da Parllar. Ship's dele, gate paid off and a new delegate Is to be elected. The ship's fund Is 840. No expenses. Company In New Or* leans did not forward crew's mail ,to Texas. Mall was delivered upon ship's arrival In New Orleans nine days later. Ship's delegate to see about replacing present washing machine. Sinks in laundry shnuM be replaced. Alcoa Pointer Galley ALCOA RUNNER (Alcoa), Oct. 33— Chairman, J. T. Robinson; Secretary, W. R. Stone. Ship's fund stands at $4.04. Delegate to see the . captain about having the crew's quarters sougeed and the decks painted. Vote of thanks to the steward department for well prepared food and service. AZALEA CITY (Sea-Land), Nov. 3— Chairman, William R. Klelmola; Sec. retary, C. B. Janten. One man missed ship at Port Newark. Matter satisfactorlly settled. Ship's delegate re. elected. DEL MAR (MIssltslepI), Nov. «— Chairman, J. Poitar; Secretary, R. ,0U"^- Achae. Smooth payoff. S457 In the ship's fund. Motion made and secended to give SSO of the shin's fund to the Christmas fund at the New Orleans hall. DEL CAMPO (Mississippi), Oct. 33— Chairman, E. E. Cox; Sacretary, J. M. Syms. No beefs so far. .Ship's dele­ gate resigns. There Is S20 |n the ship's fund. New ship's delegate was elected. I I The galley crew of the SS Alcoa Pointer came into high praise from the ship's steward, Jimmie Higham. The department includes (1 to r) L. Lovet, galleyman; McPherson, chief cook; and G. Marzette, third cook. Hig­ ham lauded his department's sober and serious attitude toward its duties. YORKMAR (Calmer), Nov. 1 — Chairman, M. Klelber; Seeratary, L. O. Plerson. Elected a new shin's delegate. No beefs. No disputed OT. PENN SHIPPER (Penn Shipping), Oct. 9—Chairman, D. J. Hewson; Sec. retary, J. F. DIckarson. Ship to take emergency stores In Singapore.- Dlsputed OT to be taken up at the pay­ off. Steward department beefs to bo taken un at payoff also. Oct. 35—Chairman, John DIckarson; Secretary, J. W. Butler.' Motion made to have ship's delegate see about gettine toilets renaired. Discussed the matter of foc'sles being sougeed and stores to be received in Yokohama. WILD RANGER (Waterman). Oct. 30 —Chairman, C. Borti; Secretary, O. Lawson. Matters pertaining to the welfare of the crew Will be taken up promptly. There is now SM In the ship's fund. Cook missed' shin. All delegates to turn In a repaij^llst. Sug­ gest that elop chest be replenished. KATHRYN (Bull), Nov. 13—Chair­ man, Evarlsto Jimenez; Secretary, sama. Some disputed OT. Three de­ partments to cooperate In cleaning laundry and shower and toilet. I DEL NORTE (Mississippi), Oct. 3— Chairman, George 'E. Annis; Secre­ tary, W. P. Kaiser. Ship's delegate reports that he has posted letter of thank.s to crew from Brother Thorn­ ton who is in a hospital after having broken his hip In engine room acci­ dent. He also sent a letter to headnuarters about standing watch on hotw, when taking heavy «pr»vs; Shin'? t-easnrer. Sister Ponnett. has gotten off: therefore enother tr»asi'i'er will have to be electort. Shin's fund, ••>04.53. Is now In chief niir««r's safe, "fovle di-ector renorts •'41 ev in fund from last trln. He got ten new movies —some repairs, has balance of $30.87. orEatJ FVF" YN ;Mar'*lme Ower•ea«). Oct. a—«"hp»rm»n, P WendeM; e*cret*rv, /»i«* J«nes. "ent-lr list turned In.' *!hln'e fund, go stote of tvonhs to steward denartmeiit. •(c* -This should the crew awake! (Cartoon by Seafarer Zhemeck.)( Deeember, MM LOG • pcerneetM riTY s/ictsnv (Vl«*-pv g-rriersi. rsef. 4—ghelrmen. J. n..rht; e-eretarw, G, r I n*hrop. ohin's d-'eg-te reneot«d tiiot tie Is . .....ivniv— toti es de'evqto he. --,,ee he's eirpedv hed (he steiyerdS .'etehete "toh P P,,eh eteeted peW -•.3e,S d-teeete." Ceeeie^ feenttfig WOS that the captain would put out • held October 11 re: the captain putdraw in US currency before arriving in Okinawa. No medical treatmeqt was administered to those who needed it in Inchon. Korea. Delegates went to see the captain about the draw and he agreed to put out a draw on ar­ rival in Okinawa. He also agreed to see that men get proper medical treatment in Okinawa. Delegate stated he would see the Arst assistant engineer about sanitary pumps which were broken for several days. DEL.CAMPO (Mississippi), Oct. 3— Chairman, C. Raymond; Secretary, L, Munna. Ship's delegate reported no beefs. $20 in treasury. Motion made to elect treasurer. Steward elected by acclamation. SANTA VENETIA (Elam), Oct. 3— Chairman, Farrls M. Jones; Secretary, M.. L. Loache. Ship's fund. $22.55. Farrls M. Jones elected ship's dele­ gate. Crew told to bring cups and glasses back to pantry and keep laun­ dry clean. Vote of thanks to steward department. ZEPHYRHILLS (Peninsular Nav.), Oct. 14—Chairman, B. B. Darley; Sec­ retary, R. Dlpaolo. No agent for mall. Poor launch service. Ship Is undermanned. Dispute over fresh fruit, vegetables and milk. Motion made and seconded to begin a ship's fund for communications, stamps, etc. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), Oct, 18—Chairman, J. Glenn; Secre­ tary, E. Auer, $180.owed on the coke machines. There has been one pay­ ment made on the machine and all who loaned money on It have been repaid. A. A. Sllvesrtl elected ship's delegate. Suggestion made that hooks be attached to bulkhead In laundry room so that laiuidry bags can bohung there for soiled linen. Crew messman suggests that men clean up before coming into the messroom from work. CiarlAcatlon from board­ ing patrolman concerning time off as there seems to be a difference of opinion on it. Suggestion that empty Ave gallon paint cans be placed on poop deck for cigaret butts. BIENVILLE (Sea-Land Service), Oct. 16—Secretary, Ange'o Romero. No beefs In all departments. Messhall deck has not been Axed after being on repair list four months. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), Oct, 16—Chairman, P. Patrick; Secretary, W. Barnes. New washing machine re­ ceived. All repairs taken care of. Crewmembers asked to see the pa­ trolman on any new equipment or re­ pairs, no satisfaction from chief engi­ neer. Timer for wiuhlng machine ordered. No monies to be loaned from ship's fund. Need new fan for crew messroom. Vote of thanks to steward department. SAN MARINO (Peninsular Nav.), Oct. 15—Chairman, Norwood E. Geno) Secretary, C. L. Strlngfellow. Ship's delegate Jerome 1. Hacker reported that captain take off mall. The cap­ tain was asked about money for draws, but had ho reply. S3 in ship's treasury. To have arrival pool for more ship's fund. To see captain about ice maclUne being repaired In Freeport. Vote of thanks to steward departmen.t COEUR D'ALENE VICTORY (Vic­ tory Carriers), Oct. 17—Chairman,. Robert M. Douglas. Crewmembers request tiles on Aoor foc'sle. FELTORE (Marven), Oct. 13—Chair­ man, O. B. Albright; Secretary, E. A. Boyd. Letters covering delayed sail­ ing and Information regarding an­ chorage at Porto Ordaz to be brought to the attention of the patrolman at Philadelphia. $10 In ship's fund. Sug­ gestion that toilets amidships to be given pressure so that they will Aush properly. Also thpt the third mate's lavatory be repaired for leak. Ques­ tion also asked as to who is supposed to care for engineer's room. MONARCH OF THE SEAS (Water­ man), Oct. 16—Chairman, P. Blalock; Secretary, L. Moore. Complaint about washing machine ruining laundry. Mes.sroom cuns to be brought back to messroom. Book member to bring bosun up before patrolman about kid­ ding black gang delegate. FORT HOSKINS (CItles service), Oct. 1—Chairman, J. C. Keel; Secre­ tary, H. H. Fielder. 'Will have meet­ ing with patrolman regarding Arlng of men. MASSMAR (Calmar), Oct. 1—Chair­ man, Red Braunstein; Secretary, M. E. Greenwald. Everything okav aboard ship. No beefs. Vote of thanks to the stew.ird department. Renair list to be made uo and turned in before arrival' itr port. _ COASTAl. CRUSADER (Suwannee), Sent. 1—Ch»*rman. Tliomas Kl'ne; Secretary. W. D. Parrlsh. Some dis­ puted OT oollected for engine and steward depts. .Shin's delegate re­ ported that safety meetln" WP« field for all department heads. St'mns are avpilahle for shin's erew. •'log in .shin's fund. Some dl.snuted OT |n deck denartment. Cane was (dected deck safety man. Replacement for bosun and OS arrived in Recife. .Mo­ tion made to write Union concerning ahore leave at Ascension Island; tech­ nicians and officers going ashore. Letter to Union concerning ladder leading to technician's quarters. In­ sufficient slop chest. Out of certain brands of cigarettes. Crew opposed to one year articles—nine months Is long enough. LA SALLE (Waterman), Oct. 9— Chairman, J. Redding; Secretary, M. O. Ohitrem. Ship's fund $42.35. Mo­ tion made that recreation room, laundry and passageways aft be painted out. Deck department shower painted. That steward steward de­ partment foc'sles and showers be painted. Steward to order new mat­ tresses. NEW YORKER (Erie A St. Lawrence), Oct. 10—Chairman, Charles Be­ dell; Secretary, Lee, Mevall. First meeting held aboard this ship. Reu­ ben Slgwart elected ship's delegate. Vote of thanks gjven all hands for the perfect harmony of the entire crew. This ship is sure a pleasure to •all on fiuin topside down to the engine room. All hands seem to go a little out of their way to help each other. Conditions for the crew are tops. SANTORB (Ore Nov.), Oct. 13 — Chairman, O. Maddox; Secretary, W. Strickland. Ship's delegate reported everything okay.^ No beefs. Several hours disputed OT in steward depart­ ment. Ship's delegate resigned, and ' new ship's delegate elected. STJEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), Oct. 15—Chairman, L. Larkin; Secretary, F, R. Farmer. Ship's delegate Frank R. Farmen reported that they put in subsistence for no hot water. Clarify draws. Turned In repair Ust. Will see patrolman about disputable logs. Some disputed OT in engine depart­ ment. Fresh water tanks to: be cleaned. Getting enough cigarettes for the next voyage. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for a Job well done. Ship's fund, $10. S3.14 taken out for cablegram to hall. WARRIOR (Waterman), Oct. 16 — Chairman, H. Ahern; Sacretary, M. B. Elliott. Ship's delegate Henry Love­ lace Jr. reported all getting off. Lit­ tle disputed OT and patrolman will take care of It. Repair list turned in. Discussed transportation- and travel subsistence. Suggestion to freeze milk when supply Is abundant. Oct. 30—Chairman, A. H. Aherni Secretary, M. B. Elliott. Ami BJorasson elected ship's delegate replacing H. Lovelace, retiring ship's delegate, who was given a vote of thanks for a Job well done. STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), July 33—Chairman, Roy Poole; Secretary, James Brasfleld. No beefs. No dis­ puted OT. Ship's fund. $13.12. To elect ship's treasurer. VIVIAN (Maritime Overseas), Oct. 17—Chairman, A. Packsrt; Sacretary, E. Dora. E. Dore was elected ship's delegate. Vote of thanks given' to John Hunt, former ship's delegate. Motion made to write to headquarters and agent in Seattle regarding unsat­ isfactory food. Trying to have SIU Food Plan put In effect aboard this ship. Taking beef up with the agent in states regarding poor medical care by doctor hired by this company In India. Will try to get new Ice box for crew messhall. CANTIGNY (Cities SeKvlce), Oct. 23 —Chairman, A. J. Giovanni; Secretary, . Edward J. Wright. Thomas O'Connor elected ship's , delegate. Discussion regarding money on board for draws. MONTEGO SUN (Standard Marlne),Sept. 1(L—Chairman, Dadslekrch; Sac­ retary, 'Souze. Men walked off ship, black gang without being relieved. Members voted for Amerlcati money for draws in foreign ports. Steward eiected ship's treasurer. TIMBER HITCH (Suwannee), Sept. 21 — Chairman, Adllsen; Secretary, Magre. No beefs. Suggestion taken up with captain to make inspection of water tanks when in port of Recife. STEEL FABRICATOR (Isthmian), Oct. 31—Chairman, Orlando; Secre­ tary, Scregglns. Five day subsistence coming to. crew. Few hours of dis­ puted OT in deck and engine dept. All hands were reminded to be sober at payoff. Have representative from hall check stores before leaving on voyage. YAKA (Waterman), Nov. 27—Chair­ man, Gteree J. Baka; Secretary, Nell .D. Abernathy. Repair list taken care of. New beneRclary cards made up by the crew. Some disputed OT. Mo­ tion made to change Article 11, Sec­ tion 22 to allow men 30 minutes in­ stead of 15 minutes before turning to on OT. It Is requested at meal times that everyone be presentable and stop vulgar talk. ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Moore McCormack), Nov. 20—Chslrmsn, C. Swain; Secretary. V. Rstcllff. No major beefs. Ship's delegate resigned. Elected a new delegate. $10 In shlD*s fund. It Is reouested that cups and gla.sses be returned to nantry.' Laun­ dry Is not to be used after 10:00 PM. RAVVAH (Shins A Frelnhts), Nnv. —6 Chairman. R. S. Cowaerthwalte; Secretary, J. W. T»«nma$. E"ery;b|ng t'ken care of. Heads to' he kept cleaner. Pantry sink and live steam In galley needs renalrlng. CITY OP Ai (W«»e'man1, Nov. 17—Chairman. 'Oeher* Mall: Cecretarv, Jns*nh Mevarcn-k. ^rnp mirqert 'shin -• in Mew York. i"''npr hocnUeTired and ; of•. rfttnjB to Orleans. ants. ,. Pantry 'to be'Snroyed fer "; "i; 1 �Pcccubcr, 19M SEAFARERS Ringer On The Arizpa Ex-Seafarer Seeks Old Pals No Red Tape: Welfare Pays To the Editor: I am a former seaman and SIU member (Book No. 48872), but I haven't shipped since 1951. I would like to hear from some of my old shipmates around Norfolk and Savannah. Please print .this in the LOG to let my former shipmates know of me. Anyone who shipped with "Old Slim Lester" on South Atlantic's SS Southport from 1949 to 1951, please drop me a line at my home. North Spring, West Virginia. I would especially like a line from Jimmie Baker from Eliza­ beth City, NC. If possible, I would sure like to have the LOG sent to me at my home. It would be a great pleasure to sit down at home and read the Union paper again. Thank you very kindly. Sin­ cerely, Clinton Slim Lester (Ed. note: You are being placed on the LOG mailing list). To the Editor; It might be interesting and no doubt' reassuring for some Seafarers to know how our Wel­ fare Hospital Plan came through for me. One of my sons (a welfare maternity benefit child) frac­ tured his leg and was hospital­ ized. I picked up one of those ridiculously - simple looking forms at headquarters, filled in a few blank spaces on one side and handed it In at the hospital (St. Michaels, Newark, NJ), then ran like a thief. I was certain there would be some red tape, confusion and difficulty in the payment of those bills. A month later I received an equally ridiculously simple form from Welfare notifying me that the hospital 'and the' doc­ tor were paid in full. Considering my previous lack of faith in the action that Wel­ fare would take, this two-fold letter of apology and apprecia­ tion, I feel certain, is well in order. In closing I might add that it would do well for some of those scuttle-butt attorneys to bone-up on SIU clarifications, stipulations amendments, revi­ sions, etc., prior to drawing conclusions or making inaccu­ rate statements. 4* 4" Lauds Speedy Welfare Help Aboard the SS Arizpa (Waterman), Seafarer Joseph McCabe, Jr., poses with one of the ship's life rings during his off hours. McCabe, an AB, lives in Irvington, Ala. He generally ships out of the Mobile SIU hall. LOG-A-RHYTHM: Sailing The African Coast .By E. W. "Bouncy" Carter. r/ We leave New York and head Southeast For eighteen days at sea, Anchoring^ at Ascension Isle, Handling cargo for good OT. We then sail on to Cavetown And its scenic Table Top, Greeting old friends and making new. This being our first real stop. It's Port Elizabeth and East London, And it's in and out we go, Sometimes you stay a couple days. But then you never know. The weather's changing all the time So one hardly needs a turban. And though you've worked and worked, It's all for the girls in Durban. The scenery is a bit like home. More so in the urban heights. Ask anyone who's made this run. They dig those cheeky Durbanites. Three or four days and often more We have ourselves a ball, It's out again and Northeast bound, MaUing Lourerico Marques next call. It's gettin' hotter and hotter as we go But the crew seems not to mind. Leaving L.M.^for Beira now. With a few days "at sea" kind. To Dar es Salaam and Mobasa land Our last East African port. We've run our cameras and been around. And of course had lots of sport. We turn around and head back south Making the same ports down the line. Believe me when I tell you, friend. It sure is mighty fine. Reaching Capetown for the homeward trek We're ready for a,well earned rest. You're back Stateside in a couple of weeks. It's then that you know what's best. Tagt Twenty-Nine LOG To the Editor: When a guy is out bouncing around in one of these pig iron boats for a while, kind of for­ getting about the ol' homestead and the kinfolk back there, it sure is good to know that while he's away there's someone standing behind him. This was proven to me the hard way a short time ago when my wife was stricken with a very serious illness While I was out to sea. The Welfare Department of our Seafarers Union, through Joe Campo of the Philadelphia branch, stepped right in and took over. He sure did a swell job! No red tape or messing around at all—just fast action right to the heart of the matter. When I received news of how nicely everything was taken care of, I sure felt good, and was proud to be a brother of guys like Joe Campo of our own SIU. Dick Commings SS Marymar 4 4 4« All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer.- Names will be withheld upon reque.st. the selfish suggestions it makes as to a compulsory vacation plan. We do like your reply with its reasonable and pointed ex­ planations as to the faults of such a system; faults which have been aired by the mem­ bership of this union at various times in the past year whenever a compulsory vacation plan has come up. As your letter points out, the membership in the past has ex­ pressed the opinion that such a plan would set up a class system in our Union, and it would. Should such a"" vacation plan become a reality in the SIU, these so-called Union brothers who advocate the system would be sitting pretty for life with all the key jobs on all the cushy runs sewed up. They would be our Union monarchy. The rest of us waiting on the beach for these hot shots to take a vacation, and loan us their jobs for a few weeks so that we could earn a few dol­ lars, well, we would be the peasants. We like our vacation plan as it is, with the slow, steady financial improvement it seems to make from year to year. We like our hiring halls and our present rotary shipping system where every member gets a fair shake. And most certainly we want the SIU to remain as it is at this time, a union with equality for all. Crew of the SS Kyska Bernard Donnelly Ship's delegate (signed by all department delegates) Alexander J. Letter 4 4 4 Seaman Praises Terrific Job To the Editor: I have many words to say about our organization and its Welfare Plan, though words are not enough. I want to mention the integrity of the Boston rep­ resentative, Brother Gene Dakin, who cleared up all my aches by spending one hour with me in the hospital. I, as a "B" man, know now that the SIU is forever to be blessed for its wise ways in picking the right man for the job at hand. 4 4 4 I will not discuss the sordid mess of how I came to the hos­ pital, as Brother Dakin has a full report of my misfortune. His clear-sightedness in taking To the Editor: I want to extend special care of my troubles was as­ thanks to the crew and officers tounding. I, who was for over of the Fairiand (Sea-Land) for 20 years a member of the their great kindness to me when Butchers Union of North Amer­ my father died November 18. ica, AFL. I received a radiogram of my Let no brother complain, for father's death when we were the service I received you can­ two days from San Juan, Puerto not buy for all the money in Rico. The crew, without my this world. I am not trying to knowledge, took up a collection build up Brother Dakin or the and sent flowers to my home. SIU for they are already on the The generosity of the crew and very best of foundations. officers also enabled me to take The Welfare Plan is the a plane from Puerto Rico to soundest in the world, and New York to attend my father's every man in the SIU is treat­ funeral. Again I want to thank ed with the respect that they my shipmates on the Fairiand. all fought for qver the years. Sincerely, Alfred Hirsch Edward Blaha Kyska Crew Likes Thanks Crew Present Vacations Of Fairiand (Ed. note: The following let­ ter was addressed to SIU Pres­ ident Paul Hall.) Dear Sir and Brother: We, the crew of the Kyska, are writing this letter to you .to indicate~our reactions to the one which was written to you and published in the SEA­ FARERS LOG. The letter in question was written by Brother Victor D. Brunell of the Mon­ arch of the Sea. Its subject had to do with a suggestion by the crew for in­ stituting in our Union a com­ pulsory Vacation Plan. His letter, and your reply to it, was read by us of the Kyska with studied interest. We do not like his letter, or SEe,f=£LlAS UJt4Ar HAPPEA/^ : IKJIHB lA'SrT T»+e LOG \AfERe SUFPOSBP TO RUA) THIS STRIP - M;ISM/MG YPU A NAPPY -lH/\A)KSf3lV»A/<X -THA-riS SO,lNSrWAJ> lA/e RAhJ TN€ CHRlST/WAS •3T(2lp-THlSC?A;g^. \^^€GoOFeX>. lAJE •MC*^ YOU f^AD A RAPPy THAMkSGiV/MG, AA/D WAAJT -It) SUR^ TD LVISN Vou A M^RRY C/JRlST/VIAS: �.1,. Thirty . - V . SEAFARERS >_r I' t Deeember, ISM.. LOG Crew Of Kyska Sights Derelict A recent Far East run on the SS Kyska (Waterman) was marked by the sighting of a derelict and the presence of an unusual passenger, according to reports received by the LOG. The Kyska paid off in New special aptitude for reading lips, taken during her tour of duty at York late last month after a was well liked by the crew and the colony. The passenger was on four-month trip from the several members report that she her way to join the staff of a hospi­ West Coast to Japan and back. showed interesting color slides tal somewhere in Japan. Crewmembers sighted a derelict cargo vessel several hundred miles off the .Japanese coast. The derelict was estimated to be from 50 to 60 feet long, and was, as one SIU man put it, "a bell of a nice-looking vessel." Un­ fortunately, no one had their cameras loaded at the time of the sighting. If it were not for a storm which was coming up, the Kyska skipper might have been willing to pull alongside the derelict long enough to examine her more closely, but approaching heavy weather made an attempt too risky. Reached Yokohama When the Kyska reached Yoko­ hama a few days later, several Japanese who were told of the sighting asked for more informa­ tion in order to attempt to salvage the prize. They were given the information and were wished suc­ cess by all hands. Another report from the Kyska crew indicated the vessel carried one' "VIP" (very interesting "per­ son) during the jaunt from the West Coast to Japan. This was an Mark Thomas Hopkins, just about a year old, is the son elderly woman who had spent of Seafarer Thomas C. Hopkins, H-688, of Duffield, Va. some 30 years working in a leper The youngster is shown getting a ride on the neck of colony in Louisiana. The lady, a deaf mute with a another of the Hopkins clan. Ride 'Em, Sailor! .0 ^•0' ALCOA PATRIOT (Alcoa), Sept. 19— Chairman, Fordinand Graaff; Sacratary, T. Ostaiaskl. Ship's delegate reports discussion on no saiiing board in St. Croix. Discussion on topside BR to be iaid off in Norfolk to ba referred to patroiman. $18.90 in ship's treasury. Keep washing ma­ chine fuii of water when washing ciothes. Don't wash out mop in laun­ dry sink. SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Saatrain), Sept. 25—Chairman, C. E. Laa, Jr.; Sacratary, D. Cann. No beefs re­ ported. Deck delegate reports one man missed ship and hospitalized in New Orleans. One member in engine department missed ship in NY. Water taps in deck department head need repairing. Ciothes in engine room to be taken out. Work with steward in getting all linen back on linen day. Motion made to let shore gang come in messroom for coffee only. SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), Sept. 25—Chairman, J. Barton; Secre­ tary, Tim Holt. No beefs. Ail de­ partments running smoothly. $62.40 in ship's fund. Letter from Joe Voipian re New Jersey insurance for sea­ men posted. Motion seconded and car­ ried to raffle off old TV set and pur­ chase new and smaller one out of ship's fund. Motion seconded and carried by steward department to sougee and paint crew messroom. M. S C by electrician to dump garbage and wash down stern morning after departure. Each delegate to use ship's fund for small emergency do­ nations. Also some talk about dam­ aged padlocks on stewards store room. BEAUREGARD (Sea-Land) Sept. 26 —Chairman, H. J. Piszetowski; Secre­ tary, George Fargo. Repairs taken care of. Captain requires all health cards before sign-on. Vote of thanks to steward department. Crew asked to return dirty linen. MICHAEL (J. M. Carras) Sept. 24— Chairman, P. Hammei; Secretary, T. Haromon. No beefs reported. Get draw list. Make out repair list. En­ gine delegate reports one man logged. One man injured day of departure, hospitalized. Sailed one man short. WESTPORT (Rover), Oct. 17—Chair­ man, Collier; Secretary, Solpedo. To have engine dep't. showers painted, also dep't. forcasties painted. Have captain write to company in regards to allotments. FLORIDA STATE (Ponce Products), Oct. 22—Chairman, Kilgore; Secretary, Dunham. Special meeting held to de­ termine and get. to the bottom of friction in crew's messroom at the supper meal hour between members of engine dep't. and two crew messmen. ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Robin), Oct. 23 —Chairman, J. Rolnon; Secretary, Harrison. . Smooth saiiing voyage. Suggestion that a different brand of soap be used aboard ship. Oct. 23—Chairman, Relnon. Dis­ putes settled. Repair list In good order. Smooth saiiing. . STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian), Oct. II—Chairman, Fanehen; Sacratary, Goa. No beefs. Motion to have benches around side of house for sit­ ting" purposes. JOHN B. WATERMAN (Walarman), Sapt. 25—Chairman, Hartohom; Sacra- tary, Espanada. Elected ship's dele­ gate. Washing machine, fans, napkin holders, windscoops. screens, bad springs, spring mattresses, needed. Oct. IS—Chairman, Carver; Sacratary, Espanada. Everything is OK. suggested another repair list be sub­ mitted for new fans. Ship's delegate to write to Union concerning refuel­ ing at sea. Chief mate said lock on tankers should be flxed by Engine dep't. Suggestion to write haU re­ garding compensation of pay for re­ fueling at sea. OCEAN JOYCE (Maritime Overseas); Oct. 5—Chairman, Nawbarg; Secre­ tary, Wlla. Ship's delegate received no cooperation from chief on repairs which were to be done when the ship was at sea. This is to be brought to the attention of the Union when pay­ ing off. CITIES SERVICE NORFOLK (Cities Service), Sapt. 2—Chairman. Walgy Thomas; Sacratary, Dan Beard. Ship's delegate reported that repairs ail taken care of. AU beefs and disputed OT to be given to delegate before the payoff. Have requested vacation blanks and welfare cards. Vote of thanks for the three cooks for big improvement In the meats and vege­ tables. ^ SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), Oct. 23—Chairman, Blizzard; Secre­ tary, Conn. No beefs. Have steward dep't. toilet clean. Clean up washing machine room and have roller fixed on washing machine. ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Robin), Sept. U —Chairman, John Trust; Secretary, Arturo Mariani, Jr. Motion made to have new brands of soaps available instead of having Ivory. One wiper logged. STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian), Oct. 20—Chairman, Rosecrans; Secretary, Delapenha. Letter sent to headquar­ ters in regards to firemen and oiler foe'sle. Some disputed overtime. Fine trip. HASTINGS (Waterman), Sept. 4— Chairman, James Bales; Secretary, Wells. Ship running smooth. Discus­ sion on docking and time allowed for men to eat. Men asked to help to keep messroom & pantry clean. Men asked to take care of their cbts, and not let them lay around the deck. PORTMAR (Calmar), Oct. 22—Chair­ man, Simmons; Secretary, Stack. No beefs. Repair list taken up. Filled out crew list for Union records. INES (Bull), Sept. 4—Chairman, Juan Patino; Secretary, Roger L. Hall. ROBIN KIRK (Robin), Oct. 19 — Chairman, Owens; Secretary, White. Ship's delegate to be elected. Coffee to be made in small pots at supper and coffee time. Old. linen • to bo turned in at time of issue. JEAN LAFITTE (Waterman), Oct. 7 —Chairman, Ed Cole; Secretary, H. Peeler. Ship's delegate reported wash­ ing machine parts ordered. Some mattresses to be replaced in New Or­ leans. No beefs. STEEL VENDER (Isthmian), Sept. 14—Chairman, M. Savoy; Secretary, Bill Stark. Ship's delegate reported most of repairs have been done. New washing machine was secured this trip. Still a few repairs to be taken care of during trip. $37.46 in ship's fund. Mailing service ver.v bad. Should request company to forward crew's, mail. Ail crew to abide by safety rules. Request that brothers return magazines and books when thej* are finished with them so rest of crew may read them. AH mem­ bers asked to help keep laundry room clean. BARBARA FRIETCHIE (Liberty Nav.), Oct. 9—Chairman, E. Lessor; Secretary, F. Mcintosh. Messhaii and aft to be checked as water coming in during rough seas. Membership asked to try and keep recreation hail clean, and not to u.se towels for shoe shine rags. Washing machine to be drained in scupper instead of on the deck. ' EDITH (Bull), Sept. 14—Chairman, Wmr. C. Murphy; Secretary, D. Emerlck. Ship's delegate reported every­ thing running smoothly. Crewmem­ bers asked to keep laundry room clean and orderly. ORION PLANET (Orion), Sapt. 21— Chairman, J. Robinson; Secretary, O. L. Guerrero. Ship's delegate reported mattresses and fans were received in Bgnit. Fans were' reconditioned and •nil ] Ship's delegate reported everything in order. Motion made to have awning covered. Also that company should notify Union and family at their ex­ pense when a man is hospitalized overseas. Motion that patrolman check medicine chest. Motion made that negotiating committee negotiate with company to pay by 31-day month. Also, that patrolman settle beef in writing as to who is responsible for cleaning port passage and areas. Be­ quest improvement on menus. PRODUCER (Marine Carriers), Sept. 26—Chairman, Andrew McCloskey; Secretary, Albert DeForast. No funds in ship's treasury. It was asked that a letter be sent to headquarters to clarify some points about OT- and conditions on a ship that carries both liquid and dry cargo. Repair list from last voyage cannot be found. Delegate to inquire about painting out foc'sles. It was suggested that anyone wishing to enter the safety slogan contest < may read about same on bulletin board. cau§e and the American crew do­ nated $30 to the British seameu's A discussion on transportation group. .rights was held aboard the SS City 4 <4 4 of Alnfa (Waterman) in October. It was pointed out that some men sign on at East Coast, ports to go Seafarer Tomas Ramirez aboard to the West Coast, but while in the the SS Kenmar (Calmar) sent us Gulf, the ship is diverted to Euro­ an illustrated note about an un­ pean ports. Some of the men don't named "super sportsman" aboard want to make the Europe trip and the Kenmar. Seems this shipmate they don't want to lose transporta­ likes fishing so much that he sets tion. The matter wili be discussed out about 10 line.s off the stern of with patrolmen. the vessel. Trouble is, he monopo­ t -lizes fishing space and doesn't give some o£«the rest of the crew a chance to try their luck . Adequate training and qualifica­ 4 4 4 tion for key ratings was brought up at a meeting on the Steel Chem­ ist (Isthmian) recently. It gets The SS National Defender (Na­ rough when key rated men, far away from home port, don't know tional Shipping & Trading) crew is trying to get passes to US their jobs well enough. Armed Forces PX's in ports where 4" 4 the ship stops. The crew figures that they may be able to make purchases at PX's because they The crew of the SS Alice Brown are carrying MSTS cargo. (Bloomheld) in Southampton, Eng­ land a couple of months ago, re­ sponded to an appeal from the British National Seamen's reform I'LL W ' Jnovement.' Three rank and file members of the British reform movement came aboard the Alice Brown seeking support for their Transportation Sportsman Need Training PX Privileges? Aids British hail requests that the crew donate to the doll and toy fund that is being started in New Orleans. Ship's fund 810. Deck delegate reported that Paul Warren is to be commended in the way he handled the beef concerning the deck department re; call out and readiness period. He was assured that the company would live up to the agreement. Request that washing ma­ chine be repaired if possible.. Request that more care be given in preparing rare, medium and well done steaks. MAXTON (Marine Carriers), Oct. 1 —Chairman, E. J. Riviere; Secretary, M. F. Kramer. Ship's fund $4.20. Ail departments report no beefs. Steward said he would attempt to get milR and v^atever stores are needed. ARIZPA (Waterman), Oct. •—Chair­ man, C. Parker; Secretary, A. R. Rudnlckl. Brother A. Rudnicki elected ship's delegate. This job to be ro­ tated every trip. Repairs that have not been completed wili be taken care of at sea. WACOSTA (Waterman), Oct. 9 — Chairman, John Wunderlich; Secre­ tary, John S. Burke. Ship's delegate asked to be replaced. Repocted ail is going along fine. S13.65*left in ship's treasury. Ail hands asked to cooper­ ate in keeping recreation room aft clean. Also asked to move dry clothes from fidley so all hands can use. Vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for a nice job. All hands asked to bring coffee cups back to pantry and not leave them on deck. ROBIN HOOD fRobin), Oct. 1 — Chairman, A. Page; Secretary, R. Sedowskl. Ship's delegate reported repair list almost completed. One man hospitalized in Laurenco Mar­ ques. Deck and engine departments running smoothly with no beefs. OT beef disputed in Steward dep't. Mo­ tion made to have Sea Che.st repre­ sentative to check prices and quality of slop chest. Vote of thanks to stew­ ard department for good job—also to deck and engine sanitary men. Men asked to be propertiy dressed when coming to messroom. FAIRPORT (Waterman), Sept. 22— Chairman, Bernard Shuitz; Secretary, Gus Skendelas. Ship's delegate re­ ported no beefs. Repair list to be made up. Vote of thanks given to steward department. Subsequent to this meeting the ship's delegate re­ ported man missed ship taking suit cases and owing large amount of money. COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Oct. 9—Chairman, J. Nelson; Secre­ tary, R. Eden. $9.45 in ship's fund. Each man asked to give $.50 to ship's fund.. Linen to be checked by patrol­ man. HURRICANE (Waterman), Oct. 2— Chairman, Anthony J. Gregoire; Sec­ retary, Eugene R- Ray. Ship's dele­ gate reported repair list turned in. Two men logged and will be turned in to patrolman. Performers to be turned in. Letter sent to headquar­ ters re: previous wiper performing between Norfolk and New York. Any­ one who has torn or mutilated sea­ man's papers should have them re­ newed January 1961. Steward de­ partment given a vote of thanks. Washing machine should be replaced. LOGs should be. mailed to the ship regularly and also be sent to the Seaman's Club in Bremerhaven, Ger­ many. ALICE BROWN (Bloomflold), Sapt. 25—Chairman, S. E. Millar. Ship's delegate reported ttiat New Orleans THE CABINS (Texas City Refining), Oct. 12—Chairman, G. Erhllngar; Sec­ retary, W. Cattldy. Discussion on milk straightened out. No man to pay off till ship has patroiman on board. See patroiman about linen shortage and proper posting of sail­ ing board. S30.62 in ship's fund. Deck and engine department disputed overtime to be settled at payoff.. APOUNDRIA (Waterman), Sept. 2f —Chairman, Charles P. Johnson; Sec­ retary, Clarence J. Nail. Ship's deie. gate reported that everything is run­ ning smoothly. DANNY BOY (Kulukundls), Oc*. IS —Chairman, Daniel J, Shaehan; Sccrg- v tary, Fred R. Hicks. Daniel Sheehan elected ship's delegate. $5.38 in ship's : fund. Submitting repair Ust. Vote of thanks to steward department for good job all around. CITIES SERVICE MIAMI (Cities ! Service), Sept. 17—Chairman, none; Secretary, William Davies. Milk situ­ ation discussed. $2.96 on hand. One man missed ship in Lake Charles. No pressure ,on sanitary pump for toilets. : LOSMAR (Calmar), Oct. 9—Chair­ man, Bergar Welhelmsen; Secretary, Raymond R. Obidos. Few men got off on West Coast—two of which were hospitalized. The washing machine > which broke down will be repaired or renewed on the East Coast. Repair list turned in. Some disputed OT to be referred to patrolman. Captain left -port several times without ship , being properly secured. This will be referred, to patrolman also. EAGL» VOYAGER (Sea Transport), Oct. 2—Chairman, S. U.-Johnson; Sec­ retary, J. J. Doyle. Ship's delegate reported on seeing captain in re­ gards to time off. Letter to Head­ quarters on time-off situation. O'iier reported $500 lost from locker. $26.61 in ship's fund, also 2800 Japanese yen. Everything running smoothly. Roberto Hanibai. elected ship's dele­ gate. ALCOA PLANTER (Alcos), Sept. IS—Chairman, D. L. McCorvcy; Secre­ tary, Z. Y. Ching. No repairs were made in New Orleans. There is $13.60 in the ship's fund. Oct. 16—Chairman, D. L. McCorvey; Secretary, Z. Y. Ching. Quarters fumigated last trip. One mah missed ship in Seattle. $18.60 on hand in ship's fund. Company should be asked to discontinue draws on travelers* checks because members losing money in foreign ports by exchange. It is requested that food be prepared .« little better. OREMAR (Ore), Nov. 11—Chairman, Henry Buckner; Secretary, Charles E. Rawiings. Ship's delegate to see the , patrolman on some disputed OT in the deck department. Food situation ispoor. Steward complains that he is not given sufficient stores for (he voyage. Will see palroiman on this matter. Ship in need of fumigation. MARORE (Ore), Nov. S—Chairman, Ralph Gowan; Secretary, George Bur­ ns. Second cook's baking has im­ proved. No beefs. Repair list turned in. Elected a ship's delegate. STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), Oct. 20—Chairman, S. Furtedo; Secretary, Walter Nash. Ship's fund is $27.41.. $12 was given to the electrician to purchase an automatic timer for the washing machine. Some disputed OT. �Dccemberr I960 SEAFARERS Pace Thirty-One LOG XI.M.I.M,, FIWAKCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and In­ land 'Vaters District makes specific provision for safeguardlnK the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit, every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the mem­ bership. 'All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. Should any member, for any reasctn, be refused his constitutional right to in­ spect these records, notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested. < ' rr TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and management represent­ atives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. If, at any time, you are denied information about any SIU trust fund, notify SIU president Paul Hall at SIU headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. .SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected by the con­ tracts of the SIU Atlantic, Gu^f, Lakes and Inland Waters District, and by Union shipping,rules, which arm incorporated in the contract. Get to know •your shipping rights. If you feel there has been any violation of your ship­ ping or seniority rights, first notify the Seafarers Appeals Board. Also notify SlU President Paul Hall at headquarters, by certified mail, return re­ ceipt requested. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as fllijig •for or on the proper sheets and in the proper manners If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in-your opinion, fails to protect your ~ contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. In addition, notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested. EDITCmiAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOO. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any Individual in the Union, officer or member. It }ias also, refrained from publishing articles deem­ ed harmful to the Union or its collective membersljip. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September meetings in all coiistitutional'ports. The responsibility for LOG'-policy.is vested in an edi­ torial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Exec­ utive Roard may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. <• O '• ii n'. RETIRED SEAFARERS. ' Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene­ fits havq always been encouraged to continue their union activities, in­ cluding attendance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meetings, they aire encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-l'jLle functions. Including service on rank-and-file committees,. Because thgse oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. I. m t- J 170 us Cities See Rim On SIU WASHINGTON—The activities of SIU men aboard ship and on shore are to be dis­ played in 170 United States cities, the AFL-CIO reports. The film on the Seafarers, part of the'AFL-CIO's "Americans At Work" series "will eventually be shown to television audiences in every one of the cities in-'*' yolved. uled in 45 states, including Alaska film on local TV outlets include Programs have been sched- and Hawaii. However, since there Birmingham and Mobile, Alabama; ' A. I Get That SS Number Right Seafarers filing vacation mbney claims should make sure that they use their correct So­ cial Security, number. Use of the wrong numbei means a cler­ ical headache for the Vacation Plan 'office and slovvs up the handling of payments. Also, a Seafarer vvhq uses the Incorrect!Social Security num­ ber is - crediting his tax- deductibns to sojue otbei; .US'worker. are 97 films in the series, it isn't possible to give a specific schedule as to when the film will be shown. The "Americans At Work"r proj­ ect consists of films on specific unions and specific crafts in the AFL-CIO. The SIU film was shot, in part, aboard a Bull Line vessel by a movie crew which rode the ship on its. coastwise calls and filmed shots of life at sea as' well as of cargo loading and discharge operations in port. The film has already been shown once in the New York metropoli­ tan area . oh , WABC-T.V. Other major cities which-iwill carry the 4" t 4 4 4 Sill HALL DIRECTORY COHSTlTUriONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the .SE/IFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarise themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional • right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested. ,1 1 Bill Parks ney, 32 Court Street, concerning Please get in touch with Mom your late brother, Frank. and Peggy. Important. 4 4 4 Alfred R. Fry Harry F. McDonald Please get in touch with your You are asked to contact Philip sister, Mrs. Virginia Fry Jones, Gucker, secretary. Trinity Church, 2004 Glenview Ave., NE, Louisville 7, Kentucky. Anybody knowing of NYC. his whereabouts, please notify. t 4- t Leslie J. Brilhart 4 4 4 Our new address is 342 MontAntonio De Jesus clair Avenue, Alamo Heights, San Please contact your wife imme­ Antonio 9, Texas. Write or come diately. It is of the utmost ur­ home soon. Mother, gency. 4- , PAYITENT, OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the:SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no cir­ cumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. If in the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and U given an official receipt, but iteels. that he should not have been re­ quired to make such payment, this should immediately be called to the attention of StU Pre^'dent Paul Hall by certified mall, return receipt requested, i.i Wi— Dominick M. Ravosa C. W. Hal! Call IV 8-0017, Baltimore, Md. Please get in touch with your Very important. sister Grace Jackson at 1514-5lh Street, Detroit 26, Michigan. 4 4 4 Zollie Evans Jr. 4 4 4 • £x-Feltore E. N. Mclnis Your gear has been left at the Please contact M. A. Moser, 7623 Sparrows Point office of Marven Bonham Avenue, Houston, Texas. Steamship Company. 4 4 4 Sylvester Zygarowski 4 4• 4 Bruce Hubbard Please contact your son, Francis, Please contact N. O. Mason or at either Cutler Road, W., BrookW. A. Wood at 5217 E. 75th, field, Mass., UO 7-6020 or before Seattle, or phone LA 2-0913. January 30 at Boston Navy band No. 94, Charlestown Navy Yard, ' 4 4 4 Following members have tax re­ Boston 29, Mass. CH 2-1400, ext. fund checks being held for them by 462. Jack Lynch, Room 201, SUP build­ ing, 450 Harrison Street, San Fran­ cisco: Ernest C. Anderson, Margarito Borga, Theodoros G. Calopothakos, Maurice J. Cutler, Olav Gustavsen, James F. Lee, Jr., Ray­ mond H. Miller, Potenciano D. Paculba, Sammy Rogamos, Fred­ erick J. Smith, Francis J. Sylvia, Ah Sai Wong, Ding Hal Woo. r w .n,-;.-; Anchorage, Alaska; San Francisco, Denver, New Haven, Tampa, Mi­ ami, Honolulu, Baltimore, Boston, Detroit, Louisville—in fact a com­ plete cross-section of the United States, not excluding Lffs Vegas and Reno-. As a result, many Americans who live in the interior and have little or no familiarity with Sea­ faring and its problems will "get a view of Seafaring life. in addition to filming the activ­ ities of Seafarers, SIUNA-affiliated fishermen's and fishery workers unions have been filmed and their activities arjp also beipg shown in the series. 4 4 4 George Elliot King Important you contact your wife at 717 Franlin Ave., New Orleans, La. 17, WH 7-6149." 4 4 4 Lois Harmon Blizzard Get in touch with your mother at Rf3, Box 146, Kinston, North Carolina. > 4-44 Darius Clay Jones Urgent that you contact Mrs. Emiko Jones, at No. 8-4 Chome. Yakusi Dorl, Na Da-Ku Kobe, Japan. 4 4 4. Eric William Johnson Please write or phone L. Richie, 320 7th Street, Lakes Charles, La. 4 t The SIU Baltimore hall is hold­ ing checks in its files for the fol­ lowing members, who should con­ tact port agent Rex Dickey: Charles Bartlett, Steve Bernaldes, Maurice Culp, C. Foster, Edgar Kurz, Raul Estrada, Howard W. Hall, Robert Duff, Billie Hughes, Richard Everhart, Hubert Jackson, Joe Kordich, Leon Lowe, Frank G. Ortiz, Vincento Russo, Miguel Viera. 4 4 4 Raul I. Lopez Contact B. C. Wherman, Assist­ ant cashier. First National City Bank of New York, 55 Wall Street, New York 15. Joseph Qulnn Contact Daniel" Cardone, attor­ SIU Atlantic, Gulf Lakes & Inland Waters District PRESIDENT Paul HaU EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Claude Simmons Lindsey Williama Earl isheppard A1 Tanner SECRETARY-TREASURER AI Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES Bill Hall Ed Mooney Fred Stewart BALTIMORE , . .1216 E. Baltimore St. Rex Dickey, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON John Arabascz, Agent .. 276 State-St. Richmond 2-0140 DETROIT 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. Paul Drozak, Agent VInewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS ...075 4th Ave., Bklyn HYacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. R. Matthews, Agent CApital 3-4089: 3-408C JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St., SE., Jax WUliam Morris, Agent ELgin 3-0987 MIA.MI Ben Gonzales, Agent 744 W. Flagler St. FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Louis Neira, Agent " HEmiock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS Buck Stephens, Agent 523 Bienville St. Tele.: 524—8626 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6660 NORFOLK 416 CoUey Ave. Paul Gonsorchik, Agent PHILADELPHIA S. Cardullo, Agent . MAdison 7-1083 2604 S. 4th St. DEwey 6-3818 SAN FRANCISCO Walter Sibley. Agent 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-4401 SANTURCE, PR. 1313 Fernandez Juncos, Stop 20 Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep, Phone 2-5990 SEATTLE red Babkowski, Agent 2505 1st Ave. Main 3-4334 WILIHNGTON, Calif 505 N. Marine Ave. Reed Hiunphries, Agent Terminal 4-2528 tttformafhn) �SEAFARERS Vol. XXII No. 20 LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIOW/y. UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO This holiday season. Tike any other, finds many ; friends. • ' But wherever they may be, on ship or Seafarers manning the merchant ships of the ashore, the SlU extends to them, as well as to all American-flag fleet in the far corners of the globe. affiliated unions and their members, best wish'ss Others have come ashore for the holidays and will for an enjoyable holiday season and for a success­ be spending them at home with their families and. ful year^to come. m,. i. i- W-ii'r-':: f-St i \ 55* -V- • ? \ ir^ Seafarers International Union .r.s.••^•' X • Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Bistrict AFL-CIO t- • li*;-''- ,'ii. '. mn- • •- "-'4 .»•'>-y ^ ^ '' '-.'Y' A, . i"- - -J "x" - _ <•! ii •it. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource December 1960 Description An account of the resource Headlines: MTD CONFERENCE SET UP ON LAKES US SHIPS MAY GET BIGGER CARGO SLICE NY MTD PLANS ACTION ON WATERFRONT BEEFS SIU SAFETY DEP’T HITS ATOM PERIL; CG TO ACT SEE NEW ORLEANS HALL COMPLETION NEXT MONTH KENNEDY CALLS FOR DOMESTIC SHIP AID; SAYS IT’S ESSENTIAL MEBA CALLS CONFERENCE ON MARITIME PROBLEMS RUNAWAY VESSEL WRECKED; CREWMEN HELP ‘UNDESIRABLE’ SIU RAILROAD MARINE TUGMEN APPROVE VOTE ON NEW CONSTITUTION OPEN NEW SIU HALL IN BUFFALO NON-UNION P-M CREWS HARD HIT SIU WAGES HARD FIGHT FOR OHIO JOB BENEFITS SEA LEVEL HUNG UP BY CUBA BEEF LABOR EYES NEW CONGRESS FOR WELFARE BILL ACTION WAVE LASHES AMES VICTORY; 6 HURT MEBA SCORES 4TH ’60 WIN IN LAKES VOTING ATLANTIC FISHERMEN BEGIN BIG DRIVE FOR MEMBERS BUSINESS GUANTS CONFESS CRIME OF PRICE RIGGING ALASKA SS PACT NETS 7% FOR SIU PACIFIC DISTRICT CREWMEN 53 VYING FOR 17 POSTS IN SUP ELECTION; MCS, MFOW VOTING CONTINUES MAWD ACTS IN SIX PORTS ON CONSTITUTION, OFFICIALS Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXII, No. 20 1960 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/304a1f51953c3fa4931069c5ca47a839.PDF 0bd7dfbccbc5295b33cf8fe3b0fb02b1 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS^LOC ^ - imt . 0Mike Crawford, son of Seafarer J. Itecover/. Crawford (left), chats with SIU agent Buck Stephens in New Orleans. The youngster is recovering from open-heart surgery. (Story on Page 16.) OMMiibar 1961 FOURTH MTD CONVENTION MIAMI—The largest Maritime Trades Department convention in history concluded a busy three days of sessions here on Decem­ ber 6. Delegates adopted a wide-ranging program of action to rebuild the US merchant fleet and called on the Government to accept its maritime responsibilities. (Stories on Pages 2, 3; Photo Feature in Centerfold.) :;'S SIU, MEBA Fight Job Loss, Tie Up British-Flag Ship Story On Page 2 • Another successful SIU lifeboat class EiffCOOCIff* takes-to the water near headquarters with instructor Dan Butts at the tiller. Classes are part of the union's training and upgrading program. US Ships Assured Half Of Congo Aid Story On Page 3 A J McCabe (right) receives 2nd annual AWOfO* TJSPHS sanitation award for 24-ship Isthmian fleet from G. O'Brien. SIU food plan's C. Wil­ son (center) looks on. (Story on Page 2.) Operators Seek New Cargo Rule Seafarers Man New, King-Sized US Oil Tanker story On Page 7 ^ Story On Page 2 �Pare Two SEAFARERS Doeoiober, IMl LOG SlU, MEBA Picket British 'Pirate Ship' In La, Job Action LAKE CHARLES—Members of the Marine Engineers Bene­ ficial Association, supported by the Seafarers International Union, are picketing the British-flag freighter Salvada hecause its use in carrying a US Government-financed aid cargo is depriving American seamen of job opportunities. The picketing started when the Salvada was chartered to carry rice to Indonesia for the^ US Department of Agricul­ 14. Within 48 hours, the Salvada's ture although a US-flag com­ attorneys appeared before a Loui­ pany—Cargo Ships and Tankerswas the low bidder for the cargo. The American company had offered its cargo ship, the SS Rain­ bow, which was available to carry the cargo. Turned down on the charter, the Rainbow is now laid up and its crew of 37 American seamen is unemployed. MEBA and SIU pickets appeared at the ship the night of December SCHEDULE OF SIU MEETINGS SIU membership meet­ ings are held regularly once a month on days in­ dicated by the SIU Con­ stitution, at 2:30 PM in the listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are ex­ pected to attend. Those who wish to be excused should request permission by telegram (be sure to include registration num­ ber). The next SIU meet­ ings will be: New York Philadelphia Baltimore Detroit Houston New Orleans Mobile January January January January January January January 8 9 ID 12 15 17 siana District Court and obtained an order restraining the picketing. At the December 18 hearings. Union attorneys succeeded in hav­ ing the temporary order set aside when the judge upheld evidence that the pickets were protesting the loss of job opportunities plus the use of foreign crews at lower wages and substandard conditions. Union attorneys cited a US Su­ preme Court decision issued last year in the case of the SlU-affiliated Marine Cooks and Stewards versus a Panamanian-ilag company. The judge here ordered both parties to return for a' further hearing on December 20. Latest developments in the legal maneuvering was a request by the Salvada's attorneys for a postpone­ ment until December 21 and, as the LOG went to press, the hear­ ing was in progress. The Salvada had been scheduled to complete loading and sail at midnight December 19, but the picketing, which was respected by members of the International Longshoremen's Association, kept the vessel immobilized at the dock. Isthmian Fleet Awarded Another USPHS Citation Seafarers manning Isthmian's 24-ship fleet have earned high praise for their efforts in spearheading the company's second consecutive citation from the US Public Health Serv­ ice for excellence in vessel-*^ possible. Cliff Wilson, director of sanitation. the SIU food and ship sanitation Four other SlU-contracted program, was on hand for the cere­ lines, Bloomfield, Ore, Calmar and Alcoa received similar awards earlier this year. Isthmian qualified for the cita­ tion when each of its 24 vessels scored a 95 percent or higher rating during official USPHS sanitation inspections during 1960. These inspections cover 166 aeparate items of sanitary construction, maintenance and operation. The citation was presented on behalf of Dr. Luther L. Terry, US Surgeon General, by George O'Brien, assistant regional director. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. In accepting the award. Isthmian vice-president J. J. McCabe praised the SIU crews for making it all $25 Christmas Bonus For Hospitalized Seafarers The SIU kept its own holiday traditions up to date as arrange­ ments were completed to provide special $25 Christmas bonus checks for all Seafarers in the hospital between December 24-30 who have at least one day's seatime in the past year. The Yuletide bonus is in addition to the regular hospital benefits payable in each case. A carton of cigarettes is Included in the traditional holiday gift. Last year total bonus payments reached almost $9,000, not counting the smokes. Christmas dinner will also be served in all halls or at nearby restaurants where the hall does not have its own dining facilities. LOG Wins 2 More Labor Press Awards 'An Incredible Volume of News' MIAMI—The SEAFARERS LOG added two more International Labor Press Associa­ tion awards to its string at the ILPA convention here this month. The LOG won first prize for the best single editorial in an internationa I labor paper plus a citation for general ediitorial excellence. Competing with several Press recognition of this edi­ in maritime and in the runaway hundred AFL-CIO national torial reveals the sharp interest ship issue, primarily a maritime and international union news­ papers in various categories, the LOG was cited by a panel of pro­ fessional newsmen for giving its readers "an almost incredible volume of well-written news. In the best sense (and pardon the pun)," the judges commented, "it covered the waterfront." One other maritime union paper won an ILPA award in the contest. The "Marine Engineer" of JHEBA District 2 received a second prize this year for editorial excellence among newspapers published by individual local unions. The editorial in the LOG which took first-place honors was in the January, 1961, issue and pointed out the impact of American owned and operated runaway shipping here in the US and abroad. It cited the damaging impression foreign nations received of the American way of life due to the exploitation of foreign seamen by American ru:iiaway operators. William F. Scbnitzler, AFLCIO secretary - treasurer (left), presents award to LOG editor Herb Brand. The largest US-flag super­ tanker, Colonial's 67,100ton Orion Hunter is now being crewed by SIU men and is shown during trials in Massachusetts Bay. She was christened' Dec. 20. concern, as it affects the economy of the whole country and the American image overseas. Top honors in editorial excel­ lence among international union newspapers went this year to "The Record" of the Retail, Whole and Department Store Union and to "The Machinist" of the Inter­ national Association of Machinists. They took the first and second place honors, respectively. The LOG won the "honorable mention" citation. It earned the first prize In 1953 and 1955 and has been among the three top winners in five of the past seven years. The SIU newspaper has also won awards in every poSsible contest category across the board. This year's prizes bring the LOG'S total to 27 awards since 1947 when the SIU first entered the labor press competi­ tion. More than half of them have been won since AFL-CIO merger in 1955 when the competition was broadened. SIU Crews Biggest US monies held late last month. The Public Health Service Oil Carrier maintains its inspection program as a control against disease and contamination aboard ship and among the shoreside population. These inspections cover prepara­ tion and serving of food and drink aboard ship as well as control of food and drink sources in port. Bloomfield, which gained its third consecutive vessel sanitation award in April, earned a 100 per­ cent score in 1960 inspections covering its four-vessel fleet. Alcoa Steamship received its award in January, chalking up a 97 per­ cent rating for its 16-ship fleet. • In July, Ore received its fifth straight annual citation covering its nine vessels and Calmar earned its fourth commendation in a row for eight ships. BOSTON—Seafarers are now crewing up the biggest commer­ cial vessel ever built in the US, the 67,100-ton supertanker Orion Hunter, built at Bethlehem Steel's yards in Quincy, Mass, The huge oil carrier is current­ ly the largest supertanker under the US ffag and carries an $18 million pricetag. The Orion Hunter is 850 feet in length, 104 feet'at the beam and has a draft of just under 40 feet. Her 38 cargo tanks hold 23 million gallons of petro­ leum products. Speed of the turbine-driven ship is 16Vi knots. She was built for the SlU-contracted Colonial Tank­ ers Corp, and is under five-yearcharter to the Military Sea Trans­ port Service, MTD Resolutions MIAMI-^pecific action to strengthen the US-flag mer­ chant marine, protect the jobs and security of maritime in­ dustry workers and to assist free trade uniCn movements elsewhere In the world in their struggle against anti-democratic forces were strongly endorsed at the 4th biennial convention of the Maritime Trades Department, > Delegates adopted a wide-ranging program to implement the rec­ ommendations of the MTD's officers and executive board members. Among the major resolutions enacted were those calling for the following: • Elimination of Federal tax exemptions for runaway-flag operations, • Construction subsidies for all sections of the US merchant fleet and operating subsidies for all segments competing with foreign shipping, • Approval of a construction subsidy for two Bethlehem Steel ore carriers to stimulate greater US-flag participation in the offshore bulk trades, where 87 percent of the cargo i.s now carried in foreign bottoms. • Restrictions on Military Sea Transport Service operations and a return to the principle of private enterprise. • Reporting by the seagoing MTD unions of any case in which Arab League nations blacklist or deny freedom of the seas to American vessels calling at Israeli ports. • Assistance to Latin-American maritime unions in their struggle against communists and other anti-democratic forces . . , Promotion of closer relationships between the MTD and other maritime labor or­ ganizations throughout the free world. • Opposition to proposals which would establish, certain physical requirements as a condition of employment ifor seamen and thereby ci'eate arbitrary blacklists governing employment, • Adequate fimds to maintain USPHS hospitals and waiver of the 80-day eligibility rule for treatment. • Support of legislation to extend full unemployment compensation to Great Lakes seamen and licensed officers. • Effective safety programs for maritime workers, • Federal legislation to provide medical care for the aged under the Social Security system , , , Improvements in Social Security bene­ fits , , , Low-cost drugs and medicines , , . Additional low-cost bousing and reduced mortgage rates , , . Continuing aid to depressed areas. • Support for Canadian Seafarers against the runaway-flag vessel SS Northern Venture , , , An end to intervention by Federal and State agencies, on behalf of management, in this labor dispute. • Support for the enactment of realistic tariffs on the importation of seafood , . , Increased Federal aid for the fishing industry, • Reversal of the NLRB rule barring self-employed American fish­ ermen from the benefits of union organization , , , Support for legisla­ tion to provide these workers with the right io seek union protectioa �D«eeiiiber, 1981 SEAFARERS LOG Paga Threa 6ov*t Urged To Accept Responsibilifiet MTD CALLS FOR US FLEET REVIVAL MIAMI—Mapping out a vigorous program to meet the problems of the maritime industry and protect the job security of maritime worker^, delegates to the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department convention here called on the Federal Government to accept its share of; the responsibility for developing a strong US-flag merchant fleet. The convention was the largest since the inception of the department. The program of action was laid out during a three-day convention December 4-6, attended by 150 delegates from 29 AFL national and international unions with a maritime membership of over 400,000 workers throughout North America and the Caribbean. The Fourth biennial sessions of the MTD immediately preceded the regular AFL-CIO convention also held at the Americana Hotel. Keynote of the MTD convention was its stress on the urgency to overcome the effects of runaway-flag shipping and reverse the industry's steady decline. This year's gathering was unique since, for the first time, top Government and industry spokesmen appeared to serious plight of US-flag ship­ problem, modernizing the subsidy present their views of the the ping arising out of the need for program, eliminating Government problems facing the mari­ dealing with the runaway-ship competition with private shipping time industry. Convention delegates en­ thusiastically echoed the Heading SlU Pacific District delegation at MTD sessions was Morris Weisberger (right), SiUNA executive vicepresident and secretary-treasurer of the Sailors Union of the Pacific. SIUNA vice-presidents Ed Turner (left), secretarytreasurer of the Marine Cooks and Stewards, and William Jordan, president of the Marine Firemen's Union, completed the delegation. 50-50 is Upheld On Congo Cargo WASHINGTON—The State Department has reversed itself and decided that the 50-50 law does apply to US foreign aid cargoes shipped to the Congo under United Nations auspices. An "unfortunate" snap de-"^ question posed by Senator John cision was given as the reas'on M. Butler (R.-Md.) regarding for an earlier lopsided ruling. Navy shipping proposals. views expressed by MTD presi­ dent Paul Hall and other speakers that maritime must take its case to th«i Government and fight for the support essential to preserve the industry and Jobs of maritime labor. In opening the convention, Hall emphasized the critical conditions confronting the industry and the labor movement generally. He particularly cited attempts by Communists and other anti-dem­ ocratic forces to take over mari­ time unions in Latin America and elsewhere. The report to the convention by officers of the MTD pinpointed SlU rep. Earl Sliepard and Jesse Callioon, MEBA sec­ retary-treasurer (right). m Top Labor^ Gov'ts Industry Leaders Stress MM Needs MIAMI—Major spokesmen for labor, Government and industry attended and addressed the Maritime Trades Department convention. Here are some of tlieir +• comments: ARTHUR J. GOLDBERG, Secre­ ponent for any and all adversaries; Citing the "responsibility of the tary of Labor, called for an ex­ disunited, we are sitting ducks for This is not the first time that the State Department has taken Maritime Administration, under panded US merchant marine "to almost anyone who wants to knock a similar position that would be the direction of the Secretary of provide jobs and carry out our in­ us off." Injurious to American-flag ship­ Commerce, to foster the develop­ ternational responsibilities" . . . JOHN L. WELLER, president of ping as well as contrary to existing ment and maintenance of an Said he was convinced US could Seatrain Lines, Inc., urged man­ American Merchant Marine," the not depend on foreign ships in an agement and labor to work to­ law. A parellel position by the De­ Navy Department said it is "ready emergency, and must look to a US gether for realistic solutions to merchant marine problems. He fense Department was evident in and willing to provide every prac­ merchant -fleet for security. cited labor-management coopera­ a recent exchange of letters be­ ticable assistance to those agencies HYMAN H. BOOKBINDER, spe­ tween Deputy Secretary of De­ charged with this development cial assistant to Secretary of Com­ tion to maintain domestic shipping fense Roswell L. Gilpatrick and and maintenance." merce Luther Hodges, said that in the face of selective rate-cutting Senator Warren Magnuson (Dthe Administration, in deciding by railroads. Wasb.), chairman of the Senate transportation policy, must be MTD President Paul Hall Committee on Interstate and "ever-mindful that it is not only thanked the speakers for appearing Foreign Commerce. the ships of our merchant marine at the convention and asked 1Sen. Magnuson had asked the that make it strong but the men Government spokesmen to convey department what led it to rely on who sail and build them as well." to the President and tnelr respec­ the availability of runaway ship­ DONALD W. ALEXANDER, tive department heads that mere The Pacific Coast Seafarer I ping In the event of an emergency. —Page 5| Maritime Administrator, said the understanding of th® problems of Gilpatrick's response was that the the US merchant marin® is not Pentagon regarded the runaways IThe Great Lakes Seafarer 4 best interests bf US merchant ma­ sufficient. as an "expedient" since there I —Page 7ii rine can be achieved only through cooperation of labor, management weren't enough US-flag sbip.« ; A&G Deep Sea Shipping and Government. "You can depend around. ^ Report —Page 6;i on the Maritime Administration to What the Defense Department put everything we have into carry­ 4 The SlU inland Boatmon could do to insure a vital American -Page 81 ing out the Government's responsi­ merchant fleet may be found in bilities in this field." « Navy Department reply to a SlU Safety Department MAX HARRISON, president of ;• —Page 10 f the American Maritime Associa­ The SlU Industrial Worker tion, said merchant marine prob­ 4 —Page 14 j lems could not be resolved through Protests by marltima labor, busi­ Dec., 1961 Vol. XXIII, No. 12 The Fisherman and a piecemeal approach, and that ness and civic groups, spearheaded Cannery Worker AMA was establ'shed as a medium by the Maritim® Port Council of —Page 15I thi-ough which all segments of in­ Greater New York, have apparent­ dustry could work cooperatively for ly killed off plans to shut down the The Canadian Seafarer the well-being ot the entire in­ giant Brooklyn Army Terminal. PAUL HALL, President —Page 101 dustry. A Defense Department spokes­ HERBERT BRAND, Editor; BERNARD SEA­ Editorial Cartoon —Paie 111 MAN, Art Editor; IRWIN SPIVACK, Man­ TROY BROWNING, president­ man stated there were no plans to aging Editor; ALBERT AMATEAU, ARTHUR SlU Food, Ship Sanitation elect of the Propeller Club, stated close the base and "no adjustments MARKOWITZ, STEVE LICHTENSIEIN, JEROME Dep't —Page 15; that management and labor have a are imminent" in operations of the GREENBERC, Staff Writers. joint responsibility to improve the 100-acre military shipping termi­ SlU Social Security Dep't Published monthly at the headquarters industry and pledged Propeller nal. He said the Port of New York —Page 17i of the Seafarers International Union, At­ Club efforts to this end, would continue to be heavily used lantic, Guif, Lakes and Inland Waters SlU Medical Department District, AFL-CIO, <75 Fourth Avenue, RALPH E. CASEY, president of for shipments of military cargo. Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYaclnth 9-«00. —Page 181 Second class postage paid at the Post the American Merchant Marine In­ The rumored shutdown of the Oftlce In Brooklyn, NY, under the Act Shipboard News of Aug. 14, 1*11. stitute, cited shipping competition Brooklyn terminal was the basis -Pages 19, 20, 21. 22) at home and abroad and said "unit­ for a spirited public hearing at 120 ed we would be a formidable op­ the base on November 1. INDEX To Departments! SEAFARERS LOG I Army Base Stays Open and reviving coastwise and intercoastal shipping. They recommend­ ed specific action on all issues in calling for greater maritime re­ search and development, ship­ building and trade legislation plus steps to meet the problems created by automation. In the final day of the con­ vention, delegates unanimously adopted more than 20 resolutions. A 40 percent increase in unions affiliated with the department was reported since the 1959 conven­ tion, representing a rise from 20 to 29 affiliates. Hall also noted that three unions, the National Maritime Union, American Radi9 Association and the United Steelworkers, had withdrawn from the department during the sam* period. He noted that since the MTD was the official maritime depart­ ment of the AFL-CIO, these unions should have remained and resolved within the framework of the de­ partment whatever problems may have existed. Chief speakers and guests of th® convention included the following: US Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg, Hyman K. Bookbinder, special assistant to US Commerc® Secretary Luther Hodges; Mari­ time Administrator Donald S. Alexander; Gordon Chapman of the US State Department and Donald Geoffrion, Navy Depart­ ment; Troy Browning, pEcsident, Propeller Clubs of the US; Max Harrison, president, American Maritime Association; Ralph E. Casey, president, American Mer­ chant Marine Institute, and John Weller, president, Seatrain Lines. AFL-CIO President Georga Meany headed the list of labor speakers. Other labor movement representatives included Nelson Cruikshank, director, AFL-CiO Social Security Department; 'Neil Haggerty, presidftiit. Building and Construction Trades Department, and Joseph Lewis, secretary-treas­ urer, Union Label and Servica Trades Department. David Cole, labor arbitrator and former direc­ tor of the US Mediation and Con­ ciliation Service, also addressed the convention. . MMP president Charles Crock® (l®ft) and Pat King represented deck effiears. �SMAFAMMttS 19U VISIT to the OUTPORTS Seafarer Robert Mcodowcroft's daughter Sheila, 19, and stepson George, 12, chat with nurse Shirlee Dubbs at SlU clinic in Balti­ more hall. George doesn't look too happy; he's due for an exam. The morning mail is checked out at the Philadelphia hall by Seafarers G. Barrman, FWT, and Bernard Coreo. wiper. Port Agent Ray Oates, dispatcher Jim Doris and IBU representative Joe Trainor are behind counter. K/fuIIing over the day's news at the Baltimore hall (l-r) are Howard Crecbiro and John Choitow, oilers; Levi Warner, FWT, and CRftoit Webb, oiler, as Bernio Jagodziiiskt, AB, checks his paper. ''riM On the beach in.Philly as outpatient, Leo Gillis gets assist on filing forms for weekly sickness and acci­ dent benefits from Welfare rep. Joe Campo. There's no better place for a bull session than a handy card table. Seated (Ur) around this one, proving the point, are Charles Bright, Waiter BirfFerton, Moe Jones and Pete Price. Site of all this yarn-swapping is the SlU hall in Norfolk. There are two TV sets in the Philadelphia hall to keep down the "Let's watch this—No, let's watch that" arguments. G. B. Williams tunes one of them. For the straight information about shipping, the man to check with Is the dispatcher. Looking In on the counter in Norfolk (l-r) are J. D. Jones, AB, and Louis Everett, wiper. B. F. Coley, a visitor to the hall, listens in on the. rundown of ships due in port. A man who knows his coffee, WiHiam Rosonioi steward, tries the brew at refreshment counter in Ifililadeiphia. H. Peterbaugh it the messman. All three shipboard departments have a hand in this game to while away some time. The eardplayers gathered 'round the table, in Norfolk hall, are C. O. Christie, black gang; Andy SotMbeo* deck gang, and John Dolan, representing the galley contingent. �SffifF^REICf SlU Boosts Optical Aid For Family SIU families are nov/ enjoying complete optical care—free exam­ inations and eyeglasses—recently won by the Union. Arrangements to extend the coverage .Seafarers have had since 1958 to wives and «ther dependents were completed last month. Optical facilities are provided In nine port cities to date: New York, New Orleans, Mobile, Bal­ timore, Houston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston and Chi­ cago. New $25 Benefit In addition, Seafarers and their families who live in areas with­ out SIU optical centers can now receive up to $25 in benefits when they visit optical facilities closer to home. This feature had been available previously only for SIU pensioners. One of the most widely-used popular benefits established for SIU men, the optical program now provides that Seafarers, their wives, children and dependent parejits are entitled to complete eye examinations plus regu­ lar or binfocal glasses, where re­ quired, once every two years. The coverage also provides that glass­ es will be provided more fre­ quently if required for special medical reasons. Clinic Eye Examinations Available Eye examinations are also avail­ able separately through the petwork of SIU clinics in tlie major ports of New York, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans and Ifouston. In the nine ports where the optical centers are established, appointments can be made through the Union haU. After the examination, it usually takes only a few hours for the glasses to be made. Special lenses, ef course, require- more time. Page five i.OC Fanwood Cargo Fans Out RRs Courting State Help For Anti-Ship Campaign Governors of 14 states have been urged by the Labor-Man­ agement Cpastwise Conference not to subsidize rate-cutting campaigns by Eastern railroads at the expense of the domestic shipping industry.'*'two months ago and promised to The conference was estab­ consider special tax legislation- and lished recently to seek means other measures to relieve their Splattered all over the deck, lumber cargo on the Fanwood broke loose while the ship was crossing a Columbia River bar and forced a return to Astoria, Oregon, to secure cargo lash­ ings. Fanwood was one of foqr SIU vessels involved in recent mishaps, all with no injuries reported. (See story on page 15.) to revive the once-prosperous do­ mestic trade. A joint memorandum Issued on behalf of the group by SIUNA president Paul Hall and John L. Weller, president of Seatrain Lines, stated the Industry's case. It pointed out to the governors that cut-throat competition by the railroads has virtually killed off coastwise and Intercoastal ship­ ping. The chief executives of the 14 states met with railroad officials Nassau Shifts To 'Jinx Run' WASHINGTON—The 15,043-ton liner Nassau is moving in two directions at once. On one hand, a court case involving the Nassau has moved from the NY Court of Ap­ peals to the .US Supreme Court. On the other hand, the Caribbean tour ship has been sold by Incres Steamship, an*' ; Italian outfit which had the its way to the US Supreme Court. and took airplanes back. Then a ship registered under a The high court has agreed to re­ propeller bent, reducing speed so Liberlan flag, to a Mexican com­ pany, Naviera Turistica Mexicana. The split personality of the liner is bulging with complexities. In 1960 the Nassau and the Vic­ toria, both owned by Incres, were picketed by the International Mari­ time Workers Union formed in 1959 by the SIU and the NMU. The Jointly-sponsored union had been set up to organize crewmembers on runaway ships. Court Order The IMWU's picketing of the ships was ordered stopped by New York courts, but the lower court decisions were revei'sed by the Court of Appeals, the highest court in the State. Now, more Than a year later, the case has found view the NY Court of Appeals decision. Meanwhile, the liner has been refitted for about $1 million in order to get it ready for regularly scheduled cruises between Acapulco, Mexico, and Los Angeles. She will be renamed the Acapulco. Shifting the liner from its regu­ lar Atlantic run to Pacific service recalls the story of the Mazatlan, an Alaskan ship that was also switched to an Acapulco run in 1955. Too Much Change The change rrom a cold to a warm weather run proved too much for the ship. While the service lasted, cabins became so hot most of the passengers got off the ship much that boiler trouble developed. All this came after damage to the refrigeration system had caused a lengthy drydock period. Back Wages At the same time, the "jinxed" ship was being hounded for back wages by SIU Canadian District seamen. An original attempt to sail with a scab crew had been halted by the Sailors Union of the Pacific and the ship was finally crewed by the Canadian SIU out of Van­ couver. Plagued by a load of un­ paid bills, the vessel was ultimately seized by a US marshall and the Canadian crew had to sue for wages. For the Nassau, this may point the way to some rough seas ahead. near-bankrupt condition. Weller and Hall cited the selec­ tive rate-cutting policies of the railroads, under which rates are slashed where there is water com­ petition and losses are made up ia areas where no competition exists. They noted that if the railroads had carried their 1960 volume of freight at 1958 rates, revenues would have been an estimated $367 million higher than they were. Meanwhile, the SIU Pacific Dis­ trict - contracted American Ha­ waiian Steamship is making a bid to re-enter intercoastal shipping by seeking Government mortgage to construct three ships. The Pacific coastwise trade faces a possible upsurge since another company, Olympic - Griffiths, has called for bids on the constructioa of two fast van and freight vessels. This operation is scheduled to get underway by the middle of 1963. Shipping Rules Being Revised Seafarers are reminded that the actions of the Seafarers Ap­ peals Board under the contract between the SIU and the oper­ ators are available and posted in all shipping halls. The ac­ tions of the SAB amend and clarify the seniority and ship­ ping rules from time to time. The latest SAB action, number 58, went into effect last month. The revised shipping rules, injorporating all actions of th« SAB to date, will be published in the next issue of the SEA­ FARERS LOG. WC Talks Eye Floating Hotel SUP, Firemen Now Voting To Elect Union Officers SAN FEANCISCO—It's election time for two SIU Pacific District affiliates. Secret, unlonwide balloting is on right now among, members of both the Sailors Union of the Pacific and the Marine Firemen's Union,.*. The SUP reports 106 mem­ bers—the largest number of candidates In its history—running for union posts. Voting began December 1 and will continue through January 31. In addition to 88 members seek­ ing 18 regular offices; nine are run­ ning for SUP Building Corpora­ tion trustees and another nine are competing for the five delegate spots for the next SIUNA conven­ tion. In the Marine Firemen's elec­ tion, 48 candidates are trying for the 16 regular jobs and seven more for posts on a four-man board of trustees. Voting In the MFOW began November 6 and also con­ tinues until January 31. MFOW positions are being filled for one-year terms while SUP offices run for two years. In addi­ Leo J. White, ex-President tion to top executive Jobs, both Monroe, casts secret ballot in unions will also elect outport busi­ ness agents, port agents, and head­ SUP eiectior^*Sfter voting in quarters dispatchers. New York. SEATTLE—SIU Pacific District unions have had some preliminary talks with the owners of the liner Liberie to discuss manning of the ship when it becomes a floating hotel at the World's Fair here next year. The Sailors Union of the^ Pacific, Marine Firemen's but they have been slow, the SIU The unions listed agreement so Union and the Marine Cooks affiliates reported, because of the far, regarding the offshore agree­ and Stewards were meeting with the Northwest Leasing Company, a hotel firm which purchased the Llberte from the French Line for an estimated $3.2 million. The oper­ ator plans to move the ship here from LeHavre by the end of Jan­ uary. Plans are to use the former trans-Atlantic vessel as a 1,500guest hotel, combining its facili­ ties as a nightclub, restaurant, movie theater and general attrac­ tion during tlie six month fair running from April to October, 1962. The 51,839-ton Liberte would be berthed at the Bell Street Ter­ minal, a short walk from the fausite. The berth is now used occa­ sionally for cargo ships. Other Talks Continue In separate contract talks, nego­ tiations are continuing in San Francisco on terms of the threeunion basic offshore agreement. A temporary recess in the bargaining, protecting the retroactivity already agreed on, was called in order to permit the executive heads of the Pacific District unions to attend the Maritime Trades Department and AFL-CIO conventions in Miami. ^ It had been anticipated earliei' that the negotiations would have been over with before this time. shipowners' problems with other unions, the necessity of settling issues covering the fast-turnaround ships and the time-consuming task of revising the basic offshore con­ tract in its entirety. Problems in­ volving the fast-turnaround con­ tainer ships have already been resolved. ment, on vacation benefit provi­ sions, improving the pension pro­ gram to establish $150 monthly payments and a variety of other items. Agreement also has been reached on an industry-wide joint union shipowner committee to go into the problem of quarters, feed­ ing and safety. Pacific District Shipping Port SUP MFOW MC&S 10/17 to 11/14 11/1 to 11/31 11/3 to 11/30 TOTAL San Francisco 587 148 294 1029 Seattle 145 59 39 243 Portland 123 32 29 184 Wilmington 389 71 460 New York 81 41 43 165 New Orleans 33 — 2 35 "••Honolulu 13 27 4* 44 San Pedro (no hall) 101 (no hall) 101 1371 408 482 2261 TOTAL (no hall) "^Honolulu totals for 11/17 to 11/30 only. �Pace Six SEAFARERS Deeeml^er, 1961 LOG SEAFARERS ROTARY SHIPPING HOARD (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SW Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.) Ship Acfivify From November 1 Through November 30, 1961 A downward trend was evident in both deep-sea'shipping and ship movements in November. The number of men shipped across the board in November dropped off by 298 from October's total of 2,741. Ship movements were off 78 from October's 532. While the total number of men shipped was off from last month, the November figures are a slight improvement over shipping activity a year ago. Compared to last year, shipping for Seafarers in 1961 has held steady. If the trend holds true for December, then 1961 will be recorded as a very good shinping year for the professional, top seniority SIU seaman. Two factors contributed to the drop in shipping during November. One was the desire of many top seniority men to make "just one more trip" before the Christmas holidays. Thi*^ was evident by the fall-off in Class A men registered during the month and those remaining on the beach by the end of November. As compared to October, these totals were 300 less "A" men registered and 100 less "A" men on the beach. In fact, the total number of class A top seniority men re­ maining on the beach at the end of November was less than 100 over the number of men shipped during the month. This indicates that virtually every Class A seaman could have got­ ten a job if he wanted to throw in for one. As-a group, Class A men took only 60 percent of the jobs available during the month. Class B men filled 30 percent of the open positions while class C newcomers shipped in the remaining 10 percent. The second factor leading to the decline in shipping was the reduction in ship movements in almost all ports (see right). New York again serviced the greatest number of ves­ sels, but the total amount of ships it handled was down 51. Pay Sign in Offt Oni Tram. TOTAL 7 11 Beiton ....... 3 1 92 40 8 New Yerk ....44 33 8 12 Philadelphia ..13 48 30 B Baltimora ....13 12 18 2 Norfolk 4 16 1 18 Jacksonville ... I 16 20 Tampa 3 ,1 28 8 7 Mobile 13 68 43 New Orleans ..12 13 56 72 3 Housfon .13 16 1 17 Wilmington ... 0 8 12 2 San Francisco.. 2 17 5 7 Seattle 6 TOTALS .126 67 271 454 DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS C Shipped CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 2 2 2 13 6 0 1 4 4 21 0 3 2 5 3 2 1 1' 0 36 70 18 124 3 31 12 34 61 . 19 112 2 8 21 49 32 15 10 9 7 27 2 7 6 5 3 17 0 7 3 11 9 79 2 24 18 25 24 37 18 10 12 34 12 64 3 5 17 12 16 1 13 0 10 7 3 8 9 4 0 3 7 9 0 7 11 5 27 1 3 4 2 11 5 9 5 . 6 1 12 1 3 2 10 0 3 2 6 0 2 5 3 2 1 3 1 1 5 7 8 3 17 1 4 18 16 2 4 4 29 0 36 0 72 15 128 4 20 21 45 37 15 11 29 41 71 14 122 3 56 5C 33 40 64 17 121 0 22 34 52 12 97 8 15 33 9 6 18 27 0 12 6 5 4 3 8 4 18 28 0 4 17 16 6 8 19 23 46 2 7 7 21 34 3 6 4 7 17 12 13 34 2 8 7 17 5 34 1 5 19 5 21 8 87 115 1 226 221 356 91 1 668 14 110 142 1 2661177 329 96 1 602 24 Port Boston New York .. Philadelphia.. Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville.. Tampa Wobjie New Orleans.. Houston V/:!mington . . San .'•"rancisco. Sr -• Tot Md TOTAL SHIPPED CLASS GROUP 3 ALL A B 1 2 0 2 6 1 0 2 35 112 31' 1 21 13 15 1 3 5 27 1 24 0 3 2 5 79 12 1 3 5 16 1 7 3 8 12 1 4 3 0 0 0 6 0 5 0 0 29 0 0 29 0 11 122 7 4 56 11 97 3 7 1 9 0 3 7 10 28 17 0 • 1 0 1 34 17 0 2 34 1 1 50 38 1 95 602 226 7 Registered On The Beech CLASS B CLASS A GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 3 ALL 1 2 2 C ALL 1 8 48 2 6* 0 17 7 24 2 9 83 24 56 35 178 82 133 31 246 3 8 3 23 0 5 13 4 47 6 5 45 11 31 63 9 105 3 5 108 33 17 8 28 0 9 4 5 33 12 12 10 28 0 6 4 2 14 8 27 12 0 1 9 0 1 7 1 0 9 1 13 68 0 4 9 6 27 0 34 35 72 28 38 92 15 176 6 11 162 69 48 86 16 156 5 17 26 11 164 54 13 30 0 3 10 13 2 10 47 15 3 59 2 9 4 9 52 25 •25 1 6 25 41 3 16 6 15 2 53 20 95 1 9231371 524 122 11017 22 137 193 1 352 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS GROUP 1 2 3 7 '.... 69 19 0 10 10 33 0 12 10 1 3 1 20 4 19 58 13 55 12 4 16 9 27 4 "87 3?,^ Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS C Shipped CLASS B Shiooed CLASS A TOTAL SHIPPED Begisfered On The Beach CLASS B CLASS A GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUB GROUP GROUP GROUP S ALL 2 S ALL 1 2 C ALL 1 3 ALL A 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 - 2 3 ALL 1 2 B 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 9 17 2 4 8 14 1 2 4 1 0 1 3 li 1 0 6 2 3 1 2 4 0 1 1 5 0 1 1 87 88 87 33 100 61 33 194 33 126 15 174 12 61 3 15 15 12 100 10 72 27 22 27 29 33 62 11 100 12 7 3 13 0 4 45 0 2 6 11 6 25 -14 15 0 3 3 5 6 3 25 0 7 7 14 0 2 4 15 7 43 75 3 19 21 96 6 60 9 36 8 6 8 52 52 2 36 0 2 17 22 41: 6 6 52 0 9 40 14 22 15 17 4 6 5 19 3 0 14 4 4 15 1 4 11 3 5 9, 2 11 0 3 4 1 1 2 3 2 1 7 14 15 1 2 11 10 3 22 2 7 10 7 5 3 14 1 13'' 1 10 0 5 2 5 0 8 7 2 1 4 4 2 10 0 2 3 3 0 6 1 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 -48 0 12 7 5 38 9 35 4 0 0 0 25 13 13 0 0 3 15 3 25 0 6 7 6 7 27 0 9 15 96 48 43 80 9 118 5 16 101 49 16 166 29 10 87 5 45 22 7 6 49 3 19 21 66 13 101 3 19 27 49 23 23 77 8 110 3 0 67 74 5 67 1 9 139 25 6 61 15 63 5 30 32 8 9 63 25 31 42 6 3 12 2 18 1 8 34 4 12 4 21 4 •17 1 13 9 1 3 9 1 3 21 1 5 3 9 0 9 11 1 9 5 2 23 15 61 2 0 19 0 40 6 28 2 0 0 4 3 9 .5 3 .4 0 4 3 5 19 0 1 9 15 3 30 1 11 43 5 23 2 0 30 13 0 13 0 0 2 33 2 .8 11 2 30 1 0 1 7 5 22 6 43 37 1 90 460 280 90 830 136 508 62 706 34 170 166 1 370 59 l~478 30 131 141 r302 97 297 66 1 460 23 118 139 1 280 10 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Wil* SF Sea .... 1-s 0 13 2 7 1 1 1 0 5 7 4 11 1 TOT At! 53 Bos NY Phil Bal Nor Jae Tam Mob NO Hou Registered CLASS B GROUP 1 2 2 0 18 18 2 1 21 8 5 2 8 1 4 2 8 5 15 12 26 14 6 5 7 3 12 3 133 Shipped CLASS C Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS A GROUP GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 3 ALL 1-s 2 1 3 ALL 1 2 2 4 6 "o" 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 56 105 3 27 7 30 40 4 80 5 4 18 18 11 47 4 16 9 1 7 0 12 1 2 9 3 3 17 4 9 67 2 31 20 4 14 20 4 0 18 19 7 25 55 2 2 10 3 8 3 2 • 4 4 10 - 1 3 0 6 2 2 11 1 1 2 0 3 4 1 4 1 3 2 1 7 1 10 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 14 27 1 7 7 0 7 8 1 0 8 1 13 23 0 75 107 2 32 5 36 43 6 3 28 25 9 64 104 1 21 68 3 37 4 20 27 3 26 11 17 1 36 57 0 8 23 3 7 5 2 8 13 1 1 4 2 4 11 1 14 35 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 5 6 3 8 17 0 11 27i 2 1 15 18 3 5 12 3 14 9 1 25 2 75 244 1 505 21 30 149 r200 27 123 52 205 1 407' 18 12 147 1"177 TOTAL SHIPPED GROUP CLASS 3 ALL A C ALL 1-8 1 2 B 5 3 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 27 16 123 26 3 2 11 If •80 40 3 16 7 0 0 7 7 17 80 9 0 5 55 20 5 5 0 8 7 21 1 0 2 5 7 6 26 3 2 0 13 15 7 4 15 7 3 3 1 0 0 3 3 3 30 7 0 0 0 0 0 23 7 32 27 163 18 2 6 19 27 104 0 0 11 37 11 105 17 11 57 26 5 7 8 0 0 8 8 11 5 23 15 0 1 17 1 0 1 41 3 12 4 0 0 4 25 4 10 88 1 106 407 177 106 690 113 8 Registered On The Beach CLASS B CLASS A GROUP GROUP 8 ALL 8 ALL 1 2 1 2 7 15 1 2 6 2 4 4 45 0 43 43 38 89 196 2 6 7 6 15 0 1 5 1 82 2 4 15 21 26 12 35 21 7 6 19 3 4 14 5 7 2 8 2 4 2 1 1 0 15 0 0 0 6 5 1 53 1 28 0 27 17 10 19 80 7 71 38 25 98 179 2 81 6 20 42 21 24 104 5 6 6 22 2 1 6 9 5 62 0 0 10 10 8 30 9 28 4 22 3 15 11 5 9 30 235 1 289 214 135 335 1 797 24 SUMMARY WCK __ ENGINE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS Registered CLASS A GROUP 1 2 ALL 221 356 91 1 (^8 87 332 59 I 478 186 75 244 | 505 494 763 394 |1651 Registered Shipped CLASS B CLASS A GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 14 110 142 I 266 177 329 96 I 602 30 131 141 IJ02 97 297 66 | 460 21 30 149 I 200 150 52 205 I 407 iS5 271 432 I 768 424 678 367 |1469 * Includes One 1-S Class B Registered and Shipped. Registered On The Beach TOTAL Shipped Shipped CLASS B SHIPPED CLASS A CLASS C CLASS B GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP GROUP 28 ALL ABC ALL 123 ALL 12 3 ALL 123 ALL 1 24 87 115 I 226 7 50 38 I 95 602 226 95 I 923 371 524 122 |1017 22 137 193 I 352 90 460 280 90 I 830 136 608 62 I 706 34 170 166 I 370 23 110 139 I 280 10 43 37 18 12 147 I 177 8 10 88 I 106 407 177 106 I 690 327 135 335'I 797 24 30 235 I 289 65 217 401 I 683 25 103 163 I 291 1469 683 291 |2443 834 1167 519 |2520 80 337 594 |1011 �SEAFARERS DeeHBbtf, 19tl Where's Santa? Board last month. In earlier NLRB voting, the Becker Towing Company came un­ der the banner of the IBU Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region. The union defeated the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in the Becker election covering crewmen on the two towboats operated by the company. Becker also has a third vessel under construction. Well-known to all seamen on the Lakes, the Westcolu operation is unique In the area. The two Lakes Welfare In Good Shape DETROIT—Winding up its first seven months of operation, the new Great Lakes Seamen's Welfare Plan has paid Lakes sailors and their dependents a total of $112,836.75 in benefits. At their November meeting, the plan's trustees reported that the young plan was in "robust shape to go through the coming winter when vessels are idle and the con­ tributions are reduced to a trickle." Benefits paid to date were listed as follows: $24,000 in death bene­ fits for six eligible members; $7,090 covering benefits for hospitalized seamen, $11,235.60 in sickness and accident benefits and $200 for spe­ cial disability cases. New Arrivals The remainder of the money paid out went for the hospitalsurgical expenses of seamen and dependents plus maternity bene­ fits amounting to $12,300. All told, 82 babies were born during the seven-month-period. Seamen and thetr families throughout the Lakes have loudly praised the plan and its speedy payment of benefits. Letters of credit to hospitals have been is­ sued immediateljr on request, and hospitals up and down the Lakes have become familiar with the new plan's procedures and benefits. crewmembers, packages, laundry and even television sets to the freighters and other vessels pass­ ing through. Union patrolmen are also frequent passengers as they move about the Detroit River area to service crews on contracted boats and vessels in the area. Summer Attraction The Westcott operation is a sum­ mer attraction for visitors to the Detroit River near the Ambassador Bridge where they watch the launch scurrying out to meet ves­ sels and transfer their passengers and material on and off while the vessels continue to move at their regular speed. Many times the launch must meet and service as many as five or six vessels passing within min­ utes of the launch service area. The launches were slated to dis­ continue operations, due to the close of the current shipping sea­ son, until the 1962 vessel fit-out begins. The operation at Port Huron employs three men and at Detroit six. '61 Seaway Season Ends MASSENA, NY—Bad weather and a late rush in grain traffic delayed the closing of the St. Law­ rence Seaway early this month. The waterway had been officially closed to traffic on December 3. Six Lakes grain ships unloading at Montreal past the original dead­ line were locked through the Sea­ way two days later to enable them to get back to their home ports. Otherwise they would have been stranded for the winter. The last ship transitted the locks here on December 5. Bad weather stalled navigation for a time, caus­ ing operations to keep on in day­ light hours only as US and Cana­ dian patrol boats continued to pick up buoys from shipping channels. April 15 is the scheduled reopen­ ing date in 1962. In the hospital? Gall SIU Hall immediately! New Export-Import Rule Urged To Spur Shipping WASHINGTON—Proposals to expand the US merchant fleet by amending foreign trad^ legislation have been ad­ vanced by the American Maritime Association at hearings of a House subcommittee. The"*" House labor group is studying tracts with the SIU and the Marin# the impact of US import-ex­ Engineers Beneficial Association. Solid Union Votes Sweep Westcott, Becker Boats DETROIT—Boat operators and crewmembers of th» fa­ miliar J. J. Westcott launches here and at Port Huron—^voted for representation by the Allied Marina Section of the SIU Inland Boatmen's Union in"^ balloting conducted by the launches carry mall on and off vessels as they transit the Detroit National Labor Relations River. The launches also carry Pai:« SeTMi LOG Standing under the Christ­ mas tree at SIU headquar­ ters is Peter Sorensen, 3-1/2, visiting the hall with dad, Seafarer Ejvind Soren­ sen, NOB. port policies on employment. A spokesman for the AMA urged enactment of new trade leg­ islation requiring more than 50 percent of all strategic importexport materials to be caipried in privately - owned American - flag merchant ships. He also called for administration of the existing SOSO law "as written and intended by its sponsors." The AMA is a new steamship management organization com­ posed of operators holding con- Organizing Gets Top AFL-CIO Priority MIAMI—Despite gloomy press predictions to the contrary, the unity of the American trade union movement held fast and was strengthened at the AFL-CIO's fourth biennial con­ vention here. Delegates rep resenting 12.5 million workers tion by an impartial umpire if charted a wide-ranging pro­ mediation fails and the imposition gram on legislative and political is­ sues. Top priority was placed on "the major unfinished business" of the labor movement—organizing the unorganized. The Federation also called for higher wages and shorter hours as collective bargaining goals to help eradicate unemploy­ ment and increase buying power. President Kennedy was featured speaker at the December 7 open­ ing session of the five-day conven­ tion, and pledged a new campaign to keep the US economy moving ahead. Unity The Keynote Unity was the keynote of the gathering as a new constitutional plan for settlement of internal dis­ putes within the Federation was given overwhelming approval. It provides for mediation, determine- Membership Meetings Set in WO Ports Beginning in January, 1962, monthly Informational and educa­ tional meetings for the SIU mem­ bership will be held in the West Coast ports of Wilmington, San Francisco and Seattle. The meetings were authorized by the Executive Board of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, in the interest of all members, so that Seafarers on the West Coast can be better in­ formed about the activities of their Union and participate more ac­ tively in the Union's affairs. The meetings will be held dur­ ing the last full week of every month, starting at 2 PM, local time. The Wilmington meetings will be on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Fri­ day. The Executive Board also di­ rected that when a meeting day falls on a day officially designated as a holiday by the state or munici­ pal authorities where the port is located, the meeting wilT "be held the following day, as is the prac­ tice in. other SIU ports, according to the couslitulion. of sanctions by the AFL-CIO's Ex­ ecutive Council for non-compli­ ance. In other actions, the convention approved full reinstatement for the International Longshoremen's Association, ending a probationary period established at the last con­ vention in 1959. Delegates unani­ mously rejected attempts to gain readmission to the Federation by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. It was established as an outgrowth of the contract beef which tied up Atlantic and Gulf Coast shipping last summer. In pressing the case for new foreign- trade policy, the AMA pointed out that the US fleet, un­ like the fleets of other maritime powers, carried a very small per­ centage of US foreign commerce. According to the latest availai)le figures, it was stated, in 1959 thii amounted to 9.7 percent. By com­ parison, British vessels carried 53.3 percent. West Germany carried 41.2 percent, Japan 53.2 percent and Spain 73.7 percent of their own national foreign commerce. The Department of Defens# maintains that a merchant marine adequate for purposes of national defense must be capable of trans­ porting at least 50 percent of our foreign commerce. "Therefore, with respect to both our economy and defense, we have fallen far short of living up to our announced and often - proclaimed policy. As things stand today, "the AMA spokesman declared, "even if we were only to carry 25 percent of our foreign commerce, we would need a merchant fleet of at least twice the present size." These figures "simply show that the deterioration of our merchant fleet and loss of employment to seamen has now reached the point where our national planning seems to lean toward eventual elimina­ tion of our maritime capabilities," he added. An important job security agree­ The glove workers, with 2,500 ment has been won by the Rail­ members, were formerly In the road Telegraphers from the South­ AFL; the Amalgamated, listing ern Pacific RR. Telegraphers are 385.000 members, was a former now guaranteed 40 hours' pay each CIO union . . . Street Car and Rail­ week for the remainder of their way Employees in Kansas City careers. Assurance was also won have challenged Missouri's Kingby the union that not more than Thompson Act, which permits the two percent of existing jobs can governor to seize utilities, ban be eliminated in any one year . . . strikes and fine unions and their The United Rubber Workers have officers up to $10,000 a day for set up seven special courses de­ defying a strike ban. A US District signed to meet the needs of mem­ Court judge has granted the union's bers as part of a "Chance to request that a three-judge panel Leaim" program. The series was be set up to study the constitu­ set up jointly by the union and the tionality of the law. 4 4 4 University of Akion. In the first collective bargaining 4" i it election in the history of the NY Two separate actions in different Board of Education, the AFL-CIO parts of the country put the spot­ United Federation of Teachers was light on management drives to push elected by New York teachers to new "right to work" laws. A lead­ represent their interests. Early ing Idaho daily urged lawmakers bargaining talks covering over not to make Idaho "that kind of 40,000 teachers are being set up state" by imposing an anti-union with the board ... The AFL-CIO law on its citizens; in Maine, a Horseshocrs Union is launching a clergyman called sponsors of such drive to unionize some 100 men laws totally irresponsible and who shoe horses at the nation's warned that a ban on union .shop harness tracks. Tiie union's pres­ provisions would "reverse years of ent membership is about 300. real progress in labor-management 4 4 4 relations" ... A Royal Canadian A Gallon, Ohio, company which Mounted policeman was caught said it.would fire any employee posing as a press photographer at who wore bowling shirts with the a meeting addressed by Prime initials "U.\W" (for United Auto Minister Diefenbaker of Canada. Workers) was held guilty of an un­ He was' taking pictures of union fair labor practice by the National men passing out leaflets to get the Labor Relations Board . . . An iron­ unemployment problem before the workers strike by Cleveland Local people. 17 ended when a contract formula 4. 4 4 was reached to provide an "adverse The Amalgamated Clothing weather expense allowance" of $5 Workers and the International whenever a man turns up for work Glove Workers, both AFL-CIO in­ and is sent home due to bad ternational unions, have merged. weather. �SEAFARERS Page Eight Seatrain Back, Ends RR Haul To Africa The Seatrain New York arrived back in the States this month following a special offshore run to Africa. The voyage marked the first time a Seatrain vessel has been overseas since an epic war-time trip to"* North Africa in 1942 to de­ that the 13-day trip to Liberia "went smoothly and without a liver a load of tanks for the hitch." Upon arrival, the _New 8th Army. On the latest run, the New York carried 207 different pieces of roll­ ing stock plus 100 tons of rail and track for construction of two small, complete railroad systems. A spe­ cial stacking system was devised to carry the cargo on deck and in her holds. A company spokesman reported (Ed. note: The iollowing ac­ count is another in a series which will appear in the LOG on Sea­ farers who serve as ship or de­ partment delegates. Future issues will carry interviews from other SIU vessels.) James Hale, fireman, and formerly ship's delegate aboard the Orion Star (Colonial), typifies the new breed of Seafarer now sailing with the filU. He's young, 32 years old, and has been sailing with the SIU for ten years now. He likes to sail and, al­ though he feels he could find work ashore if he had to, he's not too keen on the idea. Each man has a job to do aboard ship and shouldn't run away from responsi­ bility. Brother Hale was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He is married, and he and his wife, Lu­ cille, now make their home in Los Angeles. "I don't mind re­ sponsibility," he says. "Some guys turn the other way when they're faced with It." Hole He apparently practices what he preaches, and has served as black gang delegate on a number of ships. His dele­ gate's job aboard the Orion Star was his first trick as a ship's dele­ gate. '"This was a real happy crew," Hale reported. "There was plenty of discussion at the meetings, and that's a fine thing. But we didn't have any loudmouths or rough­ necks sounding off just to hear themselves talk. "The only beefs we had were minor ones," he continued, "but when they came up, I tried to get them out of the way as soon as possible. I didn't want them devel­ oping into anyttiing really big. That's the best way to l^ndle these things. When the ship paid off in New York, Hale met with the Union patrolman and reported the minor Items he thought should be done before the next crew came aboard. "1 won't be on the ship, he noted, "but I don't want the new guys coming aboard with ready-made beefs waiting for them." Dceemhw, 1961 LOG OUESTION; Radioactive fallout from recent Russian A-bomb tests in the atmosphere teems to be drifting into various shipping routes. Is this likely to make you think twice about sailing into these areas? John Liston, AB: Maybe 1 have Juan M. Cjollazo, chief cook: I'll a fatalistic atti­ go anywhere the tude but, if you're ship sails. The going to die, danger of fallout is relatively un­ that's it. You can get bit with fall­ important as com­ out even on pared to the shore, so why other things that should 1 have any can happen to a more worry while ship at sea. What at sea. Wherever I am concerned the ship goes, I about is my fam­ ily ashore. I think the Government go. That's my job. should provide some protection % % % for the people living in cities. J. L. Gomez, bosun: As long as 4 t 4" Earl Cronsell, AB: I sailed during I'm in the indus­ try, and I've been the last war afid a seaman for a 1 don't think that good many years, fallout will pre­ I'll sail wherever sent any more of the ship is sched­ a hazard than the uled to go. I'm kind I faced then. more concerned I'm more worried for my family about my family ashore. I think back home. After the Government all, they can't should provide some protection for move once the fallout starts coming down. At sea them the same way England did for its people during World War 11. we can. York was discharged by a heavy duty floating derrick which lifted the heavy cargo off. The SIU crew manned the winches for other items. Ore Deposits The rails, trade and rolling stock, including a dozen locomo­ tives, will be used to develop one of the world's richest iron ore de­ posits in Liberia. The project is a joint effort of the Liberian govern­ ment and Swedish and United States interests. Two separate rail trunk lines will be built, one lead­ ing from a new ocean port at Bu­ chanan, Liberia, to link up with a remote inland area where rich ore deposits lay. The discharging operation ran into a few snags now and then, ac­ cording to the company. "The ship had to be turned around a couple of times," it was reported, "to allow the derrick to get at all 4i 4i sides of her and, on a few occa­ Nicholas Bechulivanis, ABi 1 sions, the derrick bumped a little think there is harder than it should have. As a some danger and result, some minor damage to the would hesitate to ship resulted." ship out if there Despite the damage, the special is too much fall­ voyage was a coup for Seatrain, out. Right now since it involved a record $2 mil­ I'm concerned lion railroad shipment. The ship for my family on was also able to load, deliver and shore. The Gov­ discharge in record time because of her specialized construction. ernment seems to have money for On the 15-day return run, the New York headed to New Orleans, everything else. 1 think something and picked up her regular coast­ ought to be provided for people ashore. wise operation again. Union* Mas Cable Address Seafarers overseas who want to get in touch with headquar­ ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address will assure speedy transmission on all mes­ sages and faster service for the men involved. US Tax Bite Up $6 More On January 1 WASHINGTON—Seafarers will And Social Security taking a slight­ ly larger, bite from payoffs sterting January 1st. New rates which take effect in 1962 will cost Seafarers $150 on the first $4,800 they earn. This is more than the $144 now de­ ducted for Social Security. The rate change is an increase from three to three and one-eighth percent. The increased deductions will be applied to wages paid on or after January 1st, ;Bven if the money was earned before then, the Social Security Administration points out. That means, for example, that if e ship sailed on November I but does not pay off until after January 1st, the new higher rates will be applied to the full payoff. As in past years, if a Seafarer pays more than the maximum required in Social Security deductions dus to work for more than one em­ ployer, he can claim the overage as "income tax withheld." The 1962 Increase is the first step in a gradually increasing rate schedule. The present law calls for a four-and-five-eighths percent tax on the first $4,800 of salary by 1968 or a $232 Social Security de­ duction. The increased Social Security deductions, which are matched by the employer, will be used to pay for increased Social Security bene­ fits undel- legislation passed by Congress last summer. This provides for expanded dis­ ability benefit insurance. Social Security retirement coverage at age 62, increased payments for widows and faftillles and a general increase in monthly benefits. New Coastal Roll-On Ship BOATMAN IBU Rivers Drive Scores 17-0, Gains New Support HOUSTON—Organizing by the Inland Boatmen's Union in the nation's great Mississippi River system took a big step forward when the union won a unanimous decision in a Na­ tional Labor Relations Board-* election among employees of ant, West -Virginia; Port Arthur, the Inland River Company. Texas, and Tampa, Florida, to or­ All 17 ballots cast in the voting were solidly for the IBU. Inland River, which employs 20 boatmen, now runs two boats, the Inland Pilot and the Inland Trader. The Pilot runs between New Orleans and Florida and the Trader works on the Mississippi from St. Louis north. The tally was conducted here late last month following separate votes earlier on each of the com­ pany's boats. Hearings on the Union's election petition were held in October. Inland River is a sub­ sidiary of Dixie Carriers, a com­ pany based at Harvey, Louisiana, which has been under IBU con­ tract for some time. Campaigning in several other river's fleets at the s-ame time. Union representatives expect NLRB balloting procedures to be underway shortly In a number of areas. Union halls have been opened in St. LoulSj Missouri; Point Pleas­ ganize workers on boats in the Mississippi, Ohio River and intracoastal systems. On* of two converted LSTs that began overnight roll-on service between Baltimore and Norfolk this fall, the IBU-contracted Maryland Clipper takes on vehicles via loading ramp In bow. The company, the Norfolk, Baltimore and Carolina Line, has been operating other vessels for many years. Norfolk Win Is IJth Straight NORFOLK—The Inland Boatmen's Union has just scored its 11th straight election victory in this area, winning at M. L. Hudgins & Son by margin of 14-2. The non-union company employs some 24 marine workers on small tankers and tugs which transport oil to various harbor outlets. The National-" Labor Relations Board voting cesses with victories in the Curtis a successful conclusion in Novem­ Bay, McAllister and GATCO fleets ber with the signing of a threer was held recently. Earlier, boosting its string of im­ portant wins in the Hampton Roads area, the IBU brought an­ other tug fleet under its banner with the signing of a contract cov­ ering the R. K. Davis Transporta­ tion Co. The 30 tugmen who operate the seven Davis boats from Newport News bring the overali IBU mem­ bership in the Norfolk area to 400. Organizing campaigns earlier this year scored important suc­ where the IBU routed District 50 of the United Mine Workers. Follow-up drives to organize smaller non-union tug fleets were won when the IBU was recognized as bargaining agent for employees of Capitol Transportation and Marine Oil Service. The victory at R. K. Davis came after employees voted for IBU representation in an NLRB election held in Septen\ber. Contract negotiations between the union and R. K. Davis came to year agreement. It sets up wage scales, working rules and job security provisions In the sevenboat fleet. The new pact provides for auto­ matic wage increases during the life of the contract. Another major gain for Davis employees is coverage under the Seafarers Wel­ fare Plan completely financed through company contributions. The company also agreed to a dues check-off provision. �December, 19(1 SEAFARERS LOG Pacre Nlii| Thanksgiving of the Sill Traditionally, the SIU has extended an invita­ tion to its family to join together in marking the holiday that comes around on the fourth Thursday of November. This year was no excep­ tion in every SIU city. Once again last month, it was time to pass the drumstick and cranberry sauce at SIU halls in all ports for Seafarers, their families and friends. For all hands, the belt-pop­ ping meal Included tur­ key and all th^trimmings as everyone shared in the traditional Thanksgiving table fare. The photographs on this page do not represent all SIU ports, although dinners were held in every case. Pictured here are scenes from the affairs in New Orleans, Houston and New York. Fruit table (left) gets a careful inspection from Robert and William Ranew, sons of Irvin Ranew, 2nd cook. Above, Harry L. Toal and family, with Carl W. Grages, engine depart­ ment, and his wife and chil­ dren, enjoy dinner to­ gether. Seafarers, families and guests jam New Orleans hall for holiday dinner. That turkey mi:st have been good. Scenes at right and directly below are all from New Orleans. Here (l-r) are B. Rydlander, AB; L. Gotherd, OS; R. Viloria, B. O'Conner, steward; Mrs. O'Conner; G. McCarter, SUP. Over 600 diners sampled the holiday tare at the turkey day gathering'in the New York hall. The staff here and in other •ports really turned to on providing the tiaditional menu and all the trimmings for tne Thanksgiving diners. Angel M. Ortiz, oiler, and his fatbily get together for Thanksgiving. Ortiz just came off the Margaret Brown for the affair.- It's dinner Mrs. Lloyd guests are ston is at for six at this table .as "Johnny" Johnston and on camera here. John­ sea on the Del Mar. A big SIU family made the dinner at Houston, as the wife and seven children of Seafarer William Sehoffer gathered 'round the table. Mrs. Ray Queen and her son are at rear, center. �5 £00 Pace Tn •. INl Cara Sea Pays A Call To Baltimore Courts Reject Ban On Runaway Pickets MONTREAL—Shipowner attempts to force a halt to pick­ eting by unemployed Canadian seamen against the runawayflag Wheat King have been rebuffed in court again. A motorship owned by Island Ship--* ping of Bermuda, the vessel a temporary injunction against the was originally manned by pickets, and the Wheat King sailed All's well on fhe Cara Sea, in Baltimore, (above, l-r), as Seafarers W. Tayfor, J. Bereczky and C. Ellen, enjoy some chow and conversation. Right, gangway watchman E. Broadus- (center) welcomes A. Severe and T. Frazier aboard. partially loaded. SIU of Canada seamen. However, a court hearing in Hal­ Crewmembers were locked out ifax ended with a ruling against this fall after they protested sub­ continuation of the temporary re­ standard conditions. The com­ straining order. It is expected that pany, a subsidiary of the Canadian Canadian seamen will be able to and American-owned Norris Grain picket the vessel if it reaches Hal­ Company, then hired non-union ifax again. aliens and shipjumpers to man the A picketline also met the ship vessel. Commending the SIU's dong fight to insure freedom of the seas,' the American Trade at Three Rivers, Quebec, after it It has since been picketed by Union Council of the National Committee for Labor Israel (Histadrut) has urged the US and unemployed left Halifax, and the operators seamen at several the United Nations to renew efforts to have the Suez Canal opened to ^11 shipping. Great Lakes porta in Canada and again tried to secure a court order against picketing. The judge, how­ The council charged that^ the US. ever, granted only a temporary the United Arab Republic, in for everyone, everywhere," it de­ April, 1960, when Seafarers and In November, the Wheal King injunction with notice being pro­ members of the International docked at Halifax, NS, and was continuing to ban Israeli ship­ clared. vided to the pickets. Later, when A resolution adopted by the Longshoremen's Association pick­ again met by pickets who tied up representatives of unemployed ping from the canal and blacklist­ ing ships of other nations which council commended the "unequiv­ eted the Egyptian-flag SS Cleopa­ the vessel. The company secured Canadian seamen testified at a trade with Israel, was violating ocal stand of American maritime tra in New York Harbor. The un­ hearing, the Three Rivers court traditional maritime law and "its workers" in seeking to maintain ions protested mistreatment of also refused to issue a permanent own solemn commitments" to the freedom of navigation for all ship­ seamen and loss of job opportuni­ restraining order. ties due to the UAR blacklist. principle of freedom of navigation. ping through the Suez. The picketline delayed the "Discrimination against the An earlier blow for freedom of The SIU's fight to protect the Wheat King at Three Rivers for shipping rights of any nation is a jobs and rights of American sea­ navigation was struck by an SIU more than a week, and the vessel threat to the freedom of the- seas men were brought-to the fore in ship in April, 1957, shortly after sailed only when its non-union the Suez War, when the SIUcrew did the work of longshore­ manned Kern Hills pulled into men who had honored the picketElath, Israel, at the head of the OTTAWA—No reply by Great line. Gulf of Aqaba. The tanker was Britain is reported to Canada's Canadian seamen are pledged the first ocean-going vessel to pass notification of plans to limit do­ into the Gulf to deliver cargo to mestic shipping on the Great to continue action against tha Wheat King and other runawayIsrael. Lakes to Canadian-flag vessels. flag ships throughout Canada as Imposition of the blackli.st At the time of the original an­ part of a broad drive to protest Joe Aigina, Safety Director against the Kern Hills led to a nouncement in May, the move was cut-rate operations. renaming of the vessel and touched hailed by the SIU of Canada and off a series-of incidents as addi­ the SIUNA as a much-needed step There was a time when a man who'd talk safety would be classed tional US vessels and ships of to aid the hard-hit Canadian-flag as a "beefer" or troublemaker among the crew. He's reckoned as an other flags were barred from Suez industry. Canada acted under pro­ asset today when he makes a .suggestion, either good or bad. He's for doing business with Israel. visions of the British Common­ The Cleopatra action followed last wealth merchant shipping agree­ thinking about safety and that's really half the battle. There was a question on some of the container ships, for example. year and continued until the State ment. A turnbuckle device was being used to secure the erane and make it fast, Department pledged to seek an Unless there Is unanimous ap- j but the crew had only a small place to stand on in order to get it end to blacklisting. proval on the part of the 11 signa­ done. Working on one leg without a proper platform, a couple of tories of the Commonwealth VANCOUVEE — Seafarers in men had taken bad spills trying to do this job. It's a six to eight foot agreement, Canada will be forced this West Coast port have volun­ Book Review: fall down to a hard deck. to go along with the clause which Needless to say, this kind of accident is avoidable when there's a requires a year's notice to be teered their services in maintain­ ing an historic vessel in the Van­ proper, railed platform to work from. It took a while to get this given before any change can be couver Maritime Museum. done, but that's what we have now. A fixed platform and a 42-inchmade. At the present time, ap­ The SIU has pledged to take proval doesn't seem to be forth­ high railing is being tried out on these ships and we haven't heard care of the maintenance and gen­ coming. about an accident since then. No complaints either. eral upkeep of the Royal Cana­ Canadian government spokes­ On another type of vessel, with containers as deck cargo, a narrow A two-ctiapier portrait of An­ men note that an amendment to dian Mounted Police vessel St. space between the stack of containers and the bulkhead was mostly Roch. Donated to the Vancouver taken up by a large vent. The men had to crawl under the overhanging drew Furuseth, one of the pio­ the Canada Shipping Act will also museum by the Mounties, the ves­ neers of the maritime labor move­ have to be made, with the result vent in order to go forward and usually got a bump on the head while sel was the first to circumnavigate they were at it. This kind of boobytrap had to go, providing we didn't ment, highlights "Shanghaiing that the restriction move would North America and was the first Days," a new book by author-lec­ be delayed still further. cut down on the ship's payload at the same time. The solution was The ban, affecting transport to run between Halifax and Van­ to cut down the size of the vent so that everybody could walk around turer Richard H. Dillon of San Francisco. along the inland route, will apply couver through the Northwest right side up without getting bruised. The .350-page volume should to ports within the Great Lakes Passage. All the suggestions and recommendations regarding shipboard con­ The ship had been allowed to provide some exciting, interesting and along the St. Lawrence. It ditions don't i-equire the same kind of effort. Very often, an extra deteriorate but the SIU and informative reading for Sea­ would be similar in nature to US membership lately, coat of non-skid paint, a brighter light bulb in a dark corner or just here Intends to farers interested in what things rules restricting its domestic careful housekeeping make the difference. Plain common sense is im­ were like when ships were run trades to US-flag vessels. By limit­ change this situation. Canadian portant too. seafarers pledged to get the ves­ Over the years, it's been the responsibility of SIU operators to main­ under sail, with a belaying pin ing this trade only to Canada-flag sel in topnotch shape by rerigging, and a cat-o-nine tails as auxiliary ships, the move is expected to sub­ tain their vessels in a safe working condition within reasonable, rec­ power. Steam was just beginning stantially increase job oppor­ repainting and overhauling her ognized standards. In the same way, the Union has had the responsi­ gear and equipment. / The volun­ to boil over onto the sea lanes tunities for Canadian seamen. bility of indoctrinating Seafarers in safe working practices and to seek at the time. teer effort amounts to some two their full cooperation in the aims of our joint, program with the ship­ thousand man-hours of work. Dillon paints a grTm picturfe of owners. Canadian Seafarers, members It has been suggested that busi­ the American merchant marine in At this point, five years since the program began, we can't say we've the last quarter of the nineteenth the SIU of Canada, ness firms in the city donate mate­ eliminated shipboard accidents period. We never expected we or any­ century. Seamen were exploited are a lital clement In the mari­ rial and finance the cost of struc­ one else could do that. We'll always have accidents to contend with. in wholesale fashion and whole time picture generally and in tural repairs to the vessel. The unpredictable is what makes an accident, whether it affects sail­ crews jumped ship when a vessel the SIU family of unions. They ors aboai-d ship or the man who slips and falls in his bathtub at home. hit port to avoid further brutali­ man ships under tiie Canadian What we have done through the joint program is spotlight the causes ties. The book includes a detailed flag across-the-board—deep sea of accidents, bring them out in the open and cut down on hazards description of shanghaiing methods off the Atlantic Coast, on the wherever possible. Great Lakes and the Seaway. used to pad out short crews. The program hasn't been used to whip anybody or try to take away The Canadian SIU also repre­ The author aiso wrDes of the 408 Simpson St. anyone's livelihood just because he might have an accident. The em­ men who attempted to defend sea­ sents large groups of Canadian FORT WILLIAM.. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 tugboatmen, dredgemen and al­ phasis continues to be on prevention through education and regular men when everyone else had for­ HALIFAX, N.S 17S% HoUis St. Phone 3-8911 lied crafts. The Canadian Dis­ MONTBBAL training. In all, the companies, the Union and Seafarers aboard ship gotten. Here, Furuseth's life and 634 St. James St. West Victor 2-81S1 trict works closely with the have something worthwhile going and conditions throughout the SIU work are dealt with in some de­ 44 Sault-au-Hateiot other sru unions throughout QUEBECQuebec fleet bear this out. There's still plenty to be done, but at least today tail and for those interested in LAlontaine 3-1S69 52 St. David St. Nortii America and the mutual TROROLD. Ontario we feel we're on the way to doing something, instead of just talking the birth of maritime unionism CAnaJ 7-5212 relationship has been of great TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. about it. these chapters are invaluable. The EUpiie 4-5719 advantage to all SIU members. VANCOUV!?®, EC 298 Wsin St. (Commentg and suggestions are inviter^ by the Department and can publisher is Coward-McCann of ST. JOHN. NS in PriBOO William St. New York. be submitted to this column care of the SEAFARERS LOG J OX 3-543J Laud SlU Blacklist Fight Lake Ship Aid Stalled Progress Can Be Made On Safety SIU 'Polices' Police Boat Furuseth Role Highlight Of New Sea Book SIU Canadian Disfricf Halls �Deeeabor. INl SEAFARERS Pace Eleren LOG 'Now Is The Time For All Good Men,..' Xiegrislative Department MARITIME STATISTICS. MA has announced that as of November 1, 1961, there were 926 vessels of 1,000 gross tons and over in the active oceangoing US merchant fleet. This is 23 more than the num­ ber active a month earlier. There were 32 Government-owned and 894 privately-owned ships in active service. Figures also showed an increase of 24 active vessels and a decrease of 27 Inactive vessels in the privately-owned fleet. One freighter, Meteor, and a tanker. Little John were transferred back to US from foreign flag. Five freighters, the Valiant Faith, Hawaiian Logger, Gulfwater, Eldermere and Sea Mist, were sold foreign. The total privately-owned fleet decreased by 3 to 977. Of 83 privately-owned inactive vessels, one combination ship, 8 freighters, and 4 tankers were undergoing repair, conversion or reactivation. The total of large merchant ships on order or under con­ struction in US shipyards decreased by 5 to 74. SUBSIDY. Judge Alexander Holtzoff of the US District Court for the District of Columbia has ruled that a finding of the Maritime Subsidy Board that no affiliation exists between a domestic steamship operator and Waterman Steamship Corporation, the latter an appli­ cant for operating-differential subsidy, is not subject to an adminis­ trative hearing but is a question which the Court will review on trial. The Judge said that on reaching a determination on domestic affilia­ tion, the Maritime Subsidy Board may not transcend the limitations of the statute. In order to reach such a determination. Judge Holt­ zoff stated, the Court has the duty of reviewing questions of fact. The case stems from an action brought by Bull seeking to enjoin the ex­ ecution of an operating-differential subsidy contract between Water­ man and the Maritime Administration, and to enjoin Waterman from taking steps to eliminate all relationship between itself and domestic carriers which operate in competition with Bull. A strong American merchant marine, capa­ ble of fulfilling its role as an integral part of the total US transportation industry, and as an instrument of national policy, is an absolute necessity. Certainly no one with the Interests of this nation at heart could ques­ tion the validity of this statement. Yet today the US-flag fleet has been allowed to dwindle to a point described by maritime observers as constituting "a national dis­ aster." At the end of World War II, the num­ ber of our merchant ships—and our capacity to build them—was greater than in all the rest of the world combined. Now we rank fourth as a maritime nation, behind Great Britain, Norway and Liberia. In shipbuilding, we rank tenth among the nations of the world. Our ships carry only a tiny fraction of the Imported commodities essential to our pros­ perity and national defense and perhaps ten percent of our total foreign commerce. USflag vessels handle only about 20 percent of our outbound foreign aid cargo, and this despite a Cargo Preference Act requiring at least half these cargoes to be carried in Amer­ ican bottoms. Throughout the period since the war, a number of Government agencies have pur­ sued policies largely responsible for the de­ terioration of our fleet, beginning with the approval of wholesale ship transfers to run­ away registries and other flags. We need only cite the failure to enforce the Cargo Prefer­ ence Act, the acceptance of the unrealistic "effective control" theory advanced by the Defense Department and the State and Agri­ culture Departments' overseas arrangements which sacrifice the US merchant marine as a matter of diplomatic expendiency. Nor has the political complexion of the Ad­ ministration in Washington ever significantly altered the general course of Government policy with respect to the merchant fleet. Consequently, those concerned with mari­ time were heartened by the ray of hope , Implicit in the new Administration's recogni­ tion of the industry's problems. At the recent Maritime Trades Department convention. Government spokesmen acknowledged the need for an adequate US-flag fleet and the fact that we should not depend, in these times at least, even upon our allies to serve this nation's maritime transport needs. Still, as the MTD's officers pointed out, the industry can judge the Administration's in­ tentions only by' its performance to date. While we have had the Administration's pro­ fessions of concern about maritime and US dependence on the merchant fleet for reasons of security and the national economy, these statements do not square with the record. Right now, instead of aiding the industry, the Commerce Department, which has critical influence over its future course, has been guilty of policies further endangering US maritime development. If the Administration sincerely desires to insure a merchant fleet that can meet the na­ tion's needs—and we believe it has a re­ sponsibility to do so—this is a time for action, it 4" 4- MSTS-A Hot Issue The completion of the Military Sea "Trans­ portation Service's 12th year of operation finds it becoming a hot issue due to a number of its practices and policies. As an agency engaged in the transport of troops, the MSTS can perform a useful function. Over the years, however, the agency has become increasingly involved in other areas that affect the over-all stability and welfare of the privately-owned merchant marine. More and more, MSTS has been stifling and competing directly with private shipping, contrary to the principle of free enterprise. One of the big question marks about MSTS also arises out of the fact that it's involved in awarding cargoes and that it often serves as a stepping stone to top management jobs right in the industry. Perhaps now is the occasion for a good hard look into the opera­ tions of this agency. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. MA has announced the com­ pletion -of fuel loading on the NS Savannah. A core of uranium-bear­ ing fuel elements containing enough latent energy to power the world's first nuclear cargo-passenger ship for SVz years without re­ fueling was assembled inside the vessel's reactor. The reactor will be put through zero and low power tests and will be brought to 10 per cent of power at Camden. New Jersey. Reports on operations will then be filed with and reviewed by the AEC. The Savannah will then be moved to Yorktown, Virginia, under auxiliary steam for full power reactor operation and for initial sea trials. Upon successful completion of these trials the ship will be delivered to the Government. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION. The Luckenbach Steam­ ship Company has told the ICC that the ship line was denied a fair hearing in a case involving a transcontinental canned goods rail rate reduction, which the water carrier claims contributed to its demise from the intercoastal trade. Luckenbach asserts that Uie rail rate re­ duction, effected in 1958, was an unlawful attempt by allegedly collud­ ing Eastern and Western railroads to drive it out of business. The railroads claim that the reduction was brought about at the insistence of West Coast carriers. Luckenbach has taken issue with the exam­ iner's report, arguing that although the ICC granted it a "discovery" order, the right to examine the railroad's books and records for pos­ sible incriminating evidence, the grant was too late and the evidence too little. Luckenbach accused the examiner of being "unsophisti­ cated" by "buying the railroad witnesses' euphemisms 100 per cent." The company asked the ICC to overrule the examiner and restore the balance of interests between transcontinental railroads and inter­ coastal water carriers. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. During October the NLRB Issued decisions in more contested unfair labor practice cases than in any other month of its 26-year history. Eighty-two cases involving dis­ putes over the facts or the application of the law went to decisions by the five-member board, or by three-man panels of the board. As of November 1, 402 unfair practice cases in both the contested and stipu­ lated classifications were awaiting the board's decision in various stages of consideration. The Board has been able to reduce its back­ log of representation election cases to 148 from a peak backlog of 695 on May 1. This has occurred as a result of the Board's delegation of decision-making powders to NLRB Regional Directors in certain cases. A year ago 90 days were required to proceed from the filing of an election case petition to issuance of a decision and direction of elec­ tion. The average is now 44 days . . . From July, 1960 to June 30, lg61, approximately 73 percent of ali elections conducted by the NLRB were as a result of voluntary agreements between labor and management to proceed to an immediate election, without recourse to the inter­ mediate steps of a hearing and formal decision. In fiscal year 1961 there were 6,613 elections conducted. LONGSHORE SAFETY. The Department of Labor has announced the amendment of safety and health regulations with a view to re­ ducing hazards in the longshore industry. The amendments seek to strengthen testing requirements to insure adequate ventilation in the holds of vessels, revise specifications for testing special stevedore gear, and set up new requirements for guarding mechanically-powered vehicles aboard ve.ssels. posting weights on cargo containers, and grounding portable blowers. „ / �Pare Twelve. IF I. SEAFARERS LOG Dceeaber, ust The growth of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department was physically apparent at* the 4th biennial convention held December 4-6. Dele­ gates representing 29 international unions and 32 maritime port councils throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada came together to deal with-issues affecting the welfare of work­ ers in maritime and allied industries. Out of the convention—with top representatives of Gov­ ernment, industry and labor present—came a program designed to build a strong maritime in­ dustry and strengthen the job security of over 400,000 trade union workers whose livelihood depends on aggressive development of mari­ time. On these pages are photos of some of the 150 delegates and their invited guests from Government, industry and the AFL-CIO who addressed them. /' /' f MTD vice-president Jack McDonald, Steve Leslie, Richard Nolan, Jay Turner and^Gene Reardon headed up delegation representing Operating Engineers. Carpenters secretary R. Livingston presents union-made gavel to MTD president Hall. A. Young, Boilermakers, offers report,^ �SEAFARERS Pecmbcr, INl LOG Page Thirteen 'IJ. t t im "i;,/ • il • ' • ^ I Delegates heard represenfaHves AFL-CIO discuss motters of important concern to the Annerican worker and his family. In photos at right are AFL-CIO President George Meany and AFL-CIO department heads as [hey addressed the convention. t L 1 [ AFL-CIO president George Ivleany discussed major Issues facino the labor movement today. MTD meet preceded AFL-CIO sessions. Building & Construction Trades president Neil Haggerty (left), Union Label Trades secretary Joseph Lewis offer fraternal greetings. Social Security director NeUon Cruihshanic (right) reported on proposals. * i V op Government representatives nvolved in maritime affairs, hown at right, explained the jolicies of their departments md the Administration itself, rhe convention called on Gov­ ernment for positive action in iupport of maritime. At top, David Cole, former US Conciliation Service director, and Donald Geoffrion, Navy Department. Above, Hyman Bookbinder, Com­ merce Departmenti Donald Alexander, new Maritime Administrator. ads of major maritime Indusgroups, in photos ^t the ht, presented their views of > problems confronting the ritime industry. They cited ' major steps which must be en to expand the industry in ) interests of all concerned. Great Lakes operator Troy Browning, new president of the Propeller Club, urged more joint action In maritime. / US Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg re­ ported on program of his department, dis­ cussed bargaining issues affecting maritime. Domestic and offshore shipping Issues were cited by John Weller, presi­ dent, Seatrain (left); Max Harrison, president, American Maritime As­ sociation; Ralph Casey, president^ American Merchant Marine Institute. '•r i' �Page Fonrfees V IMl SEAFARERS LOG Food Unions Launth New Dept. BAL HARBOUR, Fla.—SIUNA representatives assisted in the launching of a brandnew AFL-CIO trade union organization here early this month. The occasion was the found­ ing convention of the Food and Beverage Trades Department. Nine separate AFL-CIO af­ filiates, including the SIUNA,• are charter members of the tion of its membership engaged Retail, Wholesale tc Department in food and beverage trades. The Store Workers; Russell Lasley. new department. Patterned after other, long- local councils will pay yearly dues Packinghouse Workers; James A Suffridge, Retail Clerks; Mort established union groupings with­ of $25. The department's vice-presi­ Brandenburg, Distillery Workers; in the Federation, such as the Maritime Trades, Building Trades dents and the unions they repre­ Harold A. Schneider, Grain Mil­ and Metal Trades, the Food and sent, in addition to Paul Haii and lers, and Cliarles Paulsen, Hotel & Beverage Trades Department rep­ the SIUNA, are: Max Greenberg, Restaurant Workers. resents some 800,000 workers en­ gaged In the manufacture, process­ ing, sale and distribution of food and beverage products. Participation by the SIUNA cov­ ers the entire membership of its Pacific District affiliate, the Ma­ rine Cooks & Stewards (MCS), as By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS well as steward and culinary de­ partment members, fishermen and fish cannery workers on all coasts. Approximately a third of the Some of the country's largest stores and manufacturers use exagSIUNA's 80,000-plus membership -gerated list prices to try to convince you that they are offering tre­ is involved. It is the only mari­ mendous values when they sell below "list." Sometimes the cut prices time union organization in the new do represent good values, but nothing like the savings claimed. group. In reality, not many retailers charge full list price any more. The Established to coordinate activ­ "list prices" do have some usefulness to us consumers in identifying ities of member international un­ models so we can compare actual prices in various stores. But you can ions within the overall food indus­ get seriously fooled if you believe the list price is the actual going price. try, the department, in its constitu­ There even are some instances in which manufacturers deliberately set tion, lists the safeguarding and their list prices higher than normal, so that all retailers—even the protection of consumer interests as most expensive one—can claim to offer you a cut price. one of its chief aims. This practice is notorious in the watch, jewelry and luggage busi­ Harry R. Pooie, executive vice- nesses, and also frequently occurs in the sale of mattresses, electric president of the Amalgamated broilers, rotisseries and percolators. Meat Cutters, was elected presi­ One of the most revealing recent Federal Trade Commission hear­ dent of the department by the 55 ings examined claims made by the S. Klein discount department stores delegates at the convention, Danlei E. Conway, president of the in the New York-New Jersey area. Klein's had advertised "aluminum and frosted glass tub enclosures" American Bakery & Confectionary Workers, was chosen secretary- for $39.95 plus $10 for installation, and claimed they were "$89.95 value." But other dealers testified that the bathtub enclosures usually treasurer. The new AFL-CIO unit will sold for $60 to $70 including installation. Thus Klein's price of about function through local food and $50 with installation was good value, offering a legitimate saving of beverage union councils to be set of $10-$20, but nothing like the claimed $40 saving. We have no wish to pick on Klein's, which has many good values. up in major cities for the coordina­ tion of area-wide activities. Fi­ But additional information developed at other hearings can be useful nances will be provided by a per to you in knowing how to evaluate sale ads. In another case, Klein's capita arrangement calling for one advertised 15-cup percolators and electric skillets at $8 and claimed cent per member per month to be they had "list prices" of $25 and $20 respectively. But testimony in­ paid by each affiliate for the por­ dicated that the two appliances often were sold by other discount chains like Korvette, Master's and Davega, for $8 to $12. In this case it was the manufacturer—^Merit Enterprises—who claimed the percola­ tor had a $25 list price. Although Klein's sale price again was a good value, the list price was wildly exaggerated, with both the manufac­ turer and "the store responsible. One of the most exaggerated instances of pre-ticketed prices involved Rayex sunglasses. This manuracturer pre-ticketed its sunglasses with a $4.95 price. But a wholealer testified that he bought the sunglasses from Rayex for 75 cents, resold them to retailers for $1.20 and re­ tailers generally sold then to the public for about $2.50. Thus even at the so-called "reduced" prices these glasses obviously were overpriced. In other recent cases, the manufacturers of Leeds luggage and bowl­ ing bags, Waltham and Helbros watches, and Son-Chief appliances were The SlU-manned supertanker Cities Service Norfolk has re­ charged wijh supplying retailers with exaggeratecT price tickets and/or ceived a "Well Done" commenda­ printed material. Even when a retailer shows you a manufacturer's tion from the US Coast Guard for price list or catalog to support his daim that he is giving you a bargain, its support in the rescue of the you can't take ti:3 printed list for granted. A Ne>v Jersey jeweler tes­ crew of the Hess Mariner which tified that Helbros watches tagged $62.50 actually cost him $17.50 and sank in October off the. Florida were resold by him for $35. Only house-to-house canvassers and credit jewelers testified that coast. Together with other ships in the they actually sold these watches for the full "list price." This itself area, the Norfolk stood by to as­ should prove to families who buy from such canvassers and credit sist while another tanker closer to stores how much extra they pay. One of the most exaggerated Instances of prc-ticketed prices involved the Hess Mariner steamed to the sinking vessel and picked up all conspiracy between the Korvette discount chain and several famous survivors. Although one man was men's shops in Beverly Hills and Palm Springs, California, and ten hurt, no one was killed in the acci­ clothing manufacturers. The FTC found that Korvette made agree­ ments with these men's shops to buy a small quantity of clothing from dent. The rescue operation was co­ them and also to buy other clothing right from the manufacturers with ordinated by the Coast Guard's the labels of the California stores attached to the garments. Korvette then advertised it was offering merchandise which had AMVER (Atlantic Merchant Vessel been stocked by these well-known men's shops, at reductions from Report) system. The 10,500-ton Hess Mariner their prices. The FTC charged that the "original prices" advertised had an engine room explosion on by Korvette were fictitious since the California men's shop which per­ its passage from Houston to Bos­ mitted the use of their labels never did stock or offer these garments ton. Crewmembers were picked for sale. Right now a hot area of exaggerated list prices is cameras and photo up by the Texaco Nevada and the injured man was treated by a doc­ equipment. The Federal Trade Commission is investigating retailers' tor from the SS Brazil which had "list-price" claims for movie and other cameras. You can learn three money-saving shopping principles from these also turned to and assisted in the cases: rescue. (1) Some "list prices," as shown in the example of the watches, are In a commendation directed to all the vessels which participated deliberately inflated to permit very high-cost sellers like canvassers to in the rescue, the Coast (Juard get high markups, and these "pre-ticketed" and "catalog" prices are said in part: "The backup support especially dangerous. (2) Other list prices, while not deliberately inflated, nevertheless do by . , . Cities Service Norfolk, while perhaps not causing news not represent actual going prices, since most stores nowadays sell below headlines, was nevertheless an im­ the li.st. (3) The 6nly real protection you have is to compare prices among portant factor, in keeping with sound damage control procedure. several retailers, since prices vary even among low-cost sellers, as ob­ Such teamwork is extremely grati- served in the case of the luggage, percolators and broilers. Too, even f.ving. 'Well Done' to all con­ when a store exaggerates the list price, it may still be offering you a good value, as in the case of the bathtub enclosures. cerned." UIW Shop Produces For Defense DonH Be Fooled By Puffed-Up Claims CS Norfolk Lauded For Rescue Aid One of almost 100 UIW members at Schaevltz Engineering, Camden, NJ, which turns out parts used by America's missile men, wireman Horence Benedict is pictured soldering a con­ nection for an accelerator. The pressure this machine gen­ erates tests parts which must hold up during rocket launchings and are very complex to handle. New Oil Contract Fuels UIW Shop, Member Gains Over 1,300 members have been added to the United Indus­ trial Workers during the' past year, contributing added strength to the SIU. Aggressive organizing campaigns by the UIW in the Atlantic and"^ Gulf areas have brought the Fiore Bros, and Salmirs Oil, con­ benefits of union representa­ spired with "independent" Amal­ tion to employees of more than two dozen companies which a year ago were non-union. The membership Increases were across the board, covering all areas where the union has been active in unorganized shops. A key sector of the UIW organ­ izing campaign, the Staten Island oil distribution industry, was the scene of a significant victory in November. .The UIW and the Staten Island Petroleum Company (Sipco), larg­ est fuel distributor in New York's borough of Richmond, signed a first contract which brings the best working conditions and wages in the industry to emrployees. The pact is the first signed by a bona fide labor union with any oil com­ pany on the island and is expected to set the • pattern. A second victory on Staten Is­ land, scored when employees of Richmond Burner Co. voted for UIW representation earlier this fall, was clinched last month when the National Labor Relations Board certified the UIW as bar­ gaining agent for Richmond Burn­ er employees. . Moving ahead on another front in the battle to organize Staten Island oil companies, UIW repre­ sentatives attended NLRB hear­ ings In New York investigating Union charges that two companies, gamated Local 355 to block the legitimate desires of employees to join the UIW. Local 355, expelled from the AFL-CfO for signing backdoor sweetheart agreements with em­ ployers, has suffered several de­ feats at the hands of the SIU, in­ cluding Sipco and Jay Kay Metals in Long Island City, NY, Jay Kay's 600 workers joined the UIW last year after a long campaign which involved ousting Local 355 from the shop. Yard Pact Tops Cult HOUSTON — United Industrial Worker members employed by Southern Rigging Co. here have won one of the highest wage scales in the Gulf Coast area under the contract signed for the first time by the UIW and the company. The ship rigging firm employs 17 persons who service ships in Houston and other Gulf ports. The agreement will run for two years retroactive to July 31, 1961 and provides that either side may re­ open on wages after the first year. UIW members at Southern Rig­ ging won full welfare and pension plan protection, plus unequaled overtime rates in the new contract. Double time will be paid for all work over eight hours a day and all holiday work. The pact also provides for hour­ ly wages to be paid while em­ ployees are traveling, from one port to the other plus a sub­ sistence rate for food and meals for employees working outside of Houston. Under the new UIW agreement Southern Rigging work­ ers will be among the most secure and best-paid workers in the whole Gulf area. •1 i �r\; l»ceeiiAcr. IMl SEAFARERS Atlantic Mate tuna In Eastern Pacific waters. But In recent years the fleet had run onto economic shoals as lowercost foreign fish undersold the lo­ cal product. Clippers often lay Idle at the dock for weeks at a time, with fish in their holds, due to the overloaded market. Idleness of the boats was shared by their unionized crews from the •SIUNA-affillated Cannery Workers and Fishermen's Union. Many men left the boats to seek employment ashore. Then came two simultane­ ous developments which salvaged the fleet from what seemed to be possible disaster. First was development of extratough, light-weight nylon seine nets. Second was introduction of the power block, a roller with a self-contained and completely en­ closed hydraulic motor. Block and motor are fitted at the end of a vessel's boom. This meant that a huge seine could be brought aboard through the block mechanically, saving a vast amount of manual labor and enabling a ship to make many more sets than were previously possible. Boat owners realized that these changes enabled them to go in for the seihe method of catching tuna—a method which seemed to offer good possibilities but which was economically un­ feasible for big vessels hereto­ fore. First to try it was Capt. Lou Brito with his clipper Southern Pacific in 1958. The union-manned Southern Pacific went out and caught 220 tons of fish in 21 days. This sparked a boom in conver­ sions. Clippers went into the ship­ yards as fast as the yards could take them. It meant a big gamble by owners, for each conversion cost from $100,000 up. The huge seines alone cost upwards of $35,000 and can cover an entire city block. in 8horter*trips, which means that income-has gone up for both own­ ers and crews. Diversion of some Japanese tuna production to new European and Japanese- markets has helped to some exte>nt, too. In addition, the new fortunes of the tuna fleet have been helped by scouting planes working out of bases on the West Coast of Cen­ tral America. These spotting planes help to find fish, saving many hours of scouting by the tuna boats. One plane will work for a group of vessels, which share the cost of hiring it. Seining has also done away with the time-consuming and expensive chore of hunting and netting live bait, a prerequisite for a tuna trip when the boats fished with hooks and poles. Les Balinger, secretary-treasur­ er of the Cannery Workers and Fishermen's Union, says the union now has 38 seiners under contract and ten of the older style bait boats. About 1,100 union fishermen are employed at the present time. -I In the wheelhouse of the Atlantic Fishermen's Unioncontracted scalloper Sea King is mate Walter Jaggard, pho­ tographed at New York's Fulton fish market. Alaska Union Shifts Halls SAN FRANCISCO —Sailors Union of the Pacific officials wel­ comed their fishermen brothers when offices of the Alaska Fisher­ men's Union, an SIUNA. affiliate, moved' into space at SUP halls here and in Seattle. The fishermen voted to move .after the old jointly-owned SUPAlaska Fishermen's Union hall on Clay Street was sold to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency. Union officials -said the move would be both an organizational and financial aid for the two SIUNA affiliates. • -, ' - - Converted for lelne fishing, the Conte Bianco, a former baitboat in the San Diego tuna fleet, has modern power blocic (at end of boom) and big seine skiff on her stern. FOUR MISHAPS-NO INJURIES Three unrelated mishaps and one safe return marked SIU shipping during recent weeks, all with no injuries reported. The Miami (Citie.s Service), Jean (Bull), Fanwood (Sea-Land) and the Venore (Ore) each made the news on their own. Empty at the time, the^ supertanker Miami collided I occurred aboard the Fanwood of Bermuda when it happened No­ with the Liberian ore carrier while crossing a Columbia river vember 6 in the course of Hurri­ Melvin H. Baker in fog on the Delaware River and is now back in service after replacing damaged plates in a Mobile shipyard. Com­ pany spokesman reported damage to both ships was slight. There were no injuries to either crew. Trouble broke out on the Jean when cargo came loose in the North Atlantic's heavy seas. The ahip was on MSTS charter, carry­ ing army cargo from New York to La Pallice, France, when the acci­ dent occurred. Manhole covers were ripped off mjln fuel tanks and some damage was reported to the number three hatch. The ship came in to St. Johns, Newfound­ land, for repairs and is already back in service. Another case of shifting cargo bar. Due to a heavy roll, chains holding a deck load of plywood snapped and forced the vessel to return to Astoria, Oregon, to right the ramshackle load. When every­ thing was squared away, the Fanwood left again for San Juan, Puerto Rico. Venore Returns Home In separate action, following an earlier report in the SEAFARER'S LOG, the Venore returned home to Baltimore with a full SIU crew still aboard after 17 days at sea without any power of its own. The ship was enroute to New Orleans to pick up a cargo of grain when the propeller "made a big noise and was gone." The vessel was returning from Spain and was about 600 miles east Jf CunardHints Small Queen Suitable For Panama Use LONDON—Cunard Steamship is now reported to be ex­ ploring the idea or replacing the Queen Mary with a smaller vessel that could be used for Pacific passenger service as well as the Atlantic trade. Two months ago, the com­ ests of the two concerns. The pany turned down over $50 rumors of a corporate marriage Seine Fishing Booms Pacific Tuna Fleet SAN DIEGO—Lightweight nylon nets, a mechanical de­ vice called a "power block" for hauling nets aboard ship, and airplanes for finding fish have caused a complete revolution in the San Diego tuna fleet. Traditionally, bait, hooks But the gamble has paid off. and poles were used to catch The seiners have caught more fish Fare FiftccH LOG cane "Hattie." Crewmembers re­ ported the most difficult time as the first 30 hours until the Coast Guard tug Absecon arrived on the scene and threw the disabled ship a line. However, on the third day under tow, the Absecon had a minor ex­ plosion and lost its own fire room, which meant the loss of one en­ gine. The crippled Absecon and the powerless Venore thereafter limped along toward Bermuda un­ til met by a commercial tug 300 miles off the coast of Bermuda. After the rendezvous, the Venore was towed into Bermuda for re­ fueling and then to Baltimore for repairs, arriving a week later. All hands remained aboard throughout the incident million in British government aid and postponed building a new superliner to replace the aging Queen Mary. In passing up the un­ precedented government subsidy, Cunard said it faced heavy loses on the Atlantic liner service and was reassessing the future of such operations. Possible construction of a small­ er "Queen" suitable for two-ocean service via the Panama Canal' is hinted by the presence of a com­ pany representative in Panama in­ vestigating the size of ships able to navigate the waterway. Extension of Cunard service to the Pacific is given additional weight by reports that the com­ pany plans a merger with P&O Orient Lines, a leading British shipping company now operating in the area. At the time Cunard announced postponement of plans to build a new superliner, it also denied hold­ ing any mergqf talks with P&O, citing the dissimilar trading inter­ have continued, however, and now, with a possible extension of Cunard service into the Pacific, are being circulated again. Meanwhile, Cunard's attempt to cash in on the increasingly-profit­ able trans-Atlantic air service by launching Cunard-Eagle Airways has met a setback. Air travel is a prime cause of the decline in the Atlantic passenger liner trade. When Cunard first received per­ mission to begin this service next May, the decision by the British Air Transport Licensing Board was appealed by British Overseas Air­ ways on the ground that the com­ petition would be injurious to BOAC and could cause the com­ pany to default on payments for new jetliners it had ordered. The BOAC appeal was upheld by the Minister of Aviation and Cunard-Eagle Airways will not bo able to fly a North Atlantic route. Cunard has not Indicated what it plans to do with the two jets al­ ready on order. *) ' SIU FOOD and Cliff Wilson, Food and Ship Sanitation Director Spices Can Be Useful 'Food Magic' An Important parrof any well-stocked galley aboard ship is the spice shelf. Often, just a pinch of "something" from one of the containers on the spice shelf makes a meal a true culinary delight. There is no mystery or secret in using spices. By keeping some simple facts In mind, in time every cook can make spices work for him and make meals livelier. The word "spice" covers a multitude of dry, natural seasonings that are the main flavorings used in cooking. Five different types of season­ ings are included. These are spices, seeds, herbs, vegetable seasonings and blends. Spices are the part of plants that usually grow in the tropics. Seeds are actually seeds or fruits of plants that grow either in tropical or temperate zones. Herbs are always the leaves of temperate zone plants. Vegetable seasonings are usually dehydrated, ground vegetables. Blends are a mixtui-e of various spices, seeds, herbs and vegetable seasonings used according to some time-honored formula. The manner in which these different items are used generally determines both the taste and the color of a dish. While spices are primarily used to impart flavor to foods, some also add color to the dishes being prepared. This extra factor can be used to help dress up a meal. The flavor that is tiansfcrrcd to foods naturally depends on the spice being used. Only certain spices, such as curry or cayenne (curry is a blend, cayenne is a spice', actually are "hot." Many other subtle and distinctive flavors can be added depending on the spices used. Barbecue spice 'blend) has a piquant flavor with "smoke" overtones; savory (herb) has a distinctive pleasant and mild flavor, while fennel 'seed) has a sweet licorice flavor. When a cook first starts out using spices, there may be a tendency to use too much. This is based on the belief that the flavor will be enhanced in direct proportion to the amount used. Actually the desired flavor-tone comes about through delicate and restrained use of spices and by letting one spice tone predominate. The best way to gain a spice-touch is by becoming familiar with the different shades of the spices. By dissolving some spice in water for ten minutes and then tasting it, you can get some Idea of its flavor. Sniffing the aroma and then com­ paring this with the taste the spice gives when used in a recipe also helps. It's all a matter of trial and error; however, the "experimenf* should be tried out prior to -the actual meal. Too much spice or too little can make the taste just as awful as if none at all were u.sed. Spices, herbs and seeds, come in two forms, whole or ground; vegetable seasonings come either in flake or powder form; blends are always in powder form. One variety or another of all spices, herbs and seeds can be added to soups, vegetables, meats, sauces, poultry and fish. The number that can be used with appetizers, salads, dress­ ings, eggs, cheeses, desserts and baked goods is more limited. Blends and vegetable seasonings are generally used for specific dishes. Although it's not a spice, Monosodium Glutanate is also included on shipboard spice, stielves. This is a chenscal that has no taste of its own but enhances the flavor of other foods and spices. Spice shelves also include fniit flavor extracts which are used in cakes, desserts and beverages. Each extract has a specific taste and is used to improve the flavoring of fruit dishes. (Comjncnts Ofld suppc.sHotis are invited by this Department and can be submitted tc this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG J :! fi �Paffe Sixteen SEAFARERS Deeember, 19<1 LOG South American Visitors SEAFARERS IN DRYDOCK The following is the latest available list of S.eafarers in hospitals around the country: A delegation of trade unionists from Ecuador visited SlU headquarters on Pearl Harbor Day, December 7. Fittingly enough, the photographer snapped them in front of the me­ morial plaque listing Seafarers lost in World War II. The visitors are in the US on a labor study mission. Clinic, Surgeons Team To Save Seafarer's Son NEW ORLEANS—Thanks to the alert attention of the Sea­ farers Welfare Plan Medical Department and the skill of Tulane University Medical School surgeons, ySung Michael Crawford is looking forward"^ to playing football next sea­ model patient and contributed a son instead of the dim pros­ great deal on his own part to his pect of a life of semi-invalidism, or worse. The 14-year-oId son of Seafarer James P. Crawford is recuperat­ ing at his Violet, La., home follow­ ing a delicate open-heart operation pereformed here last month at Touro Infirmary. "This probably was the most dramatic case we have had at the Seafarers Clinic in New Orleans," Dr. A. N. Houston, SIU medical director here, stated. Mike was brought to the SIU clinic for an initial examination early in October. He had been turned down in a physical check­ up of candidates for his school football team because of a heart murmur. He also had a history of "blacking out" on occasions, which were increasing in frequency. Convinced of the seriousne.ss of the youngster's condition after a preliminary examination, SIU clin­ ic medics referred him to one of the consulting specialists' associ­ ated with the SIU program for further diagnosis. The need for an operation was confirmed and Mi­ chael's mother chose the Tulane doctors to perform the complicated surgery. The operation was performed by a five-man team of surgeons "under total cardiopulmonary by­ pass with moderate hypothermia." In laymen's language, this means Mike's heart was completely closed off for 53 minutes. During this time, blood was circulated through his body by a mechanical heart and his body temperature was re­ duced to 88 degrees to minimize the danger of hazardous physical chemical reactions. In addition, 14 pints of blood, drawn from this port's blood bank, were used during the operation, which corrected a congenital de­ ficiency of one of the main heart valves, "Young Mike was a brave and recovery," Dr. Houston said. The entire cost of the operation was paid for by the SIU Welfard" Plan. James Crawford has been a member of the SIU since 1941, joining In Mobile. He ships as a bosun and was last on the Del Sud (Mississippi). John DriscoH's Long TB Fight Comes To End Searfarer John Driscoll died last month at his Brooklyn home at the age of 52. For Driscoll, It meant the end of a long struggle with tuberculosis, a disease which had kept him hospitalized for fully 12 years until last August 11. Since 1949, when he was taken off a tank­ er, the Cabins, In Panama, Driscoll Driscoll had battled TB with all the tools doctors could find- -surgery, drugs, special treat­ ments, even forcing Incite balls ("a little bigger than a ping pong ball") into his rib cage. By the time he was released last summer from the Veterans Admin­ istration's West Haven, Conn., hos­ pital, surgery had made it impossi­ ble for Driscoll to return to sea. There was no SIU Welfare Plan at all in 1040 when Driscoll was drydocked but, when the Plan went Into effect, he and other longterm patients were retroactively covered. As a result, he received SIU. benefits totalling $10,446. Driscoll had been an SIU member sailing in the engine department since 1947. During his long period of hos­ pitalization, Including ten years at the now-closed Manhattan Beach USPHS facility, Driscoll helped publish a newspaper for the pa­ tients, "The Porthole," and served for years as hospital delegate. He is survived by his wife, Mary. USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Charles Noble Frank Bane Miiiiael Rirrnna Enos OU Truman .Patriquin Arthur Botelko Arthur Brown Emmet Phelan Kenneth Brown Voldemar G. Buscigiio Gordon Plica Thomas Riley Dan Cherry, Jr. Harold Rivera Roscoe Conklin Harry Rost Henry Davis. Jr. Herbert Shartzer Edward Denchy George Shifflett Louis Firlie Edgar Smith Gorman Glaze Wm. Strickland James Helgoth Joseph Stuntebeck W. Holbrook, Jr. Paul Huggins Samuel Tate Lawrence Tryon Charles Kellogg William Weise Leon Lowe Martin Yager Oliver Myers USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GEORGIA Delaware Eldemire Clarence Murray Thomas Jones H. White USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Hans Peterson F. A. Cuellar C. M. Parker G. A. J. Gedra Jesse W. Puckett Walton GiRlam S. M. Plash Biirl Haire B. B. Pardo H. F. Holmes C. L. Hippard William M. Sliaw A. G. Sigler Emilia Lerma Harold White Pedro Moreno David McDuflie Gerry W. Hurst George Meltzer USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Robert P. Adams Carl Koziol Chalmers Anderson Clyde Leggett Jennings Long Antilla Arvo A. Lykiardopuulas Paul Arthofer Joseph McCabe Robert Bardot Adam McDiarmid W. J. Barrilleaux Frazier McQuagge John Blaising. Jr. William Moise Earbie Bracewell John T. Norton CiilTord Brewster Clyde Brown Robert Oriel Peter Prestia Albert Canter A. Caragiorigio John J'reston Robert Ray John Chapman Albert Richoux Adie Coleman Joseph Roy Thomas Dailey Daniel Rucker Thomas Deale Donald Sander C. Denonden William Scarlett Joaquin S. Dimas Harold Scott Albert Doty Morris D. Seigel G. Edmondson T. Simmonds Harry Emmett Murray Smith .Tames Finley Francis Sperry William Fleming Ashton Stephens Theodore Fortin Joseph Taylor. Jr. Needem Galloway Julius Thompson Giles Glendenning Alphonse Gonzales William Thornton Vincent Tividad Dale Groves Hewie C. Torry Carle Harris William Wade Andrew Howard Howard Waters C. F. JePfers Fritz Widegren George Kasprzyk Joesia Wilson Edward Knapp USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Cecil Hughes Omar All Rupert .Tackson Allie Androh .Tames P. .Tones Hurts Binemanis Charles KInnke Joseph Blake Charles Kirkland John Bloom Ralph Knowles Gorham Bowdre Fructuoso Camaeho Joseph LaPadula Michael Lubas Daniel Cerment Herman Meyer Ho Yee Choe A. Mohamed Thomas Connell William Connolly Robert. Murdock John Pasko •Tohn Coughlln Donald Peterson George Crabtree Theodore Phillips Sidney Day Eugene I>lahn Napoleon Douglas John Murphy Fred Fondila Harry Price John Garrison Isaac Romero Nick Gaylord Herman Sampson Stylianos Goumas James Sherlock Hemsley Guinier Edward Sherris Frank Hanacheck Francis Hannaford Erich Sommer Nick Taska .Tamn Helms John Williams John Hoffman Hospital Visit USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VIRGINIA James Case, Jr. Frank McCloud Myron Ganiah WiUiam MerriU Joseph Howell A. J. Murden , Fenton Kimball Robert Singleton USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENNESSEE DeForest George Graham SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY Alberto Gutierrez Thomas Isaksen VA HOSPITAL WEST HAVEN. CONN. James Gorman VA HOSPITAL KERRVILLE, TEXAS WUlard T. Cahlll VA HOSPITAL IOWA CITY. IOWA Eric L. Hoffman PINE CREST HAVEN COVINGTON. LA. Frank Martin US SOLDIERS HOME WASHINGTON. DC William Thomson USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF Stokes Ayers Harry Lowther Charles Bush Phillip Mason Wm. Mcllveen Chas. Neukirchner Lucien Elle Winford Powell Harold Ferguson Richard Ripley L. Knickerbocker William Williams Charles Lane TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL TAMPA, FLORIDA Dennis H. Brazell Albert USPHS HOSPITAL ' SEATTLE. WASH. Louis Bernier C. P. Thompson John Eaton AUred Yarborough Henry Keano , USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON, MASS. George Brazil Chas. Robinson William Dyer John Santos Ammon Page Alfred Duggan MOUNT WILSON STATE'HOSPITAL MOUNT WILSON, MD. George Lesnansky CULLEN STATE HOSPITAL CULLEN, MD. Alvino Terrazas CHARITY HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Carl'S. Gibbs USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Benjamin Deibler James Rist Abe Gordon David Sperry Thomas Lehay Bozo Zelencle Max Olson Physical Exams-r All SIU Clinics October, 1961 Port Seamen Wives Children TOTAL Baltimore Houston Mobile New Orleans .. New York 10 8 16 14 13 6 0 5 17 21 122 121 66 254 429 TOTAL 61 49 992 /' SIU Blood Bank Inventory November, 1961 Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle ' Previous Balance 0 93 38 39 16 28 0 32 20 3Vi 20 (7)'* ...15 Pints Credited 5 32 50 12. 0 4 2 0 15 5 • 0 0 . 0 Pints Used 0 28 4 8 0 0 0 2 28 5 0 7 0 TOTAL ON HAND 9 97 84 43 18 32 2 30 17 3V4 20 (14)• 15 TOTAL 297V4 125 ^ 82"" 350V9 * Figures in parenthesis ( ) indicate shortage to be made up To obtain SIU Blood Bank information or a donor card, contact any SIU hall. All emergency needs anywhere in the US can be serviced via local SIU banks or headquarters. SIU Welfare, Vacation Plans Cash Benefits Paid October 16-November 15, 1961 CLAIMS Hospital Benefits (Welfare).... 10481 A welcom# tonic any time. Thanksgiving Day was the oc­ casion for a hospital visit by Seafarer Al RidS to drydocked ex-shipmate Pete Prestea. They're showii on the lawn of the New Orleans USPHS facility. AMOUNT PAID ' $51,249.28 ( ^ Death Benefits (Welfare)..... 8 28,500.00 Disability Benefits (Welfare) .. 217 32,400.00 Maternity Benefits (Welfare) .. 56 11,200.00 Dependents Benefits (Welfare). 198 52,854.80 Optical Benefits' (Welfare).... 221 2,031.99 Outpatient benefits (Welfare).. 314 25,370.00 11495 $203,606,07 1310 $207,119.34 TOTAL WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD... 12805 $410,725.21 Summary (Welfare) Vacation Benefits �DcMMfctr, Iffl SEAFARERS Pate Seventees LOG 300 Receive Benefits S&A Aid Tops $50,000 With the launching of the Sickness and Accident program successfully completed, the SIU Welfare Plan has so far paid over $50,000 in cash benefits to some 300 Seafarers idled by off-the-job illness or injury. The new benefit program began in October. A major advance for SIU"*" men, the S&A plan provides portant new protection for Sea­ the SIU since 1945, he paid off at the first benefits of amy kind farers. Typical of such instances is a BR on the Vivian (Maritim* Seafarers Konstant M. Kain, 72 (left), and Eriing Hansen, 71, flank Joe Volpian, SlU social security director, as they show off checks marking first $150 pension payments. Six More Veteran Seamen Join SlU Pension Ranks Six more veteran Seafarers—three with seatime extending back to the 1920's—have been added to the ranks of Union oldtimers retired on SIU pensions by trustee action. Latest to receive the life-^ time $150 monthly pension SIU, Joining in Baltimore in 1941, payments are: Jose G. Brother Kain first went to sea in 1928 from his native Estonia. Sail­ ing in the engine department, his last ship was the Ocean Deborah (Ocean Transport) in November, 1960. He has been beached since then due to Illness. He makes his home with an uncle, Jack Idlas, in Florham Park, NJ. Two Yean Continuous Service After almost two years of con­ tinuous service on the Monarch of the Seas (Waterman), Brother Noel signed off in February. The 49-year-old black gang member now lives with a brother, Ben, in Mobile, Ala. He first started sail­ ing with the SIU in 1944. Born in Sweden, Brother Ohls­ Noel Golana son, 65, joined the SIU in 1939 after six years of sailing in for­ eign bottoms. He signed off his last ship, the Alcoa Partner (Alcoa) in April while in the engine depart­ ment. Listed as next of kin is a sister, Hildur Ohlsson, of Kalmar, Sweden. A member of the SIU since 1944, Brother Russell paid off his last ship the Robin Gray (Moore-McCormack), in May. The 63-year-old Ohlsson Russell steward department member, who was organized In 1938. Generally was born in Jamaica, BWI, now chipping as an AB from Gulf ports, resides with his-wife, Gwendelyn, bis last vessel was the Del Norte in New York City. (Mississippi) in August. A son, Joseph, of New Orleans, La., is bis next of kin. Hails From Norway Brother Hansen is now 71, originally from Norway and his sailing days also go back to 1924. A member of the SIU since 1941, be's a black gang member and paid off his last ship, the Seatrain New York (Seatrain), in October. He has a brother, John Hansen, in Branchville, NJ. Another 20-year-veteran of the Galarza, Eriing Hansen, KonBtant Kain, Walter T. Noel, Ernst O. Ohlsson and David Russell. Born in Argentina 65 years ago. Brother Galarza started sailing In 1924 and joined the SIU when it Fifth Pint Off the Steel Worker, Sea­ farer R. j. Landry takes a nip of medicinal spirits after do­ nating his fifth pint of blood at SIU clinic in Brooklyn. Eddie Field is the technician. for outpatients not receiving main­ tenance and cure. Payments are provided for up to 39 weeks in any combination of inpatient and out­ patient time for a single illness or injury during the year. Outpatients released from a hos­ pital automatically qualify for the $56 weekly benefit for the rest of the combined 39-week-period. Sea­ farers who have not been hos­ pitalized must accumulate a full week on outpatient status and, if not receiving maintenance and cure, collect S&A benefits retro­ active to the fifth day of disability. Benefits are paid up to the 39week-iimit from then on. The successful operation of the program in all ports adds im­ the example of Seafarer Alfred L. Overseas) during October. Last aboard the Cities Servic* Miami in August, Edmund Abualy, DM, jammed his right hand against the wheel of a car while driving in Woodbury, NJ, and fractured a finger. He received treatment at Underwood Hospital in Woodbury and began receiving S&A payments after filing at the Philadelphia hall. Abualy has been sailing with the SIU since 1941. Yarborough Abualy Both agree with all Seafarers Yarborough, on the West Coast, that the new program is "a big^ who recently underwent a bunion- help" and a welcome gain in SIU* ectomy at the Seattle U5PHS hos­ welfare benefits. pital. Unable to return to work, Yarborough drew S&A payments as an outpatient until he received his "fit for duty." Shipping with Joseph Volpian, Social Security Director Labor Presses Fight For Social Goais While it, is to be expecred that progressive social legislation will face a tougher fight in state capitals than in Washington, the record of the states in the past legislative year was a dim one Indeed. Even more difficulties are indicated in the months ahead. A report to the recent Chatting in the Wilmington AFL-CIO convention bears this out. hall after filing S&A forms, Only 19 states raised jobless benefits during the latest legislative steward department members session. Most of the gains were modest ones conditioned on higher John Pllapil and William Blair eligibility requirements. At the same time, only four states extended (with cane) both have re­ the duration of benefits, despite continuing high unemployment in ceived $56 weekly benefits. many sections of the country. No state as yet has met what the AFL-CIO considers to be minimum goals in the way of unemployment protection. If Federal aid Is not forthcoming, few. If any, states will ever offer average benefits equal to two-thirds of normal wages, which is the AFL-CIO's suggested mini­ mum goal for a period of up to 39 weeks. To insure the continued vitality of the state jobless program, the convention called for nationwide Federal standards to correct "basic deficiencies" In the state programs. It noted that only a minority of Seafarers still have time to apply workers covered by state unemployment laws are now eligible for on behalf of themselves or their benefits equal to as much as half their wages. "This falls far short children for one of the five $6,000 of the standards Incorporated when the system began," the Federation SIU scholarships to be awarded in said. 1962, but they must act soon to In the minimum wage area—and improvements In this field can be be eligible. So far, 42 scholarship applica­ made without Federal help by the simple passage of state minimum wage laws—only three states reported increases over their past basic tions have been received by the rates. Two states, Washington and Connecticut, followed the Federal Seafarers Welfare Plan. Applicants pattern mid raised minimums to $1.25 in two steps. New York State must have all forms completed and adopted a $1 minimum, with provisions for higher rates to be set by submitted before the Scholarship Awards Committee meets in May. wage boards in different Industries. On the Federal front, the convention proposed a number of measures The awards cover four years of to achieve full recovery and full employment. It urged an attack on study in any field. Forty-three the "hard core" long-term unemployment problem along the lines of have been granted since 1953. An important factor in the com­ an area redevelopment program. This would include a Federal project mittee's determination of the an­ of retraining the jobless and updating work skills plus Government payments during training. Aid would be provided for relocating work­ nual scholarship winners is each candidate's score on the College ers in new job areas. Entrance Examination Board tests. Health care for the aged was described as "a very definite must" on the AFL-ClO's legislative program as the convention voted a strong Only two CEEB tests are sched­ uled before the committee meets. endorsement of the Anderson-King bill. The resolution declared that neither private insurance nor the pub­ Arrangements to take the tests, lic assistance approach of the Kerr-Mills Act of 1960 has met the test which are to be given throughout the country on January 13 and of providing "the broad protection required for the great majority of March 3. must be made early to the aged who have low incomes." fulfill eligibility requirements. The only practical way to handle this sort of a situation is to place Other requirements include It under social security where people will build up over the years the three years' SIU seatime by a Sea­ equity that is needed when they get on in years and have these serious farer applying on his own behalf illnesses." or for a child; three letters of ref­ An economic and legislative conference has been summoned by the erence; an autobiographical state­ AFL-CIO to urge the 87th Congress to move on the unresolved prob­ ment and completion of a scholar­ lems facing the country, including health care for the aged. Tlie con­ ship questionnaire. ference will be held January 22 in Washington to "dramatize the im­ Application forms plus informa­ portance of the economic and social problems, led by unemployment, tion on taking the CEEB test is which confront our nation today." available from the SIU Welfare {Comments and suggestions are invited by the Department and can Plan. 17 Battery Place, New York be submitted to this column care oj the SEAFAREHS LOG.) .j 4, NY. Urge Early Bid On SGholarship / VI �Par* Eighteea SEAFARERS DEPiLRTMBNT Joseph B. Logae, MD, Medical Director Beware Of The Holiday Hangover LOG D««emb«r, 19ffl DEPARTURES All the following SIU families have received a $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name, representing a total of $7,200 in maternity benefits and a maturity value of $900 in bonds: As the holiday season approaches, we naturally think of gifts, pres­ Chery Ann Goodnick, born Oc­ Mirtha Ann Bonura, born Oc­ Carla Gomez, born September ents, religious activities, Santa Claus perhaps, as well as many other tober 15, 1961, to Seafarer and tober 22, 1961, to Seafarer and 16, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. traditions of Christmas and the New Year. These ere usually all very Mrs. Robert Goodnick, Houston, Mrs. Victor T, Bonura, New Or­ Francis Gomez, Mobile, Ala. pleasant, even though oftentimes very expensive. leans, La. Texas. But what about the "hangover"—not the financial one which is Michael Wayne Annis, born May usually a sufficient headache, but the hangover from the excessive 22, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Adam Carpenter, born July 27, Louis Landa, born September 9, consumption of alcohol during these celebrations. George F. Annls, New Orleans, La. 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Carlos 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Fred­ There has been much progress In the treatment and eradication eric Carpenter, New Orleans, La, Landa, Dallas, Texas. Wade Fuller, born July 18, of diseases which have plagued mankind during the centuries. How­ Angela Benitez, bom October 6, Robert Garza, born September ever, there has been little progress in the treatment of the hang­ 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jerry 5, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. An­ 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. John Fuller, Houston, Texas. over since man first discovered alcohol. It's like the weather— Benitez, Tampa, Florida. tonio Garza, Sr., Gretna, La. everybody knows and talks about the hangover, but no one seems to Mary Beth Perry, born Septem­ do much about it. ber 20, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. The deaths of the following. Seafarers have been report­ Doctors do not give much consideration to hangovers; neither do Raymond Perry, Jr., Salem, NJ. ed to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and a total of $19,000 your friends, as they apparently feel that It is self-induced and that in benefits was paid. (Any apparent delay in payment of Allen Brown, born August 6, ^ou should also pay the piper. Despite the old wives' tales, there also is 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Albert claims is normally due to late filing, lack of a benieficiary no sure cure for the hangover. B. Brown, Brooklyn, NY. card or necessary litigation for the disposition of estates.) What happens to you when you wake up with a hangover Is very definite. Your metabolism has been knocked off balance due to excess Catherine Bellando, born August Edward Boyle, 51: Brother Boyla Frederick L. Comerford, 48: A consumption of alcohol. The alcohol has been distributed throughout 2, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. heart attack was fatal to Brother died in an accident ashore at Bos­ your entire body where 95% is completely oxidized, mainly in the Adolph Bellando, Kenner, La. ton, Mass., on Comerford liver. As a result of this rapid oxidation, the glucose-insulin balance November 6, on October 23, Hilda T. Patingo, born July 29, in the blood Is disturbed with other end-products of metabolism which 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Eddie 1961. He joined 1961 on the SS produce the toxic effects experi­ the SIU in 1953 Michael at sea. A. Patingo, Sr., New Orleans, La. enced the morning after. and had shipped He sailed in the night before, and .many good re­ Christopher Sullivan, born July Not A Stimulant in the steward deck department solves are sworn to during the 31, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Although alcohol appears to trying hours of the hangover, but department. No and joined the John V. Sullivan, New York, NY. stimulate a person, it is as a mat­ I'm sure it will happen again. survivors were SIU in 1953. His Louis Duracher, born September ter of fact a depressant or in­ listed. Burial was widow, Mrs. There may not be any pockets hibitor. What the average person in a shroud, Ifht If you have money 9, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. in St. Josephs' Hilda D o w n e 8 assumes to be stimulation is really to burn, you "can take It with Louis Duracher, New Orleans, La. Cemetary, West Comerford, of Carol Ann Huszar, born July 81, Baltimore, Md., survives. Burial Roxbury, Mass. Total benefit: $fO«i. the depressant effect on the in­ you." hibitory brain control of behavior. {Comments and suggestions are 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Steve -was at sea. Total benefit: $4,000. $• t> 3i> Thus, there is an increase of the invited by the Department and can Huszar, Albany, La. John G. Gregory, 54: A liver ail­ pulse rate; a flushing of the face be submitted to this column care Mark Hroncich, 63: Brother ment caused the death of Brother Vance Jaks, born September 26, and an abolition of inhibitions, of the SEAFARERS LOG). 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Edward Hroncich died of natural causes on Gregory on Sep­ November 1,1961 with am increase in activity both Jaks, El Campo, Texas. tember 19, 1961 vocal and otherwise, so that one while aboard the John Wise, born September 26, at St. Clares Hos­ exhausts himself both physically 65 Years At Sea Penn Transporter 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jack pital, New York City. Ha had and psychologically. Thus, the in Brindisi, Italy. D. Wise, Kill Devil Hills, NC. been sailing with tired and exhausted feeling on He had been sail­ Tamara Fraone, born September the SIU since the morning after. ing in the SIU 19, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. 1960. Surviving is According to some authorities, steward depart­ Francesco Fraone, Bayonne, NJ. his widow, Mrs. there are at least 2,000 different ment since 1953. Darla Fillingim, born September Milka Hroncich, drinks, and at least that many Surviving is a 27, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. 01- of Union City, cures for the hangover, none of daughter, Mrs. lice Fillingim, Mobile, Ala. NJ. Burial was in them very efficient. There is an Anilee Doska Irvine, of Santa Ana, Joan Edmonds, born March 4, Madonna Cemetery, Fort Lee, NJ. California. Burial was in Brindisi. interesting story published about Veteran Seafarer Edward K. 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Robert Total benefit: $4,000. a young man who had a "sure Total benefit: $500. cure." The young man would go "Pop" Hansen, 88, who probably, Edmonds, Baltimore, Md. t 4" Peter King, 52: Brother King Into the bathroom, turn on the hot set some kind of record by sailing Jennie Boyd, born September James Brasfield, 43: Brother water and, as the steam would for 65 years, died on October 28 28, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. died of an intestinal ailment on Brasfield died of bronchial asthma October 28, 1961 accumulate, he would jump up and at the Lutheran Medical Center in Robert Boyd, Houston, Tex. on November 7, at the USPHS Brooklyn, NY. Hansen last shipped down like a demon. After this, he 1961 in South Nora Garcia, born August 20, Hospital, Boston, would think himself cured and go in 1952 at the age of 79 and retired 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Victor Baltimore Gen­ Mass. Ha was a to the office. This worked for a on an SIU pension. Burial was in Garcia, Brooklyn, NY. eral Hospital, member of the while, but one morning during this Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn. Baltimore, M d. Claude Bankston, born April 12, SIU since 1938 treatment, he dropped dead. i> t> iHe had been sail­ 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Claude and shipped in Many other "cures" fpr the hang­ ing SIU ships The sea was Edward Hansen's Bankston, Jr., Metairie, La. the steward de­ over can be listed. These include life. since 1942 in tha partment. Surviv­ Vern Gibson, born September the Turkish bath and exotic con­ steward depart­ His romance with the deep 14, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. ing is his widow, coctions such as clam juice. Bugle- started in 1887 when he began ment. His wife, Mrs. May King, Vern D. Gibson, Mobile, Ala. week and wild lettuce. Mrs. Ida M. Bras­ sailing the cold Ronald Zaniewski, born July 12, of Boston, Mass, Burial was at Mt. field, of New York City, survives. The "hair of the dog" Is prob­ fjords of his na­ 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Edwin Hope, Boston, Mass. Total benefit: Burial was in Ferncliff Cemetery, ably one of the most universal tive Norway on $500. Zaniewski, Akron, Ohio. NY. Total benefit: $4,000. cures of the hangover. A friend fishing boats at of mine thought this the best, but 14 years of age. John Bramble, born September 4 4 it Walter S? Si^th, ^4: Brother he had to modify his method. He In those days, Eugene B. Hunt, 64: Heart dis­ 28, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Smith died of a heart attack on would take it straight, and If the sailing meant ease was fatal to Brother Hunt on Charles Bramble, Atlantic City, July 11, 1961 first few bounced, he was not too wind power and October 31, 1961 NJ. while aboard the perturbed because, once he was long hard climbs at the USPHS Roberta Ladnier, born June 1, SS Timber Hitch abie to retain one, he had it made. aloft to haul Hospital, Galves­ 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. William at Capetown, Probably the most popular cure down the yards ton, Texas. H e Ladnier, Sr., Coden, Ala. South Africa. Ha Hansen for the hangover, and of fairly of canvas. Joined the SIU in Krugar Donald, born September had sailed with recent vintage, are the Bloody 1951, sailing in In the tradition of his Viking 24, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wil­ the SIU in tha Mary, the Screwdriver, or some forbears, he later sailed on coast­ the steward de­ en gin a depart­ of the many combinations of ers and then deep-sea ships. For liam Donald, Norfolk, Va. partment. His ment since 1950. Christine Bernhard, born August Vodka, fruit juices and bitters or 35 years he sailed foreign-flag widow, Mrs. Nora His widow, Mrs. 15, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Her­ Worcestershire sauce. Hunt of Basile, Agnes H. Smith,, ships, first in sail, then steam. In Other remedies for the hangover 1925 he began shipping in Ameri­ bert Bernhard, Pelham, NY. of Dade City, Florida, survives. La., survives. Tanela Faircloth, born October Burial was in the Dade City "Ceme­ Burial was in Basile Cemetery, include a wide variety of medica­ can-flag vessels, and when the Eunice, La. Total benefit: $500. tions containing vitamins, combi­ SIU was founded in 1938, he threw 13, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. John tery. Total benefit: $4,000. nations of amphetamines and amo- in with the new union and joined Faircloth, Mobile, Ala. 4 4 4 4" 4" 4" barbital which are supposed to be up in New York. Clarence Morehead, 29: Brother Jonnie Benedict, born Septem­ John F. Dixon, 52: Brother Dixon excellent in weight reduction He shipped out as a carpenter ber 23, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. died of burns suffered in a house Morehead died of a long ailment regime, but are probably better and continued to sail for 14 more John Benedict, New Orleans, La. on September 22, fire on Septem­ as a hangover remedy. 1960 at the ber 5, 1961 in Co­ years until, after 65 years of seaKenneth Wallace, born Septem­ There is the other school of time, he was permanently beached. ber 23, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. USPHS Hospital, lumbia, SC. He hangover fadist who believes an "I'd go back tomorrow If the doc­ Edward Wallace, Brooklyn, NY. New Orleans, La. was a member of ounce of prevention is worth a tors would let me," he said after He had sailed for the SfU since Eddrice Webb, born September pound of cure; who load them­ he signed off his last ship, the a short time with 1943, sailing in the SIU during selves with everything from olive Robin Mowbray, at Baltimore in 7, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ed­ the engine de­ ward Webb, Mobile, Ala. 1960 in the deck partment. Sur­ oil to steaks and fruit juices. This 1952. Michele Consoli, born August department. His viving is his probably at least slows the ab­ One of the first Seafarers to go mother, Mrs. mother, Mrs. Em­ sorption of the alcohol. on an SIU pension, Hansen re­ 26, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wal­ Dulcle Lee Yates ma P.. Dixon, of An ice pack and the usual head­ mained close to the sea thereafter. ter Consoli, Clifton, NJ. Richard Wilbum, born August Lykesland, SC. Interment was in of Vaiden, Mississippi, survives. ache remedies are all good, but He made his home in Brooklyn let's face it: It takes time and where he could watch the ships 17, 1961, to Seafarer and Mrs, Columbia Cemetery at Columbia, B:;ri8l was in Kosciusko, Miss. Total benefit: $500. fluids to repair the damages of the entering and leaving New York. Richard Wilburn, Galveston, Texas. SC. Total benefit: $500. Hansen, 88, Passes On �December, 1901 SEAFARERS LOG-A-RHYTHM: Old-Fashioned Christmas By Roy Fleischer Giuc me an old fashioned Christ­ mas With holly and mistletoe And Santa Clous in the chimney As reindeers wait in the snow, Give me tinsel, red and green. And logs that glitter like gold. No pastel shad-es, no modern art, Just colors bright and bold. Gang on the Erna Elizabeth who got a vote of thanks' for a job well done, include (l-r) P. Franco, 2nd cook; Samuel Doyle, steward; P. Foster, chief cook; G. Parker, 3rd cook. Candles and wreaths in the vnndows, A Christmas tree in the den, A couple of starry-eyed children To open the gifts I send. While the cold weather and the holiday season Is at hand a number of Seafarers are off on the other side of the equator enjoying sunshine and high temperatures. The crew of the Sword Knot (Suwannee) sent the following report from Capetown, South Africa: "We enjoyed a^ 21-day-stay in Capetown; many love affairs blossomed, but as yet there are no /narriages to report. We all enjo^d cordial relations with the South African port authorities, and the ship's chandler worked smoothly with the cooks in getting 120 days worth of •tores stowed away. "We had what has to be called an excellent berthing area at the Union-Castle docks. We recom­ mend it to all our brothers be­ cause it affords crewmembers with an excellent view of pretty passen­ gers leaving other ships." They finished off by asking: "How is the weather in the States?" Anybody care to answer? t -it 4" Making the most of an idle •hip's fund while the Atlas (Tank­ ers & Tramps) was tied up in Mobile recently, the gang voted to present the entire treasury to the local chapter of the Salvation Army. Ship's reporter H. G. Horo­ witz recorded the event, comment­ ing on the crew's general feeling that the "money would then be put to some good use." A Salvation Army representative accepted the gift with many thanks. 4" 4t Aboard the Coastal Crusader (Suwannee), the crew is looking forward to an old-time barbecue. They've already donated $l-a-maA to finance a supply of charcoal. All they need now are the franks and they're all set. Don't forget the mustard, fellas. ' 4" 41 4" The crew of the Frances (Bull) has had a serious wave of "bulbsnatching" aboard ship. Things weren't too bad until someone snatched the bulb from the head. Paee Nineteea LOG ROBIN KIRK (Robin- Line), Septem­ ber 25—Chelrman, T. M. Hedlund; Secretary, A. Perklnt. S15.50 in treas­ ury. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. T. M. Hedlund elected ship's delegate. Discussion on use of voting machines in aU future SIU elections. DEL ORG (Mississippi), September 30—Chairman, James Stewart; Secre­ tary, Dick Grant. Ship's delegate re­ ported everything running smoothly, except air conditioner not functioning properly. Suggested crew make up LUCILE BL00MF1ELD (Bloomfteld), list of items for the patrolman to August 4—Chairman, Joe Compon; cover working rules for this ship, the Secretary, H. Huston. $18.00 in treas­ Del Sol and Del Rio. Motion to in.sert ury. Sime OT di.sp'Jted. No beefs re­ provi.sions in new agreement re time ported by delegates. The next nego-. off in port and to make some chan.pes tiating committee should try to get regarding breaking of watches for some action on time off in continental engine and deck departments. Negoti­ US ports. Discussion on the continued ating committee should look into use of fish oil on decks in place of present situation re oilers being prepared deck coating that has been knocked off weekends in port. All hands should cooperate to keep pan­ tries and recreation room clean at all times. Vote of thanks to steward department. IP Ita furnished. Letter to be sent to safety director Joe Algina. See the patrol­ man on arrival to find out why more small bills are not put in the ship's bank. There is never enough small bills for draws in foreign ports. PETROCHEM (Valentine), Sept. 4— Chairman, K. Hatgimisisios; Secretary, J. R. Prestwood. Ship's delegate re­ ported three men missed ship from Port Neches to Pasadena: sailed two men short from Pasadena. No beefs and no disputed OT. S17.50 left in ship's fund. See about fumigating for roaches and bedbugs. Request 4-8 watch's supper be served a little earlier. Crew asked to keep messhall cleaner at night and bring cots off deck in port. GLOBE PROGRESS (Maritime Over­ seas), no date—Chairman, Stanley F. Schuyler; Secretary, Andy Noah. Some repairs being taken care of aboard ship; others will be brought up to the captain again. Andrew Lutaves elected new ship's delegate. No money in ship's fund. No beefs reported. Bunks and bunk lights to be repaired, but cannot be repaired aboard with­ out welding equipment. Too much chlorine in the fresh drinking water. JOSEFINA (Liberty Navigation), July 29—Chairman, J. P. Ahern; Sec­ retary, C. L. Shirah. R. Dariey was elected ship's delegate. No beefs re­ ported. Discussed repair list from previous voyage. John Chlaramonte, pantryman,'was part of the Sword Knot crew that enjayed the warm weather during a visit to Cape­ town, South Atrica. An unidentified vessel and famed Table Top Mountain make up the background. It was recommended at this point that crewmembers ask the electri­ cian for another bulb instead of snatching what was available. "A head without a bulb is like a ship without a rudder," someone re­ marked. 4> 4" 4« The Panoceanio Faith (Panoceanic) is having hot water troubles. Everyone enjoys lots of hot water, but not when it's coming out of the water cooler. At last report, the crew was laying in a good supply of teabags. 4" 4" 4The gang on the Coe Victory (Victory Carriers) has voted to do a good turn for an old shipmate. Following a request by the ship's bosun, the crew voted unanimously to supply disabled oldtimer Char­ lie Rogers with an old TV set to work on. "It will keep him occu­ pied," the crew noted, "and do some good at the same time. 4" 4" 4^ Thanksgiving must have been quite a day for the crew of the Fairland (Sea-Land). The men voted to use the ship's fund» to supply rum for a large bowl of egg nog. When this crew talks about turkey and all the fixings, it means what it says. 4" 4" 4" Aboard the Hurricane (Water­ man), the crew reports that it donated the old books from the ship's library to the Seaman's Club in Rotterdam, Holland. The books were warmly accepted by a repre­ sentative of the club with grateful thanks to the SIU crew. HA/e you £vfee rhiOO^ffT/ —TO A PlBASAf^ COMING HOMBBVB/zy NieMr..4ETc.,Brc open for the watch. Motion made to' procure a softer brand of toilet tissue, ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Robin Line), Aug. 20—Chairman, Paul M. Meth; Secretary, Harry Harrison. Subsistence beef will be taken up with patrolman. Four men misscu shin (iur-n -. (he irip. Reported $16.?.=) in s'lin s fund: S'O to be repaid to the bosun. Union to see what can be done to get more experi­ enced men aboard these ships. Crew not receiving the LOG or other Union data regularly. Find out from mem­ bers of the food committee ashore how long leftovers can be kept in the meat box. Discussion on whether pas­ sengers were getting Koolaid while the crew was not getting same. BIENVILLE (Sea-Land), Aug. 6— Chairman, J. Henry; Secretary, R. O'Rourke. Ship's delegate reported one man left in hospital in Houston. $24.71 in ship's fund. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Crew asked to take care when using wash­ ing machine. Steward to order auto­ matic timer for same. MOUNT VERNON VICTORY (Mt. Vernon Tanker), October 8—Chair­ man, Louis W. Pepper; Secretary, Jack Murray. Election held for a new ship's delegate. No beefs reported by department delegates. MT. VERNON VICTORY (ML Vernon Tanker), October 30—Chairman, Elmer Lamb; Secretary, Louis Pepper. I.amb was elected ship's delegate. No beefs reported. Discussion re wage increase for men on super tankers, based on horsepower and tonnage of cargo, and increase in manning scale. Will send letter to headquarters and bring these items to the attention of the negoti­ ating commitce. DEL SOL (Mississippi), September 10—Chairman, J. Catalanetto; Secre­ tary, J. Zimmer. Retiring ship's dele­ gate notified the brothers of captain's request that if any member of the crew decided to get off in Houston, he shouldn't sign foreign articles. £29 in ship's fund. .No beefs reported. .Mo­ tion to transfer m-vie fun'' into st-'n's fund. Roy R. Thomas elected new ship's delegate. Ice-making machine and refrigerator to be put in order and, if not done promptly by the chief engineer, will refer directly to the captain for action. IBERVILLE (Waterman), October 22 —Chairman, Horace Carmichael; Sec­ retary, William R. Cameron. Discus­ sion on crew relation with topside. Only 66 cents in treasury. No beefs reported. Motion that better merchan­ dise be put in slopchest. Launch serv­ ice schedule to be checked with mate. Suggestion to have hanger made for the recreation room aft for hanging winter gear. No gear to be hanging in crew mess. MASSMAR (Calmar), October 15— Chairman, R. L. Morrow; Secretary, none. Everything running smooth. .411 foc'sles painted except one in engine dep.nrtment which will be sougeed. Change in brand of canned milk re­ quested; present brand has a tend­ ency to sour. All mattresses need re­ placing and have been ordered. TITAN (Overseas Oil Transport), September 17—Chairman, John Lamb; Secretary, E. Hannon. Walter Pritchett elected new ship's delegate. No beefs reported. Ship is supposed to go to Persian Gulf to load. Discussion on status of class B & class C men. Crew requests cold drinks be put on table in one pitcher and ice in another one. Fix hooks on screen doors aft to keep them from swinging at sea. Don't unplug boxes in pantry. Wring­ er needs to , be nxed. New hose needed. ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), October 8 —Chairman, A. H. Anderson; Secre­ tary, S. T. Arales. No beefs reported by department delegates. .Members suggest that messroom needs painting. Vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment especially for the superb baking •by the baker. DOROTHY (Bull), October 8—Chair­ man, P. C. Johnson; Secretary, none. No beefs reported by department delegates. New faucets needed for washroom. SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), September 29—Chairman, Reiiley; Secretary, Walker. Ship's delegate stated that there was a little disputed overtime in the black gang. See patrolman about weekend OT for steward department re sougeeing laundry room. Burkeen elected treas­ urer. More milk should be put aboard. Crew told that watch table is for watch only. Request hotplate for soup In messhall. THETIS (Rye Marine), September 9 —Chairman, W. Johnson; Secretary, R. Schultz. Ship Is due to return to New York and a complete slopchest will be put aboard then. Any question about transportation will be brought up before the patrolman while in Wilmington. Motion to collect $1 from each crewmembcr for a ship's fund. CITIES SERVICE NORFOLK (Cities No beefs reported by department Service), July 12—Chairman, Ted delegates. Some sort of 3-way com­ Jones; Secretary, Dan Beard. See cap­ munication system should be installed tain about ordering wind chutes. Call In the galley, as excessive noise and hall for sufficient OT sheets and a vibration makes taking orders ex­ library. $1.63 in treasury. T. Ynrtremely difficult. Bosun elected ship's brough elected new ship's delegate. treasurer. Another fan promised for Caps should be worn in galley; hair the crew messroom. Return cups to •found in pot pie and soup. Smoking by food handlers should be stopped. the pantry. Sanitary men to rotate cleaning of laundry. Crewmembers Better grade of steak meat suggested. No other beefs reported by depart­ asked not to linger In messroom at meal time: first three seats to be kept ment delegates. �Pace Twenly SEAFARERS LOG Ailins Brother Thanics Del Norte To the Editor: I wish to take this oppor­ tunity to thank the delegates and the crew of the SS Del Norte <Misstssippi) for the help and kindness extended to me while I was in the hospital in South America. I was injured aboard the SS Del Snd (Mississippi) and left tlie ship for medical attention. Upon finding out where I was, the ship's delegates and the rest of the crew came to my aid. I want to express my thanks to all concerned as part of our great Union. R. (Jitterbug) Smith 4' 4» 4" One of Sea-Land's infercoastal vessels, the SlU-manned Chafhemi is pictured on the dock at Portland, Oregon. Chatham Hit Cows In Typhoon's Wake {This article was submitted from the Chatham ship's reporter David D. Backrak.) The SS Chatham, operated by Sea-Land Service with two other chartered vessels, represents another step for­ ward in the maritime industry—a revival of intercoastal service. According to accounts previously published in the LOG, this company plans to use containerships as soon as they are converted. In light of this, intercoastal shipping seems to be picking up again, and this is good news for all Seafarers who like to stick close to a shoreside home. In command of our vessel, the Chatham, we have Captain Martin Soinordal, formerly of, the Chickasaw. Some Seafarers also may remember him as the skipper of the Fairland before she was turned into a trailership. Our chief mate is Vernon B. MacFadden. Settling a beef with these two gentlemen is almost • pleasure. Chief steward Kris Nielsen runs his department without raising his voice. It sure feels good to see the messhall spotless, the pantry clean, and the galley operating efficiently without a lot of griping and growling going on. Bosun Harry Larsen, out of San Bruno, Calif., really knows his Job, part of which is to give orders. This he does, but without arousing hard feelings among the crew. Now for a recent adventure the crew aboard the Chatham sailed into. Two months ago, while we were sailing through the Pacific bound for Los Angeles, a grove of palm trees appeared on the horizon, with their leaves waving just like they do on Hawaii. Then we began sailing through millions of coconuts bobbing in the water, and banging against the hull. This was soon followed by a herd of cows, calmly swimming off our port side. And occasionally, we had to change course slightly to avoid two or three log jams. This isn't the sort of sight a Seafarer expects to run Into in the middle of the Pacific. And you can be sure that a lot of the crew suffered from eye-strain and cramped arms from shooting so much film. When we reached Los Angeles, we found out that these midocean mirages were real. They had been caused by a recent typhoon which had swept trees, cows, coconuts, logs and all into the sea. Typhoon or not, sights like we had are not seen every day. "Fji-&raSeaf5fer! TWe -FOOD AMI> mr/Mof^sA^m ymcSIu CAFer^/z/As ARe e^BAFAP^fZS rH£ MBM3Bf2S OF /A/ THFMB/rf VMB YoU'i^B AT1HE AAU. Steel Designer in Good Shape BeeenAcr. Itfl be greatly epiH-eelated, even though the apace la e little cramped. Clarence L. Ceedna » t » Hails Shipmates For Past Help To the Editor: I wish to take the opportunity at this time to thank all those who knew me during the sev­ eral years that I sailed on SIU- All letters to the Editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Karnes will be withheld upon request. To the Editor: The SS Steel Designer is contracted ships for the help presently on the Far East run. that they gave me during aU I would like to report that all that time. hands are cooperating in the I wish you all good luck and interests of mutual safety, all smooth sailing or, as was once in true SIU style. set to music, a "Calm Sea and After the most recent survey, a Prosperous Voyage." iSlerry one of the crew remarked that Christmas and a Happy New this ship is "so safe, it's unbe­ Year to you all. lievable." We hope things stay L. V. Gemghty this way. t 4. 4 Incidently, we came up with a few ideas to offer, in line with better conditions for unlicensed personnel: Lower bunks could have drawers in them for stow­ To the Editor: A motion has been made and age of personal effects and lug­ gage. Mattresses should all b» carried by the crew of the the innerspring type, thus do­ Cities Service Norfolk concern­ ing away with torn sheets and ing a change in the present ruling which now requires a spreads. Covers could be made of a man to stay aboard ship one more colorful material to take full year to collect $800 vaca­ the place of the present drab, tion pay. This motion states that in­ grey variety. In addition, many bunks are without shelves. A stead of serving out the full man needs a place to put down year, a man should be allowed vacation pay of $400 at the end a magazine. If possible, the addition of a of six months' continuous seatime aboard a vessel. Upon writing desk in a foc'sle would leaving eald ship, only a lO-day waiting period Miould be man­ datory before the man la al­ lowed to re-ship. Not only do we feel this to be a more efficient ruling but we believe it will serve to en­ courage a greater turnover in shipping and therefore offer more jobs for men on the beech. This seems more In line with the original purpose of the ruling to encourage men to leave the ship. We are sure that this proposal would prove more effective. David Edwards B. E. Stockmoa 4 4 4 Savannah Draws Family's Thanks To the Editor: I would like to express deep thanks from my family and my­ self to the crew of the Seatrain Savannah for the floral offering and many kind words of sym­ pathy during our time of sor­ row. My shipmates and all others concerned were most genei'ous following the death of our be­ loved mother, Mrs. Euiise E. Lowe. Many thanks again to all. Louis E. Lowe 4 4 4 Oldtlmer Sends Revised Vacation Season's Wishes Benefit Proposed To the Editor: Once more I must extend my heartiest greetings to you, the officials and directors of our wonderful Welfare Plan, and the membership in general. To you ell a very merry Christmas and happy New Year, with wishes of greater success to our wonderful and powerful Union in the future. God bless you all. l' am very proud to be a part of this or­ ganization, even though I have retired. George H. Seeberger Active LOG Contributor Still Active A few months ago, it seemed that one of the LOG's most frequent correspondents had lost the wind from his sails for good. This, it turned out, is far from the case for oldtime skipper R. J. Peterson. The captain has had his Capo under sail to her credit. what the trend is with the modern tales of sailing ships and the At the end of his letter to Miss lassies. But in my young days, all men who sailed them printed Northmore, Captain Peterson the nice girls loved a sailor." If in the pages of the LOG many asked," Any nice Aussie lassies left times during the past few years. for me?" Miss Northmore replied: "Being Thu-s, when a letter with his name OH it arrived a short while ago, it in your age group I don't know was thought that It brought still another blood-and-thunder yarn about "the old days." Instead, Captain Peterson wrote the following: "I am nearing 70, so I'd better get ready. When a wise old skip­ per driving hli ship 'round Cape Horn is expect­ ing a big blow, with the barom­ eter low, he will shorten sail in time — and not keep on, hangin' on, to gan's'ls and royals. Peterson I- don't want to be caught by a black squall and caught aback with all sail against the masts, flat and put on beam ends and turn turtle and go down In dark night, unseen, xmheard, unknown." From this letter, it seemed that Captain Peterson had reefed his sails and his typewriter for good. But, a few weeks later, he wrote again to inform all hands that he was now corre'sponding with a such be the case. Captain Peter­ son may be on his way to Australia by now and may be heard from again from the land "down under." Scientist Has Face Lifted It develops that the lady in question, a Miss Northmore, is a certified Cape Horner like the captain, with four trips 'round the Seafarers aboard the Steel Scientist (Isthmian 1 got out their P-int cans and brushes during a run from the Orient t^he "S' CodSt via Panama and, shown at work (i-r), are Frank A. Gages, AB, who's brushing the bulkhead, while Tung Foo Sing, AB, paints overhead. �SEAFAnERS VlMl MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Cor. rioro), Sept. 3—Chairman, J. 1. Loaton. fihip'a delegata reported everytMntf okay. Chief etectfieiart IiiedO motioB that partolman contact ahip'i offlcera and make sure wall fans are aboard. Have ship fumigated. StewarR department received • T«ta •f thanbg and aroraaaad tta thaakg t« tfep araw. ORV 1836 (Suwannte), Sept. 7— Chairman, William G. Heater; Secra. tary, Leopold Bruco. Ship's delegate by department delegates. Motion made to draw up repair list. reported ship is going in and a pa­ trolman should be on board. Cap^tn requested replacements. Ship's dele­ gate requests sober payoff. a4..!Kl in ship's fund. Suggested crew should donate $1 at payoff to fund. ROCKY POINT (Bull) Sept. J — Chairman, F. R. Hicks. H. W. Hall COUNCa GROVE (Cities Service), Sept. 21—Chairman, 6. Swfit; Sacratary, H. Darrow. O. Swift alected cew shl^s delegate. No beefa reported MGNTAUK (AmarFcsn Bulk), Sept. 36—Chairman, Charfes Jordan; Seeratary, R. 1. Fagan. No beefs Re- qucs. to have ship fumigated, see patrolman about rooms and lockers being repaired and abjut mall Have had very bad service. Repair water iciuntuin. Baking Is improving. FLOMAR (Caimar), Aug. 9—Chair­ men, Jiggs Jeffers; Secretary, Thomas A. Jackson. No beefs. Reqne.st to have old washing machine removed from laundry. .Need toilet paper holders in deck toilet. Spray In messroom to get rid of the flics. elected new ship's delegate. Crew to keep as quiet as possible in pas­ sageways and. refrain from slamming doors in order for men oft watch to get proper rest. Sea patro'man about having sufficient money on board lor draws and to put out some before arrival. This Is customary in the coastwise trade. YOUNG AIM ERIC A (Waterman), Aug. 1»—Chairman, J. Goude; Secre­ tary, A. S. Talsn. No beefs reported by department delegates. Motion made to remove all dented cans that were put aboard. ALCOA PIONESR (Alcoa), Aug. M —Secretary, Cyril A. Scott. Every­ thing running smooth. Crew request­ ed to flush toilet after use, flll wash­ ing machine to its proper level when In use and do not wash one T-shirt at a time. Close laundry door at night and turn off light so as not to disturb messmen sleeping. STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian), Sept. 10—Chairman, George Pinkies; Secre­ tary, John Reinese. No beefs re­ ported. See patrolman in. Frisco about hot water coming out of cold water faucets, showers and sink bowls. Be sure to contact patrolman in regard to ice machine. COEUR D'ALENE VICTORY (Vic­ tory Carriers), Sept. 1—Chairman, M. Woods; Secretary, R. McCullech. No beefs. M. Woods elected new ship's delegate. See chief engineer about spigots in crew washbasins, also drain hose in washing machine. Some mattre.sses in poor condition, l.oik crew pantry in port and give ke.v to ganffw.ny watch. Crew'.s toilet ventilating system., was blanked oT and the galley fan is operating at half voltage. This ship is chartered to TIatson and is considered by the .-rew as one <rf the hottest and poorest ventilated ships around. MARORE (Ore), Aug. 8—Chairman, John Mehalev; Secrefery, Wm. C. Murphy. Chief engineer to order fans for recreation room and PO mess. Also repair old fans and give crew full cooperation on repairs. We are In need of a new washing machine: vote of thanks to deck engineer loi keeping old one operating. No beefs. A. T. Harrison elected new .ship's delegate. Request more night lunch to be made availabl". Items such as cherry peppers, horseradish and tea bags requested to be Increased by pan steward. EVELYN (Bui!), Aug. 57—Chairman, Parker Holf; Secretary, C. Conant. Ship's delegata suggested all mem­ bers who have not filled in bene­ ficiary cards to do so and he would mail them in. No beafs. Discussed the shortage of pitchers in messltalls.. Pitchers ordered by last steward but' were not on delivery Hat. Will be re-ordered by new steward. HEDGE HAVEN (Metro Petroleum), Sept. 21—Chairman, E. Griffin; Sec­ retary, W. J. Barnes. No beefs leporietl; by delegatea. Special vole of thanks to a top-notch, cooperative SIU crew by the -shin's deleg.sle Jo­ seph P. LeBlanc. Motion by N R. Wright to see patrolman about re­ pairs before signing on foreign articles. EMILIA (Bull), Sept. 7—Chairman, Jamas Manner; Secretary, T. W. Kubecha. Request chief engineer to sea about the cold water being hot. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Recommendation by .nil hands that patrolman make sure- ship has a catwalk built over the deok cargo before sailing on next trip. • DEL MUNDO (Mississlgpn, Sept. 17 —Chairman, J. Chastain; Secretary, toyit tf. Amsberry. A vote of thanks for a Job well done to the rjiiring ahip's delegate. No beefs reported. Robert L. Garriss elected new .ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to the iinsun for arranging for a p'.-ice to put gar­ bage instead of going aft over the catwalk. Keep off the chain rails un­ til renewed. When using the washing machine, fill it up to water mark. NATALIE (Maritime Overseas), Sept. 24—Chairman-, J(Te McLaren; Secre­ tary, Reberf W. FerrandlK Captain rvfused to lift logs. Some OT disputed but no beefs reported by steuard delegate. Locks on black gang's doors need repair. Anyone needing a room key should have one made and bring captain the bill. Wiper says there- is too much favoritism by the engineer. USAF C-50-1816 (Pan American World Airways), September 3—Chair­ man. R. H. Bennett; Secretary, Joseph Kornlg. Everything running smooth. R. H. Bennett elected ship's delegate. Delegate for each department will turn in repair list to chief engineer. Ship's delegate to check with chief on getting crew a coke machine. Crew had a wonderful time during voyage: no friction at all. FLORIDA STATE (Everglades), Sep­ tember W—Chairman, Joeaph A. Lev He; Secretary, Druwerd Moitar. Some disputed OT, but no other beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Steward to see company about qualitypeaches. FAIRLAND (Sea-Land), September 19—Chairman, A. T. Arnold; Secre­ tary, Welter Newberg. Pete Serano elected new ship's delegate. $11.09 In treasury. Steward asked to see if ha could get mosquito repellent for crew and also If sandwiches could be improved. OVERSEAS REBECCA (Maritime Overseas), September 17—Chairman, J. D. Mann; Sacretary, Joseph A. Long. tl.OO in treasury. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Let­ ter to be sent to Union to ask penalty for non-delivery of mall. Urge head­ quarters In NY to look Into food conditions on Maritime Overseas vessels, especially the meats. Ask the company for a better brand of Ice cream. Need new Ice trays for icebox, more pitchers for crew messroom. Request better toilet paper. PENN TRADER (Penn Shipping), September 3—Chairman, J. P. Austin; Secretary, Daniel Parkman. Every­ thing running smoothly, gl.gft In trea.sury. AU hands should assist in keeping pantry and messhall clean. STEEL TRAVELER (isthmian), August 20—Chairman, Antonio Schlavone; Secretary, J. L. Redgos. Ono man missed ship in Sasebo, Japan, and rejoined at Inchon. Korea. Three men missed ship in Koe Haiung. Tai­ wan; one oiler hoepitallzed In Hono­ lulu. Crew requests that American money be issued for draws in foreign ports tnstaad of travelers ehecks. S18.0B in ship's fund. No beefs re­ ported by engine <jr steward depart­ ments. Friction in deck department will be taken up with patrolman at payoff. Crew asked to flush toilets. Stewards department given, a vote of thanks. Al-AMAR (Caimar), Eaptember. 8— Chairman, F. Drazak; Sacratary, L. Hall, Jr. Ship's delegate reported that sink in crew pantry needs to be re­ paired. Toaster i» also needed. Patrol­ man In ports only bring 3 LOOS to ship; crew requests that more LOGS be put aboard. Discussion on new wel­ fare and vacation benefits. No beefs reported by department delegates. BENTS FORT (Cities Service), Sep­ tember 7—Chairman, J'. Gloyant; Sec­ retary, E. A. Herd. Ship going to shipyard this trip,'Crew will pay off and sign on In Linden, NJ. No beefs reported by department delegates. Discussion on cooking and'serving of food. Chief cook says 85% of meats are not graded but merely stamped. Patrolman should check on meats andfresh vegetables. Bunk repairs not done. Gi-iritile and one plate on stove not repaired since last request. ROBIN GRAY (Robin Line), Septambar 8—Chairman, Receo J. Alba- nese; Secretary, Robert Skloot. Ship's delegate reported everything okay. Two men hospitalized. $13.57 spent on telegrams and $13.50 left In treasury. Discussion on vacation and death benefits. CHILORB (Ore), Sttptamber 24— Chairman, M. Jones; Secretary, C. Bedell. No beefs reported by dbpartnient delegates. Saw captain, about icebox for pantry and water cooler in port pas.sageway. See patrolman about getting water tanks cleaned as both potable and wash water have been rusty ail trip. Slopchest list slinuld be posted. August 12—Chairman, M. H. .Jones; Secretary, C. V. Bedell. No beefs re­ ported. Could not get new icebox. One man missed ship in Baltimore. Have slopchest prices posted. Request bench' for recreation room. Return cups back to pantry. Turn off washing machine after use. CAPE HENRY (Northern), no dateChairmen, Cgrroll Quinnt; Secretary, Robert Saunders. Some disputed OT in engine and steward departments. Crew not receiving any mail or LOGS since company ban been In operation. Will take matter up with patrolman. Stewsrd' still using tun much onloir In food. Twca^-Oa* 10€ Patterson KO's Fred Kretzler In Non-Title Checker Match \ m Two weeks before heavyweight boxing champ Floyd Patterson successfully defended his title, another Floyd Patterson defeated ex-US Navy checker champ and SIU member Fred Kretzler in a non-title marathon checker match aboard th® City of Alma (Waterman). Kretzler, shipping as deck"*"! maintenance, lists himself as "American Merchant Marine checker champion." Beaten for the first time In nine years, he report­ ed that the game with Patterson had its share of coincidences. "First of all," he said, "I was beaten by a certain type of strat­ egy known to checker players as the 'Alma Game,' and that's the same as the name of the ship we played on. "Secondly," he went on to say, "Patterson (who is third mate aboard the Alma) comes from At­ lanta, 111., and I come from At­ lanta, Georgia. And on top of all that," Kretzler concluded, "we played the game on the thirteenth day we had been on the ship." Kretzler has been playing check­ ers all over the world for the past twenty years. He said that in about a- year, he would be reatiy to put his "title" on the line in champion­ ship competition. He 1» presently making a coastwise run on the Seatrain Louisiana (Seatraln). Speaking of Patterson, Kretzler commented: "He's the best player I ever came up against, and I'd like to play him again some time." « I. tL em.:. Pondering moves, Seafarers Thad Jackson, AB (left), and Fred Kretzler are shown pairing off for a checker match at SIU headquarters several years ago. Kretzler won this game and ajl others of the past nine years before he met his match In Floyd Patterson, 3rd mate on the City of Alma. Ex-Cop Turned Seafarer Prefers Ships To Bullets SIU Atrantic, Gulf Lakes & Inland Waters District PRESIDENT Paul Hall BXECtrriVJ! VICE-PRESIDENT Gal Tanner VICE PRESlDEiNTS Claude Simmons Lindsey Williams Earl Shepard AI Tanner 8ECRETAR Y-THEASUR EB Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPR'ESENTATIVES BiU Hall Ed Mooney Fred Stewart BALTIMORE 1218 E. Baltimora St. Rex Dickey. Agent EAstern 7-4900 BO.STON 276 State St. John Fay, Agent Richmond 2-0140 DETROIT 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. Vlnewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS ...679 4Ut Ave.. Bklyn HYacinth 9-6800 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. Paul Drozak, Agent CApital 3-4089: 3-4080 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St.. SE.. Jax WilUam Morris. Agent ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. Ben Gonzales. Agent FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Louis Neira. Agent HEmlock 3-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Buck Stephens. Agent Tel. 529-7548 NEW YORK 673 4tb Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 416 CoUey Ave. Gordon Spencer, Acting Agent 625-6505 PHILADELPinA 2504 S. 4Ul St. Ray Uates. Acting Agent DEwey 6-3818 SAN FRANCISCO ... 450 Harrison St. Bill Hall, Acting Agent Douglas 2-4401 SANTURCE. PR 1313 Fernandez Juncos, Stop 20 Keith Terpo, Hq. Rep. Phone 723-0003 SEATTLE 2305 1st Ave. reti Babkowski. Agent Main 3-4334 TAMPA 313 Harrison St. Jeff Gillette, Agent 24-3471 WILMINGTON. CaHf 505 N. Marine Avi. Keed Humphries. Agent Terminal 4-2528 PHOtCS ^ 'S-ToRtes, ^3- ?0£-fRY Every once in a while Seafarer Sam Grandee is mistaken for a policeman. In fact, sometimes policemen stop him and start right out talking "shop." There's a reason for this oftenmade mistake. Grandee real-"*' ly was a police officer a few The chase reached Minot and by years back, and the old habits that time State Police were in­ are kind of hard to break. A native of Croton-on-Hudson, New York, the 32-year-old Sea­ farer has been sailing with the SIU for about two years. His law en­ forcement career took place out west—Minot, North Dakota, to be exact, and a highly-successful career it was too. Grandee was on the Minot police force from 1955 through 1958, and volved. Grandee recalls taking out after the man and finally capturing him after a 100 mile-per-hour auto chase and a gun duel. Police work also entailed lesB exciting job.s, he says, and some of the "little" jobs were really tricky. Minot police had been plagued by hubcap thefts which defied detec­ tion. However, some patient in­ vestigation and a lucky break re­ vealed a gang which had been making a small living stealing and selling hubcaps. In addition to practical work on the Minot police force. Grandee studied and practiced police methods on his own and earned FBI commendations. Personal affairs back home in New York brought Grandee back east in 1959 and soon after he began sailing with the SIU in the black gang. He says life at sea is fine but he intends to visit back in Minot one of these days. List Details In Cables To Union Pictured during police force days, Sam Grandee now sails in iTie black gang. was involved In everyrhing from a shooting duel with an escaped bandit to rounding up a band of hubcap thieves. Magazine Story In fact, one of his c-rvploits was the subject of an article in "True Police Stories" magazine in 1959. Grandee was instrumental in capturtng a bandit who was fleeing from police in a nearby town. When notifying headquarters by cable or wireless that a Sea­ farer has paid off in a foreign port because of injury or illness, ships' delegates should include the following information: The man's full name, his SIU book number, name of the ship, the port of payoff and the hos­ pital where he is being treated. The response of ships' crews to the Union's request for these notifications has been very good. Sometimes though, not all of the above information has been included. Be sure to list all of this data so that the SIU can act as promptly as possible. �Page Twenty Tw» SEAFARERS Seafarer Doubles Up Line— Mixes Stocks And Starlings From seafaring to "bird proofing" and finance describes the- present career of former SIU man Frank T. Young, who came to headquarters last month to visit old shipmates. Young, who left the sea in 1957 after paying off the Coalinga Hills, is now engaged in two businesses. He is a mutual"^ from roosting and creating a mess. mutual funds, so he studied for an funds representative, with The whole thing Is harmless to SEC license and became a sales­ man for a New Jersey investment a Securities and Exchange man and bird. Commission license, and he also Early in 1961, Young also be- firm. Now, the Weehawken resi­ operates the Electroscat Birdproof- came interested in the sale of dent is concentrating on both Jobs. Ing Company. The native of Scotland began by Ben Graham sailing on British ships In 1929, _ when he was only ' 14 years old. Aft­ er a few years at sea he settled In South Africa and worked ashore. But when the second World War was brewing in 1939, Young went back to sea. During the early years of the war he sailed under several flags: British, Norwegian, Panamanian. "I sailed on any ship that I could," Young says, "until I hit an American ship, and then I stayed." His first US-flag ship was the Marie Melony, a Calmar vessel which he caught in 1943. Recalls First SIU Ship "That was my first SIU ship and my first American ship; it's one I won't forget." Young was aboard the vessel when it assisted the Normandy Invasion. He recalls when the ship struck a mine, and sustained damage in a bombing off Great Britain. 'You say all this happened when you became a bosun?' After the war. Young continued sailing SIU, .mostly from the Port of New York as AB, bosun, or deck like every other member of the maintainance. Union, regardless of citizenship. It was through a shipmate, who Thanks to the Union's help had a relative in the bird proofing and the never-ending interest of To the Editor: business, that Young Decame ac­ My husband recently passed our officials In some of the quainted with his new trade. away after a prolonged illness. problems that have developed Shortly after he married, he left Until the time of his death, over the years, I am both hon­ the sea and began setting up his even after he had dropped out ored and proud to be a citizen business ashore. of the maritime industry, be of the Unite:d States today. I Electroscat is an ingenious sys­ greatly enjoyed receiving the can't thank everyone involved tem of wiring cornices and other enough for the assistance given LOG. ornamental projections of build­ me. I am therefore notifying you ings. The wires produce a mild Eric Joseph of his death so that you may electric shock which prevents discontinue our LOG sub­ pigeons, starlings, and other birds scription if that is your policy. However, I would like to add si that our son (who is 14 years LOC-A-RHYTHM: old) enjoys receiving and read­ ing the LOG. _If you wish to discontinue our subscription All letters TO the Editor for It's okay but, if possible, we — By Harry Wolowitz _ publication in the SEAFARERS would like to continue receiv­ The SEAFARERS LOG is the LOG must be signed by the ing your paper. writer. Names will be withheld very best, Mrs. Fred Dial upon request. I've read them all, (Ed. note: Subscriptionii to That's a real fair test. the LOG are not cancelled for We're proud of our paper, any reason until requested. It's tops in town; We'll be glad to continue send­ None any better. ing it to you.) You can look around. To the Editor: 4. $1 4. You may discontinue sending We have just about everything. the LOG to C. F. Martinek as In this paper of ours. he is having serious difficulty Can't praise it enough. with his eyesight. My husband It rates five stars. was a member of the old Inter­ To the Editor: News of interest, shipping galore, Oh November 13, 1961 I was national Seamen's Union, and We have the best in the field naturalized as a citizen of the manned picketlines at New Or­ And can't ask more. United States to make a 15- leans and Baltimore in 1921. year'-dream come true. I am When the strike was over, he Shopping guide, news of all sorts, therefore writing to express my chose to give up going to sea Friendly pictures, thanks to our Union and to our and remained ashore for many A report of all ports. president, Paul Hall, for the years after that. Then a final dispatch. However, in 1942 Mr. Mar­ help and support given me over the years. tinek returned to sea duty as a And we bow our head. While some go on living— The Union's continuing inter­ member of the MM&P and re­ est in the welfare of aliens who tired as such. He often ex­ Others are dead. are members of the SIU has pressed the opinion that the always made.it po.ssible for us SIU is the best labor organiza­ I close with a wish to pay off our respective ships tion in the world. Thank you For your continued success. and to get extensions for our very much for the pleasure and May you live on forever. necessary stays on the beach in information that the LOG has And never stop your press; various US ports. Seafarers like furnished us. Keep on doing your good work, myself have always been treated Mrs. F. Martinelr They all envy you. From a brother member of SIU. Shipboard Sketches Widow Asks For Continued LOGS 'm SEAFARERS LOG Oldtimer's Wife Hails SIU, LOG New US Citizen Lauds Union Aid Deeember, MM LOO Your Gear... for ship • • • for shore Whatever you need, in work or dress gear, your S!U Sea Chest hcst.it. Get top quality gear at substantial savings by buy­ ing at your Union-owned and Unionoperated Sea Chest store* Sport Coats Slacks Dress Shoes Work Shoes Socks Dungarees Frisko Jeens CPO Shirts Dress Shirts Sport Shirts Belts Khakis Ties Sweat Shirts T-Shirts Shorts Briefs Swim Trunks Sweaters Sou'westers Raingear Caps Writing Materials Toiletries Electric Shavers Radios Television Jewelry Camera's Luggage the *• SEA CHEST Praises Union Assist On Thesis To the Editor: I would like to thank the SIU and the various officials at beadquarters for the kind assistance given to me this past summer and also during the previous sumrher in my doctoral study on "occupational choice." I enjoyed every minute I spent at the hall, and I appre­ ciated the opportunity given to me to talk with the seamen. I sincerely hope that I can pro­ duce a thesis worthy of tha study. Is it possible to subscribe to the LOG? I have recently moved to a new. address, and because I am still some distance from New York, I won't be able to visit there as often as I would like. My reading your paper will therefore keep me up to date. Vincent Gagllarducci (Ed. note: Your .name is being added to our mailing list.) 4" 4" 4" Urges Further Pension Changes To the Editor: While looking over the result of the recent negotiations, I gave special attention to the new pension plan. I am con­ fident this plan, like others in the past, will be improved upon In the future. I feel, though, that the plan as is isn't very attractive to men who join the Union at a young age. Suppose a person starts sail­ ing at 20. Under the present plan he will Tiave to go to sea for 45 years before he can be pensioned. This total is based on an average of eight months of actual seatime per year. At that average, a member will have had 29 years of actual seatime when he, reaches 65. Compare this to a person starting to sail at 42 who will go to sea for 23 years and still have the required 15 years seatime to be peiisione'd. I said, this hardly seems fair to those brothers who start sailing in their younger years. I do not mean to suggest that the plan be changed in any way that would deprive the members that make sailing a part-tim« career. What I do suggest Is that an­ other plan be considered where­ by a member will be pensioned when he gets 18 or 20 years of actual seatime regardless of his age'. This plan would be an addition to the present plan and would. I think, round out Union protection so that all members would benefit mori equally. Union representatives are do­ ing their all to get the compa­ nies on the ball in forwarding the mail. Yet some companies still seem to hold back the bulky packages that contain the LOGS. News of Union activities Is something Seafarers look for­ ward to to keep us informed. In this way we feel a part of the Brotherhood. I suggest, since headquarters reports cover the important happenings, that these reports be made twice a month and be mailed out in a different and smaller package from the LOGs. My final suggestion is that three months before future ne­ gotiations start, special forms be mailed to all halls and ships Informing the membership what the Union is seeking. These forms should also have space for suggestions. Thomas Alonzo Brown 1^ r �Peeember, 1961 Faff* Xventj-Thre* SEAFARERS LOG Maritime Roundup Allen crewmen applylnc: for landinc privileges In the US will have to present a passport issued by the country of their nationality starting early next month. The US Immigration and Naturalization Service had proposed the rule earlier and has now made it final. Previously, alien seamen could present a passport document is­ sued by any country. The new rule becomes effective 30 days after December 8, 1961 ... A British shipbuilding research group is de­ veloping a new, more accurate method to) measure ship speeds which could sharply cut the costs and time of speed trials. The new Idea involves using radar aboard ship to transmit signals that can bounce back from a buoy put over the vessel's stern. The speed of the ship is based on calculation of the time taken for the return of the dcfiected signals. t t 4. An experimental atom-powered buoy began service as a channel warning signal in Arundel Cove, Baltimore, this month. The seventon navigational aid is the first tried in a series of Coast Guard experiments on the use of nuclear waste products as a source of elec­ Joseph Sylvester Olejnik Contact your wife, Mrs. Lena Olejnik, 1445 St Bernard Ave., New Orleans, La. % X tric power for lighting channel markers and buoys . . . SlU-contracted Delta Lines has announced a change in the itinerary of its three passenger-cargo ships in the twice-monthly service from Gulf ports to the East Coast of South America. The change, taking ef­ fect in January, calls for a stop over at Bahia, Brazil, on the-south hound half of the forty-day round trip. Seafarers on the Del Mar, Del Norte and Del Sud- can send postcards from a new location now. t Luiz, John Mlsakian. Dmer J. Moa (2), Potenclano Paculba, Clifford Perrlera. Marvin E. Satchell (4), John W. Singer (2), WlUiam L. Strike, Weldon O. Wal­ lace, Charles Walsh (3), Ylng Ming Wei (2), Ah Sal Wong (2). Ding Hal Woo. XXX X Herbert E. Cpllini Telesforo Roman Joseph R. Richards Overtime checks from Suwannee Steamship Corp. are being held XXX rranx K. Schwarti for you by the SIU headquarters Mother would like to hear from dispatcher. you. Write V. V. Van Gordon, St. XXX Joseph's Hospital, Boom 203, WUUam R. (BiU) Dixou Bremerhaven, Germany. The above-named or anyone knowing his whereabouts is asked XXX Income Tax Refunds to contact his youngster's guardian, The following Seafarers should Sophia F. Baker, RN, 1315 S. 26th contact Jack Lynch, Room 201, Place, Lawton, Okla., ELgin 5-4577, SUP Building, 450 Harrison St., t it t Ex-Coe Victory San Francisco, Calif., regarding income tax refunds: Will pay $50 to recover silver Marearito Boria. Dao King Chae. Che- belt buckle with Initials "FNC" nnx Soa Chens Q). John J. Doyle (2). Richard Dunfea (2). Ho Youns Kong, lost on SS Coe Victory on July 8. Steve Krkovich. Jamei Lear M), MUledge No questions asked. F. N. Cain, 432 P. Lee (4), Harry Lowther. Francis A. Washington St., Bay St. Louis, Miss. SEAFARERS LOG. 4> ^ jr Milton K. Burgner 675 Fourth'Ave., Contact Mrs. Page Burgner, PO Brooklyn 32, NY Box 343, Bowie, Md. NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY ZONE.... STATE ^ X X STATE !!? EDITORIAL POLICY~SEAFARERS LOG. Tha LOO has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any Individual In the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deem­ ed harmful to the Union Or Its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1060 meetings In all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy Is vested In an edi­ torial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Exec­ utive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one Individual to carry out this responsibility. I;' PAYMENT OF HOWIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone In any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt Is given for same, under no cir­ cumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless he Is given . fiuch receipt. If In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment bo made without supplying a receipt, or If a member la required to make a payment and £3 given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been re­ quired to make such payment, this should Immediately be called to the attention of SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested.' COWSTITlfTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publlshea every, six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of Its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarise themselves with Its contents. Any time yott feel any-member or officer la attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, 'etc.f as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mall, return receipt requested. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-tlmo SIU members drawing disability-pension bene­ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union.activities. In­ cluding attendance at membership^ meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meetings, they arm encouraged to take an active role In all rank-and-file functions. Including service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtlmers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through ths waiving of their dues. XXX of nolly, Felix Cardona, Malcolm E. Taggart, Swindell W. Lewis, Pedro Mena. Charles B. Eagleson, William G, Hay, James H. Shearer, Woodrow W, Spivey, Thomas S. Johnson, Leon Hebert. Leo Wills, Michel MegulsEoglou. Antonio Carrano, Cruz Mata, XXX William A. Granger Charles Nail Get in touch with your mother Contact Pat at PO Box 433, Wil­ at 1819 W. Grace St., Richmond, mington, Calif,, about your income Va. tax check, XXX ADDRESS i CONTRACTS, Copies of all SIU contracts are available In all SIU halls. Theae contracts specify the wages and condltlona under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for or on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. It, at any time, any . BIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, falls to protect yow contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. In addition,' notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mall, return receipt requested. ZONE.... X , X Ed NIemi TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you LOG is holding package are an old tubscribei and have a changa of addresf, plaata giva your small radio tubes for you. CITY SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected by the con­ tracts of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, and by Union shipping rules, which are Incorporated In the contract. Get to know your shipping rights. If you feel there has been any violation of your ship­ ping or seniority rights, first notify the Seafarers Appeals Board. Also notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters, by certified mall, return re­ ceipt requested. Maynard Farshetter Contact Mrs. Nancy Alquist, Bu­ reau of Public Assistance, Los An­ the Steel Designer was in the Welgeles County, Calif. land Canal, are asked to contact 4" 4' Louis R. Harolds, 38 Park Row, Louis V. Coffey Important. Contact Cliff Malners NY, NY. aboard SS Monarch of the Seas, XXX Waterman SS Corp., Mobile, Ala. Ex-Overseas Joyce 4« 4" 4" The following Seafarers can pick Billy C. Ward up unclaimed wages from Mari­ Contact your home immediately. time Overseas Corp., 61 Broadway, XXX NY, NY: Norman Krumm John W. Gibson. Laurence Rainchuck. Jose Madurei, Alfred E. Hawse, James W. Anyone knowing the where­ Canard, Raymond D. Stafford, James I. abouts of the above-named is Bast, Nicholas de Los Santos, Floyd D. KeUey. Rigardo Fred D. asked to contact his wife, Mrs. Peterson, GeorgeA. L.Rodriguez, Baiigh, John W. Norman Krumm, of Luck, Wis. Morris, Floyd S. Grumpier, Ed R. Con­ XXX format address balow: TRUST FUNDS, All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Vatera District are adnlnistered In accordance with the provision# of various trust fund agreements. All these agreeaenta specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and aanageaent repreaentatlves and their alternates. All expenditures and dlaburseaents of trust funds are aade only upon approval by a aajorlty of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at ths headquarters of the various trust funds. If, at any time, you are denied Infonaatlon about any SIU truat fund, notify BIU President Paul Hall at SIU headquarters by certified aall, return receipt •requested," Seamen should be on the lookout one day for commercial subma­ rines and underwater tankers, ac cording to the country's top nuclear submarine research cngi neers. At their annual meeting, the engineers proposed that the sub-surface craft be used where surface ships can't navigate, as under the Arctic ice-cap . . . The Panama Canal Company has an nounced that it went $6 million in the red during its past operating year. In a report to its only stock­ holder, the US Government, the canal authorities said the loss was due to money spent improving and modernizing canal facilities. Aarelio Flores Get in touch with your wife, Mrs. Blance Flores, at Mt. Wilson TB Hospital, Mt. Wilson, Md. I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG — please put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) TlVKHCIAJj REPORTS, tbrn constitution Of tbs SIU Atlantic, Gull, Lskas and Iniand Waters District iukas spsclfle provision tor ssfsgusrdlns ths nsnbsrshlp's •oney and Union finances. Tbs eonstltutlon requires a detailed CPA audit •very three nontha by a rank and Ills auditing comattee elected by the new bershlp, 'All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. Should any aenber, for any raaaon, b« rafuaed hla constitutional right to In­ spect these records,.notify SIU Praaldant Paul Ball by certified amll, return receipt requested. Ex-Steel Designer XXX All persons having knowledge of William H, Mason a leg injury sustained by Frank M. Contact Mrs, Iris Stone, 601 W, Puglisi on August 16, 1961, while 35lh St„ Norfolk, Va, Jose Serrano Reginald P. Sirois Urgent, Contact Victor Manuel You are asked to contact your Serrano Torres, Box 545-G, Num­ sister, Lucille. ber 404 Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 4" 4' 4J. L. Roberts XXX Charles Palmer Contact'Mrs, Pauline Moore of You are asked to get in touch Moore & Co, Realtors about a buyer for your land at 8202 Erath with Aubrey Wiggins at 201 Page Ave,, Mobile, Ala, St., Houston, Texas. Notify Union On LOG Mail As Seafarers know, copies of each issue of the SEAFARERS LOG are mailed every month to all SIU ships as well as to numerous clubs, bars and other overseas spots where Seafarers congregate ashore. The procedure for mailing the LOG involves calling all SIU steamship companies for the itineraries of their ships. On the basis of the information supplied by the ship oper­ ator, four copies of the LOG, the headquarters report and min­ utes forms are then airmailed to the company agent in the next port of call. Similarly, the seamen's clubs get various quantities of LOGs at every mailing. The LOG is sent to any club when a Seafarer so requests it by notifying the LOG office that Seafarers con­ gregate there. As always the Union would like to hear promptly from SIU ships whenever the LOG and ship's mail is not delivered so that the Union can maintain a day-to-day check on the accuracy of its mailing lists. "Of y ^ si �SEAFARERS LOG L V,>| ri OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO {J i y iili 11 • 'Wmi I ^ > ' s \im •• \> SsSsSpipSS iiiliii iwiir"" pfiiiiiiiii iiilpir - -r. lilii iiiiiiiiiiiiiii s ilipars* V i* 'A. ^ • 'V pfp®! isSsis iilill Sii Another year's articles have been completed by the members of the SlU. The holiday season has arrived, marking the close of 12 more months of progress and solid accomplishment in the interests of all Seafarers, boatmen and other marine craft workers who make up the SlU family. Wherever they happen to be, whether aboard a vessel at sea, home at anchorage with their loved ones or in some distant port around the globe, for all hands this is a time of festive activity. Seafarers may find themselves setting up the holiday tree while sail­ ing through tropic waters or may welcome the New Year as their ves­ sel fights to make headway in an Atlantic gale, but the spirit of the sea­ son is with them all the same. The order of the day calls for special meals and all the trimmings while business as usual continues. This is in the tradition of seagoing men and all SlU members. §mm •J T'i ' I The SlU thus pauses on this occasion to extend greetings and good wishes to all at sea or ashore for an enjoyable holiday season and smooth sailing in the year to come. Iili Seafarers International Union ilil Atlantic, Gulf, Lakqs & Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO • '« '' mmkm . '"l J Ti isiii "\ 1 ' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource December 1961 Description An account of the resource Headlines: FOURTH MTD CONVENTION SIU, MEBA FIGHT JOB LOSS, TIE UP BRITISH-FLAG SHIP US SHIPS ASSURED HALF OF CONGO AID OPERATORS SEEK NEW CARGO RULE SEAFARERS MAN NEW, KING-SIZED US OIL TANKER ISTHMIAN FLEET AWARDED ANOTHER USPHS CITATION MTD CALLS FOR US FLEET REVIVAL 50-50 IS UPHELD ON CONGO CARGO RRS COURTING STATE HELP FOR ANTI-SHIP CAMPAIGN NASSAU SHIFTS TO ‘JINX RUN’ NEW EXPORT-IMPORT RULE URGED TO SPUR SHIPPING SOLID UNION VOTES SWEEP WESTCOTT, BECKER BOATS NEW EXPORT-IMPORT RULE URGED TO SPUR SHIPPING LAUD SIU BLACKLIST FIGHT NEW OIL CONTRACT FUELS UIW SHOP, MEMBER GAINS CS NORFOLK LAUDED FOR RESCUE AID CUNNARD HINTS SMALL QUEEN SUITABLE FOR PANAMA USE CLINIC, SURGEONS TEAM TO SAVE SEAFARER’S SON Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/1961 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXIII, No. 12 1961 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/8604a5e1a6b17b12d77be0ffaf91b864.PDF 4d3495e9bc6197bad12b198fd08652b7 PDF Text Text Vol. XXXi No. 14 SEAFARERS •£(>€ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Polls Close Dec. 22 h Union Balloting On New Constitution Story Page 3 SlU Scores Victory In Five-Year Beef; $625,000 Awarded Story Page 3 iMS-; } • �SEAFARERS LOG Page Two I',! ; • •'•••" • *• ~ • - • " ••• • THE -r ^ :.vv^\V>\ .-••sVX '; V, » • «.« I • December, 1969 \- i •,. IN THE GE STRIKE •-f] ji t' the lUE was unlawful. "Such conduct," the court said, "amounts to a dec­ laration on the part of the company that not only the union, but the process of collective bargaining, itself, may be dispensed with." (It took nine years for the case to wind its way through the legal maze, and it may yet be appealed by GE to the nation's highest court, occasioning still further delay. Meanwhile, GE continues to employ the technique in open defiance of the labor laws.) Typical of thousands of informational picket lines calling for consumer boycott of GE products in front of retail stores throughout the nation was the one shown here in which Seafarers supported GE strikers outside Macy's and Korvette stores in N. Y. 66'T^HIS IS NOT just another big strike; it is a fight for the future of effective unionism. It is a strike we will not lose." With these words, AFL-CIO President George Meany has drawn the battle lines in labor's massive struggle with the General Electric Company, mobilizing the full resources of the trade union movement on behalf of the beleaguered strikers. To achieve ultimate victory, Meany has brought into play labor's most potent weapon: The economic boycott. The federation has urged its mem­ bers, their families and their friends to put all GE products—from light bulbs to major appliances—on the "don't-buy" list until the strike is settled. On the bricks since October 27 have been 150,000 workers, members of 13 international unions. Of these, 10 unions are affiliates of the AFL-CIO —the International Union of Electrical Workers, Machinists, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Technical Engineers, Sheet Metal Workers, Allied Industrial Workers, Plumbers, Steelworkers, Flint Glass Workers and Carpenters. The other three unions are the unaffiliated United Electrical Workers, Auto Workers and Teamsters. Ranged behind them are the rest of the trade union movement—13.5 million strong—who are engaged in a one-two economic campaign to secure victory on the picket lines. One of the economic pincers is the boycott, aimed directly at the most sensitive nerve of all, GE's "pocketbook nerve." The other is a trade-union-wide'fund-raising drive, aimed at providing the eco­ nomic base which the strikers need to hold out for a fair and equitable settle­ ment at the bargaining table. Arrayed against them is the General Electric Company, world's largest and most profitable electrical manufacturer and one of the top money-makers in all of American industry. This is the company which advertises that "pro­ gress is our most important product"—^but which clings stubbornly to a 19th century hatred of trade unionism. (This is also the company that.was the king-pin in the price-rigging conspiracy which ended up in a half dozen electrical industry executives drawing prison terms earlier in this decade— leading some to suggest that GE's slogan should be changed to read "profits are our most important product.") 'T'HIS YEAR, General Electric added another dimension to its arrogant "take-it-or-leave-it" attitude—^painting itself as a front-line fighter in President Nixon's war on infiation. The unions, according to the company, were making demands which would fan the fires of inflation; GE, it insisted, was only doing its "patriotic duty" by making an obviously inadequate offer of an economic settlement. For the 150,000 striking GE employees, the issue in this strike is simple: The future of their 13 unions is at stake. If the company can crush the strike and impose its "non-negotiable" terms, then, as the court said, "not only the union, but the process of collective bargaining itself may be dispensed with." For the rest of the trade union movement, the issue is equally simple: A victory by General Electric would stiffen the spines of countless other anti­ union employers across the country. They could be expected to follow in GE's footsteps, adopting a hard-nosed attitude at contract time, refusing to negotiate, dictating unilateral terms, and thus threatening the entire institu­ tion of collective bargaining which has come to be accepted in this country over the past third of a century. It is because the stakes are so high that the picket lines are holding firm at GE plants and facilities in 40 states. And this is why the informational pickets are manning the lines in front of thousands of retail stores across the country to carry the boycott message to the general public; why workers and unions are digging down into their pockets to raise a strike relief fund that is equal to the need; and why labor is organizing voluntary and public health and welfare agencies at the community level to provide auxiliary assistance to strikers and their families. It's all summed up in what George Meany said: "This is not just another big strike; it is a fight for the future of effective unionism. It is a strike we will not lose." %9 in the General Electric strike is more than just a contract; what ATisISSUE at stake is the entire concept of free collective bargaining. General Electric does not believe in collective bargaining. It believes, instead, in a concept known as "Boulwarism," named for the man who de­ vised this strategy—Lemuel Boulware, former \^e president in charge of labor relations for the giant electrical manufacturer. "Boulwarism" is the essence of non-bargaining. It involves a strategy of meeting continuously with the union, listening to the union's demands— but not negotiating. Instead, the company keeps up a barrage of mail—^firing it over the negotiating committee's head directly into the homes of the workers. It is as if the union did not exist. Then, at what management considers tg be the "psychological moment," usually just before the contract is due to expire, GE tells its employees, what the company has decided to give. The "package" is non-negotiable—it is presented to the workers on a "take-it-or-leave-it" basis. (The day after the present strike started, the Second U.S. Court of Ap­ peals ruled that GE's practice of "Boulwarism" in 1960 negotiations with AFL-CIO President George Meany (left) and SlU Vice President Earl Shepard discuss key issues at stake in nationwide strike of 150,000 General Electric workers at a rally of the New York City Central Labor Council urging all-out support for strikers. •, �December, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Three $625,000-Settlement Won: SlUs Five-Year Battle Ends In Galveston Victory GALVESTON—The SIU United Industrial Workers have won an unprecedented $625,000 settlement here in an agree­ ment which ended a five-year dispute between the Galveston Wharves and the Union. The money is to compensate 34 employees who were laid off at the Galveston Wharves Ele­ vator "B" in 1964 for back wages and severance pay and also to make up for unpaid SIU Pension and Welfare Plan con­ tributions, payments of railroad retirement taxes, past employee contributions to the Union and certain of the Union costs. The agreement is the culmi­ nation of a beef which started when the company notified the Union in July, 1964 that it had leased the grain elevator to an­ other company and therefore would no longer bargain with the Union on matters affecting the elevator workers. A strike was called by the Union and, after six months of picketing in Galveston, Texas, the Union was hit by a court injunction obtained by the Wiiarves. An appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1965 brought ailing against the company, and it was ordered to reinstate the employees with back pay, and to bargain with the Union. An appeal for reversal by the company resulted in a reaffirma­ tion of the original decision. The company then took the mattfer to the Supreme Court, which upheld the Circuit Court and or­ dered the Wharves to negotiate a settlement with the Union. This occurred in 1969. After several weeks of nego­ tiations, the Union and the Gal­ veston Wharves reached the agreement which provides: • Six months severance pay for each employee or his widow. o Back pay for the period February 1, 1965 to Septem­ ber 12, 1969, each employee— or his widow—^to receive the difference between actual earn­ ings and what he would nor­ mally have earned at the grain elevator. • Contributions by the com­ pany for the period involved to the SIU Pension Plan to cover the employees' retirement and to the SIU Welfare Plan to cov­ er employees and their families for welfare benefits. • Railroad retirement pay­ ments for employees who choose to retain such benefits. • Reimbursement to the Un­ ion for legal and other expenses incurred during the five-year beef. • Recognition of the Union as bargaining agent in the event this elevator is ever again op­ erated by the company or the city of Galveston. Of the 34 employees who went on strike in 1964, some had died or retired in the in­ terim. There are 26 remaining., Paul Drozak, Assistant Re­ gional Director of the SIUNAUIW and SIU port agent at Galveston, summed up the agreement this way: "This is a tremendous victory for the employees and our Un­ ion—a settlement that is un­ precedented in the entire labor movement. The employees and their families have received the greatest Christmas present of their lives." Registering to vote at SIU Headquarters is Seafarer Waller Grosvenor, Chief Steward, at right. From left are Gus Malensky, AB and Edward Polise, oiler, members of the New York balloting committee. The Union membership began voting on the amended SIU constitution in all Ports on November 22. Secrecy of the ballot was guaranteed by voting booths with drawn curtains. Seafarer Erasmo Flecha, FOWT, above, has just finished voting in N>Y. Seafarer Robert Hester, AB, having cast his vote, deposits ballot in official box at SIU Headquarters. Procedure was familiar daily sight in all ports. • '1 .1 I V SIU Port Agent Paul Drozak, flanked by Union counsel Paul Barker, right, and Newton Schwartz, left, announces SlU's unprecedented Galveston Wharves victory to a meeting of the members concerned. MTD Charges Defense Dept. Yktimizes Private U.S. Fleet WASHINGTON—The oper­ ation of government-owned ships by the Department of Defense constitutes "unfair, un­ wise and unwarranted competi­ tion" with the privately-owned merchant marine. That is the position taken by the 7.5-million-member AFLCIO Maritime Trades Depart­ ment in calling for the deactiva­ tion of all ships which had been taken out of the reserve fleet to back up merchant vessels on the Vietnam sealift. The views of the MTD, which is headed by SIUNA President Paul Hall, were con­ tained in a statement filed with the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. The MTD expressed its sup­ port for H.R. 14257, introduced by Representative Edward A. Garmatz (D-Md.), committee chairman, which would require the use of privately-owned American-flag vessels, in pref­ erence to government-owned vessels, for the carriage of govenrment-sponsored cargo. "The Vietnamese shipping crisis is now over," the Maritime Trades Department declared. "The winding down of the war has reduced the demand for emergency shipping. In fact, the demand has been so reduced that privately-owned merchant ships are going into lay-up— and their crews are being put on the beach—because of a lack of cargo." "And yet many of the ships from the reserve fleet remain in service today, carrying govern­ ment cargo that by rights should be moving on privately-owned ships. ..." The MTD insisted there was "no justification" for keeping these ships in service, adding that there is no "comfort to be taken from the numbers game indulged in" by the Defense De­ partment, which has concen­ trated on reporting on the ships which have been deactivated, rather than on the considerable numbers still in operation. (Continued on Page 10) Balloting on AmenJed Constitution Scheduled to Conclude on Dec. 22 Voting on the proposed amended constitution for the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District has been conducted in all ports since No­ vember 22 and will be concluded at 5 p.m. on December 22. The secret ballot on which Seafarers are casting their votes contains three propositions—the proposed new constitution itself; a change in the method of pay­ ing dues, plus the termination of assessments; and a change in initiation fees. It was decided by Seafarers to place the proposed amended constitution on the ballot at spe­ cial membership meetings held in all ports on October 22-23. During these meetings, the re­ port and recommendations of the Constitution Committee, made up of six duly elected book members, was submitted to, and overwhelmingly accepted by, the membership. In addi­ tion, the complete text of the proposed new constitution was read and fully discussed at each of the meetings. (The full text of the Constitution Committee's report and texts of both the ex­ isting and proposed constitu­ tions were carried in the No­ vember 14 issue of the LOG.) In its recommendation that the new constitution be adopted, the committee pointed out that certain "housekeeping changes" must be made from time to time and noted that no major changes had been made in the Union's constitution for some 10 years while "there have been many changes in the industry and interpretations of laws" af­ fecting it. Changes in the method of paying dues, the committee pointed out, will have no effect (Continued on Page 10) �Page Fonr SEAFARERS December^ 1969 LOG Rep. Wilson Tells MTD: Rep. Kyros Calls for Consistency: Banning of 'Multiple Subsidies' Vital To WorthwhileMaritime Legislation Conflict Within Govt. Blamed For ^Deadly Erosion' of Fleet WASHINGTON —A mem­ ber of Congress warned last month that he would seek to amend the Nixon Administra­ tion's forthcoming maritime leg­ islative proposals unless they contain provisions banning the payment of "multiple subsi­ dies" to a select group of Ameri­ can shipping lines. Representative Charles H. Wilson (D-Calif.) said that it was "imperative" that new mari­ time legislation put an end to the practice whereby the 14 sub­ sidized shipping lines use fed­ eral aid "to compete with unsubsidized operators for govern­ ment cargo, instead of using them the way the law intended —^to compete with foreign-flag operators for commercial cargoJ» California congressman a meeting sponsored by the .5-million-member AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department that he would also work for in­ clusion of language that would give unsubsidized operators "first-call" on government-gen­ erated cargoes, and for a system which would give these opera­ tors long-range charters to carrygovernment cargo so that they would be assured "fair and eq­ uitable treatment." Wilson expressed general sat­ isfaction with the maritime mes­ sage sent to Congress by the White House in October. He noted that on three key issues, the Administration proposals paralleled ones which the Dem­ ocratic congressman had advo­ cated in the spring of 1969. These provisions, he said, would: • Provide new ships for the unsubsidized segment of the merchant marine as well as for the subsidized segment. • Assure that all Americanflag ships are built exclusively in U.S. shipyards. • Grant unsubsidized opera­ tors the. same right now enjoyed Representative Charles H. Wilson (D-Calif.), left, assures SI UNA Vice President Earl Shepard of his strong backing of MTD proposals to provide new ships for the unsubsidized segment of the merchant marine as well as his wholeheartd support of measures to insure that American-flag ships are built exclusively in U.S. shipyards. by subsidized operators to put contribute to economic growth. money aside in tax-deferred "More than half the cost of construction reserve funds in an American-built vessel is spent order to encourage increased outside the shipyard—we know private investment in new ves­ this, and the i'^erican people sels. and American industry must be The West Coast lawmaker made aware of this fact . . ." urged maritime labor and man­ he declared. "American-built ships need agement to join in a broad cam­ paign of public education,' so Ame ican-made steel produced that the American people would fron- American-mined ore . . , be aware of the need for an they need American-built en­ overhaul of present maritime gines control equipment, valves, policy and a commitment of pipe nd fittings of all kinds . . . added public funds to the task. they need American-made "Unless the public under­ wood\ ork, cooking and foodstands what this is about," Wil­ storage equipment, glass, paint, son declared, "we may have a beddin, !, tableware and the like job on our hands in trying to get ... aid all of these must be the tools with which to do the transpoited to the shipyards in American trains and trucks." job." Summing up, Wilson called Impact on U.S. Economy attention to the fact that a con­ Wilson emphasized the nec­ siderably enlarged American essity of explaining to the Amer­ maritime program can contrib­ ican people the basic fact that ute in large measure to bolster­ a strong shipbuilding program ing the American economy and would provide many jobs and helping enormously toward con­ version s£ this nation's balanceof-payments deficit into a sur­ plus. Seatrain Ohio Galley Crew Lauded by Ship's Officers The steward department aboard the SlU-contracted Seatrain Ohio last month received a spontaneous citation from the ship's officers for its "co-operative effort to please" during a recently completed voyage of the vessel. "It is seldom that an entire department is as conscientious and hard working as you men have been," the letter states, "In the face of such obstacles as long stays in port, not once did the officers and crew lack a first rate meal." Praised for a "job well done" were Chief Steward Warren Messenger, Chief Cook Jose Torrefiel, 2nd Cook and Baker Richard Morgan and 3rd Cook Percy Brown—as well as "the rest of the department for the courtesy extended us." Signed by N. C. Ghiz, the master; Lewis H. Rodriguez, chief officer; William C. Pollard, 2nd officer; Finer Brandt and Thomas Gunter, 3rd officers; Floyd J. Bird, electronic officer; Roger Whitsell, chief engineer; Francis Brousseau, 1st engineer; Johnny R. Flynn, 2nd asst. engineer; Ralph E. Greene and Charles B. Pearson, 3rd asst. engineers, the infor­ mal—^but no less enthusiastic—commendation concludes: "It is a pleasure to sail with men such as you, who take pride in your trade." WASHINGTON —A mem­ ber of Congress has urged the Nixon Administration to resolve "conflicting positions" within the Executive Branch which have led to the "deadly erosion of our maritime strength." Representative Peter N. Kyros (D-Me.) singled out the Department of Defense, in par­ ticular, for what he said were "conflicts of ideologies" that threatened the potential of the merchant marine program sent to Congress by the White House in October. Speaking at a meeting spon­ sored by the 7.5-million-member AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, Representative Kyros said that the Defense De­ partment has "undercut" the merchant marine in a variety of ways, among them being: • Lobbying for "a multibillion-dollar scheme to build its own fleet of cargo ships," the so-called Fast Deployment Logistics Ships. The Congress­ man called the project "ques­ tionable under any circum­ stances," and "unthinkable" at a time when the Administration is seeking to "breathe new life into our merchant shipping." • Operating ships from the reserve fleet in competition with the privately owned fleet, leading to the "enforced idling" of commercial vessels. • Drafting the nation's mili­ tary sealift program based on the "discredited" theory that, in an emergency, the government can rely on ships owned by Americans but registered and crewed abroad, thus aiding "the cause of those who contend we do not need a merchant marine buildup." Congressman Kyros also criti­ cized the Secretary of Trans­ portation "and some highly placed officials" in the Defense Department who, he said, advo­ cate building American mer­ chant and naval vessels abroad at a time when the White House "officially calls for the rejuve­ nation of American shipyards." He noted that, while the Ad­ ministration program talks of "putting more government cargo on American vessels," officials in the Department of Agricul­ ture and the Agency for Inter­ national Development have "consistently thwarted the spirit and the letter of the law by favoring foreign-flag carriers over American-flag vessels." Kyros called for development of a program "that will make it impossible for anyone in gov­ ernment, whatever his motives, to undercut the American mer­ chant marine." Port of Norfolk Posts Lone Gain fn Foreign Cargo NORFOLK—The Port of Norfolk was the only one of the East Coast's four busiest ports to record an increase in foreign commerce handled for the first eight months of this year. Showing increases across the board, Norfolk achieved a gain of 3.2 percent in export ship­ ments, 18.9 percent in imports and 5.1 percent in total foreign commerce. Tonnage through the ports of New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore fell during the period, the decline being mainly in im­ ports. The sharpest decrease was registered in the Port of New York, which dropped 7.9 per­ cent. The Port of Philadelphia was next, with a loss of 4.3 per­ cent and the Port of Baltimore decline was 2.7 percent. However, New York re­ mained the top port in total cargo, with 34,286,532 tons while Norfolk was second, with 19,619,514 tons. The race for third was neck and neck with Philadelphia registering 15,397,915 tons to Baltimore's 14,721,090. For the United States as a whole, total foreign commerce was 286,820,498 tons, a 1,626,887-ton drop from the 1968 total of 288,447,358 tons for the comparable period. Ten Additional Full Book Seafarers Ten additional men received their full books at the December membership meeting at SlU headquar­ ters. Latest batch of graduates of the Seniority Upgrading Program, some displaying their books are, in front, from left: Lang M. Kelly; William Schneider; George Yeackel; William Parrish and Donald J. Grain. Back row: Christopher Ratcliffe; John E. Coleman; Alfred Bodie; Byron Blackwell; Richard Velez. V y �December, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Five LOG Goal Reached by 365 Seafarers as: John F. Henning Apiiointed Union-Sponsored Upgrading Program To Key CdH. AFL-CIO Job Produces 6 New Licensed Engineers SACRAMENTO—^John F. Henning, former United States Ambassador to New Zealand, has been appointed director of research to the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. He will also hold the post of administrative assistant to SecretaryTreasurer Thomas L. Pitts of the California labor body. Henning served as United States Ambassador to New Zealand from 1967 to 1969, a period during which he won widespread popularity in that country, particularly in the ranks of labor. The Seafarers LOG, in the issue of September 27, 1968, reprinted an article entitled "U.S. Ambassador Clicks" from the New Zealand Clarion, official magazine of the New Zealand Laborer's Union, which reflected the high regard he enjoyed among New Zealanders. In it, the magazine re­ called a speech Henning made in 1965 when he was U.S. Under-Secretary of Labor in which he attacked the "right to work" laws and Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act. Prior to serving as Under-Secretary of Labor in the Ken­ nedy-Johnson Administrations from 1962 to 1967, Henning had been State Director of the Department of Industrial Relations, a post to which California's Governor Edmund G. Brown appointed him in 1959. He is also a past presi­ dent of the San Francisco Board of Permit Appeals and a past member of the San Francisco Public Welfare Commis­ sion and of the San Francisco Equal Employment Oppor­ tunities Commission. From 1949 to 1959 he held the office of research director for the California Federation of Labor which he now resumes as part of his new duties. In making the announcement of Henning's current ap­ pointment, Secretary-Treasurer Pitts of the California AFLCIO said: "The Federation is delighted to have a man of Jack Henning's stature rejoin the State AFL-CIO. "As most California trade unionists know, Mr. Henning brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the job and has always been an outspoken champion of workers' rights." Wist. Labor Saves 1-Man, 1-Vote y MADISON, Wis.—The head of Wisconsin's One-Man, OneVote Committee has credited the State AFL-CIO with a key role in persuading the legisla­ ture to reject a resolution call­ ing for a constitutional conven-^ tion to overturn the Supreme Courts's ruling that legislative districts must be equal in popu­ lation. The state Assembly voted down the so-called Dirksen Amendment resolution by a 6236 vote. Mrs. John Toussaint, chair­ man of the statewide coalition against the Amendment and president of the Wisconsin League of Women Voters, said in a statement: "While a number of organiza­ tions and individuals joined with us in opposing the Dirksen Amendment the influence, or­ ganizational ability and legis­ lative knowledge of the state AFL-CIO was undoubtedly a key factor in the success of our campaign." At one time or another, 33 legislatures passed constitutional amendment resolutions but the validity of several has been chal­ lenged. Thirty-four states must act in order to summon a convention —a method of initiating a con­ stitutional amendment which has never been used in the na­ tion's history. The late Senator Everett M. Dirksen (R-Ill.) led the drive to force a constitutional conven­ tion after the Senate repeatedly refused to act on his proposed amendment. Six more Seafarers have been graduated from the School of Marine Engineering sponsored jointly by the SIU and MEBADistrict 2. Following successful completion of the comprehen­ sive training program offered by the school, the six men are all newly licensed engineers who have passed their coast guard examinations. The total number of Seafar­ ers who have been graduated from the Union-sponsored Estrada McLaughlin as an oiler before entering the School in September. He grad­ uated with a Temporary Third Assistant Engineer's License on November 13. A native of Derry, New Mexico, Brother Luchini now makes his home in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, with his mother, Mon­ ica Luchini. Raul Estrada, 46, is a na­ tive of Tela, Honduras, and now lives in New Orleans with his Luchini Martin wife, Barbara. He joined the school and passed their Coast SIU in the Port of Baltimore Guard licensing examinations and graduated in 1959 from the Andrew Furuseth Training now stands at 365. School. He sailed as an FOWT Charles Martin, 49, is a na­ before graduating from the tive of Pennsylvania who now School of Marine Engineering lives in Moorestown, New Jer­ sey with his son, Kenneth C. on December 3 with a Third Martin. He joined the SIU in Assistant Engineer's License. the Port of New York in 1949 Lionel A. McLaughlin, 50, and sailed as an FOWT and joined the Union in 1942 in Mi­ pumpman before entering the ami and shipped as an FOWT School in September. Brother before graduating from the Martin graduated on December School on December 3 with a 3 with a Temporary Third As­ Third Assistant Engineer's Li­ sistant Engineer's License. Dur­ cense. He is a native of Cuba ing World War II Seafarer Mar­ who now makes his home in tin served in the Army. Brooklyn with his wife, MorRoland Luchini, 34, joined aima. the Union in the Port of San Vincent Edward Welch, 50, Francisco in 1968 and sailed of Great Barrington, Massachu- At Detroit Port Council Dinner Welch Moran setts, joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1968 and sailed as an FOWT and electrician be­ fore entering the School in Sep­ tember. He graduated on No­ vember 17 with a Temporary Third Assistant Engineer's Li­ cense. A native of Great Bar­ rington, Seafarer Welch lives there now with his brother, James Welch. During World War II he served in the Navy. James Joseph Moran, 24, joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1968 and sailed as an electrician before entering the School in July. He gradu­ ated on November 7 with a Tem­ porary Third Assistant Engi­ neer's License. A native of Brooklyn, Brother Moran now lives in Kings Park, Long Island, N.Y., with his father, Francis J. Moran. From 1963 until 1967, Seafarer Moran served in the Coast Guard. Any engine department Sea­ farer who meets the following requirements is eligible to enter' the upgrading programs at the School of Marine Engineering. He must be at least 19 years old and have a minimum of 18 months of Q.M.E.D. watchstanding time in the engine de­ partment in addition to at least six months experience as a wiper or equivalent. Additional information and applications for enrollment for eligible Seafarers may be ob­ tained at any SIU hall. Govt. Can Ban Dangerous Toys Detroit and Wayne County Port Council annual dinner last month was a huge success, with some 600 in attendance. From left, above, are SlUNA Vice President John Yarmola; Ed Craft, business agent of De­ troit Firemen and Oilers: Mayor John McEwan of River Rouge and SlUNA Vice President Fred Farnen, who ifealso secretary-treasurer of Detroit and Wayne County MTD Port Courcil. Among other prominent people also in attendance were Representative Martha Griffith and Detroit Mayor-elect Roman Gibbs. WASHINGTON — Congress has responded to evidence that many toys are unsafe by com­ pleting action on a bill that per­ mits the government to ban the sale of dangerous toys. The measure now goes to President Nixon for his signature. Under previous regulations, the Food and Drug Administra­ tion was empowered to stop the sale of toys or articles for use by children only if they were proven to be flammable, toxic or otherwise organically harmful. The new law would extend the FDA's authority to poten­ tially dangerous mechanical or electrical toys—such as over­ heating play stoves, unsafe science kits and chemistry sets —and other items deemed haz­ ardous to children. �Page Six SEAFARERS Cilbert Predicts a 'Major Assault' By Oil Interests Against Jones Act # WASHINGTON — Powerful American oil interests are mounting a major assault on the Jones Act, a federal law which bars foreign-flag ships from en­ gaging in this nation's domestic waterbome cmnmerce, Repre­ sentative Jacob H. Gilbert (DN.Y.) warned here this month. He said the oil industry wants the domestic shipping law "re­ pealed, or, at a minimum, seri­ ously crippled" as part of the exploitation of the vast oil re­ serves discovered along the North Slope of Alaska. The Congressman told a meeting sponsored by the AFLCIO Maritime Trades Depart­ ment that the laws requiring the exclusive use of American-flag vessels in the domestic trade apply to the carriage of this oil from Alaska to the continental United States. But the oil interests, he pointed out, are among the lead­ ing operators of "runaway-flag" shipping—vessels owned by American firms but registered in foreign nations and crewed with foreign seafarers—and they want to use these vessels in the Alaska oil trade. "They want to be able to un­ dercut the American tanker in­ dustry which pays American taxes and fair American wage scales, and which is subject to reasonable American safety standards," Gilbert said. The Congressman, a member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, cau­ tioned the maritime industry "not to underestimate the power of the oil interests in Washing­ ton." He cited the Senate's vote to reduce the oil depletion al­ lowance from 27 Vz percent to 23 percent, as contrasted with a 20 percent level voted by the House, as evidence of "the po\yer which could be concen­ trated in an attack on the Jones Act." Gilbert charged that the wealthy oil companies "aren't content with what they have al­ ready—^they want more." The attack on the domestic shipping market, he declared, comes at a time when the Ad­ ministration and the Congress are "on the brink" of develop­ ing a new merchant marine pro­ gram that would restore vigor to America's lagging shipping and shipbuilding industries. "It would be the height of folly," the New York Congress­ man said, "to try to develop the merchant marine on the one hand, and to undercut it on the other. What would we gain, in the long run, if the regaining of WASHINGTON —In terms of votes, it was one of the closest elections in the nation's history. But measured by money spent for television and radio time, the 1968 presidential election was a runaway victory for the . Republicans. Statistics compiled by the Federal Commimications Com­ mission show that the NixonAgnew ticket spent nearly $12.6 million for television and radio time during the presidential campaign. That is more than twice the $6.1 million spent for air time on behalf of the HumphreyMuskie slate. A further breakdown of the figures by Congressional Quar­ terly magazine shows the GOP presidential slate spent $4.2 mil­ lion for network television, com­ pared to $2.5 million for the Democratic ticket, and outspent the Democratic candi­ dates $4.8 million to $2 mil­ lion for local television time. The total radio time bought amounted to $3.6 million for Nixon-Agnew, compared with $1.7 million for HumphreyMuskie. For candidates for all oflices during the 1968 general election campaign. Republicans spent $22.5 million for air time against $15.4 million for the Democrats and $2.5 million for minor party candidates. While Republicans generally out-spend the Democrats in buy­ our position as an international shipping power were to be pur­ chased at the price of our do­ mestic shipping industry? "The answer, of course, is that we would be no better off—and we might be worse off, because we would have opened the flood­ gates to all manner of cut­ throat foreign competition that could undermine our economy." Mississippi River Continues Growth In Cargo Handling NEW ORLEANS^—A climb of 95 percent in waterbome freight on the Mississippi River below Minneapolis over a single decade was recorded by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Waterbome commerce rose 2.8 percent in 1968 over the previous year, amounting to 219,162,231 short tons. The busiest stretch of the river was that between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, which alone han­ dled 110,328,530 tons. This does not include the Port of New Orleans itself, which han­ dled 113,511,052 tons last year, leading all other ports on the river. Baton Rouge, which han­ dled 37,872,394 tons in 1968, was the second busiest port. The fastest growing part of the waterway was that between the Ohio River and Baton Rouge, according to the report. ing television and radio time, Here 74,490 tons were moved, the gap last year was by far the representing an increase of 134 greatest. In 1964, Republican percent over 1958. candidates out-spent the Demo­ A 10-year increase of 77 per­ crats only $13 million to ^1 cent in exports carried on the million; in 1960, the gap was river system was also reported. $7.6 million to $6.2 million, and These rose from 14,635,265 in the 1956 election $5.4 to tons in 1958 to 25,633,969 tons $4.1 million. last year. GOP Outspent the Democrats In '68 Presidential Campaign December, 1969 LOG Statement of Omership STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION (Act of October tS, IBSt; Section iSSe. Title St, United States Code) 1. DATE OF FILING 2. TITLE OF PUBLICATION October 81, 1969 Seafarers Log 8. FREQUENCY OF ISSUE Monthly 4. LOCATION OF KNOWN OFFICE OF PUBLICATION 876 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11282 6. LOCATION OF THE HEADQUARTERS OR GENERAL OFFICES OF THE PUBLISHERS 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11282 6. NAMES AND ADDRESS OF PUBLISHER, EDITOR, AND MANAGING EDITOR PUBLISHER Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, 676 Fourth Avenue, Brookljm, New York 11282 EDITOR Harry Wittschen, 676 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11232 MANAGING EDITOR None 7. 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TOTAL (Sum of E & F—should equal vet press run shown in A) 60,000 60,000 I certify that the statements made by me above are correct and complete. Harry Wittschen, Editor Company Persuaders' Ruled Liable for Total Accounting NEW ORLEANS—Com­ pany lawyers and labor consul­ tants who perform "persuader" services for an employer must file annual reports listing all in­ come and expenditures for all labor relations clients, not only those who paid for "persuad­ ing," the 5th U.S. Court of Appeals mled in a 7-5 decision. The court settled a conflict in opinions by other courts on what Congress intended when it passed the Landrum-GriflSn Act in 1959. It reversed a 1966 mling by a three-judge appeals panel, and followed the lead of another appeals court—the 4th Circuit at Richmond, Va.— whose 1965 mling in another SlU Pension Review Committee Completing Study Since its election at special November 17 membership meetings in Constitutional Ports, the SlU Pension Review Committee shown hard at work above has been meeting daily at Union headquarters in Brooklyn for the purpose of reviewing and recommending ways and means *to improve the SlU Pension Plan. Guiding the committee in its deliberations are the opinions of Seafarers as expressed in the special Pension Questionnaires contained in several issues of the LOG and also mailed to all members of the Union in September. Members of the Committee are (l-r): Irwin Sherman, New Orleans: Terry McNee, Baltimore; Albert Saxon, Mobile: Phil Reyes, Houston; Jim Solder, New York; • Frank Pasaluk, Philadelphia. The men expect to have a full report on their study ready In January. case was refused review by the Supreme Court. The Landmm-Griffin amend­ ments to the labor law require company "persuaders" to file 30-day and annual reports of income and expenses with the Secretary of La^r, One lawyer —R. D. Douglas, Jr., of Greens­ boro, N.C.—refused to file a full financial statement, but lost his fight in the Supreme Court. The current case involves three labor relations lawyers who sued former Labor Secre­ tary W. Willard Wirtz. They lost in the Dallas, Tex., district court, but won a tentative vic­ tory from an appeals court panel here. The full court has now ruled against the lawyers. A "persuader," under the L-G law, is any person hired by an employer to persuade em­ ployees as to their ri^t to or­ ganize and bargain collectively, • or hired by the employer to sup­ ply information about the con­ certed activities of employees or unions. Chief Judge John R. Brown, writing for the' majority in the latest case, said "It boils down to this. As long as the attorney limits himself to [non-persuader] . . . activities he need not re­ port. No report is set in motion by reason of his doing these things. What sets the report in motion is performing persuader activities." The dissenting judges said the ruling flashes the spotlight of publicity on the "private and confidentid, if not privileged, affairs of . . . innocent persons who chanced to receive advice or information in the area of 'labor relations,' whatever that is . . . from an attorney who happened ... to engage, in •persuader activities,' whatever they are." J'l r' �December, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Seven LOG 25 More Seafarer OUtimers Join SlU Pension Ranks I Joining the growing number His last ship was the Cortez. A of SIU pensioners last month native of Massachusetts he now were 17 additional Seafarers lives in Elizabeth, New Jersey. who retired to the beach after Seafarer Logan sailed the seas many years of sailing the world's for 46 years before he retired. seaways. Frederick Edwards, 68, is a Accurso Bonti, 65, joined the native of New Orleans and now SIU in the Port of Boston and makes his home in Algiers, Lou­ sailed in the engine department isiana. He joined the SIU in the as an FWT. His last vessel was Port of New Orleans and sailed the Del Oro. A native of Mas­ as a steward. His last vessel was sachusetts, Brother Bonti lives the Penn Challenger. in New Orleans. He had been George L. Baugh, Sr., 72, of sailing since 1927. Houston, Texas is a native of Dawson Perry, 63, is a native Illinois. He joined the Union in of Alabama who continues to the Port of New York and sailed in the engine department as a chief electrician. His last ship was the Keva Ideal. He now makes his home in Houston with his wife, Marguerite. Brother Baugh served in the Navy from 1917 until 1919. John E. Smith, 65, joined the Ferry Bonti SIU in the Port of Philadelphia live in that state in the Port of and sailed as a tug captain for Mobile. He joined the Union in Interstate Oil Transport Com­ Mobile and sailed in the stew­ pany. He is a native of North ard department as a messman. Seafarer Perry's last ship was the Steel Voyager. John D. Psathas, 65, joined the SIU in the Port of Houston and sailed in the deck depart­ ment as an AB. His last vessel was the Overseas Anna. A na­ Logan Edwards tive of Greece, Brother Psathas now makes his home in Houston Carolina and now lives in Phil­ adelphia. From 1922 until 1928, with his wife, Eleni. Qyde S. Lowe, 65, is a na­ Brother Smith served in the Coast Guard. tive of Live Oak, Florida, and Walter Johnson, 63, is a na­ now makes his home in Mobile, tive of Daphane, Alabama, who Alabama, with his mother. now lives in Mobile with his wife, Amelia. He joined the Un­ ion in Mobile and sailed in the steward department as a cook. He last worked for Mobile Tow­ ing Company. From 1927 until 1933, Brother Johnson served in the Coast Guard. Seafarer Johnson had been sailing the seas for 36 years when he re­ Psathas Lowe tired. Daisy Laura Lowe. He joined Harry Jay Farnsworth, 65, the SIU in the port of Mobile joined the SIU in Port Arthur, and sailed as an engineer for Texas and sailed as an engineer Pilots Service Corporation. with Slade Inc. He is a native of Ivar J. Kalroth, 67, of Brook­ Ohio and now makes his home lyn, New York joined the Union in New Caney, Texas. in the Port of New York and served in the deck department as an AB. His last vessel was the Houston. Brother Kalroth is a native of Finland. Deloss Harman, 47, is a na­ tive of Philadelphia who now makes his home in New Orleans with his wife, Dorothy. He Baugh Smifli joined the SIU in the Port of Harvey Vernon Long, 65, of Mobile and sailed in the engine department as an FOWT. His Benzonia, Michigan, joined the last vessel was the Delta Brazil. Union in the Port of Frankfort and sailed in the engine depart­ ment as an oiler. He is a native of Michigan and had been sail­ ing for 46 years when he de­ cided to call it a career and re­ tire. His last vessel was the Viking. Brother Long now makes his home in Benzonia with his wife, Mina Mary. Herman Kalroth Francis D. Gonsoulin, 63, William Edward Logan, 65, joined the SIU in the Port of joined the Union in the Port of New Orleans in 1942 and sailed New York in 1942 and sailed in in the deck department as a the deck department as an AB. bos'n. He is a native of Lou- Jtrihnson Farmworth isiana and now lives in New Orleans with his wife, Emelda. Sven G. Regner, 65, is a na­ tive of Sweden and now lives in Freeport, Long Island. He joined the Union in the Port of New York in 1944 and sailed in the steward department as a sec­ ond cook. His last vessel was the Steel Fabricator. Witold Wieromiej, 56, joined the SIU in the Port of New York and sailed in the deck depart­ ment as an AB and a bos'n. His last vessel was the Jacksonville. A native of Poland, Brother Wieromiej now lives in Flemington, New Jersey with his wife, Antonett. He was issued a picket duty card in 1962. Teddy A. Ronda, 51, is a native of New York and now lives in the Bronx with his wife, Margaret. He joined the Union in the Port of New York and sailed as a mate with the Penn­ sylvania Railroad. Brother Ron­ da is an Army veteran of World War II. Long Gonsoulin Juan Luis Pagan, 68, is a na­ tive of Puerto Rico and now makes his home in Miami, Flor­ ida, with his wife, Ermitana. He joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1943 and sailed in the steward department. His last vessel was the Elizabethport. Brother Pagan served in the army from 1920 until 1923. In 1962 he was issued an SIU picket duty card. Charles M. Morgan, 66, joined the Union in the Port of Houston and sailed in the steward department as a cook. His last vessel was the Halcyon Panther. Brother Morgan is a native of North Carolina and is now living in Highlands, Texas, with his wife, Evelyn May. Regner Wiermniej Mat R. Abraham, 63, joined the Union in the Port of New Ronda York and served in the engine department as a wiper. He is a native of Mexico and now lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Ana Rita. His last vessel was the Detroit. In 1961 Brother Abraham was issued an SIU picket duty card. He had been sailing for 30 years when he decided to retire to the beach, John P. O'Connor, 67, joined Morgan Carlos C. Morales, 66, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, is a real oldtimer who joined the SIU Co<^[»a' Abraham O'Connor the SIU in Chicago and worked as a cook for Hannah Towing Company. He is a native of Chi­ cago and continues to make his home there with his daughter, Jacqueline Noccio. Clarence R. Cooper, 59, served as a mate for the Curtis Bay Towing Company. He joined the SIU in Philadelphia and now lives in Aldan, Penn­ sylvania, with his wife, Erma. Qarence E. Neece, Sr., 62, is a native of Mississippi who now lives in Coden, Alabama, with his wife, Martha. He joined the Union in the Port of Mobile and worked in the deck depart­ ment. He was. last employed by Pilot Service Corporation. Neece in the Port of New York back in 1939. He sailed in the deck department as a bosun and his last vessel was the Portland. A native of Puerto Rico, Brother Morales had been sailing 44 years when he retired. Joseph J. Penner, 66, is a native of Maryland who will be spending his retirement years in Morales Penner Seattle, Washington. He is an old-timer in the Union, joining in 1939 in the Port of Phila­ delphia. Serving in the deck department as an AB, Brother Penner last sailed aboard the Vantage Horizon. Seafarer Pen­ ner had been serving a sailing career of 44 years when he re­ tired. Singapore Set to Expand Role In World Shipping SINGAPORE—Singapore, which enjoys the distinction of being an island, a city and a republic at the same time, has embarked on an expansion of its activities in world shipping. Already the fourth largest port in the world—^the largest in Southeast Asia—this cosmopolitan city of about two mil­ lion Chinese, Malays, Indians, Pakistanis, Ceylonese, Etirasians and others, is fast becoming the shipping center of the Far East. Starting about five years ago, shipyards were set up here aimed at attracting vessels which would otherwise call at Mediterranean ports for repairs. Singapore's Finance Minis­ ter Goh Keng Swee points out that few ports in the Far East have the facilities to repair large ocean-going vessels. The shipbuilding effort was spurred by two circumstances —the pullout by Great Britain of its military establishment here—a process which is to be completed by 1971—and the closing of the Suez Canal. Singapore has set itself the twin tasks of making up the loss of income caused by the first and of taking commercial advantage of the second. The three shipyards here have been earning about $34 million a year. By the mid 1970s, the largest shipyard will be capable of building vessels of up to 70,000 tons. Facilities are already available to repair vessels from the Persian Gulf and Japan. In addition, Singapore plans construction of its own naval patrol boats and ocean-going freighters and has already launched its own national shipping company—the Neptune Orient Line—^which is engaged in the Far East-to-Europe cargo service. �Page Eight SEAFARERS 'Negligence'on Soviet Fishing Boats Degiored by Russian Administrator MOSCOW—A high-ranking Russian fisheries administrator recently expressed deep concern over what he called the "care­ less, negligent and scornful at­ titude" of many officers and engineers sailing aboard Soviet fishing vessels—a state of affairs which frequently results in ac­ cidents and damage to the fleet. Crewmembers, both young and old alike, often feel that they have no need to keep up with the navigational rules of the sea, and do not try to main­ tain the traditions dear to pro­ fessional seamen, the fishery official complained, in a recent issue of the Soviet magazine Vodniyi Transport. He laid the blame for this attitude squarely upon the So­ viet school of navigation and seamanship which train officers and marine specialists for the huge Russian fishing fleet. According to the adminis­ trator, not further identified in the article, Russian maritime schools do not offer their stu­ dents courses which would in­ still in them the traditions of the sea, or teach them proper discipline at sea. Instead, he notes, students readily take to bad habits—first among them often being "smart­ ness and drinking while getting one's feet wet." After graduation from these schools, young Soviet seafarers often find also that the example set for them by their superiors and older shipmates is not al­ ways inspiring to better sea­ manship. Skippers "appearing on the bridge in a cloud of alcohol fumes" are bound to have a de­ pressing and demoralizing effect on their crews, the Russian ad­ ministrator commented. To support his criticism of some Soviet seamanship, the Soviet official reported the case of the fish processing factoryship Sovetskii Sakhalin which ran aground in Terpeniye Bay, off Cape Obshimyi, in the Sea of Okhotsk during September 1968. Visibility was excellent at the time and the vessel was equipped with the latest electronic navi­ gational instruments. An official inquiry later revealed that the vessel's first mate had twic* changed the ship's position with­ out informing the captain. None of the watch officers had both­ ered to check the vessel's posi­ tion during their watch stands and the third mate determined , the silo's co-ordinates ear" and entered them in the log without advising the captain. The inquiry board ruled that the accident resulted from "criminal negligence on the part of the navigation officers" and of "a deplorable performance of the officers' duties." In another incident last year, the Russian tanker Ursul, en route from Korsakov to Nevel'sk on the Soviet island of Sakha­ lin, ran aground. When the accident occurred, the second mate was drunk and had left the bridge without advising the captain. While the vessel was crossing this most dangerous area, the captain himself was not on the bridge. The Soviet official stoically concluded that the maritime schools in his country will have to try harder if their students are to live up to the noble tra­ ditions of the sea and seaman­ ship. DISPATCHERS REPORT Atlantic, Gulf & Inland Waters District November 1, 1969 to November 30, 1969 DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston ......... Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals ...... All Groups Class A Class B 4 5 86 106 17 15 32 24 13 22 24 29 16 16 46 34 104 103 50 42 26 40 104 77 47 27 569 540 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 6 5 4 73 80 11 18 16 4 57 21 11 17 12 5 29 9 32 1 7 1 29 21 5 59 54 18 26 34 7 26 35 9 97 62 26 43 35 16 470 423 128 All Groups Class A Class B 6 3 189 177 26 30 113 56 34 41 27 22 20 25 95 27 139 73 139 115 38 . 3 80 16 ' 56 16 962 604 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans .... Houston .... Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattle Totals TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups TOTAL SHIPPED Class A Class B 3 4 83 88 16 23 30 27 9 20 20 40 7 10 28 43 99 98 20 44 17 38 62 95 64 26 458 556 Class A Class B Class C 4 2 2 59 83 18 16 15 1 31 39 6 11 17 3 18 36 13 18 1 20 25 0 51 72 19 19 50 9 12 28 11 61 82 24 64 29 29 367 486 136 STEW STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups All Groups Port Class A Class B Class A Class B Class C Boston 4 6 3 5 2 New York 71 48 51 36 23 Philadelphia 6 11 10 7 2 Baltimore 28 8 41 9 11 Norfolk 15 25 7 19 10 Jacksonville 19 21 19 17 18 Tampa 6 4 13 1 16 Mobile 10 13 19 2 89 50 New Orleans .... 54 44 12 19 22 Houston 21 9 16 19 17 Wilmington 12 23 15 67 50 San Francisco ... 54 51 26 41 21 Seattle 31 20 4 290 403 Totals 317 262 142 December, 1969 LOG REGISTERED on BEACH Class A Class B 4 2 130 173 11 25 57 43 19 47 16 35 11 15 64 47 113 81 89 93 22 10 56 28 32 4 624 603 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 3 2 152 115 10 15 89 29 33 25 11 21 9 7 50 22 130 49 93 62 16 7 63 13 47 16 706 383 In Saigon Home-made music sweetens the Far East breezes at dusk as Seafar­ ers Lester Hall, Jr., B. Gregory, Steve Peabody and William McCall (I. to r.) relax towards evening on the Buckeye Victory in Saigon. Rep. Mollohan Hits POD Another Legislator Punctures Theory of ^Effective Control' WASHINGTON — Defense Department claims that Ameri­ can-owned ships, registered in foreign countries, are available to the U.S. in times of emer­ gency, were sharply challenged last month by a member of the House Armed Services Com­ mittee. Representative Robert O. Mollohan (D-W.Va.) challenged the "effective control" theory as a "myth," declarinp that "the only ships that are effectively controlled by the United States are ones that are built in Ameri­ can shipyards, that fly the American flag, and that are crewed by American citizens." The congressman told a meet­ ing sponsored by the 7.5-million-member AFL-CIO Mari­ time Trades Department that "relying on the patriotism" of the owners of these vessels is "a pretty weak reed" on which to lean. "Where does the owner dem­ onstrate his patriotism by regis­ tering his ship under a foreign flag? Certainly he's not being patriotic in terms of taxes, be­ cause he doesn't pay them to this country on the ships regis­ tered abroad. Certainly he's not being patriotic in terms of the American economy, because he isn't supporting the economy when he hires foreign, instead of American, seamen." Mollohan said that in the 1967 Middle East crisis, "the political views of the country of registry" proved to be "infinitely more persuasive than the political views of the country of owner­ ship." He referred to the fact that American-owned, Liberian-registered vessels refused to enter the Gulf of Aqaba, despite U.S. insistence on the right of free passage, because Liberia instructed owners of ships fly­ ing its flag not to become in­ volved in that issue. Mollohan urged President Nixon, in the maritime legisla­ tion scheduled to go to Capitol Hill, to come up with a bill that increases "reliance on Ameri­ can-flag ships, and that rejects the "theoretical, but impracti­ cal, claims that we can rely on ships of other nations, no mat­ ter who owns them." J Mim-SkffbHit As AuthUmon SANTA, ANA, CaUf.— A mini-skirted cutie is an unfair labor practice when the boss supplies her cos­ tume to defeat the union. This new fashion note in labor relations was sounded by the National Labor Re­ lations Board in a ruling against the Conolon Corpo­ ration here. Campaign literature dis­ tributed by the Marine and Shipbuilding Workers charged that the company paid "mini-wages." To con­ vince the workers that mini" was good for them, the boss' private secretary and the company vice pres­ ident recruited four or five of the office clerical work­ ers' not involved in the election, to distribute anti­ union literature. The girls wore mini-skirts and company-supplied high boots and they wore signs reading, "Yes on mini, no on union." The NLRB found the company-dressed leafleteers constituted an unfair labor practice. \ 11 41 "r t H L tf > ii �Puxtt Twenty One December, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine f-A STEEL KING —Anthony Hanna, chairman; L, 0.: w: Pierson, steward delegate;, ^ M, Del Prado, engine ^ delegate and'H. P. Lopez, ;deck delegate, constitute the ship's committee here. ^ i •• • f • s"«^c- ' '•©ALVESTON-^ThU " ,, ' ' *• ' •• ••-• •' •-^"--'••rV''••^'•V i|^^|^^n^r|^9H^^^H|HBW'l^''^^TfTchip^ecretary •'"•'..represents the SeaW., ... .^,, - official commurMCotio^ Q,ropolo: £"9'"® " °^°yeocVei. steward dele- MOBILE—Sitting around the table to discuss the welfare of the crew are, from left, F. T. DiCarlo, ship's secretary; J. Violante, deck delegate; P. Vicare, stew­ ard delegate: E. Hogge, meeting chairman, and P. Teets, engine delegate. Among the committee's usual tasks is full discussion of all SlU objectives. CHARLESTON—^The LOG photographer was able to catch only three mem­ bers of this committee. From left are Alvin Carpenter, steward delegate; Ted York, ship's secretary, and John Alberte, ship's chairman. The general alertness^of all SlU Ships' Committees determines to a large extent the smooth­ ness in handling beefs which come up at sea and insures a smooth trip for all. TRANSCHAMPLAINship's committee here functions smoothly and enjoys the confidence of the entire crew. Seated, from left: Steward Delegate Rob­ ert Matea; Deck Delegate Thomas Magras; Ship's Secretary Jack Long. Standing: Engine Delegate Sam Brattie, left, and Ship's Chairman Clarence Homchins. STEEL AGE—A clean ship is one of prime goals of this committee, as with those on all SlU-contracted ships. Left to rght around the table are: Drayson E. Warren, deck delegate: Frank R. Cottongin, Ship's Chairman; Glenn Dickens, engine delegate; Albert Sheffield, ship s delegate, and Pete Gonzalez, ship's secretary. �Page Ten SEAFARERS December, 1969 LOG Tough Polidng of t2Mile Fish Zone Coal of New Garmati Bill in House WASHINGTON — Legisla­ tion designed to beef up surveil­ lance of America's exclusive 12mile fishery zone and strengthen enforcement of regulations cov­ ering the area has been intro­ duced in the House of Repre­ sentatives by Congressman Edward A. Garmatz (D-Md.), Chairman of the House Com­ mittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Citing the immedate need for his legislation, which was cosponsored by more than 20 other committee members, the Maryland Congressman singled out "increased and wanton vio­ lations of our 12-mile fishery zone by foreign-flag vessels" as a severe threat to this nation's valuable fishery resources. Among other things, Garmatz's bill proposes that more aircraft and ships be assigned to patrol duty in the area and that far more severe fines be levied, along with confiscation of all fish and fishing equipment possessed by foreign fishing ves­ sels found guilty of illegal fish­ ing within the 12-mile offshore zone. Under the existing law, the maximum fine for illegal fishing in the 12-mile zone is only $10,000. The. new legislation would increase the maximum fine to $50,000 and—^for the first time—^provide for a min­ imum penalty of $25,000. "We must increase both our surveillance forces and our pen­ alties," Garmatz emphasized. "Both are so weak at the present time that foreign fisher­ men feel it is a worthwhile gam­ ble to violate our 12-mile fish­ ery zone. Their chances of be­ ing caught are negligible—and even if they are caught, the pen­ alty is not stiff enough to really hurt or discourage the violator," the congressman noted. Make Illegal Fishing Risky "My committee wants to make it too dangerous and too expensive for foreigners to risk illegal fishing in our waters." In recent months, foreign fishing activity off the coasts of the U.S. has caused increased Congressional and public con­ cern and has severely affected SIUNA fishing aflSliates on both East and West Coasts. As an example of this in­ crease in activity, Garmatz noted that—in August of this year—a total of 325 foreign fishing vessels were sighted fish­ ing off the New England coast. This massive fleet included ships MTD Charges Defense Dept. Vktimizes Private U.S. Fleet (Contimied from page 3) "The issue is not whether some of the ships have been re­ turned to mothballs," the state­ ment said. "What is at issue is the fact that not all of them have been deactivated—and the ones that remain in service are being used in direct competition with our privately-owned American-flag fleet. We submit that even one governmentowned ship in competition with our privately-owned fleet is one too many." AMA'Also Scores DOD In a related development, the American Maritime Association charged that the Military Sea Transportation Service—an arm of the Defense Department— has been chartering ships built with federal construction sub­ sidy funds for extended periods of time. Such chartering is illegal, the AMA—an association repre­ senting unsubsidized ship­ owners maintained in a formal memorandum submitted to Maritime Administrator Andrew E. Gibson, who must approve these time charters. Ships built with federal subsidies are re­ quired by law to compete with foreign vessels whose lower costs of construction and operation are the justification for the U.S. government subsidy in the first place. Therefore, the association points out, they should serve the same essential commercial trade routes the competing for­ eign ships serve. Instead the AMA document charged, 43 ships—about 15 percent of the subsidized fleet —were under time charter to the MSTS for periods of two to three years as of October 1. All military cargoes are re­ quired by law to be shipped on American-flag vessels. In the case of the unsubsidized U.S.flag operators, however, the car­ riage of military and other gov­ ernment-generated cargoes is absolutely necessary if their largely over-age ships are to continue in operation, AMA said. The acknowledgement by Gibson that ships built with con­ struction subsidies, are ineligible for charter to MSTS, the asso­ ciation contended, would pro­ vide the necessary incentive for unsubsidized operators to in­ vest the large sums of money re­ quired to rebuild their aging fleets. belonging to the Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany, Ro­ mania, Bulgaria, Israel, Ice­ land, Spain and Norway. In the Pacific Northwest, the Coast Guard admitted during recent Congressional hearings that only about 10 percent—or perhaps less—of foreign vessels that fish illegally in Alaskan waters are apprehended. The majority of these viola­ tions of U.S. Pacific waters are accomplished by Russian and Japanese fishing vessels. Garmatz pointed out that Alaska alone has thousands of miles of coastline, and that far more aircraft and ships are needed to effectively patrol and protect all of this nation's coastal areas. "We know that many vessels sneak into our 12-mile zone, es­ pecially at night, to fish ille­ gally," Garmatz said, "and we must act to protect our 12-mile zone because that is oiir most valuable source of fish." Approximately 80 percent of all fish and shellfish caught by the American fishing industry is taken within this 12-mile zone. "The purpose of this legisla­ tion is to put teeth in our dec­ laration of sovereignty over these waters," the committee chairman noted. If the Garmatz bill becomes law, all fish found aboard any vessel illegally fishing within the zone would be presumed to have been caught in violation of the Act and would be automatically forfeited. Such confiscation can constitute a far greater mone­ tary loss than any fine imposed, and such action is considered by the fishing industry to be an extremely effective deterrent. * ''• HOUSTON—Paul Drozak, SIU Port Agent in Houston and an executive board mem­ ber of the Harris County AFLCIO Central Labor Council, has been named a vice presi­ dent of the Texas State AFL- ao. Drozak was elected to the post last month by the Harris ^1 for exceptional service and un­ selfish dedicated efforts on be­ half of the labor movement in Texas." Among the many distin­ guished guests and speakers at the dinner dance were U.S. Representative Bob Eckhardt (D-Tex.); Texas State Senators Barbara Jordan, Babe Schwartz and Chet Brooks; Hank Brown, president of the Texas AFLCIO; and Houston City Coun­ cilman Frank Mancuso. i 'fj CousHtutibn Voto Concludes Dec 22 J (CtHitinued from page 3) on the total amount of annual dues paid by the membership but will spread payments evenly over the entire year rather than require Seafarers to make a large payment in the first quar­ Paul Drozak ter. County Council to fill a va­ A simplification in the quali­ cancy on the state body and his fications for elected office in the appointment was officially con­ Union is also included in the firmed December 11 by the full proposed amended version of executive board of the Texas the constitution as well as a AFL-CIO meeting in Austin. revision in balloting procedures This marks the first time a which would call for the use of member of the SIU has ever mail ballots in all future elec­ held such a high position in the tions. Texas State labor body. The committee also particu­ Drozak was also honored re­ larly emphasized in its report cently by the West Gulf Ports that the job rights of Seafarers Council of the Maritime Trades would in no way be changed by Department of the AFL-CIO at any of the proposed changes in its fifth annual dinner dance at the constitution. Job rights, the Sheraton-Lincoln Hotel they made clear, are preserved within the shipping rules as part here. In the presence of the more of the contract between the SIU than 700 persons who attended and the shipowners. Full results of the voting will the gala affair, he was presented with a plaque which was in­ appear in the LOG as soon as scribed as follows: all ballots have been received "Presented to Paul Drozak and tallied. * i. Safest Sea-Land Ship • il jfl •% I The SlU-contracted New Yorker receives a plaque for winning the "Safest Ship" award during 1968 for the Sea-Land fleet. From left are James Prendergast, chief engineer; Fred Boer, chief mate; SIU Pa­ trolman Tom Gould: Bob Snow, Sea-Land safety engineer; Adam Torres, the ship's master; Seafarers Ramon Benitez, BR and Isadora Henry, messman. Award was presented November 3 in New Orleans. T �December, 1969 SEAFARERS According to Lloyd's: U.S. Fleet Grows Smaller; Liberia Leads, Japan 2nd LONDON—The U.S.-flag merchant marine was one of only two major fleets in the world to show a decline for the year, as of September 30, according to Lloyd's Register of Shipping, which published its latest report here last month. Liberia remained the nominal owner of the world's largest merchant fleet, but Japan has nosed out Britain for second place. Liberia—^long a favorite haven for runaway U.S. ship­ pers—currently has 29,215,000 registered tons, doubling her figure of five years ago. An increase in gross tonnage of seven million tons in two years was posted by Japan, which now boasts a fleet of 23,987,000 gross tons. Britain's tonnage is 23,844,000, and the world total is now 211,661,000 tons. In fourth place is Norway—19,679,000 tons—and -the United States' 19,550,000-ton fleet relegates her to fifth in world tonnage. The U.S.S.R., with 13,705,000 tons, is sixth but moving up fast. Much of the increase in tonnage listed for many countries is attributed by Lloyd's to the larger vessels now being con­ structed. World Shipbuilding Sets High Currently under construction throughout the world, Lloyd's says, are a total of 17,807,928 gross tons of merchant ship­ ping—more than 1,800 separate vessels. This is the Highest total tonnage ever recorded during a single quarter. The sta­ tistics run through the end of September. Japan led all nations in shipbuilding with better than 22 percent of the world's total under construction, The 408 ships being built there account for 5,325,728 gross tons. The United States, with only 66 ships of 765,791 gross tons, ranked a poor ninth in tonnage under construction. In the totals for vessels on order, the U.S. was even lower, ranking 12th with just 1,643,833 gross tons. Japan also registered the largest individual gain in ships on order, with 18,517,319 gross tons on the books. Most coun­ tries showed small increases in total orders. The over-all world total of 1,833 vessels of 38,119,550 gross tons of ship­ ping on order, but not yet under construction, also set a new quarterly record. Page Eleven LOG Party Operates Red China's Unioas As Transaussion Belt for Woricers LONDON—rare insight into what "trade unionism" in Communist China is was re­ cently provided \n The China Quarterly, published here. Paul Harper, author of the article entitled "The Party and Unions in Communist China," explains in some detail just why Chinese unions cannot be char­ acterized as free trade unions. In fact, the preamble of the constitution of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) states; "The trade un­ ions of China are the mass or­ ganizations of the working class led by the Party and are the transmission belt between the Party and the masses." Harper sums this up as mean­ ing: "The unions lead the work­ ers on behalf of the Party." He describes the contradic­ tions in the labor-management relationship in China as follows: "Both management and un­ ions are under the ultimate rule of the Party, so improvements in the tangible material welfare of the workers are determined in practice by the same body that controls management—^the Party. If unions really are to represent the interest of the workers they must at times op­ pose the Party. Therein comes the rub." This "rub" has led to some historic conflicts involving some union leaders, even though members of the Party. They challenged the Party because they felt that they were elected to represent the interest of the workers. Trade unions under the Com­ munist rule began to develop in the 1940's and by 1950 the 6th Trade Union Congress was held. The structure of the ACFTU was that there were no real na­ tional unions of railroad work­ ers, seamen, machinists, etc. Instead, local craft unions affil­ iated directly with the ACFTU through municipal and provin­ cial councils which were domi­ nated by Party members. In 1950, the head of the ACFTU, Li Li-san—who had returned to China four years earlier after 15 years in Moscow —tried to lead the unions away from the Party. He started at least ten national industrial un­ ions. In addition, he named a new editor of the ACFTU news­ paper who followed Li's policy of trying to represent the work­ ers, to fight for their demands. Party leaders hit this as "economism" and "revisionism". The battle continued until late 1952 when Li Li-san was ousted as head of the ACFTU, replaced by a traditional Com­ munist Party bureaucrat, Lai Jo-yu. Li's top aides, including the editor, were bounced too. "There is not the slightest hint of any trade union work in Lai's career prior to his ap­ pointment as ACFTU Secre­ tary-General," writes Harper. He said that the Chinese Communist Party "chose to in­ terpret the unions' efforts to represent the interest of the workers as a threat to Party controls; the result was a return Vietnam's Unions Gaining Greater Responsibility WASHINGTON—The Viet­ namese Confederation of Labor (CVT) — 20 years old this month — is growing, thriving and "entering a new phase of responsibility," its leader told newsmen here. "Just as 20 years is consid­ ered a mark of maturity in a man, so is it a mark of maturity in our labor movement," CVT President Tran Quoc Buu de­ clared. Buu, who came to the United States to confer with AFL-CIO President George Meany and other federation leaders, was the guest of Meany and a number of members of the Executive Council at a Washington lunch­ eon. At a later press conference, Buu described the function of the strongly anti-Communist CVT, explained its future goals and reaffirmed its close cooper­ ation with the AFL-CIO. The CVT leader was accom­ panied by Nguyen Van Thang, assistant to Buu and director of the confederation's department of international affairs. AFL-CIO Director of Inter­ national Affairs Jay Lovestone int^ duced Buu and Thang as "two' trade union fighters for peace and freedom who have often paid a heavy price for their roles." Buu spoke of his five years in jail for resistance to French rule of Vietnam, his later flight from North Vietnam to avoid a Com­ munist purge, his role in found­ ing the CVT in November 1949 and its early years of tribulation. Looking ahead, he said the CVT is "entering a new phase of responsibility involving not just workers but the future of all of our people." As an example of this "new responsibility," he reported that the confederation — "not satis­ fied with any of the existing po­ litical parties in South Vietnam" —is laying the groundwork for a new political party. Although preparation for the party is being made by a com­ mittee set up by CVT in 1967, Buu envisions it as a party that will embrace not only workers, but firm anti-Communist groups of farmers and Buddhist orga­ nizations. Buu also reported that CVT has requested the International Labor Organization to under­ take a survey to determine the extent to which "freedom of as­ sociation" exists in North Viet­ nam and report on its findings. He indicated his own certainty of what such a survey would re­ veal. He said that with the par­ tition of Vietnam in 1954, the Communist rulers confiscated all CVT offices in North Viet­ nam. In the years since, he added, all CVT leaders there have either been jailed or as­ sassinated. In answering questions about CVT's position in South Viet­ nam, Buu said that labor lead­ ers have been jailed in the past "but all have since been freed. There are no longer any CVT leaders in prison in South Viet­ nam." He drew a contrast between the labor situations in North and South Vietnam, pointing out: "In South Vietnam we have the right to strike, we can ne­ gotiate on an equal basis and we have meaningful collective bargaining contracts." As an example of CVT's in­ fluence in South Vietnam, Buu noted that the government there had proposed legislation for land reform—long one of the major issues advanced by the labor movement. In answer to another ques­ tion, Buu said he supports the U.S. policy of withdrawal of American troops from South Vietnam as long as the with­ drawal is "conditioned to the increasing capability of South Vietnam's army" to take over the fighting. Under this condition, he em­ phasized, the policy can have a beneficial effect in "awakening the masses" of South Vietnam's citizens to their role in halting communism and building a strong, free government based on social progress. to absolute dominance by the Party, subservience by the un­ ions." The next major crisis in Party-union relations took place in 1957 after Mao Tse-tung per­ mitted some criticism of the Party. Even bureaucratic Lai started to deviate a bit, saying: "That unions must submit to the leadership of the Party, a problem that has been solved in the past, is quite correct. How­ ever, not enough attention has been given to the fact that as an organization of the masses, a trade union, apart from submit­ ting to the Party in policy and thought, must u^old its own in­ dependent activities." In a free society this assertion would be completely rejected. Lai's views were considered heresy in Party circles. The Party element of the ACFTU held an enlarged meeting and declared that "the result of trade union activities wece inseparable from Party leadership." So Lai went down in defeat but he took it as a good Com­ munist soldier. When the 8th Trade Union Congress was held in December of 1957, Harper writes, "Lai Jo-yu himself led the series of speeches proclaim­ ing the submission of the unions to Party control." The Congress even revised the ACFTU constitution to provide for dual rule in the trade union apparatus with actual control in the hands of the local party committee. This didn't save Lai but in 1958 he was replaced by Liu Ning-yi, a devoted follower of Mao rather than a supporter of either the Party or the union apparatus. In the complex Chinese pic­ ture, Harper believes that Liu is at cautious odds both with the Party and the union leadership but keeps his power due to Mao's backing. The union leaders at most levels, however, are still striving for "economism". Harper says, and the fight between Mao and the Party is permitting more of this now than ever before. But all this is a far cry from free trade unionism. South Vietnam's free labor unions have become a strong force for anti-communist progress in that nation, Tran Quoc Buu, president of Vietnamese Confederation of Labor, right, told AFL-CIO Pres. Meany. �Page Twelve SEAFARERS LOG December, 1969 Up the Hard Way PANIC ON WALL STREET by Robert Sobel (Macmillaii— $8.95) In 1929, as the §tock market climbed higher and higher, one Wall Street figure kept warning his friends against the high prices of stocks. They suggested he see a psychiatrist and, not being sure of his reasoning, he did. After giving the psychia­ trist his arguments, the two of them went to their brokers and sold out before the crash, Robert Sobel has included many such bits of human interest in his history of financial disasters. The result is a lively nar­ rative of hard times on Wall Street. Sobel begins with the first panic of 1792 and follows with eleven others, ending with the Kennedy slide of 1962. Until 1929, Wall Street was largely uncontrolled. Speculators cor­ nered markets and battled it out for control of big corpora­ tions and get-rich-quick artists bought stock beyond their ability to pay. All this was to the detriment of the market and to the nation. While there is "no law of panics." Sobel notes that most "occur as 'moments of truth' after periods of self-deception." Since what happens on Wall Street affects all of us, what about the future? Sobel is cautious. He lists the causes that could lead to another panic and con­ cludes with this somber observation: Since our economy is much more complex today than in 1929, a new panic would be that much more disastrous. Sobel's book shows how easy panic can hit Wall Street and the subsequent effect upon all America. * IMiat A Union Means For five years, the SIU has been fighting to win economic justice for a small group of ite members fired from their jobs on the Galveston wharves. On Page 3 of this issue is a report of the Union's victory—a $625,000 set­ tlement for the workers involved. This is an important victory in terms of the size of the settlement and the length of time the Union has been fighting. But it's important for an­ other reason: It emphasizes just what a trade union is all about. Day after day, the Union fights for the rights of its members. Some­ times problems are solved through the grievance procedure, sometimes through arbitration, and sometimes (as in the case at Galveston) through the courts. Not all the settlements are this spectacular—but neither the size of the settlement nor the size of the beef is important. Ask any worker who's rights have been denied, and he'll tell you that any case involving him is mighty important. And he'll be right. None of these victories—large or small—can be won by individual work­ ers, because individuals don't have any clout. But when they join together— when workers mobilize their collective strength through the Union—^then a lot can be accomplished. ^ That's what happened at Galveston: The entire Union went to bat for this handful of fellow workers. As we said, that's what a trade union is all about. Season's Greetings to AH Once again, Americans are in the midst W the joyous holiday season— celebrating Christmas with traditional festivities and looking forward with hopeful anticipation to all the good things that the New Year may bring. It IS at this particular time of the year that we are reminded most acutely of the fact that a Seafarer, because of the unique nature of his chosen career, very often does not enjoy the opportunity to share the holi­ day observances surrounded by his loved ones and friends—as does the aver­ age Ampican worker who earns his living ashore. This y^r, as in scores of years during the past, a majority of Seafarers will spend the holidays on the high seas or in some remote corner of the world uiousands of miles from their families back home. But as always, the spirit of Christmas will be in their hearts and they will share the common hope with their fellow Union members that perhaps they will be home next year. In the meantime, our brothers aboard SlU-contracted ships—^whereever they are ^will be able to enjoy the good fellowship of each other with special holiday menus and improvised colorful decorations of the season to make these special days a little brighter. To all Seafarers, whether at sea or ashore—and to their families who share their periodic loneliness—^we wish to extend our warmest greetings of the season and best wishes for the coming year. * C * THE LABOR ARRITRATION PROCESS by R. W. Fleming (lUinois—$2.45) There are few union members who have not heard of arbi­ tration. Many others understand the basic principles of arbitra­ tion. For those seeking a greater understanding of the history and workings of arbitration, this paperback volume will be helpful. R. W. Fleming, a noted arbitrator himself, discusses the his­ tory, problems and future of arbitration. Arbitration is a private system of jurisprudence, given legal sanction by the courts. It is not a perfect system but it is the best, devised so far. Problems of cost, time lag and individual rights still plague labor and management with respeet to arbitration. Fleming sees a need for "a mechanism which will enable labor, manage­ ment, and professional arbitrators to examine existing practices jointly and make proposals for improvement." ROOSEVELT & WORLD WAR H by Robert A. Divine (Johns Hopkins—$5.95) Of all of Ameriea's presidents, two have generated enough interest or controversy to cause writers to turn out a wide assort­ ment of books about them. President Lincoln's claim to fame was the Civil War and his own tragic ending. Franklin D. Roosevelt's intriguing personality, and his con­ troversial policies to bring the nation out of a depression, places him alongside Lincoln as one of our two most written—about presidents. Of all the books written about Roosevelt, however, few deal with his role in foreign policy. In this book, Robert Divine analyzes Roosevelt's personal contribution—as distinct from the official United States role— to foreign policy before and during World War II. He shows that basically Roosevelt was an isolationist, but as the years rolled by and the armies of a German dictator smashed the boundaries of European nations, he was drawn into the confliet. In 1936, Roosevelt said: "I have seen war ... I have seen children starving ... I hate war." This was Roosevelt, the isolationist. As the years went by, and Hitler's objectives be­ came clear, Roosevelt was to assume other roles. j Divine discusses these roles—the interventionist, the realist, the pragmatist—and finds that Roosevelt's diplomacy served the nation well. His conduct of foreign policy is downgraded only when compared with his role in domestic affairs. On four occasions in American history. Democratic presi­ dents have been elected on platforms of domestic reform. Each time these men—Wilson, Roosevelt, Truman ^d Johnsonhave had wars bring a halt to their domestic programs and to a certain extent, tarnish their reputations as leaders. American labor owes a lot to the Roosevelt Years. The work­ ing man gained the right to organize, the foundations for much of today's social legislation were laid, and confidence in democ­ racy was restored. This book seeks to provide a better under­ standing of the other side of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. «t, « �December, 1969 •I SEAFARERS Page Thirteen LOG Ohio Senator Cites Funding Need: A Proud Family Water Resource Plan Urged Without ^User Charge' Levy •-» I^ LV ^ WASHINGTON — Warning that "the continued neglect of water resources will strain the fabric of society in directions not now discernible," Senator Stephen M. Young (D-Ohio) has come out for a long-range water resource development program and sufficient funds to carry it through. At the same time, Young condemned pro­ posals to levy "user charges" on waterbome commerce. "A massive and challenging task in developing its water resources confronts the nation," the Ohio legislator pointed out in his paper, "A Water Devel­ opment Program for America's Future" which has been pub­ lished by the National Water­ ways Conference, Inc., a trade association here. "With vision and determina­ tion we can do the job, but it is imperative that the public understand its urgency and the true values at stake," Young said. A belief that the American people are "on the threshhold of a fundamental change in atti­ tude and practice with regard to water" was voiced by the Ohio Democrat, who is chair­ man of the Subcommittee on Flood Control—^Rivers and Harbors of the Senate Public Works Committee. Young defines the needs in the areas of water supply, pollu­ tion control, flood control, navi­ gation, recreation and upstream reservoirs. He advocates a wellfunded program of "compre­ hensive husbanding of our water supply," and notes that present expenditures for water resources are insufficient to produce needed results. "For every $100 of our gross national product, the American people—through all federal SEAFARER! LOG December 1969 • Vol. XXXI, No. 14 I Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes an^ Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO Sxecutive Boari PAUL HALL, President EARL SHEPARD CAL TANNER Exec. Vice-Free. Vice-President LINDSEY WILLIAMS AL KERR Vice-President Sec.-Treae. ROBERT MATTHEWS AL TANNER Vice-President Vice-President Editor HARRY WITTSCHEN Assistant Editors WILL KARP CHARLES SVENSON FRANK MAROIOTTA MARIETTA CRISCI U' Staff Photographer ANTHONY ANSALDI Pahllihed monthly at 810 Rhodt Island Annas N.E., Washington, D. C. 20018 by the Seafar­ ers International Union. Atlantle, Golf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Foarth Annas, Brooklyn, N.V. 11232. Tol. HVaelnth 9-6600. Second class goitago paid at Washlngtons, D. C. POSTMASTER'S ATTFNTION: Forss 3579 cards shoald he tent to Seafarers International Union, Atlantle, Galf, Lakes and inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Foarth Annas, Brooklyn, N.V. 11232. agencies combined — are ex­ pending only 35 cents on the water resource base which makes that product possible," he declared. The senator was particularly critical of waterway tolls as well as "user charges" proposed on waterbome commerce. The ef­ fects of such charges, he indi­ cated, would be to disrupt deep­ ly-rooted "patterns of com­ merce" affecting the movement of basic industrial materials and fuels. User charges could dis­ rupt river traffic and result not only in economic harm to the vast investments which have been made in river waterfront facilities, but also pose a threat of dismption or dislocation of the nation's inland water indus­ try, Young stated. Seafarer Henry Donnelly, who saris in the steward department, is understandably proud of son, William, who is a midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. At recent family reunion during Parents' Open House are: Cheryl, Dad Henry, William, Michael, Mrs. Paula Donnelly and Patrick. Father has been a member of the SlU since 1947. The Donnellys make their home in Lacombe, Louisiana. 's Guide to Better Buying Year-End Tax Planning More Vital This Year By Sidney MargoUus "Year-end tax planning" is more important this year than ever. This is a tax-saving device often used by well-to-do taxpayers. They arrange to pay various deductible expenses before the end of the year if they want to reduce their taxes for the current year. Or if they expect their taxes may be higher next year, they post­ pone certain tax-deductible payments until the beginning of the new year. Large taxpayers and self-employed people also often advance or delay receipt of some of their income. Wage-earners usually are not able to juggle income but often can advance or postpone payment of deductible items. All this is legal. When you pay a tax-deductible expense like a medical bill or charitable contribution determines when you take the deduction, not when you incurred the expense. Such tax planning is especially important this year because Con­ gress is considering tax cuts for 1970. Thus, deductions probably will be worth more to you in 1969 than in 1970. To see year-end tax planning most effectively you need to first estimate whether you are likely to itemize your deductions or take a standard deduction. If you do not have enough deductible ex­ penses to itemize deductions this year, then it would be better to postpone until the beginning of next year the payment of whatever deductible expenses can be postponed. That way you may be able to take a standard deduction this year and have enough to itemize next year. Itemizing saves taxes if your deductions total more than 10 percent of your income or more than the minimum standard deduction ($200 plus $100 for each exemption claimed on your return). Even if you usually itemize deductions, pay special attention to your medical deduction. You can deduct only that portion of your medical bills over three percent of your income. If your medi­ cal expenses already are approaching that level, you may want to pay any outstanding bills before January 1, to include them in this year's deduction. Sometimes it even is worth borrowing to pay a medical bill before the end of the year. For example, suppose you owe a $200 medical or dental bill, and are in a 25 percent tax bracket (including federal and state tax). The tax saving could be as much as $50. In contrast, the interest paid to a credit union for an eight-month loan of $200 would amount to only about $8. (Even that interest would be deductible the year you pay it.) On the other hand, if you see that youn health-care expenses this year will not reach three percent of income, it would save taxes to postpone whatever payments you can until after January 1 to build up a medical deduction for next year. It even might be worth incurring various deductible expenses before the end of the year if you plan to itemize this year. For example, you may be planning on expensive dental work like dentures or orthodontia for a youngster, or a medical checkup. In addition to charitable contributions of both cash and goods, and medical and health insurance expenses, other deductible pay­ ments which can be advanced (or postponed if more desirable) include: Deductible work expenses such as purchase and repair of tools, equipment, safety shoes and protective equipment, distinctive uni­ forms (not ordinary work clothes) and technical books and maga­ zines. Property taxes. Interest prepaid on loans, mortgages and installment purchases (within the unfair limits arbitrarily dictated by the Internal Revenue Service). Up to 12 months prepaid interest usually can qualify for a tax deduction. Employee education expenses, including costs of tuition, books, etc., if the course is in relation to your present work, but not to learn a new trade. An auto mechanic could deduct for a course in automatic transmissions or other skills needed in his trade. A steno could deduct for a course in improving her shorthand. But the steno could not deduct for a course in auto mechanics. Nor could the mechanic deduct for a course in steno. While wealthy taxpayers are busily juggling their stock market transactions to minimize taxes, small taxpayers also may have a little advancing or postponing to do. It may be better to postpone cashing any E bonds until after the New Year to avoid paying current higher rates on the increase in value. If you do have any gains or losses on small purchases of stocks or mutual-fund shares, you may want to weigh the tax effects of taking gains or losses now as against later. Dependency Exemptions If you support a qualified relative but cannot claim him as a dependent because he has taxable income of $690 or more, you still can include medical expenses paid on his behalf. For example, your mother may have income of $800 a year from social security (nontaxable income) and $600 from a house she rents out (taxable income). Her total living expenses for the year are $2900. You contribute $1500, either in cash or in the form of room and board, medical expenses, etc. Even though you meet the rule for providing over 50 percent of the support, you still can't claim her as an exemption because of the $600 of taxable income. (You could if her gross taxable income was just $599.) But you can deduct the medical expenses paid on her behalf. Thus, you save taxes if you pay the medical bills of a dependent rather than give the equivalent in cash. It's well to prepare yourself before year's end to prove your claims for dependents such as an elderly relative or a child at college. In estimating whether you provide over 50 percent of support, you need to calculate the dependent's total living expenses and how much he himself provides. Among usual expenses that can be counted are meals; lodging; clothing; medical and health insur­ ance; education; charitable contributions; entertainment; trans­ portation, and personal care—barber, etc. When two or more persons provide over half of the support, but none over 50 percent, one can claim the exemption. Any others who contribute over 10 percent must sign a "Multiple Support Agreement" form. �7 Page Fourteen SEAFARERS Consumers Always Come Up Losers InDrugMakers Rigged 'Name Game' Drug WASHINGTON manufacturers continue to play a "name game" that reaps them exhorbitant profits at the pub­ lic's expense, declares Richard Shoemaker, assistant director of the AFL-CIO Department of Social Security. The game is one through which manufacturers market and promote their drugs under individual brand names even though many of these brands share a common generic name— the name that applies to all drugs of the same chemical com­ position. This and recent price-fixing convictions in the industry dem­ onstrate its "callous indifference to human life," Shoemaker writes in a recent issue of the American Federationist. He points out that most phy­ sicians prescribe by brand names and the consumer pays the brand name price which is "any­ where from two to ten times as much as another chemically identical drug available by the generic njime." If doctors had prescribed drugs by generic names, he em­ phasizes, the $3.2 billion that the public spent on prescription drugs in 1967 "would have been hundreds of millions of dollars less." A Task Force on Prescrip­ tion Drugs, set up by former Labor Tells FTC: Product Labeling Of Foreign Parts Consumers' Right WASHINGTON—The Fed­ eral Trade Commission has been urged by the AFL-CIO to re­ consider a number of recent de­ cisions which fail to live up to standards on labeling of foreign products and components. Consumers and the American workers "have a right to know if components or assembly of a product for sale in the United States are of foreign origin" and frequently made under lowwage, sweatshop conditions, the federation said in a letter to FTC Chairman Paul Rand Dixon. "Our view on the marking of foreign origin is that adequate labeling of foreign products is necessary," noted AFL-CIO Re­ search Director Nat Goldfinger. He charged that recent advi­ sory opinions of the FTC are in conflict with a statement issued by the commission on April 4, 1968, which declared that all relevant facts on foreign produc­ tion, including components, are of benefit to the American con­ sumer. "These recent views seem to make the percentage of foreign origin of a product an important aspect of whether a label is re­ quired," Goldfinger said. President Johnson, estimated in its 1969 report that potential savings to the consumer if ge­ neric drugs were prescribed would amount to 5 to 8 percent. But this estimate is based only on dru^ most frequently prescribed, the article notes. A combination of more rational as well as generic prescribing on all drugs would increase the sav­ ings to about 20 percent, it adds. This "exploitation of the pub­ lic" is mainly the fault of the drug makers, not the doctors, Shoemaker suggests, since the doctors generally have no choice except to prescribe by the highly promoted brand names. Although the importance of generic prescribing is usually re­ lated to reducing drug costs, "a case can also be made for ge­ neric prescribing as a method of improving the quality of care and of reducing drug-induced illness," Shoemaker states. Pharmacologists (physicians who spend all their time in the study of drugs) "admit they can't keep up with the outpouring of brand products" — now num­ bered at 20,000—so "obviously the practicing physicians can­ not." And, he continues, similari­ ties in the spelling and sound of brand names leads to confusion in hastily telephoned or scrib­ bled prescriptions. "As a result, nurses and pharmacists make many mistakes in administering drugs, sometimes with tragic re­ sults." Shoemaker also asserts that the system by which a manufac­ turer subjects doctors to heavy sales pitches and publicity build­ December, 1969 LOG ups without mentioning price "makes price-rigging a little easier." He recalls a federal court con­ viction last December of Charles Pfizer and Company, American Cynamid Company and BristolMyers Company on charges of patent fraud and criminal con­ spiracy to monopolize the anti­ biotic market in the United States. Two other firms, Up­ john Company and Squibb Beech-Nut were named as co­ conspirators. As a result, the federal gov­ ernment, states, cities and pri­ vate groups filed liability claims against the companies. The suits were settled under an agreement in which the firms pledged $100 million to satisfy claims. Shoemaker proposes imple­ mentation of the recommenda­ tions of the Task Force on Pre­ scription Drugs and an amend­ ment to the Food and Drug Act to permit the Food and Drug Administration to evaluate the relative effectiveness of drugs used to treat the same disease. The task force called for a number of actions to expand in­ formation on drugs, including one that would blunt the brand name promotions: The Social Security Administration would undertake "continuing responsi­ bility" to survey drug prices and publish information on them generically. Noting that the AFL-CIO Ex­ ecutive Council last year char­ acterized the drug industry as "socially irresponsible." Shoe­ maker concludes, "There is no new evidence to change that verdict." $50 Billion Market Seen For Shipbuilding in 70s NEW YORK, N.Y.—^A prediction of a $50-billion ship­ building market in the 197()s was made this month by Edwin M. Hood, president of the Shipbuilders Council of America. Speaking at an investment seminar here, the shipbuilders' spokesman forecast an unprecedented flow of contracts to American shipyards—as well as to marine component manu­ facturers—in Ae decade ahead. "These prospects include the full spectrum of shipyard activities," Hood noted. "With better than 50 percent of the U.S. Navy composed of ships 20 years of age and older ... with nearly 75 percent of the American merchant marine composed of ships 20 years of age and older, a shipbuilding program in both categories is inevitable. And, until new ships are on the line, or in operation, the opportunities for repairs and conversions to older ships cannot be discontinued. "In addition, the discovery of oil on the North Slope of Alaska holds the promise of an entirely new market for shipping and ships." President Nixon's new maritime program calls for the sub­ sidized construction of 30 merchant ships annually over a decade. Hood pointed out. This is triple the annual rate of recent years and would aggregate some $6 billion over the 10-year period, he added. The Alaskan oil discovery could generate contracts for as many as 40 or more tankers ranging in size up to 250,000 deadweight tons. Hood declared. This could easily mean $2.4 billion in tanker construction contracts alone. In addition to the $6 billion expended for merchant ships other than tankers over the next decade and $2.4 billion for tankers. Hood foresees $35 billion for naval ships. Beyond this he anticipates expenditures of $6 billion for ship repairs and other shipyard auxiliary activities. •J ll FTC Warns Advertisers On Lending Law Evasion 7 ' i' WASHINGTON-=Businesses which try to attract con­ sumers with promises of "easy credit" must accept the con­ sequences of such lures, says the Federal Trade Commission. They must treat all their customers equally and fairly, even those with poor credit histories. The Federal Trade Commission has issued this warning to retailers who attempt to evade Truth in Lending law require­ ments by advertising "easy credit," "liberal terms," and "easy credit terms" rather than stating the exact information re­ quired by the law. These general advertising terms are appearing so often, said the FTC, that the Commission must regulate their use. Accordingly, the Commission warned that businesses which promise "easy credit" may not check on the ability of the consumer to fulfill his credit contract. The ad must mean that consumers with poor credit histories can get credit. • The advertisers must not charge more for goods sold to people on "easy credit" than to his other customers nor may he charge more than what other stores in the area charge. The FTC agreed that retailers run special risks granting credit to "high-risk" consumers but when the advertiser promises "easy pay plans" or other terms he must realize he is aiming at just those consumers. In another ruling the Commission condemned as "repre­ hensible" lending agencies that are leading consumers to be­ lieve that the Truth in Lending law forces them to change past credit practices in a way that will injure the consumers. The FTC said creditors are imposing finance charges where none were imposed previously; discontinuing discounts for prompt payment and making other changes not required by the Truth in Lending Act. They urged consumers to report such changes to the Division of Consumer Credit. ^ ll I -.1 Retirees Need $4,171-lncome To Live at Moderate Level WASHINGTON—A retired urban couple needed annual in­ come of .at least $4,171 last spring to maintain a moderate standard of living, the Labor Department has reported re­ cently. For a lower standard at that time, the retired couple required income of at least $2,892. A third, fuller, more expansive budget was priced at $6,507. The income requirements are found in a revision of a 1967 Bureau of Labor Statistics study, "Measuring Retired Couples' Living Costs in Urban Areas," It appears in the November Monthly Labor Review, a BLS publication. According to BLS, the lower budget differs from the moder­ ate and higher budgets by Treflecting a smaller proportion of home ownership, excluding air conditioning, more reliance on public transportation, less use of services and greater use of recreation facilities. By contrast, the higher budget assumes the largest proportion of home ownership, provides some new cars, permits more household appliances and more paid services than the moderate budget. A majority of the items com­ mon to the three budgets are in greater quantity and better qual­ ity at each higher level of living. These are some characteris­ tics of the budgets for the spring of 1969: Consumption items — food, housing, transportation, cloth­ ing, personal care, medical care and other items—cost $2,777 in the lower budget; $3,940 in the moderate budget and $5,883 in the higher budget. Compared with the two high­ er budgets, the lower food al­ lowance in the lower budget calls for buying more potatoes, beans, flour and cereal, and less meat, poultry and fish. The low budget allows the retired couple to enjoy a restau­ rant meal once a month. The moderate budget permits eating out twice a month. All three budgets assume that a majority of the retired couples live in small mortgage-free homes. Costs for these couples include taxes, fuel, utilities and repair and maintenance, based on 1967 charges. Medical care costs were al­ most the same in each budget. But they accounted for 12 per­ cent of the retired couple's total consumption expenditures in the low budget compared with only 6 percent of those costs in the high budget. Cai^Aell Soigi Told To Pitk MttiUes CAMDEN, N. J.—Campbell Soup and their advertising agen­ cy, Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborne, Inc., have been told to stop deceiving consumers in their ads. The Federal Trade Commission signed a consent order with the two firms after charging that ads showed bowls of Campbell's soup loaded with solid ingredients. The truth, says the FTC, is that the respondents placed clear glass marbles in the bowl to prevent the solid ingre­ dients from sinking to the bot­ tom. • 111 •^}lr'• 4 11 �December, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Fifteen LOG r TlRMMIKfi Afll> BcPfR/ENCE FdR SRFETMT SEA L IFEBOAT TRAINING at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point continues to move at full speed as some 100 additional trainees successfully completed the program during the past month and received Coast Guard endorsements as qualified lifeboatmen. Every young man coming through the school receives a thorough training through practical experience and classroom instruction in every aspect of lifeboat handling—including launching, han­ dling the oars, and commanding the boats. .,1^- CLAUDE 'SONNI' SIMMONS - 7 HARRY LUNDEBERG "'li >(;! C- -r-'lVAt. "i-.f-- PINEY POINT, MP. HLSS Trainees Jorge Rivera and Barney Spears fill out applications tor "Z" cards after successfully completing the 30 hour lifeboat training prograni^ and passing the examination. UP OARS—A group of trainees comes into the dock after a long afternoon of practice in lifeboat commands. Every train­ ee gets experience as coxwain during his 30 hours in the boats. Lire BOAT CLASS No. ^ CLASS #31—(Left to Right) SlU Instructor Paul McGaharn, Lewis Rothqeb, Jose Llanos, James Thornton, Apolinar Novas, Vincent Colaiacova, Adrian Cirilo, Steve Sarbarino, Robert Cassidy, Glenn Koenigsburg, who is training for Third Cook. E'-j. I Class #27—(Front row l-r): Christopher Brady, Joe Worley, John McCone, John Daley, Steve Lederman, Frederick A. Defaico, David Stanbul, Michael Conway. (Second row): Gregg Schroeder, Randolph Scott, Tom Breitnfield, Dennis Chabot, Gary Sheets, Baron Hairston, James McElligott. (Top row): Ralph Berlin, Dee Jacobs, Rudy Gaddis,. David Smith, Gary Sloan, Patrick Mikler, M. Artall, James Thomas. CLASS #28—(Front row l-r): David Colley, Edward Matos, Paul Terrell, Dan Marasak, Robert Hollie, Louis Fiorella, Thomas_J_ohnson, Paul Warren. (Second row): James Randolph, Jack Reed, Hugh Duncan, Glenn Jordan, James Sharpless, Glenn Duncan, Joe Curly. (Back row): Joseph Carney, Bill Thompson, Joseph Dixon, Robert Geddings Jr., Albert Kemp, Bruce Thomas, John Burns, Gerald Malone. CLAUDE SONNY SIMMONS r I?- ..; V^ t- . V 'CLASS #29—(Front TOW l-r): Talbert Dupre, Charlie Ratcliff, Vernon Arnold, Joseph McLaughlin, Mtslreel DeJean. (Second row): Michael Stroud, Donald Gaskill, Bruce Bockholt, David R. Akins, Robert Thompson, George Patton, Donald Straight, Ted Koosel. (Back row): Mitchell Johnson, Vincent Vantress, Charles Permenter, J. Bejarno. H. Simmons, Charles Booker, Gregory Cavin. Instructor is Tom Brooks. \ v \ X \ ;x- CLASS #30—(Front row l-r): Louis Brazier, Jesse Hurst, John Parrish, Robert Beardsley, Billy Hilliard, Thomas DeMarco, Daniel Wynn, James Hendrix. (Back row): Jackie Robinson, James White, William Nutter, Jack Godsey, Gary Smith, Raymond Kaminski, Robert Cooper, Ashby LaSalle. SlU Instructor is Tom Brooks. �Page Sixteen SEAFARERS December, 1969 LOG I ! Two bosuns give thanks for the bounty at Seattie doings. At left is Seafarer John BdWmah with--^an old shipmate, Seafarer John Yates. . From Seattle to Tampa, from San Fj CISCO to Mobile, Tlumksgiving DinneA festive occasion celebrated at rdl SIU P\ with real, good old-fashioned chotff plenty of it, which is served to alt J farers, their families and gu^ts who, forward tp the camufd gpi^gelfter, A ways the ocoasi^^ these photo from some of the « —•fcll , |i| It was certainly family day in a big way at Port of Norfolk's Thanksgiving goihigs 6n. Seafarer Joe Pagola sits at head of5|J Shown above is Seafarer William Wynn, with Mrs. Wynn and the little Wynns, none ily table in Tampa Airport Motel; v|i of whom seem to be taking it too badly, what with plentiful helpings 6f good food. the food and the service were the'j w ^jSeafarer Joseph Schoell, AB. celebrates with wife J aand son at famous El Matador Restaurant in .i?isSeattle^ ^ ^w^ Thanksgiving dinner was held." ^ • y ' ' ' ' 'J 4*- At SlU hall in San Franciscof Seafarer Richard Feddern and Mrs. Stephanie Fed- Seafarer Robert Batson with JMrs. Batson dern sit with Richard, Jr. as daughters Iris and Donna (facing front) take very daughter and young son pose for desserj good care of themselves. Donna finds both cameras and turkey irresistible, a fine dinner at the SlU hall in Norfb �SEAFARERS December,. 1969 LOG Page Seventeen I .. A little angigahtlc helping of Ice Cr^atii makia an •uhbeatabl&^'c^ i^t Baltimore haill. A fulure SJU stevyard, staining W training kind of early? f .the wif^:Son:en^u^)--^ jn-law of Seafarer Rayitlbncl l-avOlne orepare to capture the eats at Baltihall. Raymond sails as a bosun. Seafarer George McRay and family prepare to do their best by the scrumptious repast served up at the Airport Motel in Tampa where the SlU celebrated this year. The Phillips clan, young and old, had a good time at Norfolk. From left to right are William, William, Jr., Betty, Jessie and Timothy. I At New Orleans, SIU Peni sioner "Blackie" Bankston. iJeft, Leonard Gunzberg, Mrs. Arthur Beck, Mrs. Bankston, Arthur Beck, Claire Gunzberg, daughter,. Clifton Jackson and I,- i , at the Port of Baltim of ^ ^°"nd "9^ .s youngest ^lU hall. Littl.! •sea.v �Page Eighteen SEAFARERS LOG December, 1969 SIu UFEBO/miai P ictured on this page are Seafarers who have earned their Coast Guard endorsements as qualified lifehoatmen in New York over the past three months. Each class underwent an intensive program of classroom study as well as practical instruction in the handling of lifeboats at the SIlPs Lifeboat School at Mill Basin in Brooklyn before successfully passing the comprehensive Coast Guard examination. • 'I Class of Nov. 5, 1969. Front row, from left: S. Goff, E. Ramirez, R. Flores and J. Asselin. Back row, also from left: C. Ratcliffe, D. Rodriguez and H. Scott. - • -I -fi' «• V >4 / .ifUbJ'-y. Ik. I LI ' ' ' •,-^v 'x-*: •sis.. .-•fti. ; . tr ^ Class of Oct, 15, 1968. Front row, from left: L. Kincer, J. Smith, J. Phillips, A. Jackson. Back row, also from left: Bob (Pussycat) Lord, lifeboat class instructor: J. White, H. Warren and C. Bailey. Class of Oct. 8, 1969. Front row, from left: T. Arcliv ibald, John Strickling, M. Fleming, D. Landry, R. Spadoni. Back row, from left: Instructor Chuck James, T. Kidd, J. Worby, R. Reine, F. Crovetto. pa • 'i'. rfis itif r1 'tii V' IK'S' I Class of Nov. 19, 1969. Front row, from left: W. Kalman, T. Gailas, A. Vidal, A. Bodie and C. Fuentes. Bacfc row, also from left: Bob Lord, lifeboat instructor, E.Terrazzi, S. Bracken, V. Everly, S. Rogers. iiSlii Class of Nov. 26, 1969. Front row, from left: S. Zemel, B. Rhodes, D. Reiley, W. Parrish and L. Tarrats. Back row, from left: Instructor Bob Lord, R. Mack, Jr., R. Saucier, R. McDonald and T. Herlston. �Twjintv One December, 1969 SEAFARERS ANNUAL REPORT For the fiscal year ended April 30, 1969 UNITED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA PENSION FUND 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11215 - • < ->JK < to the SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE of the STATE OF NEW YORK The data contained herein is for the purpose of providing general infornia< tion as to the condition and affairs of the fund. The presentation is neces­ sarily abbreviated. For a more comprehensive treatment, refer to the Annual Statement, copies of which may be inspected at the oflBce of the fund, or at the New York State Insurance Department, 55 John Street, New York, New York 10038. STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE (RESERVE FOR FUTURE BENEFITS) ADDITIONS TO FUND BALANCE I{ ^ Item 1. Contributions: (Exclude amounts entered in Item 2) (a) Employer (Schedule 1)$47,479.06 (b) Employee (c) Other (Specify) (d) Total Contributions 2. Dividends and Experience Rating Refunds from Insurance Companies 3. Investment Income: (a) Interest (b) Dividends (c) Rents (d) Other (Specify).. (e) Total Income from Investments.. 4. Profit on disposal of investments 5. Increase by adjustment in asset values of investments ... 6. Other Additions: (Itemize) (a) (b) ^ (c) Total Other Additions : 7. Total Additions $47,479.06 Page Nineteen LOG b. Dividends or experience rating refunds c. Other (Specify) 3. Investments: (Other than real estate) a. Bank deposits at interest and deposits or shares in savings and loafi asso­ ciations b. Stocks: (1) Preferred (2) Common c. Bond? and dehenturss<| (1) Government obligations: (a) Federal (b) State and municipal (2) Foreign government obligations (3) Nongovernment obligations d. Common Trusts: (1) (Identify) (2) (Identify) e. Subsidiary organizations (See Instruc­ tions (Identify and indicate percentage of ownership by this Plan in the subsidiary) (1) % (2) % 4. Real estate loans and mortgages 5. Loans and Notes Receivable: (Other than real estate) a. Secured b. Unsecured 6. Real Estate: a. Operated b. Other real estate 7. Other Assets: a. Accrued income b. Prepaid expenses c. Other (Specify) 8. Total Assets $ 1,530.73 $17,789.33 $ $ 41.00 17,748.33 $17,789.33 LIABILITIES $47,479.06 9. Insurance and annuity premiums payable .. 10. Unpaid claims (Not covered by insurance) 11. Accounts payable 12. Accrued expenses 13. Other liabilities (Specify) Exchanges 14. Reserve for future benefits 15. Total Liabilities and Reserves 290.99 1,239.74 $ 1,530.73 DEDUCTIONS FROM FUND BALANCE Ev \r 8. Insurance and Annuity Premiums to Insur­ ance Carriers and to Service Orga­ nizations (Including Prepaid Medi­ cal Plans) 9. Benefits Provided Directly by the Trust or Separately Maintained Fund 10. Payments to an Organization Maintained by the Plan for the Purpose of Pro­ viding Benefits to Participants (At­ tach latest operating statement of the Organization showing detail of administrative expenses, supplies, fees, etc.) 11. Payments or Contract Fees Paid to Inde­ pendent Organizations or Individ­ uals Providing Plan Benefits (Clin­ ics, Hospitals, Doctors, etc.) 12. Administrative Expenses: (a) Salaries (Schedule 2) (b) Allowances, Expenses, etc. (Sched­ ule 2) (c) Taxes — (d) Fees and Commissions (Schedule 3) (e) Rent (f) Insurance Premiums (g) Fidelity Bond Premiums (h) Other Administrative Expenses (Specify) Schedule attached (i) Total Administrative Expenses 13. Loss on disposal of investments 14. Decrease by adjustment in asset values of investments 15. Other Deductions: (Itemize) (a) (b) (c) Total Other Deductions —.— 16. Total Deductions — —o— —o— 6,164.48 1,005.53 286.74 8,389.92 773.10 134.42 38.00 For the year ended April 30, 1969 Deductions from Fund Balance Item 12h—Other Administrative Expenses Stationery, supplies and printing Postage, express and freight — Telephone and telegraph Equipment rental Employee benefits ^ Miscellaneous Repairs and maintenance .— Dues and subscriptions Tabulating service Microfilm Outside temporary office help Miscellaneous Trustees meeting expenses Field audit expenses ASSETS Item 1. Cash 2. Receivables: ' a. Contributions: (See Item 18) (1) Employer (2) Other (Specify) ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA PENSION FUND 11,591.78 28,383.97 —o— state of County of New York Kings — and -o-o— Trustees of the Fund and —o— $30,970.47 , — subscribe thereto. ^ F/j /fa 47,479.06 30,970.47 16,508.59 $17,748.33 End of End of Prior Year Reporting Year $17,789.33 - - affirm, under the penalties of perjury that the contents of this Annual Report are true and hereby Employer yertrustee:. trusts: $ 1,239.74 —o— —o— A1 Kerr Frederik B. Paulsen —o— $ 1,530.73 $ 2,621.70 22.94 147.80 443.66 292.89 451.81 104.03 54.48 7,244.82 97.06 4.86 50.36 55.37 $11,591.78 . STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES , I" $ 2,586.50 RECONCILEMENT OF FUND BALANCE 17. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Benefits at Beginning of Year) 18. Total Additions During Year (Item 7) 19. Total Deductions During Year (Item 16) 20. Total Net Increase (Decrease) 21. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Bene­ fits) at End of Year (Item 14, Statement of Assets and Liabilities)— •'J • —0— UNITED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA PENSION FUND ATTACHMENT TO THE ANNUAL STATEMENT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK others (Indicate titles): �SEAFARERS For the fiscal year ended April 30, 1969 UNITED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA WELFARE FUND 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11215 to the SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE of the STATE OF NEW YORK (a) Federal "^e data contained herein is for the purpose of providing general informa­ tion as to the condition and affairs of the fund. The presentation is neces­ sarily abbreviated. For a more comprehensive treatment, refer to the Annual Statement, copies of which may be inspected at the office of the fund, or at the New York State Insurance Department, 55 John Street, New York, New York 10038. STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE (RESERVE FOR FUTURE BENEFITS) $791,406.70 21,328.43 6.25 $812,741.38 DEDUCTIONS FROM FUND BALANCE 8. Insurance and Annuity Premiums to Insur­ ance Carriers and to Service Orga­ nizations (Including Prepaid Medi­ cal Plans) 9. Benefits Provided Directly by the Trust or Separately Maintained Fund 10. Payments to an Organization Maintained by the Plan for the Purpose of Pro­ viding Benefits to Participants (At­ tach latest operating statement of the Organization showing detail of administrative expenses, supplies, fees, etc.) 11. Payments or Contract Fees Paid to Inde­ pendent Organizations or Individ­ uals Providing Plan Benefits (Clin­ ics, Hospitals, Doctors, etc.) 12. Administrative Expenses: (a) Salaries (Schedule 2) (b) Allowances, Expenses, etc. (Sched­ ule 2) (c) Taxes '. (d) Fees and Commissions (Schedule 3).... (e) Rent ... (f) Insurance Premiums (g) Fidelity Bond Premiums (h) Other Administrative Expenses (Specify) See Attachment..... (i) Total Administrative Expenses . 13. Loss on disposal of investments 14. Decrease by adjustment in asset values of investments 15. Other Deductions: (Itemize) (a) (b) (c) Total Other Deductions 16. Total Deductions $503,316.85 36,609.08 $ 72,708.37 3,496.21 3,577.50 11,558.53 6,331.24 129.66 214.00 62,533.19 160,548.70 107.51 $700,582.14 250.00 430,750.00 500,000.00 50,433.47 56,055.02 Id • ;r- , $536,087.84 $648,247.08 $536,087.84 $536,087.84 $648,247.08 $648,247.08 LIABILITIES 9. Insurance and annuity premiums payable 10. Unpaid claims (Not covered by insurance) 11. Accounts payable 12. Accrued expenses 13. Other liabilities (Specify) 14. Reserve for future benefits 15. Total Liabilities and Reserves UNITED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA WELFARE FUND ATTACHMENT TO THE ANNUAL STATEMENT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK FOR THE YEAR ENDED APRIL 30, 1969 Deductions from Fund Balance Item 12h—Other Administrative Expenses $ 129.58 Postage, express and freight 1,405.50 Telephone and telegraph ... 4.220.09 Equipment rental 4,073.16 Miscellaneous 1.119.10 Repairs and maintenance 395.07 Dues and subscriptions — 9,845.47 Stationery, printing and supplies 3,774.87 Employee benefits :— 34,435.70 Tabulating service 1,215.37 Microfilm 53.01 Outside temporary office help 50.36 Miscellaneous Trustees meeting expense 228.31 Field audit expense 1,587.60 New Jersey and New York Disability Insurance expense $62,533.19 UNITED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA WELFARE FUND ATTACHMENT TO U.S. DEPT. OF LABOR FORM D<2 YEAR ENDED APRIL 30, 1969 End of Reporting End of Year Prior Year Part IV—Section A—Item 2c $290.99 Due from other Fund 250.00 288.72 Travel advance Accrued interest receivable on bonds pur­ 24.81 chased :— $250.00 $604.52 New York state of County of ;} Kings Frederik B. Paulsen $536,087.14 $812,741.38 700,582.14 112,159.24 $648,247.08 STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND ASSETS Item 1. Cash . J 2. Receivables: a. Contributions: (See Item 18) (1) Employer (2) Other (Specify) (b) State and municipal (2) Foreign government obligations (3) Nongovernment obligations d. Common Trusts: (1) (Identify) (2) (Identify) e. Subsidiary organizations (See Instruc­ tions (Identify and indicate percentage of ownership by this Plan in the sub­ sidiary) (1) % (2) % 4. Real estate loans and mortgages 5. Loans and Notes Receivable: (Other than real estate) a. Secured b. Unsecured .... 6. Real Estate: a. Operated — b. Other real estate 7. Other Assets: a. Accrued income b. Prepaid expenses c. Other (Specify) 8. Total Assets 604.52 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA PENSION FUND RECONCILEMENT OF FUND BALANCE 17. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Bene­ fits at Beginning of Year 18. Total Additions During Year (Item 7) 19. Total Deductions During Year (Item 16) 20. Total Net Increase (Decrease) 21. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Bene­ fits) at End of Year (Item 14, State­ ment of Assets and Liabilities) December, 1969 b. Dividends or experience rating refunds c. Other (Specify) .: 3. Investments: (Other than real estate) a. Bank deposits at interest and deposits or shares in savings and loan asso­ ciations b. Stocks: (1) Preferred (2) Common c. Bonds and debentures: (1) Government obligations: ANNUAL REPORT ADDITIONS TO FUND BALANCE Item 1. Contributions: (Exclude amounts entered in Item 2) (a) Employer (Schedule 1) $791,406.70 (b) Employee —0— (c) Other (Specify) (d) Total Contributions 2. Dividends and Experience Rating Refunds from Insurance Companies 3. Investment Income: (a) Interest 21,328.43 (b) Dividends : (c) Rents (d) Other (Specify) (e) Total Income from Investments 4. Profit on disposal of investments 5. Increase by adjustment in asset values of investments 6. Other Additions: (Itemize) (a) (b) ^ (c) Total Other Additions 7. Total Additions LOG End of End of Prior Year Reporting Year $ 54,299.85 $ 91,942.06 and A1 Kerr Trustees of the Fund and , affirm, under the penalties of perjury that the contents of this Annual Report are true and hereby subscribe thereto. / c {i �December, 1969 • s- •\ fL r- SEAFARERS Grape Boycott Catches On With Friend and Foe Alike Director Cesar Chavez of the United Farm Workers Or­ ganizing Committee offered several examples of the extent to which farm workers' organizing efforts and labor's boycott of California grapes has caught on. For one thing, he told the recent AFL-CIO convention, "Right-to-Workers" in California have placed the boycott at the top of their "fear" list, replacing sex education. Then there was the case of a little girl in a Washington D.C., store who tugged at her mother's hand as they passed the grape di^^.y and asked "if she could have some boy­ cotts." Chavez said farm workers emphasize to the growers that "we are going to fight to get a union for as long as it takes." AFL-CIO President George Meany assured Chavez that the federation will back the effort until it succeeds. "We are quite familiar with long strikes and long struggles," Meany declared, "and we don't give up just because it takes a little time." New Taft-Hartley Law Amendment Lifts Ban On Joint Fund Programs WASHINGTON — It's now legal for employers to con­ tribute to union-management day care centers and college scholarship programs for work­ ers' children. President Nixon has signed into law a labor-backed amend­ ment to the Taft-Hartley Act that won near-unanimous ap­ proval from both the House and Senate. The legislation had been sought particularly by the Qothing Workers and the Ladies' Garment Workers, which had found themselves stymied in negotiations by a rigid interpret- High Profits/ Executive Pay Cited; Chamber M Commerce 'Hypocriticar For BemoPning Wages, Meany Says I :•< - iV i- -V WASHINGTON—AFL-CIO President George Meany has accused the Chamber of Com­ merce of "blatant hypocrisy" in blaming wages for inflation and urging employers to "risk" strikes to save the nation. The hypocrisy of a Chamber statement, Meany said, was ex­ posed by an article appearing in the Wall Street Journal "on the very day" the statement was issued. Noting that the Chamber made no mention of holding down profits and business ex­ ecutives' pay to fight inflation, Meany said "the reason is ob­ vious" in that past Journal stor­ ies have shown profits are caus­ ing inflation and the latest arti­ cle focuses on executives' sal­ aries. The Chamber statement charged that labor costs are the "chief ingredient" in inflation and warned against "union power" being used to get fur­ ther wage boosts, for workers. Wage increases become a "tax on all consumers" because they result in higher prices, the Chamber said. However, it also expressed concern about con­ sumer resistance that is making it difficult to "pass on" wage costs. The Chamber concluded that "the business community may have to risk substantial work stoppages in order to save the currency." The Wall Street Journal re­ ported on a survey of 530 com­ panies that found "the average chief executive's compensation jumped 9.8 percent in 1968," the largest yearly gain in 15 years. The survey considered com-^ pensation to include salaries, bonuses and stock paid or cred­ ited to executives, but excluded pension and stock option ben­ efit plans. liie total pay of one in every six executives was up more than 25 percent, according to the survey, and almost half of this group was up more than 40 percent. The largest gain, 18.8 per­ cent, was made by top brass in the motor vehicles and equip­ ment industries. Three industry groups—^paper and allied prod­ ucts, petroleum and rubber and plastic products—showed in­ creases for executives averag­ ing 15 percent or more. Corporate officials who "have grumbled" in past years that their pay raises weren't keeping pace with inflation "have ^en making up lost ground in giant strides," the newspaper said. The reason for the huge pay raises for executives, it decided, was that "1968 was a year of fat profit" and bonus plans tied to profits "paid out handsome­ ly." In his statement, Meany said, "It is those 'fat profits'—not wage increases—that have caused inflation." He cited Labor Secretary George P. Shultz's recent report that the median wage increase in, new collective bargaining contracts negotiated this year is "a little under 2 percent for Page Twenty One LOG 1969," after accounting for price rises. "Moreover," Meany contin­ ued, "the buying power of the average non-supervisory work­ er's weekly take-home pay, in recent months, has not been much greater than a year ago— or in 1965." The gain in compensation of an individual big business ex­ ecutive in 1968 "is more than the average worker earned in the entire year," Meany pointed out. He also stressed that workers "are hit hardest by the govern­ ment's severely restrictive eco­ nomic policies, including the highest interest rates in 100 years, that are increasing unem­ ployment and boosting prices still further." Under these conditions, Meany said, workers and their unions are bargaining for wage gains to offset price increases and "achieve a fair share of the gains of economic progress. That is their only recourse." As for the Chamber, he con­ cluded, before issuing "any more free advice on how to halt in­ flation, it ought to examine its own closet for skeletons." Gauging His Work Seafarer Danny DeCosfa, FWT, does his job well as he carefully attends to the bank of instruments in the engine room of the Ponce, ation of a Taft-Hartley provi­ sion limiting the uses of em­ ployer contributions to jointlyadministered welfare funds. The law change had the AFLCIO's active support during a two-year effort to win congres­ sional approval. A Housepassed bill died in the Senate with the close of the 90th Con­ gress and the legislative effort had to start anew this year. The new legislation does not require an employer to bar­ gain on child care or scholarship contributions, and it would not be an unfair labor practice for him to refuse to do so. But if these benefits are nego­ tiated, company funds may be used to finance the progranfs. One immediate effect is to free funds intended for a schol­ arship program for children of 130,000 members of the Cloth­ ing Workers. The ACWA last year negotiated an agreement with the Qothing Manufac­ turers Association for the pay­ ment of one-half of 1 percent of payroll into a trust fund. As an example of the type of programs the law change would encourage, the Qothing Work­ ers told the Senate Labor Com­ mittee earlier this year that the union is operating a day care center in Baltimore—^but to avoid violating the letter of the Taft-Hartley Act, it has had to set it up as a health care center. And in Chicago, they noted, the union has an "experimental" program which provides $600a-year tuition at colleges or technical schools for children of longtime members. The Ladies' Garment Work­ ers told the Senate committee that lack of day cf^eC^nters in the women's appaiel industry, where about 80 percent of the workers are women, has re­ sulted in a high employment turnover rate. The union said many women are forced to quit their jobs and stay home to take care of young children because there are no adequate child care facilities. The AFL-CIO told Confess that the "severely restrictive" language of the Taft-Hartley Act is preventing the private sector of the economy from car­ rying out programs to benefit the country "without cost to the taxpayer." Business Profit Grab Nailed As Inflationary Trend Culprit The rise in living costs can be slowed by changes in the price and profit policies of American business, the AFL-CIO told President Nixon. Replying to a letter from the President on the question of in­ flation, AFL-CIO President George Meany voiced labor's concern with rising prices and noted that they are "washing out all or most of the buying power of workers' collective bargaining gains in the past several years." The major cause of the rising price level, he told tte President "are to be found in business pric­ ing and profits." Changes in these policies are needed, he stressed, to slow down the rise of living costs. The AFL-CIO president pointed out that Labor Secretary George Shultz told the AFLCIO convention recently that the median wage increase, after accounting for the rise in con­ sumer prices, has been only a little under 2 percent in the first year of the agreements negoti­ ated in the past year. The buying power of the aver­ age non-supervisory workers' weekly take-home pay after fed­ eral tax deduction in 1969, Meany said, "has been hardly any greater than last year or in 1965, four years ago." Demands for wage increases are "obviously based," Meany continued on prior increases in the cost-of-living. Unions seek in bargaining to offset the rise in living costs and "to gain some advance in the standard of liv­ ing." If such objectives are not reached a continuing rise in liv­ ing costs puts real earnings fur­ ther behind. President Nixon had written the nation's business and labor leaders on the threat of inflation, calling specifically on labor lead­ ers to "base their wage demands on the new prospect of a return toward price stability." He keyed this to his radio talk to the nation in which he said government programs to cool off the economy and slow price in­ creases are taking hold and now need the help of business and labor. Alfred R. Rota Dies; Was Upholsterers VP CHICAGO—Alfred R. Rota, 73, a vice president of the Up­ holsterers since 1937, died in hospital here last month. He had been in poor health for some time. Bom in Italy, Rota came to this country when he was 10, living first in Kansas and later moving to Chicago. In addition to serving- as a vice president, he had been recording secretary and business representative of Upholsterers Local 18 for many years. His post as vice president will be filled by the union's peneral board for the interim period preceding the next con­ vention in 1970. �SEAFARERS LOG Fraudulent Correspondence Schools Rob Drop'Outs, Low Wage Earners Lured by promises of highpaying jobs, thousands of peo­ ple — including many young­ sters—are victimized each year by mail order courses offered by "institutes" with fancy names which fraudulently claim to provide job-counseling and placement. All too often, the jobs aren't there—nor the counseling, either. Many of the schools last just long enough to rob appli­ cants—^frequently high school drop-outs or graduates unable to go to college—of high fees which they can ill afford. Then the gyp artists disappear from the scene. ' Post Office inspectors esti­ mate that some $10 million has been taken from hopeful home studiers in 15 recent mail fraud cases alone. The correspondence school operators prey on a growing need. Many fields, particularly some of the newer ones, offer job opportunities to those with the requisite skills. No wonder so many unskilled men and women, with low-paying jobs or none at all, are captivated by Consumer Aetion Wins Buttle for Leuner Wieners WASHINGTON — The con­ sumer appears to have won his demand for less fatty hot dogs and other sausage products. The Department of Agriculture de­ cided in favor of a 30-percent limit in the fat content of hot dogs in response to overwhelm­ ing public reaction in favor of the leaner wieners. The original USDA proposal, issued last May, proposed a 33percent limitation. Meat proces­ sors had reportedly been manu­ facturing hot dogs that were more than 50 percent fat. More than 600 individuals and organizations responded to the proposal, the majority in fa­ vor of setting a limit on the amount of fat, said the USDA. Consumers cited low-fat diets and low-nutritional content of fatty dogs as their major rea­ sons. During public hearings, Mrs. Virginia Knauer, the President's Consumer Advisor, spoke in fa­ vor of the less-fatty hot dog and said that President Nixon sup­ ported her position. He too, she said, was on a restricted diet. "This is a real victory for the consumer," Mrs. Knauer said. She praised the President's sup­ port and added, "I am person­ ally delighted." Erma Angevine, executive di­ rector of the Consumer Federa­ tion of America said: "Hope­ fully this will mark the beginning of a greater concern for the con- • sumer on the part of the Agri­ culture Department as it sets other standards for meat." advertising blurbs like: "Leam general material. Job counsel­ at Home", "Jobs Guaranteed", ing was non-existent, as were "Free Placement Service", the promised jobs themselves. "Double Your Earnings". But the unsuspecting students In San Francisco, for ex­ were bilked out of more than ample, the Jet Institute adver­ two million dollars before the tised openings in jet construc­ school's owners were appre­ tion and maintenance to their hended. graduates. The openings didn't And so it goes. A Practical exist and the course was worth­ Nursing School in Dallas, Tex­ less but the "institute" made as, siphoned some $300,000 a away with an estimated $1.5 year from the pockets of lowmillion from mail order stu­ income, unskilled women. High dents. school students were taken for Operating out of West Palm $153,000 by a La Crosse, Wis­ Beach, Florida, one school of­ consin, outfit—the National fered airline careers to appli­ Preparatory Service—which cants from all over the country. held out the hope of Civil Serv­ They paid up to $660 each for ice careers. a course which was a rehash of Aptitude testing and career Local trade associations are counseling are ripe fields for a good source in recommend­ unscrupulous operators. After ing reputable correspondence "testing", the enrollees are schools in their field. made to feel they must "quali­ fy" to take a particular course. They pay out for phony exams and interviews. Ctae such Wis­ consin operator, in business under the name of North American Training Course, Albuquerque—The New| made away with $153,000 be­ Mexico Constitutional Con- j fore being stopped. vention voted 49-18 to re-l The Rogers brothers of Fort ject a "right-to-work" pro- i Worth, Texas, sentenced in vision in a proposed new! 1965, had operated a whole state constitution. Voters | series of correspondence schools will go to the polls in De-| —including Universal Motel cember to accept or reject! Training—before being indicted the final draft of the con-j and convicted. But not before stitution. taking an estimated $35,000 The margin of defeat was j from 141 prospective motel the largest ever recorded on I managers. Among the courses the inti-union measure in! they offered were some in busi­ tfts state. Foes of union i ness administration, law en­ shop agreements have tried! forcement, jet design. They even repeatedly to get the meas- i claimed endorsements from ure through the legislature, i such public figures as the late New Mexico AFL-CIOi General Dwight Eisenhower. Sec.-Treas. Neal Gonzalez i To avoid being taken, all reported. He said 17 of the i prospective home-study appli­ 18 convention delegates! cants should first check" with from the Albuquerque area j their local postal inspection di­ voted against the compul- j vision, which keeps a file of sory openshop proposal. complaints. The Better Busi­ ness Bureau does the same. \New Mexico Spurnx Right-to-Workers Above Board Seafarer James Parrish, at right, a wiper, plays cards with his cousin, William Rittenhouse in New York hall while watching the board and waiting to ship out. Parrish, a recent graduate of the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point, last sailed on the Buckeye Victory. Cousin Bill just stopped by to visit. December, 1969 love. Honor umi Obey' Vows Cots Union Wife into Trouble Dramatic proof that marriage vows are still taken seriously —at least in some quarters—was furnished in a case recently decided by the National Labor Relations Board. Mrs. Dolores Easton of South Plainfield, N.J. said her husband, ordered her not to cross a picket line. Mindful that she had vowed to "love, honor and obey" her husband, she followed his order and was fired. The picketing took place last October by production and maintenance workers at Nuodex Division of Tenneco Chemi­ cals, Inc. at Piscataway, N.J. Her husband, William, is a repairman for New Jersey Bell Telephone. Mrs. Easton was an office employee at Nuodex. NLRB Trial Examiner Sydney S. Asher, Jr. treated it as a special case. "I am not convinced," he ruled, "that the (company's) unfair labor practices were motivated by opposition to the union, or to unionism in general. Rather, I view them as the result of the (company's) pique against Mrs. Easton be­ cause it believed correctly or mistakenly that she placed obedience to her husband's wishes above loyalty to her em­ ployer." Asher ordered her reinstatement, effective to the date of the end of the six-week strike, with back pay to that point. Unions Out-Perform Business In Minority Job Placement WASHINGTON—Organized labor, notably the building trades unions, is doing a better job in opening its ranks to mi­ nority groups than business is doing in its own program of jobs and training according to a sur­ vey published by the Associated Press recently. The news agency, in separate dispatches on the job role of la­ bor and business respectively, found that the JOBS program of businessmen to hire and train the hard-core unemployed is lag­ ging, while "job openings for Negroes in occupations con­ trolled by labor unions are widening." While the Associated Press said that black militants are not satisfied with the union showing, figures compiled from Labor Department records "indicate the much-criticized AFL-CIO building trades are among those making the swiftest progress to­ ward integration on the job." "The figures are absolutely accurate and actually under­ played the job that has been done by the buildng trades union," said Donald Slaiman, Director of the AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department. "The build­ ing trades figures are better than in other industries such as metal manufacturing and public utili­ ties." "Not only has there been a significant advance in minority placement in the construction in­ dustries," Slaiman said "but con­ tinuing progress is being made through the unions' Outreach Program. The number of mi­ nority apprenticeship placements through July surpassed 4,200. Almost 2,000 of these have been placed since the first of the year." While businessmen insist that their own jobs targets have been met, the Associated Press sur­ vey said that the JOBS program "has produced only about onefourth of the jobs hoped for." A Labor Department analysis found that "the failure of many corporations to meet the hiring training targets of their Federal reimbursement" has become a serious problem. In addition there has been a serious turn­ over rate of about 45 percent among JOBS trainees in the 18month-old drive of business leaders to find jobs for ghetto dwellers. Labor Department reports show that the construction unions have a membership of 7.2 percent minority grouping of which about four percent are Negroes. Total minority mem­ bership is 9,500. Federal figures show that this is a better ratio than apprenticeship openings in the metal, manufacturing, pub­ lic utilities, and mining indus­ tries as well as trade and serv­ ice. The statistics do not include the Laborers Union which has a minority membership of nearly 50 percent—about 25 percent are Negroes., The figures include only those programs which are registered under State or Federal auspices. They do not include many job training programs which are par­ ticularly or entirely carried on by unions on their own. Man's Best Friend Puts Bite on British Mailman LONDON, England—U.S. mailmen carry repellent sprays issued by the U.S. Post Office to ward off angry dogs. But British Post Office workers were denied similar protection be­ cause the postal service feared too many lawsuits by angry dog owners. Now the 97,000 member Un­ ion of Post Office Workers here says it will go into court to win permission to carry the sprays. "It's either the spray or padded pants," say the postmen, 3,193 of whom were Wtten last year. •y'l J \ \ �December, 1969 SEAFARERS Page Twenty Three LOG • •'"y- .y-y f/ Raise in Medkare Payments Forced By Soaring Bills tor M.D. Services !' ' Doctor Who Quit Drug Firm Found Job Too Compromising '»i • WASHINGTON — Working as the medical director of a ma­ jor drug firm forced Dr. A. Dale Console to compromise with his principles so much, he told a Senate investigating committee, "I reached a point where I could no longer live with myself." Console submitted a 25-page document as written testimony to the Senate Monopoly Sub­ committee headed by Senator Gaylord Nelson. The Committee later released the text of ques­ tions from the testimony. He had served as medical di­ rector of the E. R. Squibb Co. for 6V2 years. Console said, but resigned his post on July 1, 1957, and is now in private practice. He told the subcommittee that the drug company doctor "must learn the many ways to deceive the FDA (Food and Drug Ad­ ministration) and, failing in this, how to seduce, manipulate or threaten the physician assigned to the New Drug Application (license for marketing) into ap­ proving it even if it is incom­ plete." The doctor also wrote that "anything that helps to sell a drug is valid . . . while anything that decreases sales must be suppresssed, distorted and re­ jected. . . ." "He will find himself squeezed between businessmen who will sell anything to justify it on the basis that doctors ask for it and doctors who demand products they have been taught to want through the advertising and pro­ motion schemes contrived by businessmen." Console reported that many physicians are heavy prescribers, writing over 100 prescriptions a week. "I find it difficult to be­ lieve," he wrote, "that anyone can write that number of pre­ scriptions and still take time to discriminate." The document also detailed the inadequate and inaccurate means used to test drugs and notes that the average patient has about a 50-percent chance of getting "the right drug, in the right amount, at the right time." "The Overseas Division (of Squibb) held not only the no­ tion that the safety and efficacy of a drug varied with the pa­ tient's nationality," added the Doctor, "but also that the adver­ tising and promotion of drugs depended on the nationality of the physician." Drug advertisements for countries soutji of the U.S. border were rriade simpler be­ cause the drug companies thought these physicians were "less sophisticated." " The detailman—a salesman who promotes the drug among physicians—came in for a major share of the criticism. Dr. Console recalled that the companies ran contests offering prizes ranging from cutting boards to sets of monogrammed glasses to detailmen who reach or exceed a preset quota of sales. WASHINGTON — The Ad­ ministration revealed that it plans to raise the $4 monthly charge levied for coverage of doctors' services under Medi­ care by more than 25 percent because of soaring doctors' bills. Social Security Administrator Robert M. Ball told the House Ways and Means Committee that a final decision on the amount of the increase still has to be made but that the boost will put the charge "somewhat over $5." Ball told the committee, hold­ ing hearings on pending social security legislation, that the higher charge. will be effective July 1. Under the law, the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare must decide on the raise by January 1. This would be the second boost in the fee paid by the aged under the medical insur­ ance part of Medicare, which is also partly financed by the government. When the program was first set up in 1966 the fee was $3. It was raised to $4 in 1968. Ball also announced that the Administration is still reviewing a task force study recommend­ ing that drug costs be included under Medicare. "If we move in," he said, "it will be gradual­ ly." Ball's announcements came under questioning from Repre­ sentative Jacob H. Gilbert (DN.y.), who has charged that the Administration's proposed 10-percent increase in social security benefits is "grossly in­ adequate." Gilbert has introduced a bill, backed by the AFL-CIO, the National Council of Senior Citi­ zens and a number of other or­ ganizations, which would pro­ vide for two 20-percent acrossthe-board increases in benefits between 1970 and 1972. The measure also would fi­ nance the medical insurance program through contributions paid during the beneficiary's working years and expand Medi­ care to cover prescription drugs. In another development, the Department of Health, Educa­ tion and Welfare published two new proposed regulations for Medicare in the Federal Regis­ ter, Oct. 17. One would prohibit hospitals and extended care facilities from requiring a deposit from Medicare beneficiaries as a con­ dition for adniission. The other would bar a doctor with finan­ cial interest in a hospital from sitting on its review committee which determines when Medi­ care patients are to be dis­ charged. The first regulation, particu­ larly of benefit to the aged poor, spells out in detail a policy an­ nounced by HEW in May, 1967, but not previously defined. The regulation states that health facilities may not deny admission or evict a Medicare beneficiary because he is un­ able to pay a deductible amount (the first $44 of the hospital bill, for example) or certain perday amounts required after ex­ tended stays—60 days in the case of a hospital, 20 days in an extended care facility. . Advance payments for serv­ ices not covered by Medicare may be required, but only if such services are requested by the patient or his family. Full $1 Billion Voted by Senate For Clean Water WASHINGTON — The Sen­ ate has broken through the Ad­ ministration's budget barriers and voted nearly five times the amount the President had re­ quested to combat water pollu­ tion. It insisted on the full $1 bil­ lion Congress had authorized to be spent this year when it passed the Clean Water Act in 1966. That law authorized steadilyincreased federal grants to help states and communities build sewage treatment plants. But the Administration budget asked that only $214 million be spent this year. The House raised the figure to $600 million, and the Senate boosted it an additional $400 million. It defeated—by an overwhel­ ming 82-5 margin—a motion to cut the appropriation back to the amount of the budget re­ quest. Then it approved the $1 billion figure as part of a $5 bil­ lion public works appropria­ tions package by an 86-2 vote. Stress Dedication to Patients' Needs: Young Medics Kick Over Did AMA Line WASmr'GTON—The new breed of medical student is a far cry from the old-line fogies who dominate the American Medical Association and seem to devote their basic concerns to protection of the "doctor business." The medical students, have a dedicated group that founded the Student Health Organization (SHO) in 1965. Active on more than a dozen medical campuses, SHO has some 1,500 members among the 50,000 medical stu­ dents in the country. SHO has initiated summer and, in some cases, year-round health care projects in the innercity directed at giving special help to minority groups. They are a dedicated lot. What has probably shocked the old-line AMA, though, has not been these types of activist groups— although they are pretty new on the national scene—but what has happened to one of its own creations, the Student American Medical Association (SAMA). The SAMA was founded in 1952 largely as a pawn of the AMA. Today the SAMA is no longer a docile junior AMA but, with its 23,000 dues-paying members on 89 college cam­ puses, has become an activist organization, itself. SAMA is demanding new ap­ proaches to health care of the poor, is setting up pilot projects to help the disadvantaged in Appalachia and Kansas City and is demanding modernization of medical education in all the schools. SAMA's 1968-1969 presi­ dent, C. Clement Lucas, Jr., became Dr. Lucas last June. He jolted the AMA House of Delegates meeting in San Fran­ cisco that same month when he declared: "Health care is a basic right. And unless the medical profes­ sion can accept the challenge of positive action a:nd relevant progressive reform, other orga­ nizations will supplant it and its primacy in the medical care sys­ tem." The SAMA's journal. The New Physician, urges medical students to "work toward the curing of our society's massive ills" when they graduate. And touching on a point con­ sidered wholly sacred by the AMA, The New Physician pointed out that "the concept of fee for service is not the only utilizable foundation to provide the highest quality and availabil­ ity of medical care." Lucas and his publication speak for almost one-half of to­ day's medicd students. Many of these students may change once they graduate and start practice and fall back into the old, tired AMA mold but, judg­ ing by recent graduates, it is not too likely. One indication of the serious­ ness with which the medical stu­ dents treat the health care prob­ lem was a summer conference here in Washington set up by the Institute for the Study of Health and Society through SAMA. Students from some 30 col­ lege campuses gathered in Washington and spent almost two months studying the basic social and political realities and economics of health care, some­ thing of which they get precious little in medical schools. Part of the time was spent working with government agen­ cies. The students also met face to face with spokesmen for vari­ ous interest groups: unions, the poor, the affluent, minority groups, etc. The students were constantly probing, questioning practices which the AMA accepts. They leave little doubt that for most of them their primary concern is playing a role in making high quality health care available to all the people. Not all agree on the proper approach but most have long since concluded that the present system is not the answer. �Page Twenty Four SEAFARERS LOG Decemlier, 1969 LaborRolls up 75% Victory Record In 2 Years Before Supreme Court ATLANTIC CITY — Labor won 75 percent of its cases be­ fore the Supreme Court during the last two years for a "highly successful" legal record, the AFL-CIO Executive Council said. The council report dealt with 22 labor cases which reached the Supreme Court since the last convention—a period covering the final two court terms under Chief Justic Earl Warren. In 16 of these cases, labor's arguments prevailed. Many of the cases dealt with constitutional issues and the council report discussed five of them, including three that it termed "major." • In Food Employees Local 590 V. Logan Valley Plaza, Pennsylvania courts ruled that peaceful picketing on shopping center sidewalks could be barred as an illegal trespass cn private property, and the union ap­ pealed. The Supreme Court re­ versed the decision in a 6-3 vote. Justice Marshall wrote an opinion concluding that state laws on the places at which pick­ eting may be carried on are sub­ ject to the same constitutional freedom of speech standards historically applied to handbilling cases. Five other justices agreed, in a decision which the council said was "plainly of the greatest practical importance" for unions faced with the usual "formidable difficulties" in carrying on organizing cam­ paigns. In United Mine Workers v. Illinois Bar Association, the or­ ganized bar complained that the UMW engaged in the unauthor­ ized practice of law by hiring a licensed attorney, on a salaried basis, to represent any member who wanted his advice in work­ men's compensation claims! The Illinois courts rejected the un­ ion's claim that the plan was protected by the 1st Amend­ ment. The Supreme Court re­ versed, with Justice Harlan dis­ senting. The council said: "The court made it absolutely plain that unions have the right to set up and finance group legal service plans ... as to any workrelated matter, as long as the •—: ^^ : : -J plan is administered in such a way as to insure that the indi­ vidual member retains control of the case" involving him. A landmark ruling was put on the lawbooks when Maryland and 27 other states brought a suit, called Maryland v. Wirtz, alleging that it was beyond the power of Congress to regulate the minimum wages and maxi­ mum hours of employees in state-operated hospitals and schools. The states' argument was "completely rejected" by a seven-man majority of the court, the council noted. The opinion, written by Jus­ tice Harlan, upheld the power of Congress to regulate public enterprises affecting commerce. The report said "There can be little doubt that this case rep­ resents a major interpretation of the commerce clause which will have reverberations far into the future if Congress moves to meet the serious labor relations problems which are surfacing on the state and local levels of gov­ ernment." The council cited two cases of "lesser magnitude": In Nash v. Florida Industrial Commission, the commission had refused to pay unemploy­ ment insurance to a union mem­ ber because she had authorized her union to file unfair labor practice charges against her em­ ployer on her behalf. This re­ fusal was upheld by the Florida courts but unanimously reversed by the Supreme Court. The court, for the fourth time in 55 years, rejected the claim of a railroad—this time the Chi­ cago, Rock Island and Pacific— that Arkansas's state "full crew" laws violate the Constitution or the 14th Amendment. The court ruled that the evidence strongly supported the claim of the Lo­ comotive Firemen and Enginemen, now part of the United Transportation Union, that the laws play an important safety function. National Labor Relations Board cases did not "occupy center stage" during the last two Warren terms, the council re­ ported, but nevertheless did fig' • : Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 • '• / I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list, (prinf information) NAAAE . .. . .. . STREET AODRESS CITY' ...... •...... . ... ... .a. .a. ... ... • • •. v.... . .'y,!...... .STATE. . .... .. a. »-. ......... . .• ZIP. . .....-.. TO AVOID DUPUCAT10N:'if yow «• an old. iubicribar and have a change of addrees, pleaae give yemr femier address below; ure in decisions of importance. In NLRB V. Gissel Packing Co., a- unanimous court ruled that an employer's duty to bar­ gain with a union can be estab­ lished without a representation election. It said that authorization cards obtained by the union from a majority of employees, without misrepresentation or co­ ercion, are reliable enough gen­ erally to prove a valid alternate route to majority status. It found that an order to bargain is jus­ tified when an employer "rejects a card majority while . . . com­ mitting unfair labor practices that tend to undermine the un­ ion's majority and make a fair election an unlikely possibility." AFL-CIO President George Meany confers with Secretary-General Galo Plaza of the Organization of American States, left, and Secretary of Labor George P. Shultz, center, at Inter-American Conference of Labor Ministers where Meany appealed for support of free unions. Free Unions Called Main Foandatlon Of Struggle to Oppose Dictatorships WASHINGTON — AFLCIO President George Meany called on Western Hemisphere governments to give their fullest support to "those of us who make the case for freedom and justice" for workers and their kmilies. He also strongly re-emphasized U.S. labor's opposition to dictatorships "from either the right or the left" in an address to the Third Inter-American Conference of Labor Ministers in Washington. The week-long conference, sponsored by the Organization of American States, was at­ tended by ministers of labor from 23 countries in the hemis­ phere. Most delegations also in­ cluded union leaders. Two previous labor ministers' conferences were held, in 1963 in Colombia and 1966 in Ven­ ezuela. The purpose of the con­ ferences is to develop effective participation by labor and labor ministries in social and eco­ nomic development. Reports on the status of proj­ ects agreed to at previous con­ ferences and working papers prepared by OAS formed the basis for the work of the confer­ ence's plenary sessions and working committees. In a message to the confer­ ence, President Nixon empha­ sized that "the development of all our resources is imperative if we are to attain our goals for a better life. But first among these is the human resource." Secretary of Labor George P. Shultz headed the American delegation. Major conference speakers in addition to Meany and Shultz, included OAS Sec­ retary-General Galo Plaza and David A. Morse, director-gen­ eral of the International Labor Organization. Meany told the conference that the AFL-CtO "has devoted considerable effort to raise the standard of life in other parts of the world," especially in Latin America. Much of the effort, he pointed out has been made in co-operation with business and government through the Amer­ ican Institute for Free Labor Development established in 1962 "to provide educational and development assistance ob­ viously needed and directly sought by free trade unions in Latin America and the Carib­ bean." "The AFL-CIO, through AIFLD," Meany said, "has of­ fered trade union courses to thousands of your trade union­ ists both in Latin America and in the United States." In addition, he said, "we have assisted in the construction of worker housing, worker credit institutions, worker co-opera­ tives, clinics and even schools for children in many of your countries." Meany also cited U.S. labor's work with national trade union centers and the Inter-American Regional Organization of Work­ ers (GRIT) as part of a "proud record of association" with free trade unions in the hemisphere. The AFL-CIO engages in in­ ternational programs for two reasons, Meany said: To help free workers achieve economic and social advancement and prevent "dictatorships of the left or right, communist or fascist." Labor knows, he went on, that dictatorship anywhere is "accompanied by destruction of free unions" and "represents a threat to freedom everywhere in the world." Meany leveled sharp crit­ icisms at union movements that turn to military governments on their promises of quick improve­ ments in working conditions. Such situations, he said, only add to workers' discontent and suffering and "help to perpetu­ ate conditions of misery, pov­ erty and social unrest." Shultz challenged the labor ministers to play a vital role in the "effort for economic growth and development" and shoulder major responsibility "in seek­ ing social justice." He said: "We should lead in develop­ ing the best means for incorpo­ rating manpower policy in the overall strategy of economic de­ velopment. "We should work to provide a fuller understanding of the anatomy and meaning of unemployment and poverty, espe­ cially to those most directly af­ fected." The urgency of resolving in­ creasing unemployment in West­ ern Hemisphere nations was emphasized by Plaza. "At least 25 percent of the Latin American labor force was unemployed in 1960," the OAS leader stated, "and the figure today is believed to be even higher. The vast majority of Latin Americans live close to the margin of subsistence, with little opportunity to improve their lot." Plaza deplored the "extremely low rate" of participation of Latin American women in the labor force, pointing out that those who do work often are compelled to choose between domestic and other low-produc­ tivity positions or no job at all. Morse told the conference that policies to bring about the "most significant and most rapid possible increase in employ­ ment" should be the comerstone of future development of the Americas. He implored the ministers to develop plans for a distribution of income that will allow more of their rapidly growing popu­ lations to participate and bene­ fit from economic growth "with­ in the next few years, not in some distant future." Morse also unveiled a plaque at the Pan American Union in Washington commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first ses­ sion of the ILO. The cere­ monies were attended by the ministers and members of their delegations. ^ • �SEAFARERS December, 1969 A motion was made aboard the Bethflwr (Bethlehem) that wherever a com­ pany has an es­ tablished state­ side shore gang, that gang should be required to shift or haul ves­ sels between 5 P.M. and 8 P.M. on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Also dis­ cussed were port watch duties after 5 P.M. and before 8 A.M. The meeting, at which Joseph Michael was chairman, agreed that the practice of turning men to for securing before sailing time should be stopped unless a call back is posted for the deck depanment. Secretary Vernon Douglas reported. A motion was made that representatives on the Union Negotiating Committee include at least one man for each department who has been to sea recently. A request was also made that each department aboard ship post the minutes of all safety meetings so that the Seafarers will be kept fully in­ formed. Jeny W. Elan was deck delegate; Hector L. Duarte, en­ gine delegate and Lrnrenzo Rinaldl, Stewart delegate. if SIU contract enforcement com­ mittee to make a strong effort to have single foc'sles, one for each man, on all new and con­ verted ships. A vote of con­ fidence was given the steward department for a job well done. Butts reported no beefs and all repairs taken care of. Brother Homer L. Miller, FWT, was put ashore at Midway Island very sick; he will receive needed care at the U.S. base hospital there. John A. Owen is deck delegate, Thomas F. Delaney, engine delegate, and Kenneth Bowman is steward delegate. Ship's Chairman Jake Levine aboard the Transpacific (Hud­ son Waterways) insists the vessel is the best feeder in the SIU. Le­ vine gives the major share of the credit to Chief Steward John C. , Hunt. Hunt "Without excep­ tion," Levine wrote to the LOG, "Hunt is the best feeding stew­ ard that I have ever come across. The entire crew of the Transpacific are full of praise <1>-^ and have nothing but compli­ Upon receipt of a radiogram ments for the chief steward." from headquarters conceriing Both Hunt and the entire stew­ the raises in va­ ard department received a cation benefits, "whole-hearted vote of thanks the crew aboard from the entire crew" for the the Trenton well-prepared food, the menus (Sea-Land) voted "fit for a king" and the clean to accept, writes Secretary Cristo­ service. The praise was echoed bal DeJesus. by SIU boarding patrolman W. Ship's Delegate Paul Gonsorchik, who heard Dan Butts was first hand of the crew's enthusi­ chairman. A motion was made asm about Hunt and his depart­ by Joe Atchison and seconded ment when he met the ship in by Join Dunfee to request the Baltimore. Page Twenty Five LOG After sailing from Baltimore carrying MSTS cargo for Viet­ nam, the Seatrain Georgia' (Seatrain) devel­ oped rudder trouble. Ship's Secretary James W. Thomas re­ ports and had to return to dryVan Epps dock in Mary­ land for repairs. The ship sailed eight 'days later with the crew eager to go. Ship's delegate Frank J. Smith was the meeting chairman and a discussion took place concerning the holding of meetings every Sunday whUe the ship is at sea. Some mem­ bers felt this was unnecessaty, as there is rarely enough to dis­ cuss. M. H. Jones is deck dele­ gate and Clyde L. Van Epps en­ gine delegate. No beefs were reported. Treasurer Jones re­ ported $36 in the ship's fund. vl> Serious chow problems are reported aboard the Del Alba. Ship's Delegate Frank Rodri­ guez, Jr. says the captain counter­ mands the stew­ ard's orders to buy fresh vege­ tables and other Rodriguez stores as needed. As a result, the ship almost went on rations due to a shortage of eggs, coffee and other items. L. D. Croom, Jr., the meeting secretary, writes that a special meeting will be requested with the boarding pa­ trolman when the ship gets back to the States. A telegram was received describing the new SIU vacation plan rates and a vote of thanks for a job well done was sent to headquarters upon motion of Rodriguez, seconded by Croom. William Escbuk, Jr. was meeting chairman. J. B. Cowan is deck delegate; J. H. Heifer, engine delegate and C. M. Dials, steward delegate. <1> The Seafarers aboard the Ogden Willamette (Ogden Marine) are all very proud of thennew ship and its many conveni­ ences, writes Secretary Cleve­ land R. Wolfe. Each man has his own room, M^ generally with both bath and shower. Ship's Delegate Walter D. Makin re­ ported no beefs. It was decided at the meeting, chaired by Ed­ win C. Craddfl^, that a safety committee should be set up. Among the items requiring at­ tention is the installation of a railing on the lower deck, which is very dangerous when wet. W. T. Gardner is deck delegate; B. C. Bums, engine delegate and Makin, steward delegate. The steward department was given a unanimous vote of thanks for the fine chow. \I> By an, unusual coincidence, 13 crewmembers aboard the Overseas Carrier (Maritime Over­ seas) all celebrated their birthdays during the month of No­ vember, writes Ship's Secretary A. Sigler. WURudd liam S. Rudd, ship's delegate, reported to the assembled Seafarers that the steward vacancies were filled at Freeport, and, as a result, this vessel's crew feels it can boast the best steward department in the SIU. A vote of thanks sent to the galley. The meeting, chaired by Walter B. Chipman, heard that there were no beefs. The captain is very co-operative in every way, Rudd said, and w^nts all beefs squared away promptly. Department dele­ gates are: Deck, Miguel Luis Medina; Engine, William E. McCay; Steward, Sa^e Duplecbin. A motion was made by Rudd and seconded by Raymond Al­ len, to allow any crewmember to pay off after six months on the Persian Gulf run, with needed replacements to be flown out to the ship. SlUNA-UIW Adds Newly-Contracted Firm SIU WELFARE, PENSION & VACATION PLANS Cash Benefits Paid Report Period: October 1 - October 31, 1969 I? SEAFARERS' WELFARE PLAN Scholarship Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Medicare Benefits Maternity Benefits Medical Examination Program Dependent Benefits (Average $474.35) Optical Benefits Meal Book Benefits Gut-Potients Benefits SUMMARY OF WELFARE BENEFITS PAID SEAFARERS' PENSION PLANBENEFITS PAID SEAFARERS' VACATION PLANBENEFITS PAID (Average $491.67) TOTAL WELFARE, PENSION & VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Number of Amount Benefits Paid 10 2,080 31 207 24 $ 4,181.50 50,269.05 91,000.00 828.00 4,600.00 506 1,832 15,235.90 86,916.05 676 278 4,281 9,319.73 2,776.85 33,992.00 9,925 299,119.08 1,433 332,784.00 1,557 765,523.52 12,915 $1,397,426.60 Men of the newly contracted Hussmann Container Division in San Francisco proudly display the first product they manufactured under a novel container-making process. These 16 men are members of the SlUNA-afRliated United Industrial Workers of North Arrterica and are shown here at the Bethlehem Shipyard in San Francisco where they gathered for this photograph near and on top the container. �Page Twenty Six SEAFARERS I 'nrijii" Widow Finds SlU A Welcome Friend To the Editor: I want to express my heart­ felt thanks to the Seafarers International Union for all their help to me. My husband, Guy F. Plahn, had been missing since last February, after paying off the Raphael Semmes in January. He was finally located through finger prints and help of the authorities to be deceased in San Francisco, Calif. I had no insurance, nor any money whatsoever to bury him, but thanks to the SIU, they buried him for me, and saw to all the necessary ar­ rangements. I would have had no one at all to help me had it not been for this wonderful Un­ ion. I want to especially thank the New Orleans SIU hall and Miss Spencer for handling all details for me. I don't know what I would have done without these fine people. I am proud my husband was a member of such a won­ derful Union as the SIU. I take this means of thank­ ing each and every one of you through the Seafarers Log. God bless you all. Please see that I get the Log sent to me. I enjoy it so much. Thanks. Sincerely, (Mrs.) Anna Plahn New Orleans, La. —^ Seafarer Praised By Chief Officer across his back to the gang­ way and onto the tugboat. It was a beautiful job. Mr. Phillips is also a very good Electrician and was very helpful in getting this vessel underway after we broke down two days out of Hono­ lulu and floated around for 18 hours without any plant or power. We were dead in the water. It is men like Mr. Phillips, who are hard to find these days, that makes life just a little easier and pleasant un­ der various trying conditions on these old rusty ships. The ship's delegate, Wil­ liam Cullen and myself, and of course everyone else I've talked to about It, all thought it a very good idea to have this incident sent to the LOG. Sincerely yours, H. Bilde Chief Officer Seafarer Thankful For Union's Help To the Editor: I recently returned to Sea after 18 years on the Beach. I sailed as night cook and baker on the S.S. Halcyon Panther on a trip to India. I was flown back to Tam­ pa, Florida, following an in­ jury. I checked in at the Tampa .Hall and the agent there told me of the benefits I was entitled to, such as maintenance and cure, wages, and vacation pay as I had been injured on the Island of Monitius in the Indian ocean. They helped me to fill out forms and made phone calls to get me paid off. Although To the Editon I I know.you will be proud to learn of the great assistance one of your Union members, Leslie E. Phillips, Chief Elec­ trician, was to me under very trying conditions. One of the crew members in the engine department. Wiper Melvin N. Duerson, fell and injured his back aboard the Buckeye Pacific and was being transferred from the ship to a tugboat outside the port of Honolulu, Hawaii, for removal to a hospital. The .water was rough and the tugboat pitched quite a bit, thereby making it difficult to carry the man on. a stretcher. Phillips of­ fered his assistance, by carry­ ing the man by himself to the tugboat. He explained to me he had learned this particular feat in the Navy. I was a bit ap­ prehensive at first concerning the safety of both men in doing this, as there was quite a gap and step between the deck of the pitching tugboat and the gangway. With an injured man weighing approx­ imately 200 pounds on his back, it certainly wasn't going to be easy, but Phillips as­ sured me he could easily do it. I accepted his help, so he slowly and gently raised the injured man and carried him I am a C card it made no difference to the SIU at Tampa. I was treated the same as the old timers. I am looking forward to earning a B book and then going on to be a full book member. I wish to take this oppor­ tunity to thank the Tampa Hall for looking after my in­ terests and the entire SIU for their wonderful care and in­ terest in my welfare. It should be of interest to all new­ comers in the SIU that re­ gardless of yoiir seniority in the SIU, you are being well cared for. The progress the SIU has made in the past 18 years is unbelievable. It makes me feel proud and honored to be­ long to the SIU. Sincerely yours, John M. Hester Nixon Fleet Plan Pleases Pensioner To the Editor: I was glad to hear that President Nixon will re­ December, 1969 LOG build the U.S. merchant fleet at last. Up to now, the only times we have built up our mer­ chant fleet was a hurry-up affair in time of war. The next war we may not have time. Bridgette McCaD, bom Sep­ I wish every Senator and tember 25, 1969, to Seafarer Congressman would read and and Mrs. James R. McCall, West study Admiral Mahan's "Ef­ New York, N.J. fects of Sea Power in World History." It was merchant Kim Ahom, bora July 26, fleets under Vasco da Gama 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. that found the sea route to the James P. Ahem, Hyde Park, riches of India. Columbus Mass. discovered the New World and the English and Dutch — became famous and powerful LaToyna Broadus, bora Au­ by sea trade. I hope we have gust 25, 1969, to Seafarer and enough men in Washington Mrs. Raymond F. Broadus, Pasto speak for us. cagoula. Miss. I notice that most accidents ^ at sea are on ships under Robert Trainer, Jr., bora Oc­ monkey (foreign) flags, tober 17, 1969, to Seafarer and where human lives are not of Mrs. Robert Trainor, Deptford, much value. N.J. Thanks for sending me the LOG. It was great to see and hear from old shipmates and Laura Walker, bora October keep up with the Seafarers 3, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. news. Clayton Walker, Brooklyn, N.Y. I believe we who are on ^ SIU pension should have Jose Colls, born October 3, some sort of unity and keep 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jose in touch in case of a strike or R. Colls, Laris, Puerto Rico. other Union emergency, so we ,1. can help out. Samantba Feagin, bora Sep­ I hope when the U.S. tember 21, 1969, to Seafarer builds new ships that the Sea­ and Mrs. Sam O. Feagin, Jr., farers will have plenty of Seattle, Washington. trained men ready. It will be a great help in getting new <1> ships for our Union. Michael Cannon, bora Au­ gust 16, 1969, to l^afarer and Soon I will visit the Hall Mrs. Peter J. Cannon, Duluth, here in New Orleans to meet Minnesota. friends and help out at Un­ ion meetings. Meanwhile I —,!>— give my best regards to the Patricia Lewis, bora Septem­ staff of the LOG. ber 30, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jesse S. Lewis, Norwalk, Fraternally yours, Calif. Lawrence McCullough New Orleans Mei-Ling Salcedo, born Oc­ tober 7, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jose A. Salcedo, Carolina, Welfare Plan Puerto Rico. A "Lifesaver" «- To the Editor: I wish to thank everybody, including all union members, for taking care of my recent hospital bill in Traverse City, Michigan—it saved my life. Yours truly, Clarence A. Vinson Elberta, Mich. Enka Harris, bora August 8, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wal­ ter Harris, Wilmington, Dela­ ware. Sebrina Toliver, bora Octo­ ber 14, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. William Toliver, Jr., New Orleans, La. Tammy Hovatta-, bora Sep­ tember 18, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Gerald W. Hovatter, Leakesville, Miss. <|> Andrew Kruse, born May 24, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Edwin L. Kruse, Alpena, Mich­ igan. ^ Brian Piedto, bora October 6, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ronald R. Piesko, Chicago, Illinois. Alex R^as, bora October 23, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Alfred Ragas, New Orleans, La. ^ Frances Field, bora Septem­ ber 25, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. William H. Field, Texas City, Texas. Dawn Jockinn, bora October 6, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Daniel F. Jockum, Secaucus, N.J. ^ I Jeffery Manuel, bora Octo­ ber 3, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Leroy J. Manuel, Kinder, La. ^— Derrick Smitb, born October 2, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Hanable Smith, Jr., Mobile, Ala. ^ Merle Duckworth, bora July 26, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Merle S. Duckworth, Jackson­ ville, Fla. ^ Alberto Osman, bora No­ vember 2,1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Malip B. Osman, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. Melito Maldmiado, Jr., bora October 17, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Melito Maldonado, Houston, Texas. ^ James Broxson, bora August 1, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Lowell T. Broxson, Vidor, Texas. —— An^ Louise ^(^^is, bora No­ vember 3, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Adrian D. Willis III, Virginia Beach, Va. ^ SHIP CHAIRMEN SHIP SECRETARIES PEPARTMENT liEIEeATES Seafarers on SIU ships around the world would like to have your crew share their experiences with thein. You can do this by sending in any newsworthy, in­ teresting or humorous experience of members of the crew which can be published in the Seafarers LC>G. Pictures are also wanted. Have your shipboard phptographer snap some photos of the crew at Wof^ reifying ddi^e an the 100. the phot^ dre sharp clear, and that tweryone is identified by naine and rating.) Shea Seale, bom August 16, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Kenneth R. Seale, Mobile, Ala. — Karen Rmh, born October 19, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Calvin J. Rush, New Orleans, La. Stefan Strawinski, born March 15, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Adolf Strawinski, Farmingdalc, N. J. ^ Derrick Hills, bora May 24, 1969, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jimmie Hills, New Orleans, La. ^ 4 �December, 1969 SEAFARERS International Agreement Necessary To Curb Mexican Border Plants A multi-natiGn agreement has been urged by an official of the Qothing Workers to curb the " export of jobs and import of products that adversely affect • both U.S. workers and indus, tries. Soft goods, ceramics, plate » glass and steel are among the industries hard hit by U.S.owned plants along the Mexi­ can border and "in other lowwage countries, particularly in the Far East," said Howard D. Samuel, vice president of the ACWA. Samuel appeared on Labor News Conference, an , AFL-CIO-produced public af­ fairs interview broadcast Tues­ day at 7:35 p.m., EST, on the ' Mutual Broadcasting System. He said that some 200 such plants have been built just south of the Mexican border in the last few years, where wages range as low as 30 cents an hour for the 20,000 workers they em­ ploy. He said that in addition to substandard wages, tax breaks granted by the Mexican govern­ ment and U.S. "tariff benefits" encourage manufacturers to set up foreign assembly plants. "Now 'assembly' is a fairly broad word," Samuel stressed, pointing out that it includes "putting together all the com­ ponents of a television set or a radio ... or most of the opera­ tions in making a shirt, or suit, or a ladies garment." But, he noted, Mexican con-sumers get no "benefit out of the manufacturing operations that are being set up there," for "even when things are made within its borders (by U.S. com­ panies), they have to be shipped out." f . Samuel said that U.S. textile and apparel imports are "grow­ ing 70 percent a year" in gen­ eral, and as much as 400 per­ cent to 500 percent on some I'l < items, but that American con­ sumers gain no advantage in either quality or price. He pointed out that "garments com­ ing from European countries, where the wage levels are con­ siderably lower than wage levels in the United States, are sold for the same or hi^er prices than American made garments of the same quality." "The beneficiary is not the consumer, it is the retailer," he declared, and the retailer "is doing very well, indeed." Imports have taken a heavy toll in jobs. Samuel said that "in the last four to five years we have lost probably 200,000 jobs" in the textiles and apparel industries—"largely due to the import factor." Runaway companies add to the plight of the worker by clos­ ing a plant in the United States and opening it across the border or overseas, Samuel said. "I consider this a very crude form of export of jobs," he stressed. The apparel and textile in­ dustries in the country employ about 2.5 million people—many are. wqmen and many are mem­ bers of minority groups. Samuel r. li said that any decline of employ­ ment in the industries will affect people who don't have access to other industries and who exist on the fringe of poverty. He said the nation has spent a great deal of money on poverty programs and manpower train­ ing "to make sure that these people—women and members of Page Twenty Seven LOG minority groups—become a part of the labor market." But he warned that "if we continue to allow major imports in these areas it is going to have just the o'pposite effect." Samuel was questioned by Lloyd Schwartz of Fairchild Publications and Neil Gilbride of the Associated Press. XhcMiias Howell Please contact Barbara Eooth as soon as possible at 568 Pros­ pect, Seattle, Washington 98109. Rudy P. DeBoissiere Please contact the Welfare Plan office at Union Headquar­ ters, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brook­ lyn, New. York at your earliest convenience. <1> Defender of Viet Freedom Yokes Prayer for Peace Vergil A. de los Santos Marine Corps Sergeant Vergil A. de los Santos, 18-year-old son of Carlos de los Santos, business agent of the SIUNA-affiliated Alaska Fish Cannery and Crab Workers' Union of the Pacific, left Camp Pendleton, California, last month—enroute to Viet­ nam with his Unit. Prior to his departure for the war zone. Sergeant de los Santos sent to the Seafarers LOG a poem he had written for his Unit which movingly illustrates the sense of duty to coun­ try, combined with prayers for peace, which he shares with his fellow marines in Unit 4420. 'We are all proud to be a Marine,' Vergil—^whose brother. Carlito, spent 19 months of his own marine service in Viet­ nam—told the LOG. He added, however, that "maybe, just maybe, by publishing this part of us" for the people back home and for readers around the world, there might be other prayers "added, with ours, for peace." The poem is printed below. A Marine's Prayer I'm fighting for something, others will too. I'm praying for something—how about you? Is it too hard to beg for peace When we can have it without a lease? . You sit at home and take life at ease. But do you think of us? That's all we need! You have the time for parties, and time for fun. But think of the Marine, because he has none. A lot of us will die in this lasting war... Others will sit back and some will ignore This feeling in all of our hearts— The end of fighting and peace in our thoughts. His loved ones back home are praying always ... Their son is fighting in Vietnam, but nothing to say Because of his training. Above all is important— Their son is coming home; first class postage is sent. But should something happen to someone far away. Did their prayer count? And then how to pray For a loved one who died for something This country gave to him, and to all the same. I'll pass by and show my colors, Someone will brush it, and so will others. To think how freedom was a price to pay . . . Is it worth it, to let our flag lay? They prove themselves men by burning a card! Some will think twice; some will be hard. To pass by this country's tradition of fame; They only give us thoughts of ending pain. Jerome Chajdcewitz Mr. M. Whitfield asks that you contact him at the Depart­ ment of Social Services, 847 Concourse Village East, Bronx, New York 10451. Henry Karpowicz Please contact your cousin, Mrs. Rose Burns, at 4820 North 15th Street, Philadelphia, Penn­ sylvania 19141. Harold Edward Arlinghaus Your wife. Carmen, asks that you contact her as soon as pos­ sible at 169 22 Street, Brooldyn, New York. —>i/— Hans Skottene Please contact SIU headquar­ ters in Brooklyn, N.Y. in refer­ ence to your membership book and seamen's papers. David E. Hanke Please contact your parents as soon as possible at 556 South Craft Highway, Mobile, Ala­ bama 36617 or call them col­ lect at area code 205, telephone number 452-9683. They are very anxious to hear from you. ^ George L. Bruno, Jr. Robert M. Holley It is important that you con­ Your wife, Marilyn, would tact Mr. J. M. Fenton, Insur­ like you to contact her as soon ance Manager, at Penn Ship­ as possible at 1010 West 49th, ping Company, Inc., 405 Park Norfolk, Virginia 23508. She is Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022 ' home from the hospital and feel­ as soon as possible. He is hold­ ing fine. ing a check for you in connec­ tion with your salvage claim. Jack Gervais The telephone number is (212) Please contact your mother 751-4800. as soon as possible at the fol­ lowing address: c/o C. C. An­ Thomas E. Tucker drews, Route 1, Box 252, Alexander Gluck Boomer, North Carolina. Anthony Amoriello <1> Please contact the Welfare Counter at SIU Headquarters Robert Newbold Newton in Brooklyn as soon as possible. Marvin G. Byerly asks that A check is being held there you contact him as soon as pos­ for you. sible at 828 Americana Build­ ing, Houston, Texas 77002. —— Michael Toth Robert E. Carroll, Jr., asks Charles WUey that you contact him as soon as W. Dean (Deano) Couey possible. The address is 500 St. would like you to contact him Charles Street, New Orleans, as soon as possible concerning Louisiana. your belongings. His address is 4/ — 309 Scott Street, Apartment 3, San Francisco, California John O. Glenn Please contact your mother, 94117. Mrs. Carolina O. Glenn, at Hotel Inter-Continental, House­ Jesus Fernandez Roman keeping Department, Makati Please contact your daughter, Rizal, Philippines, as soon as Margarita Fernandez Garcia, as possible. soon as possible at Calle Esqui\I> lin 1954, Santurce, Puerto Rico. John V. Dolan Thomas J. Tourges asks that Jimmy Davis you contact him as soon as pos­ Norma asks that you contact sible at Pembroke Station, Dan- her as soon as you can at P.O. bury, Connecticut 06810. Box 36021, Houston, Texas 77036. She tried repeatedly to reach you on Thanksgiving and Ralph M. Bartlett, Jr. Please contact your parents the day after and is sorry she as soon as possible at 2705 wasn't able to contact you. Seymour Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44113. Clyde T.Clark <1> Matthew W. Nevin Your mother, Mrs. Margaret L. Hurst, asks that you contact her S)^ soon as possible at Argyle Head, R.R. 1, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. — There are many ways to pray. Some do it with nothing to say . . . As long as your heart speaks for you, I'll pray for peace and, above all for you, too. matter. The address is 2800 Bailey Avenue, Bronx, New York 10463. — Frank Snm^en Tom Snowden Please contact your brother, Bruce N. Snowden, as soon as possible regarding an important Please get in touch with your landlord, William A. Lang, im­ mediately on a very urgent mat­ ter. His address is 3326 Spauldine Avenue, Baltimore, Mary­ land 21215. James Sidny McRae Your son, Harry Steven Mc­ Rae, asks that you contact him as soon as possible at P.O. Box 3089, Heltys Station, Lufkin, Texas 75901. �SEAFARERS Page Twenty Eight DEL VALLE (Delta), October 6—. Chairman, Frank Wranik; Secre­ tary, W. C. Sink; Ship's Delegate, Frank Corven; Engine Delegate, Earyl E. Masters; Ship's Delegate, Adolph L. LaMorthe, Jr. No dis­ puted OT and no beefs. COLUMBIA EAGLE (Columbia), October 5—Chairman, Kenneth Rob­ erts; Secretary, Thomas Ulisse; Ship's Delegate, Kenneth Roberts; Deck Delegate, Kenneth Kristensen. Disputed OT in deck department. Wire sent to patrolman in Yoko­ hama asking him to meet ship for discussion. TRANSONTARIO (Hudson Wa­ terways), October 12 — Chairman, C. L. Gonzales; Secretary, F. J. Vanlooy; Ship's Delegate, C.- L. Gon­ zales; Engine Delegate, Emile J. Olive; Steward Delegate, A. Romero. No beefs were reported. TRANSGLOBE (Hudson Water­ ways), October 5 — Chairman, R. Sohl; Secretary, T. Conway; Ship's Delegate, F. H. Katros; Deck Dele­ gate, A. Sison; Steward Delegate, Arthur G. Andersen. No beefs were reported. STEEL DESIGNER (Isthmian), October 16—Chairman, Verner Poulson; Secretary, Vasser Szymanski; Ship's Delegate, Donald M. King. No beefs and no disputed OT. COLUMBIA ROSE (Columbia), October 19^—Chairman, Lee J. Har­ vey: Secretary, Clyde H. LanierDeck Delegate, Charles Frev: Eneine Delegate, Elkin Kent; Steward De'agate, James E. Naaran. General discussion held regarding the good and welfare of the ship. Everything is running smoothly as a whole with no serious beefs. Some disputed OT in engine department. HATTIESBURG VICTORY (Al­ coa), September 14—Chairman, S. P. Morris; Secretary, E. C. Caudill. Ship's Delegate reported that every­ thing is running smoothly. HATTIESBURG VICTORY (Al­ coa), September 28--Chairman, S. P. Morris; Secretary, E. C. Caudill; Deck Delegate, Albert J. Costello; Engine Delegate, Walter Fitzgerald. No beefs. Everything is running smoothly. HATTIESBURG VICTORY (Al­ coa), October 19—Chairman, S. P. Morris: Secretary, E. C. Caudill; Ship's Delegate, S. P. Morris; Stew­ ard Delegate, Raymond Walters. Everything is running smoothly with no beefs. OVERSEAS CARRIER (Maritime Overseas), November 9—Chairman, Walter B. Chipman; Secretary, A. Siegler; Ship's Delegate, William S. Rudd; Deck Delegate, M. L. Me­ dina; Steward Delegate, S. Duplechin. Vote of thanks was extended to the entire steward department for a job well done. Best steward department in SIU. No beefs. Ev­ erything is running smoothly. Good Captain and good crew. DEL NORTE (Delta), November 9—Chairman, Jack Procell; Secre­ tary, R. E. Stought, Jr.; Ship's Dele­ gate, John R. Johnson: Deck Dele­ gate, G. Malazzo; Engine Delegate, Joseph G. Arch: .Steward Delegate, John T. Kelly. Jr. $153.47 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine department to be taken up with pa­ trolman. Very smooth voyage. Vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. PONCE (Sea-Land), November 2— Chairman. H. W. Soillane: Secre­ tary. J. Kackur: Ship's Delegate, H. W. Spillane: Deck Delegate, H. W. Spillane; Engine Delegate. Ed­ ward L Haynes. Discussion held re­ garding oyerpriced items in the slon chest. Vote of thanks was extended to Brother Spillane for settling a few beefs. LOG December, 1969 BEAUREGARD (Sea-Land), Octo­ ber 30—Chairman, R Whitney; Sec­ retary, P Gonzalez; Deck Delegate, C. Dickens; Engine Delegate, Nick G. Lambros; Steward Delegate, Jo­ seph Kearnes. Discussion held re­ garding poor mail service to the ship. Some disputed OT in deck department. DELTA PARAGUAY (Delta), No­ vember 2 — Chairman, Albert E. Bourgot; Secretary, Charles J. Mitchell; Deck Delegate, John W. McNeelage; Engine Delegate, Frank W. Chavers; Steward Delegate, Rob­ ert V. Kennedy. No beefs were re­ ported by department delegates. STEEL VENDOR (States MarineIsthmian), November 8—Chairman, Alfred Hanstvedt: Secretary, Mi­ chael J. Dunn. No beefs and no disputed OT. Everything running smoothly so far. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. October 18—Chairman, Oscar Ste­ vens; Secretary, Roscoe L. Alford: Ship's Delegate, M. D., Green; Deck Delegate, A. Wetherington; Engine Delegate, H. T. Nash; Steward Del­ egate, L. T. Smith. No beefs and no disputed OT. Everying is in order. STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), ' November 16—Chairman, O. Her- ' nandez; Secretary, Iluminado R. Llenos; Ship's Delegate, Mike J. Berry. $13.05 in ship's fund. Few hours disputed OT in deck and en­ gine departments to be taken up with boarding patrolman. JAMES (Ogden Marine), Novem­ ber 11—Chairman, F. Finch: Secre­ tary, John R. Roberts: Deck Dele­ gate, A. Ezell: Engine Delegate, John S. Higgins. $30.25 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. ROBIN TRENT (Moore-McCormack), September 6—Chairman, F. J. Mears; Secretary, C. J. Nail; Ship's Delegate, P. Rubish; Engine Delegate, Claude D. Berry; Steward Delegate, O. R. Bailey. $34.70 in ship's fund. ,No beefs. Everything is running smoothly. Discussion held regarding retirement plan. Vote of thanks was extended to the stew­ ard department for a job well done. ANTINOUS (Waterman), October , 26—Chairman, Melvin Moore; Sec­ retary, J. McPhaul; Ship's Delegate, Melvin Moore; Deck Delegate, Shep- « pard Maris; Engine Delegate A. G. Milne; Steward Delegate, G. T. Auguino. Discussion held regarding vacation plan. $12.25 in ship's fund. » No disputed OT and no beefs. BETHFLOR (Bethlehem Steel), November 11—Chairman, Joseph Mi­ chael; Secretary, Vernon Douglas; Deck Delegate, Jerry H. Blan; En­ gine Delegate, Hector L. Duarte; Steward Delegate, Lorenzo Ranaldi. Disputed OT in deck department. • The crew would like to have a new TV set put aboard. AMERICAN PRIDE (American Sealanes), October 26—Chairman, J. Sampson: Secretary, W. L. Everett; Ship's Delegate. C. A. Roberts; Deck Delegate, W. A. Barlesta: Engine Delegate, W. E. Wilkinson: Steward Delegate, Ernest C. Brown. Few hours disputed OT in deck depart­ ment. VANTAGE HORIZON (Vancor), ROBIN TRENT (Moore-McCormack) October 3—Chairman, Wil­ liam Hale; Secretary, Grant March. No beefs were reported by depart­ ment delegates. FANWOOD (Waterman), October 19—Chairman, Anthony J. Kuberski: Secretary, Joseph N. Rioux; Deck Delegate, Wiley Maetkey; Engine Delegate, William Tauk; Steward Delegate, Thomas E. Markham. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by department delegates. SEATRAIN FLORIDA (Hudson TRENTON (Sea-Land), November Waterways), October 26—Chairman, 1—Chairman, Dan Butts: Secretary, E. B. Hardcastel; Secretary, M. E. C Dyesues; Ship's Delegate, Dan ' Greenwald; Ship's Delegate, E. B. Butts; Deck Delegate. John A. Hardcastel; Deck Delegate, J. Wil­ Owen; Engine Delegate, "rhomas F. son, Jr.; Engine Delegate, R. L. Bell; Delaney; Steward Delegate. Kenneth Steward Delegate, Gregorio Cortez. Bowman. $8.00 in Ship's fund. No No beefs and no disputed OT. Vote beefs were reported by department of thanks to the steward department delegates. for a job well done. JOPLIN VICTORY (Marine Car­ riers), September 14 — Chairman John N. Crews; Secretary, Carlos Diaz. Ship's delegate reported that eyerything is running smoothly with no beefs. JOPLIN VICTORY (Marine Car­ riers). October 12—Chairman. John N. Crews; Secretary, Carlos Diaz. No beefs were reported by department delegates. JOPLIN VICTORY (Marine Car­ riers), October 19—Chairman, .John N. Crews: Secretary, Carlos Diaz. Discussion held regarding welfare and retirement plan. No beefs were reported by department delegates. MONTICELLO VICTORY (Victory Carriers), October 25—Chairman A. Rudnicki: Secretary. E. Eyerett; Ship's Delegate. Enos E. Ott; Deck Delegate, L. Reinchuck; En­ gine Delegate. W. B. Blankenshin: Steward Delegate, Emilio Bnrreto. $19.00 in shin's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrainl, October 26—Chairman, Frank J. Smith: Secretary. James W. Thomas: Ship's Delegate. Frank J. Smith; Deck Delegate. M. Jones: Engine Delegate. Clyde L. Van Eons. Members all in fayor of not adopt­ ing the procedure of holding meet­ ing every Sunday while shin is at sea, as there is seldom anything to discuss. PRODUCER (Marine Carriers), -• November 9—Chairman, Alfonso A. Armada; Secretary, William H. • Rhone; Ship's Delegate, William E. Richardson;, Deck Delegate, Wallace G. Renz, Jrf; Engine Delegate, Lyle H. Haddol; Steward Delegate, Jo­ seph Naurocki. Some disputed OT , in deck and engine' departments. Among many subjects, ventilation in crew's quarters was discussed. Vote of thanks to the steward de- ^ partment for a job well done. Beefs in steward department to be taken ' up with boarding patrolman. BUCKEYE PACIFIC (Buckeye), November 18—Chairman, Leon M. Kyser; Secretary, W. Harper; En­ gine Delegate, George E. Connell, Jr.; Steward Delegate, Americus C. Bell. Brother Leon M. Kyser was elected to serve as new ship's dele­ gate. Disputed OT to be taken up with boarding patrolman. SEATRAIN MAINE (Hudson Wa­ terways). October 19—Chairman, George King; Secretary, Sam W. McDonald; Ship's Delegate, George King, Deck Delegate, Robert Myers: Engine Delegate. Jaroslav Sommers: Steward Delegate, William Lennox. $29.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. Vote of thanks was extended to tha steward department for a job well done. ELIZABETHPORT (Sea-Landl. October 12—Chairman and Shin's Delegate, Tom E. Kelsey: Secretary. Herb Knowles; Deck Delegate. R. Guerin: Engine Delegate, R. Snanraft; Steward Delegate, J. Silva. Discussion held regarding drinking water and water used for washing. Matter to be taken up with Union officials. COLUMBIA MARINER (Colum- ' bia), November 9—Chairman, Joseph , Savoca; Secretary, Woodrow W. Perkins; Deck Delegate, H. Willing- ham; Engine Delegate, S. V. Marano; Steward Delegate, Paul Capo. No beefs and no disputed OT, Vote of thanks was extended to Brothers Woody Perkins and Red McDonald for getting permission to set up old ice-making machine for cooling off * soft drinks. IBERVILLE (Waterman), Novem­ ber 16—Chairman, Benny Brinson; Secretary, Larry Kilgore; Ship's Delegate, Benny Brinson. Brother Ray Casonova was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Disputed OT in deck department. HALCYON TIGER (Halcyon), Oc­ tober 21—Chairman, John Brady: Secretary, Michael Tot.h; Shin's Delegate, John Brady; Deck Dele­ gate, John Brady, Engine Delegate, William D. Cooper; Steward Dele­ gate, Bert M. Winfield. Very cooperntiye crew on board. Vote of thanks to the entire steward depart­ ment for the fine food, pastries, etc. TR\NSERTE (Hudson Water­ ways), October 12—Chairman, V. V. Hakkarainen; Secretary, W. B. Yarbrough: Ship's Delegate. H. RuclfiDeck Delegate. T. E. Anderson- En­ gine Delegate, I. W. Flavio- Steward Delegate, R. W. Elliott. $40.00 in ship's fund. No beefs and no dis­ puted OT. HATTIESBURG VICTORY (Al­ coa), November 23—Chairman. S. P. • Morris: Secretary, E C. Candell; Deck Delegate, Albert J. Costello; Engine Delegate, Walter E. Fitz- . gerald; Steward Delegate, Raymond T. Walters. COLUMBIA TIGER (Columbia), November 15 — Chairman, Mickel Casanuieva; Secretary, George M. "Williams; Ship's Delegate, Nicholas W. Funken; Deck Delegate, Nicho-, las W. Funken; Engine Delegate, Leo Crawford; Steward Delegate, John D. Scott. No beefs were re­ ported by department delegates. DEL ALBA, (Delta), November 5 —Chairman, W. Eschuck, Jr.: Sec­ retary, L. D. Croom, Jr.; Ship's Del­ egate, Frank Rodriguez, Jr.; Deck Delegate, J. B. Cowan; Engine Del­ egate, J. H. Heifer; Steward Dele­ gate, C. M. Dials. $15.00 in ship's fund. A few items to be taken up with boarding patrolman. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. DEL ALBA (Delta), September 16 —Chairman, William Eschuk, Jr.; Secretary, Louis D. Croom, Jr.; Ship's Delegate, Frank Rodriguez, Jr.; Deck Delegate, Lee E. Gillian; Engine Delegate, J. H. Heifer; Stew­ ard Delegate, C. M. Dials. Crewmembelrs request that a Union food plan man come aboard ship at the first U.S. port. Motion made to ask ' Union to get together with Com­ pany regarding transportation back and forth to ships at Sunny Point. $10.00 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. PONCE (Sea-Land), October 7— Chairman, H. W. Spillane; Secre­ tary. J. Kackur; Ship's Delegate, H. W. Spillane; Engine Delegate, Edward flaynie. Steward Delegate. W. Wallace. No beefs were reported by department delegates. HATTIESBURG VICTORY (Vic­ tory), November 2—Chairman, W. P. Morris; Secretary, E. C. Caudell; Deck Delegate, A. J. Costello; En­ gine Delegate, Walter E. Fitzgerald: Steward Delegate, Raymond Wal­ ters. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a iob well done. Everything is running smoothly. RAPHAEL SEMMES (Sea-Land), November 1—Chairman. J. Lewis; Secretary, Harvey M. Lee; Ship's Delegate, Jesse Lewis; Deck Dele­ gate, R. O'Dowd; Engine Delegate, Earl H. Fain; Steward Delegate, A. S. Sze. Discussion held regarding retirement plan. Disputed OT in deck department. DAGAMA (Crest Overseas), Octo­ ber 19—Chairman, G. Selix; Secre­ tary, J. E. Higgins; Ship's Delegate, John Sullivan; Deck Delegate, John Sullivan; Engine Delegate, R. Wil­ son; Steward Delegate, R. Potorski. Some disputed OT in deck depart­ ment. OVERSEAS NATALIE (Maritime Overseas), October 15—Chairman, John A. Dunne; Secretary, Juan Mojica: Ship's Delegate, P. L. Waters. $27.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. OGDEN WILLAMETTE (Ogden Marine), November 2 — Chairman, Edwin C. Craddock: Secretary, Cleveland R. Wolfe: Ship's Delegate, Walter D. Makin; Deck Delegate, W. T. Gardner; Engine Delegate, B. D. Burns; Steward Delegate, Walter D. Makin. The crewmembers of this ship are very proud of their new ship and all the conveniences. No. beefs and no disputed OT. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job >vell done. COLUMBIA (U.S. Steel), Novem­ ber 2—Chairman. B. J. Waturski: Secretary, M. S. Sospina: Deck Del­ egate Richard Heffiey; Engine Del­ egate Walter Cressman. No beefs everything is running smoothly. Very good crew aboard ship. CLAIBORNE (Sea-Land), Novem­ ber 2—Chairman, James Dixon; Sec­ retary. James Pursell; Ship's Dele­ gate. Walter Dunn; Deck Delegate, William Koche; Engine Delegate, Allan G. Tigha; Steward Delegate, Leo J. Gomes. Small amount of dis­ puted OT in deck department. ROBIN GRAY (Moore-McCormack), November 9—Chairman, C. Jorden: Secretary, H. Donnelly: Ship's Delegate, "T. Fosberg: Deck Delegate, Ed Delaney; Engine Del­ egate, Roy Nugent: Steward Dele­ gate, Herman L. Evans. No beefs were reported by department dele­ gates. KYSKA (Waterman), October. 8— Chairman, J. M. Elwell; Secretary, G. C. Turner; Ship's Delegate, J. M. Elwell. No beefs were reported by department delegates. FAIRLAND (Sea-Land), October 12—Chairman, R. Hodges; Secre­ tary, K. Lynch: Deck Delegate, Wil­ liam Doran; Engine Delegate, Rob­ ert H. Caldwell. No beefs were re­ ported by department delegates. FAIRLAND (Sea-Land), November 11—Chairman, R. Hodges; Secre­ tary, K. Lynch; Deck Delegate, Wil­ liam Doran; Engine Delegate, Rob­ ert H. Caldwell. Repair list made up. No beefs. Some disputed OT in engine department. SEATRAIN OHIO (Seatrain), No­ vember 2—Chairman, R. L. Ander­ son; Secretary, W. E. Messenger; Ship's Delegate, Robert L Ander­ son; Deck Delegate, M. Armenteros; Engine Delegate, Bobby Spencer; Steward Delegate, Richard A. Mor­ gan. Five men paid off during voy­ age. Three men were replaced. A number of beefs to be taken up with boarding patrolman. PENN CHALLENGER (Penn Shipping), October 2—Chairman, A. N. Boney; Secretary, S. J. Davis; Ship's Delegate, Anthony J. Oro; Deck Delegate, Walter L. Stewart; Engine Delegate, Roy L. Cuthrell; Steward Delegate, Clarence Willey. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department, especially to Brother Samuel J. Davis, chief stew­ ard, who put out some of the best menus ever. No disputed OT and no beefs. Everything running smoothly and everybody is happy. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), Sep­ tember 7—Chairman, Manuel Landran; Secretary, Harris L. Bennett; Ship's Delegate. Herbert Leake. $10.00 in ship's fund. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), November 16 — Chairman, M. B. Woods; Secretary, H. A. Galicki; Ship's Delegate, Malcolm R. Woods; Deck Delegate, Michael Gurry; Steward Delegate, Morris Berlowitz. Discussion held regarding increase in vacation plan for Sea-Land ships. $30.00 in movie fund. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. OVERSEAS TRAVELER (Mari­ time Overseas), November 16— Chairman, John Gallagher; Secre­ tary, Jorge Morrero; Deck Delegate, Steve Mosakowski; Engine Delegate, Ray Shaynick; Steward Delegate. Pedro Arteaga. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments. COLUMBIA TRADER (Columbia). November 17 — Chairman, W. G. Kelly; Secretary, John Hauser; Ship's Delegate, James P. Balderston; Deck Delegate, William A. DeLappe; Engine Delegate, J. A. Sulli­ van; Steward Delegate, A. L. Yarborough. Vote of thanks was ex­ tended to the ship's delegate, stew­ ard, cooks and baker for a job well done. No mail received from head­ quarters during entire three-month trip. No disputed OT. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian) Au­ gust 31—Chairman, Manuel Landran; Secretary, Harris L. Bennett; Ship's Delegdte, Herbert Leake. $10.00 in ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. PERRY (Marine Traders),Novem­ ber 26—Chairman, Marion E. Seech­ ing; Secretary, Virgil L. Swanson; Deck Delegi.te, E. Duxbury; Engine Delegate, H. H. Farr; Steward Dele­ gate, E. A. Kirchan. $5.00 ii\ ship's fund. No beefs were reported by department delegates. �December, 1969 u • " ^ ' ' . Jose Rivera, 65; Seafarer RU Victor, when he died. Burial was vera died on March 27, 1968, in St. Raymond Cemetery, in Arec ibo, Bronx, New York. Brother Soto Puerto Rico had been sailing the seas since from arterioscle­ 1917. rosis. He was a —\3>— native of BarceTheodore F. Burgess, 60: loneta, Puerto Brother Burgess died in Su­ Rico and was livperior, Wiscon­ ^ ' ing in Arecibo at sin, on October ' \ the time of his 22 from heart death. Brother Rivera was an disease. He was SIU pensioner who retired in a native of 1967. He joined the Union in Rhode Island the port of New York in 1943 and was making and sailed in the steward de­ his home in Su­ partment as a cook. His last perior with his vessel was the Detroit. Seafarer wife, Ernestein, when he died. Rivera received a personal safe­ ty award for his part in making Seafarer Burgess joined the SIU the Elizabeth an accident free in Duluth in 1960 and sailed in ship during the first half of 1960. the engine department as a fire­ Brother Rivera had been sail­ man. Burial was in Calvary ing since 1927. Survivors in­ Cemetery, Superior. clude his son, Victor Jose <1> Rivera. Samuel Spenco* Lyie, 58: Brother Lyle died on Septem­ ber 17 aboard John Frank Yodice, 22: the National De­ Brother Yodice died on October 9 while working fender from nat­ ural causes. He on board the was a member of Mobile between the engine de­ the ports of Rot­ partment and terdam, The joined the SIU Netherlands, and Bremen, Ger­ in the Port of many. Seafarer New Orleans in 1947. Seafarer Yodice joined Lyle was a native of Alabama the SIU in the Port of New and was making his home in York in 1965 and sailed in the Crosby, Texas, when he died. deck department as an AB. In Among his survivors are a 1965 he graduated from the brother, Ross Franklin Lyle. Harry Lundeberg School of Sea^ manship. A native of New York. Brother Yodice was living Onni Nikolai Peltomaa, 52: in Brooklyn with his father, Mi­ Seafarer Peltomaa died on chael, when he passed away. September 5 fol­ lowing an acci­ .1. dent suffered while sailing Marion Sharpe, 64: Seafarer aboard the Steel Sharpe died on October 18 in Admiral. He was Dover Town­ a native of Fin­ ship, New Jersey. land and was He was a native making his of South Caro­ home in Flushing, New York, lina and was making his home with his wife, Edith, at the time in Toms River, of his death. Brother Peltomaa New Jersey with joined the Union in the Port of his wife, Gladys, New York in 1944 and sailed at the time of his death. Broth­ in the engine department as an er Sharpe joined the SIU in the oiler. His career at sea began in Port of New York in 1940 and 1936. retired on SIU Pension in 1965. He had served in the deck de­ George Alvin Logan, 36: partment as an AB and his last Brother Logan died on October vessel was the Steel Apprentice. 21 following a Brother Sharpe began his sailing heart attack on career in 1932. board the Transhuron. Seafarer Logan graduated Juan Soto, 68: Seafarer Soto from the SIU's passed away on October 12 in Andrew FuruMount Sinai seth Training Hospital, New School in 1960 York. He worked and four years later success­ in the deck de­ fully completed the Union's up­ partment as a grading program. He served in bos'n and had the deck department as bos'n. last sailed A native of Alabama, Seafarer aboard, the Logan joined the Union in Mo­ ^ i Ponce. A mem­ bile in 1960. He was making ber of the Union since 1952 his home in Qayton, Alabama, when he joined in the Port of when he passed away. Among New York, Brother Soto was a Brother Logan's survivors are native of Puerto Rico and was his wife, Kathryn and a brother, living in Manhattan with his son. John W. Logan. SEAFARERS Page Twenty Nine LOG Guy F, Plahn, 59: Brother Plahn passed away on Septem­ ber 2, 1969 in San Francisco General Hospital from meningitis. He joined the SIU in the Port of New York in , . 1947 and sailed ^ in the engine de­ partment as an electrician. His last vessel was the Raphael Semmes. A native of Iowa, Seafarer Plahn had been making his home in New Orleans with his wife, Anna, up until the time of his death. ^ Florencio H. Medina, 71: Brother Medina died of bron' chopneumonia on August 28 at Professional Building Hos­ pital, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Seafarer Medina was a native of Puerto Rico and was living there when he died. He joined the SIU in the Port of New York and retired from the sea on SIU pension in 1956. He had sailed in the steward department as a chief cook and his last vessel was the Alcoa Planter. Brother Medina was sailing for 31 years when he re­ tired. Among his survivors are a daughter, Esther Maria Me­ dina, Burial was in Villa Palmeras Cemetery, Santurce, Puerto Rico. -— Wa'ter Emerson Murray, 73: Seafarer Murray was an SIU pensioner who died on October 20 in Presbyte­ rian Hospital, Philadelphia from heart dis­ ease. He joined the Union in the Port of Phila­ delphia and sailed as the captain of a tugboat for Taylor and Anderson Towing and Lighter­ age Company. Brother Murray retired from the sea in 1962 and was living in Philadelphia with his sister, Mrs. William M. Henry. Seafarer Murray was a native of Philadelphia. Burial services were in Fernwood Cem­ etery, Fernwood, Pennsylvania. Beriin Bernard Saunders, 74: Brother Saunders died on Octo­ ber 10 in USPHS Hospital, Staten Island. He was a native of Flor^ f ida and was making his home there with his wife, Jennie, when he passed away. Seafarer Saunders was a pensioner and old-time member of the SIU. He joined the Union in 1939 in Florida and sailed in the steward department. His last vessel was the Del Monte. Brother Saunders, an Army vet­ eran of World War II, had been sailing for 27 years when he re­ tired. Burial was in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Miami, Florida. You Hong Kim, 60: Seafarer Kim died from heart disease on October 19 in Yokohama, Ja­ pan. Brother Kim was a native of Hawaii and was making his home in San Francisco with his wife, Unsook, when he passed away. He joined the Union in San Francisco in 1952 and sailed in the engine department as chief electrician. His last vessel was the Steel Worker. Eizdmie Fisher,' 56: Seafarer Fisher passed away on Novem­ ber 13 at USPHS Hospital, New Orleans from a massive hemor­ rhage. He joined the SIU in the Port of New Orleans in 1945 and sailed in the steward department as a messman. Seafarer Fisher was a na­ tive of Louisiana and was mak­ ing his home in New Orleans with his wife, Catherine, when he died. His last vessel was the Citadel Victory. Burial was in New Orleans. Robert Oliver Bradford, 19: Seafarer Bradford died aboard the Hattiesburg Victory on July 25 as the result of an accident. He joined the Union in the Port of New Orleans in 1968 and graduated from the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship on August 28 of that year. Brother Brad­ ford sailed in the engine depart­ ment as a wiper. A native of New Orleans, young Bradford was making his home in Metairie, Louisiana, with his mother, Alice, when he passed away. ^1, Timothy Pat Sullivan, 49: Brother Sullivan died on Octo­ ber 4 from res­ piratory failure at USPHS Hos­ pital, Baltimore. Seafarer Sulli­ van joined the SIU in Balti­ more in 1943 and sailed in the deck department as an AB. His last vessel was the Portmar. A native of North Carolina, Brother Sullivan was making his home in Baltimore when he died. Survivors include his brother, Roger W. Sullivan. Burial was in Gardens of Faith Cemetery, Baltimore. Superdome for New Orleans Backed by MTD Port Council NEW ORLEANS—A new 80,000-capacity domed sta­ dium, to be called the Louisiana Superdome and incorporating many unique features has been projected for completion here by 1973. The structure has received the enthusiastic endorsement of the Maritime Council of Greater New Orleans and Vicinity of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department. A resolution supporting the project was imanimously approved at a meet­ ing at the SIU hall here last month, and signed by SIUNA Vice President Lindsey J; Williams, President of the local MTD Council; and C. J. (Buck) Stephens, Council SecretaryTreasurer and SIU Port Agent. "The Louisiana Superdome is many things," the resolution declared. "It is a midweek downtown parking complex, it is a Madison Square Garden arena, it is a great convention and trade show center, it is a giant screen television theatre, it is the first of the king-sized auditoriums, and it is the world's finest football-baseball stadium." Among the features to be incorporated are parking facilities for 5,000 cars, a 20,000-seat arena with up-close seating on all four sides, and a synthetic grass baseball-football playing field which rolls back to expose an all-piupose floor suitable for giant conventions, trade shows and a variety of mass audience entertainment. Advanced theatrical lighting will be used. Eight giant color television screens, each 50 feet by 37.5 feet, will be readily viewable from every seat. Besides per­ mitting "instant replay" during stadium events, they will also be available for closed-circuit showings of Broadway plays. Las Vegas shows, prize fights and college football. The Superdome is to be located in New Orleans central business district and Vieux Carre. The Maritime Council urged the stadium commission to take all necessary steps to speed actual construction as "absolutely essential to the future economic growth of the New Orleans area." �Page Thirty SEAFARERS LOG Letter Carriers Ask FTC to Curb Bogus Competitor SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans Mobile .... WilmingtiNi San Fran. .. Seattle .... New York . Pbilade^a Baltiniore .. Detroit .... Houston ... Jan^ Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jmi. Jan. Jan. Jan. 13—2:30 p.ni. 14—^2:30 p.ni. 19—2:00 p.ni. 21—^2:00 p.m. 24—2:00 p.ni. 5—2:30 p.m. 6—2:30 p.m. 7—^2:30 p.m. 9—2:30 p.m. 12—^2:30 p.m. iffllBCTORYof lUNlONHALLS SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers United Industrifri Woricers New Orleans Mobtie New York . Pbtiadelpliia Baltimore .. tHoustmi .. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 13—^7:00^p.m. 14—^7:00 p.m. 5—^7:00 p.m. 6—7:00 p.m. 7—^7:00 p.m. 12—^7:00 p.ni. PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tannar VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shapard Llndiay Williams Al Tanner Robart Matthaws SECRiTARV-TREASURER Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detrttit .. Alpena .. Buffalo .. Chicago . Dulnth .. Frankfort Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 5—2:00 p.m. 5—7:00 p.m. 5—7:00 p.ni. 5—7:30 p.m. 5—^7:00 p.m. 5—7:00 p.m. Great Lidces Tug and Dredge Section Chicago ... tSault St Marie Buffalo .... Duluth Clevdiand .. Toledo Detroit .... Milwaukee . Jan. 13—7:30 p.m. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 15—7:30 p.m. 14—^7:30 p.m. 16—^7:30 p.m. 16—7:30 p.ni. 16—^7:30 p.m. 12—7:30 p.m. 12—^7:30 p.m. SIU Biland Boatmen's Unkm New Orlemis Jan. 13—5:00 p.m. Mobile .... Jan. 14—5:00 p.m. Philadelidua Jmi. 6—5:00 p.m. Bdtimore (licensed and unliceiNed '. Jan. 7—5:00 p.m. Norfolk ... Jan. 8—5:00 p.m. Houston ... Jan. 12—^5:00 p.m. R^way Marine Region Phaadeiphia Jan. 13—10 BaMknore Jan.' 14—10 ^Norfolk Jan. 15—10 Jersey City Jan. 12—10 ""lifrTir'.llft RALTIMORE, Md lilt E. laltlmera St. (301) EA 7-4«0 BOSTON. Mass U3 Atlantic Avanua (il7) 4S2-47I& BUFFALO. N.y 7K Washington St. SIU (714) TL 3-92S? IBU (714) TL 3-f25f CHICAeO, III wa Ewing Ava. SIU (312) SA 1-0733 IBU (312) ES S-t570 1420 W. 2Sth St. (214) MA I-54S0 CLEVELAND. Ohio DETROIT, Mich 10125 W. Jaffarson Ava. DULUTH. Minn 2014 W. 3rd St. (218) RA 2-4110 (313) VI 3-4741 FRANKFORT. MIeh P.O. Box 207 4IS Main St. (414) EL 7-2441 HOUSTON, Tax 5004 Canal St. (713) WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE. Fla. ...T.... 2400 Paarl St. (704) EL 3-0987 JERSEY CITY. N.J 99 Montgomary St. (201) HE 5-9424 MOBILE, Ala I South Lawranca St. (205) HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS. La NORFOLK, Va .9r 430 Jackson Ava. (504) 529-7544 'i 115 3rd St. (703) 422-1892 PHILADELPHIA. Pa 2404 S. 4th St. (215) DE 4-3818 PORT ARTHUR. Tax 1340 Savanth St. SAN FRANCISCO. Calif., 1531 Mission St. (415) 424-4793 SANTURCE, P.R. .. . III3 Farnandai Juneos Stop 20 724-2848 am. & 8 p.m. SEAHLE, Wash 2505 First Avanua (204) MA 3-4334 am. & 8 p.m. ST. LOUIS, Mo 4577 Gravols Blvd. am. & 8 p.m. TAMPA. Fla (314) 752-4500 TOLEDO, Ohio a.m. & 8 p.m. t Meeting held at Galveston wharves, t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. • Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ port News. 312 Harrison St. (813) 229-2788 935 Summit St. (419) 248-3491 WILMINGTON, Callf^ 450 Saaslda Ava. Tarmlnal Island, Calif. (213) 832-7285 YOKOHAMA, Japan..Iseya BIdg.. Room 801 1-2 Kalgan-Dori-Nakaku 2014971 Ext. 281 WASHINGTON—The "un­ fair and deceptive" practices of a company that represents itself as a "postal system" have been brought to the attention of the government by President James H. Rademacher of the Letter Carriers. He called upon the Federal Trade Commission to stop the Independent Postal System of America, Oklahoma (3ty, from violating the iederal law giving the government the exclusive right to operate a postal system and handle mail. Rademacher charged the firm, which operttes in cities through­ out the United States, is illegally using terms such as "postal" and "mail" in its advertising. He also asked FTC to halt another "deceptive" practice of the company — that of putting their employees "in ui^orms similar to those of government mailmen to deliver their circu­ lars." AFL-CIO Unions Win Majority of Elections Unions won bargaining rights for 202,000 workers in elections during fiscal 1969, the National Labor Relations Board reported. The victory margin for unions was 55.5 percent of the 7,699 elections conducted from July 1968 through June 1969, the NLRB said. From January through June 1969, another report broke the 3,815 elections down as to union victories— 50.5 percent for AFL-CIO affiliates, 50.2 percent for the Teamsters and 55.9 percent for other unaffiliated unions. During the 6-month pe­ riod, these valid votes were cast in board elections; 49,937 in elections won by AFL-CIO unions; 38,(X)0 for imaffiliated unions and 22,0(X) for no union. Decemlier, 1969 AVi:-- UNF TO LABOji 1 Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) v|> Genend EJectric Company and Hotpcint Products (CcM>rdinated Bargaining (Committee for 150,000 GE Workers) Atlantic Products Sports Goods (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) vl> Jamestown Sterling Corp. ^United Furniture Workers) —d,— White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) Gypsum Walihoard, American Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers International) —— —^ Stitzel-Wellcr DistiUerics "Old Fitzgerald," "Old EDc" "Cabin StiU," W. L. Weller Bourbon whldceys (Distillery Workers) R1> Klngsport Press "World Book," "Cblldcrafl" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statler Men's Shoes . . . Jarman, Johnson & Murphy, Crestwortb, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) Boren Clay Products Co. (United Brick and Clay Workers) —^ "HIS" brand men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Ties, Boss Gloves Richman Bros, and Sewell Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) -RJ> Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) v|> Pioneer Flour Mill (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Local 110, San Antonio, Texas) ^ All California Table Grapes (United Farm Workers) PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unlesa an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unlesa he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every sU months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All nxembers should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene­ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, inciuding attend­ ance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meet­ ings, they are encouraged to take an active roie in all rank-and-file functions, in­ cluding service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If s'ly member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic righto of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of tbemseives, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer feds that say of ths above righto have boon vMatsd, or that ho has broa doalod his constltatloBal right of access to Union records or in­ formation, ho shodd immsdiatoly nottfy SIU Prosldsnt Pnal HaU at hcadqnartors by eortilod nmil, rotnm receipt roqnsstsd. ^ Magic Chef Pan Pacific Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) Fisher Price Toys (Doll and Toy Workers) v|> Economy Furniture Co. Smithtown Maple Western Provincial Bilt-Rite (Upholsterers) Upset in Wissonsin Beats Right Winger FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguardinB the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. Ali these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust fun^ are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. Ali trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in ail Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Ekirl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1930, New York 4, N. Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracto are avaUable in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union oflScial, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established jmlicy has been reaffirmed by membersbip action at the September, 1960, meetings iu all constitu­ tional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate,' from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. " JEFFERSON, Wis. — A liberal Democrat upset a I prominent right-wing ReI publican in a special elecItion for a Wisconsin state i Senate seat that had been considered safely Republiican. Democrat Dale McKenna [defeated David Keene, na­ tional president of the coni servative Young Americans 1 for Freedom. Keene ran on i a "cut-the-budget" platform, i attacking funds for welfare I programs and urban aid. The Madison, Wis., Capii tal Times termed the Demoi cratic victory in a normally I conservative district "a mai jor political upset." �December, 1969 SEAFARERS LOG Page Thirty One SlrLttfes Bo^ RAINING AT the Harry Lundeberg School Seaman­ ship to prepare a young man for his first trip to sea includes more than classroom indoctrination. In ad­ dition to providing the training to qualify every entry rating for his lifeboat endorsement, the program also introduces the trainee to shipboard life by actually put­ ting him aboard a steam-driven vessel. Before they leave the school for their first trip, every trainee goes aboard the HLSS training ship Dauntless to live and work. During his stay aboard, the trainee gets practical on-the-job experience in the kind of work he will be doing as a crewmember of the deck, engine and steward department on SlU-contracted freightships and tankers. The trainees bunk in the crew's foc'sle, stand gangway watches, and perform all of the cleaning and mainte­ nance work they will later be required to do when they ship out. While on board, they are supervised by experi­ enced SIU Seafarers, and by the mates and engineers. The HLSS program is providing the young man who is preparing to go to sea with the best training program and facilities available anywhere- in the United States. T Lifeboat Instructor Paul McSaharn v/atches as the Dauntless' trainee crew secures the No. 2 boat. Lifeboat drills are held regularly on the ship. HLSS Instructor Paul McGaharn discusses day's work assignments in the engine room of the Dauntless with trainee bosun Herbert Spencer. Standing watch in the engine room this trainee polishes the bright work. Trainees work'with the engineer to maintain the engine room in top shape. Trainees work in all three departments on the Dauntless. Here, steward trainees serve lunch to the ship's deck and engine crewmen. In addition to learning their duties as wipers, trainees also get experience learning the duties of fireman, oiler and watertender to better equip them for their first trip. Deck trainees sand down seams on the newlyflberglassed decks. All deck and engine work is supervised by experienced rated Seafarers. Trainee installs a burner in the ship's fire room. Trainees become thoroughly familiar with wiper's duties during their assignment aboard the Dauntless. �Vol. XXXI No. 14 SEAFARERS^LOG December 1969 Pr.'/ fSiiii| N. ji< • y •:9 4. . n i5r'c£'::yx' ^•,,;- r': I P. J. *1 . ' ufc' V 'U."> 4\ 1 j;"".' ,. ,^1 5^1 fvV^ •^5 1 IjfeJ- -I ofT"e LOG which ' -'|P' • ' ^ ^ rk'",'-"' " ^ ' ' • - ' IfS PENN CHAMPION is a good feeder, says crew, and here's fhe reason. (L-R): Z. A. Markris, steward; M. W, Yohan, messman; George Chang, baker; G. Russell, mess; W. R. Smith, chief cook and delegate. Russell Henry, bosun and ship's chairman, chats with SlU Representative Paul McGaharn during lunch break. Henry reported a smooth trip with a few minor beefs. Chief Pumpman Donald Gore works on deck with crew as the tanker prepares to discharge fuel oil cargo a'i Steuart Petroleum Terminal at Piney Point, Marylandl f � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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Title A name given to the resource December 1969 Description An account of the resource Headlines: THE STAKES ARE HIGH IN THE GE STRIKE SIU’S FIVE YEAR BATTLE ENDS IN GALVESTON VICTORY BANNING OF MULTIPLE SUBSIDIES VITAL TO WORTHWHILE MARITIME LEGISLATION GILBERT PREDICTS A MAJOR ASSAULT BY OIL INTERESTS AGAINST JONES ACT NEGLIGENCE ON SOVIET FISHING BOATS DEPLORED BY RUSSIAN ADMINISTRATOR TOUGH POLICING OF 12 MILE FISH ZONE GOAL OF NEW GARMATZ BILL IN HOUSE PARTY OPERATES RED CHINA’S UNIONS AS TRANSMISSION BELT FOR WORKERS CONSUMERS ALWAYS COME UP LOSERS IN DRUG MAKERS’ RIGGED NAME GAME TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE FOR SAFETY AT SEA NEW TAFT-HARTLEY LAW AMENDMENT LIFTS BAN ON JOINT FUND PROGRAMS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HYPORCRITICAL FOR BEMOANING WAGES FRAUDEULENT CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS ROB DROP-OUTS, LOW WAGE EARNERS RAISE IN MEDICARE PAYMENTS FORCED BY SOARING BILLS FOR MD SERVICES LABOR ROLLS UP 75% VICTORY RECORD IN 2 YEARS BEFORE SUPREME COURT FREE UNIONS CALLED MAIN FOUNDATION OF STRUGGLE TO OPPOSE DICTATORSHIPS INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT NECESSARY TO CURB MEXICAN BORDER PLANTS SY DAUNTLESS PROVIDES ON THE JOB TRAINING Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/1969 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXXI, No. 14 1969 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/ca781b68b994461bfac97318b4a52909.PDF 3c3b9c45dea44203188e62c4276dfe6f PDF Text Text SEAFARERSALOG December 1970 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . AFL-CIO i^nutT iFnr CLltr InUiitigis ' p > •, • * . >• M'A ^ «. \ ' >. N // 1^1 V- * VV-' T ' ->V'A .,V"- • . . •• 7 / •-'5' SSSv • •i^.-1 x.i T ?.;• -A M. "•1' . '^1 V I? r-^i - Coast Guard Returns Russian Defector ... •., W'^- See Pages 4-5 »• •...,.• SlU Crew Conferences see Pages 15-19 �Labor Aids Fight To Cure Disease SIU President Paul Hall is one of a group of top New York labor leaders who are joining together in the fight against Parkinsons' disease. Hall will serve as co-chairman of a fund-raising dinner which will be held at the Waldorf-Astoria on Jan. 17 to raise the money necessary to continue and further the fight to conquer this dread and, as yet, incurable disease. The dinner is being spon­ sored by the American Parkin­ son Disease Association, whose purpose it is to help find a cure and to ease the burden of the victims and their families. Parkinson's disease affects the nervous system, causing muscu­ lar rigidity, uncontrollable tremors, slowness of movement and abnormal gait. Disease Widespread Conservative estimates list upwards of a million victims in this country. Until the cause and cure can be found, the disease is expected to increase. It has been predicted that one out of every forty persons will develop the disease and the newly afflicted will approach 50,000 people a year. Recognizing the enormous achievements of the APDA and the vital need for funds, the labor community is rallying to make the dinner an outstanding success. Sam Kovenetsky, president of Local I.S., Department Store Workers Union, is chairman of the dinner committee. His four co-chairmen are: Paul Hall; Charles Feinstein, president of the International Leather Goods and Plastic Novelty Workers Union; Joseph Trerotola, presi­ dent of the Teamsters Joint Council No. 16, and Paul Byrne, secretary-treasurer of Local 144 of the Hotel, Hos­ pital and Nursing Home Work­ ers Union. Ottley HaUed Guest of honor at the dinner is Peter Ottley, president of the Hotel, Hospital and Nursing Home Workers Union. Ottley is being hailed by the APDA for his dual achievements as an outstanding labor leader and as a distinguished member of the board of the APDA for the past seven years. Tickets for the event are available at the APDA head­ quarters, 147 E. 50th St., New York, N.Y. WhUe tickets for the dinner are $100 a plate, the organization will welcome any contributions. In addition to in­ creasing patient service by sub­ sidizing treatment fees and con­ tributing to research, APDA hopes to raise the funds neces­ sary to build an ultra modem rehabilitation center in New York. All Seafarers are urged to contribute to this very worth­ while cause. Peler Ottley (center), president of the Hotel, Hospital and Nursing Home Workers Union, AFL-CIO, is shown with Sam Kovenetsky, (left), president of Local I.S., Department Store Workers Union, and Fred Springer, president of the American Parkinson Disease Association. AFL-CIO's Meany Supports Direct Election of President Washington Congress, now meeting in a "lame duck" session, has been urged to adopt a proposed con­ stitutional amendment on di­ rect election of the President by George Meany, president of the AFL-CIO. In a letter to the amend­ ment's author. Sen. Birch Bayh (D-Ind.), Meany said, "all Americans truly interested in the democratic process—and that specifically includes the AFL-CIO—are deeply appreci­ ative of your efforts to secure its passage." Meany said that "Americans from all walks of life" support the amendment. "Forces of obstruction in the Senate won the first round," Meany wrote. "They must not be allowed to win the fight." Of various alternative pro­ posals, Meany wrote Bayh, only those should be considered that do not damage "the heart of your amendment, which is that the candidates who receive the most votes will become the President and Vice President." Frustrating System Meany totally rejected other proposals which, wearing "the mask of electoral reform," would perpetuate "the Electoral College system . . . that frus­ trates the will of the electorate." "I assure you," Meany con­ cluded, "the AFL-CTO will sup­ port your efforts'to work out an acceptable proposal that will attract the two-thirds approval necessary for passage of the amendment, while keeping secure the hope and promise of tnie electoral reform—a promise we hope the states will have an opportimity to approve before the 1972 election." House In Favor The House passed the elec­ toral reform bill on Sept. 18, 1969 by a 339-70 roll call vote. Under the House bill a candi­ date receiving the largest munber of popular votes will win providing he receives at least 40 percent of the votes cast. If no candidate receives 40 per­ cent, a runoff would take place between the two highest votegetters. The Senate bill is similar to the House bill except for the date it would become effective. Two moves to secure a vote on the Senate bill were stalled by filibusters. Major opponents are Southern and small state Sena­ tors. ll • ^I . '?! - "!rf PRBIDENT'S RETORT by PAUL HJIII A review of SIU activities in 1970 provides a roster of achievements that will benefit Seafarers now and well into the future. Our work brought us a stronger union, a superior contract, job protection now and limitless opportunities in the years to come. A year-end roundup of the top SIU news stories that appears on pages 8 and 9 of this issue of the Seafarers Log tells a part of the story. Highlights in­ clude: • The signing of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 by President Nixon. This historic piece of legislation -—^much of it long sought by the SIU—will add hundreds of new cargo ships to the American-flag fleet in the years to come, enhancing job opportu­ nities for the men who build and the men who crew the vessels. • A new contract package, worth $100 a month for each Seafarer, that provides SIU men with the highest basp wage rates on the East and Gulf Coasts. • A new pension provision permitting Seafarers to retire on full pension at the age of 55 with 20 years of seatime. We were able to institute this pension provision while still keeping the SIU Pension Plan financially healthy so that all Seafarers, including those yet to board a ship, will be certain to receive all pension benefits promised them. • Revision of our SIU Constitution under a pro­ gram to give Seafarers an even stronger foundation upon which to continue building their union. The amendments were adopted in secret balloting by a 10-to-l margin. • Opening of the Seafarers Vacation Center at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in Piney Point, Md., where scores of Seafarers and their fam­ ilies are able to enjoy first class vacations at the low­ est possible cost. • Completion of the first series of 12 SIU Crews' Conferences and several SIU Pensioners' Conferences at Piney Point, giving Seafarers first-hand knowledge of their union and its place in the world around us. • Coordinated efforts with the AFL-CTO Mari­ time Trades Department to strengthen the Jones Act and add our punch to the nationwide "Ship-American" program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Com-' merce through the Maritime Administration. /^f all of our accomplishments in the year now ending, those that protect jobs now and provide for job opportunities in the future must stand at the front. Our industry has been all but scuttled through yetfrs of neglect. Ships of all types continue to be laid up and scrapped at an alarming rate; And each ship that is pulled out of service further tightens the job market. . The new ships that will come down the ways under the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 will help to loosen the squeeze on jobs. That provides us with hope for the future. To fulfill that hope, we have to continue our cam­ paign to bring more cargo to Americah-ffag ships. We must impress federal authorities and the Con­ gress that current Cargo Preference Laws should be enforced to the hilt. Congress and the Administration, through the Merchant Marine Act of 1970, made a multi-billion dollar commitment to our industry. To have this commitment undermined by a battery of bureaucrats in federal agencies who seek out foreign-flag ships for federal cargo would be unthinkable. We intend to keep the heat on to see to it that no less than half of all federal cargo is shipped on American-flag vessels—^just as the laws say. In addition, we must continue our daily effort to increase the amount of federal cargo that is com­ mitted to American-flag ships. We have a second major challenge in the years immediately ahead of us. We must convince the 1,200 American importers and exporters that it is good busi­ ness to "ship American." Gur nation produces fully a third of all the world's oceanbome traffic—either with cargo coming to our nation or with goods we produce being shipped around the world. But the American merchant marine now carries only 4.8 percent of all of that cargo—and the amount is steadily decreasing. Reversing this trend will require more than new ships. It will require cargo to fill the holds of those new ships. Without cargo, all of the victories of 1970 will be hollow. Without cargo, there will be no mari­ time industry. Tt follows that the SIU will devote all of its strength, * energy and knowledge to the fight to bring the American-flag merchant marine a far greater volume of the available cargoes of the world. Seafarers Log �East Coast Passenger Ship Service Drawing to An End Prudential-Grace was the New York CUy ships gone, only two AmericanThe American flag will dis­ flag vessels—the Monterey and last in a long line of passenger appear from the East Coast the Mariposa—will continue ship operators which served the passenger ship trade Jan. 8 American-flag passenger opera­ East Coast under the U.S. flag. tions. They sail from the West The first passenger ships to when the Prudential-Grace Line Coast to ports in the southwest operate from the East began ship, the Santa Rosa, begins her Pacific. sailing before the War of 1812 final voyage. and the first American-flag 750 Jobs Lost The Santa Rosa, the Santa transatlantic passenger ship Prudential Lines acquired the made its inaugural run in 1819. Paula and four of Prudentialold Grace Line ships in 1969 Grace's M-class vessels which for $44.5 million. It was Pru­ In going to drydock, the carried both cargo and pas­ dential's first entry into the "Santas" will join such elegant sengers will end service to East passenger business. ships as the Independence, Con­ Coast ports at that time. stitution, and the America, the The laying up of the Pru­ Brasil and the Argentina and A Prudential-Grace spokes­ dential-Grace Line passenger the mighty SS United States. man blamed the layups on high ships will mean the loss of jobs These were ships owned by costs of operation and the "re­ for at least 750 crew members sistance" of the sea-going pub­ on the six ships. Their crews American Export-Isbrandtsen lic to price increases for travel. are represented by the National Line, Moore-McCormick Line and the United States Line. With the Prudential-Grace Maritime Union. One of the last passenger ships to service the East Coast is gnided into her berthing place by tugs. By mid-January all passenger service will be discontinued. Plasterers' President J. T. Power Calls for Stronger Job Safety Bill Part of the new 230,000 deadweight ton supertanker being built for Seatrain Lines is assembled at the construction site in the old Brook­ lyn Navy Yard. Seatrain is expected to have six of the giant tankers in operation hy 1976. Seatrain to Lease New Supertankers Construction is well under way at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on a new 230,000 ton supertanker which will be leased by the SlU-contracted Seatrain Lines. The supertanker on the ways will soon be joined in construc­ tion by a sister ship of the same tonnage. The first is ex­ pected to begin operations in 1972 and the second in mid1973. In addition, two supertank­ ers weighing 233,000 dead­ weight tons are being built abroad for Seatrain and will sail under the company's char- Labor Supports Health Care Washington The AFL-CIO has issued a new pamphlet on National Health Insurance entitled "National Health Insurance Is Labor's No. 1 Goal." The pamphlet is based on a radio address given by AFL-CIO President George Meany and is available free of cost from the AFL-CIO Pamphlet Division, 816 Sixteenth St., NW, Washing­ ton, D.C. ter with a major oil company. The building of the first tanker began Aug. 5 and jobs at the Seatrain Shipbuilding Co. docks in the Navy Yard now total 450. The total numbers of jobs expected to be generated by the building of the two tankers is 2,500. When complete they will be the first two ships to have been produced in the New York City area since 1948. The equipment being used to build the new supertankers is primarily that left behind by the Navy when it closed the Brooklyn Yard in 1967. Three cranes, one that can lift 200 tons, now op>erate at the tank­ er building dock. There will be still more building at the Seatrain facil­ ity in the future, according to company sources. They say that two more supertankers will be constructed there prior to 1976, although no definite dates of delivery have been set. Company sources also said that trading routes for the new sea giants have not been set, but that they would probably be used in worldwide trade. The top speed of the vessels is expected to be more than 17 knots. Washington On-the-job safety is an issue of vital concern to SIU mem­ bers and according to Joseph T. Power, president of the erative Plasterers and Cement Masons Union, it is of vital concern to all who work for a living. In that regard, Power de­ manded that Congress pass a strong Occupational Health and Safety bill in a speech given at the weekly luncheon of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ partment. Power said that the bill had been severely weakened in Congress despite the possibility that enactment "could save sev­ eral injuries and possibly a life during the time I speak here." Power, a member of the executive board of the MTD, said that the nation is faced "with a horrifying set of statis­ tics reflecting the loss of life and limb in this nation through on-the-job accidents." Accidents Soaring He said there were more than 3,000,000 accidents at work last year which cost, by some estimates, an amount in the thousands of million dol­ lars. "But to a labor man, those dollars represent a lot more than cold cash. They represent warm, living human beings. People who will no longer have a hand or an eye. People who no longer will be able to work and bring home the bread for their dinner tables. And all be­ cause of an accident." He derided the old adage that accidents just happen. "Acidents can be prevented. They can be prevented now," Power said. The bill which would em­ power the Secretary of Labor to set safety standards, does not have much to oppose. Power said. , Yet, labor's enemies, notably the U.S. Chamber of Com­ merce, were successful in weak­ ening the bill. The bill is necessary, said of Labor, "presently is limited Power, because management to 'studying' the horrifying sta­ efforts at job safety have been tistics and has no power to "like a sneeze in a hurricane." take any effective steps to stop He said "it is about time that the carnage." those of us in the labor move­ He said, "what we clearly ment provided the rest of the need, as labor men and as velocity for the hurricane that Americans, is a national com­ will be necessary to move occu­ mittee to change that sad pational safety standars forward picture and to focus out atten­ in this coimtry." tion on the workingman's safety." Angry Littte Guy He added, "we must fight for The lack of safety standards this national committment to "gives the little guy the right end the slaughter, to end this to be angry," Power said. The horrible loss of life." little guy, defined by Power as Power said "this nation has the shop worker, the tradesman no need of a legion of those and the plasterer, "knows that crippled because of a lack of some workmen are protected safety standards. It has no need from the dangers of their job, of an honor roll of men need­ and he is not." lessly dead on the job. Yet it Power said that this anger has both. Let us act now before arises because the Department the list becomes longer." Appear to Hanoi AFL-GIO President George Meany asked Ameridm un­ ion members to observe the holiday season by writing to Hanoi and appealing for more humane treatment of Ameri­ can POWs. "All Americans who believe in basic human decern^ are revolted at the treatment endured hy American prisoners of war," Meany declared. He cited the Nordi Vietnamese re­ fusal to reveal the names of its captives and its fmlure to keep its proniise to honor the provisicms of the 1949 Geneva Convention relating to hasic diet and medical care and communications between prisoners and their families. In a letter to all AFL-CIO affiliates, Meany said: "The AFL-CIO supports the campaign of the Red Cross for mail ur^g the North Vietmun^, in the niune of hu­ manity, to provide the names of their pnspners, to guarantee them adequate diet and^ medical care, and to penmt the exchange of mail between prisoners and tiieir hunilies. "I urge every member of the AFL-CIO io take tinw at this holiday season to write to Hanoi It is also a time for national prayer for titose prisoners, as suggested by tite American Legion. "An end to the misery of tiie prisoneis cd war and relief for their long-suffering families would help to br^ten this holiday season. It could also serve as a sincere mdicafion of the North Vietnamese desire for peace in Indochina and lay the groundwork for their acceptance of tiie American proposal at the Paris talks to free all ]^mn»s of war." Meany advised that letters to Hanoi, wlneh require 25 cents postage per half ounce, should be addressed to the Presideht of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam, Hanoi North Viet Nam. �Leap to Freedom' Ends in Tragedy A Lithuanian sailor's desper­ ate but futile attempt to grasp hold of freedom by leaping from a Russian fishing vessel to the deck of a U.S. Coast Guard cutter off the coast of Massa­ chusetts transformed a routine meeting of U.S. and Soviet fishermen into an international incident Aboard the Coast Guard cutter Vigilant, in addition to her regular complement of of­ ficers and crew, were four civilians, including John Burt, port agent for the SIUNA-aflfiliated New Bedford Fishermen's Union and Robert Brieze of the New Bedford Seafood Dealers Association. John "Big John" Burt has been port agent for the SIUNA New Bedford Fishermen's Un­ ion for 12 years and a com­ mercial fisherman since his early teens. Traditional Seaman His father was lost at sea off the deck of a Boston fishing trawler during a storm in the Atlantic more than 20 years ago. Still John Burt chose to make fishing his life. Robert Brieze has more per­ sonal experience with Russian oppression. In 1950, while a tugboat captain in Latvia, he took his boat, his wife and his sister from Latvia to Danzig. The Russians came looking for him. He sailed to Sweden, know­ ing that in reply to his flight the Russians would send the remaining members of his fam­ ily to Siberia. He feared the same fate for himself and his wife and sister, so in a bold gamble they and other refugees sailed a hardly seaworthy World War II minesweeper across the Atlantic to the United States and political asylum. These two men of the sea related their eyewitness story of the occurrences aboard the Vigilant to the Seafarers Log a few days after the desperate leap of Simas Kudirka. The cutter Vigilant left New Bedford, Massachusetts at about 8:30 a.m. on that gray Monday morning carrying Burt and other U.S. fishing representatives to a rendezvous point off Gay Head, at the southern tip of Martha's Vineyard, well within the U.S. three-mile limit. As the cutter approached the appointed spot in the Atlantic, Burt could see the massive length of the better than 500foot long Russian fishing mothership Sovetskaya Litya breaking through the mist. About 10:30 a.m. the cutter drew up alongside the Soviet vessel and the first lines were thrown from ship to ship to link them together on the sea. After the lines were secured, a ten-foot gap of sea still sepa­ rated the two vessels, so a work basket was fitted to a cargo crane by the deck hands aboard the Russian ship, and it was swung over to the deck of the cutter. Burt and others gingerly rode the basket across the water to the deck of the mothership. "We received hand shakes from the Russian fishermen and were ushered below to the officer's quarters where lunch was waiting for us," Burt re­ called. "We were all seated around the table, civilians. Coast Guardsmen, and Russian of­ ficers. Many of the Russians could speak some English and the conversation flowed smoothly." Imperiled Flounder The Atlantic's yellowtail flounder is heavily depended upon by the fishermen of New Bedford and the protection of this resource was foremost in the minds of the New Bedford representatives. SIUNA fishermen in that port know that the Russian fleet em­ ploys fine mesh nets through which the young yellowtail can­ not escape, leaving too few available for future spawning. Unhappy fishermen have la­ beled Russian fish havesting tactics "the vacuum cleaner ap­ proach to fishing." This informal and cordial meeting, it was hoped, would help to get the Russians to con­ serve the yellowtail fishery. "We asked to see a Russian trawler in action—see the nets being set—but were told that no trawlers were working in the area because the weather was bad," said Burt. "Instead they took us on a tour of the mothership, showing us their fully equipped ship­ board hospital, a 100-seat movie theater, and their fish processing equipment. It was quite a sight. Message for Skipper "After the tour, at about 2:30 in the afternoon while we were still aboard the Russian mothership in the Soviet Captain's quarters, we were interrupted by the executive of the cutter Vigi­ lant who asked his skipper. Commander Ralph Eustis, to return to their ship." This was the moment when the drama of attempted defec­ tion began to unfold. The New Bedford men wouldn't find out until hours later that Simas Kudirka, the Lithuanian radio operator aboard the Russian ship, had stepped up to the railing of the Russian mothership and told one of the Coast Guard officers, "I want to de­ fect." Commander Eustis returned to his ship and was informed of Kudirka's message. A dispatch to U.S. Coast Guard First District Head­ quarters in Boston then sped over the cutter's radio. From there it was relayed to Coast Guard Headquarters in Wash­ ington with a request for in­ structions on how to proceed. The request was relayed to the State Department in Washing­ ton. The reply to the Coast Guard from the Soviet desk at the State Department was not to encourage a defection and to be • careful of a trick by the Rus­ sians aimed at provoking an incident. Back aboard the Russian ship, Burt remembers that "for the next two hours, we con­ tinued to talk about fishing with . " .7 .. • A M U.S. Coast Guard officers are swung onto the deck of the Sovieigkaya Litya to hegin fishing conference tluit erupted into an international incident. SIUNA New Bedford Port Agent John Burt is at left. Page 4 The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Vigilant to which a Lithuanian sailor jumped seeking political asylum. The defector, Simas Kudirka, was returned to Russian hands. the Russians and then decided to return to the Vigilant and head for home. I thought to my­ self, we'll be home in time for supper." Russians Aboard The transfer of Americans back to the cutter got under way, and Butt returned to the decks of the Vigilant. A free exchange of Russian and Ameri­ can visitors had been taking place all day, but now that preparations were evidently be­ ing made to return to New Bed­ ford, Burt thought it kind of strange when he noticed that three of the Russians were still aboard the cutter. Burt discussed what might be holding them up with Robert Brieze. Some time passed and Burt ventured the guess that the problem was with one of the Soviet sailors. Finally, at about 5 p.m. Burt again asked, "What's happen­ ing, do we have somebody aboard who doesn't want to go back?" Almost immediately, the word went out that there was a defector aboard. "Then, maybe an hour or so later, I'm not sure of the time element. Commander Eustis came to us and told the Rus­ sians, 'I have a man aboard who doesn't want to go back with you, he doesn't like the life in your country.'" Simas Kudirka had done what he said he would do. As the Vigilant's crewmen were about to cast off all lines from the mothership, he leaped across the water between the two ships and landed at the feet of the surprised Coast Guardsman. Commander Eustis had re­ versed the order to head home and directed that the Lithuanian seaman be taken up to the bridge of the cutter until he could speak to the three Rus­ sians still aboard. According to Burt, Com­ mander Eustis then told the Russians that he had no formal request from officers on the Russian vessel for the return of the defector. "I then saw," continued Burt, "one of the Russians leave the room and run like heck across the deck of the Vigilant back to the Russian mothership. Before I knew it, he was back again with a piece of paper which he gave to the Deputy Commander of the Rus­ sian fishing fleet, Ivan Burkal. The third Russian still aboard with us was the interpreter and after he looked at the paper, he presented it to Commander Eustis. "The letter said that the man we had aboard had broken into the Russian ship's safe and had stolen 3,000 rubles. They re­ ferred to him as a 'criminal' and said they wanted him back." After Commander Eustis took the paper from the Russians, he made several trips back and forth from the bridge of the cutter to where Burt and the others were waiting. By now Burt knew that the commander had been on the radio to shore many times, but it appears that Commander Eustis was waiting for further orders. Back at the State Department in Washington, the officers at the Soviet desk had gone for the night. There would be no further orders from the State Department, but Commander Eustis didn't know this. Coast Guard officers in Boston, Admiral W. B. Ellis and the district chief of staff. Captain Fletcher Brown, al­ ready knew after sending a message to the State Depart­ ment at 7:30 p.m. asking for instructions that there would be no response from the State De­ partment. Awaiting Orders A decision on further orders for Commander Eustis had to be made soon. The Soviet Dep­ uty Fleet Commander and the other two Russians waiting in the Commander's quarters ask­ ed to use the Vigilant's radio to be patched through to the Russian Embassy in Washing­ ton. At about this time, John Burt stepped forward and took hold of Commander Eustis' shoulder, stopping him as he was about to leave the quarters and said: "Robert Brieze and myself protest and ask you not to turn this man over to them." Evidently Commander Eustis had by now received further orders from Boston because he replied: "I am a Coast Guard officer and my higher command in Boston has just issued me an order to surrender this man. It's out of my hands." According to Burt, the com(Continued on Page 5) Seafarers Log �USCG Friend To Seafarers S ince the earliest days of our nation's maritime industries, the men of the U.S. Coast Guard have earned the respect of the professional Seafarer and the commercial fisherman. SIUNA fishermen and Seafarers sail from many ports each day to do battle with the sea as they earn their livelihoods. Life at sea is full of hazards and in times of need the Coast Guard has been on hand to offer assistance to these men. The men of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Vigilant, based in New Bedford, Mass., have personally taken a hand in the rescue of numerous SIUNA-aflfiliated fishermen, whose lives hung in the balance because of storms, fog, heavy seas or engine trouble. "There is hardly a fisherman in this port," em­ phasizes John Burt, port agent for the SIUNA New Bedford Fishermen's Union, "who has not at one time or another been helped by the Coast Guard." S Fishermen like those above feel indebted to the Coast Guard. everal years ago, John, along with other fisher­ men aboard the union-manned trawler New Bed­ ford were rescued from the clutches of a heavy fog bank and 75 mile-an-hour winds, and towed safely back to port when their boat's engine failed. As this issue of the Log goes to press, there are reports that the cutter Vigilant has rescued the crew of the union-manned fishing boat Gertrude D, in danger because of engine trouble in the Atlantic Ocean off New Bedford, Massachusetts. It is rescue efforts such as these, repeated many times over the years, that have won the praise of Seafare'-s and fishermen. Leap to Freedom' Ends in Tragedy (Continued from Page 4) mander then went over to the defector, who was beyond the reach of the other Russians aboard and asked the man if he would go back peacefully. The'^man refus^ and after the Russian officer was informed of it the officer asked Com­ mander Eustis for permission to speak to the defector. "All three Russians went top­ side to talk to him and I learned later that the defector replied again 'no, I will not go back.' " "Commander Eustis then told the ranking Russian officer, 'you and your other man go up and get him,' Burt said. The Rus­ sian commander replied "no, he's too powerful for us." The Russian then asked to send over to the Russian motherghip for four men and Commander Eustis replied, "no, three men," Burt said. Chained Passageway One of the Russians then ran over and brought back three men and they all began rushing up to the bridge. The bridge had been chained off and a Coast Guardsman was posted there at the chain to stop every­ one but the Russians who were allowed to pass. "We followed them, and when we reached the chain, we were stopped by the American sailor," said Burt. "I told the guard, 'take that chain away and open the door so that this man will have a chance to get away if he can, even if he has to jump over­ board to save his life," Burt said. "Then a wild scuffile started up on the bridge while I was like this,' and he told me 'you on the starboard side of the ves­ "At one point he was down sel. They came down the stair­ on his hands and knees saying way in front of me and I saw 'God, help me, oh help me,'" three or four of them hitting recalls Burt. and beating him. Someone gave "I then tried to get closer and him a bad judo chop and I wanted to reach out and help could see blood on his face and him. Just then I could see that on his white T-shirt. they had cornered him up near "I turned to the man next to the bow and were trying to get me, I forget who he was now, him down." in all the excitement, and said According to Burt, for a mo­ 'You can't let this happen here ment, he thought that there was hope for the man because the board. Commander Eustis or­ dered the cutter to pull away from the Russian mothership in order to not crush the man be­ tween the two ships. Then over the loud speaker I heard "all hands below" and we were ordered to go below at once. "We couldn't do anything else, we had to go below. When we got there, we looked out of JOHN BURT ROBERT BRIEZE CDR. RALPH EUSTIS can't do a thing about this, this is the way things go and he has to go back.' "I got terribly emotional and felt the overwhelming need to help this man but I was again restrained by the man next to me. Then the defector got away from them and slipped away over the side. They thought that he was overboard on the port side. But he didn't go into the water, instead he slipped down the side to the lower deck and began running around below screaming for help. Coast Guard cutter began pull­ ing away from the Russian ship, tearing lines and breaking off the cutter's antennae on the Russian booms as it did so. "I turned to Robert Brieze who was now along side me and he said 'now we are going to take them all back to port and straighten this thing out.' I to.d him, 'I hope to God we do,'" Burt told the Log. But what was really happen­ ing, Burt later found out, was that when someone screamed that the defector had gone over- the portholes and saw that we were three to four himdred yards from the mothership. Then we heard the sound of the motor lifeboat davits going and I saw the motor lifeboat being lowered. I said to Bob, 'I think they are going to take him back, look.' Bob refused to look, I could see tears on his face. "In the gunnel of the lifeboat I saw the man wrapped in a blanket with a line around him like a mummy, or a dead man in a sea bag. "At that instant I felt in my gut 'It's all over for this guy'— and it was. The small boat pulled away and that was the last I saw of him. "As we returned to New Bedford on the Vigilant, we all remained in the ward room aboard the cutter and nobody said a word. "I kept thinking of the words that man along side of me had said when I thought of getting in there and helping that man. He told me, 'We can't win in this one.' If I were twenty years younger I would have been in the middle of it," said Burt. Look of Horror Burt clearly described the horror on the face of Robert Brieze at the sight of the desperately brave Lithuanian fighting with his shipmates on the bridge of the Coast Guard cutter—pleading for his free­ dom. Brieze said he was think­ ing then of his own burst for freedom. Brieze recalls that during the struggle aboard the Vigilant, the doors to the officers' quarters banged open, and^ he saw the bloodied face of Simas Kudirka as he was being beaten over the head. "I jumped up from my chair intending to help the man, but was pulled back into the quarters by someone. "John Burt and I were told that it would be useless to try and help the man, that the order had been given that he be returned. That man could have been me if I had not escaped from the Russians twenty years ago," Brieze added sadly. �Admiral Holden, 74, Dies at Snug Harbor Retired Vice-Admirai Ed­ ward C. Holden, Jr. (USN), 74, passed away Nov. 13 in Sailors Snug Harbor, a home for re­ tired mariners in New Brighton, Staten Island, N.Y. He had been confined there since suffering a stroke five years ago. Respected and well-known by many SIU officials, Admiral Holden was a long-time advo­ cate of a strong American mer­ chant marine. In a speech some years ago the Admiral stated, "there must be inculcated in our young men a real love for the sea and loyalty to their ships; efficiency and good conduct must pre­ dominate." He was an authority on sea safety and developed a revolu­ tionary method of radar com­ putation for the prevention of collisions or ship strandings dur­ ing World War II. Holden was awarded the Legion of Merit medal during World War II for "exception­ ally meritorious service" while m command of the attack trans­ port Starlight. During World War I he served in the naval troop trans­ port force aboard the Coving­ ton and won distinction for his actions after the vessel was torpedoed and sunk by a Ger­ man submarine. A lawyer and marine insur­ ance specialist. Admiral Holden retired in 1961 as president of the United States Protection and Indemnity Agency (U.S. P. & I.). He later directed the Mari­ time Safety Foundation's safety and educational division. He had joined the U.S. P. & I. Agency in 1930 after more than eight years with the Isth­ mian Steamship Lines. During that time he commanded sev­ eral vessels and sailed more than 500,000 miles. He was bom Jan. 17, 1896 in Lynn, Mass. Holden gradu­ ated with a law degree from Boston University in 1918. He then trained in admiralty, ma­ rine and international law at Harvard, Oxford and Cam­ bridge Universities. Admiral Holden was a former president of the Marine Society of the City of New York, the New York Council of the Navy League and the Council of American Master Mariners. Among his survivors are a son, Edward C. Holden III of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and a brother. Dr. William Holden of Macon, Ga. Lifeboat Endorsements The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded lifeboat endorsements to 13 Sea­ farers upon their successful completion of the lifeboat training pro­ gram at the SIU's Harry Lundeherg School of Seamanship in Brooklyn. From the left, seated are: Omar McDaniel, Arthur Machado, Henry Keith, Joseph Collins and Terry Guile. Standing are: SIU Instructor Len Decker, Dennis Hemming, Eddie Bank, Boh French, John Thorton, Walter Moen, Stephen Jones, Harry Barron and Robert Prater. Also receiving Coast Guard lifeboat endorsements were from left: Bill Hampson, Jack Held, Anarguyros Korizis, Howard Biener, George Stefanescu, Robert Johnson and Lester Hoffman. Cesar Chavez Goes to Jail; Lettuce Boycott Intensifies Salinas, Calif. California's lettuce growers may have won the battle and at the same time lost the war. Anti-labor growers won a court decision to have AFLCIO United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez jailed for violating an earlier court injuction prohibiting a nation­ wide lettuce boycott. However, since his incarcer­ ation, Chavez' followers have intensified their strike and boy­ cott campaign against the growers. Some 3,000 Mexican-Ameri­ can farm workers held a candle­ light mass outside the jail here and were joined by Ethel Ken­ nedy, widow of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, a long-time Chavez supporter. Strikers plan to maintain a round-the-clock vigil at the parking lot across from the jail. A counter demonstration by some 200 pickets of the em­ ployer-financed Citizens Com­ mittee for Agriculture failed to deter the unionists. Superior Court Judge Gor­ don Campbell originally sen­ tenced Chavez to ten days in jail for violating his injunc­ tion which prohibited the na­ tionwide lettuce boycott. He later gave Chavez an indefinite sentence in jail until Chavez called off the strike and boy­ cott. Some fear has been expressed by Chavez followers that his health may fail if he is con­ fined for any great length of time. During the grape boycott the union leader became seri­ ously ill and weak after going on a himger strike in order to prove his point. However, Chavez's spirts re­ mained good after he was sen­ tenced. As he was being led off to jail, Chavez's message to his fellow unionists was: "Boycott the hell out of them." Lawyers for the growers charge that their clients have already signed an agreement with the International Brother­ hood of Teamsters. However, national Teamster leaders, meeting with AFL-CIO leaders ^— including President George Meany—-have agreed that the field worker jurisdic­ tion belongs to the Farm Work­ ers Union. Currently, three major grow­ ers accounting for some 15 per­ cent of the lettuce crop have Labor Backs Food Stamp Bill Substitute signed up with the Farm Work­ ers but other growers are fight­ ing the imion. One of the growers fighting the UFWOC is Bud Antle, Inc. which grows about eight percent of the Salinas Valley lettuce produce. On October 8, Bud Antle secured an injunction prohibit­ ing the union from continuing its strike and boycott until an earlier court decision which ruled the strike illegal was re­ solved. Judge Campbell refused the plea of union attorneys to stay the injunction pending appeal unless the union posted a bond of $2,750,000. The UFWOC boycott against lettuce has differed from the highly successful boycott against grapes. The union led a boy­ cott against grapes as a product. The lettuce boycott concen­ trates on the wholesalers and retailers. Supporters of the lettuce boy­ cott have disclosed that Bufl Antle has close corporate ties with the Dow Chemical Corp. Pickets have marched in front of Dow offices in about a dozen cities. A boycott against bow's Saran Wrap is being considered. 6 tA JA ' T 1 w> T fs A M It IM IS It l7 It a a* A3 tA as at 31 »{ s ft O ».» Aft A7 SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New OrleansJan. 12—^2:30 p.m. Mobile Jan, 13—2:30 p.m. Wilmington ..Jan. 18—^2:30 p.m. San Fran Jan. 20—2:30 p.m. Seattle Jan. 22—2:30 p.m. New York ..Jan. 4—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia..Jan. 5—^2:30 p.m. Baltimore ....Jan. 6—2:30 p.m. Detroit Jan. 8—2:30 p.m. Houston Jan. 11—2:30 p.m. United Industrial Workers New OrleansJan. 12—7:00 p.m. Mobile Jan. 13—7:00 p.m. New York ..Jan. 4—^7:00 p.m. Philadelphia..Jan. 5—7:00 p.m. Baltimore ....Jan. 6—7:00 p.m. tHouston ....Jan. 11—^7:00 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit Jan. 4—2:00 p.m. Buffalo ..Jan. 4—7:00 p.m. Alpena Jan. 4—^7:00 p.m. Chicago Jan. 4—7:00 p.m. Duluth ........Jan. 4—7:00 p.m. Frankfort ....Jan. 4—7:30 p.m. Great Lidres Tug and Dredge Section Chicago Jan. 12—7:30 p.m. tSault - . Ste. Marie Jan. 14—7:30 p.m. Washington The AFL-CIO has strongly endorsed a substitute food stamp bill in place of the bill reported out of a House com­ mittee. The labor organization also urged Congress to defeat any attempts to amend the sub­ stitute bill so as to deprive needy persons on strike from obtaining stamps. In a letter to all members of the House of Representatives, Director of Legislation Andrew J. Biemiller supported a sub­ stitute bill sponsored by Rep. Albert H. Quie (R-Minn.) and Thomas S. Foley, (D-Wash.). This, he said, represents a "sub­ stantial improvement" over the bill reported by the committee. "The Quie-Foley substitute would reform the food stamp program to enhance its effec­ tiveness in combating hunger and malnutrition in America," Biemiller states, adding that the AFL-CIO "enthusiastically en­ dorses" it. Noting that an amendment to exclude needy persons on strike from food stamp bene­ fits may be offered on the floor, Biemiller said the AFLCIO strongly urged the House "to reject any effort to penalize such persons." Beimiller added that any such effort would only destroy the purpose of the bill. As a labor organization the AFLCIO would do all in its power to prevent an amendment exclud­ ing workers on strike from re­ ceiving food stamps benefits. Schedule of Membership Meetings Buffalo .'..Jan. Duluth Jan. Cleveland ..Jan. Toledo Jan. Detroit Jan. Milwaukee ..Jan. 13—7:30 15—7:30 15—7:30 15—7:30 11—7:30 11—7:30 p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p m. p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Unitm New Orleans Jan. 12—5:00 p.m. Mobile Jan. 13—5:00 p.m. Phiiadelphia Jan. 5—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (li­ censed and unlicensed)Jan. 6—5:00 p.m. Norfolk Jan. 7—5:00 p.m. Houston ....Jan. 11—5:00 p.m. Railway Marine Region Philadelphia Jan. 12—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore ....Jan. 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. •Norfolk ....Jan. 14—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Jersey City ..Jan. 11—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. ^Meetings held at Galveston wharves. tMceting held in Labor Tem­ ple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. •Meeting held in Labor Tem­ ple, Newport News. li �Industry's Future: More Work to Be Done Washington Three Congressional sup­ porters of a strong merchant marine discussed the future of the maritime industry at weekly luncheons sponsored by the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ partment in Washington. Rep. John M. Murphy (DN.Y.) said he sensed that new technology and government aid outlined in the bill will touch off a revolution in shipping. Rep. Joseph P. Addabbo (D-N.Y.) said that the Mer­ chant Marine Act will accom­ plish its goals only if the na­ tion continues to press forward the bill's main purpose— strengthening the merchant marine. And Rep. Hugh L. Carey (D-N.Y.) said that the comple­ tion of the rebuilding of the merchant marine will require development of port facilities to handle a new generation of ships. Rep. Murphy said new act "recognizes a new technology of the sea and relies on Ameri­ can free enterprise to prove to the world that this nation will utilize all its acquired knowl­ edge, all its finely honed skill to adapt that technology to its ships." In this regard, Rep. Murphy said, "the act pays heed to changing times." He added, "Its passage would have been mean­ ingless if it did not recognize the presence of this new tech­ nology." The new technology, he said, involves the building of bargecarrying vessels, containerships and supertankers to replace, "the old standard tankers and freighters that have served us so well for so long." - The new generation of ships, Rep. Murphy said, "will give the American-flag fleet the op­ portunity to do its job better, faster and probably at a price that comes closer to competing foreign rates." Research Key Research programs will be a key part of the new technology, according to Rep. Murphy. "Time works great hardships on sea vessels. They wear out and are no longer able to servd the purpose for which they were built. It will happen with the ships called for in the na­ tion's new maritime program. And so we need a continuing program of research and devel­ opment," Rep. Murphy said. He said that such a program will have to be "more than compiling statistics and pro­ posing impossible plans." He said the research in both the long and short term must be aimed at keeping the U.S.-flag fleet modem and competitive. "I am confident that we will not allow the nation to once again turn a blind eye towards its merchant marine," he said. "And as we attempt to better the fleet I believe we should stress the importance of devel­ opment of vessel types and ship­ ping procedures that will build, the fleet to higher and ever higher levels." Rep. Murphy Rep. Addabbo Rep. Carey He said that one major step that could be taken right now would be to acquire more gov­ ernment cargo for American ships. "I am bewildered at the fact that some of the major shipping agencies in government faU to use available American-flag vessels and send their cargoes in foreign bottoms," Rep. Murphy said. "They ought to stop that at once," he said. Cargo Vital Rep. Murphy told the lunch­ eon audience that, "cargo comes first. Then comes service to the customer a. td hand in hand go research and development. If we have all three, then I am sure that Congress will prove to have been traly wise in its pass­ age of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970." Rep. Addabbo also decried the lack of cargo sailing in U.S. bottoms. "Just 10 years ago, Ameri­ can-flag ships carried 31 mil­ lion of the 278 million long tons of cargo entering and leav­ ing American ports. That amounted to 11.1 percent," he said. "We are now almost totally dependent on foreign ships," Rep. Addabbo said for both our import and export trader He said that without the Merchant Marine Act "we would have found ourselves in a vise in which foreign opera­ tors would have' dictated the price and wc, without ships or even the hope of ships, would have been forced to pay." The act has averted that threat, the congressman said, "but we must not permit our­ selves to rest. To do so would provide the specter of snatching failure from the brink of suc­ cess." Future Brig^ With the act the merchant marine can see "strong signs of hope on the horizon," the con­ gressman said. He pointed an increase in American manufacturing as one of the hopeful signs. Rep. Addabbo said the Gross Na­ tional Product has reached near­ ly $1 trillion, an increase of $500 billion in ten years. Much of the increase is in exportable materials, the congressm^ said. ' "The net result is thiat the need for ships has expanded. And that need, based on a projected foreign trade of some 620 million tons, by 1982, is continuing to grow," he said. Ship American "So the market for ships is present. We don't have to look for it," Rep. Addabbo said. "But we must nurture it. We must convince it that the best service is the service offered by American-flag ships. He said there is evidence that persuasion can succeed when it is accompanied by technological advance. "Even as the maritime indus­ try in general was being forced to wallow in the doldrums, there were those in the United States who pioneered and per­ fected containership opera­ tions," Rep. Addabbo said. "We moved out front fast, and we still hold a strong lead over the rest of the world in this form of intermodal trans­ portation," he said. He added that, "other new, swift and economically efficient ships are joining the Americanflag fleet, and their numbers will grow as the program en­ compassed in the act is carried through." He pointed to barge-carrying vessels already on the shipways, and said that, "even as the first of these new, technologically advanced ships are being con­ structed, plans are being develoj^d for a fleet of ships that will be capable of carrying a combination of ore, bulk and oil as cargo." These advances give rise to hopes that American manufac­ turers will turn to the American fleet because of its superior service, he said. "I am confident that we will succeed. And I am confident that just as the decade of the 60s was a 'decade of disaster' for the American-flag fleet, the decade of the 70s will be looked on as the 'decade of deliver­ ance.' " Maritime's past and its future was the major thrust of the speech given by Rep. Carey, who said the winding down of the year had given him occasion to look back on the Merchant Marine Act of 1970, "to review its strengths and shortcomings and to think of what remains to be done in the days and years ahead." Much to Do The bUl, he said, provided the means by which the nation will be able to build an entire new generation of ships, yet had a serious shortcoming in that it failed to provide for port facilities to match the increase in ship size. Calling that a "serious short­ coming of the Act," Rep. Carey said that recommendations for a new Panama Canal sized to handle the new generation of ships indicates that planning of new facilities is being done at some levels. He said, "it is a trifle foolish to plan canals capable of han­ Sfrike Helps Charities Over $400,000 worth of ground meat, fruits and vegetables were given away to various charities as a re­ sult of a strike by Local 29 of the MTD affiliated Office and Professional Workers International Union against Lucky Stores. Twenty-two outlets of the food store chain located in San Leandro, Calif, were af­ fected. Butchers, checkers and Teamsters honored the picket lines and left manage­ ment with no choice other than to give away the food­ stuffs to charities, and then to families who came from all over just to receive the free goods. dling the modem-day load while the nation's ports remain in­ capable of meeting those same requirements." He said, "lack of considera­ tion of this mammoth problem is one of the failures in the na­ tion's new maritime policy." He said the Administration had promised to include ports in their policy, but had omitted them by the time the Merchant Marine Bill was sent to Con­ gress. "It is a flaw," Rep. Carey said, "that cannot go unattend­ ed for very long." For, he asserted, the new ships will require new tech­ niques: Must Modernize Ports "We must help our nation's ports prepare for greater vol­ ume. We must ready port facil­ ities for bigger ships and faster movement of cargo both to the ships and from them into the heart of the nation. "Also, we must be ready to encourage the development of inland ports for barges that sail off the ocean-going mother ships." "For the new giants of the sea, the supertankers and the superfreighters, we may have to prepare special berths. Many experts feel that off-shore termi­ nals equipped to move goods to and from the land will be the most efficient way to process their cargo." Rep. Carey said there is "time to rectify that lapse, but time, as the end of another year proves, is a rapidly fleeting commodity." He concluded, "I favor being ready both in Panama and at home for the new burdens a rejuvenated fleet will put on existing facilities. To me the burden is like the song, 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother', a burden we can happily bear." Appropriate Appointees? The Administration was criti­ cized for its choice of repre­ sentatives to perform labor duties. The appointees are "so far out of this world that the Martians wouldn't believe them," wrote one columnist. The Administration was espe­ cially criticized for choosing a wealthy Washington social leader with little experience in the labor field, Mrs. Rose Saul Zalles, to represent the U.S. at a two-week conference in Mos­ cow on "women in industry." When Mrs. Zalles returned to the U.S. she told newspaper­ men that it was a great experi­ ence. "But of course," she added candidly, "I have never had anything to do with women in industry." AFL-CIO President George Meany welcomes Alexander J. Rohan, pres­ ident of the Printing Pressmen's Union to the executive council of the federation. Rohan was elected to succeed Herman Kenin, president of the Musician's union who died recently. Page 7 �1970 Proves to Have Been ship votes overwhelmingly to fight the indictment in order "to protect its rights." JULY JANUARY President Richard M. Nixon sends to Capitol Hill his proposals for the overhaul of the U.S.-flag mer­ chant marine—setting the stage for congressional action to restore lagging American shipping and ship­ building industries to their former position of promi­ nence .... SIU members vote to adopt proposed amendments to the SIU Constitution, marking the first time in nearly 10 years that any significant changes are made in the document .... the Military Sea Transport Service announces withdrawal from service of 38 General Agency Agreement vessels, thus assuaging unsubsidized fleet operators who claimed the policy of hiring and using GAA ships had result­ ed in a freight rate squeeze which had contributed to the lay-up of some commercial vessels .... the SIUNA-affiliated Cannery Workers and Fishermen's Union of San Diego wins substantial contract improve­ ments in a three-year agreement signed with National Marine Terminals, a leading West Coast tuna proces­ sor ... . the U.S. Senate rejects a proposed amend­ ment to a tax bill that would penalize unions and other non-profit organizations by withdrawing their tax-exempt status if they directly or indirectly support or oppose a candidate for public office. FEBRUARY Congress begins earnest consideration of a new maritime program .... the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department and the Transportation Institute schedule a March conference to discuss ways to re­ solve problems affecting oceanborne transportation to the noncontiguous areas of Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Guam .... the chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee Edward A. Garmatz (D-Md.) announces his committees will begin hearings into illegal seizures of American fish­ ing vessels by Latin American countries claiming 200-mile offshore territorial jurisdiction. MARCH ship in Piney Point, Md. for unlicensed engine depart­ ment personnel .... SlU-manned Delta fleet reaches a seven-year plateau of sailing with an accident-free record .... the SIU Social Security office prepares a booklet for union members and their families^ out­ lining benefits and how to obtain them. MAY Three SIU members are awarded the Merchant Marine Meritorious Service Medal for their part in the rescue of two downed Air Force pilots in the wind-swept, icy Pacific in 1968. The three are James Harrington, Theodore Zieser and Morgan Jones .... President Nixon signs a proclamation designating May 22 as National Maritime Day .... the SIU reveals plans to begin operation of a family vacation center at Piney Point, Md. for the use of members and their families .... two SlU-contracted vessels— the Seamar (Calmar Steamship) and the Bethtex (Bethlehem Steel) are awarded safety performance honors for the previous year. JUNE Members of the House of Representatives vote 307-1 to approve a new maritime program which the SIU has long endorsed .... the Maritime Admin­ istration's "Ship-American" program, designed to get more American cargo on U.S.-flag vessels, is support­ ed by the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department and the Union Label and Service Trades Department .... five winners are announced in the 1970 SIU Scholarships Awards Program, which is open to Sea­ farers and their dependents. Each winner receives a $6,000 four year college scholarship .... the Justice Department hands down a 17-count indictment against SIU and several of its officers charging the union violated federal regulations through SPAD's contributions to the political campaigns of both the Democratic and Republican parties .... SIU member­ Senate Commerce Committee gives approval to new maritime program and sends bill tc the floor for action .. . . . A1 Kerr, secretary-treasurer of SIU, is elepted to the steering comittee of the SecretaryTreasurers of AFL-CIO affiliates during the group's annual conference in New Orleans .... the SIU Pension Study Committee recommends a provision be added to the present pension program to permit those who have accumulated 20 years of seatime at age 55 to retire with full pension .... the Supreme Court takes some of the "convenience" out of the "flags of convenience" when it rules that foreign sea­ men on runaway-flag ships owned by U.S. companies are entitled to the same protection which the Jones Act confers on Ameiican seamen sailing aboard U.S.flag vessels .... Sea-Land, an SlU-contracted com­ pany, adds the ports of Boston and Port Everglades to its weekly coast-wise run. AUGUST Union Pension Study Panel, completes a review of the SIU Pension Plan and offers recommendations for improving the program's benefits for members .... crew members aboard the Overseas Alice are presented a Citation of Merit by the American Institute of Merchant Shipping for their "display of excellent seamanship and courage" in the rescue of a downed pilot in the storm-tossed Pacific in 1969. SEPTEMBER Wage increases giving SIU members the highest base wage on the East and Gulf Coasts, coupled with a new earlier retirement pension program, are nego­ tiated between the union's AGLIW District and its contracted companies. The new pension provision allows for the retirement on full pension at age 55 with 20 years of seatime. The wage and pension combination, together with an increased contribution to the Seafarers Welfare Plan, bring the total value of the package to more than $1(X) a month .... the Manhattan, largest ship in the U.S. merchant fleet, is returned to her parent company, SlU-contracted Seatrain Lines, following her historic journey through the Northwest Passage .... Calmar Steamship Co., an SlU-contracted subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel Corp., takes top honors for safety aboard ship in competition sponsored by the Mairine Division of the National Safety Council .... former SIU vice presi­ dent and maritime pioneer, John Fox of Seattle, dies after a long illness .... SIU Family Vacation Center closes out first year of operation amid enthusiastic praise and response .... the first in a continuing series of SIU Crews' Conferences is launched at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship to give Seafarers an opportunity to learn more about their union and their industry. Hearings on a new maritime program progress on Capitol Hill .... SlU-contracted Seatrain Lines announces approval of federal loan guarantees to con­ struct two 230,000-ton supertankers .... an SIUendorsed bill is introduced in the Ohio state legisla­ ture which would provide long-awaited full coverage for seamen under the state's unemployment benefits program. APRIL Conference on the Noncontiguous Trade is held in Washington, D.C. participants recommend adherence to provisions of the Jones Act and initiates a study of the effect of shipping on the cost of living in Alaska, Hawaii and Perto Rico .... Paul Hall, SIU president, tells the 21st Annual Institute of Foreign Transportation and Port Operations that the success of any new maritime program depends on the success of a "Ship-American" campaign aimed at inducing American industry and government to use U.S.-flag vessels .... AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Lane Kirkland echoes the same sentiment at a conference on the crisis in international trades, saying "when American exports are shipped in foreigii-flag vessels, American jobs are being exported" .... the SIU and District 2 MEBA open a new original license training program at the Harry Limdeberg School of Seaman- Page 8 Seafarers Log �... A Good Year for Seafarers OCTOBER NOVEMBER Congress overwhelmingly approves the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 and forwards it to President Nixon who, with his signature, climaxes the long struggle to bring new life to America's dying mer­ chant marine .... week-long Pensioners' Conferences get underway at Piney Point to inform SIU pensioners of their rights, how to use them, and how to best utilize retirement years .... the world's maritime community makes major strides toward bettering the life of its seafarers during the Eighth Maritime Con­ ference and 55th Session of the International Labor Organization. Paul Hall, president of SIU, serves as America's labor delegate at the Maritime Conference, .... the SIU celebrates its 32nd anniversary and 32 years of progress for American Seafarers .... Mary­ land's State Department of Education selects the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship as the General Education Development (GED) High School Equivalency Diploma Testing Center for St. Mary's County, Md. Addition of the new program offers Seafarers greater opportunities to obtain their GED diploma by waiving residency requirements and age requirements .... a remedial reading program is initiated at HLSS to help broaden the educational horizons of SIU members .... Marty Breithoff, SIU Tampa representative, dies .... AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department honors SIU Houston Port Agent Paul Drozak for "his distinguished service to organized labor" during a testimonial dinner-dance. James Burt, a member of the New Bedford Fisher­ men's Union, vainly attempts to persuade Coast Guard officers to permit Russian defector to asylum .... Prudential Grace Lines announces discontinua­ tion of East Coast passenger service .... Sea-land, an SlU-contracted company, announces plans to build six new tankers .... i^L-CIO Maritime Trades FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes spe­ cific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three months, which are to be submitted to the membership by the Secretary-Treas­ urer. A quarterly finance committee of rank and file mem­ bers, elected by the membership, makes examination each quarter of the finances of the Union and reports fully their findings and recommendations. Members of this committee may make dissenting reports, specific recommendations and separate findings. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agree­ ments. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union and management representatives and their alternates. All expen­ ditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund finan­ cial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copie-. of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Eail Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 275-20th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1I2I5 Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. December 1970 CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and con­ ditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The Log has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for Log policy is vested in an edi­ torial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a re­ ceipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six months in the Seafarers Log a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer Department sponsors a conference to evaluate the probable impact of recent changes in the administra­ tion of our foreign assistance programs and of proposals for further changes. DECEMBER MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR! is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension benefits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attendance at mem­ bership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-andfile committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take ship­ board employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long­ standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employ­ ers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Do­ nation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the membership and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or Biat he has been denied his constitu­ tional right of access to Union records or information, he should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at head­ quarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. Page 9 �m Building Strength Through Knowledge Letters to project at Piney Point gives one confidence that the men will be ready for the ships; and the photographs indicate what fine To the Editon type of men they are. In the October 1970 issue of I am convinced that seafaring the Log you appear to cast some is a pleasant and rewarding ca­ doubt on the ability of the U.S. reer for those adapted to the postal service and ^e postal em­ sea life. If I was eighteen, it ployees to deliver the mail. I would again be my choice. And must take issue with you as I instead of a crowded, smelly old know that nothing is allowed to 'glory hole,' I could leam the stay the fast and accurate de­ fundamentals of seagoing in that livery of the U.S. mail by these fine Piney Point installation. loyal and dedicated postal em­ Allow me also to thank you ployees and union members. for sending me the Log for all Let me assure you and your these years. That has allowed me readers that the men and women to keep up with the splendid who make up the U.S. postal growth of SIU activities, and service let nothing deter them in given me much pleasure. their effort to give the public the Yours for an upgraded finest service possible—no matter merchant marine, what the weather condition or the George R. Berens time of the day. MerrlmiK, Me. I mi^t suggest that this par­ ticular mail was returned to the U.S. by way of one of those Seafarer Mourns rusty, out-dated buckets that should have been replaced years Brel+hoff Death ago by a modern ship. To the Editon As president of this local I I have just returned to the make good use of the many in­ U.S. from the Far East. It was teresting and informative articles with a sad heart that I read about printed in the Log. Keep up the the untimely death of Marty good work and try to keep a kind Breithoff. I never had the pleasure thought for the postal employees. of sailing with him, but f did I congratulate the Seafarers In­ have the opportunity of dealing ternational Union on its progress with him on many occasions in through the years and support different ports. I found him to be you in your efforts to implement a fine person and a good union the provisions of the Merchant official. It is a great loss to his Marine Act of 1970. family, union and friends. Fraternally Yours, May be rest in peace B. J. Martin, President Ame R. Larsen Local 4635, U. F. P. C. San Francisco Glendora, Calif. Editors Note: The article re­ ferred to by Mr. Martin con­ Adlai III Casts cerned a story about a package of copies of the July 1968 Log, First Senate Vote which were returned to the news­ Two days into the "lame paper's office in the late Summer duck" post-election session of of 1970. Notations in Arabic were the Congress, labor's political penciled on the outside of the activities this year reaped a They studied, questioned, and learned about package, which had been sent to dividend. a ship due to dock in Khang Is­ the SIU Constitution, the document that guar­ land. Saudi Arabia. The article Adlai E. Stevenson III (D.antees absolute equality of rights among all SIU stated that "Saudi Arabia doesn't ni.) voted against an amend­ members. get much rain, sleet or snow so ment to weaken the Occupa­ And they found that the foundation for both it must have been a gloomy night tional Health and Safety Bill. their contract and their constitution was a his­ that caused a slip-up in the mail" Stevenson succeeded Ralph T. tory of sacrifice and dedication by Seafarers that was "returned to sender" two Smith, Republican, who was past and present that made today's solid, progres­ years later. given an interim appointment Take heart, Mr. Martin. The to the Senate after the death sive union possible^ Nor were the problems of today and the prom­ article was written in a humorous of Everett M. Dirksen. ises of tomorrow ignored. Facts and figures con­ vein and no disparagement of the postal service or the em­ cerning the plight of the American-flag mer­ U.S. ployees intended. We always WSAFARHW^MLOG chant fleet were presented side-by-side with have a kind thought for these the potential opportunities of the Mure made men arui women and the vital Dec. 1970 A Vol. XXXIII, No. 12 possible by passage of the Merchant Marine Act service they provide us. Official PublicaUon of the of 1970. Seafarers International Union of North America. Those who attended the first series of SIU Impressed With AUantlc, Gulf, Liakes Crews' Conferences and Pensioners' Conferences and Inland Waters District. left with a greater understanding and knowledge Act and Training AFL-CIO of their union and the maritime industry. This To die Editor: Executive Board Paul Hall. President understanding and knowledge will give added Allow me to congratulate you strength to the SIU in its battle to meet the on the October issue of the Log, . Cal Tanner Earl Shepard Exec. Vice-Prea. Vice-President challenges of tomorrow. a really fine one, containing much A1 Kerr Lindsw Williams good news and interesting articles. Sec.-Trees. Vice-President The passing of the Merchant A1 Tanner Robert Matthews Marine Act of 1970 is really Vice-President Vice-President good news. It should offer the from it. They are among its chief victims and impetus for the badly needed re­ they are not happy about it. . . . juvenation of the U.S. merchant The document is heavily weighted against marine. Having sailed in Ameri­ wage increases for workers, but is very solicitous can merchant ships for over forty Published monthly at 810 Rhode about profits of business—reporting only that years, including the period of Island Avenue N.B., Washington, D.C. 2001S by the Seafarers Intemaprofit margins increased this year and "some World War II, I can fully ap­ Uonal Union, AUantlc, Gulf, Lakes preciate how necessary this is. further rise is to be expected." and Inland Waters District, AFLGIO, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brook­ Workers are willing to do their share to halt Let us hope that the Act will be lyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. 499-6600. Sec­ fully implemented, that once ond class postage paid at Wash­ inflation and balance the economy. The AFLington, D.C. America may take its CIO stands has said repeatedly that we would again POSTMASTER'S ATTENTION: place as a major maritime power. Form 3679 cards should be sent accept restraints on wages, if similar controls And for those ships will be to Seafarers International Union, were placed equally on all other costs and in­ needed the men to man them— Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 comes, including prices, profits, dividends, rents men trained for the operation of Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. and all the different kinds of executive com­ modern ships. The fine display pensation. in the Log of that wonderful Postat Official Corrects Record SIU active members and pensioners—some 500 strong—^have taken part in the first series of SIU Crews' Conferences and SIU Pensioners' Conferences at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in Piney Point, Md. Their comments on the program clearly indi­ cate that these Seafarers have' a far greater knowledge of their union and its place in their lives—as well as in the fabric of America—^be­ cause of what they learned during the con­ ferences. (Samples of the general tone of the reaction of those who took part in the conferences appear on pages 16-17 of this issue of the Seafarers Log.) Crew members and pensioners became more aware of how the SIU contracts affect their everyday lives, both at sea and ashore; during their working days and after retirement; in times of health as well as in times of illness. They came away knowing that their union's contract with employers is the staff of living for the Seafarer and his family. Inflation No Fault of Labor One of the best replies to the Nixon Adminis­ tration's attempt to tag labor with the blame for inflation was given by AFL-CIO President George Meany. His position, one that speaks for us as well, is: The council of economic advisers contends that wage increases are the chief concern and concludes that workers should bear the major burden of the Administration's game plan to slow down inflation. "I don't buy that and American workers won't buy that," Meany said. The fact is that workers and wages did not cause this inflation and they have not profited Page 10 Seafarers Log �Labor, Industry Leaders Express Concern Over AID Washington A one-day symposium of in­ dustrial and labor leaders held here revealed the severe con­ sequences that the U.S. econ­ omy will suffer from the "un­ tying" of AID payments. The "untying"—^which al­ lows underdeveloped nations to spend our AID contributions in countries other than the U.S.— threatens the stability of basic U.S. industries, the livelihood of 180,000 Americans annually, and would upset the U.S. bal­ ance of payments and balance of trade, symposium speakers revealed. Sponsored by a cross-section of industry and labor organiza­ tions, including the Maritime Trades Department of the AFL-CIO, the session stated for the first time what the results of "untying" will be. President Nixon ordered the "untying" in September for Latin American nations receiv­ ing AID payments, and in November for all other under­ developed nations receiving AID assistance. Nixon's actions were in re­ sponse to recommendations made by Nelson A. Rocke­ feller governor of New York, and Rudolph A. Peterson, presi­ dent of the Bank of America, who traveled to countries re­ ceiving AID to analyze the im­ pact of our aid to underdevel­ oped countries for Nixon. A1 Maskin, director of the American Maritime Associa­ tion, offered a brief rundown of the problem facing the nation with the advent of "untied" AID. E. W. Clark, co-director of the Labor-Management Mari­ time Conuxiittee presented a paper on the History of the U.S. foreign assistance program. Financial Breakdown A report presented by Capt. Richard Stone, of the Trans­ portation Institute—the Wash­ ington based maritime research organization—revealed that dur­ ing the decade of the sixties the U.S. gave a total of $11.4 billion dollars in economic, non-military foreign assistance, through programs administered by AID, the Agency for Inter­ national Development. ' Of that total, $9.2 billion, or over 80 percent, was spent within the U.S. In fact, in 1969, 99 percent of the AID dollars were actually spent in the U.S. "In spite of this activity, the nation experienced a general decline in the health of both its balance of trade and in its bal­ ance of payments," Stone noted. The balance of trade—a measurement of difference be­ tween the export of American products and the import of foreign products—^has histori­ cally been good in the U.S. As recently as 1964 it exported well over $7 billion more than it imported. But in 1965 a decline began that gained impetus by 1968, December 1970 when U.S. exports exceeded imports by only two percent. A corresponding decline in em­ ployment was experienced. metic is necessary to show that without 'tying' there would have been no expert surplus. We would have had a deficit!" "It is in this context then— serious unemployment, an in­ creasingly negative balance of payments, exports barely greater than imports—that we must look at the actions . . . in­ volving the 'untying' of U.S. AID," Stone said. Calls For Study James Reynolds, chairman of the event and president of the American Institute of Mer­ chant Shipping, called for the creation of a committee to study the problem further, based on the contents of the reports made at the symposium. Members of the committee will be selected from among the 50 persons who. attended the session. Among organiza­ tions and unions represented were the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Work­ ers, the International Associa­ tion of Machinists, the Interna­ tional Economic Policy Associa­ tion, the National Defense Transportation Association, the Shipbuilders Council of Amer­ ica. The $9.2 billion that came back to the U.S., by purchases of goods, was spent primarily in 10 major industries: machin­ ery, electrical machinery, metal products, chemicals, transporta­ tion equipment, petroleum re­ fining, food products, rubber products, textiles and paper products. "In several of these industries the amount spent for aid pur­ poses represents a significant portion of total exports," Stone said. The elimination of as­ sistance expenditure purchases in the U.S. would reduce ex­ ports in many of these in­ dustries by large amounts," Stone said. Rubber product exports would decline by more than 12 percent, paper by near­ ly 8 percent, petroleum by over 8 percent. Endangers Economy Representatives of the fer­ tilizer industry who attended the session feared that the "un­ tying" would reduce their ex­ ports by 80 percent. Direct loss of employment if AID had been "untied" during the sixties would have totaled about 60,000 persons a year. But the cutbacks there would reduce the expenditures for goods and services these 60,000 persons would consume if they were working—resulting in lay­ offs in other industries, at a rate of three persons for each original job loss. Thus, a total of 180,000 persons a year would have lost their jobs through di­ rect and indirect impact of the untying. "It is obvious that the 'imtying' of U.S. aid can only result in a 'giveaway'—a giveaway of U.S. jobs," Stone said, noting that the "timing could not have been worse" since unemploy­ ment rates already are nearing 6 percent. "Timing was also poor if you consider "untying" from the viewpoint of a balance of pay­ ments," Stone said. The 10year deficit of the 60's was $27.5 billion. If the $9.2 bfilion of AID purchases had not been made in the U.S., but elsewhere, the total deficit would have jumped by 33.5 percent. The decline in the balance of trade that was experienced in the 1968 and 1969 would in­ dicate again that the timing of "untying" was poor. Stone said. "In each of these years over $1 billion of 'tied' AID pur­ chases were made in the U.S., he said. "Only simple arith­ Ttumias F. Sfrotfier Your father, John Strother, is anxious to hear from you. Please contact him at 4509 W. Carmen, Tampa, Ra. 33609. Hoyt L. Tanner Please contact your brother, Rob­ ert A. Tanner, as soon as possible in Dacula, Ga. 30211. Ernest M. Jadunan Mr. E. D. Foster, Captain of Detectives, has a brief case he would like to return to you. He asks that you contact him at the City Hall, City of Maron, Ga. Edward J. Kelley Your father, Edward Kelley, Sr., asks that you get in touch with him as soon as possible at 610 Jeri­ cho Turnpike, New Hyde Park, N.Y. 11040. Oilers and Firemen aboard Cortez A. G. Worley asks that any oiler or fireman who was on board the Cortez during the month of Feb­ ruary, 1968 at the San Francisco repair yard and Sacramento, Calif, contact him as soon as possible about an urgent matter. He asks that you call him collect at: 415535-1998 or 415-982-9617. Andrew Runiak Please get in touch with your sister, Mrs. Aim Tomko, as soon as possible, at 3301 Clark Lane, South Plainfield, N.J. DISPATCHERS REPORT Osborne Williams Your wife, Helen, would like you to contact her at 34-34 111 Street, Corona, L.I., N.Y., as soon as pos­ sible. Herbert G. McDonald Your attorneys in Houston, Tex., have been trying to contact you. Yemon E. Williams Nicholas Alaga asks that you contact him at Central Tower Suite 2000, 703 Market Street, San Fran­ cisco, Calif. 94103. Hugh C. Slattery Your wife, Mary, asks that you contact her as soon as possible at 4474 Appian Way, El Sobrante, Calif. 94803. William J. Conneis Your brother, Henry, would like to hear from you as soon as pos­ sible at 413 East 65th St., Savan­ nah, Ga. 31405. Riley M. Crabb Please get in touch with your wife as soon as possible at 631 S. Patterson Park Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 21231. Robert D. Bridges Your mother, Mrs. Onida Rich­ ards, asks that you contact her at 20l9Vi De Lesseps Avenue, Savan­ nah, Ga. Lawrence Travis Contact J. Sawyer at P.O. Box 1442, Norfolk, Va. regarding some of your personal belongings. Atlanric. Gulf & inland Woters Dlslriet 'I Novombeir 1.1970 fo November 30.1970 - • -IPSB-v' • DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Port Class A Class B Boston . S New York 131 112 Philadelphia 17 11 Baltimore 34 19 Norfolk 23 14 Jacksonville 27 23 Tampa . 26 13 Mobile ..........,..>4 V- 49 15 New Orleans 70 59 Houston 97 56 Wilmington 29 : 47 San Francisco ^ 134 110 / Seattle 34 44 677 529 Totals •. M REGISTERED ON BEACH • An Groups OassA a^B OassC 7 2 75 88 11 3 20 13 23 15 •V4;-'.. 3 14 12 17 15 2 0 22 0 22 10 o 50 49 6 56 40 33 35 29 0 109 105 9 28 24 19 ; 454 - 428 92 ^ All Groups ClassA ClassB 10 0 164 200 19 14 46 110 51 44 43 52 16 26 71 35 120 155 143 125 58 :: 34 103 130 10 34 1035 778 -a ' •''•a ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED ... - ^r Port Boston ................ New York ............ Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans ........ Houston Wilmington ........ San Francisco ...... Seattle .^4..............4 Totals All Groups ClassA Cl^B 3 3 80 128 9 6 23 23 26 9 20 17 7 22 28 29 73 65 68 49 20 34 68 112 34 20 . 396 580 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Pass A Class B CJassC 2 1 1 15 58 94 0 12 11 4 45 21 --.i 7 7 2 17 , 5 12 0 2 0 20 12 0 32 52 63 24 38 27 1 30 100 27 67 17 16 24 97 429 326 STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups All Groups QassA Class B Class C Class A Class B , Port: 4 3 2 Boston •: 2 47 17 58 •. New York 82 46 . 7 -V 4 6 Philadelphia ........ 10 /'• • 5 15 6 2 28 Baltimore ^ '5 14 13 Norfolk 13 5 5 16 16 16 1 Jacksonville ........ 12 0 22 0 ^ Tampc* :1 „ 13 n-'-, 1 i Mobile 37 • 10 10 .. ' 21 . -l 38 33 1 New Orleansu..Vv>i i 52 25 V , 35 • 1 Houston 27 34 23 i Wilmington 16 1 , 22 8 17 1 ISan Francisco ; 72 39 63 68 59 ||Seattle ; 8 10 : 13 . , 28 >r'Sf£^^25 260 121 309 i: 395 • REGISTERED ON BEAOff All Groups ClassA ClassB 7 4 191 131 10 8 53 77 53 29 44 20 17 17 55 47 195 117 104 88 13 28 82 74 9 11 839 636 m REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups ClassA ClassB 4 4 97 131 10 14 86 53 27 29 23 20 5 21 64 22 85 120 37 67 16 28 49 104 ' 28 3 433 : 714 Page U �Where They Care For Seafarers Lung disorders are screened with X-rays, checked by Dr. Oscar B. Camp, during every SIU members' annual physical exam. T \ M'- Page 12 ie dissappointment was hard to mask—the youth had been excited about shipping Out on his first assignment as a Seafarer. The trip would have to be postponed. The doctor had just told him, for he had two cavities. Two cavities??? It doesn't sound like much, but it is sufficient to prevent a man from receiving the health card that is required upon entering the SIU and is renewable yearly thereafter. With two cavities, the delay for this lad will be minimal. Once he has them filled, he can return to the SIU Medical Center, at 1216 feast Baltimore Street, and be given a health card—and clearance to sjiip out. The stiff requirements of the entrance physical are one of the reasons that the clinic's screening examina­ tions have been so successful. "The thrust of our program is prevention of serious illness," explains Dr. Oscar B. Camp, medical direc­ tor at the clinic. "If a man gets seriously ill while at sea, it becomes very complicated for all concerned. So, we set high standards at the beginning, and ac­ cept only the most physically-fit of those who apply for admission to the SIU." The preventative approach extends beyond physi­ cals for new Seafarers—each year that he is an active SIU member he must have that card renewed, and that entails another complete physical. The follow-up physicals aren't quite as stiff, but very high standards are maintained. In the clinic reception room, a vast area on the fourth fioor of the SIU building, men wait for thenname to be called. Some fidget nervously, others sit in small groups chatting quietly—renewing acquain­ tances with friends they sometimes don't see except between trips to sea. Some, like "Tex" (Samuel) Powell, 41, are frequent visitors. Tex usually doesn't have an appointment. He just comes in to use the scale. "I don't always like what I see," he admitted as the nurse began to move the weights on the scale. "I'm trying to get down to 215." When the scale balanced at 248 he cringed, took off his cowboy boots, and got back on. "Every pound counts," he grinned. The net result since he'd last been weighed—a gain of three pounds. Those with appointments can anticipate blood and urine tests, a chest X-ray, a tuberculosis "Tine" test,' a proctoscopic examination, dental and visual tests, and an electrocardiagiam for those over 35, or whose health history indicates it is necessary. There's, a rather steady stream of clinic "custo­ mers." Tex is from Baltimore, and many of those who come for their physicals are, indeed, residents of the area. But many are from far-flung parts of the U.S., and may have had their last check-up in Mobile, Ala., Houston, New York, New Orleans or Philadelphia. These are the medical centers of the Atlantic and Gulf districts of the SIU, and they work in concert. "A seaman is an itinerant person by nature," Dr. Camp explains, "and it is impractical to expect him to show up at the same medical center each year for his physical." So, Baltimore sends all its records to the other clinics of the Atlantic and Gulf districts, and the other clinics reciprocate. Then any Seafarer can visit any medical center—the one most convenient to him when it's time to renew his health card. Since the Baltimore clinic opened in 1957, thou- ikrers •J �Robin Garrett ian't sure she likes the poke in the arm given hj Dr. Jdba B. littlelon on "children's day** at the SlU clinie. She's one of many dependents who are eligihle for annual health care under the medical benefits program. There's also a 'Stives' dajr"—and every day is "Seafarers' day." Dr. Littleton wears a cervical collar, hecause he is recovering from a spinal operation. Dr. George Agapitos, one of the staff physicians at Baltimore center, listens for heart and respira­ tory sounds as routine part of examination. SIU member David Ehy, 58, undergoes physical with­ out complaint. "It's very important to guys at sea," he explains. The thorough check-up pro­ gram has improved the health records. sands of Seafarers have passed through its doors. About 90 a month is an average patient load—but if there's a lot of shipping activity, with a lot of men in port, the rate increases. Conversely, if things are slow f at the Port of Baltimore, there's a decline in business 1 at the medical center. I Dr. Camp, a suave-looking 50, says the program I met with skepticism on the part of many veteran k Seafarers when it was first initiated. "There were some individuals who were suspicious f of the program, and felt it was an infringement on ^ their rights,'-' he explains. "But after they became ^ used to the idea, and were treated, and found the y result was better physical health for themselves—an • •' overall improved condition—their attitudes changed." Also, the "inconvenience factor" is kept at a min­ imum. A Seafarer can make an appointment for any morning of the week, and drop by to pick up his health card on the same afternoon, or be told why one cannot be issued him. Dr. Camp believes the program is innovative among unions and credits SIU President Paul Hall with hav­ ing "vision and foresight to realize that although it was costly and sometimes difficult to institute, that it eventually means savings of lives and money." He says the incidence of illness and pathology among Seafarers has improved considerably since the program began, and because of the yearly check-up system, it should be easy to maintain a high level of health. If a Seafarer is found to have some health prob­ lem when he shows up for his annual physical screen­ ing, he is given a three-month or six-month card, instead of the usual one-year card. Then he is re­ ferred to the nearest U.S. Public Health Service Hos­ pital for treatment. If his problem is serious enough, he is not given any health card, and told to check in with the USPHS immediately for treatment. The Public Health Service hospitals are located in port areas throughout the U.S. and offer complete hospital facilities and dental care free to Seafarers. Dependents of SIU members are also eligible for the annual screenings at the medical centers, and Dr. Camp says Tuesday afternoons are set aside for chUdren at the Baltimore clinic, and Thursdays for wives. Any problems encountered during the dependents' physicals are referred to their private physicians, be­ cause wives and children are not eligible for the Pub' lie Health Service Hospital care. Dr. Camp, whose speciality is general surgery, does perform minor surgery on some SIU members—us­ ually on an outpatient basis—but the bulk of his and his staff's work is diagnostic. He has three other doctors and a clinical technician working with him. David Eby, 58, of Baltimore, has been a merchant seaman since 1935—but he only joined the SIU "in 1965. He views the SIU health care program as "very important to guys at sea." How does it contrast to the care he was getting prior to joining the SIU? "This is much better than Brand X," he laughed. The clinic facilities are shared by the International Ladies Garment Workers union. December 1970 Mn. Evans does all the laboratory work at the Baltimore center. Here she checks a slide of blood samples for Rh factor. Page 13 �SlU Retirees Attend Seminars, Explore SlU's Piney Point Farm R etired Seafarers from across the United States have gathered at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamansnip to leam about their union during the SIU Pensioners Conferences. The veterans attended daily classes and tours to familiarize them with the school and participated in seminars to keep them up to date on the SIU and its policies. Pension and Welfare classes explained their rights as retired members of the SIU. According to the written report of the partici­ pants, the conferences were successful. The old timers were especially impressed with the plans to construct low-cost housing in a self-sustaining community on the grounds at Piney Point. Many showed interest and predicted that "We'll be back." PensionerN attending Conference 3 from New York were E. Bondelbo, A. Dockeris, G. Alexander and J. Kari. From New Orleans, Oovis Compan, Thomas Hyde, H. Fossett and S. Ureta. From Phil­ adelphia, Charles Moss. From Baltimore, I. Elisercf, Walter Adlam and Lindon Webber. SIU Pension Conference 7 mem­ bers were flanked by New Orleans Port Patrolman Louis Guarino, left, and Deputy Director of Trade Union Education Paul McGaham for their conference pho­ tograph. Members from Houston were, J. O. McCann and Mayo Brasseaux. From New Orleans, Carey Beck. From Philadelphia, Michael Schalestock, E. T. DeLaPena, E. G. Johnston and Comas Knight. From New York; W. Blumen, Juan Hernandez, Robert Zumkley, Arthur Graf and Uldaricc Marjudio. Pensioners from Conference 6 pose beneath the Harry Lunde­ berg Motel awning on a rainy day. Conference members attend­ ing from Houston were, R. Viloriz. From Baltimore, H. Vincent. From Mobile, Roy Pritchetl and Clarence Roney. From New York, E. Goulding, J. Mucins and R. McKensie. From New Orleans, M. Traba. From Philadelphia, B. Crawford. From Seattle, C. Woo­ len. HLSS President Robert Matthews is third from right. Pension Conference 4 visitors to Piney Point take time out for a photograph. Participants were Mike Sikorsky from Baltimore.From New Orleans, R. DeShong, R. Irizairy and C. Montoya. From New York, Roy McCannon, N. Nomikos, J. Stodelski and J. Szczipanski. From Philadelphia, William Millison. From San Fran­ cisco, L. Evans, H. Herkinheins and W. Toomer. Page 14 Retirees' Wives Can Get SS Aid By A. A. Bernstein Few SIU members and their wives are probably aware of the benefits Social Security pro­ grams offer to wives of workers entitled to old-age or disability insurance benefits and to di­ vorced wives. However, being aware of the kinds of assistance Social Se­ curity does give—and the limi­ tations of these programs—is one way of preparing for prob­ lems that could arise in the fu­ ture. In general, wives of SIU members qualify for receiving cash benefits that are equal to one-half of their husbands' full retirement or disability benefits. In some cases, wives will be entitled to more than half of her husband's benefits and in other cases, less. A divorced wife is also eligi­ ble to receive some of these benefits, provided she meets certain requirements. SIU members and their fam­ ilies should address all ques­ tions they would like answered to A. A. Bernstein, director of Social Security and Welfare Services, Seafarers Welafre and Pension Plans, 275 20th St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215. Q: I was getting Social Se- ^ curity as the wife of a retired SIU worker until I went back to work. Now I have woiked enou^ to get retirement bene­ fits on my own record. Can I collect as both a wife and re­ tired person? A: Sorry, you can't get both benefits at the same time. But if the benefit based on your own earnings would be larger than the amount you'd collect as a wife, you would get this higher benefit. Q: My husband and I re­ ceive a single Social Security check with both our names on it. Can we receive separate checks? A: Yes. Checks for married couples usually are combined to save adniinistrative costs and to save check cashing fees. But it you would rather receive separate checks, just send a written request, signed by you or your husband, to your So­ cial Security office. Q: My wife is 62. Can she get Social Security retirement benefits if I don't retire? A: If she has enough Social Security credit of her own to qualify as a retired worker, she can collect whether you retire or not. But she cannot get bene­ fits based on your work record unless you are retired. Q: My wife collects Social Security as my dependent She just started working and will make more than $1,680 this year. How will this ^ect our checks? A: Your check will stay the same, because your benefit is only affected if you work. But your wife's benefit will be re­ duced according to the amount she earns. • • I �SEAFARERSA^LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION . ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . AFL-CIO ; g: HARRY LUNDEBERG SCHOOL OF SEAMANSHIP ST. MARVSCOONIY.PtNEV POINT, MO. 20474 Sfefc'' -i- -<• X (30l| 9944)010 si T REPORT ON: SIU CREWS AND PENSIONERS CONFERENCES More than 500 of our union's members — active Seafarers and pensioners — participated in a 12-week series of Crews Conferences and Pensioners Conferences that began Sept. 14 at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in Piney Point, Maryland. The purpose of the conferences has been to provide mem­ bers with an opportunity to learn more about their union and the maritime industry. The goal of the conferences has been to make the SIU member the best informed union member anywhere. The conferences gave our members a closer look at the his­ tory of the SIU, their union contract and constitution, and their pension and welfare benefits. The conferences made SIU members more aware of the problems and of the future of the maritime industry. -! lii" w. The conferences have been part of a unique experiment in education at the school — the blending together of trade union seminars, vocational training and academic education. Those who attended the conferences saw first-hand how the program is progressing. J? H- On the following pages, the members tell in their own words their feelings about the school, the conferences and the training programs. Fraternally, Robert A. Matthews, -President Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship • is m • W', �V- 4s;--' ;m-,. . •* * What 51U Members Say About Crews Conferences U'- ::' Joe Powers "I attended the crew conference not knowing what to expect. What I found IS hey are not n is rne the rinesT finest Training training school tor for seamen anywhere. I They only giving the trainees first class training in the three departments but the f are teaching those that need it how to read. I think that reading is the basis or everything, They are even helping trainees to get high school certificates. would like to see this program made available to the men on the ships. William Morris "I don't consider myself an educator, but it is my opin­ ion that the academic and vocational programs are the finest I have heard of anywhere in the country, and prob­ ably in the world. It goes without saying that the instruc­ tors and administrators are of top-notch quality. Although at times I regret that we did not have this when I started sailing long ago." % E. 1. Kenny "I know that I have benefited a great deal since coming here and I am sure that the rest of this group has too. I have come to realize many facts about our union which I had not known about before coming to Piney Point and of the many problems that face our union and the shipping industry today." Mohlond Conn "It is my opinion that the character of young men turned out at Piney Point will be of the greatest benefit to the SlU and the Maritime industry. They are getting the finest vocational training that they could." Carl E. GIbbs "Piney Point is proof positive of what can be accom­ plished oy cooperation, enlightened management and farsighted, competent Union leaders. Training young men is a problem of National importance and here it is being met head-on. One has only to study this project and pro­ gram at Piney Point to realize how vital it is to the future of our nation." Walter E. Durden "It is an excellent vocational training program you have here at Piney Point. The training ship "Claude Sonny Simmons" impressed me a lot. The machine shop is equipped with the very best as far as I am concerned. . . ." Raymond W. Hodges ig class cl "The reading is fine, but I think it would be fine if the trainees who don't have a high school education could continue their education possibly through a correspon­ dence course after they ship out. Also old time seamen."... Joseph A Shofl "I learned a great deal during my stay at the conference, and I think that all of us will benefit from it. I m a pensioner and the things I learned about benefits and other things for retired people will help me a lot. I was glad to see the kind of training program we have, too, because now I feel much better that the future of our union will be secure. Also, I am glad to see that we are going to extend our education program so that all of our members can improve themselves. After talking to the teachers down there, there is no doubt in my mind that we have the best in the country." Otto Tonner "Before coming to Piney Point, I did not expect to see that all the facilities for teaching the young trainees would have so efficientlly progressed. In fact, it was a surprise for an old sailor to see all the floating craft, sailing ships and boats. It sure made me feel right at home." Eddie Bonks, Jr. "Since visiting Piney Point, I've come to realize that about 85 percent of wnat I had heard about the SlU and Piney Point was wrong. By attending Crew Conference meetings, the tours around the installation and the train­ ing school, I have come to be very proud of being part of this organization." Robert Hozenzohl "I believe that this and other groups that have come to the Crews Conference have gotten a new outlook on the Union and the programs that we are in. We have learned a lot more than we knew before this conference and have a new outlook on the school program." C. Durden "The training being given our trainees at Piney Point will ill pay off by having better seamen and better union men aboard SlU ships. What impressed me most, how­ ever, is the academic training and preparing trainees to get high school diplomas. This program should be extended to members on the ships through correspondence courses." J. R. Wilson "The library is spacious and well equipped. And for research purposes, if your subject is 'Maritime,' you Will do yourself a service by taking advantage of what the li­ brary has to offer. It's prabably the best of its kind." Richard Morgan "Through the facilities at Piney Point, I firmly believe we are on our way toward greater brotherhood. The train­ ing programs set up for the students here and the institu­ tion of the Crews Conferences, as being conducted, will certainly contribute highly in attaining a better "brother­ hood" with the ultimate result of a stronger SlU." Joseph H. LumentI "My irnpression of re-orientation is that everyday I've been here I've enjoyed and learned something. I think others will do the same. I also feel that we haven't bragged enough on what we have at Piney Point because we have the best training program in the country." Howard Levlne "There is one time in my life where I can say I was one of the hundreds that helped build this school for the suc­ cess of the young men and future Seafarers that pass through the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship." Donald Robinson "I feel the school not only supplies the demand for sea­ men in our union, but trains the newcomer in education, sports and fellowship." William F. Doron "Now that I have seen Piny Point and its facilities I am deeply impressed, particularly with the trainees and what is made available to them. In my mind it must be the best preparatory program any union has attempted for their beginners." ... Herbert E. Lone "After 24 years in the U.S. Navy, I consider the IHLSS) training program is about the best I've seen in the U.S.A., including service schools, and I know for I've been to quite a few service schools." Alfred Borjer "I have been sailing for 36 years and I am now on pen­ sion. It was a great surprise to me when I came to Piney Point. More than ISO boys, many of them from poor fami­ lies, are learning the fundamentals of seamanship under the guidance of able instructors where they can really learn something. You have to see the modern facilities and equipment to believe it." J. Grlvos "From what I've seen down here at the school and at the farm, you can^ be sure that when the houses for pensioners are built, I will be among the first to come back to stay for a while. Maybe I'll try to buy one." Gory Jorvis "On the training program for the new men, I was very impressed and surprised that we have such modern equip­ ment and skilled instructors. . . . The Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship is something we have all needed for a long time and now we have it." Lewis T. Everett "I was surprised to see how far the SlU has progressed The Vocational and Academic program is the most up to date I've ever seen. The result will be finer seamen and better members of the SlU." Charles Hamilton "I visited the library aboard the Charles S. Zimmerman and was surprised at the large, complete assortment of books and also the reference books that the trainees need for their schooling." • 4 William Todd "The remedial reading classes and the high school equivalency should be of great benefit to our men." Robert G. Lowson "I can see the Hariy Lundeberg School of Seamanship developing into one of the major schools and colleges in the country . . . The first thing that impressed me about the school was how far the SlU has gone in such a short time in years." Fred Carter "Again let me congratulate the staff members at Piney Point for the wonderful job they are doing with our young people. With all of the disruptions and conditions we have in our country today, it is eminently impressive that we have people in our union who have dedicated their lives to our great American heritage of becoming a shining light so that others may follow." Frank J. Connell "What I really didjike is the schooling and training our future sailors are getting which is a reminder of just what our union is doing for us in the future." •f' Edward Sekella ^ "What impressed me most was the school ship 'Sonny Simmons'—very well equiped. If a guy does not learn anything about a ship here, he just doesn't want to learn." Page 16 Otis Paschal "I was amazed to see class after class being taught by instructors who showed great insight, depth and knowledge of the subject. I thing that if a trainee is interested and wants to become a seamen and SlU member, H.L.S.S. gives him the basic requirements." ... ... I. L . SpHlane In this world, where there is an abundance of evidence of indifference to the problerns of the young, it is a source of ptide to me that the union I belong to, under the guidance of our leadership, has at least made an attempt to do something positive and constitutional to help a great number of younsters who othewise might not make it in this world of ours." Seafarers Loc December Bobby Lister ince I learned how to participate in a meeting "After coming to this conference aboard ship. And I learned a lot about the history off the SlU and the hard­ ships my brother seamen had in trying to develop and uphold a good union such as we have now." �•S!;. SlU Crews Conferences P^3 ^ri;>''- £. Adams E. D. Adams Earl Adams M. Acquire C. Akers T. Aleck G. f. Allen N. A. Allen George Anderson Thomas Anderson M.Ard A. Armada John Arthur John Ashley I. AYerill D. BackowHz K. Bain E. Banks A. Barfholomen, Jr. Melvin Bass H. Baum E. Y. Bean Bruce Beattie A. C. Bell Stephen Bergeria Norman Bergeron L Bettis K. Binemantis John Black Joe Blatchford' Joseph Bonefont Abe Botelho Isaak Bouiin J. Brady D. Bronstein J. Brown C. Buckley D. Busby J. Bush M. Conn R. Caldwell J. W. Calhoun Michael CarlisI C. Carr F. M. Carter A. D. Carter E. Casey W. Cassidy W. Chancey F. Charneco T. E. Clough A. Coale James Coggins J. Coleman R. Coleman E. Collins H. Collier I. Concepcion Y. Conde F. Conforto J. Conino Kevin Conklin F. Connell H. Connolley J. Cronin C, Constantine B. Crockett W. Cullen E. Cullerton M. Culp E. Dale Gill Dandin R. Danielak Ben Davis C. Davis R. M. Davis C. Daugherty A. Debelich J. F. Dellanavy John Dellinger Alan De Rosier John De-Yaux F. Dickey J. Dimmitt John Dixon W. Donovan L. Dooley W. Doran James Daren L P. Drummond H. P. Ducloux C. Durden W. Durden H. L. Durban C. Dwyer Bill Eckert P. Ellis George Evans L. Everett David Fair S. Feritta A. Ferrara E. E. Field C. L. Fishel Y. J. Fitzgerald G. Flint E. D. Flowers L. Fontenot John Ford J. A. Fox S. French S. H. Fulford L. Godson W. Gramer R. Garrett G. Gartland J. J. George Joseph George C. Gibbs J. Gibbs D. F. Gibson Daniel Gopshes R. Gorju D. Gore J. Gotseff J. Gray N. Gray J. Green S. Gregory J. C. Griffith Y. A. Grima J. Lenahan F. Habenight E. Hagger F. F. Hamby C. HamiltonW. E. Hampson C. Hand R. C. Hanke R. Hannon Will Harrin D. G. Harrison R. Hazenzahl James Hassel James Hastings Thomas Head C. Hazzard Roland Hebert Y. Herbert W. Henry 0. Hernandez J. Hester A. Higham L L. Hipp R. Hodges Lester Hoffman E. HoHt M. Holder Paul Honeycutt R. L. Houston W. A. Houston K. Howland Thomas Howell H. Huntley S. J. Hutchinson 1. leremia C. Jackson D. Jacobs G. Jarvis M. Jensen J. Johns A. Johnson J. R. Jones -. Stephen Jones T. Jones J. Kanowles B. L. Keenan D. M. Kellam E. Kenney Terranee Kibler T. Kibler T. Kidd P. G. King Robert Kirkwood Alan Kniffin B. C. Knotts T. Koroke F. Kraenier Edward Kresz Eugene Kysar L. Kyser H. Lancaster H. Lane Herbert Lanier R. Lawson C. Lee Donald Leight Robert Leight D. Leon Jacob Levin H. Levine Willie Lindsay Bobby Lister G. W. Lloyd B. Locke R. Loizzi E. Lonczynski H. Lopez J. Lopez Harold Lowry W. F. Luhrsen J. Lumenti Thomas Lyies K. Lynch Tommy Lynch D. Machula K. E. Macinnes E. Mahoney Robert Malone F. Manchack Fred Manchack, III S. Marano J. Marcier J. Markley David Martin Mosell Meyers W. Matthews R. Matlock B. Mattson Y. McCallum J. McCants E. P. McCaskey R. N. McCausland John McCleland W. McConnell R. McCormick George McCraney C. McCue James McHugh T, A. McNeil . Thomas McQuay James .Messic D. Messina R. Metcalf M. Michel K. Miller. R. 0. Mills Peter Mistritta J. Mitchell R. Mitchell W. Modeen C. Modellas Rue! Moffett Charles Moody 0. Morales R. Morgan Walter Mosley W. Morris J. J. Morrison H. Oakes D. R. Oblander R. O'Connor H. Odom J. O'Ferrell O. E. Olsen A, Opsal Oscar Ozer D. Paccio C. Pafford D. L Parker James Parrish John Parrish J. Persley S. Partyka 0. Paschal D. Pase J. Paios A. Pelt on P. D. Perry R. Pinkhan Y. Placey P. Pollard R. R. Poovey J. Powers J. Quartarano Yincent Quinn J. Quinter C. Ramos Harreld Reed Tom Reim H. Reisamer P. Reyes David Rich A. Richard J. Richburg J. Rioux Frank Rixxo R. Rabbins D. C. Robinson J. Robinson J. Rode A. Rodriguez J. Rogers R. Ross Michael Rucker ,A. R. Rudnicki A. Rummel Douglas Ryan J. Saenz Darry Sanders T. Savage Raymond Savior B. H. Schenk Gregg Schroeder H. Schueter Russell Schwertzer C. Scott E. Sekella Charles Shaw R. Shelton B. E. Shepherd 1. Sherman W. Showers M. Siegel E. Sieradski B. Simmons W. Simmons Gus Small G. Smalls Clarence Smith L. G. Smith Richard Smith A. Smitherman R. Smitko C. Sommers Eric Sorenson R. South L Spagler Thomas Spangles. James Spell H. Spillane J. Stathis H. St. Clair N. Steadham Paul Stein W. Stevens C. B. Steward Edward Stewart J. Stiles F. S. Stirk L. Y. Stirper A. C. Stortroen R. Stough J. Strain Ray Strength S. Strickland J. Talley B. Taylor R. Theiss Don Thompson J. Thornton J. Tigett W. Todd E. Toner Otto Tonner Tor berg Tonnessen M. Toth O. Tunner F. Unger Neal Yan Linde F. Yan Looy Miguel Yiers T. Yines John Yorchack J. Walan R. Wallace F. Wall Frances Warren P. E. Warren Y. Warren E. Welch J. Welch John Wheeler J. White E. Wiley F. Williams Keith Williams T. Williams E. Willis M. Willis J. R. Wilson W. Wilson L. Wing Chambers Winskey J. C. Winstedt Fred Wipp Paul Wolf A. E. Wood J. C. Woods L. P. Wright George Yeachle S. Young SlU Pensioners Conferences Walter Ad lam G. Alexander B. Baterna Carey Beck W. Blumen E. Bondelbo A. Bonti Alfred Borjer A. Bayer Mayo Brasseaux Clovis Compan E. Constantino A. S. Conti Walter Cook B. Crawford S. Day Richard DeGarrf E. T. DeLaPena R. DeShong A, Dockeris J. Dovak L P. Drummond O. N. Edwards Lazaro Eilorin L Eliserio L Evans John Flannery T. Fortin H.Fossett B. Foster T. Garrity L. Goodwin E. Goulding Arthur Graf J. Grivas P. Gruz H. Herkinheins J. Hernandez L. Hogan Thomas Hyde R. Irizarry C. Izguierdo E. B. Johnston J. Kari Comas Knight A. Langley M. Lubiejewski Gustabe Lueth John Maasik M. Madrang F. Mazel F. Miller Uldarico Merjudio William Millison Charles Moss C. Montoya W. Morris J. Mucina J. Munin Roy McCannon J. D. McCants James McCloud L. McCullough R. McKenzie W. McNeil N. Nomikos J. Pastrasno A. Platis W- Pleszczuk Roy Pritchett R. Ramsperger W. Reck W. Reidy S. Rogamos G. Romano Clarence Roney J. Russell M. Schalestork H. Seymour Joseph Shea Mike Sikorsky J. Stodolski Adam Swiszczoski J. Szczipanski W. Toomer M. Traba T. Urbina S. Ureta R. Yiloria H. Yincent Lindon Webber R. White J. WillHord H. S. Wilson C. Wooten Robert Zumkley St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St - �Crews Conferences Pictured during SIU Crew Conference 4 are, from New York: E. V. Bean, W. Cassidy, J. Lenahan, K. Miller, J. Fazos, V. Placey and J. Rogers. From Baltimore: John DeVaux, David Fair, James Messic, Peter Mistritia, T. Spangler and Fred Wipp. From Houston: T. E. Clough, W. E. Hampson, P. G. King and Edward Stewart. From Mo­ bile: A. C. Bell, L. Bettis, F. M. Carter, J. W. OTerrell, D. C. Robinson and W. F. Simmons. From New Orleans: K. Binemantis, R. Coleman, L. Fontenot, V. Herbert and A. Rodriquez. Representing San Francisco are: L. AverUI, R. Morgan, J. Smitko, R. South, J. Statbis and F. linger. From Philadelphia: Edward Kresz, Clarence Smith and Vincent Quinn. Visiting the HLSS farm. Crew Conference 6 members were told about the facilities and plans for expansion. The Seafarers are, from Baltimore: C. Pafford, L. C. Smith, and D. Pase. From Boston: R. M. Davis and C B. Stewart. From Jacksonville: Thomas McQuay. From Mobile: T. Savage, M. Ard, E. Collins, J. Tigett, S. H. Fulford and R. L. Houston. From York: R. McCormick, J. Gray, R. O'Connor, Isaak Bouzin, A. Rummel, R. Danielak, W. Morris, D. Leon and O. Paschal. From New Orleans: F. Conforto, E. Banks and W. Simmons. From Philadelphia: L. Spangler. From San Fran­ cisco: J. Welch, M. Willis, R. Rohbins, O. Morales, C. Ramos and J. C. Winstedt. From Houston: Ray Streng^. Standing at extreme right of the photo is New York Port Agent Leon Hall. Members of Crew Conference 5 gathered for a group photo during their 10-day semi­ nar. Participants were, from Baltimore: A. Debelich, John Dixon, J. C. Griffith, Her­ bert Lanier, Charles Shaw and Miguel Viers. From Houston: D. M. Kellam, D. Bronstein, H. Reisames. From Mobile: G. F. Allen, D. G. Harrison, J. Kanowles, T. Kidd Jr., L. Wing and Al Smitherman. From New York: W. Donovan, D. Paccio, Thomas Anderson, James Coggins, Ben Davis. From New Orleans: E. Adams, E. D. Adams, J. Conino, W. F. Luhrsen, R. Matlock and P. Mistretta. From Philadelphia: D. Backowitz, H. Collier and Alan Kniffin. From San Francisco: E. B. Flowers, O. Hernandez, E. P. McCaskey, O. E. Olsen, B. Todd and J. R. Wilson. In this photo they are accom­ panied by New York Port Patrolman Angus "Red" Campbell, second from left, and SIU Representative Frankie Mongelli, center of sign. Gathering on the Harry Lundeberg Motel grounds are members of Crew Conference 7. Participants were: from Baltimore, C. Akers^ K. Bain, L. Dooley, J. Gibbs, J. Green and J. Richburg. From Houston: John Ford and Thomas Head. From Mobile: H. P. DuOoux, L. L. Hipp, A. Johnson, B. L. Keenan, L. V. Stripe and J. Robinson. From New Orleans: A. Bartholomen, W. Henry, and R. Shelton. From New York: Melvin Bass, V. Grima, H. Huntley, H. Schueter and C. Sommers. From Philadelphia: J. Machula, D. Messina, R. Ross and and J. Stiles. From San Francisco: H. Baum, G. Gartland, R. Lawson, R. Pinkham, P. Reyes and J. Strain. I- i. Crew Conference 9 participants stand in front of the HLSS Motel lobby. Members were: from Baltimore, A. Armada, L. Gadson, J. Mercier, J. Hester, J. Rode and Charles Gill. From Mobile: T. Jones, T. A. McNeil, L. P. Wright, D. Parker and A. Opsal. From New York: M. Jensen, H. St. Oair, E. Dale, J. Powers, R. Loizzi, S. Partyka, R. Wallace and W. Modeen. From New Orleans: W. McConnell, A. Bothelo, R. Stough, S. Marano, M. Toth, Robert Caldwell, J. Saenz and G. Flint. From Philadelphia: Greg Schroeder and Frank Rizzo. From San Francisco: J. F. DeUanavy, J. A. Fox, R. R. Poovey, E. Sieradski, C. L. Fishel and I. loremia. I •„ ft! Dl |l • K Crew Conference 10 participants pose for a group photo. Conference members from Houston were: H. L. Durham and Leon Drummond. From Baltimore: John Dellinger and George Hand. From New York: J. R. Jones, Joseph Quartarano, Anthony Ferrara, Dee Jacobs, Fred Habenicht, Edward Casey, Robert Metcalf and Stuart French. From Mobile: W. CuUen, Albert Coalcy, Earl Adams and David Gibson. From New Orleans: Frank Kraemer, Fred Williams, Gus Smalls, Nathaniel Gray, Salvador Feritta, J. Dimmitt and F. Charneco. From San Francisco: Richard McCausland, D. R. Oblander, Bertis Schenk, Andrew Stortroen, E. CuUerton and Glenn Lloyd. December 1970 Page 19 �- - i' > '*Sit- r& • • vv;" ^^Gentlemen, the lifeboat can save your life!'* Lifeboat Knowledge Can Save Lives ne of the most important facets of traming future Seafarers at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship at Piney Point is the classroom and practical instruction for life­ boat certification. Lifeboat training is part of the vocational curriculum that insures that trainees will be able to advance above entry level jobs. Coast Guard regulations require that seamen must be qualified to qualify in a lifeboat in order to upgrade to key ratings. The trainees are required to pass written and practical examinations to prove that they are capable of handling a lifeboat before they graduate from the school. The first tv/o weeks of the 12 week course of training is devoted to preparation for the Lifeboat examination. The students are taught the basics of first aid and survival in addition to "Abandon Ship" drill. There are sound reasons for such prepara­ tion, with emphasis on emergency shipboard O procedures since the instructors, know that the ability to properly use a lifeboat has saved, in the past, and will save, in the future, the lives of many seamen. At the conclusion of lifeboat training each trainee takes a written examination under the supervision of visiting Coast Guard personnel to qualify for the practical examination. Then the trainees go to the davits and are lowered into the waters of Chesapeake Bay to show the Coast Guard examiners that they can handle oars. Each one takes a turn as coxswain at the sweep oar and the crew positions rotate until every man has his turn. Since the beginning of the lifeboat training program at Piney Point, more than 3,500 Sea­ farers have been taught how to save their lives, and the lives of others, in the event of an emer­ gency at sea. "Man the davits!" > , "Lifeboat Stations!" "Strip that canvas!" Seafarers Log �"Oars!" "Lower Away!" After passing the U.S. Coast Guard lifeboat examination, members of Oass 57 pose for a portrait. They are flanked by, standing from left. Trainee Bosuns Mike Dennis, Barry Hicks and HLSS Instructor Warb Mathews. Others are, front row from left. Bob Painter, Rich Mertz, Charles Stockland, Homer Allen, William Maurer, Michael Giaccone, Steve Gratton and Randolph Christian. Second row, Tim Thomas, Joe Haller, Michael Sauve, Robert Sims, Efrain Torres, David Taylor, Patrick Lescot and Wil­ liam Roach. Rear row, Thomas Donovan, Thomas Culp, Patrick Edgell and Jonathan Conrad. Class 58 is pictured after their lifeboat exami­ nation. They are, fro left, front row, Judson Spencer, Donald Waiters, Warren Donaldson, Jolm Faulk, James Deegan, James Dean, Melvin Evans and William Maguire. Second row, Allen Hanson, Bill Metz, Neil David, Jerry G. Cooper, Jerry C. Cooper, Irvin Crutchlow, James Osteen and David Wzorek. Third row, Lawrence Wendt, Michael McBride, Floyd Bishop and Reginald Hood. Rear row, Pat Winsor, David Michaels, Robert Godbey, Rod­ ney Gibson, Bill Werdann, Vladimir Volovik and Alan Thomas. They are flanked by Trainee Bosun William Ripley and Instructor W^rb Matthews. V' I t- Members of Lifeboat Class 60 are pictured after passing their U.S. Coast Guard examina­ tions. They are flanked by Instructor Bruce Simmons, standing left and Trainee Bosun Juan Acevedo, far right. The class members are, first row ifrom left, David Gonzalez, Keith Petty, William Kenny, Ted Morski, Charles Brown, Carlos Gomez, Charles Hinton and Leonard Hollis. Second row from left, Robert Wells, Mike Harvey, Richard Wilson, Leonard Brown, William Smith, Larry Shipley, Harvey Huston and Kenneth Snider. Third row from left, Kellious William, John Rosado, Marty Hall, Ralph Richard and Bsb White. Fourth row from left,-Preston Taylor, Earl Ferebee, Richard Womstaff, Mike Vemott, Arthur Bar­ rios, Benny Balerio, John Brancoccio and Mark Marino. �Digest of SiU Ships Meetings WACOSTA (Sea-Land), Oct. 25 and new contract. Disputed OT to RALEIGH (Crest Overseas), July Maritime), Nov. 15—Chairman Leo —Chairman, Joseph Gonzalez; Sec­ be taken up with boarding patrol­ 11—Chairman, A. H. Schwartz; Paradise; Secretary B. A. Baa; retary, Joseph DeLise; Deck Dele­ man. Secretary, Richard Kowalski. No Deck Delegate Robert H. Bell, Sr.; gate, J. Dickerson; Engine Dele­ EAGLE TRAVELER (United beefs reported by department dele­ Engine Delegate S. Padilla; Steward gate, Richard M. McDonald; Stew­ Maritime), Oct. 11—Chairman, Jo­ gates. Delegate William S. Costa. $7 in TRANSHAWAU (Hudson Wa­ ship's fund. No beefs reported by ard Delegate, Carl B. Carter, Jr. seph L. Bourgeois; Secretary, A. W. Some disputed OT in engine de­ Hutcherson; Engine Delegate, Otto terways), Nov. 1—C h a i r m a n , department delegates. partment. Motley; Steward Delegate, James George DeGreve; Secretary, Wil­ MT. WASHINGTON (Victory SEATRAIN OfflO (Hudson Wa­ Carter. Discussion held regarding liam Seltzer; Deck Delegate, Joseph Carriers), Oct. 25—Chairman H. I. terways), Oct. 17—Chairman, Ray pension plan. $8 in ship's fund. No L. Linhar; Engine Delegate; S. Pousson; Secretary O. P. Oakley; Wala; Steward Delegate, William Knotes; Secretary, Grover C. beefs. Deck Delegates. E. F. O'Brien; En­ Turner; Deck Delegate, Paul L. STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmi­ Seidenstricker. No beefs. Fine voy­ gine Delegate V. L. Meehan; Stew­ Whetlaw; Engine Delegate, J. L. an), Oct. 25—Chairman, Charles age. Everything running smoothly. ard Delegate Welden O. Walmar. Yandell; Steward Delegate, John Damico; Secretary, Thomas Wil­ DEL NORTE (Delta), Nov. 1— No beefs reported. Everything run­ M. Clarke. Some disputed OT in liams; Deck Delegate, James C. Chairman, Tony J. Radich; Secre­ ning smoothly. Discussion held re­ deck department. No beefs. Callim, Engine Delegate, Reidar M. tary, Piggy Sahuque; Deck Dele­ garding food supplies being put WALTER RICE (Reynolds Met­ Nielsen. $20 in ship's fund. Every­ gate, Angel Urti; Engine Delegate, aboard. Some disputed OT in deck als), Oct. 25—Chairman, Tom A. thing running smoothly in all de­ A. F. Rehm; Steward Delegate, department to be / taken up with Martineau; Secretary, Felipe Quin- partments. Vote of thanks to stew­ Charles H. Cassard. Everything boarding patrolman. tayo; Deck Delegate, Charlie ard department for job well done. running smoothly. Few hours dis­ MONTPELIER VICTORY (Vic­ TRANSCOLORADO (Hudson puted OT in steward department. Brown; Engine Delegate, Walter tory Carriers), Nov. 8—Chairman Ballon; Ship's Delegate, G. Mar­ Waterways), Oct. 25—Chairman, Vote of thanks extended to steward J. Bentz; Secretary J. E. Higgins; tinez. $.94 in ship's fund. Few hours S. R. Mehringer; Secrkary, Jake department for job well done. Deck Delegate J. M. Ard; Steward disputed OT in engine department. Cobb; Deck Delegate, Wm. F. STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), Delegate Herbert E. Brackett. $96 Chapman; Engine Delegate, Clar­ Nov. 1—Chairman, C. Jordan; Sec­ No beefs. in ship's fund. No beefs and no ence D. Crowley. $66 in ship's fund. SEATRAIN OHIO (Hudson Wa­ retary, I. R. Llenos; Deck Delegate, disputed OT. terways), Oct. 25—Chairman, Ray Some disputed OT in engine de­ Ian Hendrix; Engine Delegate, A. MONTPELIER VICTORY (Vic­ partment. Knotes; Secretary, Grover C. Tur­ Aberman; Steward Delegate, R. G. tory Carriers), Nov. 15—Chairman SACRAMENTO (Ogden Ma­ Black. $11.50 in ship's fund. Few ner; Deck Delegate, Paul L. WhitJ. Bentz; Secretary J. E. Higgins; law; Engine Delegate, Ronald J. rine), Oct. 11—Chairman, William hours disputed OT in deck depart­ Steward Delegate Herbert E. Brack­ Littleton; Steward Delegate, John P. Linke, Jr.; Secretary, Darrell G. ment. Vote of thanks to steward ett. $96 in ship's fund. Disputed OT M. Clarke. Some disputed OT in Chafin; Deck Delegate, Don Dillon; department for job well done. in deck and engine department. Engine Delegate, Mallard Hinson; deck department. Discussion held LOS ANGELES (Sea-Land), Oct. Everything running smoothly. Steward Delegate, James L. Woods. 11—Chairman, Michael J. Demregarding repairs. CALMAR (Calmar), Nov. 8— COLUMBIA (U.S. Steel), Oct. 25 Repairs in engine department com­ browski; Secretary, G. P. Thlu. Chairman Elbert Hogge; Secretary pleted. Everything running smooth­ —Chairman, J. Pierce; Secretary, $62 in ship's fund. No beefs report­ Howard Flynn; Deck Delegate M. S. Sospina; Deck Delegate, ly. Some disputed OT in deck de­ ed by department delegates. John A. Dunne; Steward Delegate James S. Rogers; Engine Delegate. partment. DEL SUD (Delta), Oct. 4— Ed Sinush. Some disputed OT in JAMES (Ogden Marine), Nov. Chairman, A. J. Doty; Secretary, Robert Kwiatkowski; Steward E)eldeck department. 1—Chairman, Francis D. Finch; egate, L. Savior. Everything run­ E. Vieira; Deck Delegate, Joe Cave; SEATRAIN WASHINGTON ning smoothly. No beefs. Vote of Secretary, Frank L. Shackelford; Engine Delegate, J. Trent; Stew­ thanks to entire steward depart­ Deck Delegate, D P. Pruett; En­ ard Delegate John T. Kelly. No (Hudson Waterways), Oct. 11— ment for job well done, especially gine Delegate, Joseph T. Ryan; beefs reported by department dele­ Chairman B. Woturski; Secretary H. to chief steward for making pop­ Steward Delegate, Bert M. Winfield. gates. Motion made to have ship Sopper, Engine Delegate Frank Bums. Few hours disputed OT in Some disputed OT in deck depart­ fumigated upon arrival in port. corn on movie night. deck and engine departments. ment. Vote of thanks extended to COMMANDER (Marine Car­ Everything running smoothly. LA SALLE (Waterman), Oct. 25 steward department for job well riers), Sept. 13—Chairman A. R. —Chairman, William MacArthur, done. MONTICELLO VICTORY (Vic­ Sawyer; Secretary Fred R. Hicks, Secretary, None; Deck Delegate, DEL VALLE (Delta), Nov. 8— tory Carriers), Oct. 11—Chairman Jr.; Steward Delegate L. E. Price. Eugene O. Cowead; Engine Dele­ gate, H. R. Guyman. No beefs and Chairman, Dan Tiger; Secretary, Ship's delegate reported that things D. G. Calogeros; Secretary F. O. Barney McNally; Deck Delegate, operating smoothly. Good crew on Airey; Steward Delegate G. O'Berry. no disputed OT. board. Hearty vote of thanks to the No beefs reported. TANOA (Sea-Land), Oct. 25— Lee Snodgrass; Engine Delegate, MONTICELLO VICTORY (Vic­ Chairman, G. Castro; Secretary, Allen George; Steward Delegate, steward department for a job well tory Carriers), Nov. 1— Chairman done. E. B. Tart; Deck Delegate, S. Ru- S. Chisbren. No beefs. Vote of to steward department for COMMANDER (Marine Car­ D. G. Galogeros; Secretary F. O. zyski; Engine Delegate, H. E. thanks job well done. riers), Oct. 18—Chairman A. R. Airey. $13 in ship's fund. Some Welch; Steward Delegate, R. Rob­ DEL VALLE (Delta), Nov. 1— inson. $2.21 in ship's fund. Various Chairman, Dan Tiger, Secretary, Sawyer; Secretary F. R. Hicks, Jr.; disputed OT in the three depart­ Deck Delegate J. Woolford; Engine ments. subjects discussed. No beefs and Barney McNally; Deck Delegate, no disputed OT. MONTICELLO VICTORY (Vic­ Delegate W. Price; Steward Dele­ Lee Snodgrass; Engine Delegate, gate L. Price. Discussion held on tory Carriers), Nov. 8—Chairman NATIONAL DEFENDER (Na­ Allen George, Steward Delegate, S. various topics. Some disputed OT D. G. Galogeros; F. O. Airey; tional Transport), Oct. 25—Chair­ Chisbren. Some disputed OT in in deck department to be taken up Deck Delegate James D. Boston; man, R. Johnson; Secretary, L. A. steward department. Vote of thanks with patrolman. Vote of thanks was Engine Delegate E. R. Mynth; Behm; Deck Delegate, Donal A. to steward department for excellent extended to the steward department Steward Delegate George A. Rundblad; Engine Delegate, Wil­ food and service. for a job well done. liam E. Calefato; Steward Dele­ O'Berry. $13 in ship's fund. Some DEL VALLE (Delta), Oct. 25— EAGLE VOYAGER (United disputed OT in deck department. gate, J. Johnson. Everything run­ Chairman, Dan Tiger; Secretary, ning smoothly. Some disputed OT Barney McNally; Deck Delegate, in deck department. Vote of thanks Lee Snodgrass; Enigne Delegate, to steward department for job well Allen George; Steward Delegate, S. done. Chisbren. No beefs. HALYCON PAN^R (Halcy­ BMTON (Sea-Land), Oct. 4— on), Oct. 25—Chairman, Danny Chairman, Alfred Hanstvedt; Secre­ Merrill; Secretary, Henry W. Rob­ tary, Wilfred J. Moore; Deck Dele­ erts; Deck Delegate, Elmer Clark, gate, M. Nash; Engine Delegate, Jr.; Engine Delegate, D. P. Gard­ Victor Santos; Steward Delegate, ner; Steward Delegate, Jesse M. Arthur Sankovidt. No beefs. Every­ Gage. $11 in ship's fund. Few hours thing running smoothly. disputed OT in engine department. RALEIGH (Crest Overseas), OVERSEAS NATALIE (Mari­ Sept. 13 — Chiarman, A. H. time Overseas), Oct. 25—Chairman, Schwartz; Secretary, Jay A. Lewis. James Dixon; Secretary, S. A. Solo- Disputed OT in deck and engine man, Sr.; Deck Delegate, Nicholas departments. Mollette; Engine Delegate, Fran­ BOSTON (Sea-Land), Nov. 11— cis F. Gomez; Steward Delegate, Chairman, A. Hanstvedt; Secretary, Eddie Howard. Some disputed OT W. J. Moore; Deck Delegate, T. in deck department. Vote of thanks Lundkvist; Engine Delegate, Erik to steward department for job well Fischer; Steward Delegate, Arthur done. Sankovidt. No beefs. Everything PONCE (Sea-Land), Oct. 18— running smoothly. Vote of thanks Chairman, Dan Butts; Secretary, to steward department for job well Alva McCullum; Deck Delegate, J. done. Reinosa; Engine Delegate, Stephen TRANSONTARIO (Seatrain), Senteney; Steward Delegate, Oscar Oct. 4—Chairman, Tirado Ruiz; Sorenson. No beefs reported by de­ Secretary, R. Robbins; Deck Dele­ partment delegates. gate, E. J. Olive; Engine Delegate EAGLE TRAVELER (United Robert Mulrooney; Steward Dele Maritime), Oct. 4—Chairman, Jo­ gate, R. Perez. Crew would like the Eight Seafarers have received lifeboat endorsements from the Coast seph Bougeois; Secretary, A. W. delegate and the patrolman to sec Guard folloHliig successful completion of a Iraiolng course at the Hutcherson; Engine Delegate, -Otto the Captain about posting exact Harry Lundeherg Scliool of Seamanship in Brooklyn. Seated from left Motley; Steward Delegate, James sailing time. Discussion held re­ are: Boh Brown, Joe George, Ronald Smith and Nick Lambrou. Stand­ Carter. $8 in ship's fund. Discus­ garding stores on board ship. Some ing, Instructor Len Decker, Steve Fleckenstein, Howard Wilson, Ed­ sion held regarding pension plan disputed OT in engine department. ward Magnuson and L. Wright. Receive Lifeboat Endorsement Page 22 OVERSEAS EVA (Maritime Overseas), Oct. 4—Chairman D. E. Holm; Secretary Robert W. Ferrandiz. Some disputed OT in deck department. OVERSEAS EVA (Maritime Overseas), Oct. 25—Chairman D. Holm; Secretary R. W. Feirandiz. No beefs reported. OVERSEAS EVA (Maritime Overseas), Nov. 1—Chairman D. Holm; Secretary Robert Ferrandiz. No beefs reported. The stewards thanked the crew for keeping the messroom, pantry and recreation room clean. The crew extended a voet of thanks to the stewards for a job well done. CmES SERVICE MIAMI (Cit­ ies Service), Nov. 1—Chairman Ted Weems; Secretary Horace LaFrage; $32 in ship's fund. Few hours dis­ puted OT in deck department to be taken up with boarding patrol­ man at payoff. SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), Oct. 25—Chairman Malcom Woods; Secretary Henry A. Galicki. $13 in movie fund. No beefs reported. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), Nov. 1—Chairman Malcom Woods; Secretary Henry A. Galicki; Deck Delegate H. Celkos; Steward Dele­ gate H. A. Galicki. $13 in movie fund. Everything running smoothly with no beefs and no disputed OT. SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Land), Nov. 8—Chairman M. Woods; Sec­ retary H. A. Galicki. $13 in movie fund. No beefs. Everything run­ ning smoothly. DEL SOL (Delta), Nov. 1—•" Chairman A. R. Ducote; Secretary C. L. Shirah; Deck Delegate Michael Armande; Engine Delegate Anthony J. Morano; Steward Dele­ gate John W. Ponson. Vote of thanks to the deck department for helping to keep crew's pantry clean. Vote of thanks to the steward de­ partment for a job well done. $36 in ship's fund. Few OT beefs to be taken up with boarding patrolman at payoff. DE SOTO (Waterman), Oct. 11— Chairman R. A. Christenberg; Sec­ retary J. F. Castronover; Deck Dele­ gate W. L. Thompson; Engine Dele­ gate Tom Moriority; Steward Delegate Carl C. Jordon. $4 in ship's fund. No beefs reported. CONNECTICUT (Ogden Ma­ rine), Oct. 4—Chairman Carl T. Lineberry; Secretary Thomas D. Ballard; Deck Delegate Robert Lambert; Engine Delegate John P. Cox; Steward Delegate Thomas A. Barden. $40 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. CONNECTICUT (Ogden Ma­ rine), Oct. 11—Chairman Carl T. Lineberry; Secretary Thomas D. Ballard; Deck Delegate Robert Lambert; Engine Delegate John P. Cox; Steward Delegate Thomas A. Barden. $40 in ship's fimd. Some disputed OT in deck department. CONNECTICUT (Ogden Ma­ rine), Oct. 18—Chairman Carl Line­ berry; Secretary T. D. Ballard; Deck Delegate Robert Lambert; Engine Delegate John P. Cox; Steward Delegate Thomas Barden. $40 in ship's fund. Few hours disputed OT in deck and engine departments. TRENTON (Sea-Land), Nov. 1— Chairman Floyd Selix; Secretary Andy Johansson; Deck Delegate George Alexander; Steward Dele­ gate Paul Curzi. $6 in ship's fund. Everything is running smoothly •with no beefs and no disputed OT. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. PENN SAILOR (Penn Shipping), Sept. 20—Chair"ian John C. Sorel; Secretary Raymond L. Perry. $4 in ship's fund. No beefs reported. Seafarers Log �ffrK':';r- z*"i^?'"iV'> r •i:^y"'-• ^i;,:•^^ -I- Thanksgiving Day Feast for Seafarers tie SIU has long made Thanksgiving a festive occasion for many thousands of people. This year, as in the past, every SIU port T offered complete Thanksgiving dinners to Seafarers, their families, and their guests. The huge and delicious meals included every­ thing from soup to nuts, and, as always, the turnout in every port was large. Whether in New York, N.Y., Tampa, Fla., or Seattle, Wash., the amount of turkey and trimmings that were eaten deter­ mined the general consensus about the food—delicious. The ac­ companying pictures show a few of the many people who attended the dinner this year. Sheryl HufFam, daughter of UIW member Reaver Huffam, holds some unwieldly carving instruments as she tries to cut her share of the turkey at the union hall in Baltimore. Three pensioners enjoy their Thanksgiving meal as Balti­ more Port Agent Rex Dickey (standing) comes over to have a word with them. From left are; Walter Zimek, Toomas Laarents, and John Taurin who is 83 years old. Finishing up their Thanks­ giving meal at the hall in Baltimore are four UFW members. In" front are Wal­ ter Streigfield, left, and Willie Rogers. In hack are S. Chris­ tian, left, and James Jackson. fr At the New York hall, young Bary Overgoard reaches for a plate of turkey with the trimmings. His father is Seafarer Kevin Overgoard. Hundreds of people enjoyed a good Thanksgiving meal at the union hall in New York. Attending the annual Thanksgiving day feast at the hall in New York are from left: Miner Jansen, chief cook; Stanley Jurkiwicz, firemanoiler, and Thomas Holt, boatswain. In the Port of New York, little Richard Manera takes a mouthful of ice cream from his mother, Anna, as brother Robert watches. .- it �Seafarers Wall Anthony (left) and John Roberts enjoy a toast at the Thanksgiving dinner in the Port of Seattle. Getting ready to leave after their Thanksgiving meal at the hall in Seattle are Sea­ farers John Statchen (left) and James Davis. Shown above is part of the large gathering at the New Orleans Hall for Thanksgiving dinner. Port oflicials said this year witnessed the largest turn­ out ever for the holiday dinner. HLSS Director Don Collins is kept busy in New Orleans Hall kitchen. He receives a helping hand from trainee Ronald Ragas in preparing turkeys. A few guests at New Orleans Hall get together prior to dinner. From left are: Don Collins, SIU Port Agent Buck Stephens, Ray Couvillion and IBU Representative Jim Martin. Naturally, the busiest place for Thanksgiving dinner at the New Orleans HaU is in the galley, which was kept active all day. m-.' w•Ar-:'-'- Thanksgiving Day 4^' Feast for Seafarers Seafarer Protasio Herrera and his family ready themselves for a' pleasant Thanksgiving dinner at the hall in Phil­ adelphia. Page 24 Seafarers Log �The festivities have just begun at the hall in Houston, Tex., where hearty Seafarers, their friends, and families take advantage of the good food. Smiling happily in' anticipation of the Thanksgiving meal to come ' in the Port of Tampa are Jose Pagola and his family, who joined many others at the local hall. "A little more stuffing please," says one union member as Seafarers and their families gather on line for some food in the Port of Houston. , ti Seafarer Jim Hand enjoys some soup as part of his Thanksgiving dinner in the Port of Tampa. Hand deseribed his meal as "deli­ cious." Seafarer R. R. Gonzales and family all agree it's a very delicious meal they are eating at the union hall in Houston, Tex. t "It's a hard meal to beat" agrees D. L. Parker and some friends at the Mobile hall for the Thanksgiving festivities. In the Port of Mobile, Seafarers and guests "cbow down" with some good cooking at the Thanksgiving ' dinner. A cute miss stares right at the camera in the Port of Mobile. She' is the daugh­ ter of Seafarer and Mrs. Frgnk Edmonds. )ecember 1970 SIU member Erie Hayes (center) enjoys Thanksgiving in the Port of Mobile with some friends. Page 25 �SlU Ship's Committee: the Union Far from Shore W hen SIU men go aboard ship their union goes with them and stays with them whether they travel the Vietnam run or sail for the Caribbean or the Mediterranean. The point of contact between the union and union men at sea is the six member Ship's Committee which includes a chairman, a sec­ retary-reporter, an education director and a delegate from each of the three unlicensed departments aboard ship. The committee holds a meeting each Sun­ day the ship is at sea. The agenda of the meeting follows the order of shore meetings, and each member of the crew is free to ^peak his mind on matters that pertain to the SIU. The ship's secretary-reporter is responsible for all of the committee's correspondence with union headquarters, and is charged with keep­ ing minutes of the meetings and reporting actions taken to headquarters. The education director is in charge of main­ taining and distributing all publications, films SEATRAIN DELAWARE (Seatrain)—Waiting for payoff alxMird the Seatrain Betaware in Hoboken were ship's committee members from left, Ed Czosnowski, deck delegate; Konstantinos Anastasiou, education director; Eddie Hernandez, secretaryreporter; Albert Matos-Valez, engine delegate; Jacobo Enriquez, steward delegate, and Walter Nash, ship's chairman. GATEWAY CITY (Sea-Land)—Sitting around the table in the recreation room is the ship's committee of the Gateway City, just returned from a 28-day voyage on the Mediterranean rim. From left are: A. Verwilt, education director; J. Velazquez, steward delegate; F. Carmicbael, secretary-reporter; E. Cuenca, engine delegate; S. Stockmarr, ship's chairman, and V. Genco, deck delegate. and mechanical equipment to Seafarers wish-, nig to study upgrading, safety, health and san­ itation. The department delegates, elected by mem-. bers of the deck, engine and steward depart­ ment, represent their men on the committee and contribute heavily to its decisions. All in all the ship's committee is the SIU way of assuring its members that they do not lose their union protections and privileges even though far from shore. OVERSEAS NATALIE (Maritime Overseas Corp.)—Looking over union publications aboard the Overseas Natalie is the ship's committee: from left, David Newman, deck delegate; Eddie Howard, steward delegate; Judd Lamb, secretary-reporter; James Dixon, ship's chairman; Francis (nimez, engine delegate, and John Lamb, education director. STEEL APPRENTICE (Isthmian)—Ship's committee members in the galley of the , Steel Apprentice. They are, from left, front row: J. Moore, education director; Paul " Lopez, reporter-secretary; Paul Aubain, engine delegate, and Jack Surles, ship's chair- ' man; back row, C. Modellas, steward delegate, and "Chuck" Callhar, deck delegate. Visual Masquerade Party STATE3IEa«TT OF OWlflBRSHIP, MANTAGEMmT AND GmOTLATlON W f Act of October es. lSSS; Section 4369, Title 39, United Statea Code) : DATE OF FILING 2. TITLE OF PUBLICATION October 20, 1970 Seidarers Log FREQUENCY OF ISSUE Monthly ^ U ^ V ::: LOCATION OP KNOWN OFFICE OF PUBLICATION v ^ 810 Rhode Island Avenue, N.B., Washington, D.C. 20018 ^ . 5. LOCATION OF THE HEADQUARTERS OR GENERAL OFFICES OF THE PUBLISHERS 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11232 , J6. NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF PUBLISHER. EDITOR, AND MANAGING EDITOR: PUBLISHER Seafarers International Union of North America. Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, 675 Fourth Avenue. ' Brooklyn. New York 11232. EDITOR Harry Wittschen, 676 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn, New York 11232. EDITOR None MANAGING EDITOR None I:: '!i- i--- I-^' "iiKv Ife- owned by a corporation, the names and addresses of the individual oio« must be given. If owned by a partnership itp or other unincorporated firmi <U <as that of each individual must be given.), if 8 name and address, as — wel —i Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic. Gulf, Lakes ahi Inland Waters District, 676 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. PauK Hall, Pres.; A1 Kerr, Sec.-Treas., 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. ll"""' 8. KNOWN BONDHOLDERS. MORTGAGEES, AND OTHER SECURITI HOLDERS OWNING OR HOLDING 1 PERCENT OR MORE OF TOTAL AMOUNT OF BONDS, MORTGAGES OR OTHER SECURITIES fif there are none, so state) None 9. FOR COMPLETION BY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AUTHORIZBI TO MAIL AT SPECIAL RATES/Section ISS.IBS, Postal Manual) Tiie piiipuae, luiicliuii, and. iiuiipruAt g Have not changed Q Have chang status of this organlzaUoii and the during preceding 12 during preceding exempt status for Federal Income months 12 months tax .purposes 10. EXTENT AND NATURE OF CIRCULATION Actual ' Average number ofS no. copies copies of each Issue single issue during published preceding nearest to 12 months filing date. A. TOTAL NO. COPIES PRINTED (Net Press Run) 60,166 62,000 . R PAID CIRCULATION , ,r / 1; Sales through dealers and carriers, street vMdors '• .;'4' • and counter sales None Nohei^'' i/ ;; 2. Mail subscriptions 47,931 48.006' C. TOTAL PAID CIRCULATION / None None: D.;^FREE DISTRIBUTION (including samples) by mail, '.. carrier or other means .4,300 4 300 K; il'OTAL DISTRIBUTION fSitm o/<7 a«d D1 62.231 62.306 '.-.OFFICE USE, left-cver, uiiiiCcounted, spoiled after printing •, 7,835 9.634 / •i TOTAL /Silnt o/ E F~8hould eqUdl net press run shown in A) 60,166 62.060 ^5;certify lli^t th«! statements made by me above are correct and complete. ' A1 KeiT, Secretary-Treasurer Page 26 Billboards Hide Scenery For a long time highway bill­ boards have been masking the beauty of this nation's country­ side—polluting the scenery. Unfortunately the success of the Highway Beautification Act of 1965 has been limited. And file "Beautify America" cam­ paign has dwindled. Under the act some 800,000 billboards covering some 235,000 miles of roadway were to be torn down. Work on this project was to have commenced five years ago. Yet to date few, if any, of these signs have been eliminated. Furthermore, most of the large companies have figured out how to get around the gov­ ernment regulation prohibiting signs within 660 feet of the highway or less. These compa­ nies are now erecting their signs just 661 feet from the road. And they are bigger and brighter than ever. The fact is billboards make the eyes sore. Few people enjoy seeing advertisements paraded before them every fifty feet or But billboards are not the only offenders destroying the countryside bordering the high­ ways. What about the roadside junk yards and garbage dumps? days off between ships would rather look at the countryside than billboards. Shipments Set Record These pollutants make the eyes sorer yet. That same act Shipments of grain in and also called for the landscaping out of the ports along the Great and screening of junk yards and Lakes will set a record this garbage dumps located along season. About 11 million tons the highway. But once again of grain will have been moved little action seems to have been by the end of the season, ac­ taken since the act was passed. cording to the Great Lakes Secretary of Transportation Commission. John Volpe says that one of his The commission, which more important projects is to serves all eight states that clean up the highway environ­ border the Great Lakes, based ment. The public probably will its prediction on data gathered see little action until congress­ from the ports of Duluthmen are pressured to effect leg­ Superior, Chicago, Toledo, islation that will curb "eye" pol­ Milwaukee and Saginaw. By the lution. end of October some 321 mil­ Then perhaps, the public will lion bushels had been shipped once more enjoy the natural to and from these ports—five scenic beauty of this country. million bushels more than were But it will take money, legida- shipped during the same period . tion and enforcemmt of the hnv. in 1966, the current record so. A Seafarer taking a few year. Seafarers I �mm Final Departures Peter Dimoulas Peter Dimoulas, 24, died July 7 in San Francisco, Calif. He joined the SIU in the Port of N ew York in 1967 and gradu­ ated that same year from the Harry Lundeberg School of Sea­ manship. Mr. Di­ moulas sailed in the deck department. A native of New York, Mr. Dimoulas was a resident of Brooklyn when he parsed away. Among his sur­ vivors is his mother, Christine Dimoulas of Brooklyn, N.Y. Burial was in Cypress Hills Cemetery, Queens, N.Y. 1 George Andrew Stravarides George Andrew Stravarides, 52, passed away Sept. 24 in Man­ hattan from heart disease. A native of Greece, Mr. Stravarides was a resident of Man­ hattan when he" died. He joined the union in the Port of Philadel­ phia in 1951 and sailed in the engine department. Mr. Stravarides served the union as department delegate while sailing. Among his survivors is his sister, Mrs. Evagelia Veni of Athens, Greece, Burial was in fGreenwood Cemetery in Brook­ *• lyn, N.Y. f Carl. Hilde Carl Hilde, 49, died May 6 in Pike, Minn. A native of Minnef sota, Mr. Hilde was making his • home there when he died. He join­ ed the union in the Port of De­ troit in 1968 and r sailed in the deck I . V • department. Bur­ * y ial was in West Cemetery, Ulen Township, Minn. r a ' Thomas F. Shea Thomas F. Shea, 81, an SIU pensioner passed away Sept. 29 in Queens, N.Y. from heart dis­ ease. He joined the union in the Port of Norfolk in 1940 and sail­ ed in the engine department. A na­ tive of Connecti­ cut, Mr. Shea was a resident of New Haven Conn, when he died. Among his sur­ vivors is his sister, Mrs. Helen E. Spencer of New Haven, Conn. Burial was in- St. Lawrence Cemetery in New Haven. John J. ChapUnsky John J. Chaplinsky, 43, died of heart disease Sept. 14 aboard the Penn Carrier while it was docked in New Orleans, La. He was a native of Shenandoah, Pa. and was a resi­ dent of Bradenton, Fla. when he passed away. Mr. Chaplinsky was an Army vet­ eran of World War II. He joined the union in the Port of New York in 1945 and sailed in the deck department. Among his ::QeceinbeE 197(L survivors is his wife, Florence. Burial was at sea from the Penn Carrier on Sept. 19. Ewell Skinner Ewell Skinner, 48, passed away Feb. 20 at USPHS Hospital in New Orleans, La. following a long illness. He joined the union in 4he Port of New Or­ leans in 1957 and sailed in the deck department. A native of Milton, Fla., Mr. Skinner was a resident' of Pensacola, Fla. when he died. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Among his survivors is his brother, Samuel Skinner of Pensacola, Fla. Burial was in Memorial Gardens in Pensacola. Robert H. Stanley Robert H. Stanley, 44, died Sept. 13 in San Francisco, Calif. A native of Ken­ tucky, Mr. Stan­ ley was a resident of San Francisco when he passed away. He joined the SIU in the Port of Baltimore in 1957 and sail­ ed in the deck department. He was a Navy vet­ eran of World War II. Ajtiong his survivors is his brother, Richard Stanley of Portsmouth, Va. Burial was in Glintwood, Va. Jack H. Gleason ; Jack H. Gleason, 61, died Sept. 4 of natural causes in Mobile General Hospital, Mobile, Ala. A native of Alajjgk ^ bama, Mr. Gleason was a resident of Mobile when he died. He join­ ed the imion in the Port of Mo­ bile in 1939 and sailed in the engine department. Among his survivors are his sister, Mrs. Virginia Bell of Mobile, Ala. Burial was in Pine Crest Cemetery in Mobile. and sailed in the steward depart­ ment. From 1954 to 1956, Mr. Saliva served in the Army. Among his survivors is his wife, Lydia. His body was brought to Ponce, P.R. Pennsylvania, he was a resident of Elmira, N.Y. when he passed away. Mr. Cevette was an Army veteran of World War II. Among his survivors are his wife, Thelma. Burial was in Elkland, Pa. Joseph Walter Thomley Joseph Walter Thomley, 47, died Aug. 29 at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Wash. A native of Perdido, Ala., Mr. Thomley was a resident of Seattle when he passed away. He joined the SIU in the Port of Mobile in 1951 and sailed in the deck de­ partment. He was a Navy vet­ eran of World War II. Among his survivors is his mother, Willie Mae Patterson of Lucedale, Miss. His body was removed to Fail's Funeral Home in Lucedale, Miss. Cornelius Benjiunin Meher Cornelius Benjamin Meher, 53, passed away July 12 at St. Eliz­ abeth Hospital in Beaumont, Tex. A native of Hopewell, Va., Mr. Meher was a resident of New York when he died. He joined the union in the Port of New York in 1956 and sailed in the steward department. Mr. Meher served the SIU as department delegate while sailing and was issued a picket duty card in 1961. He was an Air Corps veteran of World War II.. Among his sur­ vivors arc his brother, Richard Meher of Bronx, N.Y. Mr. Meher's body was removed to Flushing Cemetery in Brooklyn, N.Y. Guy Whitehurst Guy Whitehurst, 68, an SIU pensioner, passed away Sept. 5 in Baltimore, Md. of heart disease. He was one of the first mem­ bers of the un­ ion, having join­ ed in 1939 in the Port of Balti­ more. He sailed in the engine de­ partment. Burial was in Ocean View Cemetery in Beaufort, N.C. Virgil M. Henley Virgil M. Henley, 47, died Sept. 3 of natural causes at Anda­ lusia Hospital in Andalusia, A1 a. He joined the SIU in the Port of Mo­ bile in 1942 and sailed in the steward depart­ ment. A native ^ of Louisiana, Mr. 1^. Henley was a resident of Wing, Ala. when he passed away. Among his survivors are his wife, Fannie Merle. Burial was in Beda Cemetery, Covington County, Ala. Raymond Potor^ Raymond Potorski, 42, died Sept. 26 in Baltimore, Md. of heart disease. He joined the union in the Port of Baltimore in 1958 and sailed in the steward depart­ ment. A native of Avoca, Pa., Mr. Potorski was a resident of Dupont. Pa. when he passed away. He served in the Army from 1946 until 1950. Among his sur­ vivors is his sister, Regina J. Patte of Dupont, Pa. Burial was in St. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Moosic, Pa. James H. Fisher James H. Fisher, 55, was an SIU pensioner who passed away Oct. 1 from heart disease in Long Beach, Calif. A native of Boston, Mass., Mr. Fish­ er was a resident of Long Beach, Calif, when he died. He joined the SIU in the port of Seattle and sailed in the deck department. Among his sur­ vivors are his wife, Barbara. Buri­ al was in Avon Cemetery, Avon. Mass. Antonio Saliva Antonio Saliva, 34, passed away Aug. 13 on board the Columbia while en route from Balboa to San Francisco, A na­ tive of Ponce, P.R., Mr. Saliva was making his home there whei> he died. He join­ ed the union in the Port of New York in 1963 Louis John Cevette Louis John Cevette, 58, died Sept. 5 from heart disease while aboard the De­ troit at sea. He joined the union in the port of New Orleans in 1947 and sailed as a steward. While sailing, Mr. Cevette served as a de­ partment delegate. A native of Leonard Lee Bamett Leonard Lee Barnett, 49, died Sept. 21 from heart disease at Veterans Admin­ istration Hospital in San Francisco, Calif. He joined the SIU in the Port of San Fran­ cisco in 1960 and sailed in the engine depart­ ment. Mr. Bar­ nett served the union as a dele­ gate while sailing. A native of Ft. Smith, Ark., Mr. Barnett was a resident of Hay ward, Calif, when he passed away. Among his survivors are his wife, Madelyn. Cremation was in Chapel of the Chimes, Hayward, Calif. Mitchell Alonzo MUeskl Mitchell Alonzo Mileski, 58, passed away June 7 in Show Low, Ariz. A na­ tive of New York City, Mr. Mileski was a resident of Phoenix, Ariz., when he died. He joined the union in the Port of New York in 1946 and sailed® in the steward department. He was an active union member and participated in the Wall St. strike of 1946. Mr. Mileski began his sailing career in 1926. Among his survivors are his wife, Eliza­ beth and a brother. He was buried in St. Francis Cemetery, -Phoenix, Ariz. Edward Patrick Lee Edward Patrick Lee, 52, passed away Sept. 28 at the USPHS Hospital in Se­ attle, Wash. A native of Galway, Ireland, Mr. Lee was a resi­ dent of Seattle when he died. He joined the union in the Port of Se­ attle in 1961 and sailed in the engine department. Among his survivors are his sis­ ter, Bridgett Delia Robson of Seattle, Wash. Burial was in Cal­ vary Cemetery, Seattle. WIDIam Edward Logan William Edward Logan, 65, was an SIU pensioner who died July 22 in Civil Hospital in Gua­ dalajara, Mexico. He joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1942 and sailed in the deck de­ partment. A na­ tive of Massachu­ setts, Mr. Logan was a resident of Elizabeth, N.J. when he passed away. When he retired, Mr. Lo­ gan ended a sailing career of more than 45 years. Clarence S. Jacks Clarence S. Jacks, 51, died after a long illness at USPHS Hospital in San Francisco, Calif. He joined the un­ ion in the Port of New Orleans in 1953 and sailed in the deck department as a bosun. A native of Texas, Mr. Jacks was a resident of Long Beach, Calif, when he died. Among his survivors are his son. Bill E. Jacks of Houston, Tex. Burial was in Westminster Memo­ rial Park, Westminster, Calif. George C. Register George C. Register, 62, died Nov. 8 after a long illness in USPHS Hospital. A native of North Carolina, Register was a resident of Balti­ more, Md. when he passed away. 0 W ' He joined the r . SIU in the Port of New Orleans in 1946 and sailed in the deck department. Among his survivors are his wife, Alice. Burial was in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Baltimore. Leopoldo Renta Leopoldo Renta, 70, was an SIU pensioner who died Sept. 2 in Ponce, P.R. after a long ill­ ness. He joined the union in the Port of Philadel­ phia in 1938 and sailed in the en­ gine department. Mr. Renta had been sailing since 1921. A native of Puerto Rico, he was a resident there when he died. Among his survivors are his wife, Teresa. Marvin Robert Stetson Marvin Robert Stetson, 45, passed away Oct. 9 from heart disease at St. Margaret Hospi­ tal in Hammond, Ind. He joined the union in Chi­ cago in 1961 and sailed in the deck department. A native of Ham­ mond, Mr. Stet­ son was a resident of Calumet City, 111. when he died. Among his survivors are his mother, Mrs. Hazel Gray of Hammond Lake, Ind. Burial was in Chapel Lawn Memorial Garden in Scherereville, Ind. Page 27 �12 More Seafarers Retire On Well Deserved Pension Joining the ranks of SIU pen­ sioners are 16 more men who have spent many years sailing the world's oceans. William Leo Nesta, 66, joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1944 and sailed in the steward department as a chief steward. A native of Pennsylvania, Seafarer Nesta now makes his home in Pittsburgh, Pa. Oliver Hodge, 65, is a native of Georgia and now lives in the Bronx, N.Y. He joined the Un­ ion in the Port of New York in 1942 and sailed in the steward department as a cook. Brother Hodge served the SIU as depart­ ment delegate while sailing and was issued a picket duty card in 1962. When he retired he ended a sailing career of 46 years. now lives in Norfolk, Va. He joined the SIU in the Port of Norfolk in 1942 and sailed in the deck department. Brother Gray served in the Armed Forces from 1923 until 1929. Charles MOIer, 65, is a native of Warren, Minn, and is now spending his retirement in East Grand Forks, Minn. He joined the Union in the Port of Detroit and sailed in the deck depart­ ment. His retirement ended a sailing career of 40 years. Gray Nesta Hodge John Carlos Vieira, 60, joined the SIU in the Port of New York and sailed in the deck depart­ ment. A native of British Guiana, Seafarer Vieira is spending his re­ tirement in Brooklyn, N.Y. John Albert Ziereis, 65, is a native of Dubuque, la. and now lives in Houston, Tex. He joined the Union in the Port of Balti­ more in 1939 and sailed in the deck department as a boatswain. When he retired he ended a sail­ ing career of 43 years. Vieira Ziereis Ralph €. Stansell, 65, joined the SIU in the Port of New Or­ leans and sailed in the engine de­ partment. A native of Georgia, Brother Stansell now makes his home in Jacksonville, Fla. Amado Silva Telan, 65, joined the SIU in the Port of San Fran­ cisco in 1947 and sailed in the steward department as chief cook and steward. While sailing. Broth­ er Telan served the Union as a department delegate. A native of the Philippine Islands, Seafarer Telan now makes his home in Baltimore, Md. Telan Leon William Gray, 66, is a native of North Carolina and Page 28 MiUer Gahriel Llamas, 65, joined the SIU in the Port of New York in 1944 and sailed in the deck de­ partment. A native of Puerto Rico, Seafarer Llamas now lives in Arecibo, P.R. When he retired. Brother Llamas had been sailing 45 years. Jose Gigante, 62, is a native of the Philippine Islands and is now making his home in Catano, P.R. He joined the Union in the Port of New York and sailed in the deck department as boatswain. When he retired. Brother Gigante ended a sailing career of 41 years. Llamas Gigante Remberto Duo, 62, is a native of Cuba and is now spending his retirement in the Bronx, N.Y. He joined the union in the Port of Tampa and sailed in the steward department. For four years he also worked for the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in New York as an assistant in the gymnasium. James C. Snipes, 65, joined the Union in the Port of Philadel­ phia and sailed in the steward department. A native of Mullins, S.C., Brother Snipes now lives in Bishopville, S.C. Duo lines. Snipes suring that the leadership of Greek trade unionism would be composed wholly or mainly of persons who would not insti­ gate . any direct opposition against it," the commission re­ ported. The commission reported that the dictatorship dissolved some 250 unions without pro­ ducing any evidence of commu­ nist influence in them; dis­ missed trade union officers, imprisoned or deported 122 trade union officers during the p^t three years without trial; interfered in trade union meet­ ings through police surveil­ lance; made rules for holding office in unions that destroyed democratic rights; interfered with collective bargaining and restricted union freedom through government financing. Ships at Sea Oliver P. Oakley, ship'.s secre­ tary-reporter aboard the Mount Washington, re­ ports all hands agree they are sailing this voy­ age with one of the finest Bosuns in the SIU fleet. "Bosun Hubert I. Pousson is doing a marvelous job, Oakley both as ship's chairman and as Bosun, and is a wonderful ship­ mate." The Mount Washington Seafarer Charles J. Miller (left) has spent 47 years sailing the Great Lakes. He is shown receiving his first pension check from SIU Duluth Port Agent John R. Stevens. Brother Miller sailed as wheelsman on vessels operated by the Huchinson, Buckeye and Kinsman steamship -4^ ILO Commission Indicts Greek Military Regime Geneva, Switzerland The International Labor Or­ ganization has condemned the Greek military dictatorship for violating the right of Greek workers to organize and engage in collective bargaining. A special Commission of In­ quiry of the ILO accused the government of violating two ILO conventions which it had signed respecting these rights. The three-man commission, consisting of representatives from France, Great Britain and India, said that a number of steps taken by the Greek mili­ tary after the 1967 coup d'etat and legislation passed last year were designed to purge critics of the regime and to set up unions friendly to it. "The government's ultimate objectives included that of en­ Vefs Get Isf Pension Checks is sailing between the Persian Gulf and the Far East. Her last port of call was Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia. ; There has been a problem this trip with the ship's stores and the steward department deserves a vote of thanks for continuing to do a fine job despite the diffi­ cult circumstances. Union head­ quarters has been advised of the problem. A request has been made for a TV set to be put aboard and for the rental of movie equipment. > - Veteran Seafarer Max Kirbach (right) receives his first monthly pen- \ sion check together with best wishes for a happy retirement from SIU Frankfort Port Agent Harold Rathbun. Brother Kirbach has sailed since August, 1941 in the steward department. SECTION 43. ROOM AND MEAL ALLOWANCE. When board is not furnished unlicensed members of the crew, they shall receive a meal allow­ ance of $2.00 for breakfast, $3.00 for dinner and $5.50 for supper. When men are required to sleep ashore, they sh£dl be allowed $10.50 per night. Room allowance, as provided in this Section, shall be allowed when: 1. Heat is not furnished in cold weather. When the outside tem­ perature is sixty-five degrees (65°) or lower for 8 consecutive hours, this provision shall apply. 2. Hot water is not available in crew's washrooms for a period of twelve (12) or more consecutive hours. Heat beefs must be repertecl immedlottfly to the Department Delegate and Chief Engineer. You must keep a written record of the beef including: • Date • Time of Day • Temperature All heat beefs should be re­ corded and submitted on an Individual basis. �Overseas Evelyn Home From Far East fter a four month voyage on the Far East run, the SlU-contracted Overseas Evelyn (Maritime Over­ seas Corp.) dropped anchor in Bayonne, New Jersey last month. The C-4 cargo ship, formerly A known as the Mount Whitney, is operating under a charter to the Military Sealift Command. The vessel called at the ports of Saigon and Yokohama during this last voyage. The usual turn-around time for the Overseas Evelyn allows about ten days port time after a voyage, and her crew was looking forward to some time ashore before she had to sail again. IV Alvin McCants, sailing as ordinary seaman aboard the Overseas Everelaxes topside while awaiting payoff in Bayonne, New Jersey fol­ lowing the ship's return from the Far East. During a shipboard membership meeting, SIU Patrolman E. B. McAuley (center) brought the Overseas Evelyn's unlicensed crew up to date on union affairs and answered questions relative to pensions and the new maritime legislation. A perfect example of "Brother­ hood of the Sea" is Plurinsus Ordanza, messman, and Persing Ordanza, pantryman. Every chance they get, these brothers sail on the same ship. ^_ James Hagner (left), who sails as baker, and James Russell, chief cook, turned out many good meals for SIU men during the four month voyage. f ( A Seafarer's work is never done, even while in port, and Dave Fletcher, who sails as able bodied seaman, is busy flaking lines on the deck of the vessel. Tim Speicher, oiler, keeps the engine room log hopk up to date while working aboard the Overseas Evelyn in port after her run to the Far East. Seafarer Abe Alfaro, a fireman-watertender, clears a feeder valve in the engine room of the Overseas Evelyn during port time. Page 29 �RCIA President Housewright Says Organizing Is Major Goal Washington Organizing the unorganized is "the most important single effort in labor," according to James T. Housewright, presi­ dent of the Retail Clerks In­ ternational Association, and a member of the board of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ partment. Housewright, speaking at the weekly MTD luncheon here, said that while his organization was particuarly interested in organizing white collar work­ ers, his thought was that new organizing across the total labor field was vital to the con­ tinuation of the labor move­ ment. "An organizer is a man who Unfair to Do Not Labor Buy has come up ffirou^ the ranks," Housewright said. And his experience in the ranks tells him the needs of the workingman. And in no other field is the i# need for unionization more evi­ dent than in the white collar field, he added. "Here is the responsibility of the service trade unions and we must be geared to meet this spe­ cial need of the labor move­ Rite, Western Provinicial BAKERY PRODUCTS— ment," he said. and Smithtown Maple. (Up­ Stroehmann Bros. Bakery, Among other things House­ holsterers) Schmidt Baking Co. (Bakery wright considered of impor­ and Confectionery Workers) LIQUORS—Stitzel-Weller Dis­ tance to the American labor tilleries products—Old Fitz­ movement was to help end the BARBER EQUIPMENT— gerald, Cabin Still, Old Elk, nation's drug problem. Wahl Clipper Corp., pro­ W. L. Weller. (DistUlery ducers of home barber sets. Workers) (Int'l. Assoc. of Machinists MEAT PRODUCTS—Poultry and Aerospace Workers) Packers,' Inc. (Blue Star CIGARETTES—R. J. Reyn­ label products). (Amalga­ third quarter of 1970 was 9.1 olds Tobacco Co.—Camels, mated Meat Cutters and percent, compared to the 8.5 Winston, Salem, Tempo, Butcher Workmen) percent rate for non-veterans Brandon, Doral, and Cava­ PRINTING—^Kingsport Press of that age. The rate for black lier. (Tobacco Workers Un­ "World Book," "Childcraft". veterans in that age bracket ion) (Printing Pressmen, Typog­ was a whopping 18.1 percent. raphers, Bookbinders, Ma­ CLOTHING—Siegel (H. I. S. chinists, Stereotypers, and brand) suits and-sports jack­ Electrotypers) ets, Kaynee boyswear. Richman Brothers men's clothing, NEWSPAPERS—Los Angeles Sewell suits. Wing shirts, Herald-Examiner. (10 unions Metro Pants Co., and Dip­ involved covering 2,000 lomat Pajamas by Fortex workers) Mfg. Co. (Amalgamated Britannica Junior Encyclo­ Clothing Workers) The Soviet merchant fleet is pedia (Int'l. Allied Printing Judy Bond Blouses—(Inter­ about to move into the conTrades Assn.) national Ladies Garment tainership trade sphere. RANGES—Magic C h e f, Pan Workers Union) The Soviet Union plans to Pacific Division. (Stove, Fur­ build new containerships and CASKETS—Capitol City Cas­ nace and Allied Appliance increase its container trade five­ ket Company—(United Fur­ Workers) fold by the mid-1970's. niture Workers) SHOES—Genesco Shoe Mfg. Philip Hanson of the Univer­ Co—^work shoes . . . Sentry, FLOURMILL PRODUCTS— sity of Birmingham, a specialist Cedar Chest and Statler; Pioneer Products, San An­ on Soviet shipping, said the men's shoes . , . Jarman, tonio, Texas (United Brew­ Russians have too many geo­ Johnson & Murphy, Crestery, Flour, Cereal, Soft graphical limitations to become worth (Boot and Shoe Work­ Drinks and Distillery Work­ an immediate threat to Western ers) ers) container trade. FURNITURE—^James Sterling SPECIAI^All West Virginia Narrow Waterways camping and vacation spots, Corp., White Furniture Co., He said the Soviet Union's (Laborers) Brown Furniture Co., (Unit­ narrow coastal waterways, and ed Furniture Workers) TOYS—^Fisher-Price toys (Doll the.Dardanelles and Bosphorus Economy Furniture—B i 11& Toy Workers Union) place size limits on ships. Containerships would have extremely difficult time trying to pass through these water­ ways, he said. Soviet trade with underde­ veloped countries, which dic­ tates the use of small ships, is another factor that could limit ...2014 W. 3d St. Soviet containership effective­ SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes DUEUTH, Hbm. (218) RA 2-4110 ness, Hanson said. FRANKFORT, MIeh. .P.O. Bex 287 & Inland Waters 415 Main St. To date the Soviet Union (616) EE 7-2441 6804 Canal St. has built merchant ships in the Inland Boatmen's Union HOUSTON, Tex. (713) WA 8-3207 6,000-to-8,000-ton class, a JACKSONVIEEE, Fla. 2008 Peail St. United Industrial (004) EE 3-0387 sufficient size to service her JERSEY CITY, N.X ..99 Montfomeir St. Workers (201) HE 0-9424 trade with underdeveloped na­ MOBILE, Ala 1 South Lawrence St. PRESIDEJNT tions. This class of ship is also (200) HE 2-1704 Paul Hall NEW ORLEANS, Ea 030 Jaeiuon Ave. adequate for domestic coastal (004) 020-7046 EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDBaJT shipping which accounts for 52 NORFOEK, Va. 116 3d St. Cal Tanner (703) 022-1882 percent of the total tonnage VICE PRESIDENTS 2604 S. 4th St. Earl Shepard Ldndsey Williams PHIEADEEPHIA, P*. (216) carried. DE 0-3818 A1 Tanner Robert Matthews PORT ARTHUR, Tex A34 NinUi Ave. "The relatively small size, SECRETARY-TREASURER SAN FRANCISCO, CaUE 1321 SaHlon St. A1 Kerr (416) 620-0703 and low average speeds of the SANTUBCE, P.R. ..1313 Fenwadea Juneee HEADQUARTERS ....6TS 4th Ave., Bklm. Soviet fleet are not going to be StwtO (212) HY 9-6600 724-2848 changed substantially in the AI.FENA, Mich 800 N. Sefiond Ave. SEATTLE, Wash 2606 Ftnt Ave. (S17) EE 4-3616 near future," Hanson said. (206) MA 3-4334 BAETIMORE, Md. ..1216 E. Bldtimoie St. ST. LOUIS, Mo 4677 Oravola Ave. <301) EA 7-4000 He said, the Russians would BOSTON, Mass (314) 762-0600 663 Atlaatie Ave. TAMPA. Fla. 312 HanlMm St. (617) 482-4716 need the cooperation of other (813) 220-2783 736 Washlnstoo St. Communist countries, Western BUFFALO, N.Y SIU (716) TL 3-0260 TOLEDO, O. ....A35 Snmmlt St. IBU (716) TE 3-0260 (410) 248-3601 concerns and the underdevel­ CHICAGO, III. ..0383 Ewlnr Ave. WILMINGTON, CaHf. ..460 Seaside Ave. oped nations before it could SIU (312) SA 1-0733 TSimlnal bland. Calif. (312) K8 0-0670 (213) 832-7286 commit itself to the heavy in­ CEEVELAND, 0 IBU 1420 W. lOth St. YOKOHABIA, Japan .Iseya Bids., (210) MA 1-0406 vestments involved in entering Room 810 DETROIT, MIeh. 10220 W. W Ave. 1-2 Kaloao-Dorl-Nakaka the container trade. (313) VI 3-4741 2014071 Ext. 281 November Unemployment At 5.8°/o The nation's unemployment rate hit a new peak of 5.8 per­ cent during the month of November, according to a re­ port of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is the highest unemployment level since May 1963. The November rate was up 2.3 percent over the year. Tot^ unemployment of 4.6 million was up 200,000 seasonally ad­ justed over the month, and 1.9 million over the year. On the job side, non-farm payroll employment—^w h i c h usually moves up in November —^was down 135,000 seasonally in November to 70.6 million. This follows a decline of 315,000 in payroll jobs in October. The jobless rate for full-time workers rose to 5.5 percent last month, after holding steady in October. There was virtually no change in the 8.1 percent rate for part-time workers. Among occupational groups, the jobless rate for white-collar workers continued to rise in November, from 3.2 to 3.5 per­ cent. Among major industry di­ visions, the rate in manufactur­ ing climbed from 6.7 to 7.2 per­ cent. The Bureau of Labor Statis­ tics unveiled some figures which show that returning servicemen, especially Negroes, are particu­ larly suffering from lack of jobs. The jobless rate for veterans in the 20-24 age bracket in the Nixon Stresses Labor Contact President Nixon was a sur­ prise visitor at the Retail Clerks International Associa­ tion Executive Board meeting held in the MTD afiOliate's new headquarters in downtown Washington. RCIA President James T. Housewright escorted President Nixon and Secretary of Labor James Hodgson on a tour of the 11-story office building— including the Coulter Memorial Chapel. Later, Nixon met with the RCIA Executive Board for 45 minutes in the tenth floor board room which recently won the 1970 craftsmanship award of the Washington Building Con­ gress. Nixon told the Board that the primary purpose for meet­ ing with the union was his strong desire to open up direct lines of commimications with the labor movement. According to Nixon, he wanted to have an opportunity to discuss current issues with labor leaders and to try to iron out differences as they might arise. SIU Welfare, Pension and Vacation Plans CASH BENEFITS PAID REPORT PERIOD SEPTEMBER 1, 1970 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1970 SEAFABEBS' WELFABE PUAN mr- Scholarship Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Medicare Benefits Maternity Benefits Medical Examination Program Dependent Benefits (Average $478.50) Optical Benefits Meal Book Benefits Out-Patients Benefits Summary of Welfare Benefits Paid Seafarers' Pension Plan—Benefits Paid Seafarers' Vacation Plan—Benefits Paid (Average—$498.85) Total Welfare, Pension & Vacation Benefits Paid This Period Page 30 NVMBEB OF BENEFITS AMOUNT PAID 20 $ 5,891.15 2,388 57,578.96 35 85,754.75 39 205.90 40 8,000.00 1,022 30,648.96 2,159 103,308.24 723 10,698.75 412 4,120.65 3,818 30,136.00 10,635 1,632 336,343.36 386,875.00 1,482 739,302.23 13,770 1,462,520.59 Russian Entry In Containers Expected Soon Directory of Union Holis Seafarers y �aaon... Fv Manuel Aguas, left, and Domingo Lallave drape the tinsel on the crew's Christmas tree aboard the Charleston (Sea-Land) = espite the fact that it is the Christmas season, ships still must sail to deliver necessary goods around the world. For the Seafarers manning these vessels, it is time away from families and friends. For them the ship must serve as home. So, in the true spirit of Christmas, SIU members aboard the Charleston (Sea-Land) set about decorating the ship's dining area while docked in Port Elizabeth, N.J. According to crew members the Christmas decorations tend to alleviate the loneliness of being away from one's family at this time of the year and also help convey the real meaning of Christmas—^fellowship and good will. D ' i ^ * Christmas bulbs are hung by J. Ruiz, able seaman, left, while A. Ordiz, able seaman, prepares the "canned snow." Page 31 �SEAFARERS»LOG f. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . AFL-CIO ' 'I • f I I. if • ilVarcotics: The 'Cirim Reaper 0 I'.; When it comes to problems that affect the American people and their society, it's quite obvious that this nation's No. I con^cern is with the question of narcotics. •» That word "narcotics" covers the entire range of drugs. It in­ cludes everything from marijuana to heroin. It includes barbitu­ rates and amphetamines—the so-called "uppers" and "downers" —and everything in between. The government has mounted a full-scale campaign against narcotics. In this fight, it has enlisted the press, radio and televi­ sion, the medical profession, the churches, the schools—every­ > body. 0 m' The attack is based on three key points: • The use of narcotics is illegal. • The use of narcotics is dangerous to the health— wen the life—of the user. • The use of narcotics involves a serious "moral issue." >> •* J These are legitimate points. But for the Seafarer, the question of narcotics comes down to an even more basic issue: r t Any Seafarer using narcotics—ashore or asea—loses his sea­ man's papers forever! A man who gets "busted" once on a nar­ cotics charge gets busted economically, too—because he loses his right to go to sea—not just for awhile, but for the rest of his * *1 life! That's a tough rap—losing your passport to life—but that's the way it is. A single "stick" of marijuana . .. just a couple of grains of the hard stuff ... and a man is through in the maritime industry! i\ V it's almost as tough on the shipmates of the man who uses—or even possesses—narcotics. Any Seafarer caught with narcotics in his possession makes his ship—and his shipmates—"hot." It subjects the men and their vessel to constant surveillance by narcotics agents in this country and abroad. And, of course, any Seafarer who is an addict—who uses any drug that affects his mind and his ability to function normally— endangers the lives of his shipmates. The possibility of an emer­ gency is always present aboard ship—and only olert minds can react to an emergency. ! ,« / "t . r r, 6 Talk to Seafarers about the "grim reaper" and they'll tell you about accidents or storms at sea — or about the hazards of com­ bat service. t ••Y They should put narcotics at the top of the list^^^—because it can claim more lives, or it can threaten more livelihoods, than any other peril. Narcotics. The "grim reaper." ll's sure something to think about. y i AVi,,:,.. i;:;. ;• p:' Si ''•v. 'V � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource December 1970 Description An account of the resource Headlines: LABOR AIDS FIGHT TO CURE DISEASE AFL-CIO’S MEANY SUPPORT DIRECT ELECTION OF PRESIDENT EAST COAST PASSENGER SHIP SERVICE DRAWING TO AN END LEAP TO FREEDOM ENDS IN TRAGEDY ADMIRAL HOLDEN, 74, DIES AT SNUG HARBOR LABOR, INDUSTRY LEADERS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER AID SIU RETIREES ATTEND SEMINARS, EXPLORE SIU’S PINEY POINT FARM SIU CREWS CONFERENCES SIU SHIP’S COMMITTEE: THE UNION FAR FROM SHORE OVERSEAS EVELYN HOME FROM FAR EAST Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/1970 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXXII, No. 12 1970 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/67e3ad5c44b2f087ccfa9f69f2cee66b.PDF 8f62f7b83ac2e52630b489809c34d144 PDF Text Text I OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Seafarers, as is their tradition, will spend two kinds of Christmas this year — one at home, with family and friends; one at sea, with their brothers and shipmates. These photos illustrate the two kinds of Christmas. Seafarer Abraham Almendarez and his family enjoyed Christmas dinner at the Port of Houston-last year. The other shows Seafarers preparing from Christmas last year aboard the Charleston (Sea Land). Wherever you are this year, at home or at sea, we wish you the happiness of the sea­ son and prosperity for the new year. r' I' 'f ;(V �i / Waggonner Cites Benefits Of U.S. Inland Waterways infernafional Garner Awards First prize for editorial excellence among labor newspapers with less than 100,000 circulation was won by the Sharers Log in a competition sponsored by the AFL-CIO International Labor Press Association. Judges described the Log as a "big, enter­ prising and expansive paper which manages to be interesting and helpful at the same time." Actor John Gavin, president of the Screen Actors Guild, right, presents plaque to Sam Mar­ shall, who accepted on behalf of the union. An article dealing with voter registration, appearing in SlUNA's Fall 1970 edition of infernafional, was awarded an honorable mention. Rep. Joe D. Waggoner CDLa.) has called for continued development of the American inland water transportation sys­ tem. "The economic and em­ ployment benefits of inland waterways, not to mention the recreation^ possibilities, all point to the necessity of encoura^g . . . this network," he said. "Each year billions of tons of cargo moves in barges on these rivers and canals provid­ ing low-cost transportation for American bulk commodities," he added. There is a substantial savings these barges offer—a little over three cents per mUe compared with 15 cents via rail and over 60 cents by trucks said Waggonner, The Louisiana congressman also examined other productive roles that America's waterways network play—^in the event of a nation^ emergency and its direct link with the space pro­ gram. However, Rep. Waggonner noted that ecological factors should be taken into considera­ tion. He stressed the need for a "balanced approach" to the problem after a group of con­ servationists had successfully halted two particular inland projects. Both the Cross Flor­ ida Barge Canal and the Tennessee-Tombigbee Water­ way were discontinued follow­ ing a court ruling that adequate consideration had not been given to the ecological conse­ quences. Funds Needed Now Zeroing in on another im­ portant waterways project, the Red River Waterway in Louisi­ ana, Waggonner explained how the 1968 River and Harbors Act had authorized construc­ tion of the waterway. Unfor­ tunately, $3 million is still needed to complete the preconstruction planning he added. "No funds were appropriated in the 1972 federal budget . . . every year of delay means an appreciable increase in the cost," Waggonner warned. Waterways projects such as the Red River project benefit the heartland and rural areas of America, as well as the cities and the industrial areas—^unlike many federal programs which tend to concentrate on cities and urban areas, Waggoner said. "We can ill afford to see the economic benefits of increased inland water transportation come to a complete halt. We cannot continue to approach every problem in America with an 'either or' concept," Wag. gohner said. "I am convinced that Amer­ ica has the technological knowhow to overcome any environ­ mental problems that mig^t arise in the construction and expansion of new waterways," concluded Waggonner. Waggonner made his remarks at a Washington luncheon sponsored by the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department. Our unioft took an ^v© in Ai»ericaa/'Ddegates proni^^^ to^ events last month—the conventions of the AFL-CIO their home ports. Maritime Trades D^^ and the AFL-CJO itselfHie MTD's job theme carri^ oyer into f*Both meetings turned out to be hani-wcHrking and higWy,..;^^0'^i^tiOT«. AJ^CIO. t ^ ^ te I • Delegmes to the MTD convention, representing sceam t eonveation resolution called for a i '•-•pomer program with full empioj union members, turned their attentkm to j|^aay problems ^irig the marjthnc Industry mdj^ -'f Aaothei?:'j^dlmiott--said . But &e;;av^dmg theme.-<rf''the lite policies to be geared to the needs of Amerfcanj^ ; jbbs-'^--j^,feom the' working men aitd women and not to- the ihterests , chishing glutof imports into the United Stat^v foreign suppliers and banks, - As dhe reports on the following pages show, the M )& going to cotttimie and to broaden hs long fi^ in, would mean mom .... A Special Cdmmittee on Foreign Imports has b»^ Hhatged with the duty of calling the nation's atlcntion So you see, that the concern problem of runaway plants and the export of jobs. workers is a common concern. ' %,nd td'suppcat'^^slati® meat is now pushing the fight, not just mdividual tmions >w pending in Congress which will set up some import iotas and tariffs to protect our jobs and cmr indus^s. That's sit^'riaati, isn't it" it's important that we |§Seafarers can take particular satisfaction in these ao?ms,: We dslalwe^st^d tmiteJ, that we " la^rs of mnaws^f ^ants when our "plants"—our Ships ^ baSic for-a coiumon gtw for uie etanmon l^fi—staued flying foreign flags. That was 23 yean ago. ^ And that's why we, as Seafarers, piSiticipate so activefy < ;; •; 1^' - •' Now, with the problem affecting millions of American ' 'in these events. Tliese are the times whe* t.kUiSb#5]u.»' '.- The :Con#ntion :diio called fcsc a •smasportaiioa l^^tudy. Delegates said that the nailo0 has been waiting tar •'>• • • put """TifrrMTB what is best for all. Ifs a time wJben char^ our coetr-e toward tho^ gi^s. IrtWiS .frtf tfen.. IMR : .... a iJl. —Ifee need for -' MV Industry in tO'; . —S aa^'.establish some gntdel: Itpy, K'-'" -V- v; '^-' ' It's fittii^'i^kt the Maiidmc- ' ^' oar UvZ ...d ? mg ijofU'd for Ills test to solve spite aach actions as the-ie, 'ho'vvevcf, the thcisjs i sained fhb'aeeo for more jobs for xnoie / ' **" "^ycmion toiik as its s' ' Change of address cards on Form 3579 should be sent to Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11232. Published monthly. Second Class postage paid at Washington, D.C. • Page 2 \ . i , Seafarers Log '} i �AFL-CIO President George Meany addressing the Maritime Trades Department convention. At the left is MID Executive SecretaryTreasurer Peter M. McGavin. To Meany's right, MTD President Paul Hail and MTD Administrator O. William Moody, Jr. MTD Convention Focuses on American Jobs; Urges Congress Take Control of Economy It is time for the entire na­ tion to focus its attention on the growing need for jobs for American working men and women. This was the theme which emerged from the Ninth Consti­ tutional Convention of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department at Bar Harbom:, Fla. The MTD Executive Board, headed by SIU and MTD Presi­ dent Paid Hall, declared in a report that Congress should "take control" of the nation's economy. The Board specifical­ ly recommended that a good start could be made with legis­ lation to protect workers in fields threatened by a massive glut of foreign imports, an eco­ nomic problem which already has cost the nation at least 700,000 jobs. Action on Problems The report, unanimously adopted by more than 300 dele­ gates from the MTD's 44 affili­ ated unions, stated bluntly that the loss of American jobs to foreign workers is going to con­ tinue unless Congress takes ac­ tion now. The convention delegates, representing some eight million workers in maritime and related fields, reiterated this stand L many times during their three days of deliberations. December 1971 Moving on a series of more than 60 resolutions, delegates acted on virtually all problems facing the entire maritime in­ dustry today. In these areas, the conven­ tion put itself on record as stron^y opposed to any further untying of U.S. aid; urged Con­ gress to continue and modernize the Public Health Service Hos­ pitals; pledged to seek a better regulated inland water trans­ portation system; demanded an end to fishing boat seizures through the use of the U.S. Navy as escort to the fishing fleet and through political and piratical nations; reafi5rmed support for strengthening the Jones Act. Delegates also dealt with a wide range of domestic issues including education, health care, the need for union watch­ dog units to monitor prices, civil rights and protection for consumers. Typically, however, dele­ gates turned again and again to the nation's imemployment crisis, to the need for jobs. For example: • One resolution discussed the job possibilities in the cur­ rent "Ship American, Buy American, Buy Union" cam­ paign. • Another condemned the export of American technology and jobs and promised support for legislation "embodying flex- Some of the Seafarers attending the convention. Around the table cloclcwise from the front: Gor­ don Spencer from Norfolk; Merle Adium, Seattle; Miss Carolyn Gentile; SIU Vice President Lindsey Williams; Charles Logan, New Orleans; SIU Secretary-Treasurer Al Kerr; SIU Vice President Earl Shepard; and C. J. "Buck" Stephens, New Orleans. ible quotas and compensating tariffs ... to protect Ameri­ can jobs and industries" from the ^ut of imports. • An important resolution on the state of the nation's econ­ omy called for government policy to "end mass unemploy­ ment and create price stability." Meany Address AFL-CIO President George Meany, who addressed the meeting on its opening day, also took up the theme of jobs. He said that "labor is faced with some real pressing prob­ lems, not only the problem of the moment—^the wage freeze and all this sort of business. I think we are concerned with jobs. I think we are concerned with the future of this country." Meany pointed out that more than five million Americans are out of work; that 14 million are on welfare; that more than 25 million are living below the official poverty level set by the government. "What we have to do," he said, "is stick to the very simple principle that we want decent wages, we want purchasing power in the hands of the great mass of the American people as the only thing that really can keep the economy going." To achieve this goal, Meany said, we must move and move (Continued on Page 4) 3 �'Be If Resolved That. Printed below are excerpts from some of the more than 60 resolutions passed by delegates from the 44 affiliated unions of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department at the department's Ninth Constitutional Conven­ tion in Bal Harbour, Fla.: Foreign Imports and Interna­ tional Corporations—^Declares "that the first and most im­ portant domestic priority in the U.S. must be the protection of American jobs for Americans." Bny American, Ship Ameri­ can—^Joins with the AFL-CIO Union Label and Trade Serv­ ices Department in urging working men and women to Ship American, Buy American and Buy Union. Untying Foreign Aid—Op­ poses any further untying of foreign aid purchases and urges the roll back of any untying steps already taken. Civil Rights—Rededicates the MTD "to the achievement of universal equality of rights and opportunity for all Ameri­ cans." The National Economy— Urges a policy that "will end mass unemployment and create price stability," including the following steps: release of $12 billion in impounded federal funds; reallocation of govern­ ment money to programs that have suffered budget cuts; an increase in the minimum wage for non-agricultural workers and a tax on excess profits. Public Health Service Hos­ pitals—^Urges appropriation of funds to continue federal opera­ tion of PHS hospitals and urges their expansion "for new and innovative types of delivery of hospital services." Inland Waterways—Calls for "a more balanced view" in re­ gard to further waterway development considering both economic and social issues. industries affected by high unemployment related to. declining defense expenditures. Fishing Vessel Seizures— Urges approval of a Housepassed bill designed to speed up compensation to owners of fishing vessels seized in inter­ national waters and calls on the government to press all claims against nations which have seized American fishing ves­ sels. Great Lakes—Calls for a "fresh look" at the Great Lakes sector of the maritime industry with particular emphasis on lengthening the Lakes' shipping season and development of effi­ cient vessels for operation in the St. Lawrence Seaway. Foreign Attacks on Cargo Preference Laws—Condemns a booklet distributed to the Con­ gress by the European National Shipowners' Association and urges the U.S. State Depart­ ment to take a stand in support of the American Merchant Marine. Poverty and Hunger in Amer­ ica—^Affirms the MTD's sup­ port of the AFL-CIO program aimed at eliminating poverty and urges a more rational sys­ tem of social welfare through­ out the nation. National Health Security Program—^"Endorses the Na­ tional Health Security bill (H.R. 22 and S. 3) and urges im­ mediate and favorable action on this bill." Union Training Programs— Congratulates those affiliated imions that have begun or ex­ panded training programs for entry-level jobs, and recom­ mends the extension of union training programs to the great­ est possible extent. Metric System—Calls for a complete study of conversion of weights and measiires to the Metric System by a panel of representatives from all seg­ ments of American life. Strengthening of the Jones Act—Strongly endorses con­ tinued implementation of the Jones Act to maintain an American merchant marine and urges passage of a pending bill designed to close a loophole in the Act. Attacks on Organized Labor —Calls for "constant vigilance against the attacks of labor's enemies" and renewed political action in 1972 "lest they lose the power to act at all." Increased Wages and Bene­ fits—Pledges the MTD's "full resources and total moral sup­ port to increased wages and benefits consistent with the • The Polygraph—Gives vigor­ needs of 1971 and the years ous support to a bill which ahead." would effectively ban the use of the polygraph Gie detector) Labor Unity—^Urges the in pre-employment and employ­ AFL-CIO to invite the Interna­ ment both in the federal service tional Brotherhood of Team­ and in private industry. sters and the United Auto The Maritime Industry— Workers back into the federa­ Thanks members of Congress tion. and the staff of the Maritime Reconversion to Peacetime Administration for work in sup­ Economy—Calls for immediate port of efforts to strengthen the assistance to communities and merchant marine even further. Individual Privacy Rights /j Upheld by MTD Report Snooping into personal privacy both in the hiring process and on the job were detailed in a report, "The Worker's World: Privacy and the Need to Know," presented to the MTD Convention. The report, the work of a special committee of the MTD, was presented by Edward J. Carlough, the committee chair­ man who is president of the Sheet Metal Workers Interna­ tional Association and a mem­ ber of the MTD executive board. The 64-page report is the third in a series the committee has produced since its forma­ tion two years ago. Other re­ ports have dealt with the poly­ graph and with the credit check and their effect on personal privacy in America. Violations of privacy through use of intense personal ques­ tions in job applications and prying into the lives of those already employed are two facets of the same picture, the report says. It details methods of unwar­ ranted snooping by employers into the workingman's off-hours habits, as well as into his con­ duct on the job. Highlighted in the report are instances where application forms and electronic surveil­ lance devices have both been used as weapons against union members and those who seek to join imions. The report concludes with suggestions of regulation of the fields of inquiry that may be followed prior to hiring an em­ ployee and the legitimate areas of company inquiry afterwards. Among the recommendations are: • Information sought should be within the general limits of the standards vs. Civil Service form. • "So-c a 11 e d'background' investigations by professional snoopers ... should not be authorized nor accepted by em­ ployers. • "Employees and unions must recognize the employer's legitimate right to protect his property from theft... but em­ ployers should not require un­ reasonable search and inspec­ tion in the pursuit of this ri^t." "Polygraph examinations of employees, covert surveillance of employees in the work place by electronic or other means, forced attendence at meetings or classes of any kind are totally incompatible with indi­ vidual rights on the job," ac­ cording to the report. "There is a desperate need," the report says, "for a common sense balance between the citi­ zen-worker's right to keep his personal life inviolate from probers of any kind, and the right of this citizen-worker's employer to know what kind of fellow he is hiring." Carlough said the recom­ mendations of the committee, if made law, would go a long way toward striking the necessary balance. Jobs for Americans Highlight MTD Convention (Continued from Page 3) quickly with programs aimed at fuU employment for the nation's workers. The entire discussion on jobs came to a climatic point follow­ ing the report of the Special Committee on Foreign Imports. This report was delivered in two segments by Committee Co-Chairmen George Baldanzi president of the United Textile Workers of America, and Charles Feinstein, president of the International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union. 'Ecdnomics of People' Baldanzi told the convention that "when we discuss trade, foreign trade, we are really dis­ cussing the economics of peo­ ple, of jobs." He said the crux of the prob­ lem today lies in the "selfishness and greed on the part of the corporate interests who are exploiting people all over the world, producing cheap and selling in our rich market. We have been around a long time and we know that the whole drive for profit, the insatiable drive for profit, knows no boundaries." He concluded that "unless we can prevail on our govern­ ment and unless we can estab­ lish teamwork between indus­ try, government and labor, we are going to have chaos beyond anybody's ability to compre­ hend." Feinstein, in his report, pointed out that "there are no little islands of security any more. If job conditions are weakened in one place, whether by foreign imports or domestic sweatshops, they are weakened everywhere." He said that the "Buy Union spirit is needed more today than ever before. We need to make it even stronger. No one knows exactly how many jobs of American workers have been lost because of the flood of imports. Even the federal agen­ cies, which should be able to provide figures, cannot." Edward P. (Bud) Murphy, secretary-treasurer of the AFLCIO Union Label and Service Trades Department, reiterated the "Buy Union, Buy Ameri­ can" theme and said that "it is quite apparent that a major policy needs to be drafted" to help end the decimation of American jobs caused by the rising tide of imports. Following these reports, dele­ gate after delegate took the floor to discuss how the work­ ers of individual unions have been harmed by imports. Their revelations made it clear that the problem now touches virtu­ ally every segment of the American jobs market and that the problem is growing. Action Committee Delegates than adopted a resolution asked that the Spe­ cial Committee on Foreign Im­ ports continue its work and "serve as an action committee to call to the attention of the American people the problems of multi-national corporations and to point the finger at them every time they export some of our jobs." Sen. Vance Hartke (D-Ind.) addressed the convention on the need for a national trans­ portation policy. For highlights of his speech, see page 6. Fol­ lowing Hartke's address, MTD Administrator O. William Moody, Jr., presented a state­ ment on this subject, declaring that the nation currently has a "policy of neglect of transpor­ tation." Pointing to widespread defi­ ciencies in all modes of trans-: port in the United States to­ day, Moody declared that the time has come to begin plan­ ning for a "policy of active and coordinated national transport." Delegates then endorsed a resolution to set up a special MTD committee to "undertake its own study of this nation's transport modes in order to develop the guidelines for both a unified approach to the na­ tion's transport problems and as a guide to the best means of meeting the transport challenges of the 1970s and the 1980s." Privacy Report The convention also heard reports from all regular commit­ tees and also from the Special Committee on Invasion of Privacy. President Edward J. Carlough of the Sheet Metal Workers International Associa­ tion, chairman of this commit­ tee, delivered the report, "The Workers' World: Privacy and •7 the Need to Know." HigMights appear above. 1 • Other speakers at the con­ + vention included Robert J. I ' Blackwell, deputy assistant Sec­ i H retary of Commerce for Mari­ time Affairs; Helen Delich Bentley, chairman of the Fed­ eral Maritime Commission; and Lane Kirkland, AFL-CIO sec­ > t\ rets-treasurer. By acclamation, delegates re­ elected officers to guide the de­ partment for the next two years—^President Paul Hall, i ti Vice President Jack McDonald, and Executive Secretary-Treas­ urer Peter M. McGavin. •) li Page 4 Seafarers Log -m r �•S i. 7 7 Photo Highlights of MTD Convention ... I- MTD officers re-elected by acclamation, from left, Secretary-Treasurer Peter M. McGavin, Vice President Jack McDonald and President Paul Hall. December 1971 Steve Edney, SlUNA vice president and head of the United Cannery and Industrial Workers of the Pacific, Los Angeles and Vicinity District, takes floor mike during discussions on job impact of foreign imports. Page 5 �Convention Speech Highlights Robert J. Blackwell Advancing technology and a new cooperative spirit among elements of the American-flag mer­ chant marine will create a strong, competitive maritime industry, according to Robert J. Blackwell, deputy assistant secretary of commerce for mari­ time affairs. Mr. Blackwell spoke at the Ninth Constitutional Convention of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department held recently in Bal Harbour, Fla. He said that technology will increase the efficiency of modem-era ships to the point where their operat­ ing costs will allow them to compete directly with foreign-flag operators and thus encourage expansion of the fleet. Blackwell cautioned, however, that maritime labor wfll have to assist in the adaption of the fleet to modem technology or America's goal of a powerful merchant marine will never be reached. Livii^ With Technology "We cannot roll back technology," he said, "we must leam to live with it, if we are to build a merchant fleet that can hold its own on the world's sealanes," Blackwell declared. "And I think you will agree that the job losses and dislocations caused by the spread of new tech­ nology are more than offset by the revitalized merchant marine which we are working to build— one which will guarantee the jobs of American seafarers in the years ahead," he stated. All of the nation's hopes for its merchant fleet could be dashed, Blackwell said, unless maritime labor cooperates in reaching these long-range goals. He outlined two altematives. First, he said, labor could oppose the spread oi technology with the result of "fewer jobs on fewer ships as our fleet progressively lost what competitiveness it had as a result of economic obsolescence and rapidly escalat­ ing labor costs." But, Blackwell said, "there is another altemative available to maritime labor, and unfortunately it is this course of action that is gaining increasing currency among the many unions in the maritime field, particularly the SIU." It is, he stated, to "cooperate with the other parties with an interest in the health of the industry —management and government." He said, "you can accept reductions in crew sizes if you have reasonable assurances that these may well enable management and government to build more ships which you will crew." Blackwell concluded, "with your help we can achieve a competitive merchant marine of new, modem ships on which a man can serve with good wages, first rate working conditions and dignity." Page 6 Helen Bentley The interdependency of industrial workers and merchant seamen was called highly significant to world trade and the American economy by Helen Bentley, chairman of the Federal Maritime Com­ mission, in a speech to the Ninth Constitutional Convention of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ partment. Referring to international trade as a "two-way street," Mrs. Bentley said the oceans serve as high­ ways with ships as vehicles for transporting the cargoes between nations. The jobs of many of the MTD affiliates are "linked to the raw or semi­ finished materials imported on those ships docked in those ports," she explained. She called for "an end to labor-managementgovemment bickering" and for increases in the quality of goods and services under the "Made in U.S.A." label. Mrs. Bentley presented this particular challenge to MTD because, she said, its members "are among the most progressive and farsighted labor and trade leaders in the United States if not the world." If open and free commercial negotiation were encouraged by government, the U.S. balance of trade position would be greatly strengthened, she said. But, she added, the real work must come from the private sector of the economy. American-flag ships have kept the balance of pay­ ments in the black since the post-war years. How­ ever, as the American populace became more affiuent and so many of the corporations turned multi­ national in production, a degeneration and phasing out of U.S. industry followed. Loss of Competitive Interest "For too long, it has been easy for us to simply give everything away and to try and buy off the world, rather than stand up to confrontations and demand that there be a return on our investment," she noted. "Should (we) permit these foreign in­ terests to take what is rig^tkilly ours, in the name of so-called free competition?" She also noted, that often impractical work rules, featherbedding and inept management in both manu­ facturing and shipping have placed American prod­ ucts out of the competitive field. "Each nation must accomplish its objectives in its own way," she said. "One of our major difficulties ... is that we have not, and are not, utilizing the tools which are available to us, in any sort of co­ ordinated effort. We have a propensity for dealing with each problem as it arises on an ad hoc basis . . . instead of concentrating our energies on a co­ ordinated program designed to increase productivity and eliminate trade and balance of payment deficits." StiU another factor contributing to the weakening American economy rests in this country's "definite lack of foresight in recognizing the vast changes in international trade, commerce and transportation," she continued. The answer to the unfortunate economic situation lies in "the concerted effort and determination of every person in this country to achieve objectives we all Imow are well within our grasp," she predicted. "Business and labor must put their best heads together and devise improved methods of increasing productivity and holding or reducing costs of pro­ duction. Commercial interests must market and sell their products, not merely to the American domestic market . . . but to the entire world. The American operators and owners, and the seagoing and shoreside labor union leaders, must devote their maximiun efforts to meeting the new requirements of the intermodal age in world commerce, viewing all these problems as part of our entire international economic situation," concluded Mrs. Bentley. Sen. Vance Hartke Sen. Vance Hartke (D.-Ind.), speaking to the Ninth Constitutional Convention of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, called for prompt Congressional action in the fields of transportation and foreign trade. The Indiana Democrat told delegates that problems in those two fields have reached crisis levels for American workers, and the time has come to act in the workers' favor. He said the nation has, "a weak and unbalanced transportation system which unnecessarily multiples production costs, cuts the efficiency of industrial and agricultural production, slows down economic growth within the industry and the nation, con­ tributes both the inflation and high unemployment rates, and adversely affects the ability of the United States to compete in foreign trade and in foreign markets." *A SfBiting Polnf To remedy that situation. Sen. Hartke said he has proposed the Surface Transportation Act of 1971, which he said, "provides a starting point in the effort to bring order and efficiency to the industry." The bill. Sen. Hartke explained, gives backing to capital investment and streamlines and updates government regulation of transportation. He said, however, that even if the act passes, more study of a balanced transportation system is needed, b^ause, "in less than a decade, a surface transportation system that has taken more than a century to develop must expand by one-half." Planning needs to be done now to meet the requirements of the 1980s or the nation will see, "more railroad bankruptcies coupled with the possible nationalization of the nation's rail system, and the demise through bankruptcy or merger of literally hundreds of small truckers and a trend to increased concentration in the inland water industry that could signal the demise of dozens of small and medimn-size water operators." Sen. Hartke said that international companies have hurt the American worker by the export of jobs and technology and have precipitated an inter­ national trade crisis. He said his bill, the Foreign Trade and Invest­ ment Act of 1972, "seeks to protect the best interests of America against the worst practices of international corporations." He said enactment of the proposal "will be a giant step to restoring America's economic health." MTD delegates voiced their support of both Hartke bills and empowered a committee to conduct a study of America's transportation needs. ' - 4; i .1 0 ••} h I ^ I •y. •i ' \ • ; p. • ;• ) r Seafarers Log i' I �i: I r .1 7 AFL-CIO Convention Establishes Labor's Legislative, Economic Goals for 1972-73 I ri, The Ninth Constitutional Convention of the AFL-CIO, held at Bar Harbour, Fla., was a short convention but one of the most productive on record. From the time AFL-CIO President George Meany called the convention to order it took just three days for the nearly 1,000 delegates—^including a full delegation from the SIUNA —^to establish the programs which will guide the American Murphy Urges Consumers to Seek Union Label "It the 14 million AFLCIO members and their fam­ ilies wholly subscribed to the union label philosophy, it could cause enough waves to slow down the foreign ships bringing in goods produced at low wages in foreign coun­ tries." That's what SecretaryTreasurer Edward P. Murphy of the AFL-CIO Union Label and Service Trades Department told some 90 delegates in con­ vention at Bal Harbour, Fla. In his keynote. Murphy declared that "it is ironic that 97 years ago a union label was designed to com­ bat imports. Now, almost a century later, we are faced with the same problem. He mged the convention to push harder for union label agreements, and he called the label the "union seal of approval." He also said that the Department would pursue the consumer boycott in the future and is setting up stiller boycott machinery. labor movement for the next two years. For example, they unani­ mously adopted a resolution submitted by the Maritime Trades Department calling for continuation, expansion and modernization of the Public Health Service Hospitals. The resolution pointed to the need "to emphasize the great threat posed by Administra­ tion's actions (in seeking to close down the eight remaining PHS hospitals), not only to sea­ men and other PHS benefici­ aries, but to the entire frame­ work and service structure of America's public health care system." In another action, delegates declared that U.S. trade poli­ cies must be aimed at the needs of the American people and not at the interests of foreign man­ ufacturers, multinational com­ panies and banks. The convention then called for legislation to prevent fur­ ther export of American jobs and the disruption of the American market place through the glut of foreign imports. Vital Actions These were among the scores of resolutions acted upon during the three-day meeting. In other actions of vital inter­ est, delegates: • Called for a comprehen­ sive national manpower policy with a goal of full employment. This resolution said that "man­ power programs should not be used to subsidize low-wage, sub standard employers and to imdermine the wages and work­ ing standards of other workers, to aid runaways, to subsidize high labor turnover or jobs which do not call for training before hire." • Attacked the Administra­ Health Act. The convention railroads and free public transit, tion's proposed "tax giveaways charged that powers given to a higher minimum wage, enact­ and issued a call for elimination the U.S. Labor Secretary are ment of the National Health of remaining tax loopholes being used to "delay imple­ Security Act, and shorter work­ which provide special privilege mentation of standards, soften ing schedules as a means of for wealthy people and corpo­ the impact of enforcement on producing more jobs. employers, weaken the act's Meany Keynote rations. • Hit delays in enforcement provisions setting forth the AFL-CTO President Meany of the Occupational Safety and rights and protections for set the tone of the convention workers." (Continued on Page 8) • Urged passage of more legislation designed to protect Metal Trades^ the interests of workers and Building Trades their families in the market Organszin< place. The convention went on Plan Overhaul record in favor of a Product Priority Safety Act on household ap­ Of Organization The AFL-CIO Metal pliances and improvements in The 56th Convention of Trades Department, meeting existing legislation on such the AFL-CIO Building and in convention La Bal Har­ products as automobiles, fab­ Construction Trades Depart­ bour, Fla., put major en rics, drugs, medical devices and ment, meeting in Bal Har­ phasis on increase orgahousehold chemicals. bour, has resolved to make nizdng and servicing efforts. • Asked for a strong law broad changes in the opera­ Newly-elected Presid^ to control the sale and owner­ tion of the department's Paul Bitosky ehai^ thb ship of handguns. The resolu­ state, local and provincial meeting at which nearly^ 6^^ tion stressed that such a law councils. resolutions were acted upcm "poses no threat" to those who More than 250 delegates by more than 100 delegates; use rifies or shotguns for sport, representing some three mil­ represented 22 affilif yet appears to be the most lion union members, said the ated unions and 25 loc^ direct route to "reducing violent changes were necessary in metal trades councils with a crime." order to prevent problems meinbership of 3.5 million; • Condemned the down­ caused by overlapping juris­ m his keynote address, grading of federal anti-poverty dictions. Bumsky recounted raiding efforts at a time when the num­ The convention also heard attempts % purported labor ber people living in poverty is a report concerning the organization^" at both the increasing. The Office of Eco­ number of minority group Norfolk Naval Shipyard and nomic Opportunity should be members entering the build­ at the Pdrtsmoi:^ Naval continued as an independent ing trades apprenticeship Shipyard in Kittery, Md. agency, the convention said, programs. AFL-CIO Civil He sinj^ed out these at­ fully funded and with such serv­ Rights Director Donald tempted raids as basis for ices as child care, legal aid and Slaiman told delegates that the need for more Depart­ community action programs. "in the whole American mental organizing and servic­ • Agreed that the National labor market there isn't an ing efforts. Labor Relations Act must be area dealing Avith skilled and Convention speakers in­ drastically rewritten and the higher paid jobs which -has cluded SIU President Paul Board itself substantially seen more progress for Hall; President Frank Bonchanged. This resolution also minority youth and minority adio of the AFL-CIO Build­ called for repeal of Section workers." ing and Construction Trades 14(b). Delegates again issued a Department; and SecretaryIn addition to these actions, strong call for the right to Treasure r Edward P. delegates passed resolutions the job, a right which has Murphy of the AFL-CIO calling for more housing, in­ been denied them for some Union Lal»l 4nff Service creases in Social Security pay­ time. Trades Department. ments, nationalization of the Page 7 �House Commil-tee Hears SlU Viewpoint On Revision of National Cargo Policy is struggling to survive on This management-labor co­ can-flag ships provided there is American flag." He said that a further oppor­ slightly over a five percent of operation in crewing, coupled no "substantial" difference be­ the nation's total tonnage, and with technological changes, "re­ tween U.S.-ship rates and those tunity to solve the dilemma of the American-flag fleet involves only three percent of its non­ sults in major savings for the of foreign countries. He noted that the U.S. gov­ the emerging energy crisis in government, commercial im­ government which is chartering many of these vessels, and fair ernment is today the world's this nation. ports and exports. "By 1985," HaU said, "it is profits for the operator, and a largest shipper of oceanbome Cooperation Noted secure job at decent pay for the freight, but "all too frequently, estimated that the U.S. will be Hall said that "jtist as this seafarer," he said. these cargoes are shipped on required to import sufficient committee has been leading the This cooperation between the foreign vessels, stripping the oil and natural gas to provide way in the Congress toward es­ sea-going unlicensed unions U.S. fleet of sorely-needed nearly 30 percent of our energy demand. The only feasible way tablishing a revitalized Ameri­ and management also has re­ business." can Merchant Marine, the Mari­ sulted in improved labor stabil­ In addition, he charged that to transport these needed en­ time Administration (under the ity and continuity of service, "when U.S. government cargo ergy supplies will be by ship. "At present the U.S. fleet is leadership of Andrew E. Gib­ "which benefits everyone in­ is funneled to a foreign ship, son, Assistant Secretary of volved," Hall said. the nation ships with it vitally- not ready to meet this chal­ Commerce for Maritime Affairs) A Relnctaiit Few needed balance of payment lenge. We do not have a single tanker, flying the American has shown and is showing the Despite this new era of co­ dollars, as well as seafaring flag, transporting foreign oil or urgency of the situation in the operation between those in jobs and potenial tax revenues natural gas to our ports. Executive Branch. from the U.S. shipping com­ "It is an indisputable fact He cited positive indications labor, management and govern­ panies and their American ment who have a direct con­ that the U.S. will soon be com­ that labor and management are with the maritime indus­ owners. Shipping government pletely dependent upon foreign working together in a number cern materials on foreign-flag vessels try, Hall said "there are, un­ powers to meet our petroleum of areas on the problem of fortunately, a few who appear is the poorest economics. It and natural gas requirements. generating cargo for America's to be determined to hold back." virtually uses U.S. tax dollars This cannot be chan^. But ailing merchant marine. to create a drain on our nation­ He listed the following: we can and must act now to "All new ships," Hall said, al economic stability." • "Those in the Department prevent our nation from being "are being manned with fewer equally dependent upon foreign personnel, and the reduction of Agriculture and the Agency Sees Possible Strfution International Development Hall also announced support countries for the carriage of has come largely in the number for who consistently frustrated for other resolutions that would these crucial energy supplies." of unlicensed seafarers required both have the will of the Congress require "American-flag car­ to sail the ships efficiently and The way to avert this situa­ and Maritime Administration riage of agricultural goods fi­ safely. Since these new ships tion, according to Hall, is are two to twenty times larger by seeking out foreign-flag nanced by our government not through an energetic shipbuild­ than the ships they replace, sUps, or ignoring available only by loans, but through ing program to produce Ameri­ American-flag ships, for trans­ credit arrangements or guaran­ productivity gains are tremen­ portation of government cargo. tees," and that would require can-flag Liquid Natural Gas dous." • "Those in the Department "100 percent of our military (LNG) carriers and super tank­ of Defense who are activdy cargo to be transported on ers, and enactment of laws that engaged in open attempts to privately-owned, commercial would guarantee these foreign develop their own fleet of mer­ vessels operating under the resources would be transported on these vessels to this nation. chant ships for the transporta­ tion of defense cargoes, a move v that could deal a severe blow to our cooperative efforts to Special Benefits Notice bring to our nation a viable, The Federal Maritime Administration has announced An ill or disabled Seafarer cannot receive benefits both profitable merchant marine plans for an intensive research program into the competi­ from the employer and from the union, according to the under the private enterprise Rules, and Regulations of the SIU's Welfare Plan. tiveness of the U.S.-flag fleet in the carriage of liquefied system. petroleum products. Under penalty of possibly losing further benefits, a Sea­ • "Those in the freight for­ "Our goal," said Andrew E. Gibson, assistant secretary farer must reimburse the Plan if he is receiving both Main­ warders' organizations who of the U.S. Commerce Dept. in charge of maritime affairs, tenance and Cure from the employer and Sickness and adopt an attitude of catering to "is to restore this nation's former lead in this area." Accident Benefits from the union's Plan. foreign-flag carriers at the ex­ Mr. Gibson said that the U.S. pioneered the concept of Maintenance and Cure information is given by employ­ pense of our own fleet. shipping liquified natural gas and other petroleum products ers to the Plan for pension credit. Therefore, the Plan is at sub-zero temperatures, but, he said, foreign fleets have aware of any duplication. Supports Conrective Measures built on American technology and currently are far more If a Seafarer is denied Maintenance and Cure by an In order to correct these productive in that area. employer, he may receive Sickness and Accident Benefits situations Hall aimounced sup­ The research program, he said, is designed to aid Ameri­ from the Plan while he contests his case. port for a number of maritime can shipping companies in the development of liquefied However, the Seafarer must provide the following: an resolutions currently under petroleum ships of modem technology and restore America's application for benefits; a letter of denial from the employer; consideration in the House. competitive edge in the market. statement of legal case for Maintenance and CJure claim, One would strengthen the The Maritime Administration recently approved plans and letter from an attorney recognizing the case with the Cargo Preference Laws to in­ for the construction of six liquefied natural gas vessels and understanding that the Plan will be reimbursed from final sure that 100 percent of the has three more under consideration. settlement. nation's government cargoes would be placed aboard Ameri­ The AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department and Sea­ farers International Union President Paul Hall have warned Congress that "a lack of cargo, plus years of neglect is causing the U.S. merchant fleet to van­ ish at an alarming rate." Testifying before the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, Hall, who was au­ thorized also to speak for Joseph M. Curran, president of the National Maritime Union, said "the American-flag fleet cannot survive unless this trend is reversed, and reversal of this trend requires a reversal of the nation's cargo practices and policies." He said that this fact was especially distressing at a time when "our fleet, in number of vessels, is at a 30-year low and our import and export tonnage is at a record high. Our imports and exports continue to grow, but the tonnage carried in American-flag bottoms contin­ ues to decline towards zero." Hall pointed out that other maritime nations support their merchant fleets with laws and policies that guarantee them 50 percent or more of all cargoes entering or leaving their ports, but the U.S. merchant marine MARAD Studies LNG Carriage AFL-CIO Convention Assesses Economy, Job Needs (Continued from Page 7) with a keynote address stating that the labor movement's prime concern today, as it was at the time of the 1969 con­ vention, is "the economic health of the nation." He reviewed Administration economic policies which have finally resulted in the so-called Phase I price-wage freeze and the Phase II Pay and Price Boards. He told of the particu­ lar problems confronting the labor movement in its attempts to cooperate on the Pay Board to help end the nation's eco­ nomic crisis only to find what appears to be a concerted at­ tempt to nullify virtually every union contract in the nation. Page 8 Meany said that if these con­ tracts, these "legal contracts, can be nulified by the terms of a Presidential edict, then no contract is sacred. No mort­ gage, no bond, no payment on a business loan or installment credit or any other type of normal commercial commit­ ment is safe." He concluded: "We must, therefore, stand united as never before, for never before has so much depended upon the strength and unity of the fam­ ily of labor." After that address, delegates unanimously adopted a resolu­ tion urging AFL-CIO repre­ sentatives to remain on the Pay Board only so long as there is "reasonable hope" for securing justice for all American work­ ing men and women. 'Brink of Disaster* Declaring that "the Ameri­ can labor movement will not permit itself to become the scapegoat for Administration policies which have brought this Nation to the brink of eco­ nomic disaster," the resolution instructed all affiliated unions to insist on the "validity of their contract in all their terms and that they take every lawful action at their command to in­ sure that their contracts are honored." The next day, president Nix­ on appeared before the conven­ tion to defend both his eco­ nomic and forei^ policies. He made it clear that he intended to continue with Phase II plans and that he wanted labor's par­ ticipation. However, with or without labor's participation. President Nixon said, "It is my obligation as President of the United States to make this program of stopping the rise in the cost of living succeed, and to the ex­ tent that my power allow it, I shall do exactly that." Officers Re-elected Convention delegates heard from a host of other speakers including Presidential hopefuls, foreign dignataries and other convention guests. They were welcomed to Bal Harbour, Fla., by Mayor Stephen P. Clark, Governor Reuben Ask­ ew, and Charley Harris, Presi­ dent of the Florida AFL-CIO. By the close of their meet­ ing, delegates re-elected, by ac­ clamation, President Meany, Secretary-Treasurer Lane Kirkland, and 33 vice-presidents in­ cluding SIU President Paul Hall. Upon his return to Washing­ ton, D.C., following the con­ vention, Meany was stricken with chest pains and admitted to a hospital, where, at press time, his condition was listed as "excellent" and he was rest­ ing comfortably. Seafarers Log Ml li 'i J- ii I �SlU Members Celebrate Thanksgiving Day New Orleans Thanksgiving is a special day for all Americans. For the mem­ bers of the SIU it affords an opportunity for comradeship as well as giving thanks. Every year SIU halls in ports around the world "put on" a Thanksgiving meal for Seafarers, their families and friends that can't be matched anywhere, for any price. And every year the turnout at these afifairs gets larger and larger. Thanks­ giving dinner at the union halls offers good food and plenty of it, but more important it gives members of the SIU and their families and friends a chance to socialize with old shipmates, to relax in friendly surroundings. It is all part of the SIU's program to make life a little easier and a little better for its members. (Additicnal Photos on Pages 30-31) Getting ready to have some delicious Louisiana Seafood Gumbo soup at the Thanksgiving din ner in New Orleans, Seafarer Willie Walker and his family pause a minute to look at the camera Spending the Thanksgiving holiday with his family in the Port of New Orleans is Seafarer Ernest Sau Everyone in Seafarer Junest Ponson's family agreed that a wonderful meal was served in the Port of New Orleans. 4" Standing are Louis "Buck" Sstrade, left, and Rueben Belletty, both of whom not only ate the tasty dinner but also helped prepare it. Seated left to right are: Louie O Leary; Joe Fiesel; George Annis, and Monk Sherman. December 1971 \ \ In the Port of New Orleans, Seafarer E. Rosario and E. Stratis and their families spend a festive Thanksgiving day with the SIU at the New Orleans' union hall. �to the editor Support SPAD To the Editor: As a delegate from the port of Philadelphia, attend­ ing the July SlU educational conference has more than enlightened me to see and fully understand how the overall structure of our organization functions in Piney Point and why our SPAD contributions are needed in Washington for a stronger merchant marine. The membership must fuiiy realize why we must con­ tinue to support SPAD and only through SPAD dona­ tions can we continue to have a stronger merchant fleet and keep our SlU alive. We covered every subject from the conception and present time of our union, including all the present benefits we enjoy. Without doubt, we have the best . conditions, welfere benefits, contracts, and our con­ stitution is solid. This is a great achievement in rela­ tions with other maritime unions as well as shoreside unions. • Much credit must go to our officiais, who had the foresight to visualize such an establishment was neces­ sary in Piney Point for the future growth of this organi­ zation. Credit must also be given to Miss Hazel Brown, the teachers, instructors, and heads of the various work­ shops, who, with their guidance and experience, would make this possibie. It is very gratifying to see how their efforts, experi­ ence and patience are necessary in educating the trainees to increase their knowledge and vocations in preparing them for the future. It goes without saying, I urge any member who has the opportunity to attend these conferences to do so in the future, John Griffin Philadelphia. Pa. ^JV Left on the Docks About 25 years ago, Seafarers started warning the nation about the problems of runaway ships. We were joined in our warn­ ings then by many of the shipbuilding unions. But our warnings went unheeded. Now there is a turnabout. American working men and women are losing their jobs because of runaway plants. They are now saying the same things we said 25 years . ago when our "plants"—our ships— started the runaway process. There was plenty of evidence of this dur­ ing the Maritime Trades Department con­ vention. MTD Administrator O. William Moody, Jr. pinpointed the problem in these words: "When this government, the United States government, in 1946, started to sell off to foreign nations what was the greatest merchant fleet in the history of the world and started to sfiut down what was the greatest, most productive shipbuilding com­ plex in the world, we began to cry out the phrase 'runaway-flag ships'. "We ceased to be a carrier nation on the high, seas of this world. Today we carry about 5 per cent of our total imports and exports and it has put us in a very danger­ ous situation in so far as our economy is concerned and insofar as our defense posture is concerned. "Then we were confronted with the fact that American industry was transporting its jobs and its plants abroad under the umbrel­ la of multi-nation corporations." That's when Americans started to wake up to the fact that the lack of trade regula­ tions was costing them jobs. Convention delegates from many unions cited some speciflcs: Robert Simpson of the Machinists told how some aerospace firms have been farm­ ing out highly-certified welding jobs to low-paid workers in Mexico. John Mara of the Boot and Shoe Workers urged delegates to look for the union label in the shoes they buy because foreign im­ ports from all over the world are causing widespread unemployment in American shoe plants. Benjamin Feldman of the Leather Goods declared that "we are at the crossroads where the American worker is going to be a statistic. Our consumer goods are going to be made all over the world but they are not going to be made here. We are going to be on welfare . . . while our manufactur­ ers go to Taiwan where people work for nine cents an hour." George Knaly of the Electrical Workers said that the manufacturing division of the IBEW had lost 80,000 jobs over the past three years. Steve Edney of SIUNA declared that "at one time, we in the tuna industry and perhaps later those in the shipping industry were the first in this battle to call the danger to the attention of the American people and the labor movement. It has been sometimes a lonely fight." Lester Null of the Pottery and Allied Workers stated simply that foreign imports have killed the pottery industry in the United States. "There is not enough of the pottery industry left in this country to service one-tenth of the American people," he said. ' Richard Livingston of the Carpenters told how 3,000 men in Washington and Oregon have lost their jobs while timber is being cut on government lands and then shipped to Japan which turns out finished products. He said the problem is extending to mills across the nation. So now we know that we are not fighting alone. Other unions in other fields are taking up th^ fight. The pressure is on the govern­ ment to take action to save our jobs. These are hopeful signs. There are some others, as Bill Moody pointed out: "Two years ago, the AFL-CIO did not have any policy on foreign.imports. Today the AFL-OO has a policy on foreign im­ ports. "Two years ago we had no legislation or no prospect of le^slation to help the Amer­ ican worker in this field. Today we have the Hartke Bill pending in Congress, a bill aimed at solving some of these problems. "So I submit that as bad as things were two years ago, they are not as bad now." The signs are hopeful now, more hopeful than two years ago, certainly more hopeful when Seafarers issued their first warnings 25 years ago. If we keep fitting the good fight, and if we do our fighting shoulder to shoulder, then the day will come when American working men and women will no longer be left on the docks as their jobs go sailing away on a foreign-flag ship. Save Snug Harbor To the Editor: I am writing to you in regard to Sailor's Snug Har­ bor. f was referred to you by Lt. N. G. Sandifer (USN Ret.). A friend sent me clippings from the Staten Isiand Advance—July 14, 1971. It read: "Union Totally Op^ posed to Snug Harbor Move." Snug Harbor is choice property and land developers have been after it for a lortg time; they would like to put up apartment houses here. That property was left in an 1801 will by Captain Robert Richard Randail. He had Manhattan real estate ' holdings, the income from which was to be used to create a home for sick and retired seamen. The men do not want io leave the New York area and you c^n't blame them. I used to visit Admiral Edward Holden who lived at the home. He was in a wheel chair, but had been to court several times fighting for the men. I am sorry to cay he died a few months ago. The buildings at the "Harbor" are of the finest Greek architecture in the country. I believe Snug Harbor should be preserved as a litome for seamen and as a landmark. I ' MIS. M. Pasteil it Ossining, N.Y. D«c«mb«r 1971 Vol. XXXIII, No. 12 Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO Executive Board Paul Hall, PresiJem Cal Tanner, Execxiive Vict-Prtsident Earl Shepard, Vice-Presideal Al Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer Lindsey Williams, Vice-President Al Tanner, Vice-President Robert Matthews, Vice-President Published monthly at 810 Rhode Island Avenue N.E., Washington, 0.0. 20018 by Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and In­ land Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. 499-6600. Second class postage paid at Washington, D.C. Page 10 Seafarers Log mmm • i( . ( i: �20fh Century 'Pirates' Plunder Prizes of Ancient Ship Wreck The need for a bill to pro­ tect ancient ship wrecks has become even more evident after underwater pirates plun­ dered what is probably the most important shipwreck ever found in British waters. It is feared that two 600-pound bronze cannons and a small gun are missing from the remains of Charles II's 100-ton royal yacht, The Mary. A Cache of Anns The wreck was discovered in July off Anglesey, seven miles north of Holyhead by a group of divers who spotted various pieces of armament. Later, other diving expeditions also claimed to have seen the cannons and guns. The arms were left undisturbed and a representative of the Cbmmittee for Nautical Archaeology was informed of the findings. As the word spread, other divers infiltrated the area and one said, "It was worse than a gold rush." Six of the, main cannons from The Mary are presently in the Conservation Depart­ ment at Liverpool Museum to­ gether with the ship's nine-foot iron anchor and a matching pair of Dutch four-pounders. The Mary was wrecked on a foggy niglit in March, 1675. Originally, the 65-foot hull of the sumptuously appointed yacht was bought for 4300 guilders. Twice as much was spent on fitting her out, includ­ ing more than 1000 books of gold leaf, a splendid unicorn for her bow, 50 yards of tooled and guilded leather for her four-berth state cabin, and the best red, white and blue sUk taffeta for her royal standard. Underseas Explorer Discovers 'Real Proof of Santa Maria Sunken treasures, gold dou­ bloons, pirate's maps and other underwater fragments always make waves upon discovery. One of the most recent under­ water findings is a piece of pottery about three-four inches square which is believed to be from the Santa Maria, Colum­ bus' flagship. Taken from a barrier reef six miles off the north coast of Haiti, the ragged pottery is the first slice of evidence to be brought up in what promises to be a long-time journey to re­ capture the past. Dating tests at the University of Pennsyl­ vania classified the pottery as "Spanish olive" from about 1475. Fred Dickson, a 41-year-old explorer, called the fragment "real proof of the Santa MarUfs existence. The tests make it right in line to part of the Columbus voyage to the new world. As the Santa Maria was the only shipwreck in the immediate area for 100 years, Dickson explained that scientifically it can be deter­ mined that other artifacts from other wrecks do not fit into that time schedule. The particular area Dickson has explored is a 115-foot long coral reef, 30-feet wide, in the shape of a ship. He foimd coral dating back 200 years lying 13-feet below the surface which covered the famed ship and formed a type of protection. Its cove-like location has also made another form of protec­ tion for the Santa Maria. Retrieving the Ship Dickson will continue his work of authenticating and hopefully plans to retrieve the famous vessel. The process of reclaiming the ship will be­ come a multi-million dollar preservation estimated Dick­ son. A coffer dam, or steel belt would have to be fitted around the area. As the water is pumped out, thousands of gal­ lons of preservatives would be pumped into what is left. Fol­ lowing a time period to allow the preservatives to take effect on die wood, the actual struc­ ture would be brought to land. Seo Mining Potential Enhanced By Technological Breakthrough Through recent technological developments in deep-ocean mining, the economic recovery of many of the world's much needed minerals may come sooner than previously expect­ ed. A breakthrough came last summer with the first «uccessful recovery of minerals from the ocean floor on a continuous and commercially potential basis. The ocean-mining tests represented a culmination of a multi-year program to verify the effectiveness of recovering manganese nodules via hy­ draulic dredging. Additional comprehensive programs have . proven hydraulic dredging us­ ing a conduit pipe suspended December 1971 from a moving ship was indeed a feasible solution. Only two of the many pro­ posed methods to mine deepocean surficial deposits have been actually tested. The world's first was conducted in July-August in 2,400 feet of water on the Blake Plateau, approximately 170 miles off the Georgia/Florida coast. This hydraulic dredging system used an air-life pump to induce water in a conduit pipe suspended from a ship towing the bottom collection and concentrating device in a continuous path. The second was conducted dur­ ing August-September in about 12,000 feet of water in the Pacific Ocean off Tahiti. Close-hauled in a moderate breeze with all sails set, the schooner Freedom heads home to the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship with her crew of trainees after a day's sailing on the Chesapeake Bay. The 89-foot schooner draws attention of yachtmen, marine history enthusiasts and all sailing buffs as she regularly plies the waters of the Chesapeake. Proud Schooner Freedom Serves As 'Classroom' for Lundeberg Trainees A traditional sight along the Chesapeake Bay waterways these days is the two-masted schooner. Freedom. This fully-restored sleek vessel was the proud flagship of the United States Naval Academy's Sailing Squadron for 28 years. Now, it has passed its sea secrets along to other sailors—^merchant marine trainees at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in Piney Point, Md. The Freedom is iamong the last truly un­ limited yachts built in the United States between the two world wars. From the imagination and craftsmanship of her Alden designers came the Freedom—88' 8" overall with a 20-ft. beam; displacing 99 tons loaded; a draft of 10 feet, and a cruising speed of 10 knots imder auxiliary diesel power. Proudly carrying 3,800 square feet of sail, the Freedom time and again proved her sailing speed while racing against several other vessels throughout her career. She always manages to place well among the leaders. The first lOO-mile Skipper's Race was won by the Freedom in 1951, and, a decade later, she took first place in the special "Schooner Class" in the classic Annapolis-to-Newport races. The Freedom has weathered the salt and waves well and refused to submit to the fate S/U Upgraders Gef Full Books In New York predicted for her: "The last chapter in the lives of these giants of the past is always a sorry tale, ending in some forlorn backwater or as a freight hulk in the Bahamas; a fate that the Freedom seems doomed to share." Golden Age Ship She still plies the waters, sailing under the HLSS colors. The thousands of naval officers who sailed her and the many mariners and yachtmen who revere the great sailing boats of the "golden era of sail" can beam with pride as the Freedom, with all her original majestic elegance, carries on a legendary heritage. Built in 1931 at the Great Lakes Boat Build­ ing Corp. in Detroit by salt magnate Sterling Morton, the Freedom was given to the Navy in 1940. Eventually, the Harry Limdeberg School acquired her. The school's young trainees gain first-hand nautical knowledge and experience while sailing aboard the Freedom and the munerous other maritime vessels docked at their Piney Point location. A sense of discipline and responsibility and the imderstanding of the importance of team workmanship develops when the Freedom and her young crew join forces. Learning to sail in all kinds of weaffier prepares these trainees for life at sea—their future home. A fine crew of upgraders received fheir full books in the Port of New York recently. Front row, from left: A. Urti, B. O'Toole, S. Pollizzi, T. Fox, J. Bigner, S. Capro, and P. Kingsbury. Back row, from left: M. Bolger, T. Tyner, E. Byers, J. McCray, J. Smitko, andIP. P. Anthony. Page 11 �More SlU Members Retire to the Beach Michael A. Ltozza, 65, joined the union in 1941 in the Port of New Or­ leans and sailed in the steward de­ partment. A native of New Orleans, La., Brother Liuzza continues to make his home there. He is a Navy veteran of World War H. Thomas F. Gerity, 50, is a native of Cleveland, O. and continues to make his home there. He joined the union in Cleveland and sailed on the Great Lakes as a scowman. Brother Gerity is an Army veteran of World War n. Maoriee F. Ellis, 61, joined the un­ ion in 1946 in the Port of Philadel­ phia and sailed in the steward depart­ ment. A native of Florida, Seafarer Ellis now lives in Bonifay, La. He is an Army veteran of World War II. Pension Checks Presented at New York Meeting Charles Perkins, 62, is a native of Alabama and now makes his home in Mobile. One of the first members of the union. Brother Perkins joined in 1938 in the Port of Mobile. He sailed in the steward department. Lelf O. Sveum, 63, is a native of Norway and now makes his home in New Orleans, La. He joined the un­ ion in 1940 in the Port of New Or­ leans and sailed in the deck depart­ ment. He retired after sailing 38 vears. Wflnam H. Thompson, 76, joined the union in 1951 in the Port of Galveston and sailed in the steward department Brother Thompson has been very active in imion beefs. A native of Bronson, Tex., Seafarer Thompson now Uves in Jewett, Tex. He is a Navy veteran of World War I. His retirement ended a sailing ca­ reer of 40 years. GolUenno O. Rosado, 57, joined the union in 1945 in Puerto Rico and sailed in the steward department He served picket duty in 1961 and was also given a personal safety award for his part in making the Frances an accident free ship in the first half of 1960. A native of Puerto Rico, Seafarer Rosado makes his home in Rio Piedras, P.R. Page 12 SlU Vice President Earl Shepard (right) hands out first pension checks to three veterans Seafarers who retired to the beach recently. From left are: Willie Edwards, Arvid Gylland, and William Brown. Brice E. Rnggle^ 57, joined the un­ ion in the Port of Baltimore in 1946 and sailed in the deck department A native of Philadelphia, Pa., Seafarer Ruggie noW makes his home in Cornwell Heights, Pa. He retired after sailing 34 years. Andrew A. Smlfli, 58, is a native of Biloxi, Miss, and now lives in Mobile, Ala. One of the first mem­ bers of the union. Brother Smith joined in 1938 in the Port of Mobile. He saUed in the deck department His retirement ended a sailing career of 41 years. Volley R. Collins, 59, joined the union in 1940 in the Port of Savannah and sailed in the engine department. A native of Maryland, Brother Collins now makes his home in Bishopville, Md. Seafarer Collins was issued a picket duty card in 1961. John Catalanotto, 55, joined the union in 1943 in the Port of Balti­ more and sailed in the deck depart­ ment A native of St James, La., Brother Catalanotto now makes his home in Raceland, La. Richard J. McCmmeD, 45, joined the union in the Port of Galveston in 1947 and sailed in the deck de­ partment. He served as ship's dele­ gate while sailing. A native of Mis­ souri, Seafarer McConnell now lives in Nixa, Mo. He is a Navy veteran of World War H. Nikolai Taska, 56, is a native of Estonia and now makes his home in Hoboken, N.J. He joined the un­ ion in the Port of New Orleans in 1945 and sailed in the engine depart­ ment. Brother Taska served as de­ partment delegate while sailing. He retired after 33 years at sea. Exeqniel T. Tlong, 70, joined the union in 1947 in the Port of New York and sailed in the engine de­ partment. He served picket duty in 1962 during the Moore McCormackRobin Line beef. A native of the Phil­ ippine Islands, Brother Tiong now makes his home in Brooklyn, N.Y. His retirement ended a sailing career of 49 years. Clarence Jos^h Gairabrant, 59, is a native of Newark, N.J. and is now spending his retirement in King^port, Tenn. He joined the union in 1952 in the Port of New York and sailed in the engine department. His retirement ended a sailing career of 33 years. Brother Gairabrant served in the Navy from 1926 to 1930. Peter Gavillo, 58, joined the union in 1941 in the Port of Norfolk and sailed in the deck department. He served picket duty in 1961 during the Greater New York Harbor Strike and also was on the picket line in 1962 in the Moore McCormack-Robin Line beef. A native of Massachusetts, Sea­ farer Gavillo now makes his home in Baltimore, Md. Armon Highman, 62, is a native of Brooklyn, N.Y. and now lives in Houston, Tex. One of the first mem­ bers of the union. Seafarer Highman joined in 1938 in the Port of Mo­ bile. He sailed in the steward depart­ ment. His retirement ended a sailing career of 47 years. Louis M. FIrUe, 52, joined the un­ ion in the Port of New York in 1955 and sailed in the engine department A native of Cumberland, Md., Broth­ er Firlie now lives in Severn, Md. Seafarer Firlie is an Army veteran of World War H. Gem^e P. Sander, 61, is one of the first members of the union. He joined in 1938 in the Port of Mobile and sailed in the engine department. Brother Saucier was issued a personal safety award in 1960 for his part in making the Alcoa Ranger an accident free ship. A native of Louisiana, Sau­ cier now lives in Pass Christian, Miss. His retirement ends a sailing career of 39 years. Arflmr George Gllliland, 45, is a native of New York and now lives in Baltimore, Md. He joined the union in 1946 in the Port of New York and sailed in the deck department. He served picket duty during the Moore McCormack-Robin Line beef of 1962. Seafarer Gilliland served in the Army from 1949 to 1950. WiilNir L. Everett, 61, is a native of Idaho and now makes his home in Seattle, Wash. He joined the union in 1951 in the Port of Seattle and sailed in the steward department. He retired after sailing 28 years. Seafarers Log^ �rij V-^ -! •# ^ ' '.,2- • ;:," it ... TEXT OF V^r : (msTiTnioii For SIUAtlantic, Gulf, Lakes And Inland Waters District (Effective January 1970) • V ' • M. [ t .bi-Ei-'v. D'EUVV" !.. "V., .^r- •— lyj\ Seafarers Log Page 13 �•' t CONSTITUTION THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICAATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT Affiliated with American Federation of Labor — Congrecs of industrioi Orgonisotiont (As Amended January 1, 1970) PREAMBLE pelled to be a witness against himself in the trial of any pro­ ceeding in which he may be charged with failure to observe the law of this Union. Every official and job holder shall be bound to uphold and protect the rights of every member in accordance with the principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union. As maritime and allied workers and realizing the value and necessity of a thorough organization, we are dedicated to the forming of one Union for our people, the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, based upon the following principles: IV All members shall be entitled to all the rights, privileges and guarantees as set forth in this Constitution, and such rights, Every member shall have the right to he confronted by his privileges and guarantees shall be preserved in accordance with accuser whenever he is charged with violating the law of this its terms. Union. In all such cases, the accused shall be guaranteed a fair We declare that American seamen are entitled to receive their and speedy trial by an impartial committee of his brother employment without interference of crimps, shipowners, fink Union, members. halls or any shipping bureaus maintained by the Government. We affirm that every worker has the right to receive fair and just remuneration for his labor, and to gain sufficient leisure No member shall he denied the right to express himself freely for mental cultivation and physical recreation. on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. We proclaim the right of all seamen to receive healthful and sufficient food, and proper forecastles in which to rest. VI We defend the right of all seamen to he treated in a decent and respectful manner by those in command, and. A militant rambership being necessary to the security of a We hold that the above rights belong to all workers alike, free union, the members shall at all times stand ready to de­ irrespective of nationality or creed. fend this Union and the principles set forth in the Constitu­ Recognizing the foregoing as our inalienable rights, we are tion of the Union. conscious of corresponding duties to those in command, our VII employers, our craft and our country. We will, therefore, try by all just means to promote har­ The powers not delegated to the officers, job holders, and monious relations with those in command by exercising due Executive Board by the Constitution of the Union shall he care and diligence in the performance of the duties of our reserved to the members. profession, and by giving all possible assistance to our employ­ ers in caring for their gear and property. Based upon these principles, it is among our objects: To use CONSTITUTION our influence individually and collectively for the purpose of maintaining and developing skill in seamanship and effecting a Article I change in the maritime law of the United States, so as to render it more equitable and to make it an aid instead of a hindrance Name and General Powers to the development of a merchant marine and a body of Amer­ This Union shall be known as the Seafarers International ican seamen. To support a journal which shall voice the sentiments of Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland maritime workers and through its columns seek to maintain Waters District. Its powers shall he legislative, judicial, and executive, and shall include the formation of, and/or issuance their knowledge of, and interest in, maritime affairs. To assist the seamen of other countries in the work of organ­ of charters to, subordinate bodies and divisions, corporate or ization and federation, to the end of establishing the Brother­ otherwise, the formation of funds and participation in funds, the establishment of enterprises for the benefit of the Union, hood of the Sea. To form and to assist by legal means other bona fide labor and similar ventures. This Union shall exercise all of its powers organizations whenever possible in the attainment of their just in aid of subordinate bodies and divisions created or chartered by it. For convenience of administration and in furtherance of demands. To regulate our conduct as a Union and as individuals so as its policies of aid and assistance, the Union may make its prop­ to make seamanship what it rightly is—an honorable and use­ erty, facilities and personnel available for the use and on behalf ful calling. And bearing in mind that we are migratory, that of such subordinate bodies and divisions. A majority vote of the our work takes us away in different directions from any place membership shall be authorization for any Union action, unless where the majority might otherwise meet to act, that meetings otherwise specified in the Constitution or by law. This Union can be attended by only a fraction of the membership, that the shall at all times protect and maintain its jurisdiction. absent members, who cannot be present, must have their iuterests guarded from what might be the results of excitement and Article II passions aroused by persons or conditions, and that those who are present may act for and in the interest of all, we have Affiliation adopted this Constitution. Section I. This Union shall be affiliated with the Seafarers International Union of North America and the American Fed­ Statement of Principles and Declaration eration of Labor—Congress of Industrial Organizations. All of Rights other affiliations by the Union or its subordinate bodies or In order to form a more perfect Union, we workers in the divisions shall be made or withdrawn as determined by a majority vote of the Executive Board. maritime and allied industries, realizing the value and necessity of uniting in pursuit of our improved economic and social wel­ Section 2. In addition to such other provisions as are con­ fare, have determined to bind ourselves together in the Seafarers tained herein, all subordinate bodies and divisions seeking a International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes charter from and/or affiliation with this Union, shall he re­ and Inland Waters District, and hereby dedicate ourselves to quired to adopt, within a time period set by the Executive the following principles: Board, a constitution containing provisions as set forth in In promoting our economic and social welfare, we shall ever Exhibit A, annexed to this Constitution and made a part hereof. be mindful, not only of our rights, but also of our duties and All other provisions adopted by such subordinate bodies and obligations as members of the community, our duties as citizens, divisions as part of th^ir constitutions shall not he inconsistent and our duty to combat the menace of communism and any therewith. No such constitution or amendments thereto shall other enemies of freedom and the democratic principles to he deemed to be effective without the approval of the Executive Board or this Union, which shall be executed in writing, on its which we seafaring men dedicate ourselves in this Union. We shall affiliate and work with other free labor organiza­ behalf, by the President or, in his absence, by any other officer tions; we shall support a journal to give additional voice to our designated by it. Such approval shall be deemed to be recog­ views; we shall assist our brothers of the sea and other workers nition of compliance herewith by such subordinate body or of all countries in these obligations to the fullest extent con­ division. Where a subordinate body or division violates any of the sistent with our duties, obligations, and law. We shall seek to exert our individual and collective influence in the fight for the foregoing, and, in particular, seeks to effectuate any constitu­ tional provision not so authorized and approved, or commits enactment of labor and other legislation and policies which look to the attainment of a free and happy society, without distinc­ acts in violation of its approved constitution, or fails to act in accordance therewith, this Union, through its Executive Board, tion based on race, creed or color. To govern our conduct as a Union and bearing in mind that may withdraw its charter and/or sever its affiliation forthwith, or on such terms as it may impose not inconsistent with law, most of our members are migratory, that their duties carry them all over the world, that their rights must and shall be protected, in addition to exercising any and all rights it may have pur­ we hereby declare these rights as members of the Union to he suant to any applicable agreements or understandings. inalienable. Section 3. This Union shall also have the power, acting through its Executive Board, and after a fair hearing, to impose a trusteeship upon any subordinate body or divisions chartered by and affiliated with it, for the reasons and to the extent No member shall be deprived of any of the rights or privileges provided by law. guaranteed him under the Constitution of the Union. II Every qualified member shall have the right to nominate him­ self for, and, if elected or appointed, to hold office in this Union. III No member shall be deprived of his membership without due process of the law of this Union. No member shall be com­ Article III Membership Section I. There shall be two classes of membership, to wit full book members and probationary members. Candidates for membership shall be admitted to membership in accord­ ance with such rules as may be adopted from time to time, by a majority vote of the membership and which rules shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution. All candidates with 360 days or more seatime in a consecutive calendar month period commencing from January 1, 1968, in an unlicensed capacity, aboard an American-flag merchant vessel or vessels, covered by contract with this Union, shall be eligible for full membership. All persons with less than the foregoing seatime but at least thirty (30) days of such seatime, shall be eligible for probationary membership. Only full book members shall be entitled to vote and to hold any office or elective job, except as otherwise specified herein. All probationary members shall have a voice in Union proceedings and shall be entitled to vote on Union contracts. Sactlon 2. No candidate shall be granted membership who is a member of any dual organization hostile to the aims, prin­ ciples, and policies of this Union. The membership, by majority vote, shall at all times have the right to determine the membership status of pensioners. Socrion 3. Members more than one quarter in arrears in dues shall he automatically suspended, and shall forfeit all benefits and all other rights and privileges in the Union. They shall be automatically dismissed if they are more than two quarters in arrears in dues. An arrearage in dues shall be computed from the first day of the applicable quarter, but this time shall not run: (a) While a member is actually participating in a strike or lockout. (b) While a member is an in-patient in a USPHS or other accredited hospital. (c) While a member is under an incapacity due to activity in behalf of the Union. (d) While a member is in the armed services of the United States, provided the member was in good standing at the time of entry into the armed forces, and further provided he applies for reinstatement within ninety (90) days after discharge from the armed forces. (e) While a member has no oppoitunity to pay dues, because of employment aboard an American flag merchant vessel Soctien 4. A majority vote of the membership shaU be suf­ ficient to designate additional circumstances during which the time specified in Section 3 shall not run. It shall be the right of any member to present, in writing, to any Port at any regu­ lar meeting, any question with regard to the application of Section 3, in accordance with procedures established by a majority vote of the membership. A majority vote of the mem­ bership shall be necessary to decide such questions. Section S. The membership shall be empowered to establish, from time to time, by majority vote, rules under which dues and assessments may be excused where a member has been unable to pay dues and assessments for the reasons provided in Sections 3 and 4. Section 6. To preserve unity, and to promote the common welfare of the membership, all members of the Union shall uphold and defend this Constitution and shall be governed by the provisions of this Constitution and all policies, rulings, orders and decisions duly made. Section 7. Any member who gives aid to the principles and policies of any hostile or dual organization shall he denied further membership in this Union to the full extent permitted by law. A majority vote of the membership shall decide which organizations are dual or hostile. Section 8. Evidence of membership or other affiliation with the Union shall be in such form or forms as determined by the Executive Board, and shall at all times remain the property of the Union. Members may be required to show their evidence of membership in order to be admitted to Union meetings, or into, or on Union property. -I;' Article IV -..-I Reinstatement Members dismissed from the Union may be reinstated in accordance with such rules and under such conditions as are adopted, from time to time, by a majority vote of the member­ ship. Article V I Dues and Initiation Fee Section I. All members shall pay dues quarterly, on a calen­ dar year basis, no later than the first business day of each quarter, except as herein otherwise provided. The dues shall be those payable as of the date of adoption of this Constitution as amended and may be changed only by Constitutional amend­ ment. Section 2. No candidate for full book membership shall be admitted into such membership without having paid an initia­ tion fee of Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars, except as other­ wise provided in this Constitution. In addition, the candidate shall pay a Ten ($10.00) Dollar "service fee" for the issuance of his full book. Each candidate for probationary membership and each pro­ bationary member shall, with the payment of each of his first four quarterly dues, as required by Section 1, pay at each such time the sum of One Hundred and Twenty-five ($125.00) Dollars as partial initiation fee. The total of such initiation monies so paid shall he credited to his above required initiation . fee for a full book member upon completion of the required seatime as provided for in Article III, Section 1. Monies paid to the Union by any non-full book member prior to the effective date of this amended Constitution, on account of initiation fee and assessments, not exceeding Two Hundred and Fifty ($250.00) Dollars, shall be credited to such mem­ ber's payment of his initiation fee as required by this section. • Section 3. Payment of dues and initiation fees may be waived for organizational purposes in accordance with such rules as LJ are adopted by a majority vote of the Executive Board. * li Section 4. All members shall he and remain in good v.: standing. Article VI Retirement from Membership Section 1. Members may retire from membership by sur­ rendering their Union books or other evidence of affiliation and paying all unpaid dues for the quarter iu which they retire, assessments, fines and other monies due and owing the Union. When the member surrenders his book or other evidence of affiliation in connection with his application for retirement he shall be given a receipt therefor. An official retirement card shall be issued by Headquarters, upon request, dated as of the day that such member accomplishes these payments, and shall be given to the member upon his presenting the aforesaid receipt. Ssafarers Log I ^ '1 -'1 "»I 4L �Ss^en X All the rights, privileges, duties and obligations of membership shall be suspended during the period of retirement, except that a retired member shall not be disloyal to the Union nor join or remain in any dual or hostile organization, upon penalty of forfeiture of his right to reinstatement. Saction 3. Any person in retirement for a period of two quarters or more shall be restored to membership, except as herein indicated, by paying dues for the current quarter, as well as all assessments accruing and newly levied during the period of retirement. If the period of retirement is less than two quarters, the required payments shall consist of all dues accruing during the said peri(^ of retirement, including those for the cunent quarter, and all assessments accrued and newly levied during that period. Upon such payment, the person in retirement shall be restored to membership, and his member­ ship book, appropriately stamped, shall be returned to him. Socmen 4. A member in retirement may be restored to mem­ bership after a two-year period of retirement consisting of eight full quarters only by majority vote of the membership. Section 5. The period of retirement shall be computed from "the first day of the quarter following the one in which the retirement card was issued. Article Vii Systems of Organiration Section 1. This Union, and all oflScers, headquarter's repre­ sentatives, port agents, patrolmen, and members shall be gov­ erned in this order by: (a) The Constitution. (b) The Executive Board. (c) Majority vote of the membership. Section 2. The headquarters of the Union shall be located in New York and the heatiquarters oHicers shall consist of a President, and Executive Vice-President, one Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement, a SecretaryTreasurer, one Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast, one Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast, and one VicePresident in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters. Saction 3. The staff of each port shall consist of such per­ sonnel as is provided for herein, and the port shall bear the name of the city in which the Union's port offices are located. f n 'I • •i - Soction 4. Every member of the Union shall be registered in one of three departments; namely, deck, engine and stewards department. The definition of these departments shall be in accordance with custom and usage. This definition may be modified by a majority vote of the membership. No member may transfer from one department to another except by ap­ proval as evidenced by a majority vote of the membership. as such during the period of incapacity, provided such replace­ ment is qualified under Article Xll of the Constitution to fill such job. At the regular meeting in May of every election year, the President shall submit to the membership a pre-balloting report. In his report he shall recommend the number and loca­ tion of ports, the number of Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents and Patrolmen which are to be elected. He shall also recommend a bank, a bonded warehouse, a regular officer thereof, or any similar depository, to which the ballots are to be mailed, except that the President may, in his discretion, postpone the recommendation as to the depository until no later than the first regular meeting in October. This recommendation may also specify, whether any Patrol­ man and/or Headquarters Representative, shall be designated as departmental or otherwise. The report shall be subject to approval or modification by a majority vote of the membership. (f) The President shall be chairman of the Executive Board and may cast one vote in that body. (g) He shall be responsible, within the limits of his powers, for the enforcement of this Constitution, the policies of the Union, and all rules and rulings duly adopted by the Executive Board, and those duly adopted by a majority vote of the mem­ bership. Within these limits, he shall strive to enhance the strength, position, and prestige of the Union. (h) The foregoing duties shall be in addition to those other duties lawfully imposed upon him. (i) The responsibility of the President may not be delegated, but the President may delegate to a person or persons the execution of such of his duties as he may in his discretion decide, subject to the limitations set forth in this Constitution. (j) Any vacancy in any office or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent, or Patrolman shall be filled by the President by temporary appointment of a member quali­ fied for the office or job under Article Xll of this Constitution, except in those cases where the filling of such vacancy is other­ wise provided for by this Constitution. (k) The President is directed to take any and all measures and employ such means which he deems necessary or advisable, to protect the interests, and further the welfare of the Union and its members, in all matters involving national, state or local legislation issues, and public affairs. (1) The President shall have authority to require any officer or Union representative to attend any regular or special meet­ ing if, in his opinion, it is deemed necessary. Section 2. Executive Vice-President. The Executive Vice-President shall perform any and all duties assigned him or delegated to him by the President. The Executive Vice-President shall be a member of the Executive Board and may cast one vote in that body. Section 3. Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement. is empowered and authorized to retain any technical or pro­ fessional assistance he deems necessary, subject to approval of the Executive Board. Section 7. Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters. The Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters shall be a member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled to cast one vote in that body. He shall supervise and be responsible for the activities of all the ports, and the personnel thereof on the Lakes and Inland Waters, including their organizing activities. In order that be may properly execute his responsibilities he is empowered and authorized to retain any technical or pro­ fessional assistance he deems necessary, subject to approval of the Executive Board. Section 8. Headquarters Representatives. The Headquarters Representatives shall perform any and all duties assigned them or delegated to them by the President or the Executive Board. Section 9. Port Agents. (a) The Port Agent shall be in direct charge of the admin­ istration of Union affairs in the port of his jurisdiction subject to the direction of the area Vice-President. (b) He shall, within the jurisdiction of his port, be respon­ sible for the enforcement and execution of the Constitution, the policies of the Union, and the rules adopted by the Executive Board, and by a majority vote of the membership. Wherever there are time restrictions or other considerations affecting port action, the Port Agent shall take appropriate action to insure observance thereof. (c) He shall be prepared to account, financially or other­ wise, for the activities of his port, whenever demanded by the President, the Vice-President of the area in which his port is located, or by the Secretary-Treasurer. (d) In any event, he shall prepare and forward to the Sec­ retary-Treasurer, a weekly financial report showing, in detail, weekly income and expenses, and complying with all other accounting directions issued by the Secretary-Treasurer. (e) The Port Agent may assign each port Patrolman to such duties as fall within the jurisdiction of the port, regardless of the departmental designation, if any, under which the Patrol­ man was elected. (f) The Port Agent shall designate which members at that port may serve as representatives to other organizations, affilia­ tion with which has been properly authorized. Section 10. Patrolmen. Patrolmen shall perform any duties assigned them by the Agent of the Port to which they are assigned. Section 11. Executive Board. The Executive Board shall consist of the President, the Executive Vice-President, the Vice-President in Charge of Con­ The Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract En­ tracts and Contract Enforcement, the Secretary-Treasurer, the Article Vill forcement shall perform any and all duties assigned him or Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Area, the Vice-Presi­ delegated to him by the President. In addition, he shall be dent in Charge of the Gulf Area, the Vice-President in Charge Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port responsible for all contract negotiations, the formulation of of the Lakes and Inland Waters, and the National Director (or Agents and Patrolmen bargaining demands, and the submission of proposed collective chief executive officer) of each subordinate body or division bargaining agreements to the membership for ratification. He created or chartered by the Union whenever such subordinate Soction 1. The officers of the Union shall be elected as other­ shall also be responsible, except as otherwise provided in body or division has attained a membership of 3,200 members wise provided in this Constitution. These officers shall be the Article X, Section 13(d) (1), for strike authorization, signing and has maintained that membership for not less than three President, an Executive Vice-President, one Vice-President in of new contracts, and contract enforcement. He shall also act (3) months. Such National Director (or chief executive officer) Charge of Contracts and Contract Enforcement, a Secretaryfor headquarters in executing the administrative functions as­ shall be a member of the respective subordinate body or divi­ Treasurer, one Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast, signed to headquarters by this Constitution with respect to sion and must be qualified to hold office under the terms of one Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast, and one Vicetrials and appeals except if he is a witness or party thereto, in the Constitution of such division or subordinate body. President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Waters. which event the Secretary-Treasurer shall act in his place. In The Executive Board shall meet no less than twice each order that he may properly execute these responsibilities he Secrion 2. Port Agents, Headquarters Representatives, and year and at such times as the President and/or a majority ol is hereby instructed and authorized to employ such help as he Patrolmen shall be elected, except as otherwise provided in the Executive Board may direct. The President shall be chair­ deems necessary, be it legal, or otherwise, subject to approval man of all Executive Board meetings unless absent, in which this Constitution. of the Executive Board. case the Executive Board shall designate the chairman. Each The Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract Article iX member of the Executive Board sh^l be entitled to cast one Enforcement shall be a member of the Executive Board and vote in that body. Its decision shall be determined by majority may cast one vote in that body. Other Elective Jobs vote of those voting, providing a quorum of three is present. It shall be the duty of the Executive Board to develop policies, Section 4. Secretary-Treasurer. Section 1. In addition to the elective jobs provided for in strategies and rules which will advance and protect the interests Article Vlll, the following jobs in the Union shall beI •voted upon The Secretary-Treasurer shall perform any and all duties and welfare of the Union and the Members. It shall be the in the manner prescribed by this Constitution: assigned him or delegated to him by the President. He shall duty of the Secretary-Treasurer, or in his absence, an appointee be responsible for the organization and maintenance of the of the Executive Board, to keep accurate minutes of al Execu­ Committee members of: correspondence, files, and records of the Union; setting up, tive Board meetings. The Executive Board shall determine per (1) Trial Committees and maintenance of, sound accounting and bookkeeping sys­ capita tax to be levied and other terms and conditions of (2) Quarterly Financial Committees tems; the setting up, and maintenance of, proper office and affiliation for any group of workers desiring affiliation. The (3) Appeals Committees other adininistrative Union procedures; the proper collection, Executive Board may direct the administration of all Union (4) Strike Committees safeguarding, and expenditure of all Union funds, port or (5) Credentials Committees affairs, properties, policies and personnel in any and all areas otherwise. He shall submit to the membership, for each quar­ not otherwise specifically provided for in this Constitution. (6) Union Tallying Committees terly period, a detailed report of the entire Union's financial Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive Board may act (7) Constitutional Committees operations and shall submit simultaneously therewith, the without holding a formal meeting provided all members of Quarterly Financial Committee report for the same period. the Board are sent notice of the proposed action or actions and Section 2. Additional committees may be formed as provided The Secretary-Treasurer's report shall be prepared by an inde­ the decision thereon is reduced to writing and signed by a by a majority vote of the membership. Committees may also pendent Certified Public Accountant. He shall also work with be appointed as permitted by this Constitution. majority of the Executive Board. all duly elected finance committees. The Secretary-Treasurer In the event that death, resignation or removal from office shall be responsible for the timely filing of any and all reports for any reason should occur to the President, the Executive on the operations of the Union, financial or otherwise, that may Article X Board by majority vote shall name a successor from its own be required by any Federal or state laws. In order that he may membership who shall fill that vacancy until the next general properly execute his responsibilities, he is hereby instructed Duties of Officers, Headquarters election. and authorized to employ any help he deems necessary, be it Representatives, Port Agents, Other Elected In the event the President is incapacitated for a period of legal, accounting, or otherwise, subject to approval of the more than thirty (30) days, and the Executive Board by Job Holders and Miscellaneous Personnel Executive Board. majority vote thereafter determines that such incapacity pre­ The Secretary-Treasurer shall be a member of the Executive Section 1. Tfio Prosidont. vents the President from carrying out his duties, the Executive Board and may cast one vote in that body. Board by majority vote, may appoint from among its own (a) The President shall be the executive officer of the Union The Secretary-Treasurer shall be a member ex-officio of the membership the officer to fill the office of President. This and shall represent, and act for and in behalf of, the Union in Credentials and Ballot Tallying Committees. In addition he appointment shall terminate upon the President's recovery all matters except as otherwise specifically provided for in the shall make himself and the records of his office available to from such incapacity or upon the expiration of the President's Constitution. the Quarterly Financial Committee. term of office whichever occurs first. (b) He shall be a member ex-officio of all committees, except The Executive Board by majority vote may grant requests for Soction 5. Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast. as otherwise herein expressly provided. (c) The President shall be in charge of, and responsible for, The Vice-President in Charge of the Atlantic Coast shall be leaves of absences with or without pay to officers. In the event that a leave is granted to the President, the Executive Board all Union property, and shaU be in charge of headquarters and a member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled to cast by a majority vote, shall designate from among its own port offices. Wherever there are time restrictions or other con­ one vote in that body. membership who shall exercise the duties of the President siderations affecting Union action, the President shall take He shall supervise and be responsible for the activities of all during such period of leave. appropriate action to insure observance thereof. the ports, and the personnel thereof on the Atlantic Coast, (d) In order that he may properly execute his responsibil­ Section 12. Delegates. including their organizing activities. The Atlantic Coast area ities, he is hereby instructed and authorized to employ any is deemed to mean that area from and including Georgia (a) The term "delegates" shall mean those members of the help he deems necessary, be it legal, accounting or otherwise. through Maine and shall also include the Islands in the Carib­ Union and its subordinate bodies or divisions who are elected (e) Subject to approval by a majority Vote of the member­ bean. In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution, to attend ship, the President shall designate the number and location of he is empowered and authorized to retain any technical or the convention of the Seafarers International Union of North ports, the jurisdiction, status, and activities thereof, and may professional assistance he deems necessary, subject to approval America. The following officers upon their election to office close or open such ports, and may re-assign Vice-Presidents and of the Executive Board. shall, during the term of their office, be delegates to all (ionthe Secretary-Treasurer, without reduction in wages. He may ventions of the Seafarers International Union of North America Section 6. Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast. also re-assign Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents, and in the following order of priority: President; Executive ViceThe Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf Coast shall be a Patrolmen, to other duties, without reduction in wages. The President; Vice-President in Charge of Contracts and Contract member of the Executive Board and shall be entitled to cast one Ports of New York, Philadelphia. Baltimore, Mobile, New Or­ Enforcement; Secretary-Treasurer; Vice-President in Charge vote in that body. leans, Houston and Detroit may not be closed except by Con­ of the Atlantic Coast; Vice-President in Charge of the Gulf stitutional amendment. He shall supervise and be responsible for the activities of all Coast; Vice-President in Charge of the Lakes and Inland Where ports are opened between elections, the President the Ports, and the personnel thereof on the Gulf Coast including Waters; Headquarters Representatives, with priority to those their organizing activities. The Gulf Coast area is deemed to shall designate the Union personnel thereof. most senior in full book Union membership; Port Agents, with mean the State of Florida, all through the Gulf, including priority to those most senior in full book Union membership; The President shall designate, in the event of the incapacity Texas. and Patrolmen, with priority to those most senior in full book of any Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, Union membership. In order that he may properly execute his responsibilities he or any officer other than the President, a replacement to act December 1971 Page 15 .•i) V] �fe (b) Each delegate shall, by his vote and otherwise, support those policies agreed upon by the majority of the delegates to the Convention. (c) The President shall assign to each subordinate body or division that number of delegates to which this Union would have been entitled, if its membership had been increased by the number of members of the subordinate body or division, in accordance with the formula set forth in the Constitution of the Seafarers International Union of North America, except that this provision shall not be applied so as to reduce the number of delegates to which this Union would otherwise have been entitled. Soctien 13. Committeos. (a) Trial Committee. The Trial Committee shall conduct the trials of a person charged, and shall submit findings and recommendations as prescribed in this Constitution. It shall be the special obliga­ tion of the Trial Committee to observe all the requirements of this Constitution with regard to charges and trials, and their findings and recommendations must specifically state whether or not, in the opinion of the Trial Committee, the rights of any accused, imder this Constitution, were properly safeguarded. (b) Appoals Committee. 1. The Appeals Committee shall hear all appeals from trial judgments, in accordance with such procedures as are set forth in this Constitution and such rules as may be adopted by a majority vote of tbe membership not inconsistent therewith. 2. The Appeals Committee shall, within not later than one week after the close of the said hearing, make and submit findings and recommendations in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and such rules as may he adopted by a majority vote of the membership not inconsistent therewith. (cl Quarterly Financial Committee. 1. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall make an exami­ nation for each quarterly period of the finances of the Union and shall report fully on their findings and recommendations. Members of this committee may make dissenting reports, sepa­ rate recommendations and separate findings. 2. The findings and recommendations of this committee shall he completed within a reasonable time after the election of the members thereof, and shall be submitted to the SecretaryTreasurer who shall cause the same to be read in all ports, as set forth herein. 3. All ofiScers, Union personnel and members are responsible for complying with all demands made for records, hills, vouchers, receipts, etc., by the said Quarterly Financial Com­ mittee. The committee shall also have available to it, the serv­ ices of the independent certified public accountants retained by the Union. 4. Any action on the said report shall be as determined by a majority vote of the membership. 5. The Quarterly Financial Committee shall consist of seven (7) full book members in good standing to be elected at Head­ quarters—Port of New York. No officer. Headquarters Repre­ sentative, Port Agent, or Patrolman, shall be eligible for elec­ tion to this Committee. Committee members shall be elected at the regular Headquarters—Port of New York meeting desig­ nated by the Secretary-Treasurer. In the event such regular meeting cannot be held for lack of a quorum, the New York Port Agent shall call a special meeting as early as possible for the electing of Committee members to serve on the Quarterly Financial Committee. On the day following their election, and continuing until the Committee has completed its report, each Committee member shall be paid for hours worked at the standby rate of pay, but in no event shall they be paid for less than eight (8) hours per day. They shall be furnished room and hoard during the period they are performing their duties. In the event a committee member ceases to act, no replace­ ment need be elected, unless there are less than three (3) committee members, in which event they shall suspend their work until a special election for committee members shall be held as provided above, for such number of committee members as shall be necessary to constitute a committee of not less than three (3) members in good standing. (d) Strike Committee. 1. Li no event shall a general strike take place unless ap­ proved by a majority vote of the membership. 2. In the event a general strike has been approved by the membership the Port Agents in all affected ports shaU call a timely special meeting for the purpose of electing a strike com­ mittee. This committee shall be composed of three full hook members and their duties shall consist of assisting the Port Agent to effectuate all strike policies and strategies. Article XI Wages and Terms of Office of Officers and Other Elective Job Hoiders, Union Employees, and Others Secrion 1. The following elected offices and jobs shall be held for a term of four years: President Vice-Presidents Secretary-Treasurer Headquarters Representatives Port Agents Patrolmen The term of four years set forth here is expressly subject to the provisions for assumption of office as contained in Article XHI, Section 6(b) of this Constitution. The first nomination and election of officers and jobs under, this amended Constitution as provided for in this Article XI, and Articles XII and XIII, shall be held in the year 1971, notwithstanding the unexpired term of any office as a result of a prior election or appointment. _ Section 2. The term of any elective jobs other than those in­ dicated in Section 1 of this Article shall continue for so long as is necessary to complete the functions thereof, unless sooner terminated by a majority vole of the membership or segment of the Union, whichever applies, whose vote was originally necessary to elect the one or ones serving. Section 3. The compensation to be paid the holder of any office or other elective job shall be determined from time to time by the Executive Board subject to approval of the mem­ bership. Section 4. The foregoing provisions of this Article do not apply to any corporation, business, or other venture in which this Union participates; or which it organizes or creates. In such situations, instructions conveyed by the Executive Board shall be followed. Page 16 Article Xii Qualifications for Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents, Patrolmen and Other Elective Jobs Section I. Any member of the Union is eligible to be a can­ didate for, and hold, any office or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman provided: (a) He has at least three (3) years of seatime in an un­ licensed capacity aboard an American-flag merchant vessel or vessels. In computing time, time spent in the employ of the Union, its subsidiaries and its affiliates, or in any employment at the Union's direction, shall count the same as seatime. Union records. Welfare Plan records and/or company records can be used to determine eligibility; and (b) He has been a full book member in continuous good standing in the Union for at least three (3) years immediately prior to his nomination; and (c) He has at least one hundred (100) days of seatime, in an unlicensed capacity, aboard an American-flag merchant vessel or vessels covered by contract with this Union, or one hundred (100) days of employment with, or in any office or job of, the Union, its subsidiaries and its affiliates, or in any employment at the Union's direction, or a combination of these, between January 1st and the time of nomination in the election year; and (d) He is a citizen of the United States of America; and (e) He is not disqualified by law. He is not receiving a pension from this Union's Pension Fund, if any, or from a Union-Management Fund to which Fund this Union is a party or from a company under contract with this Union. Section 2. All candidates for, and holders of, other elective jobs not specified in the preceding sections shall he full book members of the Union. Section 3. All candidates for and holders of elective offices and jobs, whether elected or appointed in accordance with this Constitution, shall maintain full hook membership in good standing. Article XIII Elections for Officers, Headquarters Representatives, Port Agents and Patrolmen Section 1. Nominations. Except as provided in Section 2(h) of this Article, any ftdl book member may submit his name for nomination for any office, or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, by delivering or causing to be delivered in per­ son, to the office of the Secretary-Treasurer at headquarters, or sending, a letter addressed to the Credentials Committee, in care of the Secretary-Treasurer, at the address of headquarters. This letter shaU be dated and shall contain the following: (a) The name of the candidate. (b) His home address and mailing address. (c) His book number. (d) The title of the office or other job for which he is a candidate, including the name of the Port in the event the position sought is that of Agent or Patrolman. (e) Proof of citizenship. (f) Proof of seatime and/or employment as required for candidates. (g) In the event the member is on a ship he shaU notify the Credentials (Committee what ship he is on. This shaU be done also if he ships ^bsequent to forwarding his credentials. (h) Annexing a certificate in the foUowing form, signed and dated by the proposed nominee: "I hereby certify that I am not now, nor, for the five (5) years last past, have I been either a member of the (Communist Party or convicted of, or served any part of a prison term resulting from conviction of robbery, bribery, extortion, embezzlement, grand larceny, burglary, arson, violation of narcotics laws, murder, rape, assault with intent to kill, assault which inflicts grievous bodily injury, or violation of Title II or III of the Landrum-GrifiBn Act, or conspiracy to commit any such crimes." Dated Signature of member Book No. Printed forms of the certificate shall be made available to nominees. Where a nominee cannot truthfully execute such a certificate, but is, in fact, legally eligible for an office or job by reason of the restoration of civil rights originally revoked by such conviction or a favorable determination by the Board of Parole of the United States Department of Justice, he shall, in lieu of the foregoing certificate, furnish a complete signed state­ ment of the facts of his case together with true copies of the documents supporting his statement. Any full book member may nominate any other full book member in which event such full book member so nominated shall comply with the provisions of this Article as they are set forth herein, relating to the submission of credentials. By reason of the above self nomination provision the responsisibility if any, for notifying a nominee of his nomination to office, shall be that of the nominator. All documents required herein must reach headquarters no earlier than July 15th and no later than August 15th of the election year. The Secretary-Treasurer is charged with the safekeeping of these letters and shall turn them over to the Credentials Com­ mittee upon the letter's request. Soctien 2. Credantials Committee. (a) A Credentials Committee shall be elected at the regular meeting in August of the election year, at the port where Head­ quarters is located. It shall consist of six (6) full book mem­ bers in attendance at the meeting,' with two (2) members to be elected from each of the Deck, Engine and Stewards De­ partments. No officer. Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, or candidate for office or the job of Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this (Committee, except as provided for in Article X, Section 4. In the event any committee member is unable to serve, the Committee shall suspend until the President or Executive Vice-President, or the Secretary-Treasurer, in that order, calls a special meeting at the port where Headquarters is located in order to elect a replacement. The Committee's results shall be by majority vote, with any tie vote being resolved by a majority vote of the membership at a special meeting called for that purpose at that Port. (b) After its election, the Committee shall immediately go into session. It shall determine whether the person has sub­ mitted his application correctly and possesses the necess^ qualifications. The Committee shaU prepare a report listing each applicant and his book number under the office or job he is seeking. Each applicant shall be marked "qudified" or "dis­ qualified" according to the findings of the Committee. Where an applicant has been marked "disqualified," the reason therefor must be stated in tbe report. Where a tie vote has been resolved by a special meeting of the membership, that fact shall also he noted, with sufficient detail. The report shall be signed by all of the Committee members, and be completed and submitted to tbe Ports in time for the next regular meeting after their election. At this meeting, it shall be read and incorporated in the minutes, and then posted on the bulletin board in each port. On the last day of nominations, one member of the Commit­ tee shall stand by in Headquarters to accept delivery of creden­ tials. All credentials must be in headquarters by midnight of closing day. (c) When an applicant has been disqualified by the commit­ tee, he shall he notified immediately by telegram at the ad-' dresses listed by him pursuant to Section 1 of this Article. He shall also be sent a letter containing the reasons for such dis­ qualification by air mail, special delivery, registered or certi­ fied, to the mailing address designated pursuant to Section 1(b) of this Article. A disqualified applicant shall have the right to take an appeal to the membership from the decision of the Committee. He shall forward copies of such appeal to each port, where the appeal shall be presented and voted upon at a regular meeting no later than the second meeting after the Committee's election. It is the responsibility of the appli­ cant to insure timely delivery of his appeal. In any event, without prejudice to his written appea,-the applicant may appear in person before the Committee within two days after the day on which the telegram is sent, to correct his application or argue for his qualification. The committee's report shall he prepared early enough to allow the applicant to appear before it within the time set forth in his Constitution and still reach the ports in time for the first regular meetin,^ after its election. (d) A majority vote of the membership shall, in the case of such appeals, be sufficient to over-rule any disqualification by the Credentials Committee, in which event the one so previously classified shall then be deemed qualified. (e) The Credentials dommittee, in passing upon the quali­ fications of candidates, shall have the right to conclusively pre­ sume that anyone nominated and qualified in previous elections for candidacy for any office, or the job of Headquarters Repre­ sentative, Port Agent or Patrolman, has met all the requirements of Section 1(a) of Article XII. •| Section 3. Balloting Procedures. (a) Balloting in the manner hereafter provided, shall com­ mence on November 1st of the election year and shall continue through December 31st, exclusive of Sundays and (for each individual Port) holidays legally recognized in the City of which the port affected is located. If November 1st or De­ cember 31st falls on a holiday legally recognized in a Port in the City in which that port is located, the balloting period in such port shall commence or terminate, as the case may be, on the next succeeding business day. Subject to the foregoing, for the purpose of full book members securing their ballots, the ports shall be open from 9:00 A.M. to 12 Noon, Monday through Saturdays, excluding holidays. (b) Balloting shall be by mail. The Secretary-Treasurer shall insure the proper and timely preparation of ballots, with­ out partiality as to candidates or ports. The ballots may con­ tain general information and instructive comments not in­ consistent with the provisions of this Constitution. All qualified candidates shall be listed thereon alphabetically within each category with book number and job seniority classification status. The listing of the ports shall first set forth Headquarters and then shall follow a geographical pattern, commencing with the most northerly part of the Atlantic Coast, following the Atlantic Coast down to the most southerly port on that coast, then westerly along the Gulf of Mexico and so on, until the list of ports is exhausted. Any port outside the Continental United States shall then be added. There shall be no write in voting and no provisions for the same shall appear on the ballot. Each ballot shall be so prepared as to have the number thereon placed at the top thereof and shall be so perforated as to enable that portion containing the said number to be easily removed to insure secrecy of the ballot. On this removable portion shall also be placed a short statement indicating the nature of the ballot and the voting date thereof. (c) The ballots so prepared at the direction of the SecretaryTreasurer shall be the only official ballots. No others may be used. Each ballot shall be numbered as indicated in the pre­ ceding paragraph and shall be numbered consecutively, com­ mencing with number 1. A sufficient amount shall be printed and distributed to each Port. A record of the ballots, both by serial numbers and amount, sent thereto, shall be main­ tained by the Secretary-Treasurer, who shall also send each Port Agent a verification list indicating the amount and serial numbers of the ballots sent. The Secretary-Treasurer shall also send to each Port Agent a sufficient amount of blank opaque envelopes containing the word, "Ballot" on the face of the envelope, as well as a sufficient amount of opaque mail­ ing envelopes, first class postage prepaid and printed on the face thereon as the addressee shall be the name and address of the depository for the receipt of such ballots as designated by the President in the manner provided by Article X, Section 1, of this Constitution. In the upper left-hand comer of such mailing envelope, there shall be printed thereon, as a top line, provision for the voter's signature and on another line im­ mediately thereunder, provision for the printing of the voter's name and book number. In addition, the Secretary-Treasurer shall also send a sufficient amount of mailing envelopes identi­ cal with the mailing envelopes mentioned above, except that they shall be of different color, and shall contain on the face of such envelope in bold letters, the word, "(Challenge". The Secretary-Treasurer shall further furnish a sufficient amount of "Roster Sheets" which shall have printed thereon, at the top thereof, the year of the election, and immediately thereunder, five (5) vertical columns designated, date, ballot number, signature full book member's name, book number and com­ ments, and such roster sheets shall contain horizontal lines immediately under the captions of each of the above five columns. The Secretary-Treasurer shall also send a sufficient amount of envelopes with the printed name and address of the depository on the face thereof, and in the upper left-hand corner, the name of the port and address, and on the face of such envelope, should be printed the words, "Roster Sheets and BaUot Stubs". Each Port Agent shall maintain separate Seafarers Log * 'y �4;. : li j I, •/ i f : 1 iJ- iv •t • f M- |j^' Vf. records of the ballots sent him and shall inspect and count the ballots when received, to insure that the amount sent, as well as the numbers thereon, conform to the amount and numbers listed by the Secretary-Treasurer as having been sent to that Port. The Port Agent shall immediately execute and return to the Secretary-Treasurer a receipt, acknowledging the correctness of the amount and the numbers of the ballots sent, or shall notify the Secretary-Treasurer of any discrepancy. Discrepancies shall be corrected as soon- as possible prior to the voting period. In any event, receipts shall be forwarded for all the aforementioned election material actually received. The Secretary-Treasurer shall prepay a file in which shall be kept memoranda and correspondence dealing with the election. This file shall at all times be available to any member asking for inspection of the same at the office of the SecretaryTreasurer and shall be turned over to the Union Tallying Committee. (d) Balloting shall be secret. Only full book members in good standing may vote. Each full book member may secure his ballot at Port offices, from the Port Agent or his duly designated representative at such port. Each Port Agent shall designate an area at the Port office over which should be posted the legend "Voting Ballots Secured Here." When a full book member appears to vote he shall present his book to the Port Agent or his aforementioned duly designated representa­ tive. The Port Agent or his duly designated representative shall insert on the roster sheet under the appropriate column, the date, the number of the ballot given to such member and his full book number, and the member shall then sign his name on such roster sheet under the appropriate column. Such member shall have his book stamped with the word, "Voted" and the date, and shall be given a ballot, and simultaneously the perforation on the top of the ballot shall be removed. At the same time the member shall be given the envelope marked "Ballot" together with the pre-paid postage mailing envelope addressed to the depository. The member shall take such ballot and envelopes and in secret thereafter, mark his ballot, fold the same, insert it in the blank envelope marked "Ballot", seal the same, then insert such "Ballot" envelope into the mail­ ing envelope, seal such mailing envelope, sign his name on the upper left-hand comer on the first line of such mailing envelope and on the second line in the upper left-hand corner print his name and book number, after which he shall mail or cause the same to be mailed. In the event a full book member appears to vote and is not in good standing, or does not have his membership book with him or it appears for other valid reasons he is not eligible to vote, the same procedure as provided above shall apply to him, except that on the roster sheet under the column "Comments", notation should be made that the member voted a challenged ballot and the reason for his challenge. Such member's membership book shall be stamped "voted challenge", and the date, and such member instead of the above-mentioned mailing envelope, shall he given the mailing envelope of a different color marked on the face thereof with the word, "Challenge". At the end of each day, the Port Agent or his duly designated representative shall enclose in the envelope addressed to the depository and marked "Roster Sheets and Ballot Stubs", the roster shei:t or sheets executed by the members that day, together with the numbered per­ forated slips removed from the ballots which had been given to the members, and then mail the same to such depository. To insure that an adequate supply of all balloting material is maintained in all ports at all times, the Port Agent or his duly designated representative, simultaneously with mailing of the roster sheets and ballot stubs to the depository at the end of each day, shall also make a copy of the roster sheet for that day and mail the same to the Secretary-Treasurer at Head­ quarters. The Port Agent shall be responsible for the proper safeguarding of all election material and shall not release any of it until duly called for and shall insure that no one tampers with the material placed in his custody. (e) Full book members may request and vote an absentee ballot under the following circumstances; while such member is employed on a Union contracted vessel and which vessel's schedule does not provide for it to be at a port in which a , ballot can be secur^ during the time and period provided for in Section 4(a) of this Article or is in a USPHS Hospital any­ time during the first ten (10) days of the month of November of the Election Year. The member shall make a request for an absentee ballot by registered or certified mail or the equivalent mailing device at the location from which such request is made, if such be the case. Such request shall con­ tain a designation as to the address to - which such member wishes his absentee ballot returned. The request shall be post­ marked no later than 12:00 P.M. on the 15th day of November of the ejection year, shall be directed to the SecretaryTreasurer at Headquarters and must be delivered no later than the 25tk of such November. The Secretary-Treasurer shall determine whether such member is eligible to vote such absentee ballot. The Secretary-Treasurer, if he determines that such member is so eligible, he shall by the 30th of such November, send by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the address so designated by such member, a "Ballot", after removing the perforated numbered stub, together with the hereinbefore mentioned "Ballot" envelope, and mailing en­ velope addressed to the depository, except that printed on the face of such mailing envelope, shall be the words "Absentee Ballot" and appropriate voting instructions shall accompany such mailing to the member. If the Secretary-Treasurer de­ termines that such member is ineligible to receive such absentee ballot, he shall nevertheless send such member the afore­ mentioned ballot with accompanying material except that the mailing envelope addressed to the depository shall have printed on the face thereof the words "Challenged Absentee Ballot." The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep records of all of the fore­ going, including the reasons for determining such member's ineligibility, which records shall be open for inspection by full book members and upon the convening of the Union Tallying Committee, presented to them. The SecretaryTreasurer shall send to all Ports, the names and book numbers of the members to whom absentee ballots were sent. (f) All ballots to be counted, must be received by the depository no later than the January 5th immediately sub­ sequent to the election year and must be postmarked nn later than 12 midnight December 31st of the election year. Suction 4. (a) At the close of the last day of the period for securing ballots, the Port Agent in each port, in addition to his duties set forth above, shall deliver or mail to Head­ quarters by registered or certified mail, attention Union Tally­ ing Committee, all unused ballots and shall specifically set forth, by serial number and amount, the unused ballots so forwarded. (b) The Union Tallying Committee shall consist of 14 full book members. Two shall be elected from each of the seven ports of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Houston and Detroit. The election shall be held at the regular meeting in December of the election year, or if the Executive Board otherwise determines prior thereto, at a December 1971 special meeting held in the aforesaid ports, on the first business day of the last week of said month. No officer. Headquarters Representative, Port Agent, Patrolman, or candidate for office, or the job or Headquarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman, shall be eligible for election to this Committee, except as provided for in Article X, Section 4. In addition to its duties herein set forth, the Union Tallying Committee shall be charged with the tallying of all the ballots and the preparation of a closing report setting forth, in complete detail, the results of the election, including a complete accounting of all balloU and stubs, and reconciliation of the same with the rosters, and receipts of the Port Agents, all with detailed reference to serial numbers and amounts and with each total broken down into port totals. The Tallying Committee shall have access.to all election records and files for their inspection, examination and verification. The report shall clearly detail all discrepancies discovered and shall contain recommendations for the treatment of these discrepancies. All members of the Committee shall sign the report, without prejudice, however, to the right of any member thereof to submit a dissenting report as to the accuracy of the count and the validity of the ballots, with pertinent details. In connection with the tally of ballots there shall be no counting of ballots until all mailing envelopes containing valid ballots have first been opened, the ballot envelopes removed intact and then all of such ballot envelopes mixed together, after which such ballot envelopes shall be opened and counted in such multiples as the Committee may deem expedient and manageable. The Committee shall resolve all issues on chal­ lenged ballots and then tally those found valid, utilizing the same procedure as provided in the preceding sentence either jointly or separately. (c) The members of the Union Tallying Committee shall, after their election, proceed to the port in which Headquarters is located, to arrive at that port no later than January 5th of the year immediately after the election year. Each member of the Committee not elected from the port in which Head­ quarters is located shall be reimbursed for transportation, meals, and lodging expenses occasioned by their traveling to and returning from that Port. Committee members elected from the port in which Headquarters is located, shall be similarly, reimbursed, except for transportation. All members of the Committee shall also be paid at the prevailing standby rate of pay from the day subsequent to their election to the day they return, in normal course, to the port from which they were elected. The Union Tallying Committee shall elect a chairman from among themselves and, subject to the express terms of this Constitution, adopt its own procedures. All decisions of such Committee and the contents of their report shall be valid if made by a majority vote, provided there be a quorum in at­ tendance, which quorum is hereby fixed at nine (9). The Committee, but not less than a quorum thereof, shall have the sole right and duty to obtain all mailed ballots and the other mailed election material from the depository and to insure their safe custody during the course of the Committee's proceedings. The proceedings of the Committee except for their organizational meeting and their actual preparation of the closing report and dissents therefrom, if any, shall be open to any member, provided he observes decorum. Any candidate may act as an observer and/or designate another member to act as his observer at the counting of the ballots. In no event shall issuance of the above referred to closing report of the (Committee be delayed beyond January 31st immediately subse­ quent to the close of the election year. In the discharge of its duties, the Committee may call upon and utilize the services of clerical employees of the Union. The Committee shall be discharged upon the completion of the issuance and dispatch of its report as required in this Article. In the event a recheck and recount is ordered pursuant to this Article, the Committee shall be reconstituted, except that if any member thereof is not available, a substitute therefore shall be elected from the appropriate port at a special meeting held for that purpose as soon as possible. (d) The report of the Committee shall be made up in suffi­ cient copies to comply with the following requirements: two copies shall be mailed by the Committee to each Port Agent and the Secretary-Treasurer no later than January 3Ist im­ mediately subsequent to the close of the election year. As soon as these copies are received, each Port Agent shall post one copy of the report on the bulletin board, in a conspicuous manner, and notify the Secretary-Treasurer, in writing, as to the date of such posting. This copy shall be kept posted until after the Election Report Meeting, which shall be the March regular membership meeting immediately following the close of the election year. At the Election Report Meeting, the other copy of the report shall be read verbatim. (e) Any full book member claiming a violation of the election and balloting procedure or the conduct of the same, shaU within 72 hours of the occurrence of the claimed violation, notify the Secretary-Treasurer at Headquarters, in writing, by certified mail, of the same, setting forth his name, book number and the details so that appropriate corrective action if warranted may be taken. The Secretary-Treasurer shall ex­ peditiously investigate the facts concerning the claimed viola­ tion, take such action as may be necessary if any, and make a report and recommendation, if necessary, a copy of which shall be sent to the member and the original shall be filed for the Union Tallying Committee for their appropriate action, report and recommendation, if any. The foregoing shall not be applicable to matters involving the Credentials Committee's action or report, the provisions of Article XIII, Sections 1 and 2 being the pertinent provisions applicable to such matters. All protests as to any and all aspects of the election and balloting procedures or the conduct of the same, not passed upon by the Union Tallying Committee in its report, excluding therefrom matters involving the Credentials Committee's action or report as provided in the last sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, but including the procedure and report of the Union Tallying Committee, shall be filed in writing by certified mail with the Secretary-Treasurer at Headquarters, to be received no later than the February 25th immediately sub­ sequent to the close of the election year. It shall be the re­ sponsibility of the member to insure that his written protest is received by the Secretary-Treasurer no later than such Febru­ ary 25th. The Secretary-Treasurer shall forward copies of such written protest to all ports in sufficient time to be read at the Election Report Meeting. The written protest shall contain the full book member's name, book number, and all details constituting the protest. (f) At the Election Report Meeting the report and recom­ mendation .of the Union Tallying Committee, including but not limited to discrepancies, protests passed upon by them, as well as protests filed with the Secretary-Treasurer as provided for in Section (e) immediately above, shall be acted upon by the meeting. A majority vote of the membership shall decide what action, if any, in accordance with the Constitution shall be taken thereon, which action, however, shaU not include the ordering of a special vote, unless reported discrepancies or jrotested procedure or conduct found to have occurred and to )e violative of the Constitution, affected the results of the vote for any office or job, in which event, the special vote shall be restricted to such office, offices and/or job or jobs, as the case may be. A majority of the membership at the Election Report Meetings may order a recheck and recount when a dissent to the closing report has been issued by three (3) or more members of the Union Tallying Committee. Except for the contingencies provided for in this Section 4(f), the closing report shall be accepted as final. There shall be no further protest or appeal from the action of the majority of the membership at the Election Report Meetings. (g) Any special vote ordered pursuant to Section 4(f) shall be commenced within ninety (90) days after the first day of the month immediately subsequent to the Election Report Meetings mentioned above. The depository shall be the same as designated for the election from which the special vote is ordered. And the procedures shall be the same as provided for in this Section 4, except where specific dates are provided for, the days shall be the dates applicable, which provide for the identical time and days originally provided for in this Section 4. The Election Report Meeting for the aforesaid special vote shall be that meeting immediately subsequent to the report of the Union Tallying Committee separated by one calendar month. Section 5. Elected Officers and Job Holders: (a) A candidate unopposed for any office or job shall be deemed elected to such office or job notwithstanding that his name may appear on the ballot. The Union Tallying Committee shall not be required to tally completely the results of the voting for such unopposed candidate but shall certify in their report, that such unopposed candidate has been elected to such office or job. The Election Report Meeting shall accept the above certification of the Union Tallying Committee without change. Section 6. Installation into Office and the Job of Head­ quarters Representative, Port Agent or Patrolman: (a) The person elected shall be that person having the largest number of votes cast for the particular office or job involved. Where more than one person is to be elected for a particular office or job, the proper number of candidates receiving the successively highest number of votes shall be declared elected. These determinations shall be made only from the results deemed final and accepted as provided in this Article. It shall be the duty of the President to notify each individual elected. (b) The duly elected officers and other job holders shall take over their respective offices and jobs, and assume the duties thereof, at midnight of the night of the Election Report Meet­ ing, or the next regular meeting, depending upon which meet­ ing the results as to each of the foregoing are deemed final and accepted, as provided in this Article. The term of their predecessors shall continue up to, and expire at, that time, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Article XI, Section 1. This shall not apply where the successful candi­ date cannot assume his office because he is at sea. In such event, a majority vote of the membership may grant additional time for the assumption of the office or job. In the event of the failure of the newly-elected President to assume office the provisions of Article X, Section 11 shall apply until the expiration of the term. All other cases of failure to assume office shall be dealt with as decided by a majority vote of the membership. > Section 7. The Secretary-Treasurer is specifically charged with the preservation and retention of all election records, including the ballots, as required by law, and is directed and authorized to issue such other and further directives as to the election procedures as are required by law, which directives shall be part of the election procedures of this Union. Article XiV Other Elections Section 1. Trial Committee. A Trial Committee shall be elected at a special meeting held at 10:00 A.M., the next business day following the regular meeting of the Port where the Trial is to take place. It shall consist of five full book members, of which three shall consti­ tute a quorum. No officer. Headquarters Representative, Port Agent, Port Patrolman, or other Union personnel may be elected to serve on a Trial Committee. No member who intends to be a witness in the pending trial may serve, nor may any member who cannot for any reason, render an honest decision. It shall he the duty of every member to decline nomination if he knows, or has reason to believe, any of the foregoing dis­ qualifications apply to him. The members of this committee shall be elected under such generally applicable rules as are adopted by a majority vote of the membership. Section 2. Appeals Committee. The Appeals Committee shall consist of seven full book members, five of whom shall constitute a quorum, elected at the port where headquarters is located. "Die same disquali­ fications and duties of members shall apply with regard to this committee as apply to the Trial Committee. In addition, no member may serve on an Appeals Committee in the hearing of an appeal from a Trial (Committee decision, if the said member was a member of the Trial Committee. Article XV Trials and Appeals Section 1. Any member may bring charges against any other member for the commission of an offense as set forth in this Constitution. These charges shall be in writing and signed by the accuser, who shall also include his book number. The accuser shall deliver these charges to the Port Agent of the port nearest the place of the offense, or the port of pay-off, if the offense took place aboard ship. He shall also request the Port Agent to present these charges at the next regular meeting The accuser may withdraw his charges before the meeting takes place. Section 2. After presentation of the charges and the request to the Port Agent, the Port Agent shall cause those charges to be read at the said meeting. If the charges are rejected by a majority vote of the port, no further action may be taken thereon, unless ruled otherwise by a majority vote of the membership of the Union within 90 days thereafter. If the charges are accepted, and the accused is present, he shall be automatically on notice that he will be tried the following morning. At his request, the trial shall be postponed until the morning following the next regular meeting, at which time the Trial Committee will then be elected. He Page 17 �shall also be handed a written copy of the charges made against him* If the accused is not present, the Port Agent shall immedi­ ately cause to be sent to him, by registered mail addressed to his last known mailing address on file with the Union a copy of the charges, the names and book numbers of the accusers, and a notification, that he must appear with his witnesses, ready for trial the morning after the next regular meeting, at which meeting the Trial Committee will be elected. In the event a majority of the membership of the Union shall vote to accept charges after their rejection by a port, the trial shall take place in the Port where Headquarters is located. Due notice thereof shall be given to the accused, who shall he informed of the name of his accusers, and who shall receive a written statement of the charges. At the request of the accused, transportation and subsistence shall he provided the accused and his witnesses. Section 3. The Trial Committee shall hear all pertinent evidence and shall not he hound by the rules of evidence required by courts of law hut may receive all relevant testi­ mony. The Trial Committee may grant adjournments, at the request of the accused, to enable him to make a proper defense. In the event the Trial Committee falls beneath a quorum, it shall adjourn until a quorum does exist. Section 4. No trial shall he conducted unless all the accusers are present. The Trial Committee shall conduct the trial except that the accused shall have the right to cross-examine the accuser, or accusers, and the witnesses, as well as to conduct his own defense. The accused may select any member to assist him in his defense at the trial, provided, (a) the said member is available at the time of the trial and (h) the said member agrees to render such assistance. If the accused challenges the qualifications of the members of the Trial Committee, or states that the charges do not adequately inform him of what wrong he allegedly committed, or the time and place of such commis­ sion, such matters shall be ruled upon and disposed of, prior to proceeding on the merits of the defense. TTie guilt of an accused shall he found only if proven by the weight of the evidence, and the burden of such proof shall he upon the accuser. Every finding shall be based on the quality of the evidence and not solely on the number of witnesses produced. Section 5. Th» Trial Committee shall make findings as to guilt or innocence, and recommendations as to punishment and/or other Union action deen.ed desirable in the light of the proceedings. These findingis and recommendations shall he those of a majority of the committee, and shall he in writing, as shall he any dissent. The committee shall forward its find­ ings and recommendations, along with any dissent to the Port Agent of the port where the trial took place, while a copy thereof shall be forwarded to the accused and the accusers, either in person or by mail addressed to their last known addresses. The findings shall include a statement that the rights of the accused under this Constitution, were properly safeguarded. The findings also must contain the charges made, the date of the trial, the name and address of the accused, the accuser, and each witness; shall describe each document used at the trial; shall contain a fair summary of the proceedings, and shall state the findings as to guilt or innocence. If possible, all documents used at the trial shall he kept. All findings and recommendations shall he made a part of the regular files. Section 6. The Port Agent of the Port of Trial shall, upon receipt of the findings and recommendations of the Trial Com­ mittee, cause the findings and recommendations to be presented, and entered into the minutes, at the next regular meeting. Section 7. The Port Agent shall send the record of the entire proceedings to headquarters, which shall cause sufficient copies thereof to he made and sent to each Port in time for the next regularly scheduled meeting. Section 8. At the latter meeting, the proceedings shall he dis­ cussed. The meeting shall then vote. A majority vote of the membership of the Union shall: (a) Accept the findings and recommendations, or (h) Reject the findings and recommendations, or (c) Accept the findings, hut modify the recommendations, or (d) Order a new trial after finding that substantial justice has not been done with regard to the charges. In this event, a new trial shall take place at the port where headquarters is located and upon application, the accused, the accusers, and their witnesses shall he furnished transportation and subsist­ ence. Section 9. After the vote set forth in Section 8, any punish­ ment so decided upon shall become effective. Headquarters shall cause notice of the results thereof to he sent to each accused and accuser. Section 10. An accused who has been found guilty, or who is under effective punishment may appeal in the following manner: He may send or deliver a notice of appeal to Headquarters within 30 days after receipt of the notice of the decision of the membership. Section II. At the next regular meeting of the port where Headquarters is located, after receipt of the notice of appeal, the notice shall he presented and shall then become part of the minutes. An Appeals Committee shall then he elected. The Vice-President in charge of contracts is charged with the duty of presenting the before-mentioned proceedings and all avail­ able documents used as evidence at the trial to the Appeals Committee, as well as any written statement or argument sub­ mitted by the accused. The accused may argue his appeal in person, if he so desires. The appeal shall be heard at Union Headquarters on the night the committee is elected. It shall be the responsibility of the accused to insure that his written statement or argument arrives at headquarters in time for such presentation. Section 12. The Appeals Committee shall decide the appeal as soon as possible, consistent with fair consideration of the evidence and arguments before it. It may grant adjournments and may request the accused or accusers to present arguments, whenever necessary for such fair consideration, Soctlon 13. The decision of the Appeals Committee shall be by majority vote, and shall be in the form of findings and recommendations. Dissents will be allowed. Decisions and dissents shall be in writing and signed by those participating in such decision or dissent. In making its findings and recom­ mendations, the committee shall be governed by the following: (a) No finding of guilt shall be reversed if there is sub­ stantial evidence to support such a finding and, in such case, the Appeals Committee shall not make its own findings as to the weight of evidence. (b) In no event shall increased punishment be recommended. (c) A new trial shall be recommended if the Appeals Com­ mittee finds—(a) that any member of the Trial Committee Page 18 should have heen disqualified, or (b) that the accused was not adequately informed of the details of the charged offense, which resulted in his not having been given a fair trial, or (c) that for any other reason, the accused was not given a fair trial. (d) If there is not' substantial evidence to support a finding of guilt, the Appeals Committee shall recommend that the charge on which the finding was based be dismissed. (e) The Appeals Committee may recommend lesser punish­ ment. Section 14. The Appeals Committee shall deliver its decision and dissent, if any, to headquarters, which shall cause sufficient copies to be published and shall have them sent to each port in time to reach there before the next regular scheduled meeting. Headquarters shall also send a copy to each accused and accuser at their last known address, or notify them in person. Section 15. At the meeting indicated in Section 14 of this Article, the membership, by a majority vote, shall accept the decision of the Appeals Committee, or the dissent therein. If there is no dissent, the decision of the Appeals Committee shall stand. If a new trial is ordered, that trial shall be held in the port where headquarters is located, in the manner provided for in Section 2 of this Article. Any decision so providing for a new trial shall contain such directions as will insure a fair hearing to the accused. Section 16. Headquarters shall notify the accused and each accuser, either in person or in writing addressed to their last known address, of the results of the appeal. A further appeal shall be allowed as set forth in Section 17 of this Article. Section 17. Each member is charged with knowledge of the provisions of the Constitution of the Seafarers International Union of North America, and the rights of, and procedure as to, further appeal as provided for therein. Decisions reached thereunder shall be binding on all members of the Union. Section 18. It shall be the duty of all members of the Union to take all steps within their constitutional power to carry out the terms of any effective decisions. Section 19. Every accused shall receive a written copy of the charges preferred against him and shall be given a reasonable time to prepare his defense, but he may thereafter plead guilty and waive any or all of the other rights and privileges granted to him by this Article. If an accused has been properly notified of his trial and fails to attend without properly requesting a postponement, the Trial Committee may hold its trial without his presence. Article XVI Offenses and Penalties Section 1. Upon proof of the commission of the following offenses, the member shall be expelled from membership: la) Proof of membership in any organization advocating the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force; (b) Acting as an informer against the interest of the Union or the membership in any organizational campaign; (c) Acting as an informer for, or agent of, the company against the interests of the membership or the Union; (d) The commission of any act as part of a conspiracy to destroy the Union. Section 2. Upon proof of the commission of any of the fol­ lowing offenses, the member shall be penalized up to and including a penalty of expulsion from the Union. In the event the penalty of expulsion is not invoked or recommeded, the penalty shall not exceed suspension from the rights and privi­ leges of membership for more than two (2) years, or a fine of $50.00 or hoth: (a) Willfully misappropriating or misusing Union property of the value in excess of $50.00. (b) Unauthorized use of Union property, records, stamps, seals, etc., for the purpose of personal gain; (c) Willful misuse of any office or job, elective or not, within the Union for the purpose of personal gain, financial or other­ wise, or the willful refusal or failure to execute the duties or functions of the said office or job, or gross neglect or abuse in executing such duties or functions or other serious misconduct or breach of trust. The President may, during the pendency of disciplinary proceedings under this subsection, suspend the officer or jobWder from exercising the functions of the office or job, with or without pay, and designate his temporary re­ placement. (d) Unauthorized voting, or unauthorized handling of bal­ lots, stuhs, rosters, verification lists, ballot boxes, or election files, or election material of any sort; (e) Preferring charges with knowledge that such charges are false; ^ (f) Making or transmitting, with intent to deceive, false reports or communications which fall within the scope of Union business; (g) Deliberate failure or refusal to join one's ship, or mis­ conduct or neglect of duty aboard ship, to the detriment of the Union or its agreements; (h) Deliberate and unauthorized interference, or deliberate and malicious villification, with regard to the execution of the duties of any office or job; (i) Paying for, or receiving money for, employment aboard a vessel, exclusive'of proper earnings and Union payments; (j) Willful refusal to submit evidence of affiliation for the purpose of avoiding or delaying money payments to the Union, or unauthorizedly transferring or receiving evidence of Union affiliation, with intent to deceive; (k) WiUful failure or refusal to carry out the order of those duly authorized to make such orders during time of strike. (1) Failure or refusal to pay a fine or assessment within the time limit set therefor either by the Constitution or by action taken in accordance with the Constitution. Section 3. Upon proof of the commission of any of the fol­ lowing offenses, members shall be penalized up to and including a suspension from the rights and privileges of membership for two(2) years, or a fine of $50.00 or both: (a) Willfully misappropriating or misusing Union property of the value under $^.00; (b) Assuming any office or job, whether elective or not with knowledge of the lack of possession of the qualifications re­ quired therefor; (c) Misconduct during any meeting or other official Union proceeding, or bringing the Union into disrepute by conduct not provided for elsewhere in this Article; (d) Refusal or negligent failure to carry out orders of those duly authorized to make such orders at any time. Soctlon 4. Upon proof of the commission of any of the fol­ lowing offenses, members shall he penalized up to and including a fine of $50.00; (a) Refusal or willful failure to be present at sign-ons or pay-offs; (b) Willful failure to submit Union book to Union repre­ sentatives at pay-off; (c) Disorderly conduct at pay-off or sign-on; (d) Refusal to cooperate with Union representatives in dis­ charging their duties; (e) Disorderly conduct in the Union hall; (f) Gambling in the Union hall; (g) Negligent failure to join ship. Section 5. Any member who has committed an offense penal­ ized by no more than a fine of $50.00 may elect to waive his rights under this Constitution subject to the provisions of Article XV, Section 19 and to pay the maximum fine of $50.00 to the duly authorized representative of the Union. Section 6. This Union, and its members, shall not be deemed to waive any claim, of personal or property rights to which it or its members are entitled, by bringing the member to trial or enforcing a penalty as provided in this Constitution. Section 7. Any member under suspension for an offense under this Article shall continue to pay all dues and assessments and must observe his duties to the Union, members, officials, and job holders. Article XVil Publications This Union may publish such pamphlets, journals, news­ papers, magazines, periodicals and general literature, in such manner as may be determined, from time to time, by the Executive Board. Article XVIII Bonds Officers and job holders, whether elected or appointed as well as all other employees handling monies of the Union shall be bonded as required by law. ArHcle XIX Expenditures Section 1. In the event no contrary policies or instructions are in existence, the President may authorize, make, or incur such expenditures and expenses as are norm^ly encompassed within the authority conferred upon him by Article X of this Constitution. Section 2. The provisions of Section 1 shall similarly apply to the routine accounting and administrative procedures of the Union except those primarily concerned with trials, appeals, negotiations, strikes, and elections. Section 3. The provisions of this Article shall supersede to the extent applicable, the provisions of Article X of this Constitution. Article XX Income Section 1. The income of this Union shall include dues, initiation fees, fines, assessments, contributions, loans, interest, dividends, as well as income derived from any other legitimate business operation or other legitimate source. Section 2. An official Union receipt, properly filled out, shaU be given to anyone paying money to the Union or to any person authorized by the Union to receive money. It shall be the duty of every person affiliated with the Union who makes such payments to demand such receipt. Soctlon 3. No assessments shall be levied except after a ballot conducted under such general rules as may be decided upon by a majority vote of the membership, provided that: (a) The ballot must be secret. (b) The assessment must be approved by a majority of the valid ballots cast. Soctlon 4. Except as otherwise provided by law, all payments by members or other affiliates of this Union shall be applied successively to the monetary obligations owed the Union com­ mencing with the oldest in point of time, as measured from the date of accrual of such obligation. The period of arrears shaU be calculated accordingly. Soctlon 5. To the extent deemed appropriate by the major­ ity of the Executive Board, funds and assets of the Union may be kept in an account or accounts without separation as to purpose and expended for all Union purposes and objects. Article XXI Other Types of Union AfRiiotlon To the extent permitted by law, this Union, by majority vote of the membership, may provide for affiliation with it by individuals in a lesser capacity than membership, or in a capacity other than membership. By majority vote of the mem­ bership, the Union may provide for the rights and obligations incident to such capacities or affiliations. These rights and obligations may include, but are not limited to (a) the applic­ ability or non-applicability of all or any part of the Consti­ tution; (b) the terms of such affiliation; (c) the right of the Union to peremptory termination of such affiliation and, (d) the fees required for such affiliation. In no event may anyone not a member receive evidence of affiliation equivalent to that of members, receive priority or rights over members, or be termed a member. Article XXII Quorums Soctlon 1. Unless elsewhere herein otherwise specifically pro­ vided, the quorum for a special meeting of a port shall be six (6) full booK members. Section 2. The quorum for a regular meeting of a Port shall be fifty (50) members. Suction 3. Unless otherwise specifically set forth herein, the decisions, reports, recommendations, or other functions of any segment of the Union requiring a quorum to act officially, shall be a majority of those voting, and shall not be official or effective unless the quorum requirements are met. Seafarers Log �SMtien 4. Unless otherwise indicated herein, where the re­ quirements for a quorum are not specifically set forth, a quorum be deemed to be a majority of those composing the ap­ plicable segment of the Union. Article XXiii Meetings I • Section 1. Regular membership meetings shall be held monthly only in the following major ports at the following times: During the week following the first Sunday of every month a meeting shall be held on Monday—at New York; on Tuesday —at Philadelphia; on Wednesday—at Baltimore; and on Friday—at Detroit. During the next week, meetings shall be held on Monday—at Houston; on Tuesday—at New Orleans; and on Wednesday—at Mobile. All regular membership meet­ ings shall commence at 2:30 P.M. local time. Where a meeting day falls on a Holiday officially designated as such by the authorities of the state or municipality in which a port is located, the port meeting shall take place on the following business day. Saturday and Sunday shall not be deemed busi­ ness days. The Area Vice Presidents shall be the chairmen of all regular meetings in ports in their respective areas. In the event the Area Vice Presidents are unable to attend a regular meeting of a port, they shall instruct the Port Agents, or other elected job holders, to act as chairmen of the meetings. In the event a quorum is not present at 2:30 P.M. the chairman of the meeting at the pertinent port shall postpone the opening of the meeting but in no event later than 3:00 P.M. Section 2. A special meeting at a port may be called only at the direction of the Port Agent or Area Vice President. No special meeting may be held, except between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Notice of such meeting shall be posted at least two hours ip advance, on the port bulletin board. The Area Vice Presidents shall be the chairmen of all special meetings in ports in their respective areas. In the event the Area Vice Presidents are unable to attend a special meet­ ing of a port, they shall instruct the Port Agents, or other elected job holders, to act as chairmen of the meetings. Soctlen 3. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, all reg­ ular meetings shall be governed by the following: 1. The Union Constitution. 2. Majority vote of the members assembled. Article XXIV Definitions and Miscellaneous Provisions Relating Thereto \ •" Section 1. Incapacity. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the term "incapacity," shall mean any illness or situation preventing the affected person from carrying out his duties for more than 30 days, provided that this does not result in a vacancy. However, nothing contained in this Article shall be deemed to prohibit the execution of the functions of more than one job and/or office in which event no incapacity shall be deemed to exist with regard to the regular job or office of the one taking over the duties and functions of the one incapacitated. The period of incapacity shall be the time during which the circumstances exist. Soctien 2. Unless otherwise set forth or dealt with herein, the term "vacancy" shall include failure to perform the func­ tions of any office or job by reason of death, or resignation, or suspension from membership or expulsion from the Union with no further right to appeal in accordance with the pro­ visions of Article XV of this Constitution. Section 3. When applicable to the Union as a whole the term, "majority vote of the membership," shall mean the majority of all the valid votes cast by full book members at an official meeting of those ports holding a meeting. This definition shall prevail notwithstanding that one or more ports cannot hold meetings because of no quorum. For the purpose of this Sec­ tion, the term "meeting" shall refer to those meetings to be held during the time period within which a vote must be taken in accordance with the Constitution and the custom and usage of the Union in the indicated priority. Section 4. When applicable solely to port action and not con­ cerned with, or related to, the Union as a whole, and not forming part of a Union-wide vote, the term "majority vote of the membership," shall refer to the majority of the valid votes cast by the full book members at any meeting of the Port, regular or special. Sectlen 5. The term, "membership action", or reference thereto, shall mean the same as the term "majority vote of the membership." Section 6. Where the title of any office or job, or the holder thereof, is set forth in this Constitution, all references thereto and the provisions concerned therewith shall be deemed to be equally applicable to whomever is duly acting in such office or job. ' Section 7. The term "Election Year" shall be deemed to mean that calendar year prior to the calendar year in which elected December 1971 m officials and other elected job-holders are required to asume office. Section 8. The terms, "this Constitution", and "this amended Constitution," shall be deemed to have the same meaning and shall refer to the Constitution as amended which takes the place of the one adopted by the Union in 1939, as amended up through August, 1968. Section 9. The term, "member in good standing", shall mean a member whose monetary obligations to the Union are not in arrears for thirty days or more, or who is not under suspen­ sion or expulsion effective in accordance with this Constitution. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, the term, "member," shall mean a member in good standing. Section 10. Unless plainly otherwise required by the context of their use, the terms "Union book," "membership book," and "book," shall mean official evidence of Union membership. Section II. The term "full book" or "full Union book" shall mean only an official certificate issued as evidence of Union membership which carries with it complete rights and privileges of membership except as may be specifically constitutionally otherwise provided. Section 12. The term, "full book member", shall mean a member to whom a full book has been duly issued and who is entitled to retain it in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution. Article XXV Amendments This Constitution shall be amended in the following manner: Section 1. Any full book member may submit at any regular meeting of any Port proposed amendments to this Constitu­ tion in resolu:'on form. If a majority vote of the membership of the Port approves it, the proposed amendment shall be for­ warded to all Ports for further action. Section 2. When a proposed amendment is accepted by a ma­ jority vote of the membership, it shall be referred to a Con­ stitutional Committee in the Port where Headquarters is located. This Committee shall be composed of six full book members, two from each department and shall be elected in accordance with such rules as are established by a majority vote of that Port. The Committee will act on all proposed amendments referred to it. The Committee may receive whatever advice and assistance, legal or otherwise, it deems necessary. It shall prepare a report on the amendment together with any proposed changes or substitutions or recommendations and the reasons for such recommendations. The latter shall then be submitted to the membership. If a majority vote of the membership approves the amc.idment as recommended, it shall then be voted upon, in a yes or no vote by the membership of the Union by secret ballot in accordance with the procedure directed by a majority vote of the membership at the time it gives the approval necessary to put the referendum to a vote. The Union Tallying Committee shall consist of six (6) full book members, two from each of the three (3) departments of the Union, elected from Headquarters Port. The amendment shall either be printed on the ballot, or if too lengthy, shall be referred to on the ballot. Copies of the amendment shall be posted on the bulletin boards of all ports and made available at the voting site in all ports. Section 3. If approve'd by a majority of the valid ballots cast, the amendment shall become effective immediately upon notification by the aforesaid Union Tallying Committee to the Secretary-Treasurer that the amendment has been so approved, unless otherwise specified in the amendment. The SecretaryTreasurer shall immediately notify all ports of the results of the vote on the amendment. EXHIBIT A Minimdl requirements to be contained in Constitution of subordinate bodies and divisions chartered by or affiliated with the Seafarers International Union of North America — At­ lantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. I All members shall have equal rights and privileges, subject to reasonable rules and regulations, contained in this Consti­ tution, including secret election, freedom of speech, the right to hold office and the right of secret votes on assessment and dues increases, all in accordance with the law. II No member may be automaticaly suspended from member­ ship except for non-payment of dues, and all members shall be afforded a fair hearing upon written charges, with a reas­ onable time to prepare defense, when accused of an offense under the Constitution. ill This Union is chartered by (and/or affiliated with), the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, and this Constitution and any amendments thereto, shall not take effect unless and until approved as set forth in the Constitution of that Union. IV An object of this Union is, within its reasonable capacity, to promote the welfare of, and assist, the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and In­ land Waters District. The charter (and/or affiliation) relationship between this Union and the Seafarers International Union of North America —Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall not be dissolved so long as at least ten members of this Union, and the Seafarers International Union of North America— Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District acting through its Executive Board wish to continue such relationship. VI No amendment to this Constitution shall be effective unless and until approved by at least a two-thirds vote of the member­ ship in a secret referendum conducted for that purpose. In any event, the adoption of this Constitution and any amend­ ments thereto, will not be effective unless and until compliance with Article II of the Constitution of the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District is first made. VII The Seafarers International Union of North America—^At­ lantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall have the right to check, inspect and make copies of all the books and records of this Union upon demand. VIII This Union shall not take any action which will have the effect of reducing its net assets, calculated through recognized accounting procedures, below the amount of its indebtedness to the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlan­ tic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, unless approved by that Union through its Executive Board. IX So long as there exists any indebtedness by this Union to the Seafarers, International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, that Union shall have the right to appoint a representative or representatives to this Union who shall have the power to attend all meetings of this Union, or its sub-divisions, or governing boards, if tmy; Md who shall have access to all books and records of this Union on demand. This representative, or these representatives, shall be charged with the duty of assisting this Union tmd its mem­ bership, and acting as a liaison between the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District and this Union. So long as any unpaid per capita tax, or any other indebted­ ness of any sort is owed by this Union to the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, such indebtedness shall constitute a first lien on the assets of this Union, which lien shall not be impaired without the written approval of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf Lakes and Inland Waters District acting through its Executive Board. XI The per capita tax payable by this Union to the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District shall be that which is fixed in ac­ cordance with the terms of the Constitution of that Union. XII This Constitution and actions by this Union pursuant thereto are subject to those provisions of the Constitution of the Sea­ farers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District pertaining to affiliation, dis­ affiliation, trusteeships, and the granting and removal of charters. XIII This Union shall be affiliated with the Seafarers International Union of North America through the Seafarers International Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. It shall share in, and participate as part of, the delegation of that District to the Convention of the Sea­ farers International Union of North America in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America—Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District. Page 19 �:" • '• . t;. :":J;:.-t;';/ . , .:• :S-: /.'K' r T.- va 1' ;• . L.: 'V. - ,]';•• r^i: >•/ "-; EVERY SEAFARER IS GUARANTEED: • Protection of the rights and privileges guaranteed him under the Constitution of the Union. • The right to vote. • The right to nominate himself for, and to hold, any office in the Union. • That every official of the Union shall be bound to uphold and protect the rights of every member and that in no case shall any member be deprived of his rights and privileges as a member without due pro­ cess of the law of the Union. • The right to be confronted by his accuser and to be given a fair trial by an impartial committee of his brother Union members if he should be charged with conduct detrimental to the welfare of Seafarers banded together in this Union. • The right to express himself freely on the floor of any Union meeting or in committee. • The assurance that his brother Seafarers will stand with him in defense of the democratic principles set forth in the Constitution of the Union. .f • ' .1] ::: \v^., December 1971 Pagfe 20 mm m �ANNUAL REPORT Hf For the fiscal year ended Afnil 30, 1971 UNITED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA PENSION FUND 275 20th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11215 ffo the SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE of the STATE OF NEW YORK The data contained herein is for the purpose of providing general information as to the condition and affairs of the fond. The presentation is necessarily ahbreviated. For a more comprehensive treatment, refer to the Annual Statmnent, copies of which may be inspected at the office of the fund, or at flie New York State Insur­ ance Department, 55 John Street, New York, New Yoric 10038. STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE (RESERVE FOR FUTURE BENEFITS) ADDITIONS TO FUND BALANCE Item 1. Contributions: (Exclude amounts entered in Item 2) $ 190,126.39 (a) Employer (Schedule 1) Employee (c) Other (Specify) (d) Total Contributions 2. Dividends and Experience Rating Refunds from Insurance Companies 3. Investment Income: (a) Interest 5,514.19 ^) Dividends 1,068.35 (c) Rents (d) Other (Specify) (e) Total Income from Investments 4. Profit on disposal of investments 5. Increase by adjustment in asset values of invest­ ments 6. Other Additions: (Itemize) (a) Reimbursement of Field Audit Expenses .... 2,082.71 (b) (c) Total Other Additions 7. Total Additions $ 190,126,39 6,582.54 -' 2,082.71 $ 198,791.64 DEDUCnONS FROM FUND BALANCE it 8. Insurance and Annuity Premiums to Insurance Carriers and to Service Organizations (In­ cluding Prepaid Medical Plans) 9. Benefits Provided Directly by the Trust or Sepa­ rately Maintained Fimd 10. Payments to an Organization Maintained by the Plan for the Purpose of Providing Benefits to Participants (Attach latest operating state­ ment of the Organization showing detaU of administrative expenses, supplies, fees, etc.) 11. Payments or Contract Fees Paid to Independent Organizations or Individuals Providing Plan Benefits (Clinics, Hospitals, Doctors, etc.) .... 12. Administrative Expenses: (a) Salaries (Schedule 2) (b) Allowances, Expenses, etc. (Schedule 2) .... (c) Taxes (d) Fees and Conunissions (Schedule 3) (e) Rent (f) Insurance Premiums fe) Fidelity Bond Premiums (h) Other Administrative Expenses (Specify) See attachment (i) Total Adiministrative Expenses 13. Loss on disposal of investments 14. Decrease by adjustment in asset values of in­ vestments 15. Other Deductions: (Itemize) (a) (b) (c) Total Other Deductions 16. Total Deductions December 1971 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. LIABILITIES Insurance and annuity premiums payable Unpaid claims (Not covered by insurance) Accoimts payable Accrued expenses Other liabilities (Specify) Due to other funds .. Reserve for future benefits Total Liabilities and Reserves $ 95,861.80 95,861.80 925.97 245,696.63 $ 246,622.60 »The assets listed in this statement must be vaJued on the basis regularly used in valuing investments held in the fund and reported to the U.S. Treasury Department, or shall be valued at their aggregrate cost or present value, whichever is lower, if such a statement is not so re­ quired to be filed with the U.S. Treasury Department. $ 10,390.97 12,354.59 4,998.21 604.21 9,698.09 1,125.23 206.24 9,579.27 38,565.84 UNITED INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF NORTH AMERICA PENSION FUND ATTACHMENT TO THE ANNUAL STATEMENT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK FOR THE YEAR ENDED APRIL 30,1971 Deductions from Fund Balance Item 12 (h)—Other Administrative Expenses Contribution to pension plan $4,332.02 Postage, express and freight 198.82 Telephone and telegraph 318.40 Equipment rental 500.61 Miscellaneous expense 429.12 Repairs and maintenance 112.23 Dues and subscriptions 40.92 Stationery, supplies and printing 2,586.53 Employee benefits 688.91 Microfilming 76.96 Outside temporaiy ofifice help 82.25 Office improvements 178.62 Miscellaneous Trustees' meeting expenses 33.88 $9,579.27 Einpm\er trustee: $ RECONCILEMENT OF FUND BALANCE 17. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Benefits at Beginning of Year) 18. Total Additions During Year (Item 7) 19. Total Deductions During Year (Item 16) 20. Total Net Increase (Decrease) 21. Fund Balance (Reserve for Future Benefits) at end of Year (Item 14, Statement of Assets and Liabilities) . Part IV Part IV data for trust or offio- separately maintained fund are to be completed for a plan involving a trust or othw separately maintained fund. It also is to be completed for a plan which: (1) Has incurred expenses other than: (a) Payments for unfunded benefits m- (b) Insurance or annuity premiums or subscription charges paid to an insur­ ance carrier or service or other organization; or (2) Has assets other than: (a) Insurance or annuity contracts or (b) Contributions in the process of payment or collection. Part IV—Section A Statement of Assets and Liabilities United Industrial Workers of Norfli America Pension Fund File No. WP 222427 As of Aprfl 30, 1971 ASSETS ^ Endtff End of Item Prior Year Reporting Year 1. Cash $ 13,619.10 $ 19,246.13 2. Receivables: a. Contributions: (See Item 18) (1) Employer (2) Other (Specify) b. Dividends or experience rating refunds c. Other (Specify) 3. Investments: (Other than real estate) a. Bank deposits at interest and deposits or shares in savings and loan associations .... b. Stocks: (1) Preferred 2,858.13 2,858.13 (2) Common 12,485.45 56,047.91 c. Bonds and debentures: (1) Government obligations: (a) Federal 56,889.12 (b) State and municipal (2) Foreign government obligations (3) Nongovernment obligations 10,000.00 168,309.00 d. Common Trusts: (1) (Identify) (2) (Identify) e. Subsidiary organizations (See Instructions).. (Identify and indicate percentage of owner­ ship by this Plan in the subsidiary) 4. Real estate loans and mortgages 5. Loans and Notes Receivable: (Other than real estate) a. Secured b. Unsecured 6. Real Estate: a. Operated b. Other real estate 7. Other Assets: a. Accrued income b. Prepaid expenses c. Other (Specify) Accrued Interest Receivable.. 10.00 161.43 8. Total Assets $ 95,861.80 $ 246,622.60 198,791.64 48,956.81 48,956.81 ^ j J �SlU Ships' Committees... Serving the Members and the Union v-.V; STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian)—^Aboard the Steel Admiral at dock in Bayonne, New Jersey are, from left: W. Sawyer, deck delegate; Ruel Lawrence, ship's chairman; D. Cordero, steward delegate; R. Essy, secretary-reporter, and W. Walton, engine delegate. STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian)—^Topside aboard the Steel Seafarer are, from left: H. N. Milton, steward delegate; A. Donnelly, ship's chairman; K. Conklin, engine delegate; J. Baliday, secretary-reporter; Martin, educational director, and J. Wilson, deck delegate. SEATRAIN DELAWARE (Hudson Waterways)—From left are: C. DeJuses, sec­ retary-reporter; A. Colon, steward delegate; D. Katsogiannos, deck delegate; S. Wala, educational director, and J. Reyes, engine delegate. Page 22 As has so often been stated in talking about the workings of the SIU, or for that matter any union, the best way to insure an effective organization is through edu­ cation. And education is a two-way street. Not only should the membership be informed of the doings of its leaders, but the leaders should be kept up-to-date on the wishes of the members. Only through such a mutual understanding of each other's ideas and desires can a union work effectively for the good of the entire membership. This exchange of ideas, or mutual education if you will, is accomplished in the SIU through regular shipboard meetings, known as ship's committee meetings. These meetings serve as a forum to keep^ our meml^rs at sea informed of SIU doings ashore, as well as affording them an opportunity to voice their own opinions on various issues affecting the whole membership. It is this type of two-way communication that enables the union to function best in the interests of the entire membership. It keeps those at sea abreast of the latest developments at union halls across the country, and those ashore cognizant of ideas of members scattered across the globe on ships. In this way, every Seafarer can participate in and be aware of everything his union is doing. Each Sunday while a ship is at sea, the ship's committee chairman calls a meet­ ing for all unlicensed personnel. There are six members of the standing ship's committ^ with three elected and three appointed delegates, but every Seafarer is urged to attend each meeting and become involved iu the proceedings. The six include the ship's committee chairman, the education director, the secretary-reporter, and elected representatives of the deck, engine and steward departments. The chairman is responsible for calling the meeting and preparing an agenda. He also moderates the group to insure proper parliamentary procedure is used to guarantee every member's ri^t to be heard. The education director is charged with maintaining a shipboard library of union publications and must be able to answer any questions relating to union upgrading and educational programs. The secretary-reporter serves as a recorder of the minutes of the meetings and is responsible for relaying the minutes and recommendations to SIU headquarters. Each, of the elected department delegates is concerned with questions relating to the entire crew, in generd and the members of his department, in particular. The SIU ships' committees have succeeded in bridging the communications bar­ rier between a far-flung membership and the officials entrusted to head the union. They have succeeded in keeping the membership informed and active in the highest democratic traditions. STONEWALL JACKSON (Waterman)-—Back home after a smooth voyage are, from left, seated: J. Lisi, engine delegate; C. Lamert, deck delegate; R. H. Pitcher, secreta^-reporter. Standing, from left, are: W. H. Harris, steward delegate; S. Gondzar, educationai director; C. Faircloth, ship's chairman. OVERSEAS CARRIER (Maritime Overseas)—Ship's committee members from left are: C. Majette, ship's chairman; J. Wood, steward delegate; L. Cayton, secretary-reporter; J. Higgins, deck delegate, and R. Borlase, engine delegate. Seafarers Log �SlU Ships' Committees... Serving the Members and the Union MANHATTAN (Hudson Waterways)—^After a smootli South American voyage the Manhattan returned to the Porf of Philadelphia in November. From left are: D. Disei, deck delegate; R. Rice, secretary-reporter; L Began, engine delegate; M. Peralta, steward delegate, and P. Konis, ship's chairman. TRANSIDAHO (Hudson Waterways)—Back in port of New York after a transAtlantic voyage are, from left: F. Rakas, steward delegate; _ . A. Shrimpton, . ^ secretary-reporter; P. Marcinowski, engine delegate; F. Gaspar, ship's chairman, L Cepeda, education director, and C. Hill, deck delegate. ANCHORAGE (Sea-Land)—Seated around table in crew's recreation room are, from Ift: R. Meyers, deck delegate; D. Cox, engine delegate; E. Joseph, secre­ tary-reporter; B. Gillian, ship's chairman, and J. Keating, educational director. FAIRLAND (Sea-Land)—Members of the ship's committee from left are: R. Dell, educational director; J. Keel, ship's chairman; B. Hayes, deck delegate; J. Jones, engine delegate, and J. Gibbons, steward delegate. m • Nobody takes dope intent on. making a lifetime out of it _ with his career; and- leality for a few honrs, to "turn argue st K jjEist a OIL a:- That's a tou^ price to pay Seafarer foUnd with any d of drug-^an upper, a 4.--.. ij^ •' hk . emergency that mi^t mean death for someone else. fee Aside from that, a Seafarer caught with drugs taints his reasons, A ship needs a 1- I •; And ftnaUy, you don't have to have medic^ degrees to see the wreckage of lives that Iwiye corns to depend on dru^. Itfa all around you in hollow-eyed Mm men who have "shot" whatever chance they had to know the good life into their veins. Hopes tor their recovery m this So WIKD it comes to real question is: Is it going to be for just a few hp will^^t, stick for a liE^J ever i L, and those men are mar 1 [f-ii the world So one man's, II 1 il 1, 'ij December 1971 Page 23 �A Look at the Events of 1971... JANUARY Estimating that it will take a full five years before any major impact is felt from the program outlined in the Merchant Marine Act of 1970, Maritime Trades Department (MTD) President Paul Hall says, "We'll have to keep pressing for additional laws and policies that will fully utilize the present fleet and protect the cargo rights of ships yet to hit the waves" . . . The Merchant Marine Library Association issues urgent pleas for funds to save the public library of the high seas . . . U.S. Navy shelves experimental project, Sealab II and replaces it with a new deepdiving project, Mark I . . . National health insurance tops orgaifized labor's list of legislative goals for the coming year according to AFL-C30 President George Meany. Fight against poverty, strengthening of the Family Assistance Plan, right to collective bargaining for all federal government employees, protection of federal workers' pension funds, foreign trade bills to protect U.S. jobs from foreign imports are also listed as primary legislative goals . . . The expansion of Russian sea power poses threats to free world mari­ time commerce warns Andrew Pettis, president of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America . . . Delta Steamship Lines, Inc., an SlU-contracted company, announces plans to con­ struct from one to six new LASH (Lifter Aboard Ship) container cargo vessels . . . Q)ngressional pass­ age of the Occupational Health and Safety Law protects 57 million wage earners in 4.1 million estab­ lishments .. . SIU launches a campaign against efforts by the Administration and Department of HEW to close U.S. Public Health hospitals and clinics ... A new law eliminating duplicate taxation so Seafarers no longer pay withholding taxes to more than one state is approved by Congress and signed by President Nixon . . . Former Olympic track star Lee Evans, representing SIU's Harry Lundeberg School of Sea­ manship (HLSS) receives a trophy for winning the 500-yard run in world-record time of 54.4 seconds at a meet held at the University of Maryland . . . HLSS reaches an educational milestone for SIU and the trade union movement as first three students receive high school equivalency diplomas (GED) . . . U.S. Coast Guard tests new flying-saucer designed lifeboat that may soon appear on board U.S. merchant marine vessels . . . Labor Department figures reveal a nine-year high rate of vmeifiployment reaching six percent across the country. FEBRUARY John Tilli becomes the 400th SIU member to receive his engineers license after attending the School of Marine Engineering . . . Nixon proposes an acrossthe-board reduction of corporate taxes and draws severe criticism from organized labor that calls the action "unjustified" . . . Seafarer John Arthur is lost at sea as he makes a valiant attempt to rescue sur­ vivors of the Firmish tanker, Ragney, which broke up during a storm off Cape May, N.J In a 101-page study the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department urges stronger federal laws limiting the scope of information on individuals that can be gathered and disseminated by credit bureaus . . . Organized labor rejects the Nixon Administration's proposed collec­ tive bargaining rights for farm workers because workers would be stripped of the right to strike during harvest time ... A spedal MTD committee John Glass (right) baeomes tha first SIU mambar to ratira undar tha naw "20-at-55" pansion plan which tha SIU pionaarad in 1971. Hara ha raeaivas his first efaack from SIU Baltimora Patrloman Bannia Wilson. issues a documented report following a year long study on the devastating impact of foreign products on workers in U.S. industries . . . The MTD Execu­ tive Board, at its midwinter meeting announces its intentions to stand pat on preserving the Jones Act following discovery beneath the Alaskan North Slope of what may be the world's richest deposit of oil. Other goals are established at the meeting: Assure that implementation of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 meets the promises of the new legislation, the formation of shipping priorities and that unsubsidized operators receive preferential treatment for construc­ tion-subsidy funds, suspending economic aid and barring imports to nations guilty of piracy against U.S. fishing vessels, and supplying American naval vessels to guard American fishing ships. MARCH The AFL-CIO Executive Council discusses and adopts organized labor's legislative goals for the 92nd Congress and unanimously votes to fight against passage of any "anti-strike" laws that would adversely effect the transportation unions. Federal aid to cities and states, direct election of President, expansion of the 18-year olds' voting rights, increases in Social Security benefits are also recommendations . . . 250 rank and file SIU members attend the first full-scale educational conference sponsored as part of the union's continuing effort to keep its members fully informed on union and industry activities . . . Orga­ nized labor rejects Administration's plan to transfer PHS patients to Veterans Administration hospitals or private hospitals . . . The Maritime Administration's coveted "Gallant Ship" award is presented to the crew members of the 55 President Jackson for thenpart in a dramatic rescue off the coast of Bermuda in January, 1970. SIU members played an important part in rescuing seven persons aboard the schooner Tina Maria Doncina . . . SIU Vice President Earl "BuU" Shepard is appointed by the Administration to a newly-formed 100-member national advisory com­ mittee of the Jobs for Veterans program . . . John Glass, 56, receives his first pension check after retir­ ing under the SIU's new "20-at-55" pension plan whereby SIU members can. quit work at age 55 after 20 years of Service . . . New Bedford's yellowtail flounder fishermen, members of the SIUNA-aflBliated New Bedford Fishermen's Union, end their 18-day strike after winning all the major concessions sought from the Seafood Dealers Association in New Bed­ ford . . . Seafarer Oyrus M. Crooks returns to port after nearly six years at sea and picks up accured vacation pay totaling up to $7,000. He plans to return to sea without taking a vacation .. . The White House rejects the labor-sponsored Health Security Act of 1971 calling it too costly and "dangerous." APRIL Continuing in the SIU tradition to help its mem­ bers, the SIU Scholarship Committee announces that future scholarship winners will receive $10,000 toward their education, an increase from the current level of $6,000 . . . Congressmen testify before the House Subcommittee on Public Health and Welfare on legislation requiring HEW to maintain and improve PHS hospital and clinic system. The legisla­ tion is in response to the Administration's plan to "convert" and possibly close eight PHS facilities i . . Congressional and labor forces join together for pass­ age of stronger measures to end the 15-year old "tuna war" wa^g in South American waters. A bill is introduced in the House that forces the U.S. Department of State to deduct all "fines" imposed on U.S. fishing boats seized by other nations from the foreign aid money allocated to those nations. While the U.S. sets a three-mile territorial limit, Ecuador has a 200-mile boundary and has seized 26 tuna boats and collected more than $1.3 million in "fines" from the U.S. . . . The unique 24-hour-a-day, sevendays a week April-December, mail-in-a-pail service that ships on the Detroit River have come to rely on for 75 years faces extinction under a Post Office De­ partment edict which says the operation is not profitable . . . Construction of two new 630-foot selfunloading proto-type ore vessels on the Great Lakes is approved in principle by the Maritime Administra­ tion (MARAD) heralding what could become a shipbuilding boom on the Lakes . . . Unemployment tops the six percent level of previous months accord­ ing to Bureau of Labor Statistics. MAY Log hi^lights a special report on the SIU Educafional Conference Workshop chairmen and delegates, young and old discuss "Where We've Been", "Where We Are?' and "Where We're Goin^'. The history of the trade union, SIU contract, special educational programs, the SIU constitution, state of the industry, pension, welfare and vacation programs, ship and shore meetings and political and legal union activities are all covered during the two-week conference. JUNE Delta Steamship Lines and Waterman Steamship Corp., both SlU-contracted companies, sign the first two government shipbuilding contracts under the Merchant Marine Act of 1970. The two contracts totaling nearly $170 million are for six Lighter Aboard Ships vessels, three for each company . . . AFL-CIO President Meany attacks White House plans to set aside the requirement that 50 percent of grain shipments to Communist-bloc nations be trans­ ported in American-flag vessels ... Leaders of govern­ ment, industry and later pay solemn tribute during a Merchant Marine Memorid Service at the Wash­ ington Cathedral, D.C. to the men of the merchant marine who gave their lives in time of war and peace to further the aims of the nation ... Jobs of Seafarers remain on the line with renewed attacks on the Jones Act as the oil industry pushes for oil from the rich Alaskan fields carried in runaway-flag tankers . . . Five students, all children of Seafarers win SIU scholarships valued at $10,000 for use at any accred­ ited college or university to pursue any course of study. Winners in the 18-year-old program are: Beverly Collier, N.Y.; Angela Nuckols, W.Va.; Mary Covacevich, Md.; James Smith, La., and Richard Schultz, Ohio . . . Hearings are expected to begin on several proposals to strengthen the Fisherman's Protective Act in the wake of continued seizures of tuna boats in international waters off South America . . . SIU President Paul Hall speaking at a meeting of the Propeller Qub of the U.S. in San Juan, Puerto Rico cdls for all phases of the maritime industry and later to lay aside their differences and work toward the implementation of the Merchant Marine , Act of 1970 . , . The House approves by a 360-11 vote the passage of the $507 million MARAD authorization bill for fiscal year 1972. The initial phase of the long-range program calls for the construction of 300 American flag ships within 10 years . . . The Environmental Advisory panel of the U.S. Senate Public Works Committee meets at HLSS to discuss ways to curb pollution and save America's ecology. The panel composed of scientists involved in the study of the environment, makes recommendations and drafts bills for consideration of the Senate committee ... AFL-CIO opens its campaign for passage of the National Hetdth Security Program. "It is time that the people who pay the bills—^the health consumers—^have a means for controlling that inordinately high cost of health care," AFL-CIO representatives tell Congress . . . SlU-contracted ship Potomac rescues four men and a woman from a life raft when their yacht was struck and sunk by a whale near Cape Town, South Africa . . . The House of Representatives unanimously passes a bill to protect the jobs of Seafarers while boosting shipping in general by approving the entry of foreign barges into A member of the HLSS academic staff answers questions from GED asjpirants as the school begins »egii a program to further education level of willing Seafarers. By y year year's s er end more than 100 students had earned their GED diploma. Sitfwers Log �•) 11 ... Affecting the Members of SlU 1/ L U.S. ports providing the barges are towed by vessels » carrying American crews. A companion bill is under consideration in the Senate . . . Members of the House of Representatives present Philip Carlip, legislative representative of the SIU, with a plaque ' citing him for "his devoted and imtiring efforts on behalf of the-American Maritime Industry and the ' welfare of American Seamen." r JULY ' Sen. Sam Ervin (D-N.C.) aimounces he will ^ introduce a bill to ban the use of lie detectors in federal employment and some sectors of private industry at the three-day people's forum which con­ siders various facets of the problems of privacy. The people's forum is co-sponsored by the MTD and the Transportation Institute, a Washington-based re­ search organization . . . Andrew E. Gibson, Assistant 1/ Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs and the Administration's top maritime advisor predicts that not only can the U.S. reach its shipbuilding goal established in the Merchant Marine Act of 1970, but also expand its share of foreign trade to utilize the new ships and guarantee them cargoes . . . 200 dele­ gates to the ISth biennial convention of the SIUNA, / representing 90,000 workers in maritime transporta­ tion and allied fields, meet in Washington, D.C. to set the union's course of action for the next two years. Main concern is for funding and implementation of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 including full compliance with cargo preference rules by all govern­ ment agencies and departments and protection of fishermen from interference and harassment in international waters. In a series of nearly 50 other unanimously-adopted resolutions, the delegates: Protest HEW's efforts to close the PHS hospital and clinic system, call upon Congress to enact the National Health Secmity Program, urge the govern­ ment to establish programs to assist industries, communities and workers adversely affected by .f foreign imports, reject proposals that "would delay i. increasing the federal minimum wage or limit its coverage among working Americans", go on record favoring an immediate grant of construction permits to build the trans-Alaskan oil pipeline and urge the Administration to begin programs to upgrade the economy . . . The delegates also unanimously re-elect Paul Hall as president and A1 Kerr as secretarytreasurer, along with a full slate of oflScers to guide the union. <!'• r AUGUST \ f* I I 1 riic 1 Organized labor condemns continued exportation of American technology and growth of multinational firms at House subcommittee hearings on science research and development. These policies weaken the national economy and threaten the nation's future says AFL-CIO Legislative Director Andrew E. Biemiller . . . Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.) asks Congress for $1.5 million to launch a three-year study of ways to extend the shipping season into the winter months in the St. Lawrence Seaway and on the Great Lakes . . . The increasing number of merchant ships operating imder "flags of convenience" creates a "real risk" to the free world and must be halted declares the 30th Congress of the International Transport Workers' Federation (FITO in Austria. ITF drafts a proposal of a contract to be used in negotiat­ ing with "runaway-flag" operators and using a wage structure based on current average wage rates of all European union-represented seamen. SIU representa­ tives join other members of the North American delegation and propose rates double those of the European wages. This proposal was approved by the ITF ... 55 Bethtex, SlU-contracted ship, receives a rescue-at-sea commendation from the U.S. Coast Guard for answering and aiding a yacht in distress in the middle of the Gulf Stream . . . Andrew Gibson calls for more coordination of the nation's merchant marine and naval capabilities saying "the DODowned cargo fleet is considered by many to be a competitor. This tmdermmes the natural relationship between the two vital elements of American seapower, the Navy and the merchant marine at a time when it needs to be strengthened." . . . Thirty-two students from HLSS's GED program accompany their instructors on a one-day visit to the nation's capital . . . AFL-CIO Executive Council urges the Adminis­ tration and Congress "to complete the unfinished business of tax justice" calling the Tax Reform Act of ' December 1971 1971 "a step along the road to tax justice." The Council questions the admission of Red China to the United Nations declaring that country would under­ mine the U.N.'s strength . . . Seafarers assured that PHS hospitals and clinics will remain in service for at least another year as Congress approves an $85 million PHS hospital appropriation. The jointlypassed bill awaits President Nixon's signature and contains an agreement that the PHS hospital budget will be reviewed in October when a study of the feasibility of renovation and repairs of the hospitals is submitted . . . Rep. Margaret M. Heckler (R-Mass.) urges establishing a 100-mile territorial waters limit around the U.S. to protect American fishermen inter­ ests . . . Simas Kudirka, the Lithuanian sailor who unsuccesfully attempted to jump to freedom from the Russian fisMng ship, Sovietskaya Litva, to the U.S. Coast Guard cutter. Vigilant, while both ships were participating in a fishing conference off the coast of Martha's Vineyard in November, 1970, is sentenced to 10 years of hard labor. Eyewitness accounts of the incident appeared in December, 1970 Log as told by a SIUNA-New Bedford Fishermen's Union port agent and a member of the New Bedford Seafood Dealers Assn. ... Long-term unemployment soars to an eight year high according to U.S. Department of Labor statistics as 1.3 million of the nation's 5.3 million remain out of work for 13 weeks or more. SEPTEMBER The crew of the first supertanker to be launched since passage of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970, the SlU-contracted Falcon Lady visits the training facilities at HLSS in Piney Point, Md. . . . The Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO and the Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO Maritime Council jointly pass a resolution condemning plans to convert the New Orleans Public Health Service hospital to community control. . . Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) asks the Department of Commerce and the U.S. State Depart­ ment for specifics on a contract signed by the Rumanian government under which Sea-Pak, a division of W. R. Grace Corps., will purchase the aimual catch of the Rumanian fishing fleet ... In a Labor Day message, AFL-CIO President George Meany terms the Administration's 90-day wage-pricerent freeze "xmequitable, unjust, unfair and unwork­ able," and the AFL-CIO Executive Council calls Nixon's tax package "Madison Avenue gimmickry." The coimcil also criticizes the 10 percent border tax and proposals for evening the balance of payments deficit, urges Congressional action to manage the economy and declares it has "absolutely no faith in the ability of President Nixon to successfully manage the economy of this nation for the benefit of the majority of its citizens." President Meany suggests the formation of a board similar to the War Labor Board of World War H. He indicates labor will seek a number of inclusions to the President's program among them—equal sacrifice of all segments of the economy; tax justice including the closing of loop­ holes in tax laws and additional taxes on profits to insure business participation along with labor; a full-fledged enforcement agency to watch violations and assure equality of sacrifice; restoration of funds for use to benefit welfare recipients, cities and other worthwhile projects; and a central organization to administer economic recovery once the freeze is lifted . . . SlU-contracted ship Seatrmn Carolina delivers donated gifts to more than 200 Vietnamese youngsters at an orphanage in Qui Nhon, Vietnam when a way to transport the gifts became a problem for the orphanage . . . Construction of Seatrain's supertanker, the largest American-flag tanker ever built, is a long overdue breakthrough for the U.S. in regaining its global shipbuilding superiority. Blue­ prints for five other tankers are also on the drawing board by Seatrain Lines, Inc., an SlU-contracted company. OCTOBER A government agency and leaders of maritime labor unions make a first in maritime labor history while participating in a symposium on the "U.S. Seamen and the Seafaring Environment" at the National Maritime Research Center, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y. . . . Organized labor launches a drive against a bill pending in Congress that would establish compulsory arbitration in labor-management disputes in all Taft-Hartley Act's 80-days cooling off period . . . SIU President Paul Hall testifying at the House's Interstate and Foreign Commerce subcommittee hearings says "It is the neglect of our fleet, rather ffian its labor-manage­ ment relations, that threaten our nation today with a 'national emergency'"... House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee begins full-scale congres­ sional investigations into maritime problems of secur­ ing cargo for American-flag ships. "These hearings will constitute the most comprehensive congressional examination ever conducted on the subject of cargo for American-flag vessels," says Rep. Edward A. Garmatz (D-Md.), committee chairman. In an effort to promote the use of U.S.-flag ships, maritime management and labor join with government repre­ sentatives in forming the National Maritime Council. Paul Hall is a member of the new council and its executive committee . . . Sea-Land Service, Inc., an SlU-contracted company, is awarded a $6 million contract to carry military cargo to defense installa­ tions in the Aleutian Island chain. NOVEMBER O. William Moody, Jr., SIU Washington, D.C. representative Administrator of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, is named by President Nixon to the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere which will review the coimtry's marine and atmospheric science and service programs . . . HLSS graduates its 100th GED student, 18-year old John Tregler . . . "Considerable progress" has been made toward realization of the goals of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 says Andrew E. Gibson, assistant secretary of the U.S. Commerce Department . . . The AFL-CIO held its Ninth Con­ stitutional Convention in Bal Harbour as did the Maritime Trades Department. . . The MTD adopted resolutions urging the retention of USPHS hospitals, an end to seizures of U S. fiishing boats, a fairer share of American-generated cargo for American-flag ships, full implementation of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 and a host of other resoluticms designed to improve the lot of the American seamen ... At the International Labor Press Association's Annual Awards dinner in Florida, the Seafarers Log was presented the "General Excellence" award for labor newspapers, and an article dealing with voter reg­ istration in the Fall 1970 interrmtional received an "Honorable Mention" award. DECEMBER MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR One of the major highlights of the year was the SlUNA's ISth Biennial Convention heid in Washington. Here President Paul Hall delivers keynote address to delegates. Page 25 4 �u Seafarers Rescue Taiwanese From South China Sea Crew of sinking Formosan fishing boat Chi-Shing Tan abandon ship in heavy seas at height of Typhoon Elaine in South China Sea. Photos were taken by Seafarer Arthur Andersen from deck of the Transglobe as the ship manuevered to rescue the fishermen. ^ . fli .... t' From left, Bosun Al Schwartz and deck hands Larry In background on left are two Formosan fishermen Richardson and John Shields prepare to rig nets for who, after catching their breath, are helping Chief rescue. The nets were draped over the side enabling Mate McConagy and Second Engineer James Logan to carry another fisherman to safety. the Formosans to climb aboard the Transglobe. First survivor of sinking to reach the Transglobe hangs Wearing dry clothing supplied by Seafarers, fisheronto nylon net before being hauled aboard. men enjoy hot meal aboard the Transglobe. 5#' ."i'i Three exhausted fishermen rest on deck of the Third Mate William Wong (left) and Captain Leon Transglobe after being pulled from the storm-tossed Jean (partially hidden) present cash donation from crew to fisherman. South China Sea. Page 26 .M; TTiere is a red velvet flag flown proudly these dajra from the mast of the SS Transglobe. This flag is embossed with Chinese characters. It tells yet an­ other chapter in the never-ending story of man's heroic struggles against the sea. On the morning of Oct. 8, the SlU-manned Transglobe was 600 miles due south of Taiwan (Formosa) struggling to maneuver against winds gusting to 80 miles per hour and seas as high as 50 feet. She was in the midst of one of the worst storms to ever strike the South China Sea—^Typhoon Elaine. During the preceding night the vessel had been forced more than 100 miles off course by the typhoon and now was battling to regain her proper heading for Naha, Okinawa. It had been a long night for the crew. The endless buffeting by the raging sea made sleep virtually im­ possible. The constant secruing and checking of cargo to insure the safety of the ship left the men weary. At approximately 8 a.m. Captain Leon Jean, master of the Transglobe, was on the bridge when word passed down that a small fishing boat, later identified as the Chi-Shing Tan, had been sighted riding low in the water. Her crew was huddled to­ gether on the fantail waving frantically for help. In the face of the raging typhoon, the huge cargo ship made slow but determined progress towards the tiny dot on the water. Word was passed for all hands to break out nylon nets, Jacob's ladders, and heavy lines to be ' dropped over the side as rigging for the fishermen to climb aboard. Crewmembers from all departments reported top­ side just as the Transglobe came abeam of the fish­ ing boat at a distance of 300 yards. They found their ship rolling from starboard to port at a 40-degree an^e, her decks slippery from a combination of sea water and rain, whipped across the vessel by the gusting winds of the typhoon. Soaked through to the skin, and pitched at an angle to the wind to keep their balance, all hands tried to keep their eyes clear of the driving rain as they made ready to take the fishermen aboard. On the bridge of the Transglobe, Captain Jean was attempting, with the aid of his engine depart­ ment, to come as close alongside of the floundering fishing boat as could be managed, so that the trans­ fer of the fishermen from the stem of their boat, to ^ the Transglobe could be accomplished quickly and safely. ^ Panic Neariy Proves Fatal However, to the horror and surprise of those aboard the Transglobe, the panic-stricken fishermen began jumping into the turbulent seas, even though the SIU ship was still more than 200 yards away from them. Driven by panic and perhaps a miscalculation of the distance l^tween the two vessels, the fishermen were unknowingly making it harder for the Transglobe to rescue them. Their mistake was nearly fatal. Engine department Seafarer Arthur Andersen, who had his camera handy, was located forward, just under the bridge. From his vantage point he could see several fishermen already in the water and sev­ eral more preparing to dive into the sea. "I heard the Captain's voice on the bridge above me say: *Oh my God, why didn't they wait until we were closer. They'll never make it in these heavy seas. We have got to get in closer fast. We have got to get them on the lee side of us'." At first, it seemed as if the ship would never answer to the wheel, but gradually she narrowed the distance between herself and the swimming fisher­ men. Shouts rang up from the deck of the Transglobe when the first swimmer reached the ship, and wait­ ing hands pulled him safely aboard. It quickly became clear that the rest of the rescues would take more doing. Several more fishermen were within reach of the lines and nets rigged over the side, but the exhausted (Continued on Page 27) Seafarers Log . " - - . - fc. • - ' �SlU Crew Makes Freedom Reality for Cuban Refugees have been Russian or other Commimist country ships that would return them to Cuba. Moreno said when they saw the New Yorker's lights in the dark, they prayed it was an Ameri­ can ship. The New Yorker was four days from San Juan when she took the Cubans aboard, so they continued on to Puerto Rico to turn the refugees over to federal officials. Enroute an emergency developed when one of the children began running a high fever, apparently the result of an illness which began in Cuba several weeks earlier. Extensive Rationing A radio call for assistance The tired, but happy refugees went out from the ship to were given the first food they'd Miami and a Coast Guard heli­ had in days and warm cloth­ copter met the SIU vessel 300 ing from the steward depart­ miles at sea. The helicopter ment. Once below decks of the used the top of several SeaNew Yorker, the poignant story Land Containers on the deck of the refugees unfolded to Sea­ as its landing pad. Crew mem­ farers as Julio Rodrigue bers helped the child and his Moreno, head of the family, mother safely aboard the heli­ told of the "unbearable" condi­ copter which took them to tions in his homeland. Miami where he recovered. According to Moreno, life Later that same day, another under the Castro regime is hell. child became ill and Capt. Food shortages are so extensive Torres administered antibiotics that severe rationing is in effect, to the child. he explained. Although plying the shuttle His family had planned their run between ports can become escape for a year but had to somewhat routine with one wait until the right time. The voyage much like another in family's escape boat had been a Seafarer's memory—^for 17 a Russian-made ship on which Cuban refugees, the New one of the young men in the Yorker's course at the right Moreno family had worked on. time in the right place was When he (the young man) was possibly the most important finally able to steal the boat, event in their lives. the family put to sea on less than an hour's notice. The Refugees* Plight Their food and water supply Sharks Are Fussy As the giant containership diminished after a few days at inched closer to the tiny fishing sea and Moreno said they Over Their Food vessel, ladders were hastily often saw sharks following their rigged over the side. Although tiny boat. Aquatic creatures may be the seas were relatively calm, much more appealing than "After drifting for hours, I the actual bringing aboard of knew we were in desperate human beings—at least to a the refugees was a tricky ma­ circumstances and I really had shark. neuver, said Cox. Scientists believe that little hope of getting to the sharks do not like the taste After a cable was secured U.S.," Moreno told Brother of humans, since they often between the two ships, a Cox. take only one bite! bosim's chair was hauled back On two occasions the Cubans and forth thus allowing the sighted lai^e freighters, but Unfortunately that one refugees to be transported were afraid to signal becduse bite is usually one too many. across the open water. For the they feared the vessels might Thanks to the timely rescue efforts of the crew of the SIUcontracted ship New Yorker, 17 Cuban refugees are now living in freedom in Miami, Fla. The refugees, all members of the same family, were at sea for five days in a 30-foot long fish­ ing vessel which ran out of gas forcing them helplessly adrift for hours in the dark Caribbean waters about 14 miles off the northern coast of Cuba. The rescue marks the third time the New Yorker has been in a posi­ tion to carry refugees to free­ dom. The New Yorker, a "roll-on, roll-off" containership whose usual assignment is the shuttle run between New Orleans and San Juan, Puerto Rico, was heading toward the latter when a watchstander heard voices and whistles off the port side about 10 p.m. back on July 23. The ship's master, Capt. Adam Torres was notified and ordered reduced speed and a slow cir­ cular path course to try to locate the source of the noises. As the Seafarer's turned to and gathered forward to assist the bridge, a small motionless unlit boat became visible off the star­ board bow. "We lined the ship's rail and strained our eyes into the dark­ ness and after a moment or two could see men, women and children huddled aboard the boat," said Bosun Ivey Cox, ship's chairman. Brother Cox's eyewitness account of the res­ cue was reported to the Log. !>. i < t. children, however, a ride alone in the chair was too hazardous, so the New Yorker's First As­ sistant Engineer Pete Irvine and Chief Mate Randall Price, each made a trip across the water with a child strapped to his back. As soon as all the refugees were safely aboard, the empty boat was cut adrift and "we re­ sumed course at full speed and got the hell out of there," said Cox. He added that heavilyarmed Cuban patrol boats regularly operat^ in these waters. SIU Welfare, Pension and Vacation Plans CASH BENEFITS FAHJ REPORT PERIOD FOR PERIOD DECEMBER 1, 1970 thro OCTOBER 31, 1971 inntfBEB OF BENEFITS SEAFABEBS' WELFABE PLAN AMOUNT PAID Scholarship 90 $ 25,267.49 Hospital Benefits 21,559 519,643.13 Death Benefits 275 755,474.50 Medicare Benefits 6,659 19,580.60 Maternity Benefits 405 77,769.00 Medical Examination Program 9,505 237,468.77 Dependent Benefits (Average $486.82) 25,960 1,257,539.52 Optical Benefits 7,049 355,370.05 Meal Book Benefits 3,594 43,216.15 Out-Patients Benefits 58,519 436,042.09 Summary of Welfare Benefits Paid 133,615 3,727,371.30 Seafaros' Pension Plan—^Benefits Paid 19,603 4,776,490.28 Seafarers' Vacation Plan—^Benefits Paid (Average—$466.01) 16,082 7,957,072.84 Total Welfare, Pension & Vacation Benefits Paid This Period 169,300 $16,460,934.42 Personals Bernard A. Donogfane Your wife, Kanoko, says it is urgent that you contact her C/O Kimiyo Shibata at 144-4, 2 Chome, Horinouchi-cho, Minamiku, Yokohama, Japan. Peter Gavillo Your sister, Alice Letteney, asks that you contact her as soon as possible at 1368 Main St, North Lancaster, Mass. William Charies Dawley Your father, Virgil H. Dawley, asks that you contact him at 2235 Kelley Ave., Chehalis, Wash., as soon as possible. Wayne Smith Your father, Donald E. Smith, asks that you contact him at 38764 Kingsbury, Livonia, Mich., as soon as possible. Gnstaf Johnson Wdlace G. Jidianson Please contact Charlotte John­ son at 2401 Beta St., National City, Calif. Thomas Dreyling Please contact Arthur Dreyling at 3650 Howard Ave., White Bear Lake, Minn. 55110. SIU Members The family of Henry J. Thurman asks anyone knowing the whereabouts of Brother Thurman to contact them at Cynthia J. Thurman Gauthreaux, 5737 Dauphine St., New Orleans, La. 70117. Charles Powell H. Grimshaw would like to re­ ceive a letter frcwn you at P.O. Box 3117, San Francisco, Calif. 94119. Marshall Booker Please contact Waldman and Smallwood, Attomeys-at-L a w, 320 College, Beaumont, Tex., 77701. Urgent business. Re^nald R Pasdial Your wife, Frida, asks that you get in touch with her at Route 4, Hanceville, Ala. 35077; or con­ tact your daughter, Carol Ward at telephone no. 456-6067; or contact your son, A. L. Abercrombie at telephone no. 6753467. Antonio Escoto Please contact your brother, Salvatore Escoto, immediately at 801 Wiegan Dr., West Wego, La., telephone no. 504-347-5332. William Thmnas H^towor Your wife asks that you con­ tact her as soon as possible in care of Lee Kent, P.O. Box 4853, South Lake Tahoe, Calif. 95705. Fishermen Reach Safety Through Efforts of Seafarers (Continued from Page 26) swimmers lacked the strength to chmb and were trapped at the waterline. At this point, Chief Mate Charles McGonagy climbed down a net into the sea, and holding on with one hand, looped lines under the arms of some of the men with his other hand. Operating like well-oiled machinery, those aboard the fransglobe were able to bring twelve more swim­ mers out of the water in a relatively short time. The Transglobe then changed speed and began a slow circling maneuver until she came upon the last four men who mustered all of their strength to make a desperate grab for the rescue nets. The four fishermen clung to the nets for less than a moment before the heavy seas jerked their hands loose and washed them quickly astern of the Transglobe. For several heartrending minutes that seemed like a lifetime, the men aboard the Transglobe lost sight of the four swimmers. Fortunately, as the ship completed another circle of the immediate area, three men were sighted cling­ December 1971 ing to one of several life rings tossed into the water. The fourth swimmer was nearby, barely treading water without a life jacket. The ship inched closer and after they were safely aboard, the four fishermen collapsed on deck from exhaustion. In all, the 17 were pulled from the sea in two and a half hours. Afterwards, the ship's log showed it had taken over 60 bells to maneuver the Transglobe during the rescues. As Typhoon Elaine's fury subsided and the Trans­ globe moved into calmer waters. Seafarers shared hot food, their dry clothing and cigarettes with the Formosans, and the story of what the fishermen had gone through earlier unfolded. They had been adrift for 6 days, their engine crippled by a fire. They hadn't eaten for three days and had worked around-the-clock shifts to bail water out of their sinking boat. All of their gear was left behind on the sinking boat. Struck by the fishermen's plight, the officers and crew of the Transglobe voluntarily donated a total of $510 to help the fishermen replace lost gear. Later in the evening, at dinner in the crew's mess, one of the Formosan fishermen quietly presented a letter to 3rd Mate Wong which he translated as follows: "We, the seventeen on the fishing boat, were for­ tunate to have been saved from distress and given food, shelter and money by the crewmembers of the Transglobe. "You have given us back our lives, and we do not know how to repay you for such kindness. We are deeply grateful." The Transglobe headed for the port of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, where the fishermen were put ashore. As the ship made to turn about and resume her journey to Naha, a small boat came alongside. A group of native Taiwanese had come to present flowers and baskets of fruit to the men of the Trans^obe. Also among the gifts was a red velvet flag with the story of the heroic rescue embossed in Chinese characters. Wherever the Transglobe sails in the future, the story and the flag will sail with her. Page 27 �ODie H. Kuykendall, 60, passed away Sept. 11 from heart disease in Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia, N.C. He joined the union in 1952 in the Port of Baltimore and sailed in the engine department. Brother Kuy­ kendall served picket duty in 1962 during the Moore McCormack-Robin Line beef. A native of Tryon Polk County, N.C., Brother Kuykendall was a resident of Gastonia when he died. Seafarer Kuykendall had been sailing 25 years when he passed away. Among his survivors is his wife, Mil­ dred. Burial was in Westview Gar­ dens, Gastonia. William Vldal, 73, was an SIU pen­ sioner who passed away Sept. 17 from heart disease in Barcelona, Spain. Brother Vidal joined the un­ ion in 1943 in the Port of New York and sailed in the steward department He served picket duty in 1961 during the Greater New York Harbor Strike and in 1962 during the Moore Mc­ Cormack-Robin Line Beef. Brother Vidal had been sailing 30 years when he retired in 1963. A native of Spain, Vidal was a resident of Barcelona when he died. Among his survivors is his wife, Matilde. Burial was in Sud-Oeste Cemetery in Barcelona. David L. Hood, 19, passed away Jan. 27 in Semarang, Indonesia while serving on board the Overseas Eva. A native of Dayton, O., Brother Hood was a resident of Gretna, La. when he died. He joined the union in 1967 and graduated that same year from the Harry Lundeberg School of Seam^ship in Piney Point, Md. Hood sailed in the engine department. Among his survivors is his father, Lucien Hood of Gretna, La. Burial was in Westlawn Cemetery in Jeffer­ son Parish, La. Aniceto Pedro, 69, was an SIU pensioner who passed away July 23 of natural causes in St. Vincent's Hos­ pital in Manhattan, N.Y. He joined the union in 1944 in the Port of New York and sailed in the engine de­ partment. Brother Pedro served as department delegate while sailing and was also issued a picket duty card in 1961. A native of Portugal, Pedro was a resident of Manhattan, N.Y. when he died. Among his survivors is his brother, Francisco Pedro of Perth Amboy, N.J. Burial was in Rosedale Cemetery in Linden, N.J. Boleslaw %orobogaty, 69, passed away July 18 of natural causes in the USPHS Ho^ital in Staten Island, N.Y. He joined the union in 1958 in the Port of New York and sailed in the engine department. Brother Skorobogaty served as department delegate while sailing. A native of Poland, Skorobogaty was a resident of Brooklyn when he died. Among his survivors is his wife, Pauline. Burial was -in St. John's Cemetery in Middle Village, N.Y. Riqinond J. Reddick, 67, was an SIU pensioner who passed away Mar. 7, 1970 of natural causes in USPHS Hospital in Staten Island, N.Y. One of the first members of the union. Brother Reddick had joined in 1938 in the Port of Philadelphia. He sailed in the deck department. Seafarer Red­ dick was issued a picket duty card in 1961 and again in 1962 during the Moore McCormack-Robin Line Beef. His retirement in 1963 ended a sail­ ing career of 37 years. A native of Florida, Reddick was a resident of Staten Island, N.Y. when he died. Among his survivors is his step-sister, Eva Parsons of Anthony, Fla. Burial was in Sailor's Snug Harbor, Staten Island. Basilic Bosdii, 75, was an SIU pen­ sioner who passed away May 26 of heart disease in the USPHS Hospital in Norfolk, Va. He joined the union in 1958 in the Port of New York and sailed in the deck department. A na­ tive of Italy, Brother Boschi was a resident of Norfolk, Va. when he died. Among his survivors is his brother, Amedeo Boschi of Pesaro, Italy. Burial was in St. Mary's Ceme­ tery in Norfolk. Ray B. Ellis, 73, passed away July 25 of heart disease in Cheboygan, Mich. A native of Mesick, Mich. Brother Ellis was a resident of Sault St. Marie, Mich, when he died. He joined the union in the Port of Detroit and sailed on the Great Lakes in the deck department for many years. Among his survivors is his wife, Eleanor. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery in Sault St. Marie. Charles Hamnton, 66, was an SIU pensioner who passed away Oct. 8 of heart disease in Bellport, N.Y. A native of Rhode Island, Brother. Hamilton was a resident of Brooklyn,, N.Y. when he died. He was an Army veteran of World War 11. Seafarer Hamilton joined the union in 1943 in the Port of Baltimore and sailed in the steward department. He had been sailing 28 years when he retired in 1970. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn. Clifton L. Fogle, Jr., 46, passed away Aug. 4 at Church Home and Hospital in Baltimore, Md. A native of Raleigh, N.C., Brother Fogle was a resident of Orangeburg, S.C. when he died. He joined the union in 1965 in the Port of Norfolk and graduated that same year from the Andrew Furuseth Training School. Brother Fogle sailed in the steward depart­ ment. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. Among his survivors is his son, Richard Fogle of Orange­ burg. Burial was in Memorial Park. Tmssell G. Beatrons, 60, passed away Oct. 1 of natural causes in the USPHS Hospital in Staten Island, N.Y. He joined the union in 1949 in the Port of New Orleans and sailed in the steward department. A native of Louisiana, Brother Beatrous was a resident of New Orleans when he died. Among his survivors is his wife, Nora. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans. Relnaldo Sc Roman, 48, pr^^ed away Sept. 9 from illness in Onccdogico Hospital, Rio Piedras, P.R. He joined the union in 1961 in the Port of San Francisco and sailed in the steward department. A native of Puerto Rico, Brother Roman was a resident of Ponce, P.R. when he died. Among his survivors is his wife, Alida. Burial was in Guayanilla, P.R. Coy M. Dillow, 18, passed away April 30 in Baltimore, Md. A native of Bluefield, W. Va., Brother Dillow was a resident of Baltimore, Md. when he died. He joined the union in 1969 and graduated that same year from the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. Seafarer Dillow sailed in the engine department. Among his survivors is his mother. Hazel M. Dell Uomo of Baltimore. Burial was in Holy Redeemer Cemetery in !Baltimore. Nrnman Mendeison, 49, passed away Oct. 8 of heart disease in USPHS Hospital in San Francisco, Calif. He joined the union in 1944 in the Port of Baltimore and sailed in the steward department. Brother Mendeison served as ship's delegate while sailing. A native of Baltimore, Seafarer Mendeison was a resident of Oakland, Calif, when he died. He was an Army veteran of World War n. Among his survivors is his niece, Natalie Weitzman of Baltimore. Burial was in Beth Israel Cemetery in Balti­ more. Erich Sonuner, 56, passed away Oct. 21 of illness in Hackensack Hospital, Hackensack, N.J. A native of Estonia, Brother Sommer was a resident of Hasbrouck Heights, N.J. when he died. He joined the union in 1943 in the Port of New York and sailed in the deck department. Sea­ farer Sommer served as department delegate while sailing and was issued a picket duty card in 1961. His death ended a sailing career of 41 years. Among his survivors is his wife, Catherine. Burial was in George Washington Memorial Park in Paramus, N.J. Leon J. Billiet, 46, passed away Sept. 27 of natural causes at the USPHS Hospital in Staten Island, N.Y. He joined the union in 1965 in the Port of Detroit and sailed on the Great Lakes in the steward depart­ ment. A native of Detroit, Brother Billiet was a resident there when he died. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. Among his survivors is his wife, Evelyn. Burial was in Mt Olivet Cemetery in Detroit. Claude G. Rayfuse, 70, was an SIU pensioner who passed away May 10 after an illness of eight weeks in Bayfront Medical Center, St. Petersburg, Fla., A native of Nova Scotia, Seafarer Rayfuse was a resident of St. Petersburg when he died. He joined the union in 1942 in the Port of New York and sailed in the engine department. Brother Ray­ fuse had been sailing 29 years when he retired in 1966. Among his survivors is his wife, Ruth. Burial was in Woodlawn Memory Gardens in St. Peters­ burg. James J. Cronin, 45 passed away June 23 from illness in Brooklyn, N.Y. A native of Bayshore, N.Y., Brother Cronin was a resident of Brooklyn when he died. He joined the union in 1953 in ffie Port of New York and sailed in the engine depart­ ment. He was issued two picket duty cards in 1961 and one picket duty card in 1962 during the Moore McCormack-Robin Line Beef. Among his survivors is his daughter. Winifred Cronin of High Bridge, N.J. Burial was in St. Patrick's Cemetery in Bayshore. Edward Gnszczynsxy,, 56, passed away Feb. 26 of heart trouble in the USPHS Hospital in Staten Island, N.Y. One of the first members of the union. Brother Guszczynsxy joined in 1939 in the Port of Boston and sailed in the deck department. He served as department delegate while sailing. A native of Cambridge, Mass., Seafarer Guszczynsxy was a resident of Staten Island when he died. Among his survivors is his wife, Mary. Burial was in Ocean View Cemetery in Staten Island. Peter Losado, 69, was an SIU pensitmer who passed away May 27 of heart disease in Baltimore, Md. A native of Puerto Rico, Brother Losado was a resident of Baltimore when he died. He joined the union in 1941 in the Port of New York and sailed in the engine department. Seafarer Losado had been saiiing 46 years when he retired in 1968. Among his survivors is his wife, Anita. Burial was in Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Arundel County, Md. Joseph E. GibUn, 52, passed away March 12 of illness in San Francisco, Calif. A natiye of Scranton, Pa., Brother Biblin was a resident of San Francisco when he died. Among his survivor is his brother, John W. Giblin of Scranton. Burial was in Fairview Memorial Park in Elmhurst, Pa. Owcr. O. Weathers, 57, passed away May 1 of heart disease in the USPHS Hospital in New Orleans, La. A native of Alabama, Brother Weath­ ers was a resident of New Orleans when he died. Among his survivors is his wife. Ruby. Brother Weathers' body was removed to Silver Springs Cemetery in Silver Springs, Ala. �piS P AT CHER S REPORT AH«tIe. ^ & Inloml Membership Meetings' Schedule Disfrfei Ifovi^ 1.1971 ^ DE4PK TOTAL REGISnnEltED TOTAL SHIPPED REGISTERED ON BEACH AllGrotqps ADGroiqM AllGroiqis .•£5fc~~ A Glass B OassA Class B Class C Class A Class B 3 4 7 0 13 9 ew York 28 0 74 25 336 260 M'# ; •, r '23.. 16 57 18 8 32 1 11 27 60 129 92 14 1 23 9 6 •-•-is 65 51 r:m 0 ville ....V..S 0 10 10 57 45 10 ampa 10 34 0 19 «ie.. • ^^41 9 115 35 ^ 0 31 287 • 233M- j 22 aw Orleans ^ 113 0 79 118 35 10 0 148 129 IHouston 22 41 • '5. 7 0 81 125 ^Wilmington 136 92 53 0 205 .Francisco 211 19 19 -v..17 ^ 17 57 33 -1 1 Seattle 607 357 405 186 3 1584 1174 ""1 Totals ] 1 * 1N6INE v&Mmmt TOTAL I^ISTERED All Groups ••Bert ' OassA Class ''Boston '•' • 3 New York 76 63 Philadelphia ........ 10 15 Baltimore 17 17 Norfolk 11 16 Jacksonville 15 9 Tampa A ; 7 ACohue ' 10 New Orleans ..^.v... 71 mm. Houston • ............... 67 104 Wilmington 14 m:-.22San Francisco 100 94 SeaUle 17 398 463 TV)tals .w....^*........ ; T0TAL,SH1^ED', . REGIICT ;; An Groups All Gronps ClawB'^C^G^ C3an:B .- iS ^:y\9 5 •'•J-':;0 293 48 . 32 1 0 37 2 • 31 12 0 81 19 • 105 42 0 51 45 10 6 0 77 15 41 11 19 >M§ 0 11 4 52 0 73 19 uym:0 177 ymsy 32 32 ^ 157 .V:"' 0 9 36 37 m-my '• 0 9 SV'K: 249 137 63 2 10 40 21 14 Imo ^ 1092 1316 203 321 SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New OrleansJan. 11—2:30 p.m. Mobile Jan. 12—^2:30 p.m. Wilmington..Jan. 17—2:30 p.m. San. Fran. ...Jan. 19—2:30 p.m. Seattle Jan. 21—^2:30 p.m. New York...Jan. 3—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia.Jan. 4—^2:30 p.m. Baltimore Jan. 5—2:30 p.m. Detroit Jan. 14—2:30 p.m. tHouston Jan. 10—2:30 p.m. United Industrial Workers New OrleansJan. 11—7:00 p.m. Mobile Jan. 12—7:00 p.m. New York....Jan. 3—7:00 p.m. Philadelphia.Jan. 4—7:00 p.m. Baltimore Jan. 5—7:00 p.m. Houston .Ian. 10—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit.........Jan. 3—2:00 p.m. Buffalo Jan. 3—7:00 p.m. Alpena Jan. 3—7:00 p.m. Chicago Jan. 3—7:00 p.m. Duluth Jan. 3—7:00 p.m. Frankfort .Jan. 3—7:30 p.m. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Section Chicago Jan. 11—7:30 p.m. tSault Ste Marie Jan. 13—7:30 p.m. Port Boston New York Philadelphia ........ Baltimore . Norfolk ... Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston ................ \\nyb3ungton .......... San Francisco ...... Seattle Totals It ^ -4 f TOTAL SHIPPED REGISTERED ON BEA^t ADGroaps Class A ChusB ' -'Ay yy •2:53 45 5 14 17 yyyAy 10 • •.r.jy-. 10 '•yyA y 9 21 25 67 44 • 95 15 •• 13 74 . 8'i 18 15 392 - 275 AUC^I^M AD Groins Class A Class B 7 6 182 214 25 yyyAs' 88 yy32 34 .29 32 26 10 28 79 33 101 205 82 145 37 ... 37 137 :• 117 15 45. 1065 . 706 CONNECTICUT (Ogden Ma­ rine), Aug. 1—Chairman Carl Lineberry; Secretary Albert Richoux, . Jr.; Engine Delegate J. Neil; Stew­ ard Delegate Robert Aumiller. No beefs and no disputed OT. STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian), June 20—Chairman Charles D'Amico, Jr.; Secretary L. Ceperiano; Deck Delegate Newton A. Huff, Jr.; Engine Delegate Donald R. Hall; Steward Delegate Alvin Selico. Everything is running smoothly with no beefs. CITRUS PACKER (Waterman), July 24—Chairman C. J. Prey; Sec­ retary L. Nicholas; Deck Delegate George A. Nuss; Engine Delegate J. Sherpinski; Steward Delegate M. C. Dale. $23 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine department. No beefs. Smooth sailing. TRANSIDAHO (Hudson Water­ ways), Aug. 7—Chairman Frank Caspar; Secretary Aussie Shrimpton. Discussion held on the merits of the Piney Point training program. $113 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. SL 181 (Sea-Land), Aug. 1— Chairman Anthony J. Palino; Sec­ retary G. Walter; Deck Delegate H. B. Gaskill; Engine Delegate J. R. Messge; Steward Delegate S. Jackson... Everything is running December 1871 C3assA OassB OassC 1 ••• •'• 1 26 39 7 :^-:Ayyy 0 0 12 0 6 2 . 13 ^y-o.yyy 0 •;• y:'6y.y 0 •: , • -14 0 . 18 23 ••myy^^. 0 • 24 1 ••-ye-yy 0 77 32 x"' tt • •• "7 6 13 .154 249 ru. • J-''-'? *• smoothly with no beefs and no dis­ puted OT. Vote of thanks was ex­ tended to the steward department for a job well done. MORNING LIGHT (Waterman), July 11—Chairman Glen Stanford; Secretary Michael Toth; Deck Dele­ gate Jack A. Gomez; Engine Dele­ gate Chester Miller; Steward Dele­ gate James D. Johnson. Everything is running smoothly with no beefs and no disputed OT. Vote of thanks to the entire steward department for doing an especially fine job. Vote of thanks was also extended to Brothers B. L. Eckert and Bosun Glen Stanford for a job very well done. ARIZPA (Sea-Land), July 11— Chairman D. Fitzpatrick; Srcretary W. Lescovich; Deck Delegate Nick G. Kratsos; Engine Delegate Charles Lord Steward Delete Robert Outlaw. No beefs and no disputed OT. Everything is running smooth­ ly. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. OVERSEAS ULLA (Maritime Overseas), Aug 8—Chairman R. De Virgileo; Secretary Harold P. DuCloux; Deck Delegate William J. Pasquini; Engine Delegate Frank A. Cuellar; Steward Sylvester Zygarowski. $36 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT to be taken up SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT '•mm 12—7:30 14—7:30 14—7:30 14—7:30 10—7:30 10—7:30 p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans.Jan. 11—5:00 p.m. Mobile Jan. 12—5:00 p.m. Philadelphia.Jan. 4—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (li­ censed and unlicensedjan. 5—5:00 p.m. Norfolk Jan. 6—5:00 p.m. Houston Jan. 10—5:00 p.m. Railway Marine Region Philadelphia.Jan. 11—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore Jan. 12—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. •Norfolk Jan. 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Jersey City.. Jan. 10—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. ^Meeting held at Galveston wharves. tMeeting held in Labor Tem­ ple, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. •Meeting held in Labor Tem­ ple, Newport News. Directory Of Union Hails SfiWARD DEPARTMBIT TOTAL REGISTERED Buffalo Jan. Duluth Jan. Cleveland Jan. Toledo Jan. Detroit Jan. Milwaukee....Jan. Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard AI Teuiner Lindsay Williams Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUABTEBS ....615 4tli Ave,, BUyn. 11232 (2U) HT 9-6600 ALPENA, Mich 800 N. Seeond Are. 49701 <611) EE 4-3616 BAETIMOBE, Ud. ..1216 E. BalUmon St. 21202 (301) EA 1-4900 BOSTON, Mas Essex St. 02111 (611) 482-4116 BUFFAEO, N.Y. 290 Ffanklln St. 14202 SIU (116) XX, 3-9209 IBU (116) XX 3-9269 CHICAGO, ni 9383 Ewing Are. 60611 SIU (312) SA 1-0133 IBU (312) ES 6-9610 OXEVEXAND, D 1420 W. 26th St. 44113 (210) MA 1-8460 DETBOIT. MIeh. 10226 W. Jefferwm Ave. 48218 (313) VI 3-4141 DUXUTH, SOim. ..2014 W. 3d St. (218) BA 2-4110 66806 with boarding patrolman. Repair list is being made up. STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), Aug. 15—Chairman A. Donnelly; Secretary J. Baliday; Deck Delegate John Wilson; Engine Delegate Kevin Conklin; Steward Delegate Edward Dale. Few hours disputed OT to be taken up with patrolman. Minor repairs are to be done prior to arrival in port. Everything is running smoothly. Portland (Sea-Land), July 4— Chiarman Luke Wymes; Secretary W. Moore; Deck Delegate A. Pickur, Engine Delegate William Parrish Steward Delegate J. Righetti. Everything is okay. Some dis­ puted OT in deck and engine de­ With enough seatime to retire, but partments. HASTINGS (Waterman), July no desire to do so, 25—Chairman Jack Kennedy; Sec­ Seafarer George retary Gilbert J. Trosclair. Some Hubner stands disputed OT in the engine depart­ gangway watch ment, otherwise everything is run­ aboard the Colum­ ning smoothly. bia Mariner. When THETIS (Rye Marine), July 11— asked if he was Chairman R. N. Mahone; Secre­ about to put in tary S. J. Davis. $10 in ship's fund. his papers. Brother No beefs were reported. Everything Hubner replied is running smoothly. Disputed OT is deck and engine departments. sharply: "In a pig's Vote of thanks to the chief steward eye, not while I'm and chief cook for doing a splendid still able to have so much fun." job. Chow and service perfect. FBANKFOBT, Mlch P.O. Box 281 416 Mmin St. 4963S (616) EL 1-2441 HOUSTON, Tex 6804 Canal St. 17011 (113) WA 8-3201 JACKSONVILXE, FI*. 2608 Feari St. 32233 (904) EX 3-0981 JEBSEY CITY, N.J. .29 UontKomeiT St. 07302 (201) HE 6-9424 HOBIXE, Ala. 1 Sooth Xawrenee St. 36602 (206) HE 2-1164 NEW OBXEANS, Xa. ....630 daekson Ave. 10130 (604) 629-1646 NOBFOLK, Va. 116 3d St. 23610 (103) 622-1892 FHIXADEXPHIA, Pa. 2604 S. 4th St. 19148 (216) DE 6-3818 FOBT ABTHUB, Tex. 234 Ninth Ave. 11640 (113) 983-1619 SAN FRANCISCO. CaUf. 1321 Hlaaloa St. 94103 (416) 620-6193 SANTUBCE. F.B. ..1313 Fernandez Joneoa Stop 20 00908 124-2848 SEATTLE. Wash 2606 Pint Are. 98121 (206) MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo 4611 GraTOls Ave. 63116 (314) 162-8600 TAMFA. Fla. 312 Harrison St. 33602 (813) 229-2188 TOLEDO. O .936 Snmmlt St. 43604 (419) 248-3091 WILMINOTON, CaUf 460 Seaside Ave. Terminal Island, CaU. 90144 (213) 832-1286 YOKOHAMA, Japan Jseya Bid?., Boom 810 1-2 KalKan-Dorl-Nakakn 2014911 Ext. 281 Sailing Sfill Fun Page 29 �Thanksgiving Day Festive Occasion • • 4 Yokohama Thanksgiving is a special day for all Americans. For the mem­ bers of the SIU it affords an opportunity for comradeship as well as giving thanks. Every year SIU halls in ports around the world "put on" a Thanksgiving meal for Seafarers, their families and friends that can't be matched anywhere, for any price. And every year the turnout at these affairs gets larger and larger. Thanks­ giving dinner at the union halls offers good food and plenty of it, but more important it gives members of die SIU and their families and friends a chance to socialize with old shipmates, to relax in friendly surroundings. It is all part of the SIU's program to miake life a little easier and a little better for its members. Brother George Zintz (right) is about to sample fruit dessert being dished out by waiter. The turnout for Thanksgiving dinner in port of Yokohama was a good one. it > The expression on the face of this darling youngster says it all—Thanksgiving Day in Yokohama was "yummy." The little girl is the niece of Seafarer Jack Curlew (standing). Brother Julio Paminiano (center) has something extra special to be thankful for on Thanksgiving Day. Port Agent Frank Boyne (right) congratulates Paminiano on the birth of his new child. Standing behind festively-decorated table of fresh fruit and other goodies at the Yokohama hall are, from left: Seafarer and Mrs. Arnold Hamblet, SIU secretary Keiko Nakategawa, and Yoko­ hama Port Agent Frank Boyne. Together for Thanksgiving Day in Yokohama are, from left; Sergio Paano, Paul Dickerson, and Mohammed Salim. Brothers Paano and Salim were in port aboard the Mount Washington. vvi;'' Page 30 Seafarers Log imimi ' J J �At SlU Ports Around the World Seafarers, their families and guests all found the SlU hall in Baltimore a very nice place to be on Thanksgiving Day 1971. ^ Th> doors to the dining room in the Baltimore hall are about to open, and the , four youngsters at the head of the line are ready to lead the way to turkey and all the fixings. Seafarer Eusibio Andaya, seated at head of table, is surrounded by group of shipmates. It was that kind of a day at union hall in Baltimore—a Tnankgiving Day shipmates enjoy together. New York Two veteran steward department members, George Belboda (left) and Hubert *• Simeon, both cooks on SlU ships, rated Thanksgiving Day dinner at the hall in New York as "delicious." All of these happy faces have one thing in common—^thev enjoyed holiday din­ ner at SlU headquarters in New York. Seated around table are H. G. Harold-, Mrs. G. Tippit, Nick Mitola, Pasquale Carbone, and Brother Tippit. , Brother Henry Jackson, his wife and their grandchildren enjoy Thanksgiving with all the trimmings at hall in New York. Seafarer Joseph Behar escorted two lovely young ladies to Thanksgiving dinner his daughters Marilyn (center) and Bernice. December 1971 Page 31 �1 SEAFARERS^LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . AFL-ClC J 'i" SlU Scholarship Program ii •Jt 4 <'l In May, 1972, for the nineteenth straight year, „ the SIU award five more four-year college scholarships to Seafarers or the children of Seafarers ^" Each of the scholarships will be worth $10,000. Of course, the monetary value of these SIU col-'.. lege scholarships is impressive, but what is even i more important is the fact that five more highly qualified students will be securing higher education * who otherwise might not have the means to do so, " were it not for the assistance of the SIU. '' ^ Early in its history, the SIU placed a high priority ' on the value of education. Since the SIU ^holarship Program began in 1953, a total of 93 students ' ^ —26 Seafarers and 67 children of Seafarers—^have f had the doors of higher education opened up for them by the SIU. j In order to qualify for these scholarship grants, a Seafarer must have at least three years seatime ) on SlU-contracted ships. Children of Seafarers who meet the necessary seatime requirement are also en- • titled to apply. ^ The five SIU scholarship winners are selected . each year on the basis' of their high school recordi, .i,' together with the scores they attain on the tests given throughout the country by the College En-^;:;:^ trance Examination Board. t '" The first important step towards winning one of » the SIU scholarships is to arrange to take the CEEB tests as early as possible. > ' CEEB tests will be given January 8, 1972, and ^ March 4, 1972. The SIU Scholarship Program administrators' advise that it is always best to take the test as soon as possible. ^" Arrangements for taking the CEEB test can bcj made by eligible Seafarers or their children by writing to: College Entrance Examination Board, ' Box 592, Princeton, New Jersey, or at Box 1025, ^" Berkeley, California. In addition to arranging for the CEEB test, ' applicants are also requested to obtain the necessary * SIU College Scholarship application form as early < as possible. These forms, which must be returned ' no later than April 1, 1972, are available at any^ SIU hall or may be obtained by writing directly to: ^' SIU Scholarships, Administrator, 275 20th Street, ^ Brooklyn, New York 11215. , As in the past, each of the 1972 SIU scholarship^" winners may pursue any course of study at any ac- .. credited college or university. v Apply early. « u, Ifftgr' 'ik' •• mX- - v. ,|l I in I k' i/ , . .r'-'H- • ' • , V. I "'Vi' ' '...in:-' ,y . .-/Av. V' . .1 ,, •-••"if i'':' . � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1970-1979 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXXII-XLI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource December 1971 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SEASONS GREETINGS WAGGONNER CITES BENEFITS OF U.S. INLAND WATERWAYS CONVENTIONS SPOTLIGHT JOB NEED MTD CONVENTION FOCUSES ON AMERICAN JOBS; URGES CONGRESS TAKE CONTROL OF ECONOMY BE IT RESOLVED THAT... INDIVIDUAL PRIVACY RIGHTS UPHELD BY MTD REPORT CONVENTION SPEECH HIGHLIGHTS AFL-CIO CONVENTION ESTABLISHES LABOR'S LEGISLATIVE, ECONOMIC GOALS FOR 1972-1973 MURPHY URGES CONSUMERS TO SEEK UNION LABEL METAL TRADES SETS ORGANIZING AS TOP PRIORITY BUILDING TRADES PLAN OVERHAUL OF ORGANIZATION HOUSE COMMITTEE HEARS SIU VIEWPOINT ON REVISION OF NATIONAL CARGO POLICY MARAD STUDIES LNG CARRIAGE SPECIAL BENEFITS NOTICE SIU MEMBERS CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING DAY LEFT ON THE DOCKS 20TH CENTURY 'PIRATES' PLUNDER PRIZES OF ANCIENT SHIP WRECK UNDERSEAS EXPLORER DISCOVERS 'REAL PROOF' OF SANTA MARIA PROUD SCHOONER FREEDOM SERVES AS 'CLASSROOM' FOR LUNDEBERG TRAINEES SEA MINING POTENTIAL ENHANCED BY TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGH MORE SIU MEMBERS RETIRE TO THE BEACH THE TEXT OF THE SIU CONSTITUTION SIU SHIPS' COMMITTEES... SERVING THE MEMBERS AND THE UNION THEY'RE A MATTER OF A FEW HOURS VERSUS A LIFETIME A LOOK AT THE EVENTS OF 1971 SEAFARERS RESCUE TAIWANESE FROM SOUTH CHINA SEA SIU CREW MAKES FREEDOM REALITY FOR CUBAN REFUGEES SHARKS ARE FUSSY OVER THEIR FOOD THANKSGIVING DAY FESTIVE OCCASION SIU SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/1/1971 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXXIII, No. 12 1971 Periodicals Seafarers Log